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the:

b. s. n. s.

Quarterly.
“Entered as second-class matter July

i,

1900. at the post office at

under the Act of July

OCTOBER,

VOL. XVI

TKe New Term.

16.

Bloomsburg. Pa.,

1894.”

NO.

1910

venient dressing rooms

have been

provided in this new' space.

The .school year

of 1910-11 open-

ed with a rush on Tuesda\^ September 6th. All needed preparations had been made, however, to
handle the incoming crowds of students, and but a few da5’s had
elap.sed

the

before

educational

wheels were turning as smoothly
and regularly as in mid term. During the previous year all records of
attendance at the Bloomsburg Normal were broken, and a new record

attendance was not expected.

of

Almost exactly the same number
of students are

now

in attendance,

however, as during the same term
last year, and it is quite probable

1

The

old time sw'itch board for electrical

has been moved to a more

effects

convenient position,

and

a

new’

switch board w'ith additional sw’itch-

has been installed. This latter
change renders possible many eleces

trical effects hitherto

cation proved

impo.ssible of

The summer

accomplishment.

va-

too short to com-

all

plete all the changes w'hich have
been planned for the chapel stage,

but W'ith the balance of the fund
still

in

hand

it is

the purpose of the

the work of
making this part of the Auditorium
still more convenient and suitable
trustees to continue

for the rendering of the

the last year’s total wall be exceed-

amateur
dramas w'hich have proved themselves such an educational factor

ed.

in the training of students for their

that before our readers see this page

—

.

THe 1910

A

work

.

Memorial.

The Memorial Fund

The New Dining' Rooms

of the Class

been devoted to the improvement of the ante rooms and
A new'
stage in the Auditorium.
floor has been throw'n across the
high ceiled ante-room just off the
stage, and a lavatory and four conof 1910 has

as teachers.

The original intention of devoting the Senior Memorial to the decoration of the dining rooms having
been changed, the plan of making
the changes there w'as not allow'ed

by the

trustees to

be dropped, but

THE

2

summer

early in the
penters,
fell

B. S. N. S.

vacation car-

electricians,

and painters

work and were kept

to

engaged during the

all

busily

too brief va-

was inaugurated.
amateur standing
were inculcated and thoroughly
te.sted.
Always a courteous and
tion

sports

of

High

ideals

of

insistent follower of true sportsman-

cation.

At

QUARTERLY

the opening of the

new term

and teachers
the changes accom-

students

returning

were amazed

at

upon the bo5*s
rivals was al-

his impress

ship,

here and

ways

among our

for the best.

plished in a few short weeks.

Attractive

ceilings,

new

Owing

been

have

capitals

placed on the pillars supporting the
radiators have replac-

some causes not

to

ing.

and new and attractive
electroliers with tungsten lights and
holophane shades have displaced the
former hanging cords. The wood
work has been painted an ivory

after the interests

sight,

un mixed

has not proved an

The
ed the old time coils of pipes.
wires have disappeared
electric
from

entire-

unforeseen student managership

13’

Owing

H. Albert has consented
Ball

season,

look

to

the

of

bless-

Prof. C.

to this fact

Basket

while the events for

the spring campaign in Base Ball
will

be placed upon the calendar

Prof. J. Y.

b}'

Shambach.

white, the walls rejoice in a cover-

ing of the best lincrusta walton,and
with dainty window draperies and

new equipment of the
bent wood chairs the two din-

We

wish to

a complete

columns

light

is

ing halls present a most modern
and attractive appearance.

AtHletics.
It is

with

.sincere regret that this

department of the Quarterly reports the departure of the guiding
spirit

and

able

school’s athletic

A

Bryant.

director
Prof.

life.

call to a

wider

of

field at

to an error

in its

Albert’08

of recent date.

reported to be coaching the B. S.

S. foot ball team and “teaching
few classes on the side.’’ We
Perhaps that
reverse the order.
too is wrong, for it looks as though
he had both jobs in front and all

N.

a

on the move.
-

B. S. N. S. vs.

Lafayette Col.

Easton, Sept. 24, 1910.

the

B. F.

the attention of

call

the “Lafa3’ette”

We

“ Lafa3’ette

quote the

’’

of

Sept. 27, for this event.

a greatly increased salar}’ led to his
re.signation here.

which drenched
and
pla3’ers to the
both spectators

His entrance upon the field here
four years ago marked an epoch

skin, Lafa>’ette toyed with the rep-

in the

athletic life

Student

of

managership

the school.

and

direc-

“In

a driving rain

re.sentatives

of

the

'

Bloomsburg

Normal School on Saturday
and won by the comfortable margin

State

THE
of

But

31-0.

twice

B. S. N. S.

during the
Blooms-

eourse of the contest did

burg advance the

ball

the regula-

QUARTERLY
Benson

end
Dannehauer. .quarter back
.right half back
Conover.
left half back
Spiegel
full buck
Boland
left

.

and but twice did
the}" succeed in holding the Maroon
and White for downs.
When the teams lined up for the
kiek-off there was but little difference to be noted in their ph}"sical
tion

distance,

proportions.

The Bloomsburg

lads

were larger than the pla5’ers ordinarily seen on a normal school team,
and the Lafayette team, with a few
exceptions,

was not of a size to

Yerg
McDonald

tackle

left

Gross

Dailey

Brown

.

Umpire

Wolf

:

Harrison
Knittle

(Mercersburg).

Referee, Norris (Lafa}’ette).

linesman,

H.

Boas

Time of quarters, eight minutes.
Touchdowns Conover, 2; Boland,
:

Goals from touchdown
Knittle.
Dannehauer, 4. Safety
2

Roth.

;

:

:

Substitutions
liams,

;

By

Steele.

Hammond,

At the very kiek off Lafa}"ette
seeured a lead which took the life

Roth.

By Bloomsburg,

and fight out of its
Bloomsburg half-baek fumbled the
kick, and Probst pounced upon the
rolling spheroid.
In an in.stant
Dannehauer had the big seoring
machine in motion, and within a
minute of play Conover had flashed
touch-

down.”

The kind reader will
member that Lafayette

please

following the abov'e, defeated
nus,

re-

week

the

Ur.si-

the conqueror of the Univer-

sity of

Then imagine the
what we have omitted

Penn’ a.

remainder of
from the report of the Lafayette
and conclude with us that it was a
creditable

The

showing

after

all.

Woodcock

Position.
right end

Bloomsburg.
Leidy

Probst

right tackle

Pollock

O’Brien

right guard

Rainier

Foresman
Ryan

(capt) .center
left

guard

Kelly,

Savage,

Kaiser, Dennis, Geddes.

On

October ist both the first and
teams boarded the noon
train, the first team going to Sunbury, while the second team played
seeond

the Northumberland

HighSehool.

The second team was defeated owing to the large number of substitutes taken across the river.
The
Sunbury High School was supposed to furnish the opponents of the
Apparently the High
first team.

School authorities either have no
control over athletics or assumed

no responsibility that
a

mob

the

loose

da}".

upon the

field

To

turn

and

call

game is enbeyond our ken. The Nor-

result a foot ball

tirely

line up.

Lafayette,

Hart,

The

opponents.

first

Wil-

Lafayette,

Weber, Royer, O’Neil, Jones,

strike the spectator as unusual.

over the line for the

Head

(Lafayette).

mal School team was taken from
the field and escaped the onslaughts
of the mob with a few minor injuries.

Roderick

Smith

We

clip

the following from the

THE

4

B.

S.

N. S.

QUARTERLY.

Morning Press concerning the game
last 3’ear’s High School Cham-

prived them of the opportunit)’ to
kick for the goal.

pions:

Williamsport evidently realized
they could hope to gain but little
through the Normal line, for no

with

PASS HELPED NORMAL
TO EASY VICTORY.

FORWARD

sooner had Knittle kicked to their

COACH ALBERT SENT IN MANY SUBSTITUTES WERE WELL MATCHED IN WEIGHT.

—

fifteen 5'ard line

Normal auspiciously opened

its

foot ball season Saturdaj’, Oc-

when they walloped WilHigh to the tune of 20-0,

tober 8th,

liamsport

a score that

might as well have been

double, with coach Albert shoving
in reserves
ter,

after the second

Normal using no

less

quar-

than 25

men during the four quarters.
The teams were evenlj- matched

on Williamsport’s ten j’ard
but the throw was missed and
Hill punted out of danger to midfield.

Normal held the

but Bathurst broke the
and blocked the kick. During
the remainder of the quarter the

essaj’ed,

ball

scoring

within three minutes of the time
pla3’

was

Normal won the

called.

to

Wil-

liam.sport’s fifteen j-ard line,

Bat-

toss,

Knittle

kicking

off

hurst dropping the ball, with Mac-

Donald, Normal’s

left

end gather-

ing in the pig-skin. Normal crossed
the goal line on the second pla}"

and
ted

it

was

conclusive!}’ demonstra-

that the local offense at least

was fully equal
Misjudgmeut on

to

the situation.

locals’

part

de-

throughout

Knittle, Dennis, Harrison and Leidy figuring in substantial gains. A
field goal from the 25 j’ard line was

game, working the forward pass to
perfection, it failing but once in
the more than a dozen times it was
used, one of the efforts resulting in
a touchdown.
Normal took the starch out of
quarter,

ball

the remainder of the quarter, with

line

first

forward pass put the

ball

but Normal showed a
superior knowledge of the new

in

A

line,

in weight,

visitors

making

the ball to midfield, Kitial
the catch.

home

on the resumption

of plaj’ than Williamsport returned

see-sawed up and

down Wil-

liamsport’s territory’.

Six points were netted during
the second quarter, with plaj^ start-

ed on Williamsport’s 40 }'ard line.

Brown executed

a prettj" ten

j’ard

through centre and Dennis
followed with one around the visitors’ end for fifteen \-ards, Keiser
following with a short gain around
left end.
Geddes here replaced
gain

Harrison.

The

ball

was worked

Williamsport’s three }'ard line

to

when

Normal was penalized 15 j’ards for
Dobson attempted to

off-side pla}\

punt but Hill recovered
liamsport’s

fifteen

3'ard

it

on Wil-

line.

A

punt by Hill, William.sport’s star,
advanced the ball 50 yards, Keiser

—

THE
getting

the ball,

3’ards.

It

march

to

returning

lo

it

was here that Normal’s
the Williamsport

Brown gained

started.

B. S. N. S.

goal
3’ards

15

around the end, Harrison shoved
through the centre for ten. Keiser
made a perfect throw to Brown,

who

reli3'ed to Leid\’, the pla}’ net-

ting 40 3’ards and another touchdown, Knittle kicking the goal.

A

field

goal

third quarter,

was scored

ten 3’ard line, from
where Brown scored through Williamsport’s centre, on an old-fashto the visitors’

ioned centre rush.

throughout the quarter.

W

H

VVyckoff

left

fift}^

pla}’

’Dennis

Cope
Hunter

liamsport

3’ard line,

Wil-

got the ball and held

the

Savidge

tackle

.left

Burton

Fry
Turek

guard

left

Ramer
Emerick

Yerg
Smith

centre
right guard

Bathurst

Boust
Harrison

right tackle

Edgar
-right

end

Leidy
Williams

-quarter bock

Hulligen

.Kitial

around the

end, Knittle failing to gain,

during

MacDonald

end

Hill

with

greater part

it

this

of

quarter, but near the end of

Keiser

Henninger
Steumphle

.

,

-

.

right half back,

.

.

,

Knittle

Jones

Morris

left half

Hopler

full

back

Dennis
Geddes

the

quarter Normal managed to drive

:

S N. S.

B.

Bluemle.s

10 yards

up

line

S-

down

Leid}’ gained

The

ately thereafter.

Roberts

starting on Normal’s

Knittle kicked

the goal, time being called immedi-

With an almost entire!}’ new line
up Normal scored its third touchin the last quarter,

5

in the

Knittle kicking the

goal from the 25 3’ard line, with
Normal again proving their superiorit3"

quarterly

Brown
Brown

back

the ball to within 20 y’ards of the

Harrison

where

Dobson

Dennis attempted a field goal, w’hich
failed, the sphere hitting the crossbar. Williamsport then kicked from
their 25 yard line, Knittle catching
the ball and passed it to Kitial,

Touchdown, MacDonald, Leidy,

Williamsport

who made

goal,

from

a magnificent run,

cov-

ering about 40 yards and throwing
off two Williamsport men before
placing the ball about

25

yards

Brown,

Goals from touchdow’ns

Knittle,

2.

Referee

Field

— MacCrea.

Leibenberger,

— Knittle.

Field Judges

Shambach.

men — Bowman and

— Fausel and
quarters —

goals

Jones.

Ralston.

Line-

Timers

Time

of

15, 10, 15, 10.

BROUGHT ROOTER DELEGATION.

from the Williamsport line. Penalties here held back Normal’s scor-

Williamsport High School had a

ing chances, Williamsport getting

delegation of about 20 rooters to

the ball but fumbling immediatel}’,

Saturday’s

Dennis recovered

it

and carried

it

they had

game with Normal, but

little

opportunity’ to root.

THE

6

B. S.

T5-.

MITTERLIXG PLAYIXG EXD.
Mitterling, the former Normal

now

student and athlete, is

plajdng

S.

gTARTERLY

the mass.’’

Some

and successful by ninethe schools and colThe solution is an athletic

tenths of

end for Ursinus.

leges.

?

any school

athletic spirit in

can be maintained only

all

fee.

WHY NOT
The

other plan has been found

necessar}"

b}-

the uni-

Wh}' not charge each student a
fall term and a dol-

dollar for the
lar for the

spring term and then

ted support and cooperation of the

give each one a ticket

and student bod}-.
Saturda}’ an unusual number of
students witnessed the game, prob-

admit him to

faculty

entire

ablj’ a

fourth of the entire school

case,

if

as

the

frequentlj’

is

the foot ball team sees but a

handful of loyal students present at
each game, the enthusiasm of corWh}- can
dial support A'anishes.

even a national league base ball
team win more games at home than
abroad
ficials ?

Is

?

Not

because of biased

it

No,

the}" are out.

of-

The same hard
them out, when

at all.

faced umpire calls

it

home crowd,
“we are with

the spirit

is

of the

the glad hand,

the

5'ou’’

which

animates

the

feeling,

player and

puts the winning pace into his team
mates.

If this

professionals,

be true of seasoned

what must

it

mean

to

school bo3’S to see the side lines or

bleachers

filled

with familiar faces

eager to see him win ? What then
shall we say when the soda foun-

and the peanut sack leave no
spending money for athletic sports?
A prominent man said recenth',
tain

“you can

talk

the crack of

upon

school loyalt}' until

doom — it

will not

move

the

when we

which

Normal

shall

events

athletic

Field

?

num-

consider the

ber of foot ball games, track meets

and base

being present.

However,

held

Surel}'

all

ball

games held there each

year this seems a reasonable

fee.

This on account of the lack of room
to accommodate the crowd, leaves
basket ball to depend upon admission fees.

What do you

think of the plan

The remaining games upon
football schedule for
follows

1910,

?

the

areas

:

Oct. 15, Dickinson Sem. at Blooms-

burg.
Oct. 22, Indian Reserves at Blooms-

burg.

October 29, Bucknell Academy at
Bloomsburg.
5, Lock Haven Normal School
Bloomsburg.
Nov. 12, Wyo. Sem. at King.ston.
Nov. 19, State College at State

Nov.
at

College.

Nov. 24, Bucknell ReseiA'es at
Bloomsburg.
G. B. Laxdis, Manager.
H. Harrisox, Capt.

THE

B. S. N, S.

Alumni.

QUARTERLY
ways glad
?kI,

The Quarterly desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

all

consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning 3’our classmates.

Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box

Xo

203.

now

Normal School,

the pen

and ink

at the

Water Companj-’s office to “take a
day off.” Mr. Eyer is the collector for the Bloomsburg Water Company and attends to his duties regularly every da}', and in making
out receipts scarcely ever uses gla.ssIn fact he uses gla.sses but
es.
little and often reads b}' the
hour without them. He is in good
health and steps about as active as

very

men many

years his junior.

We

Mr, Eyer’s manj^ friends
and wish
him many more years of good
health and happiness.

join with

in hearty congratulations

Miss Mar}' L. Hastings of Hartford, Conn., a niece of the late
President Cleveland, and

who

re-

turned from a trip abroad with Mrs.
Cleveland and children,

is

the guest

Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Bidleman,
corner Third and Center Streets.
of

Miss Hastings was a former Normal teacher and has a host of
friends in

Bloomsburg who are

sympathy

al-

of

all

the

in

sustained by the

death of his wife, Augu.st 30. Mrs.
Black had been seriou.sly ill for

months preceding her death,

to heart trouble

and a cancer-

ous growth upon the

liver.
She
was a loving and devoted wife and
mother and had a host of friends.

re-

dajL and in honor of the event he

— Daily Saiii'

.

Bruce Black has the

affliction

se\'ere

^

cently celebrated his eightieth birth-

laid aside

A.

tenderest

three

the State

to see her

Aicg. jr.

Prof.

due
Mr. Fred, C. Eyer, the first seeretar\- of the Board of Trustees of
the Bloom.sburg Literar}’ Institute,

7

’70,

^

Rupert, Eva,

is

teaching in

Normal School in North
Carolina.
She spent a portion of

a Girls’

summer vacation
home in Bloomsburg.
her

at

her old

’74, Bitteubender, John K., an
employee of the government printing office at Washington, D. C.,
visited relatives and
friends in
Bloomsburg in July. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter.

’76,

Millard (Creasy)

course) died at her

home

Springs, Pa., August

3,

Mary
at

(sp.

Willow

A

1910.

1

though she had been in poor health
for some time she was confined to
her bed only one day. She was
the daughter of Mr. Mordecai Millard, who for a time was steward at
the Normal.
We find the
’76, Welsh, J. P.
following in a local paper, July 30.
“The many friends of Dr. J. P.

Welsh whose resignation

as

vice

president of State College takes
fect

in

September

knowing

i,

ef-

will be interested

that he has accepted a

THE

8

B.

N. S,

S.

and general
Southern Fruit &

position as secretarj-

manager

of the

Nut Compan}’, New York City, a
eompau}' that is backed by some of
New York’s wealthiest men and one
that opens a brilliant future for Dr.
Welsh's exceptional business

abil-

QUARTERLY
was a Normal student in 1877.
’80, White, H. Y.
(sp. course)
had the signal honor of being reelected president of the State Miller’s Association at its recent session

Atlantic City.

at

also secretar}’ of the

Mr. White is
Board of Trus-

tees of State College.

ity.”

Low, Mjron

’76,

has been

I.,

elected president of the

Bank

tional

Na-

First

He

Bloomsburg.

of

’81, Sharpless,

Harn.* F.,

president of Carstens

&

vice

is

Earles, Inc-

Investment Bankers, Seattle, Wash-

man

has been long identified with the

ington. Although a very busy

bank and for some

Harry is a pronounced disciple of
Isaac Walton and on a recent fishing trip on the Upper Elwha River
had great success some would call
it luck
he caught two of the bigg-

president.

He

3’ears its vice-

brings to the

insti-

tution a successful financial experience

and

which

will undoubted!}’

wide

acquaintanceship

be of ines-

timable value to the bank and

its

Clinton Herring, ’94, was

patrons.

Board of
the vacancy created

secretary of the

elected

Directors to

fill

est

’78, Bittenbender,

course) after an extended illness of

cancer of the liver, died at his

home

BloouLsburg, Thursday, October

6th. In his death

An

Bloomsburg

loses

most substantial citizens.
untiring worker, his energy in

one of

its

what ever he did was

little

short of

remarkable and his friends throughIn the First
out town are legion.
Methodist Church,

for

which he

always worked untiringh’, he will
be missed as he will also in the
Men’s Bible Class of the church.

He

is

survived by his wife and

two children,

Isabella

and Frank,

the latter a dental student at the
Universit}’ of Pennsylvania.

Bittenbender,

Mattie

rainbow trout reported
One weighed i 2}4

A.

Mrs.
Milnes,

this sealbs.,

the

other 14 lbs.
An 8 or 10 lb. fish
was considered relatively small.

Whipple, Mary E., has been

’83,

Chas. M. (sp.

—

son.

Mr. Low’s promotion.

b}’

in

—

granted a year’s leave of absence

from her school

in

New

Jerse}’, to

finish

a course in Domestic Science

at the

Teacher’s College of Colum-

bia Universit}’, N. Y.
is

81

N.

Claremont Ave.,

Her address
Montclair,

J.

’85,

F'red

Ent (Holmes) Edith and
Holmes have been married

and recently celebraby entertaining more
than one hundred guests at their
beautiful home on West Street,
Bloomsburg.
A very delightful
Notwithstanding
the inoccasion.
which
specificall}'^
stated
vitations
‘‘no presents,” they were the recipients of many beautiful and ap-

twenty

}’ears

ted the event

propriate gifts.

THE
McDonnell,

’87,

teaching in the

Chicago,

111

J.

C.

B. S. N. S.

Susan J., is
Conley School,

She enjoys her work

.

and writes appreciativ'ely of the
Quarterly. She has been busy

Work.

in University
is
111

Her address

4866 Winthrop Ave.,

Chicago,

.

Mary, recently returned from a six weeks trip in Eu’87,

Petty,

the principal cities
and points of interest, including the
rope,

visiting

Passion Play at Oberammergau.
She was accompanied to her home
Margaret Pettj’
in Berwick by

(Beatty) ’88,
Chester, N.

who

is

now

living at

QUARTERLY
the

9

Quarterly. She has

a daugh-

ter eight years old.
’91,

Longshore, Katherine. We
from Ha-

find the following special

zleton in the Philadelphia Inquirer

Sept.

The

24.

State

League

Longshore, of Hazleton, is president, will meet at Harrisburg on
Friday, September 30, to consider
Fund bill to be in-

the Retirement

troduced at the next session of the
Legislature.

Under the provisions
measure a fund

is

this

of

to be established

for the retirement of

public school

instructors after they have been in

J.

the service for a certain

number

Montgomery, Florence, was
married Sept, ist to George E.

years.

Sponsler, ’79, (Sp. course), a well

been decided upon.

known merchant of Lime Ridge,
The ceremony was conducted
Pa.

efforts of

by Dr. F. DeWitt Talmage, pastor
Chambers Wylie Memorial
Presbyterian church in PhiladelAs Mr. Sponsler is an enphia.
thusiastic autoist, the wedding trip
was made in his large Oldsmobile
touring car through New Jersey,
New York and New England. They
are “at home’’ in Mifflinville, Pa.
’89, Berninger (Kidd) Martha,
who has been in China for some

delegates from every county

time recently arrived at her home
in Catawissa where she will spend

ceremony

few weeks. She w'as most heartily welcomed.
’91, Kintner (Harris) Mary C.,
now resides at 1503 N. Frazier St.
W. Philadelphia. She is loyal to
the Old Normal and greatly enjoys

bride’s parents.

’88,

of the

a

of

Teachers, of which Miss Katherine

—

How

many,

of

has not yet

Through the

Miss Longshore, the teachers of the State have organized and
will

be at the Harrisburg gathering, at

which the new school code and other matters affecting the schools will

be discussed.

The

teachers here believe that

the outlook

tirement

is

bright for the

Re-

bill.

Watson, John F., was marWednesday, Sept. 14, to Miss

’94,

ried

Carrie Klase of Danville, Pa.
w'as

The

performed by the

Rev. Mr. Yonce at the

home

of the

Mr. Watson is
Deputy Prothonotary of Columbia
County. Thej'^ reside at No. 234
E. Fifth Street, Bloomsburg, Pa.
’95, Worthington, W. R., according to a Philadelphia paper,

is

an

THE

lO

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY
i

t

assistant coach

We

lege.

Lafayette Col-

at

have, as

no

}'et,

confir-

mation of the statement.
’95, Gilbert, Laura, a very popular teacher in the schools of Catawissa,

was married

Kline, Esq., a
of

Sept.

member

7,

to Chas.

of the bar

Columbia County, having

offices

The ceremonj" was
Rev. LeRoy F. Baker,

at Catawissa.

read by the

rector of the Episcopal

Church

of

This is the third term
Mary and the second for
Miss Jeannie.
Both young ladies
are meeting with great success.

city schools.

’97, Brace, John G. is now located in Bloomsburg as Superintend-

the Epi.scopal Church of Catawissa.

ent of the

Barton, Harry S.

paper of Sept.

“Harry

7,

A

local

has the following:

S. Barton,

who

for a

num-

ber of years was book-keeper for
the United Gas and Electric Com-

pany and auditor for the Columbia
Power, Light and Railways Company, since

its

consolidation, tend-

ered his re.signation to the

company

to take effect October

Mr. Bar-

ton

is

many
the

i.

an affable gentleman and has

among the patrons of
compan}’ who regret his resigfriends

nation.’’
’96, Rutter, J.

Boyd

(sp. course).

In the current issue of “Collier’s
Weekly’’ is a good picture of mid-

shipman Rutter, who was an officer
in Room 3 on board the battleship
North Dakota at the time the oil
explosion occurred on that vessel.

A

picture of the crew of which he

*

’97, Ohl, Rev. Arthur C. wife
and three children spent part of his
vacation visiting
and
relatives
friends in Bloomsburg.
He is pastor of the Reformed church at
Marklesburg, Huntingdon Co. Pa.

Selinsgrove, Pa., and took place in

’96,

‘

for Miss

Telephone Compahere with a fine
record of services performed elseBell

He comes

n}L

where.
’97. Walz, Ida M. was married
Los Angeles, Cal., September ist
to Mr. Harry B. Washburn. They
are “at home’’ at No. 2726 Halldale Ave., Los Angeles.

in

’97,

Bertha,

Kelly,

enjoyed

a

European trip this summer. She
“Europe is great in more
sa}'s
:

wa5's than, one,
’98,

Moyer,

’
’

but

fails to specify.

Irene

(sp. course)

became the wife of J. P. Zeigler, on
Aug. 29. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. S. C. Dickson
Manse in
at the Presbyterian
Mr. Zeigler is manBloomsburg.
ager of the grocery department of
the F. P. Pursel store in Bloomsburg.
’98,

Tucker, James C., has been
|

has charge, and

of the ship during

the progress of the

fire is

shown.

Knapp, Mar}', and her
Jeannie, ’09, have returned to Roche.ster, N. Y., where they will
again take up their duties in the
’97,

sister

elected sub-principal, to teach

man-

ual training and mathematics in the

Lynn, Mass. English High School.
There were fifteen candidates for
He resides at No. 15
the position.
Fair Oaks Ave.. East Lynn, Mass.

;

|

^

1

THE
’99,

who

Fortune, Arthur C.,

employed
Office,

a

B. S. N. S.

in the Citj’

New York

week

visiting
’99,

is

Comptroller’s

City, spent about

Bloomsburg this summer
his parents and friends.

in

Clayberger, ’99

— Heist

’99.

A local paper of Sept. 2^ says: On
Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, at
the home of the bride on North
Iron street, Mr. Henrj’ Clayberger
of Shamokin was married to Miss
Mabel Heist by the Rev. J. E. Byof

ers

Matthew’s Lutheran
The bride and groom

St.

church.

were unattended.
After a wedding breakfast, Mr.
and Mrs. Clayberger left on an extended wedding trip, after which
they will reside at vShamokin, where
a newly furnished home awaits
Mrs. Claj^berger

is

a graduate of

High School and
the State Normal School and has
taught for several years at Newark,
the Bloomsburg

J.,

with great

Clayberger

is

& W.

success.

Mr.

also a graduate of the

Bloomsburg Normal School and is
principal of the Coal Township
High School near Shamokin.
’00, Shuman, Ada. At the home
of the bride’s parents at Lime Ridge
on Wednesday morning, Aug. 17,
their daughter, Miss Ada, became
the bride of Mr. George Nelson, of

now

1

Los Angelwhere they will re-

train enroute for

es, California,

side.
’00, Adams, (Yetter), Mary.
town paper of Sept. 28 has the

A
fol-

“The

.stork brought to
our townsman C. C.
Yetter, E.sq., on Sunday morning a
pair of healthy twdn daughters.
Attorney Yetter is a Republican of

lowing:
the

home

of

the Roo.seveltian persuasion.’’
’00, Belig.

Maude

E.

On

Sep-

tember ist, in the city of Philadelphia, MLss Maude E. Belig became
the bride of Charles Yentzer of
Philadelphia.
The ceremony was
performed by Rev. C. W. Burns,
pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Philadelphia. They
reside

home

their arrival.

N.

QUARTERLY

in

their

’00,

Bogenrief ’00

The wedding
rief,

newly

furnished

at St. Martins, Pa.

daughter

Henry

— Seely,

of Miss

of

Bogenrief,

’97.

Mary Bogen-

Mr.

and Mrs.

of Mifflinburg,

and who is very well known in
Bloomsburg where she attended t he
Bloomsburg State Normal School,
and frequently visited, to Leslie
Seely, formerly of Beach Haven,
and now employed as an instructor
in the Philadelphia schools, was
solemnized in the Reformed church
at Mifflinburg

by Dr. Spussard

The ceremony was performed

Scranton.

Rev. Mr. Baker, of Espy,

and the ceremony was

officia-

of

Mifflinburg.

the presence of

in

a large assemblage

ed by the immediate families and a

and was one of the most brilliant
weddings Mifflinburg has witnessed

few friends.

in a

ted,

The couple left on

witne.ss-

the 7:31 D. L.

number

of years.

Miss Ruth McLinn,

of Apollo,

THE

12

was maid

and

honor,

of

Blanche Letson,

of

B.

Miss

Dorranceton,

Miss Sue Bogenrief, a sister of the

Samuel
Withers, of Philadelphia, was best
man, with John Sands and Mr.

bride,

were bridesmaids.

Dannett, of Philadelphia; Mr. Pretof

tyleaf,

Mr.

and

Lewistown,

Kurtz, of Mifflinburg,

the mshers.

Mrs. Jesse Y. Glenn, of Montreal,
Canada,
rendered the wedding
march.
Following the ceremonjL a reception, attended by the relatives and

out of town guests, was

held, at

the bride’s home.

The newly wedded couple who
will reside in Philadelphia, left up-

on an extended wedding
coast

of

Aug.

23.

’00,

Maine

.

trip to the

— Mornmg

Press,

Strawinski, Caroline, a stu-

dent in trained nursing at the Al-

toona

was a

Hospital,

friends in

October.

guest

of

few days in
Her home is in Hunting-

town

for a

Wildrkk, Harry, has been

very successful this year as Principal of

Lehman High

School.

He

organized the school as a ThirdDr. D. J. WalClass High School.
ler

delivered

address to the

the

Commeticement

first

graduating class

on April 22, 1910.
Brown, ’97, showed
Jiis loyalty to B. S. N. S. by giving
a banquet in honor of Dr. Waller,
The banquet
Gleason.
.at Hotel
beautifully
decorated
with
hall was
present
were:
Normal colors. Those
of this school

Dr. H. A.

Dr. D.

J.

tin,

the

N.

—

Waller, Rev.

J.

R. Aus-

following alumni of B. S.

S.
Dr. H. A. Brown ’97, Prof.
Harry Wildrick ’00, Miss Esther
Wolfe ’07, Miss Ruth Lamoreux
’07, Miss Kathleen Major ’09, and
Chauncej^ Lamoreux, also the mem-

bers of the Senior and Junior cla.sses of the High School, and a few
All spent a very enjo3^able

friends.

evening.
’00,

Skeer

—Johnson,

Scranton, Sept.

’02.

At

there was sol-

14,

emnized the wedding of Miss Marion Johnson, of Northumberland,
and Charles O. Skeer, of Bloomsburg, following which the newl}'
wedded couple left for the Thousand Islands on an extended wedding tour. The bride is one of
Northumberland’s most highl}^ esteemed 5'oung ladies and a teacher
in the town’s public schools, having
graduated from the Bloomsburg

Normal School in
groom has made a name

State

in the musical w’orld

don, Pa.
’.OQ,

QUARTERLY.

N. S.

S.

cal director

1902.

The

for himself

and as a musi-

has far more than a

local reputation.

Following an extended wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Skeer will take
up apartments in Bloomsburg.

tour,

’01, Shultz, Lela.

home wedding was
at the residence

of

A verj^ pretty
that solemnized

Mr. and Mrs.

Jonas Shultz, near Jonestown, at
high noon, Tuesday, Sept. 29, when
Miss Lela Shultz, their only daugh-

became the bride of Ingfred T.
Madsen, of New York City.
The ring ceremony was perform-

ter,

.

THE

B. S. N. S.

ed by a great uncle of the bride,
Rev. R. Kocher, who officiated also

wedding

at the

mother

of

QUARTERLY
Sheldon

23,

Kintner,

’01,

Aug.

wife,

Ruth

became the

C.

10, at Danville, Vt.,

They

Mr. Thos. D. Barrack.

years ago.

Following an extended wedding
groom will be

Wilkes-

St.,

barre.

father and

of the

the bride some thirty

No.

at

13

of
re-

side at Wilkinsburg, Pa.
’02,

tour the bride and

Long,

Bessie, has

resigned

“At Home” at 41 Woodruff Place,
Perth Amboy, N. J., after Novem-

her position as teacher in the Cata-

ber

position

I

The

bride taught at Montrose for

Amboy

three years and at Perth

The groom,

five 5'ears.

respected

young man,

New York

in the

&

a

of

Peck,

Their already furnished home awaits them at Perth

Sto

Wilcox.

Mary, who has been
teaching in a private .school at Asbury Park, N. J. during the sum’01, Belig,

has entered upon her duties

teacher in the primary depart-

as

ment

J.

’02,

Pa.

at

mother

Ridge,

’01,

W. W.

after an ab-

year or two has again

become the supervising principal

of

the schools of Centralia.
’01,

Follmer, Gertrude, a teacher

Berwick schools, took a six
weeks’ tour this summer to Europe.
The countries visited included Eng-

in the

land, Scotland, Holland,

Germany,

the
in

home

w'as

the bride’s

of

Eore.st City,

Rev. C. H. Sackett,

The

Pa.

pastor of

the

There
M. E. church officiated.
were no attendants. Mr. Vorck
holds a responsible position as cred-

man

for one of the large import-

ing houses in the metropolis.

They

No. 16 Sherman street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
’02, Diem, Marie, Gertrude Parry, ’06, and others took an European trip this summer as the guests
winners of
of the Scranton Truth

reside
-sence of a

Grace,

June 14th, to
Mr. Robert H. Vorck, of New'
York City. The ceremony, which
was a very quiet one, was solemn-

it

of the schools of Norristown,

Menhennett,

married Tue.sday,

ized

Amboy.

mer,

N,

teacher

as

Seitz, in

highly

manager

is

office

for

and has accepted a
under Prof.
the schools of Medford,

schools

wi.ssa

at

—

a circulation

contest.

It

is

said

had a “great time.’’
Keiber, A. E., has been

that they
’02,

elected

teacher of history in

the

Austrian Tyrol, Switzerland,
Belgium and Erance.

High School of Davenport, Iowa.
This High School has a regular de-

Townend, Mae E. was marto

partment of debating of which Mr.
Keiber will have charge.
He

They

thinks that the excellent practice

Italy,

’01,

ried Sept.

Mr.

28,

in Wilkes-Barre,

Richard H. Mitchell.

will be

“At Home’’

after

Nov.

i.

he secured in debating while at the

—

.

H

THE

B. S.

Normal School aided materially
getting him this position.

E.
in

’03, Welsh, Fred S., son of Dr.
and Mrs. J. P. Welsh, and a form-

er Bloornsburg bo3\ is

now

the su-

perintendent of a division of the U.
Geological

S.

Survey,

work carrving him

with

his

to all parts of

S.

and carried a bouquet of
white Chry'santhemums.
Miss Harriet A. Price pla3'ed

match,

Lohengrin’s w'edding march w’hile
the 3'oung couple entered the parw'hich was artisticalE' decorated
wdth ferns, hyderangia, palms and

lor,

autumn

a large salary’ as well as

excep-

advancement.
His Bloornsburg friends will be interested in knowing that when he
graduated from college he had three
positions offered him, one a college
professorship, another a business
opening and the other a position as
helper with the Geological Survey.
A 3’ear's work with the government
brought this advancement. Morntional opportunity for

ing Press, July 31

Kramer, Rosetta, is teaching
Thornton, Del. Co. Pa. This is
her third >’ear there, and she enjoys
her work immensel5^
She has
’03,

in

leaves.

After the wedding breakfast

the United States, and carries with
it

gUAKTERLY

was

Mr. and Mrs. Miller left for
Wilkes-Barre, en- route to Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Washington,
Mt. Vernon and points south. On
seiY'ed

return they

their
at

w'ill

be at

home

1622 Capouse Ave., Scranton, Pa.

The

bride held a responsible poin

sition

groom

the City Post Office and

employed by the Title
Company.
’04, Trathen, Harr>' G. accompanied by his bride, visited Bloomsburg and the Normal School, Octthe

Guaranty

is

& Surety

,

ober 6th.
’05, Davis,

ing

a

Luzetta, after spend-

portion of the

summer

in

taught continuously since gradua-

Bloornsburg and vicinity,

tion.

turned to Grand Junction, Colora-

’03,

Miller,

John R.

Tuesday

morning,

October 26, 1909, the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene T.
Smith of 230 New' York St., Scranton, Pa.,

pretty

was the scene

w'edding,

when

o’clock their daughter,

and John R.

of a very
at

eleven

Grace E.

formerly of
Conyngham, Pa., w'ere married by
Miller,

the Rev. Dr. C. H. Olmstead, pas-

M. E. Church,
which both were members.
The bride wore a gray traveling

tor of the Asburj'

of

suit

with a large picture hat to

do,

where she

w'ill

has re-

again take charge

of the school in w’hich, for several
3'ears

she has been teaching.

’05, Shortz,
is

Donald

(sp. course)

chief clerk for the General

Yard

Master of the Oregon Short Line
Railroad Compau3', w'ith headquarters at Salt Lake Cit3', Utah.
He,
with a partner, is also engaged in
the poultr3' busine.ss and altogether
His address is
is ver3' successful.
2519 South Eleventh St., East Salt
Lake Cit3', Utah.
’05, Morgan, Olive, was married

THE
March

1910, to

i6,

of Newark,

N.
being performed

parsonage

in

J.,

at

B. S. N. S.

David Bowen
the ceremoii}-

Methodist

the

Newark by

the Rev.

The}' were un-

D. F. Diefendorf.

attended and only a few relatives

Their

and friends were present.

home
’o 5

is at

Port Morris, N.

ChampHn,

,

QUARTERLY

Carrol,

J,

is

princi-

Edward

Eisenhauer,

also a teacher in the
’06, Mitchell,

lowing

is

’09

is

Benton schools.

Mary

F.

The

fol-

a “special” to the Phila-

delphia Inquirer from Shenandoah,

Allebach,

’07,

Millard,

C.

has

been elected president of the Senior

Gettysburg College. He is
also editor of '“‘The Gettysburgian”
a weekly college paper published
by the students. He measures well
up to the standard maintained in all
the Colleges by our Normal boys
class at

and

pal of the public schools at Benton,

Pa.

15

girls.

’07,

Hoppe,

has been

Blanche,

doing the reportorial work for a
newspaper during the summer, but
is

now

teaching in the Uniondale

High School.
’07, Mausteller,

We

Helen.

clip

dated July 19.
“A pretty
wedding was solemnized here to-

the following from a local paper of

day when Miss Mary F. Mitchell,
a Shenandoah school teacher,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
J. Mitchell, became the bride of W.
H. Bean, of Easton, where he is
engaged in bu.siness. Rev. Joseph
M. O’Hara, of the Church of the

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Mausteller, of town, was married
Teple of Franklin
to James E.
township, by the Rev. William
A. Vaugh of Calvary Methodist
church.

Annunciation, performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Bean left for

ate of

Pa.,

Canada and the Thousand Islands
on their honeymoon.
’06, Titus, Ethel May was married in August to Mr. Wm. E.

The cerhome

Zecher, of Philadelphia.

emony was solemnized

bride’s parents in

of the

tom.

at the

Rev. Andrew
Oxford, N. Y. They
No. 5422 Webster street,

Pa.,

Austin,
reside at

Hopbot-

by the

of

Philadelphia.
’06, McBride, Charles, secured
one of the three Carnegie scholar-

ships awarded

for the

best

done during the Junior
State College.

work

year at

August 6: “On July 27, in New
York City, Miss Helen Mau-steller,

Miss Mausteller,

who

is

a gradu-

Bloomsburg High School and

the State

Normal School, has been

a successful teacher in

New

Jersey,

and Mr. Teple, also a graduate of
the Normal, has been manager of
one of the New York offices of the
Continental

Casualty

Company.

Mr. Teple has resigned his position
since his marriage and associated
with Mr. Hile will devote his time
Mr. Teple, it
to the ostrich farm.
is said, has been making a special
study of the life and habits of the
bird and will no doubt help to make
a success of this venture.”
’07, Kline,

Jennie

I. is

teaching

THK

l6

in the public schools

boken, N.

J.

of

B.

S.

N. S.

West Ho-

and greatly enjoys

Her address is
her work there.
448 Palisade Ave., Weehawken
Heights, N. J.
’07, Welsh, Mabel, was married
Saturday, April 23, to Mr. Joseph
Breisch, of Main township, who
had recently purchased a farm, to
which he took

the

marriage of Mrs.
Cooper’s father.
After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.
Cooper left on a wedding trip to
officiated at the

Buffalo,

re.side at

officiated as principal of

Glenwood Grammar School,
to come up

and has now been called

higher to the regret of her patrons

and pupils. She calls for a Bloomsburg graduate to take her place.

We

gladly suggest several names.

It is

a source of great

pleasure to

hear of the triumphs of our boys
and girls both in the home State
They
and in our sister states.
“make good.” Next.
’07, Riegel, Lulu A., was back
to the Normal during part of the
spring term taking advanced work.
She has been teaching each year
since graduation, and greatly enjoys
her work.
’07, Cousart, Josephine, (music
course) was wedded April 12 to Mr.

among

and a touch of sentiment is added
by the fact that the same minister

her

many

accomplish-

mau}^ occasions delighted Danville
audiences.
’07, Hess, Mary E., was married
Wednesday', June 22, to Warren A.
Hower of Philadelphia, son of Mr.
Alfred Hower, ’74 of Catawissa.

The ceremony was performed at
the home of the bride by the Rev.

W.

S.

Gerhard,

in the

nearly one hundred

presence of

gue.sts.

Palms,

ferns and cut flowers, in profusion

heightened the beauty of the decoraMiss Norma Johns, ’07,

tion effect.

was maid of honor and Misses Helen
L. Warded, ’07, Anna R. Deeth,
’08, Verna B. Keller, ’09, and Lois
DeWitt, ’07, were bridesmaids.
Lazarus, Edwin, resigned
’07,
the principalship of the

High School

to enter

Hartford,

lege,

pursue the

The ceremony was performed
Pa.
by the Rev. H. C. Pardoe, at his
Rev. Pardoe, who tied the nupknot, is a cousin of the bride,

will

City.

ments being a highly developed musical talent with which she has on

will

tial

They

York.

The bride is one of D inville’s
most charming 3’oung ladies, prom-

expects to

in Harrisburg.

New

Union

E. Marvin Cooper, Jr. of Union City,

home

Youngstown,

Pittsburg,

Ohio, and

inent

his bride.

Buck, Olga L. A recent
letter from Miss Olga conveys the
fact that for two years she has suc’07,

cessfully

QUARTERLY

Millville

Trinity

Conn.,

classical course.

make teaching

Col-

where he

He

his pro-

fession.

Wesley, spent a
J.
and profitable summer doing school work in the sum’08,

Sitler,

ver>' pleasant

mer biological station of the University of Michigan, where he is
registered as a student.

THE

B. S. N. S.

Brandon, Adda. The following is from the Wilkes-Barre
“The marriage of
Record Aug. 30.
Miss Adda Brandon, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. Sterling Brandon, a
’oS,

well

known

school teacher re.siding

on Park Ave., Bloomsburg, and
George Sharon Westfield of Ke}'ser,

West

Virginia,

who

holds a respon-

with the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, took place at the
Presbyterian Church, Rev. S. C.
Dickson officiating, on Friday even-

sible po.sition

The

ing.

bride

graduate of

a

is

the class of 1908 of the BloouLsburg

Normal School.

State

’08, Wells,

month
and

Grace

F.,

very

pleasant

“I thought

knew what work was at Normal,
me !’’ Well, we know that
done when EveEm is in
it will be
I

but dear

appointed at

We

were greatly

liot seeing”

just

there

all

missed

dis-

her face at

the reunion of her class.

we

Perhaps

her and she was

the time.

If so

we

regret

not seeing her.

er in the schools of New'ark,
to

return next

Our Pennsylvania

— single.

N.

J.

year.

when once
swamps never

girls

entered in the Jersey
return

old days.

him

We

as

a student in the

understand

that he

expects to teach at Dewart during
the coming year.

Fegley, Mary,

’08,

is

teaching at

Newlin, Pa.
Plank, Thos. H., was pres-

’08,

ent

at

He

commencement

for a

few

is

principal

is

of

a

High School.

growing professionally and

in

’08, Gray, Carrie M., who has
completed two years as teacher of
the Benton Primary School, has

done very efficient work and has
been reelected for a third term. She
was back at the Normal during a
part of the spring term doing advanced work, with the view of completing the Supplementary Course.
’08, Herring, Martha, after closing her school w'ent to West Hoboken, N. J., to finish an unexpired

term of a teacher who resigned.
’08,

Henrie, Ethel E., has closed
her second successful year as teach’08,

She expects

acterized

love with his calling.

Peck, Evel}m M., says, in a

command.

for ad-

now

among

DuBois during the

recent communication,

Normal

vanced w'ork in May. He has been
very successful in his work, and is
filled with the same eagerness for
growth and advancement that char-

protracted

visit

year.
’08,

schools, entered the

during the

a

Williams, Sara E., went from

’08,

Thomas, who has

’08, Francis,

looking well and reports
two years of successful work, is

friends in Washington, D. C.

Fore.st City to

17

been principal of the Turbotville

hours,

May made

of

QUARTERLY

Geisdorf, Charlotta, writes

as follow's under date of

June 25
from Pryor, Montana: “It has just
been two years since I w'as graduated from the Normal School. Shortly after leaving the Normal, I took
a civil examination and entered the
service as teacher in Indian schools.

THE

i8

B. S

N.

S.

B. S. N. S. QUARTERLY,
Published by the

and has just completed a sucterm of teaching in the
schools of Upper Uwchlan, and recently been appointed principal of
1905,

BLOOMSBURG LITERARY INSTITUTE
AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
OF THE SIXTH

cessful

DISTRICT,

BLOOMSBURG,

QUARTERLY

PA.

the Lionville

Editorial Staff,
Joseph H. Dennis,
J.

C. Foote.

W.

High

School.

Immediately after the ceremony

G E. Wilbur,
Myrtle Swartz.

the happy couple

for a trip to

left

Niagara Falls and Canada and on

B. Sutliff.

make Lion-

their return they will

taught for one year among the
Piute Indians of Nevada, and this
year I have been teaching among
the Crow Indians of Montana.
I
am earning a good salary, and en-

I

joy the w'ork.

During the coming week, many

my

of

classmates will return there

receive

to

the

Permanent

State

Normal Diploma. I regret that I
cannot be present at the reunion of
class ’o8, but I wish all my classmates the greatest success.
’

’09,

McAfee, Charles E.

’

We

print the following clipping

re-

from

the West Chester News, and congratulate the bride and groom.

P.

“Chester E. McAfee, son of Wm.
McAfee of East Nantmeal, and

Clara R. Heald, 241 North Paxson
Philadelphia, daughter of
Benjamin T. Heald of Chadds’
Ford, were married on June 15th,
in Wilmington, Delaware.

street,

Miss Heald, who is a graduate of
the West Chester State Normal,
Class of ’08, has taught succe.ssfully

two years, in Bucks county.
She wore a handsome gown

of

with coat to match.
groom is a graduate of

soft graj" silk,

Bloomsbiirg State Normal School,

future home.

Cressler,

’09,

— Reimard,

John

The following from the
Morning Press of Thursday, May
We extend congratulations,
27.
and best wishes.
“In the First Methodist church
Irene

’07.

of Scranton,

yesterday,

the mar-

riage of Miss Irene Reimard, daughter of Charles

Fourth

street,

H. Reimard, of West
to
John Webster

John Cressler,
was solemnized,
the wedding marking the consummation of a romance which had its
beginning when both were students
at the Bloomsburg State Normal
Cressler, son of Dr.

of Wilkes-Barre,

School,

the bride

graduating

in

1907 and the groom, in 1909.
The bride and groom were unattended and the wedding was marked by an absence of ostentation.
Upon their return from their
wedding trip the bride and groom
will

make

Barre

until

home at WilkesFall when they will

their

take up their residence in Philadel-

where the groom

phia,

for

The

ville their

in

the Jefferson

is

a student

Medical College,,

class of 1913.’’
’09,

taught

Garrison, Florence W., who!
successfully

in

the

Dor-

;

THE

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY

ranceton public schools, has entered
State College to take

work

in Nat-

and Liberal Arts dur-

ural Science

ing the summer.

Fred W., who taught
Grovania during the year, enter-

’09, Diehl,

at

ed the Normal School,

April

in

taught several classes, and at the

same time successfully finished the
first
year of the supplementary
course.
Immediately after his examination he reported for State
College, where he will pursue a
course in Agriculture and Science.

He

has been elected to the princi-

palship of the Millville Fligh School.

We congratulate the Millville school
We know
board on their choice.
of

no more earnest teacher and stu-

dent.

Thompson, Mary

’09,

E.,

has

’09,

pastor

of

Church

Horace never was of the
become a moss back. He

to do.

kind to

succeeds.
’09,

Bryant, Lcon D.,

now

is

lo-

Methodist

Danville, and a former

when she lived
with her parents at Hollida\"sburg.
Following a wedding tour to Niagara Falls and other points of interest, they will reside at Tunkhannock.
Both the bride and groom
are highly esteemed young people
and both were recently students at
the

Bloomsburg

ville’s

be the up-to-date thing for our wide
awake rural high school principals

Paul’s

St.

of

pastor of the bride

and reports a verj’ pleasant and strenuous year’s work.
Horace D., is
’09, Wa.shburn,
taking a course in agriculture at
This is getting to
State College.

clip the

Bloomsburg paper Oct. 6. “Another romance was
sealed yesterday when, at Danville,
Miss Ethel C. Krepps, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Krepps
of South Market street, became the
bride of Arthur C. Brown of Tunkhannock, the ceremony having been
performed by Rev. G. S. Womer,

been teaching during the year in St.
,

We

Krepps- Brown.

following from a

School.

Clair, Pa.

19

The

State

bride

Normal

one of Dan-

is

most popular young ladies.
O’Neill. Frances H., who
taught for the last ten months near
Flemington, N. J., is reported by
her school officials as having prov’09,

ed

ver\’^

A

satisfactory.

letter

‘

but she stuck to the job spleudidWe know she would, she
1 }l’’
was one that the critic teachers

depend upon.

cated in the far northwest at Pull-

could always

man, Washington, where he

are glad to hear such reports.

cipal of the

High

a

very

siders

The

it

State College

School.

is

prin-

He

con-

congenial place.
is

located there

and many opportunities are open in
the rapidly growing town. His address

is

No. 71

1

State Street.

from

the secretar}' of the board said
‘She was rather homesick at times,

’10, Brill,

Town

Julia,

is

We

teaching at

Hill near Shickshinny.

’10, Keeler, Charles, has fully
recovered from an operation for ap-

pendicitis performed
in

the

Joseph

this

Ratti

summer
Hospital,

THE

20

B.

S.

N.

Bloomsburg, and has taken up his
of the Locust
township high school located at
Newlin.
duties as principal

Gleason, H. S.,

’lo,

at Mineola,

Long

is

teaching

He

Island.

has

a district school of thirt3’-five pupils

and

finds the

ver}’ pleasant.

Lewis, Richard,

’lo,

of one of
cit)'

work

is

principal

the ward schools in the

of Scranton.

’lo, Trescott,

Hellen E., has an

West Berwick.
is

teaching

fiinville.

Derr, Besse, after teaching

’04,

successfully

for

New

Jerse3L

28th to Mr.
trical

two

in the

j’ears

Norman Sked, an

and Mrs. Sked
future

their

N.

was married June

engineer of N. Y.

Mr.

Allison

B.

A

committee composed of Messrs.
Glick, Prof. S. C. Yocum and
Henry Cla3’berger was appointed to
make arrangements for holding an
elaborate banquet on November 4,
at which time the committee expect to have all local graduates of
Bloomsburg Normal present.
R.

J.

When

the officers had been elect-

work for the next few
months had been mapped out. Prof.
Albert, an instructor of the Normal

who had been

meeting,
the

home

in

elec-

cit3'.

will

make

Pennington

new

association

The

members
to

of

Felix’s re-

following were present at

the meeting

:

Supt. S. C.

Yocum,

Jeremiah Reeder, Mr. David
T. Meisberger, Mr. B. F. Wragg,
Miss Hattie Smink, IMr. Reuben
]\Ir.

Glick, Mrs.

Henry Clayberger, Mr.
Mr. Michael
N. Llewellyn, Mr.

Cla3’berger,

Costello, Mr. L.

Alximni Reunions.

present at the

served.

Henry

J.

the

invited

freshment parlor on Sunbury street
where a delightful supper was

schools of this state and four 3’eBrs
in

treasurer,

Muir.

School

Hess, Helen M.,

Main township, not far from Mif-

in

and

retar3'

ed and the

excellent position in the schools of

’lo,

QUARTERLY.

S.

is

from

Edward Sii3'der. Allison B. Muir.
The Luzerne Count3' Alumni and

A

num-

students are anticipating a great

ber of prominent Shamokin

resi-

time on Thursda3' evening, Oct. 27,
when the Association will celebrate

The

following, in part,

the Mornuig Press Oct.

dents

who

are

6.

graduates

of

the

Bloomsburg Normal School, located
at Bloomsburg, held a meeting in

its

Graemar Hotel,

as

the parlor of the

Shamokin, Wednesda3' evening at
which time an association was

2ist

birthday.

will take place at

There
attendance and

heretofore.

large

The
“The

ceremoii3’
Sterling’’
will

a

be

a

“large’’

time.

formed, the following officers being

The Lackawanna Count3’ reunion

elected to serve for the ensuing
3'ear
President, Jere Reeder
sec-

has been postponed until the latter
part of Januar3L when it will take

:

;

THE

new and extensive Ho-

place in the
tel

Casey.

of the
after

It will

probably be one

functions in the hotel

first

has been formally opened.

it

It will

B. S. N. S.

be a great event, and no one

can afford to miss

it.

The Susquehanna County
ciation will hold its reunion

A.sso-

October

Plans have been

made

in part for

Snyder, Northumberland, Montour,

LycomWayne and W5-oming coun-

ing,

Mifflin,

Juniata,

These organizations

ties.

effected in each count}'

week
is

County

of the

will

be

during the

Institute.

It

expected that the
and old students will

confident!}'

graduates

take a lively interest in these affairs
in their respective counties.

In the preparation of material

number

for the last

I

and the fine conception of womanhood cherished for the girls in her
charge.

was Mi.ss Port’s confidence in
young womanhood, combined with
her exhaustive study and forcible
It

presentation of student .self-govern-

ment that made

possible the inaug-

of that .sy.stem.

When

the organization of As.sociations in

Dauphin,

2

uration and successful continuance

Montrose.

20, at

QUARTERLY

of the

Quar-

terly, owing to the pressure
dent to the

Commencement

we omitted

the record due to

inci-

season,

thrice

she resigned to accept a

tendered

call

to

resume a

similar line of duty in a school dear

with which she had formerbeen connected, Mi.ss Port had

to her,

ly

abundantly

justified the

action of

the Trustees in erecting the chair.

upon the minds and
of the young women in her keeping impressions whose
stamp will be a passport to a higher life than would otherwise have
She

also left

hearts of

many

been sought or attained.
She bore with her to her western
home the most cordial good wishes
of teachers and pupils.
D.

Miss

J.

W.

Jr.

Port of her valuable services to the
school rendered through three ardu-

ous years, as Preceptress.

The

fice was a new one in the school.
There were no precedents. The
way had to be blazed. At the close

of her

tenure of the position, her

efforts to

give reality to her ideals

and po.ssibilities connected with it gave definiteness to
the scope of the office, and one felt
the stimulus of high and accurate
of the duties

scholarship,
to duty,

conscientious

Philologian Society.

of-

fidelity

most scrupulous neatness.

We

are glad for the opportunity

through these pages

offered us

to

the Old Philos the w'ork accomplished and that hoped to be actell to

compli.shed

by Philo

during this

term.

We
left

us

miss the faces of those
la.st

June,

report that their seats

ing

by

this

Thus

far

filled

dents.

who

but are glad to
are

year’s

fast be-

new

stu-

we have taken

in

THE

22

B. S.

N.

one hundred new members, and the
names of others have been pro-

This fact shows that the
of Philo that have re-

posed.

members

old

S.

QUARTERLY

Galliepian Society.
The

Calliepian Society has

made

beginning in the work

a splendid

turned have been active in looking

of the

out for the best interests of the so-

ty officers have taken a deep inter-

ciety.

est in getting the

new

school

The

>'ear.

Soci-

work

members taking

well under
and entertaining programs have been giv'en
at each meeting of the Society. So
many new members have been taken in that the seating capacity' of
our hall is now quite inadequate.
Saturday evening, October i, 1910

discussions

a reception w'as given to the faculty

which come before the society.
Our aim is to increase the literary
efficiency of the members as well as

and new student members. A musical program, arranged by Miss
Osborne, w'as received with hearty

We

do not rejoice so much in the
numbers as the talent which we
have reason to believe is represented by these new members.

The

business meetings are well
attended and are enlivened by the
large

number

part

in

to

have

the

of

different

take an active part in

all

As a
work of the society.
means toward this end we are pur.
suing a study of the Life and Works

the

of Tenii3^son.

A

reception to the

new members

on October 15th, by
which means it is hoped that the

will be given

members

will

become

better

ac-

quainted.

Altho the departure of the Class
of To greatly thinned the ranks of
the Girl’s Glee Club, we are glad
to state that a new' one is now' be-

ing organized under the competent
leadership of Miss Letson.

The time

is

again drawing near

for the Philo Reunion, when w’e
hope to w’elcome a large number of
old Philo’s back again to old NorThe Roney Boys’ Choir of
mal.
Chicago, has been secured for the
evening entertainment, and come to
us very highly recommended.

way.

Very

instructive

The

applause.

“Owd”

Quartet,

consisting of H. Harrison, L. Sav-

M. Girton, and J. R. Jones
has already become a popular feature of the Society.
A Girls’ Glee
Club is being organized with Miss
age,

Letson as leader.

A

Mandolin Club

consisting of ten pieces
practice

to

assist

in

is

getting in

making our

programs in the future.
The first
public program of the 3’ear was
given in the Normal Auditorium
Saturday evening, October 8. By a
series

of

music,

readings,

recita-

and tableaux effects a pleasant evening w'as spent in the study
of Longfellow aud his works.
tions,

•

Y. M. C. A.
This department of the school’s
doing good w'ork.

activities is also

Chairman Barrow'

of

the member-

—

THE
ship committee
rolling

B. S. N. S.

engaged

is

new members. He

in en-

also rep-

resented the x\ssociation at the

fall

QUARTERLY
ing of ho.spitality and friendliness.

Already seventy- five new names
have been added to the member-

conference of the Penn’a Y. M, C.
A. Association at Jersey Shore,

ship

Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2.
Four Bible Bands have started

ing about thirty, has taken up the

the study of Murry’s “Life and

Works

of Jesus.’’

Chairman Myers

rounding this work into shape.
Wednesday night prayer meetings have been well attended. Conference delegates have reported on
material gathered at Northfield last
summer, and have proved that their
trip and experience are a benefit to

is

list.

The

Study

Bible

number-

Class,

study of William’s “Men of the
Old Testament.’’ With the recreation room as the place of meeting,

and Prof. Sutliff as the leader, the
out under most favor-

class starts

able conditions.

A
b3"

Mission Study Class, to be led

Prof. Hartliue,

in process of

is

The

organization.

text

the

for

term will be Robert E. Speer’s
“Servants of the King.’’ If the

first

the Association.
Ever3'bod3f

enjo>'ed

Y.

at the joint

W.

A.’s reception to the

given the

themselv’es

and Y. M. C.

new

Rally Service can be taken as an

students,

Saturday night after

first

Mission

interest manifested at the

be

indication, there will
plications

for

many

ap-

to

this

admission

school opened.
class.

Y.
The work
Christian

\^C. A.
of the

Young Women’s

Association began

this

term with an interest and an enthusiasm that promise a successful

The girls hope this year to have
an all-around organization, and to
that end are laying plans for improving the financial, social, and
religious welfare of the association.
.

The

girls

who during the sumto many of the ex-

mer had written

on hand
promptly, and during the opening
da\’s, were everywhere with kindL^
offers of information and assistance.
pected new-comers,

The

^

Lo cals.

3'ear.

usual joint

on the

first

school year,

W'ere

reception,

held

Saturda3" evening of the

was unusualh-

well at-

evening was
over, everyone seemed to be trying
to extend to someone else the feeltended.

Before the

The Normal Faculty now numbers forty

members

of the

regular

teaching force.

—o
The Trustees

of

the vSchool at a

recent meeting decided

to

install

and equip a practical working wireless

telegraph station.

of sufficient

power

to

It is to

with the college stations at

York and

be

communicate

Philadelphia.

New

—

—

THE

24

On

N.

S.

S.

Saturday, October 15th the

team wiped

foot ball

by

B.

out old scores

on

a 6-0 defeat

inflicting

its

QUARTERLY
vision an exceptionally fine expres-

sion of artistic feeling has been se-

cured.

— o—

nearbj’ rival, Dickinson Seminani-,
of Williamsport.
A sensational 90
yard run by half-back Frank Dennis was responsible for the winning

The

touch down.
ebrated

the

b}"

victor}*

was

—o
position

Preceptress,

of

which was resigned by Miss Port,
was filled b}^ the election of Miss
M. H. Waterbur}* of Ballston Spa,
N. Y., a graduate of Va.ssar, and
an experienced teacher. Miss Waterbury entered upon her duties at
the opening of the term.

Harry Hartman, now captain
the Syracuse University foot

welcome

team was

a

recentl}*.

Harr}* received his

ball

enjoying zero weather without having any use for an overcoat.

—o
Seniors

for his brilliant

game

work

At one

not generally known, perthe

haps, that

artistic

work

of a graduate of

Mrs. C.

color

new dining room

of the

W. McKelvy.

haris

to

J.

the school,

Trustees}. C.

M. Clark

work up

cursion

many

of the

McKelvy as soon as the renoroom was determined

vation of the

upon and under her personal super-

the

interest

first

it

meetings of

was determined

interest in a school ex-

Washington, D.

to

previous years.

C., as

Sufficient

has already developed to

render the trip a strong probability.

Former students and

the

committee on buildings and grounds
promptly secured the assistance of

Brown and

of

the senior class

in

mony

WasK-

to g'o to

ington.

his school team.

It is

be

initi-

—o

Mrs.

His legion of friends
happy to learn that his
health enables him to walk to and
from school as of old. Should any
of you meet him on the street next
winter you will doubtless see him
partment.

will

of

while a student at Bloomsburg and
will be remembered by many form-

upon

The most gratifying event attending the beginning of the school
year was the return of Professor
Wilbur to take charge of his de-

visitor here

ation into the mysteries of the

er students

Duties.

cel-

usual bonfire and

speech making.

The

Wilbur R esumes

Prof.

the school

may

who may

obtain

trip,

w*hich

friends of

be interested

further details of the
is

expected to offer

some opportunities not previously
afforded, by communicating with
Prof. J. H. Dennis who will have
charge
party.

of

arrangements

for

the

THE

B. S. N. S.

Quarterly.
“Entered as second-class matter July

i,

1909, at the post office at

under the Act of July

JANUARY,

VOL. XVI

Many New

Faces

civic duty; thus, in all

H. Jenkins, the Registrar,
reports that between 50 and 60 new
students have registered since the
opening of the winter term. This is
Prof. F.

number

registering at this time last year.

TKe OatH of tHe A.tHenian

not

YoutK

less,

but greater,

more beautiful than
mitted to

not only

better

was

it

and

trans-

us.’’

Ben Greet Players
Prof. O. H. Bakeless is now busy
with negotiations for the return of

the

w’ell

known

compaii}"

Ben Greet Players who

We

ways

these

will transmit this city

those

of

NO. 2

1911

we

nearly double the

Bloomsburg, Pa.,

16. 1894.”

so

of

much

the
de-

are indebted to the last grad-

lighted us last year with a reyiyal of

uating class of the College of New
for rescuing from the dusty
records of another civilization the

the old time Shakespearean drama.

York

oath which

“We
this,

to ad-

runs thus:
will never bring disgrace to

our

It

by any

city,

our suffering comrades in the

ranks;

we

date for the production has not
settled,

but

much

interest has

already been aroused.

will fight for the

and sacred things of the
alone and with many; we

and obey the

city’s

Pa. State

TeacKers As-

sociation

of dis-

act

honesty or cowardice, nor ever desert

been

the youth of ancient

minister to

Athens.

was customary

it

The

ideals

city,

both

will revere

laws and do our

Dr. Waller and a

number

of the

teachers of the school were in at-

tendance

at

the

meeting

of

the

Penn. State Teachers’ Association
held in Harrisburg during the latter
part of the Christmas holidays.
Prof. D. S. Hartline

was

best to incite a like respect

and

rev-

erence in those above us
prone to annul or set

who

are

them

at

pertaining to his department before

unceasingly

the scientific section of the Asso-

naught;
to

we

will strive

quicken the public’s sense of

invited to

read a couple of papers on subjects

ciation.

THE

2

B.

S.

N.

Athletics

S.

QUARTERLY.

still

Basket Ball Schedule
Jan. 14,

Kutztown N.

1911.

S.

Jan. 20, Juniata College.
Jan. 23, Mt. Alto Sch. of Forestr}'
at

Mt. Alto.

Jan. 24, Shippensburg

N.

S.

at

Shippensburg.

(2 p.
3,

Feb.

10,

fittingly be said

son in the history' of the school.
their

own

field is

glory enough, but

an incident in their

m.)

Wj’oming Seminary.

triumphant march.

To

Feb.

18, Berwick Y. M. C. A. at
Berwick.
Feb. 20, Calvary of Wilkes-Barre.
Feb. 24, Wyo. Sem. at Kingston.

To

W}'oming Seminary upon

this w'as merel}'

Susq. University.

concerning the

memorable season of 1910.
Coach C. L. Albert, and each
man w'ho plaj-ed upon the team
may well feel proud of the results
of the most successful Jfoot-ball seadefeat

Jan. 28, Mt. Alto Sch. of Forestry

Feb.

may

season wereplaj'ed, something

show

really

their

class

w'e

merely need to recall how Dickinson Seminary, Bucknell Academy,

Lock Haven Normal School, the
Carlisle Indian Reseiw'es, in fact all

Feb. 27, Berwick Y. M. C. A.
Mar. I, Susq. Uni. at Selinsgrove.

teams upon

Mar. 4, Kutztowm N.
town.

taken into camp by the superior
plajdng of our bo}'s.
We quote from the Morning Pt ess
to give our readers a glimpse of
the game w'e were most anxious to

S.

at

Kutz-

The Basket Ball team has been
at work under the direction of

had

Dr. Barrier since the holidays and

beginning to show' some form.
The chances of a winning combi-

is

nation have been materiallj' lessenb}' the withdrawal of Keiser and

ed

Smith from the squad.
In each
case a star is lost from the team.
School work how'ever comes before
school play and the boys have so
decided.
It is hoped that both will
come out for some of the more important games.

Lafayette

schedule except
Yarsity,

w’ere

w'in:

NORMAL TRIUMPHED OVER WYOM.
ING IN A GREAT GAME.
OUTPLAYED BLUE AND WHITE AT
EVERY STAGE OF HARD
FOUGHT CONTEST.
ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD.
Bloomsburg Normal foot ball hiswas made at Kingston Satur-

tory

Echoes of Foot Ball

da}'.

Quarterly was published before some
of the most important games of the

their

Since the last issue of the

the

College

Normal vanquished Wyoming on

own stamping

grounds, turn-

ed the trick so cleanly that there
w'ere no Wyoming excuses to offer,

THE
down

battered

the

Wyoming

literally

wiped up the earth with
the
score was 6-3

The

them.

I

3

put the ball directly in front of
Wyoming goal, over which Reiser
plunged the next play, with Knittle

kicking the goal.

it

developed,

That

play, as

decided the

game.

;

wonder of it all is, that the score
was not thrice as large.
Two factors and two alone kept
the local eleven from rolling up an
overwhelming score a miserable

Once only was Wyoming dangerous and that was when penalties
inflicted upon Normal placed Wyoming within 15 yards of their goal.

mudd}^ with the fall of a recent snow, and Diamond’s punting

stonewall defense w'as futile, Cro.ss

;

I

I

war-

shreds and

riors. tore their line to

QUARTERLY

B. S. N. S.

field,

Time

far superior to that of Miles.

Realizing an

made

attack on

Normal’s

his second attempt at a

field

I

:

'

and time again Normal worked the

down

ball

the field to within strik-

ing distance of the

Wyoming

when the treacherous

field

goal

would

goal and

was good

it

b^'

inches.

After that Wyoming was on the
defensive throughout practically the
entire game.

GRE-VT

be largely responsible for a fumble

NORMAL CROWD

efforts

was a rattling Normal contingent that was on hand to root for
the team.
A hundred and sixty
gold and maroon bedecked rooters
accompanied the team from Bloomsburg on a special train and at Kingston they were joined by hundreds

for the time being, the gains being

ed,

that shattered the scoring chances.

Normal was the

aggressor three

quarters of the time,

only to lose

when within easy touch of
the goal.
A first down or two was
usually the extent of Wyoming’s
the ball

and then Diamond’s sure toe
would put the sphere out of danger
increased

Normal’s

b}’

handle punts

cleanly.

failure

to

But even

handicap Normal was not
to be denied their irresistble bat-

w’ith this

;

tery

the

riddled

Time and

time

Wyoming

line.

again Normal’s

backfield broke through

Wyoming’s

secondary line of defense; time and
time again Miles, Dennis, Knittle

and Harrison ripped

The

yards.

the

game

mal.

off

gains of 20

spectacular part

in the

On the east stand they bankhundreds strong, with the maroon and gold of Old Normal,

flaunting

more

before on a

defiantly than

Wyoming

field.

It

ever

was^

team with confidence; it was a
crowd even more confident.
But
a

all this

confidence w^as not confined

to the east stands for over on the

other side of the

the alumni
Old Wyoming,
stimulated by the music of Alex-

and

students

field

of

ander’s band, rooted for the glory

alma mater.
the first few moments of
play. Normal’s superiority was deof their

second quarter,

From

one of the few successful forward
passes of the game, Dennis to Leidy,

1

more.

by Nor-

\vas all furnished

And

of

It

monstrated, as they held

Wyoming

THE

4

B.

N.

S.

S.

QUARTERLY

and then tore Wyoming’s line to
It was a joyous day for
Old Normal and cheers and songs
were sent defiantlj' across the field
in one continuous roar, with the
answering cheers of the Blue and
Wdiite thundering back, at first
confidently, then hopefully and at

Wendling

last hopelessly.

Dennis
Right halfback
Diamond, Meixell
Miles
Fullback
Referee, Seely; umpire, Jackson;

Savidge

shreds.

placed

their

against

Wyoming

string

of

victories

with five
games.
Is it

at four,

defeats and two tie

wonder there is

tbe teams

rivalry

first

by and see the
Normal snake dance executed on
their own field. Hundreds paraded
sit sadlj-

and the strains of “Normal, Mj^ Normal’’ echoed and reechoed across the field of battle.
field

Wyoming

Normal
Evans, Vaughn, McDonald
.

Left

Coxe, DuBois

field

judge,

McCrea;

linesman,

Kibbe; timers, Opdyke, Donovan;
linesman,

Dick;

quarters,

10,12,

10,12.

To

Roderick,

Adams

Stegmaier
Centre

Verg
Smith

Teske
Right guard

of

B

consid-

is

the highest

athletic

honors of the school.

The following members
team received

their

Bs

of

the

the close

at

of the season.

Leidy

Dennis
Erickson
Harrison

McDonald
Myles
Savidge

Hess

Smith
Yerg
Landis, Manager.

Reiser

Rnittle

Harrison

Left guard.

earn the foot ball

ered one

aBa

Left tackle

Hill,

Knittle

Left halfback

End

Richards, Fox, Hill

Broadhead

Reiser

Quarter

FOOT BALL HONORS

time the Wj’oming students were

Miller,

Frantz

between

between the halves and for the

the

Leidy
Right end

?

SCENES BETWEEN THE HALVES
Normal enthusiasm broke loose

forced to

Pauxtis

Cross

But it was a game fight that
W’' 3'Oming made, and players and
rooters accepted the bitter cup of
defeat with the general expression
of opinion that the better team had
won. And b5’ so doing Normal has

anj'

Right tackle

To

the faithful

members

of the

second team, a smaller B with the
letter a upon each side, was granted.
Some of the following were the regular substitutes but were unable to
play the required

number

of halves

THE
ito

secure the

B. S. N. S.

more highly prized

B.

QUARTERLV

A

Prof. H. E. Barrett, professor of
Greek and Methods in the Normal
School from 1873 to 1877, is now

Boyle

Kr\’ch

Dobson

Pollock

Fisher

Roderick

Principal of the Salina Street

pub-

Fry
Geddes

Turek

lic

school in Syracuse, N. Y.

He

Williams

occupies

arranged, and

Kreiger.

new

a fine

building well

equipped, con-

^\’>ell

structed after plans he had submitted.

Alumni.
The Quarterlv desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

all

consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your cla-ssmates.

Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box
No. 203.

Prof.

Barrett

is

deser\-edly

popular with the school authorities,
teachers, patrons and students of
the schools.
of

tire

He

considered one

is

strongest teachers, in

spects,

the city.

in

knew him

wdien

School will

in

all re-

Those who
the Normal
endorse this

readily

estimate of his standing.
Col.

John G. Freeze who was
-

member

of the first

tees of the

a

board of trus'

Normal School, then the

Bloomsbnrg Literary
brated his

Institute, cele-

eighty-fifth

birthday,

November 8th. He is the oldest
member of the Columbia County
Bar, hale and hearty for one of his
j'ears,

and

still

continues the prac-

all

Ailman

’71

Rose-

Company, Vice
the Bloomsburg Free

Cemetery

President of

Library Association, and a vestry-

man

in St. Paul’s Episcopal church.

He

has been a writer of note,

author of the History of Columbia

reelected,

without

Mr.
an influental member of

opposition, State Secretary.

the Legislature.

mont

Jerome T.

election.

was

The Colonel is also at present a
member of the Board of Trustees of
of the Board of Directors of

as
re-

opposition disappearing at the

time of the

Ailman

Normal School, President

familiarly

elected Master of the State Grange,

tice of his profession.

the State

T.,

Creas}’, \V.

’76,

known throughout the state
“Farmer” Cfeasjq was recently

’78,

is

Jones (Herring)

Emma

after years of intense suffering

that dreaded disease,

cancer,

J.

from
died,

home in Sunbufy, Tuesday,
November 8th.
at

her

Mrs. Herring was born and

rais-

ed in Bloomsburg, and for several
years was a successful teacher and
also took an active interest in civic

County and a book of poems called
His many
the Royal Pastoral.
friends wish him many returns of

a life-long

the occasion.

church, and so long as her health

and literary work, being a prominent

member

of several clubs.

member

of the

She w^as
Lutheran

THE

6:

permitted
the

work

it

B. S. N.

took an active part in
same, for many

of the

years being an

official

member

of

S'.

QTTARTERLT
not participate in midnight parades..
’84,

Kinports, Harry A., has for

several consecutive terms

been the

New York

the S^modical Missionary Society of

president^ of

While she rein
Bloomsburg
sided
for several
years Mrs. Herring wms the secretar}’ of the Board of Managers of

Christian Endeavor Hnion.

that denomination.

Joseph Ratti hospital, to the interests of which she devoted a great
deal of time and labor.
She was an elocutionist of merit,
and her services were always in demand and always freely given,
when charity and other local entertainments were given.

The

the

State-

At

its

state convention held at Rochester,

N. Y.,

November, Mr. Kinportstwo silver loving cups — one by the Endeavorers
of New York state and the other
by the members of the C. E. Sociein

w’as presented with

ty of the First Presbyterian church,
of Rochester, the oldest society

the

state.

These

beautiful

which Mr.

eviderx^e the esteem in

Kinports

is

held

bj’

in

gifts-

the

New York

funeral was held at her honre

state Christian Endeavorers,. whose-

Sunbury Thursday, Nov. lo.
Interment in Rosemont Cemetery
Bloomsburg.

interests he has so greatly advanc-

in

Harry F., of Seattle, Washington, to whose prowess
along piscatorial lines reference was
’8i, Sharpless,

made

in the last issue of the Qu.ar-

TERL-Y spent about a week in town
during the holiday season visiting
relatives

mates.

and old friends and schoolHarry’s appearance is the

best evidence

that

agrees with him.

perous

in

his

the far

He

is verj’

w'est

pros-

business ventures.

He was

accompanied by his wife,
formerly Miss Carrie Brown, who
was also a student at the Normal.
’83, Karschner, Rev. L. W., a

member
ence,

is

of

the

Wyoming

Confer-

assistant pastor of the First

His
No. 27, E. Jackson
Some one at our elbow is
street.
willing to wager that he now does

M. E. church, Wilkes-Barre.

residence

is

at

ed by his personal as well as his official

worth and work.
Eowenberg, Joseph,

(sp,

’84,

home
November

course) died suddenl}’ at bis
in Norristow’n,

Friday,

Death was due to heart disease, of w’hich he had been a sufferer for some months.
Mr. Lo wenberg was a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and
for fifteen years has conducted a
pharmacy at Norristow’n. He had
been Secretary of the Montgomery
County Druggists’ Association for
4th.

the past eight

The

}^ears.

town papers speak

of

him

Norrisin

the

highest terms respecting his char-

man and as a
His funeral took place at
Wilkes-Barre, Sunday, November
6th, Rabbi Saltzmann officiating,
interment in the Jewish cemetery.
South Wilkes-Barre.
acter as a business

citizen.

TITE
’88,

:b.

S.

N.

S.

McNifF, (Doughertj") Carrie

represented the Steeltbn Civic Club
in the convention of the Federation

QUA'RTER'LV

7

Lower School of the
Academy at Montclair, N.

teacher in the
Military
J..

We
^

received a splendid

from

ton Club was so comprehensive and

“Fll have your life
any of ‘this 'letter,’’

to the point that it

was requested

for publication.

appears in

It

full

in the Steelton Reporter^ Nov. 5th.

one of the very
has been our pleasure to

It is in all respects,

best

it

read.
’90,

We

Brown, IraS.

receipt of a copy

Journal, a
training

of

the

magazine

published in

are in

Busmess

of business

New York

City which contains a cut

of

Ira,

and a very complimentary article.
Mr. Brown has for some time occupied a verj" important position
with the Underwood Typewriting
Co. of New’ York city, and the

‘Bess’’

and would

read a portion of

it,

you publish
we had the
space in this issue w’e would risk
“our life’’ for your benefit and
If

pleasure.
You will see her next
June; she’s enthusiastic over the
reunion of her class on its twentieth

anniversary.
'’92,

Mausteller,

W,

its

Business Journal extends

heartiest congratulations to

in his new’ field of

know

him

work, and in this

we

are voicing the
sentiment of the members of the
w’e

that

profession generally.
’90,

U. has acCalvary Evangelical

Gift, Rev. Foster

cepted a

call to

Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Md.
His address is 1948 W. North Ave.
head
’91, Smith, Elizabeth is

hangs out

involved
’92,

Deavor, Dr. T. L. is located
N. Y. and is very suc-

at Syracuse,

his business.

“The

B.

a sign as a D. D. S. at 1702 North
Sixth street, Harrisburg, Pa, The
Doctor maintains a lively and practical interest in the Normal, and is
“on hand’’ w’hen her interests are

discernment, cannot help but feel
continued.

you

if

cessful particularly in

that his success will be

llet

but she says:

work has fallen
upon his shoulders. Among other
good things about Mr. Brown the
“Every one w'ho
Journal says;
knows the man, his tireless energy,
mature judgment and wise business
general publicity

letter

.

Women’s Clubs recently held in
-Scranton. Her report to the Steel-

•of

His

surgery.

Genesee

street.

the line of

offices are at

He

803 E.
has been com'-

change location four times
to secure offices which
w’ould accommodate the increase in
pelled to

in order

’93,

Gu-scott, Chas. H., is a dep-

uty Sheriff of Luzerne Co.

chairman

He was

committee in
political
the
recent
campaign,
Charles is often mentioned in conr
nection with official positions ‘higher up.”
of a district

‘

’95,

at her

Riley (Mahon), Minnie, died

home

in Scranton,

Monday,

October 31, and tvas buried in the
cemetery at her native place, Pleasant Mount, November 3rd.
She

,

THF F.

s

S.

K". S.

was for several years one of the
most successful and best beloved
teachers in the schools of Forest

Q'D'ARTBTRLT

gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. Glidden left
on an automobile trip to Canadathe Great Lakes and the Thousand

Upon

She was married in 1904 tO'
Bernard Mahon, a ver>- successful

Islands.

man of Scranton. Her
married life was one of great happiness. The funeral was very large-

bride’s mother.

Cit)’.

business

ly attended.
’96, Best,. J. S.,

number

Philippines,

work

in

who was

for

a

years a teacher in the

of

doing High School

is

Idaho

William and wife,
Julia Sharpless, ’95, have returned
East from Kansas City, and will
remain for a few months. This
WU.S necessary to enable Mr. Fagley
bis

settle

which he

lathery’s

the

Both Mr. and Mrs, Glidden areknown throughout this localit}'
The bride is the daughter of Mrs,
Margaret Lindsay. She is a highl}'
esteemed young woman of attractive traits of character and for some
well

West

Pittston public schools.

Mr.

Glidden holds a responsible position as a mechanical engineer with
the D. L.

& W.

at

Scranton.

of

A clip-

Power, Light and Railwaj's Company, has opened a real estate brok-

estate,

Janet A,

return they

home with

Barton, Harrj' S., until recently auditor of the Columbia

executor,

Eiudsay,

’96,

i

is

their

their

years past has been a teacher in the

Falls, Idaho.

’96, Fagley,

to

up

will take

*^96,

ping from the Pittston Gazette was
date of paper
receiv'ed October 20,

erage

not indicated

burg’s most energetic and popular

—

“At

the re.sidence of the bride’s

on Philadelphia

mother
•last
le)'

;

avenue,

evening at 8:30 o’clock, StanT. Glidden and Miss Janet A.

Lindsay were joined in the bonds
of matrimony. The officiating clergyman was Rev. Dr. W. S. Barnes,
of

.pa.stor

church.

First

by only a few

ne.ssed

diate

the

Presbyterian

The wedding was

relatives of

of the

wit-

imme-

the contracting

Bank

office

in the First National

One

building.

young men, he
entering.

is

Blooms-

particularly well

is

fitted for the business

he

of

upon which

Mr. Barton has

already listed a large

number

of

properties.
’96,

Shuman, Dr. Warren, having

spent a }'ear in the Hospital of the

University of Penns3'lvania has
cated at Jersej' Shore,

Shuman
self

an

Pa.

lo-

Dr.

has alread}’ made for himenviable

reputation

and surgeon.

We

as

a

con-

couple.

phj’sician

Following the ceremony a wedding repast was served and the happy couple received the congratula-

gratulate the people of Jersey- shore

'•

tions of their relatives.

They were

the recipients of a large array of

and

vicinity.

’96,

Wegge, Mary A., and Fran-

cis P. Gillespie

of

Pittston

were

married in St. Philomena’s Catholic

,

THE
Church, Hawley, Pa.,

at

B. S. N. S.

9 o’clock

Wednesday morning, Nov. 23.
The groom is one of Pittston’s
exemplary young men and for

many

QUARTERLY
in

9

which no doubt, he

will achieve

succe.ss.

Marks, C. H., an Attorney
law with offices at Plymouth, Pa.
died January 3rd after an illness of
only a few days of stomach trouble.
He was .secretary of the borough of
Plymouth, attorney to the Plymouth township board of commissioners, and also to the township
’99,

at

years a prominent contractor.
Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the
home of the bride’s mother. The
dining room was decorated with
cut flowers and ferns, the color
.scheme throughout being green and

.school board.

white.

clerk in the office of the

After a short trip

to

ton and Baltimore via
city,

Mr. and Mrs.

Washing-

New York

Gillespie

will

reside in Pittston.

Traub, Charles, formerly emthe Columbia Power,
Light and Railways Company is
now principal of one of Plymouth’s
’97,

ployed by

public schools.
’97,

Baldy, Helen P.

(.sp.

course)

He was

Deeds of Luzerne county. Funwere held at his late
residence on Academy St., WilkesBarre Saturday
morning.
The
body was taken to Catawissa for
eral services

interment.
stated

It is

that

Mrs.

formerly" Miss Jennie S.

John’s Episcopal Church of Catawissa, on the thirtieth anniversary

tices

ington and Old Point Comfort they
were tendered a serenade at the
train by the Catawissa band.
’98, Morgain, U. Grant, has dis-

posed of his extensive business in

Bloomsburg

as

baker and confec-

tioner.
We hear that he intends
“going on the road’’ as a salesman

Marks,

Carl, ’99,

will likely be appointed to the clerk
ship in the Recorder’s office made

vacant by the death of
band.

with the same rector officiating.
There were about one hundred relatives and near friends present.
Upon their departure for an extendwedding tour to New York, Wash-

chief

Recorder

of

was married Oct. 20 to Mr. William
The
A. Bachman of York, Pa.
ceremony was performed in St.

of the wedding of her parents and

also

her hus-

Armstrong, Dr. T. S. pracmedicine at McKeesport, Pa.,

’99,

with offices at 919 South Evans
Avenue. He graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia in 1903 and for some time was
the physician

at

the

McKeesport

hospital.
’00,

Geary

fZern)

Ada.

The

editor receives the following card;

“Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Zern announce the birth of a baby boy, day
13th, month December, year 1910,
Farmington, W. Va.’’
Another
candidate for the B. S. N. S.
’01, Patten, Dr. James A. (sp.
course)

PTom the Scranton

THE

lO

B.

S.

N.

“Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Burr, of Carbondale entertained a number of

Jenny n last night in
honor of the announcement of the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Florence Helen Burr, to Dr. James
friends at

Allison Patten, also of Carbondale.

Mr. Burr, who is superintendent of
Penns}dvania division of the
Delaware and Hudson railroad, had

the

several officials of the railrrad

from

Alban\’ as his guests.

one of the succe.ssful business men of Carbondale.
Frank E. Patten ’94, participated
in this function and saj’s; “it was
is

also

great.’’
’01,

"White, Dr. Daniel

course)

W.

Daniel

(sp.

We clip the following from

the Carbondale Leader Nov.
is

W. White

3;

of this city,

Dr.

who

the United States eye and tra-

choma expert

at large

tion,

which

said

is

with head-

ing nursed the groom
siege of t3’phoid

The ceremon3'

at the famed InWhite is spending
mother, Mrs. John

White, on Seventh avenue, en-

route to Carlisle.

hold an

Dr.

eye clinic

at

White will
the Moses

Ta3’lor hospital in Scranton toda3',

and a large number of the leading
C3’e specialists of

the valle3' will be

in attendance to witness the opera-

w is

performed

b3'

Rev. S. L. Ha3’ues,
Kingston Presb3’teriau church.
’03, Roberts, Elbert was married

Sunbur3L Pa., Wednesday Nov.
to Mi.ss M3*rtle Johnson of
The ceremony
Bloomsburg, Pa.
was performed b3^ the Rev. Oscar
at

24,

G. Morton, pastor of the PresbyMr. Roberts is
church.
of

inspection of the e3'es of the large

through a
which he

pastor of the

They

United States Carlisle Indian school
to make a complete and thorough

fever,

suffered several years ago.

principal

W.

Kingston,

14 at

Fred Lenhart, of Berwick, one of the Commissioners of
Columbia couut3'. The bride is a
graduate nurse and the wedding
seals a romance that had its incep-

schools.

the da3" with his

its

Pennsyl-

in

Pa., to C.

been called from the Manhattan E3’e
and Ear Hospital of New York cit}’,
and ordered to proceed to the

Dr.

ver3'

of

Francis (sp. course)

’02, Gorre3',

was married Dec.

terian

bod3’ of students

a

first

vania.

quarters at Washington, D. C., has

dian school.

be

to

and the
kind ever performed
difficult one,

tion at the sick bed, the bride hav-

Dr. Patten, besides being a prominent dentist,

QUARTERLY.

S.

the

North

will

Berwick

board in North

Berwick until spring when thc3^
go to housekeeping.
of Miss
’05, The engagement
Sara B. Milleisen, ’05, and G. Edward Elwell, Jr. ’05, was announcwall

ed on Christmas.
’05, Brooke, Walter S. who was
employed as an artist in New York
city was taken sudden^' ill the last
week in December and was removed to St. Luke’s Hospital where an
He
was performed.
operation
seemed to be in a fair way to com-

plete recover3"

when

complications

1

THE

QUARTERLY

B. S. N. S.

and at this writing although
he is critical!}- ill there are strong
hopes of his restoration. The tenderest S3’inpathies and pra}'ers of
their legion of friends are extended
to the anxious parents. Walter was
arose,

the schools of a district
es

third grade and has 42
is

phia next September.

13

of

’05,

Chainplin, Paul (sp. course)

taking a medical course

University of Michigan,

Tho

at

the

Ann Arbor.

requirements of

the entrance

now very rigid
Mr. Champlin met them all and is

that institution are

now

distinguishing himself

cellent

work

in the

by ex-

elementary sub-

jects.

’05,
is in

Allen, Bertha

Seattle,

Wash.,

whose home
3509 Burke

Ave. made a trip east la.st summer
and it was the pleasant privilege of
her friends to greet her again at the

Normal
\}-eek.

Commencement

during

She

is greatl}-

pleased with

Her sister,
home.
Caroline ’06, is married and living
in Spokane.
We have not at hand
her new name.
’06, Warner,
Nellie
R. (sp.
course) was married Nov. 15th to
Mr. Zerbon Hess of Fishingcreek,
Pa.
The ceremony was performed
at St. Paul’s Rectory Bloomsburg
by the Rev. J. W. Higgles.
’06, Vollrath, Rosa E. is director of the Music Department at Catawba College, Newton, N. C.
’06, Santaella,
Maria A. has
been teaching in Porto Rico since
her western

graduation.

She

is

a principal in

pupils.

planning to enter the Women’s Medical College in Philadel-

She

loyal to

is

which

in

there are two buildings. She teach-

brought to his home on South
Market Street, Bloomsburg, on Jan.
-

1

Wm.

Jones, Rev.

’06,

the

She

is

very

“Old Normal.’’
pastors

of

the

Church, Ea.st Boston,
church in that city.

the largest

Mr.

spent several years in

Did special work
State S. S.

for

is one
Maverick

E.

Jones

the
the

Association

west.

Penna.

for

three

Spent some time in Hartford, Conn., where he had charge
of a ver}- large Sunda}- school and
was an assistant pastor.
From
Hartford he went to his pre.sent location.
His addre.ss is 34 Princemonths.

ton street.

Bower, Samuel (Sp. course)
Oct. 22nd at Jersey
City to Miss Margaret Williams
’06,

was married
’

10 (sp. course).

was performed

in

the bride’s mother.

New
Bower

The ceremony
the

presence of

They re.side at

Haven,
is

Conn., where Mr.
taking a course in Forestry

Yale College.
Levan, Wm. C. has charge
of the department of
Biological
Science in the High School at Kirkwood, Mo.
at

’07,

’07, O’Brien, Margaret, is now
Mrs. Albert Henseler and lives at

No. 149 Kossuth St., Union Hall,
N. J. We have no particulars as
to the wedding other than that it
took place at least a year ago.
’07, Englehart, Paul Hess, re-

THE

12
B. S. N. S.

B.

S.

N. S.

QUARTERLY,

Room

Published by the

of the station

Northum-

at

The owner can

berland.

BLOOMSBURG LITERARY INSTITUTE
AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
OF THE SIXTH

QUARTERLY

secure

the same by- writing to Prof. F. H.

DISTRICT,

Jenkins.

BLOOMSBURG. PA

-A.lumni

Editorial Staff,
Joseph H. Dennis,
J.

C. Foote.

W.

Reunions

G. E. Wilbur,
Myrtle Swartz.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY.

B. Sutliff.

From
with the Wells Fargo Express Co., Scranton, has accepted a

the Shenandoah

Evening

centl)'

Herald, October 20.

position at Pittsburg, Pa., with the

The first annual banquet of the
Bloomsburg State Normal School

Penna. R. R. Co., under I. Hess
Superintendent and
’78,
Agent.
’07, Marcy, H. N. is in Sierra
Madre, Calif., where he went nearly

Strauss

a j-ear ago on account of

He

is

and expects

“The

ill

health.

now very much improved
to begin teaching soon.

school and equipments there

Alumni Association

last

even-

New

Hotel Ferguson,
w-as one of the most successful
affairs of its kind that has ever been
ing at the

held in this region.
Nearly one
hundred members of the Alumni
Association and their guests were
present.

To

are fine.’’

Schuylkill

of

county, which took place

say-

that they enjoyed the ban-

been

quet does not give the same amount

teaching in California for the last

of justice that they gave to the ex-

two 3'ears. In a letter she saj's
“Like a good man}- others of ’07
class I have resigned m3- member-

cellent repast.

ship in that right honorable

er,

Hess,

’07,

Harriet

has

:

insti-

Maid School Teach-

tution of Old

was married in June to
Hess of Pasadena,
They- might allow me to
Calif.
remain in the club inasmuch as I
did not change my name, but I

ers, as I

Mr. Bruce S.

think

I

ranch

is

much
in a

prefer ranching.

Our

very picturesque part

of Calif., about 60

miles west of
Yosemite Valley.’’ Her address is:
Ben Hur, Mariposa Co., Calif.
’07, Class Pin was found several
weeks ago in the Ladies’ Waiting

and served

in a

ed great credit

and

This was prepared
manner that reflecton Mine Host Caus-

his corps of assistants.

The table fruit decorations were
made by Cox, the grocer.
After the banquet addresses were

made by Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., Miss
Mary A. Good, and Miss K. Maud
Smith,
of the

who

represented the faculty

Normal School.

The talked

manner, and
were thoroughly

in a very- entertaining

their discourses

enjoy-ed

Many

by

all

present.

of the others in attendance

related delightful personal reminis-

ences of their school

life.

THE

:

'^5

principal of the school,

and Prof.

G. E. Wilhur, teacher

of mathe-

ver}’ able ruanner.

matics.

The

was veryenjoyable and the members parted

present were

with the understanding that they
would again gather around the fes-

Jenkins, Prof,

Itive board

i

^UARTERE'

Toast Master R. A. McHale performed the duties of that office in a
Altogether the

^

B. S. N. S.

next

affair

during

institute

D.

B. Sutliff,

were

elect-

Vice
R. Lewis, ShenanJ.
doah; Treasurer, 'G. W. Carl, Ashland;
Secretary^
Miss Margaret
Burlce, Shenandoah.
Pottsville;

He

prehensive.

com-

the alumni

told

about the work that has been and
is being accomplislted
since their
graduation.

new

He explained

several

features that had been install-

LUZERNE COUNTY.

ed and made special mention of the
depaitment of science, stating that
the management had decided to in-

the Wilkes-Barre Record^

stall a wireless

October 28,
Nearly 300 members of the Luzerne County- Alumni Association of
Bloomsburg Normal School attended the twenty--first annual banquet
of the organization at Hotel Sterling last night and as on former oc-

was a decided
Previous to the banquet

The

telegraph

members

briefly-

of the alumni.

Following the menu the tables
were removed, and while Oppenheim’s orchestra,
which played
during the serving of the menu,
discoursed attractive

success.

jority

a business meeting was held at
which Granville J. Clark, president, and all other officers were re-

of

those

music, a ma-

present

enjoyed

themselves in dancing.

DAUPHIN COUNTY.
Harrisburg Telegraph, Nov.

elected.

elaborate

system.

on the
good work that has been done by
.speaker talked

casions, the affair

An

H.
Mi.ss

Madelia A. Watetbury., Miss Mary
and Miss Mary Lowry..

lengthy, but instructive and

President,

From

F.

Dr. Waller’s remarks were not

officers

Gather,

Cope,

Prof.

weeh

ed for the ensuing year; President,
AV.

G.

J.

teacher of phy-sics;

W.

instructors

Ellis

y-ear at Pottsville.

The following

other
Prof.

menu was served

the banquet hall on the second

in

floor.

Attorney Clark officiated as toastmaster and filled the position very
ably-.
Reminisences of Normal
School days were recounted and
everyone had a most enjoyable time.
Features of the program were the
addresses of Dr. D.

J.

Waller,

Jr.,

A call sent

4.

many members

to as

as could be reached

on short notice

resulted in a most enjoyable meet-

ing last night of

the

Bloomsburg

Normal School Alumni of
Dauphin county-, followed by a
banquet at
the Commonwealth

State

Hotel. Covers were laid for twentysix.

THE

14

Dr. D.

J.

Waller,

the Bloomsburg
as host.

H
K.

Maud

Jr. principal of

school,

Professors

Bakeless, F. H.

B. S. N. S,

J.

presided

G. Cope, O.

MLss
Smith and Miss Atterbury
Jenkins,

were present
The event proved so pleasant
that an association was formed to
meet annually, probably during
The.se officers
county in.stitute.
were chosen to serve with a comPresident, Mrs.
mittee of three:
John H. Daugherty Vice-president,
Dr. Grace Wintersteen; secretary,
of the faculty

;

Mrs. E. H. Gottschall; Treasurer,
Miss Margaret Sullivan; executive
Dr. Marsteller, Mr.
committee,
Wren and Miss Swank.
Other members present were ;
Mrs. M. H. Thomas, Mrs. Gertrude E. Miller, Mrs. M. P. Johnson, Misses Margaret and Gene\deve Burns, Mary H. Pendergast,
M. Katharine McNiff, Nora and
Elizabeth Glancy, Caroline Black,
Anna C. Sandoe, Mes.srs. H. P.
Brubaker, Halifax; H. F, .Yearick

Q-UARTERLT
quaintances and binding

new

tieS’

of friendship.

A

.short

business session was held

following which an elaborate

menu

was served. After the inner man
had been fully satisfied, speech
making and toasts became the order
of the evening.

Many

of the speak-

during the time they occupied
the floor, spoke reminiscently of
the b)' gone days.
In fancy their
hearers were again conveyed to the
old scenes when they were school
rivals, both in
athletics and in
studies. The trials, sorrows and
joys of those days were realistically
rehearsed until the banqueters seem
ers

to again feel the

blood

of

youth

coursing through their veins.
Curtis

Yocum, superintendent of
who is

the Coal township schools,
a graduate of the
stitution,

was one

Bloomsburg
of the

in-

principal

He gave
an interesting address, which was
thoroughly enjo5'ed by all.
At a
late hour the affair broke up, the

speakers of the evening.

members of the party departing for
homes voting the affair a suc-

and T. B. Denn.

their

cess in every feature.

SHAMOKI]Sr.

Morning

Press, No\^ 7.
annual banquet of the
Bloomsburg Normal School graduates who reside in Shamokin and

The

first

vucinity,

was held

Graemar

Friday evening,i the event

at

the Hotel

Fully
proving to be enjoyable.
twenty members of the new alumni
association gathered in the parlors
of the Graemar, renewing old ac-

Wayne County — The
nual banquet of the

first

Wayne

an-

Countj'^

Association was held at

Honesdale
on Weduesdajq November i6th.
The business meeting convened immediatel}'

after the close of the
afternoon session of the institute.

Prof.

Mark Creasy was

President,

William

Vice President;

Alma

D.

reelected

Watkins,

Noble, Secre-

THE
tarj'

B. S. N.

At

and Treasurer.

of the business session

tlie

-S.

close

those pres-

'QUARTERLY

15

Will 3’ou please try to supply us.
The Alumni List will be in the

hands of the printer before the next
Any
of the Qu.vrterly.

ent formed in line and marched to
the caterers where, after a delightful social sessiotL an especiall}- fine

corrections to the

menu was served.

will

be

this

list

The menu cards

were very neat and attracted much
Daint3' little cards serv-

attention,

ed to locate each one in the proper
place at the tables.
in an admirable

the duties of

Prof.

Creas3’,

toast-master.

made

District At-

torne3^ Simons, Prof.

Watkins, and

others participated in the

ialk-Jesl.

The

occasion was ver3’ enjo3’able,

and
and

greatl3’

reminded one,
•

was,

all

Alma

of

in spirit

family gath-

jollit3% of a large
it

soundMater.

Thirty-two were present. It is expected that at the next reunion
every graduate and old student in
the county,

prevented

unless

now

is

as nearl>' correct as possible.

You can
Now.

Do

materially aid us.

•

-

-

it

-

PHilologian Society

Prof.

appropriate remarks.

praises

it

and Prof. Al-

bert, representing the school,

ing the

as

list

very gratefully received.
Ever3^ effort is being made to have

manner performed

"Wilbur, Prof. Sutliff

ering, as indeed

issue

b3^

some other unavoidable
The fame
situation, will be there.
of this meeting has gone throughsickness or

out the laud.

The work of the first term of this
School year has been completed,
and Philo is proud of what it has
accomplished.

The

plan

mapped out

ginning of the

3'ear

at

the be-

has been

fol-

This is
lowed with great success.
due not only to the merits of the
plan but also to the willingness of
the members, both

take part in

new and

whatever

old, to

wa3^

they

could.

During the first six weeks of the
term the society made a study' of
the life and works of Alfred Tennyson.
his

life,

In this study' a sketch of

and reviews of his princi-

works w'ere given.
Brow'ning
was the subject of our study during
the next weeks, and the contrast
between these two English wwiters
living at the same time was clearly
pal

Some
held but

other reunions have been

we have

necessary to give

not

an

the

data

account of

them.

showm.

The
Registrar
Alumni and others
completing the

We

requests
aid

to

files

of

need the following

him

the
in

Catalogs.

’76, ’77, ’78,

’79. ’80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’86, ’88, ’94.

A Girls’
thirty and

Glee Club
forty

of betweeri

members and

a

have been organized
competent direction of

Boy's’ Octette

under the
Miss Letson.

j6

the:

The dramatic
4eft

b'.

s.

i*r.

ient

‘

coaching of Miss

Ellis,

scored

a big “hit” on December tenth, before a house

of

between

six and

seven hundred.

On Thanksgiving Day we
our annual

number

of

A

reunion.

former

Pliilos

held

goodly
added

greatly to the pleasure and success

day by their presence.
At
10:30 a. m. a meeting was held in
the Philo Hall, at which the following grogram w'as rendered: Presiof the

dents Address^ C.

Carroll

Bailej^:

Piano Solo, Miss Geraldine HetlerReadings Miss Jennie Whitmire;
Address, Mr. J. W. Clark; Short
talks by old Philos; Address, Relation of the Society to

the School,

Dr. D. J. Waller.

The

society

as

awakened to the

with spruce,
bunting, pennants, etc. This proved to be the place of attraction durHere former
ing the afternoon.
students met and exchanged experiences, and dancing was enjo)'-

members
upon the

ed.

The company engaged
evening entertainment

for

failed to

the

put

appearance, but ^ the Bureau

and not solely

in general,

The members-

officers.

part of the

fall

term.

has been shown
Debates have been
arranged for some weeks to come.
Sp>ecial interest

in debating.

Among

the several questions which

have been chosen by the debating
committee are those relating to
Eiterary questions of the present

day.

Such

Bacon- Shake-

as the

sperean discussions, and those which
bear directly upon the welfare of

Ownng

other entertainment.
the

to the musical

talent

in

our society, this year we have
decided to give for our annual program a comic opera entitled,
in

“Priscilla.”

Arrangements are being made
reunion.

We

would

be*

pleased to see a goodly

number of

our old members back.

We know

that

you

will

be pleased to

.see

the

which

our

Barring this

members have, and not only

that,

day

but the work that the enthusiasm

has since arranged to furnish an-

success.

good!

have shorni their interest and enthusiasm. for good literary work bj’"
having made a study of P.udyard
Kipling’s works during the latter

for the

marked

a

fact that

was a

•

thriving societ}' depends upon the

usual \>as

artistically decorated

disappointment

flourishing now as;
The members have-

is

never before.

our country at the present time.

The gymnasium

in its

Calliepian Society'

The comedy and

‘The Rh-als’’’ by
Richard Sheridan was chosen for
.presentation. This,, under the efficclassic,

qttartehxt

not been

side has

undeveloped.

English

s'.

unusual

enthusiasm

has accomplished.

1

the:

b. s. n. s.

Quarterly.
“Entered as second-class matter July

i,

igoo, at the post office at

under the Act ot July

APRIL,

VOL. XVI

College Opportunities
It

has long been a source of

many

gret to the

men

college

re-

con-

nected with the teaching force of

the

many

summer courses offered.
Many courses are also provided

of the

colleges of the state have

year providing courses of
such a character as to make closer
than ever before its co-operation
with the Normal Schools of the
state in providing advanced profes-

increasing

number

holding Normal diplomas

of those

who have

taken up college courses, and the
earnest and excellent

Normal graduates
change

in

work

of

the

the various

have produced a marked

colleges,

by the University of special interest and advantage to teachers who
do not intend to complete a regular
college course.

failed to properly co-operate.

The

NO. 3

Normal Schools of the
the Normal Schools and

the various
state that

in

the attitude of college

authorities of late, and

now many

The

University of Pennsylvania

this

is

sional training
cipals

and

college degree are

prin-

Normal

given credit by

work

the University for such

they have

such students.
The
great university of our state has
been among the first to so arrange
its regular and summer courses as

in

for

teachers,

for

supervisors.

School graduates wishing to earn a

colleges are affording special opportunities

Bloomsburg, Pa.,

i8g4.”

1911

Normal Graduates

for

i6.

the

satisfactorily

Normal School

grade, and are often

as

completed
of

college

able,

by sup-

plementing several terms of Summer School work by one year in

educational

regular residence at the University

opportunities for this class of stu-

to

provide additional

Schools

is

The work of the Normal
now fully recognized, so

attendance upon the College
Courses for Teachers, to complete
the college course in four or five

far as

bears upon regular college

years.

dents.

it

work, and Normal graduates may
now obtain college degrees w’ith
less

than four years’ college

resi-

dence by taking proper advantage

or

This co-operation

Normal Schools and
not
fit.

fail to

between

the

colleges can

be of great mutual Sene-

—

THE

2

B. S. N. S.

Normal

"Wireless at tKe

QUARTERLY
ure and profit to their owmers.

Those

The

telegraph

wireless

mentioned

our

in

tion

are pleased to demonstrate the ap-

now

paratus to those interested and to
give any information that may be

is

Communica-

maintained with

regularly

is

issue

last

in regular operation.

various local stations and, as soon
as certain adjustments of the send-

now

ing apparatus

desired

concerning the

The

A.tHletics.

receiving in-

BASKET BALL SEASON.

struments have already given much
were expected

from the disadvantageous location
in

to get

in progress are

better results than

of the school

establish-

ment of inexpensive stations
into communication with it.

completed, long distance work will

be attempted.

charge of this station

in

station

at

With the Kutztown Normal game
Kutztown Mar. 4, the Normal

the very heart of

basket ball team closed a strenuous

mountains, and

season with a record of six victor-

the Pennsylvania

and seven defeats.

The team,

messages are frequently intercepted

ies

from various Atlantic coast stathe commercial station at
tions,
Cape Cod, nearly 300 miles distant
being clearly heard on many occa-

as a whole, scored 2:\8 points while

in-

329 points were recorded by the
opponents combined. The schedule as framed by the manager. Prof.
Albert, w'as rather strong, compared with other y^ears. Teams with

the

great reputations were met for the

sions.

The instruments have been
in

stalled

cla.ss-room

main building, and
install additional

Ph3’sical

the

ment opportunity"
branch of

Much

in

propo.sed to

instruments in the

Laborator}’ to

students of
in this

it is

L-4

Ph}'sics

give the
depart-

for practical

work

electrical science.

first

time by this year’s

five.

one of which the
boys won, notably the banner game
of the season with Normal’s rival
Wyoming Seminary, on the 3d of
extra periods,

interest in the station has

February".

been aroused locally and a number

Jan. 14

The

schedule:

— Kutztown Normal,

of students and citizens have in-

Normal

stalled short distance stations in the

—Juniata College,
Normal,
Jan. 23 — Mt. Alto School,

town, and have the advantage of
practice with the Normal School
station.

It

is

expected that this

interest will extend to some of the
neighboring towns, as short distance equipments may be easily" con-

structed and will afford

much pleas-

Of

these thirteen games, two went for

Jan.

18

;

20

;

43

;

22.

20

29.

Normal,

ii.

Jan. 24

mal,

— Shippensburg, 33; Nor-

9.

Jan. 28

Normal,

— Mt.
16.

Alto School,

42

;

THE
Feb.

B. S. N. S.

3— Wyoming Seminary,

Normal,

17;

— Susquehanna,

27;

Nor-

mal, 24.

Feb. 18

— Berwick

Normal,

ii;

Feb.

15

Normal,
Normal,

Y. M. C. A.,

33.

— Juniata

College,

22;

— Calvary

A.

A.,

16;

Of

—

24 Wyoming Seminary,
Normal, 26.
Berwick Y. M. C. A.,
Feb. 27
Normal, 25.
15
March 4 Kutztown Normal, 24;
Normal, 16.

—

—

ERICKSON LEADS IN SCORE.

A

complete resume of the seawork of the squad

son’s individual

gives Carl Erickson the season’s
honor of scoring the greatest number of points, nataely 77, of which
points were scored from the free
1
1
Second honor falls to Donald
line.
Ikeler, with 74 points of which 4
points were scored from the free

The following averages are
record of the squad
complete
the

line.

Plavers.

Gms.

Fd. G.

11

33
35
19

Erickson

12
Ikeler
Capt. Fausel 13
6
Keiser
Dobson
6
1
H. A. Smith

15
12
3

Englehart

2

3

Turek

9

2

Creasy
W. A. Smith

2

1

1

0

FI. G.
11

Tot.
77
74

4
IS
14
0

56
29
24
14

8

0
0

6

•

this school

on the floor for the

last

time

men

are

Saturday. These nine

last

members

of this year’s se-

nior class w’hile Dobson, a

new man,

the only varsity player to return

Normal next year

to the

girls’

.

—Morning

basket ball inter- class
CONTEST.

An interesting feature of the Gym
w'ork during the past term was the
inter-class

in

Basket Ball

the girls of the school.

series

was stubbornly

The

contested

throughout,

but the Senior girls
proved the victors by a narrow margin.
A small admission fee was

charged for these games, to w'hich
only the ladies of the school were
admitted.

A

handsome cup was

purchased with the proceeds, and
this was formally presented by Dr.
Waller to the President of the Senior class as representing the winning team, after the regular chapel
exercises on April 4th.
The cup,
suitably engraved with the class

numerals of this

year’s

winning

team, wdll be held as a trophy to be
contested for by similar teams in
the future.

BASE BALL COACH.

2

0

286

NO ELECTION FOR CAPTAIN.
The annual

contest

among

To

is

represent-,

4

0
0

Total

captain

year’s squad

ed

;

;

this

men have

Press.

38.

Feb.

40

the preliminary training

nine of the ten

is

17.

20

Feb.

when

Fall

3

commences.

18.

Feb. 10

QUARTERLY

the students of five or six

years ago

much

of

the athletic

life

of the school centered about the do-

election for varsity

ings of those two redoubtable stars,

next

Chief Schmaltz and John Weimer.

to be deferred until

THE

4

B.

S.

N. S.

QUARTERLY.

When

the}’ were in the game, confidence in the outcome was never

lacking.

Fortunately for the athletic inof the school both of these

terests

men

are again joining their skill

and

wider

experience

forces of the institution

with

the

which held

them both as students, not only of
marked athletic ability, but as men

Twenty games for the Bloomsburg State Normal School team
compri.se the schedule for the coming season as arranged by Manager
Prof. J. Y. Shambach.
Of this
long list of games fifteen are to be
played in town — twelve on the
school grounds and three on the
Susquehanna League ground?.

of fine character.

One

“Chief” Schmaltz, as he

will ever

be known here, is already upon the
ground. The trustees were fortunate in securing him to coach the
base ball team this Spring.
not his

first

This

is

experience as the coach

had entire charge
team the year fol-

ball schedule.

ba.sp:

is

pleasing part of the schedule

the three-game series with the

team on May 3d, 9th
Another gratifying fact

local league

and nth.
is

the

revival of athletic relations

with the Bucknell University, due
here for a game on Monday, April

of our team, as he

24th.

of the base ball

here on the afternoon of

lowing Dr. Aldinger’s departure.

The marked success of that season’s
work will not soon be forgotten.
The team is also fortunate this year,
having an able and experienced
captain.
Captain Sharadin is one
of the best all round base ball playA
ers the school has ever had.
in

fine pitcher, a first class outfielder,

and always feared by opposing
teams when at bat, his selection as
captain is most fitting.

KEW PHYSICAL
The

DIRECTOR.

announced the
election of John Weimer as head of
the Physical Training Department.
He will assume his new position in
September. His coming will assure
trustees have

the services of a
in

man experienced

every line of sports taken up

here.

Wyoming Seminary is due
May 30

for one

game.

The schedule

so far

as completed calls for the following

games

:

12

April

—

Bloomsburg High,

league grounds.
April

15

here.

April 22

— Wilkes-Barre

— Taylor

High,

Professionals,

here.

24— Bucknell,

April

April 28

— Away

here.

(pending.)

— Away (pending.)
— Bloomsburg, league

April 29

May

3

grounds.

May 5 — At Bellefonte.
May 6 — At Lock Haven.
May 9— Bloomsburg, here.
May^ 1 — Bloomsburg league
1

grounds.

May
May
May

— At Wyoming.
— Lock haven, here.
27 — Kutztown, here.
17

20

THE

May

30

— Wyoming,

B.

S

here.

S.

QUARTER!,'

5

The

creditable work.

—
—
—

June 3 Shippensburg, here.
June 7 Milton (pending)
June 10 Bellefonte, here.
June 14 Freeland (pending.)
June 26 Steelton Y. M. C. A.,

—
—

here.

Seniors, of

showed the most

course,

finished

work, as they should. The experiment was voted a success as it
served to arouse some people to active

work who had

a tendency to

be inactive.

—

Tennyson’s play, “The Falcon,”
being worked up by some of the
members, and together with some

PKilo Society
It

N.

is

is

with pleasure that Philo’s

opportunity to acquaint former members and friends

oflScers accept this

other numbers

be presented

will

mouth

early next

as a public pro-

giving time caused by the failure of

gram.
At the last busine.ss meeting it
was unanimously decided that the
elite! tainment
for Philo Reunion
next fall should be the annual

the Ronej’ Bo5’s to appear has been

drama instead

with some of her achievements and
also

some

of her future plans.

The disappointment

made up

full}"

successful

at

financially

result

Thanks-

b}'

the

of the entertain-

ment given by The Parland Newhall Company on the evening of
March 13th.

Our piano
for

is

now

entirely paid

This seems

the one this year and will

show

to

society.
*0*

Calliepian Society

remains in the treasury.
nest

talent.

returning alumni the worx of the

and a very substantial balance

The

outside

of

be advantageous in
at least t\yo ways.
It will remove
the risk of a disappointment like
to

work of Philo’s earand faithful members has been
literary

of such a character this year as

to

The

Callie

ty-.second of

Reunion on the tweuFebruary proved a de-

As usual, interGym, where the
proper was held. The gal-

be a source of gratification to those

lightful occasion.

The Life and Works of
Mark Twain were taken up, thoroughly studied, and were very much

est centered in the

in charge.

enjoyed. Greek and

Roman mythol-

ogy has also been studied and the
programs in which this featured
were most interesting. An experiment was tried in which each class
was placed in charge of the program for an evening. The Middlers and Juniors presented very

reunion
lery

was decorated

colors,

in the society’s

interspersed

evergreen,

with tufts of

while the

walls

decorated with American
red, white

flags,

and blue bunting.

were
and

The

striking feature of the decorations,

however, and the one that elicited
admiration from all, was the canopy of yellow and white that cov-

THE

6

Gym.

ered the entire

It

was formed

crepe paper,

of

stripes

of twisted

B. S. N. S.

which, being kept in constant motion by the breeze, produced a very
pleasing effect.

At eleven

o’clock the yearly open
in Callie Hall.

meeting was held

The

afternoon was spent in danc-

ing in the

Gym,

mu.sic being furn-

QUARTERLY
The costumes were by Fischer &
of New York.
Owing to the

Sou

untiring exertions of Miss Ellis, the

was a decided success.
During the latter part of the
Winter term we have pursued, with
more or less success, the study of
Art and Artists.
plaj-

The

Journal staff

is

preparing a

ished bj' “Erickson’s Orchestra.’’
In the late afternoon tea and wafers

history of the Society

were served.
In the evening Durno, the Magician, assisted by Frank Shermon,
Humorist, entertained the school
After the enin the Auditorium.
tertainment dancing was again en-

quested that former members in-

joyed until eleven

All

o’clock.

united in declaring this one of our

Great
most successful reunions.
credit is due the committee which
had affairs in charge.

On

the eleventh

March the

of

following officers were elected

—

President A. K. Naugle.
Vice President Jennie Harrison.
Rec. Secretary Grace Johnson.
Florence
Assistant Rec. Secretary

—
—

—

Morgan.
Corres. Secretarj"

Treasurer

— E.

Asst. Treasurer

Marshal
Asst.

— Beatrice Foose.

Ray

Austin.

— Florence

May.

— Paul Wagner.

Marshal— Charles Hender-

Registrar

—

Jessie Dersheimer.

the sixteenth of

presented

comedy

It is re-

form the staff of any items that
might be of assistance to them.
during the Winterm has been most satisfactory.
Our membership has increased to
nearly tw’o hundred, and includes
many of the most talented students
Callie’s progress

ter

of the

Perhaps the most

school.

pleasant feature of the term’s

work

has been the good feeling existing

While

betw'een the tw’o societies.
is

still

keen rivalry,
spirit of

a desirable

there

enmitjL

is

spirit of

no longer a

An exchange

be-

tween the two society papers has
been arranged, so that at present
one of the most interesting departments of the Journal is the “Philo
Exchange,’’ prepared by the editor
iu-chief of the Philo Advance. This
departmeut has contributed materially to the present state of good
feeling.

shott.

On

publica-

tion in the Callie Journal.

there

:

for

in

Rostand,
Chauticler.

“The

March

three acts, by

author

Callie

Romancers,’’
of

the

a

Edmond
famous

Altho we have been in some
measure successful during the past
two terms, we hope for even greater
success in the future.
tia

aut Nihil’’

is

“Praestan-

our motto

;

endeavoring to prove true to

w’e are
it.

THE

W.

Y.
The

B. S. N. S.

association begins

its

spring

and leave the association
ishing

We

condition.

newed

B. Cotner

L

work

social is

the gymnasium,

F.

Membership ComMissionary
Dobson
;

;

Committee, E. R. Austin.

Our meetings have been

and

re-

well at-

April

the social

Four men were sent to the State
Convention at West Chester. The
president’s conference will be held
at Allegheny College,
Meadville,

committee are working to excel, if
possible, the good time we enjoyed
at the winter term social
On April 13th we are to have a
visit from Miss Irene Sheppard,

field

who

gation will be sent as usual.

is

acting as student territorial

secretary.

time

As it has been some
we were privileged to
a territorial officer, we

since

entertain

are looking forward with eagerness
to

Miss Sheppard’s coming.
Last term we answered a special

made by Miss Bartholomew
Eilenwood School for Girls,
Manila, P. I., by sending her the

appeal

Pa.

We

of fifty-three

dollars

for

the

support of one of the students in
that school.

The money was

rais-

ed entirely by the associations and
their friends.

We

take particular

pride in the gift because

it

was con-

tributed in addition to our regular

missionary fund.

have not yet decided how
will be sent to Northand Pocono Pines, but a dele-

many men

State Secretary Deer vi.sited us
on Mar. 30 and 31st. In order that
he might speak to us it was necessary to hold prayer meeting on
Thursday night. He gave a splendid talk in which he said in his
travels over the state he finds that

of the

sum

mem-

bers were assigned different nights

on which they should take charge.

to be held in

of

Bible Study Committee,

D. Savidge

mittee,

Secre-

Treasurer, F.

tended during the year and

Saturday,

The members

;

;

anticipate

interest this term.

The term
8th.

tary, P. Clive Potts

;

in a flour-

increased membership

an

;

John R. Jones

President,

finish-

j’ear’s

ensuing year are;
Barrow Vice

;

— Alfa Stark.
Vice President — Edith Cole.
Secretary — Helen Hartranft.
Treasurer— Lila Aston.
have

officers for

President, Clarence

President

ed a very successful

Our

of the

following newly elected officers

retiring officers

7

Y. M. C. A.

C. A.

work under the leadership

The

QUARTERLY

if

there

is

any

side of a

man’s

life

that schools are likely to neglect
is

the spiritual side.

many
if

a

people hold the opinion that

man’s mind

is

sane and his

body sound, nothing more
ed

;

it

Mr. Deer said

but

they forget

is

the

which should come foremost.

needspirit,

—

THE

8

B.

S.

N.

S.

Alumni.

QUARTERLY
of such a satisfactory

character as

win for him the promotion.
Those familiar with his work in
Bloomsburg are not surprised that
he has risen to the heighth he has
in his
chosen profession. Morning Press, Apr. 6

to

The Quarterly desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

all

consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your classmates.
Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box

No

.

203.

’69,

The

students

1867-71

of

who

had the privilege and pleasure
reciting

Isaac

Prof.

to

O.

of

Best,

of Ancient Languages
during these years, will be interested in the announcement of the marriage of his daughter, Harriet Gertrude, to Mr. Myron Lewis Morley

professor

at the

home

of the bride’s parents,

February

Otisco, N. Y.,

Mr. Morley

L

is

a

21,

nephew

of

1911.

Model School.

)

W. Henry

Schuyler,
is

(Coll.

pastor of the Presbyterian

Church at Center Hall, Pa. Last
September he delivered a sermon at
the Harvest Home Service of the
37th Annual

Encampment

Patrons of Husbandry

at

of the
v

enter

which received marked attention and has been published in
pamphlet form by the Centre County Pomona Grange.
Hall,

Mrs.

E. Barrett for sev'eral years prin-

cipal of the

Prep.

’80,

Barton,

Edith, has so

Dr.

fully regained her health as to again

take up the practice of medicine in

Miss Clara Smith, teacher in the

department of Mathematics at Welbeen granted a
year’s leave of absence which she
abroad in travel and
W'ill .spend

lesley College, has

Upon her return she will
resume her work in the College.

stud}'.

the

cit}'

of Scranton.

She conducts

on

Adams Aven-

a private ho.spital

ue and
is

is

having great success. She

deservedly popular as a physician

and as a woman.
’83,

at the

Karschner, Rev. Lloyd W.,
recent session

of

the

Wy-

oming Conf. M. E. Church, was
Bloomsburg friends of Dr. A. K.
Aldinger will be interested in learning that he is now head of the phj-sical

department of

York City
is

schools,

ecpialled

by few

New

the
Pa.

all

the

of the kind in

First

M. E. Church

’83,

at

one of the boys’ high

schools but his \vOrk there has been

Wyalusing,

Hight, Frank R. has resided

twenty-one
and for the last fifteen years
has been cashier and general manager of the “Old Bank of Hanford’’
at Hanford, Kings County.
in California for the last

When Dr. Aldinger first went to
New York City he became physi-

Church

of Wilkes-Barre to the pastorate of

a po.sition that

the countr}'.

cal director of

transferred from the position of assistant pastor of the

)'ears

THE

B. S. N. S.

In March, 1911, he came to his

home

old

with his

Tuukhannock, Pa.,
wife and four children, to
at

QUARTERLY

portion of an article from a Wilkes-

Barre paper of January ^i;

marriage of his parents which was
fittingly celebrated on 21st March.

friends

luncheon at the Hotel
Sterling by his classmate G. J.
Clark who had as guests D. M.
at

Hobbes, ’83, and Rev. L. W.
Karschner, ’83. In the evening of
March 24th Mr. and Mrs. G. J.
Clark gave a dinner in honor of
Mr. Hight at their home in Luzerne, Pa. and had as guests Sallie
Maguire Hibbs, ’83 and husband,
Charles R. Powell, ’83, and wife,
Mrs. Abbie Leonard Ashley, ’83,
and Miss Ella J. Nicely, ’83.
It was a reunion of classmates and
friends and the school da}'s of ’83
were lived over again, and the flight
of time annihilated and forgotten.
Mr. Hight returns to his far
western home about April loth and
,

word

leaves

for all his

classmates

and friends to visit him in the land
of sunshine and flowers, where they
will be welcome at any time.
’86, Fisher,

Emma,

M. H. Thomas, and
Maclay
’86,

street,

now

Mrs.

at 222

Harrisburg, Pa.

Wood, A. Sue,

Riverside Hospital,
Pa.,

is

resides

died

at

the

Wilkes-Barre,

Monday, January

30, 1911, af-

about three weeks.
she has taught algraduation
Since
ter

an

illness of

most continuously in the WilkesBarre schools.

The

following

is

a

had not only

a large

many
who respected and loved her
for her many traits of character.
Many of her pupils whom she
circle of

tained

Wood

“Miss

attend the 50th anniversary of the

On 24th March Frank came to
Wilkes-Barre where he was enter-

9

acquaintances, but

taught 5^ears ago have grown up to
be

men and women

world.

of worth to the
She was a w'oman beloved

by her scholars at all times, ever
them, and with a de-

read}' to assist

sire for their future

betterment.
After completing her studies in
the public schools of this city Miss

Wood entered the Bloomsburg State
Normal School, from which she was
graduated with high honors. A
time after graduating from
this in.stitution she accepted a posishort

tion as

teacher in the schools here

and continued teaching until about
three weeks ago.
Miss Wood had
the distinction of being the oldest

and most capable teacher in the city
and her place will be hard to fill.
Her gentle disposition and plea.sing
manners won for her the respect of
all, and her death will be sadly felt
by a legion of friends.
For a number of years Miss Wood
was an active member of the Central Methodist church, and at one
time was a member of the choir of
that church. She was a member of
the Musical Art Society.

The funeral will take place from
her late re.sidence, 418 vSouth Franklin street, on Thursday afternoon at
2:30,

and

ment

will be in the

will

be private.

Inter-

Wood

plot at

—

THE

lO

B. S. N. S.

Hollenback Cemeter}".
’88, Hartman,
\V. Wade (sp.
course).
Columbia County friends

QUARTERLY
Church

Taylor, Pa., to Nanti-

at

Mr. Callendar has rendered

coke.

ver)’ effective seiw’ices as pastor of

and relatives of Rev. W. Wade
Hartman, a Buckhorn boy and a
former student of the Bloomsburg
State Normal School, will be inter-

the Taylor congregation.

ested in learning that a largely at-

fact,

tended farewell reception was tendered his family and him prior to

organization of the League.

their departure for

Tyrone by the

Longshore,

’91,

Katharine,

is

President of the State Teachers’

League

Pennsylvania, and,

of

w’as

in

the piime mover in the

She

with others recently appeared before

House Com-

the Senate and

congregation of the Hollidaysburg

mittees on Education

urging the

Methodist Church of which he has
been the successful pastor. High-

incorporation

new' school

in

the

ly eulogistic resolutions were unan-

code of some plan to aid State pensions for teachers, and other pro-

imousl}^ adopted bj' the

visions to

congrega-

The congregation

tion.

which
$i,8oo and

he goes pays a salary of
gives over

to

$1,500 to missions.

Morning Press.
McCollum, Mary E. Read-

’89,

ers of the

Quarterly may

be

in-

terested to know’ the facts regard-

for

names and addresses

The

of

pros-

one received was on Jan. 21st, from Miss
Mary E. McCollum, of Plymouth,
first

Pa.

The

last copies of

the

Quarter-

ly were mailed on Fridaj’ and Miss
McCollum’s response was received
on Saturday. If all requests sent
out were as kindly attended to, the
.school would be overflowing in atIt

gives

us

much

pleasure

to

a local paper:

“Miss Martha Robison,

of

North

street. Field Secretary of the Penn-

Sabbath School Asspending this week in

S3'lvania State

sociation,

is

County addressing several
meetings, and giving instructions
Next
to Sunda}’ School teachers.
w'eek she will be similarly employed
Perry

L>’Coming county.’’
William A., is a well
know’n attorne}’ and Real Estate

in

’92, Shafer,

Agent

at

Stroudsburg, Pa.

member

ucation.

An

of

He

is

the Board of Ed-

excellent

half-tone

Miss Mc-

picture of Will recently appeared in

Rev. Clark, has

the Philadelphia Inquirer.
’93, Kurtz, Ella B., Registered

award the blue ribbon

to

Collum.
’90, Callendar,

more

It is stated that the
life work.
most effective arguments were made
by Miss Longshore.
We clip
’92, Robison, Martha.
the following from a recent issue of

also a

tendance.

profession

a

ing the responses to our requests
pective students.

make the

remunerative and more desirable as

been transferred from the M. E.

Nurse, has been

in

charge of the

1

THE

B. S. N. S.

School for Nurses for several 3’ears
at the German Hospital of BrookShe writes an interestlyn, N. Y.

and loyalty
for “Old Normal,’’ and in speak“His
ing of Prof. Noetling says:
teachings have been an inspiration
ing letter

to

me

full of love

in all

my

work.’’

Redeker, Carrie, has joined
Dr. and Mrs. F. W,
Redeker, in Poison, Montana. She
’93,

her parents.

has given up teaching and become
a real farmer, having taken up a
claim on

which she

is

living

to

“prove up.’’
’93, Traub, Rev. Frank, for the
past few years pastor of a flourishing Lutheran church in Linfield,
Ohio, has resigned to take up*misHe and
sionary work in Africa.
Mrs. Traub

sailed

on February

21st,

now, April,

in

from New York
and are probably

new

QUARTERLY

A

1

very complimentary article in

the Ceutreville (Md.) Record closes
as follows

:

“Since his first day in office Mr.
Grimes has manifested a deep and
sincere interest in the

duties of a

County Superintendent, and

has

been untiring in his

efforts to place

the public schools of

Queen Anne’s

county under proper and systematic
management. To do this he must
have the co-operation of the teachers and trustees and it is hoped
that they will give him their undivided support.’’
’94,

Herring, Clinton, one of the

prominen-t
of

attorneys

at

the

bar

Columbia County, has announc-

ed himself as a candidate for the
office of

District Attornej^ subject

to the rules of the
’95, Persing,

Democratic

Harry M.

part}'.

\Ve find

of

the following in the Wilkes-Barre

An interesting and delightful fare-

Record, Jan. 17
“Harry M. Persing, w'ho recent-

their

field

labor.

:

was tendered to them
the Lutheran church of Blooms-

well reception

ly re.signed the priucipalship of the

in

borough schools of Shickshinny,
which position he had held for eight

bu’rg,

a few days before their de-

consecutive years, to accept a posi-

parture.
’94, Beagle, \V. K.,

has accepted

a position as traveling stlesman for

the

Day Broom Manufacturing

’94,

Grimes, Byron

J., is

Co.

Super-

tion in the

public schools of

the

been transferred from the U. S. Grant school,
located at Seventeenth and Pine

city of Philadelphia, has

intendent of public schools in Queen

streets,

Anne’s Co., Maryland, and is making himself felt as an educational

ThomDurham school at Sixteenth and
The Durham
Lombard streets.
.school is a new building, just com-

factor in that state.

He

has writ-

ten a letter to each school
in the

trustee

county which ought to

in-

duce them to take a lively interest
in the schools under his supervision.

one of the

oldest school

buildings in the city, to the
as

pleted,

and

is

the

finest

school

building in the city.

This advancement, dating from

THE

12

B.

QUARTERLY.

N. S.

S.

this vicinity are pleased to learn of

bureau of the Republican State Central Committee by State Chairman
Henry Krumre}', of Sheboygan,
and during the campaign was in
full charge of the publicity work
for the Republican State Central
Committee.
Mr. Wilbur assumed the duties
of his new position at the capitol on

his merited promotion.”

April ist.”

Jan.

3,

191

1

,

after only four months’

service in the Philadelphia schools,

certainly attests to his ability in the
profession.

He is a

graduate of the

Bloomsburg State Normal School,
of the Dickinson School of Law and
h member of the bar of this and
Columbia counties. His friends in

His address
7143 N. Broad St.
(McClintock),
Edna.
’96, Wilson
A local paper announces that a son
was born, Monda}^ evening, Janu9, 1911, to Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. McClintock of Philadelphia, Pa.
’96, O’Malley, May S.', is now
Mrs. Eugene F. Smith, residing at
1438 Capouse Avenue, Scranton,
The change of name occurred
Pa.
The
more than two years ago.
ruler of the household is Eugene F.
Smith, Jr., whose sway is undisputed and complete.
’97, Wilbur, Harry Curran. The
following is taken from the Evening Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis.
‘‘Governor Francis E. McGovern has announced the appointment
of Mr. Harry Curran Wilbur, of
Milwaukee, as executive clerk to
succeed Ralph I. Thurber, of Richland Centre.
Mr. Wilbur who has
been connected with the reportorial
staff of the Evening
Wisconsin,
'served through the primary campaign, out of personal regard and
admiration for Governor McGov‘ern, as head of the press work.
When the primary closed he was
appointed chairman of the press

Very

is

notices

flattering

Mr.

of

Wilbur, congratulatory of his appointment, appear in the Jacksonville,

Florida,

Times

Florida

where

papers

three years he was on

the

Union.

for

of

.staff

—Morning

Press, April 5.
’98, Russell,

Sarah H.,

ing near Watsontown, Pa

room-mate,
at

is

teach-

is
,

and her

Mary Truckenmiller,

Hughesville,

Pa.

Both are

very successful and greatly enjoy
their work.
’98,

Cherrington, Ira C.

paper of March 16 says:
Ira C. Cherrington, of Iron

A

lo-

cal

this town,

street,

and who for some months

has been in the employ of Jacob

&

Keller
dealers,

Sons, Whole.sale Notion

has resigned his position

and will engage in farming. In a
few weeks he with his family will
move to Millgrove where he has already' purchased
the stock and
farming implements of his brother
and will manage the homestead
farm near that place. Mr. Cherrington will be no novice on the
farm, for his earl}"

life

was spent

in

agricultural pursuits.
’99,

Hess,

Oliver

P.,

Assistant

THE

B.

S

Engineer of the West Penn. Rail-

way

Co.,

Pa.

Has been

is

located at Connellsville,

there about six3^ears

and ‘‘likes his job.” He visited
Columbia Count}' in February.
the firm

’99, Roberts, Ira A., of

N.

QUARTERL'-

S.

13

ing the services of 'Mr. Skeer.

The departure of Mr. Skeer from
the county will be generally regret-

He

ted,

has for years been a lead-

As

er in matters musical.
tor

one-time

the

of

a direc-

Bloom.sburg

& Roberts, proprietors

Choral Society and as a leader of

Bloomsburg
and Berwick, has taken up his residence in Bloomsburg and assumed

the Methodist choir and the Berwick

charge of the large .store in the latter place, the partnership heretofore

section.”

of Severance

of the Fair Stores in

The

existing being dis.solved.

Ber-

wick store has been closed.
’00, Jones, Walter H., is cashier
of the Electric City Bank, Scranton,
This bank has
Pa., (West Side).
met with phenomenal success. It
began business last July, and on
March isthad deposits aggregating
$183,000.

They

that ‘‘Snooze
’00,

is

say, in Scranton,

a hustler.”

Skeer, Charles O.

the following in the

Skeer,

find

Bloomsburg
of

the

received

Bloomsburg

relatives

Blooms-

Lockport,

New

York, schools for the remainder of
the year, which is a fine position to
which is attached a good salary.
Fockport is a city of 18,000 people with 3,000 children in the
.schools, having a large High School
building and nine other buildings.
The many friends of Mr. Skeer in
Bloomsburg, will be pleased to learn
that he has secured a position for
which he is especially well adapted,
and the School Board of Lockport
is to be congratulated upon secur-

from E. Joe

Albertson, principal of the Manila
schools,

announcing the birth of a

daughter to

Albertson, the

Mrs.

cablegram stating: ‘‘Baby girl born
Seven
today; both doing well.
Mrs. Albertpounds, eyes blue.”
son was formerly Miss Beatrice LarMornhig Press, Febabee of town

—

ruary 20th.
’01, Patten, Dr.

ried recently, in

burg, has been elected Supervisor
of Mu.sic, of

w'as

life of this

E. Joe. A cableyesterday by

’01, Albertson,

gram

.

We

Moryiing Press of recent date:
‘‘Charles O.

Choral Society he has taken a prominent part in the musical

James, was marMiss

Chicago, to

Florence Burr, of Carbondale, Pa.

They

will

reside

in

Carbondale

where Dr. Patten has his dental ofHe is prominent in the busfices.
iness and social life of that city.
’or, Maust, Jacob H., is the Deputy Sheriff of Columbia county, and
is very efficient in the performance
of the duties of

that office.

He

is

nomination for
Register and Recorder of the county on the Democratic ticket.

a candidate for the

’01, Merrell, Charles,

who

for the

past several years has been employ-

ed as book-keeper at the Farmers
National Bank, Bloomsburg, Pa.,

THE

14

B. S. N. S.

has resigned his position and will
accept one with the Baker Chocolate

Company. Mr. Merrell

will be

located in the Southern states.
’02,

April

12,

mal School, has resigned his

sion here and has gone to Columbus,

the EdMr. Morris is a teller in the Kingston Deposit and Savings Bank.
They re.side on Summit street, Edwardsin

School.

ville.

Robison, Jean, graduated two
years ago as nurse from the Poly’03,

clinic hospital training school,
is

now

successfully

work

is

chiefly

nurse at the
’03,
ial

following
of a

that

German

is

a

student at

(spec-

some

time ago of the birth of a daughter

and Mrs. Charles Disbrow
of Kalispel, Montana.
’03, Dillon, Max G., was married
March 21st, to Miss Harriet Smith,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Smith of Cataw’i.ssa, Pa. Owing to
the illness of the bride’s mother the
wedding was a very quiet one, only
the immediate relatives of the bride
and groom being pre.sent. The}-

to Mr.

will

make

their

home

1415

in their

Adademy

’04,

They

street.

Robison,

new-

collegiate

!

Emi^q having

re-

the

Temple

department of

is

is

now

at

completing her prepa-

ration for her chosen

profession of

librarian.

Brandon, Pearl, is teaching
graded .schools of South
Bound Brook, N. J.
’05, Sloan, David K., is the manager of a large stock farm near
’04,

the

Pottstown, owned by a Pittsburg

man. The farm contains 260 acres
and is situated only one and onehalf miles from Pottstown.
He is
delighted

with

his

!

reside at

the University of Illinois, Urbana,

where she

1

Scranton.

University, Philadelphia,

in

j

employed as

is

ceived her degree of A. B., in

Loyolla

w’ere received

Mr. Hopkins

city.

mobile Company.

pursuing a course in medicine.
’03, Redeker, (Disbrow) Laura.

Announcements

Hannah E., was
married November ist, 1910, at the
home of her mother in Scranton, to
Mr. Evan T. Hopkins of the same

her

Universit}’, Chicago, 111 ., w'here he
is

assist-

of the

Millard,

’04,

special

,

manager

George B. Lupfer Manufacturing Company. Prof.
James E. Gillespie, a graduate of
Cornell University and a post graduate of Harvard, is filling the vacancy created b}’ the resignation.
ant

a machinist by the Standard Auto-

Hospital.

Robison, William D.

course)

Ohio, to assume the duties of

posi-

and

Her

Philadelphia.

in

Charles L., Professor

and Civics in the Nor-

Mr.

Mrs. Morris, until a short time before her marriage w'as one of the

profession

’03, Albert,

was

\Vm. E. Morris, at the home of the
mother in Edwardsville, Pa.

High

Bloom.sburg.

of Histor}'

bride’s

wardsville

str».ec,

to

1910,

most popular teachers

on East Third

ly furnished residence

J.,

Edwards, Margaret

married,

QUARTERLT

position

and

“likes the place better every day.’’

He took charge early in

March, 1910.

.

THE
’05, Mertz,

Adelia A.,

B. S. N. S.

has been

teaching at Harlingen, N.

was married

last

October, in Phila-

Mr.

Edward Bergen.

to

reside

at

Harlingen, where

Mr. Bergen conducts
‘05, Rarig,

(
(

I

She

delphia,

They

,

J.

Howard

a large store.

R.,

is at

the

few

’06, Stout, Nellie.,

leaving

(music), since

has
taken a two 3'ears’ course at the
Sternberg School of Music in Philadelphia, completing the Teacher’s

Eshleman, Marguerite.

We

the following from the Daily

Bloomsburg, March i6th;
“Miss Marguerite Eshleman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
G. Eshleman, of Light Street Road,
was wedded Thursday morning at
10 o’clock to Irvin C. Sweeten, son

Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Sweeten,
Camden, N. J. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. J. E.
Byers, pastor of St. Matthew’s
Lutheran church, at the home of
the bride’s parents, and was witnessed b}' only the immediate fami-

of

I

of

lies of

the contracting parties.

ter a short

Af-

wedding tour the newly

wedded couple will reside in Camden, where the groom is a road contractor.
The bride graduated from
the local Normal School in the class
of 1905,

She received

and has been an assistant

special train-

’06, Longenberger, Myrtle.
Announcement is made of the engagement of Myrtle to Chauncey Clyde
Messersmith, of Chester, Pa.
Mr.

Messersmith
try

Professor of Chemis-

is

the Pennsylvania

in

Academy

Military

at Chester.

Allabach, C.

’07,

member

forded him.

that

j^ears.

Normal School,

the

Course.

l|

i

gymnasium at

ing in children’s work.

5’ears

Sentinel,

I

instructor in the

institution for the past

combined course in literature, arts and science and medicine, leading to the degrees of A,
B. and M D.
He is now in the
fifth 5’ear of work, having received
his A. B. last summer, and in two
more years hopes to be a full fledged
M. D. He is greatly pleased wdth
the University, the city of Ann Arbor and the opportunities there afseven

’05,

!

15

University of Michigan, pursuing a

clip

I

QUARTERLY

Millard,

is

a

Pennsjdvania College, Gettysburg, Pa,,
and is taking high standing. He is
editor in chief of the Weekly Gettysof the senior class at

burgian, the College paper,

presi-

dent of his class and captain of the
inter-collegiate debating

has

won some

team which

notable victories.

Hamlin, Rosa, was married
April 27, 1910, to Mr. L. B. Dymond, of Exeter, near Pittston.
They live on a farm and Mrs. Dy’07,

mond

enthusiasticall}’^ sings:

farmer’s

Her

life is

address

is

the

life

R. D.,

2,

“The

for me.’’

Pittston,

Pa.
’07,

Brobs, Carrie,

public

the

Heights, N.

J.,

is

teaching in

Had don
and greatly enjoys

schools

of

her work there.

Mauser, (Roat) Helen. Word
Quarterly about the

’07,

came
last

to the
of

February that a son had

THE

i6

C)me

home

to the

of

B.

N.

S.

S.

Mr. and Mrs.

’07,

lowing

March

The

Bush, Artemesia.

from a

is

taught
this

of town,

Normal School,

year in

last

Patterson,

ing

year, after

earnest re-

ers

decided to return and

fill

whose work had been
satisfactory before, was thought
Bush,

It

sition.

’07,

came

is

editor in

chief of The Dickhisotiian, the week-

paper of Dickinson ColLandis has also won
fame as a debater, both in the intersociety debates, and the inter-colle-

ly college
lege.

Mr.

Helen,

’08, Seasholtz,

N.

is

teaching

J.

W.,is a Sophomore
the department of Forestry, Uni-

’08, Sitler, J.

versity of Michigan.

marksman

in

He

is

a high

scholarship and also

in his favorite recreation

single

captained a

team without a

defeat, but he has

the highest

secured

individual target rec-

ords.
’08,

Watkins,

W.

D.

We find the

following in the Honesdale

Wayne

Independent of Januar\' 28th:
“Prof.

W.

as be-

the very best entertain-

to secure.’’

Knapp, Jeanuie

ceived a

little

We

S.

booklet, a

re-

monthly'

publication called The Arrow, pub-

by the Young Women’s ChrisRochester, N.
Y. In its columns we noticed the
following:
“Beginning last Saturday from 10-12 o’clock a class was
lished

Association of

started in

from 10

Junior

Work

to 15 years old.

for

girls

They

pro-

pose to devote the time to sewing,

D. Watkins and the

.series

of three

first

This depart-

ety of other things.’’

ment is in charge of Miss Jeaunie
Knapp, who is making such a success in primary' work in the public
schools of Rochester

.

— Dloomsburg

Republican, January ii.

Bryant, Leon D., located at

’09,

Pullman, Washington, thinks the

West

just the

man.

He

place for a

College in the

fall to

nary course.

He

diploma
it

is

will save

young

plans to enter the State

take a Veteri-

says his Normal

of great value to him, as

him a

j-ear’s

work

in his

course.

Waymart Normal School have
ranged a

known

on the stage, and cost a big sum

money
’09,

— shooting.

In recent target contests he has not
011I3'

Quartette.

Jubilee

widely

story telling, literature, and a vari-

giate debates.

at Millstone,

all

among

tian

unsolicited.’’

Landis, Win. B.,

of

a vacancy.

to be the logical person for the po-

in

The

Sterling

These are

declined to

quests from the board of education

so

the

who

Jersey, and

teach

of

8th:

a graduate of the

New

fol-

paper

local

“Miss Artemesia Bush,

Mi.ss

through the Redfirst one is the
Jars Pugh & Co., literarj' and all
star combination, February 22d;
second is Reno, the famous magician, March 29th; and the third is
entertainments

path bureau.

Roat.

who

QUARTERLY

ar-

class

’09, Seasholtz,

Kate E.,

is

teach-

ing 5th and 6th grade work at Co-

mo, N.

J.

;

THE
Dobbs,

’09,

B. S. N. S.

Elizabeth Belle,

a

student in the Commercial Depart-

ment, was married April

W. Swope,

Mr. James

They

burg.

May

after

’10,

1911 to

Harris-

home

be at

will

1247 Mulberry

4,

of

at

Harrisburg,

street,

2nd.

Mertz, Blanche E.,

is

teach-

Miss Leonina Seasholtz in

J.

the primary grade at East Danville,

Miss Jennie Scott and Miss

Pa.

Mary Robb
’10,

at

Northumberland, Pa.

Hartman, Kimber A., and

Deighmiller,

’08,

As we

Ellie R.

go to press the wedding of these
two popular graduates is announced
to occur Friday, April 14th.
Mr.

Hartman’s fellow teachers at Berwick surprised him on Monda}^
April loth by tendering him a tin
shower,

Hughes

17

the

of

Technical

High

School faculty, acted as toastmaster.
After dinner talks were given
by Prof. G. E. Wilbur and Prof. J.
G. Cope of the Bloomsburg schoo]
faculty
Brown, postmaster
J. C.
;

Bloomsburg, and trustee of the
school
Prof. A. H. Welles of the
Central High school, and Dr. Fred
M. Davenport of this city. School
days and school experiences werd
renewed and many tales of the
school da}'s were related.
Following the banquet a business
meeting was held after which the
guests adjourned to the ball room
where dancing was enjoj'ed.
The
following ofl&cers were elected to
serve during the ensuing year
President, Miss Martha Vaughan
vice-president. Miss Margaret Lewis
secretary. Miss Mamie Morgan
treasurer, Prof. Richard Lewis, all
of

ing in the public schools of Raritan,

N.

QUARTERLY

when many appropriate

ar-

were presented, and refreshments were served.
ticles

;

'

:

;

;

of this city.
>

An

LACKAWANNA COUNTY ALUMNI

The Scranton Truth
says
State

of

March

Normal School

faculty

were

the

at

Wayne

tion.

The

Alumni Association

ley,

of

North-

eastern Pennsylvania of this school,

which was held

last

night in the

Scranton Bicycle club house. The
affair was one of the most successful

Co.

correct

Prof.

the annual reunion of

in the last

Quarterly

of the

Pres.

present

was made

the officers elected
i,

“Several of the Bloomsburg

:

error

sue of the

ASSOCIATION.

at

is-*

regarding

the meeting

Alumni Associalist is

Mark

as follows:

Crea.sy of

Miss

vice-president,

Haw-

Blanche

Westbrook of Hawley, secretary
and treasurer. Miss Alma Noble of
Calkins, and general manager Miss
Anna Seamans of Honesdale.

reunions this organization has

conducted.

Representatives from

every class of the

pa.st

20 years were

present.

At the banquet

CLASS REUNIONS, NEXT COMMENCEMENT

The
will

Prof.

E.

R.

class reunions

of last

June

be hard to beat, but several of

the classes whose

reunion

period

THE

i8

B.

S.

N.

QUARTERLY,

B. S. N. S.

S.

QUARTERLY.

The owner can secure
the same by writing to Prof. F. H.
umberland.

Published by the

BLOOMSBURQ LITERARY INSTITUTE
AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,

Jenkin

.

j

OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT,

BLOOMSBURG.

PA.

The

Editorial Staff,
Joseph H. Dennis,
J.

G. E. Wilbur,

Myrtle Swartz.

C. Foote.

W.

Registrar, Prof. Jenkins, re-

Alumni and otheis to aid
completing the files of CataHe needs the following: ’76,

quests the

him

in

logs.

B. Sutliff.

|

|

’77. ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’86,

will arrive next June think it can
be done and declare “it shall be
The classes that should
done.”
hold their reunions this year are
'71, ’76, ’81,

and

’86, ’91,

’96, ’01, ’06

and many of these are

’09,

making preparations
Tuesda}^ June
p. m.

held

from 2:00 to 5:00

27,

CUSS
STOP!

OF

LOOK!!

who

each

LISTEN!

tinue the good work,

of this illustrious

The

voice of base ball

will

work

for

class pin,
last fall in

of

heard in
}

***

Cope says
good order.

is

in

.

.

his fishing tackle
,

it,

or wdio has a

W.

I

Don’t

mention “chickens” to
Goodwdn. The counting machine on the incubator went wrong
somehow.
Prof.

class

|
'

Fifth street,

Miss Julia

Brill,

after a year’s

Room

is

the land.

attend the reunion,

F. Carpenter, 304
Bloomsburg, Pa.

ing

Conenlist

Spring once more.

Prof.

suggestion for making other per-

found

and

LOCALS.

!

sons work for it, will please communicate at once with Miss Harriet

A

communication.

Please accept this statement as an

help.

who
will

practically impossible to ac-

it

knowledge

on foot to make

is

Every member
class

thank those who so

others in the enterprise.

’96.

of our class not only the best we
have ever held, but one of the best
Old Normal has ever known. That
achievement will be impossible un-

YOU

Alumni depart-

editor of the

desires to

to help him.

tr>'

kindly aid him to secure information concerning old students.
He

the coming fifteenth year reunion

less

Please

expression of his gratitude.

Listen to this clarion call of the

A movement

The
ment

finds

therefor.

All class reunions will be

’88, ’94.

of

’07,

was

the Ladies’ Wait-

the station at North-

class

successful

of

1910,

teaching

in the public schools, has returned
to the

Normal

as general

for the spring term.

assistant

’

^

THE

Now

doth the school
bonnet

B.

S

Easter

girl’s

;

warriors

The

S.

QUARTERLY

IQ

signed to accept a business opportunity in Ohio.

Require a full sized city lot
And “Chief’s” bold Mt. Olympus

The

N.

Mr. Gillespie

York

state,' a

is

a native of

New

graduate of Cornell

festive base ball gaily swat.

University, received his master’s
degree from Harvard, and comes to

flower bulbs planted on the

Bloomsburg with the highest
ommendations.

rec-

campus

last fall have responded
most attractively to the mild spring
weather, and promise what is for
the Normal a most unusual Easter

display of color.

Miss Waterbury, the

girls’ pre-

seems to have unusual
notions about the proper way to
enjoy vacations. Immediately upon her arrival home at Ballston Spa,
N. Y., at the beginning of the
spring vacation she was taken quite

ceptress,

seriously

ill

and, while

ering, has not yet

sume her

now

recov-

been able to

re-

on the Normal campus
by the trustees
with attractive enameled iron labels
showing the scientific and common
names of the trees to which they
are attached, an improvement which
can not fail to be of great advantage
to our students.
The variety of
trees to be found upon our campus’
is surprising to those who have not
given the matter much attention,
and Prof. Hartline, to whose department the supendsion of such
details belongs, is regularly increas-

efficient

super-

quite

seriously

the

be glad to learn that
milder spring
weather has
will

brought about a great improvement
in his condition, and it is hoped he
will soon be able to resume active
charge of his duties.
Prof. J. E. Gillespie,

of

Ithaca,

N. Y. is a new member of the Normal Faculty this spring, assuming
the duties of C. L. Albert,

of

our

trees,

MUsIcWARrafioTES.

afflicted

with inflammatory rheumatism for
His many
the past few weeks.
friends

number

and their variety with each recurring Arbor day.

intendent of buildings and grounds,

has been

trees

ing both the

duties here.

Perry Freas, our

The

are being provided

who

re-

The Music Department, under
Mrs. John
up” with work

the capable direction of

K. Miller,
this term.

ular

work

is

“full

In addition to the regof this department

its

teachers have

found time to bring
the society choruses to a high degree of efficiency. Callie has a girls’
chorus, and Philo has both a girls’

and a boys’ chorus, all of which
have aided most acceptably in the
rendering of society programs.
On March 6th the Boys’ Glee

THE

20

B.

S.

N.

S.

Club of the school reudered a very
eujo5’able recital in which the}' were
ably assisted by Miss Ellis, as Reader, and Miss Sara Milleisen of town,
Mr. E. D. Savidge
as Violinist.
reudered several bass solos with

much

effect.

FOOT BALL DATES.

Manager Leonard of the Foot
team has closed the following
dates for the team next fall. It will
Ball

be observed that the schedule again
opens with Lafayette College, and

QUARTERLY
Bloomsburg in person with
pany this year.

his

com-

The

price of seats will be 50 cents
the two performances for all
High School and other students of
the county, and a limited number
for

and $2.00 seats will be
placed on sale to accommodate others interested in these plays.
Tickets will not be on sale this
year at Bidleman’s, as Prof. C. H.
Albert will have charge of all ar-

of $1.00

rangements and
seats should be

all

applications for
direct to him.

made

COMPETITIVE EXAftUNATioNS FOR ANNAPOLIS AND WEST POINT.

the promise of a fast schedule has

been secured
Oct. 7

Congressman J. G. McHenry of
this congressional district has made
a departure from the usual practice

:

— Lafayette
here.
—

at Easton.

Sept. 23

Carlisle,

Oct. 21

— Pending, away.

Oct. 28

— Pending,

Nov. 4

—

home.
at Lock-

at

Lockhaveu,

haven.

Nov. II
Nov. 30

— Wyoming,

here.

— Gettysburg,

Manager Leonard has

here.
also

games

pending with .Ursinus, Bucknell,
Muhleuburg and several minor
schools.

BEN GREET PLAYERS.

The

Ben

Greet Shakesperean

Players who so much delighted two
large audiences here last year will
appear in the Normal Auditorium
during the coming term. The date
fixed upon is June i6th, and the
plays to be rendered this year are

“The

Temi3e.st’’

and “Midsummer

Night’s Dream .“
Mr. Ben Greet

making appointments to the government naval and military academies, for which he should receive
much credit, and which can not fail
to be appreciated by his constituin

—

Dickinson Seminary at
Oct. 14
Williamsport.

ents.

Mr. McHenry has occasion this
spring to recommend a young man
to each of the above mentioned government schools, and instead of exercising his congressional prerogative in the matter, has announced
that he will appoint the young men
who stand highest in a competitive
examination to be held at the
Bloomsburg Normal School on
Thursday, April 20th at 8;oo a. m.
by an examining board, of which
Dr. Waller is chairman. This board
consists, in addition to Dr. Waller,
of County Superintendents Fetzer,
of Northumberland; Kilgore, of
Sullivan; Derr, of Montour, and
Evans, of Columbia.
Interested parties may receive

further information concerning t’nis
examination on application to Dr.
D. J. Waller. Jr.
.

will

appear

at

THE

S

B. S. N.

Quarterly.
“Entered as second-cLiss matter July

i,

CC7CEER

VOL. XVn

A.n E.xplanation

to a ruling of the Post Office

Department,

school

the

catalog,

which is now regularly issued as
one of the numbers of the Quarterly, may no longer be mailed

number

as an extra

but must take

i6,

i8q4.“

in

arranging the

Our

read-

let-

and numerals was decided upon
and is gradually becoming familiar
to both teachers and students.
The new course promises, on
better acquaintance with its details,
to prove most satisfactory.

A,

New

Departure

The

three new’s

Faculty, at a recent meetdetermined on a course of action which has aroused much out-

log

side attention

ers

may

hereafter expect, therefore,

numbers and one catanumber of the paper during

each school year.

ing,

and

fav'orable

com-

ment.

The New Four Year
Course
The new

The
to the

title of

men

Professor, as applied

of the Faculty, has for

a long time been considered as

Normal Course
provided by the new School Code
four year

way at Blooms-

improperly used in a school not of
college rank and for that reason

it

burg.

has been decided that this term
shall no longer be used at Blooms-

students,

burg with the sanction

is

successfully under

Three sections of First Year
two of the Second Year,
and one of the Third Year are finding their time full}" occupied by
year.

by Mr.

W.

to

In spite of the objection of local

Alumni who have

course this

members

difficulty

was found

expressed their disapproval of the

B. Sutliff in obtaining a

change quite warmly it will be
plain “Mister” on Normal Hill

Some

satisfactor}"

of the Fac-

ulty.

new

the studies of the

system of nomenclature

properly describe

the

1

program,

ters

as heretofore,

the four regular issues.

.school

but a cabalistic combination of

place as one of

its

NO.

1911

sections and years of these .students

Readers of the Quarterly ma}have missed our usual July number. This was due to the fact that,

owing

Bloomsburg. Pa.,

igoo, at the post office at

under the Act of July

various

hereafter.

of the

THR

2

S

B.

N.

S.

Alumni.

“The world is better because of her
having lived in it.’’
But even as we deplore our loss,

The Quarterly desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

all

we

consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your classmates.
Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box

No

QUARTERLY

cherish

memory

her

;

and we

are comforted as with our thoughts

we recall the a.ssuring wor b
“In the way of righteousness is
life
and in the pathway’ thereof
there is no death.’’
of her

203.

;

Miss Mary E. Bell, who was a
member of the Facultj’ and office
force of the

The following clipping from a
“down east’’ paper will interest
many former students

Bloomsburg State Nor-

mal School for a period of twentj’two 3’ears, died of paralysis at the

home

of her

H. Albert

Mrs.

Charles

June

Faculty’

of

10, 1911.

the school at a

American Association
vancement of Science,

meeting held June 17th, gave the
following expression of their appreservices and worth
and directed that the same be refull in

for the adpartly’

be-

cause of her genius in solving a

ciation of her

corded in

Mass., April 23rd.

Miss Clara Smith, instructor of
mathematics at Wellesley College,
has been elected a fellow of the

Bloomsburg. Satur-

in

day’ evening,

The

sister,

;

Wellesley’,

the minutes.

“To every’ man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.’’
But a recognisays MacCaulay’.
tion of the truth of these words
does not make us feel any the less
keenly’ the shock that comes when
one is taken from our immediate
circle.

problem in mathematical science,
which for nearly a century has puzzled and perplexed sage college
professors and other learned savants.

Miss Smith after several years’
that S. Abel's
theorems could be used to do Bissell’s problems in a quicker and

work has discovered

simpler

manner

than

hitherto

known.

By’ the

Bell we,

death of Miss Mary’ E.
members of the Fac-

the

she has given
and mathematicians a

By’ this discovery

to phy’sicists

the Bloomsburg State Normal School have lost a most faithful and trusted friend and associate.
Her life was a blessing to those
who knew her, and an influence for
good to all who came into contact
with her. She was one of those of

labor saving method that only scien-

whom

last

ulty’ of

it

may’ truthfully be said

:

tists

can

fully’

appreciate.

Mr. A. Bruce Black, the very’ efand successful teacher of pen-

ficent

manship

in the

Normal School,

immediately’ after

left

Commencement

June for Europe where he spent

THE
the

summer vacation.
much of his time

very

B. S. N. S.

He

devoted

to the British

Library where he
examined the man}' ancient books therein contained, more

Museum and

carefull}’

pertaining to the

especially those

cent letter to Mrs. Celeste Kitchen

visit, earl}’

in

flying

a

September,

to this

He spent a few
hours in Bloomsburg and then
hastened on to visit his brother, Dr.
D. W. Mears ’80, of Scranton.

his native county.

doctor

is

Normal,’’ and

a loyal son of

Miss Lucy E. Perkins

“Old

formerly

wife,

his

’74, is

equal-

,78, Evans, L. Wallace, for many
years has been a resident of Galves-

where he has greatly

ton, Texas,

prospered and ranks as one of

its

most prominent and influential citizens.
He is a merchant and has
He
bnilt up a very large business.

much

has devoted

interests of his

time to the civic

adopted

city,

and

has been prominently identified with
the religious and social activities of

He

Presbyterian
is

’80,

worthy of

Chnrch

sonth.

Diamond

street

M. E.

Church, Hazleton, Pa., for several
years and has been eminently successful in the administration of the
affairs thereof,

new chnrch
necessity.

so

edifice

On

Prutzman, she says
“Fear of a
nervous breakdown was the cau.se
of my resigning from the Seattle
schools four years ago and I am
:

now

with relatives in this
very fond of this western country and its climate and
have no desire to ev’er again reside
living

city.

am

I

permanently in the east, so you see
chance for a sight of old scenes
and familiar faces is very slight.
Will you therefore, when an opportunity is afforded you, extend
the warmest greetings of this far

much

away member of the
structors

with

my

so that a

has become a

Saturday, Aug.

19,

class to

all, in-

and classmates, together
earnest

wishes for their

happiness and welfare

?’’

Kolb (Hart) Ida P. now reBooraem Ave., Jersey
City Heights, N. J.
’80,

sides at 136

’85, Birch,

sor in

his success.

Smith, Rev. N. H. has been

pastor of the

’80,

in

my

ly as loyal a daughter.

the

ducted in the presence of a big
throng of people.

Mears, Dr. Geo. V. of Fon

In the near

du Lac, Wisconsin, made

The

Mr. Smith celebrated his birthday
by breaking ground for the foundations of a new and larger church.
A song and prayer service was con-

Blum, Lotta, is now living
San Francisco, Calif. Her address is 476 8th Avenue.
In a re-

Mr.

book.
’74,

3

Black will publish a

works of Shakespere.
future

QUARTERLY

visited

Rev. Bruce, a profes-

Wittenburg College, Ohio,
friends and the Normal

School in the early part of the year.
From here he went to Gettysburg

where he attended an important
meeting of the Lutheran Church to
which he was a delegate.
’85, Laudig, O. O., was recently
married to a

sister of

Mrs. Florence

THE

4

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY

G. Hess (Cool) ’88. They sailed
from New York, Oct. 3, for India.
Mr. Laudig goes to India under a
three year’s contract to build and

nephew of the couple, and Louise
K. Glover, daughter of the groom,
served as flower boy and girl.
To

opeiate a blast furnace.

march, the party marched to the
north end of the parlor before a
bank of ferns and Easter flowers,

McNiff, M. Katharine.

’85,

the January,

High School

1911

number

In
the

of

Ar^2is, an interesting

journal published by the students

High School

of the Harri.sburg

pears a

finel}'

ap-

written and well pre-

pared article on Naples, Capri and
Pompeii, from the pen of Miss McNiff.

It is

an instructive as well

as an interesting article

and

is giv'en

to us first hand, as she

is

relating

what she

when

saw and heard

herseif

visiting that

The
who

country.

what those
know Miss McNiff would expect
from her. Miss McNiff is never
production

satisfied

she

is

work.

is

just

with present attainments,
ever continuing advanced

At the September convoca-

tion of the

University of Chicago

she received the degree of Bachelor
of

The

Philo.sophy.

educational

and literary world will hear .still
further from her.
’86, Glover, David U.
The following appeared among the Mifflinburg items in the Williamsport
Su?i of April 13:
“David U- Glover,

Esq., of this place,

trict

attorney

of

former

Union

dis-

count}^

and Mi.ss S. Elizabeth Kurtz,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther
D. Kurtz, were united in marriage
at the home of her parents on
alnut street on Wednesday at 10
o’clock a. m. Luther Daniel Kurtz,

W

a

the strains of Lohengrin’s wedding

where the bride’s pastor. Rev. William M. Rearick, of the Lutheran
church, assisted by the groom’s
M. H. Calkins,

pastor. Rev. Dr.

the

church,

Pre.sbyterian

them

On

in marriage.

from a wedding

their return

trip they will occu-

home on

py a newly-furnished
Market street.
’86,

Keiper,

of

united

J.

has for

Claude,

several years been connected

with

one of the departments at Washington, D. C.
He has taken an
active interest in Masonic circles
and is now the Most Worshipful
Grand Master of the District of
Columbia.
He made an address at
the recent celebration in
phia, of

the

Independence of

Lodge

Philadel-

the 125th anniversar}" of

of PennsA'lvania.

the

Grand

We

notice

in this connection that Dr. Gilbert

B. Pfouts, an eminent physician
and surgeon of Salt Lake City, who
pursued a
preparatory
college
course herein 1880-81 is the Grand
Master of Utah. He also made an
address on that occasion.
’86, Maurer, James, a very successful

denti.st in

located at No. 2827
’86,

Philadelphia,

Diamond

Snyder, Annie.

is

street.

We

take

the following from a local paper,

July

5-

—
THE
In a quiet

B. S.

N.

S.

home wedding Wec'-

morning, Miss Annie Sny-

iiesda}

der, daughter of

John

Sii3’der,

of

became the bride of J.
Elmer Mausteller, of North Dako-

East

St.,

and immediately after the ceremony they left for Niagara Falls,
where they will spend a week and
then go to North Dakota, where
the>' will reside for several months.
The wedding of Miss Snyder will
ta,

come

as

friends.

surprise

a

The

ring cere-

mony was performed by

the Rev.

Byers, pastor of the Lutheran

J. E.

church, of which the bride

is

a

5

benefit of the teachers of the State,

that will be presented

Legislature.

to

the next

Miss Katharine

is

a

worker.

Bynon, Dr. Margaret H.
from Hong Kong, China,
September 5, w'ith Dr. Bryce and
’91,

sailed

They expect to reach Jerusalem Oct. 15, after which they
will tour Europe, and hope to refamily.

turn to America

her main'

to

beautiful

QUARTEKLY

by^

Kurtz, Ella

’93,

N urse,

is

Christmas.
B.,

Registered

.Superintendent of

N urses,

Manhattan State Hospital, Wards
Island, N. Y.
She is also Editorin-chief of The Seney Journal, a pub-

member. The couple were unattended and the wedding was witnessed b}' only the immediate friends
of the two parties.
For the past several years Miss
Snyder has been one of the best
and most popular school teachers

lication

in the Fifth

At the
’94, Evans, William W.
meeting of the School Directors of
Columbia County last May, Mr.
Evans was re-elected, by acclamation,
County Superintendent of
public .schools and given an increase
in salary amounting to $1000. This

public

Street

The bridegroom was

school.

a former resi-

dent of Bloomsburg, but has lived
in the

West

nearly' all his life.

’87, Yetter,

of Music in

Orval H.,

the

Bloomsburg, was
sic at the

Director

public schools of
iu.structor in

Summer

mu-

School of State

Longshore, Katharine. At
recent meeting of the State

’91,

Teachers’
Sept.

League

22-23,

in

Harrisburg,

Miss Longshore was

Nurses.
edges,

The Quarterly acknowlwith thanks, the receipt of

interesting even to laymen.

is

tangible evidence of the county’s

y'ears

he has

The HarAug. 3, has this;
“Mrs. David Wilson of 601 Briggs
’96,

Wilson,

Jessie.

risburg Telegraph,

Jessie

measures for the

work he has

done during the nine
been in that office.

propose that their influence shall
certain

Alumnae

a copy of this interesting Journal

street,

felt in

Nurses’

copal Hospital Training School for

unanimously reelected President of
There are now 7000
members of the League and they

the League.

be

the

appreciation of the

College.

the

of

Association of the Methodist Epis-

has sent out cards announc-

ing the marriage of her niece. Miss

Campbell Wilson to Georg.e
Jr., Tuesday, Au-

Black Stewart,

THE

6

gust

B.

S.

N. S

Both young
of Harrisburg during their childhood, but never met until two years
ago when Miss Wilson went to

people were residents

as instructor to the

Beirut, Syria,

American children
the Protestant

Beirut, of

College,

with Harrisburg reminiscences, and
friends were found the

as mutual

courtship progressed,
Syria, a

summer resort in

at Aleik,

the moun-

The

bride

Central

a

is

graduate of the

High School,

will

’96,

Snyder, D.

J.,

has taken the

principalship of the schools at Pinzua,

Warren county.

’97,

Moran, John, who formerly

resided at Centralia has

moved to

Mt. Carmel and opened an
for the practice

of

office

He was

law.

recently engaged

on a case in the
Courts of Columbia County.
’97, Gelatt,
tificate)

Winifred (State Cer-

teacher of English in the

public schools of
several years, died

tains.

They

reside at Beirut.”

culminating

wedding on Tue.sday

treasurer of

the institution last year.

of the faculty at

which Mr. Stew'art is Treasurer.
The romance began, of course,

in a

made

Beirut and was

at Aleik, Syria.

I,

Qt^ARTERLY.

Binghamton for
August 3. 1911,

at a private hospital in

’98, Pursel,

class of 1895,

that city.

Josephine.

The wed-

and an unusually beautiful as well

ding

as clever

young woman. Following a course at Bloomsburg Normal
School, she was a member of the
Central High School faculty, later

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon
Pursel, of Fernville, and Marvin
E. Conner, son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Conner, of Benton, was solemnized

taking her bachelor of arts degree

at the

at Cornell University.

Wednesda}^ morning at 9 o'clock,
only the immediate families of the
couple being in attendance.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. S. C. Dickson, pa.stor of
the First Presbyterian Church, of

She taught

at

giate Institute,

the Yerkes Colle-

Grand Haven, Mich,

and then studied at Columbia UniN. Y., receiving a master
of arts degree, following which she

versit}',

of

Miss

home

of

Josephine

Pursel,

the bride’s parents,

member, the

sailed for Syria.

w'hich

Mr. Stew’art is the second .son of
the Rev. George B. Stewart, D. D.,

beautiful ring ceremonj' being used.

president of

Auburn

Theological

Seminary, and spent his younger
years in Harrisburg while his father was pastor of the Market Square
Presbyterian Church. Immediately
after his graduation from PrinceMr. Stewart w’as appointed
ton,
teacher in the Protestant College at

the bride

is a

trip to Niagara
and up the St. Lawrence
River, the newdy wedded couple
will take up their residence in Ben-

After a short

Falls,

ton.— Daily Sentinel, Aiig. 70.
’99, Ziegler, I. A. who has been

very poor health for three or four
now somewhat improved.
Owing to dizziness and nervousness
in

5'ears is

THE
he

ade to walk ver}' well.
much reading, stud}'-

not

is

He is

B. S. N. ?.

doing

ing and writing, and at present
engaged on an article, consisting

The

entitled

five

parts,

the

Animal Mind.

is

of

Inside of

Ira has a host

who

earnestly wish for
and complete restoration to health.
His present address
is 48th St. and Woodland Avenue,

of friends

him

W.

a speed}'

Philadelphia, Pa.

’00, Miller

presence

of

— Roberts
only

QUARTERl Y

7

Espy’s successful school teachers
and both have a host of friends who
wish them all the success of married

life.

’00, Belig,

(Yentzer) Maud. Ear-

June a postal card, embellished with a pictured stork, was received, saying;
“Arrived May 29,
ly in

Name — Carlotta

1911;

Mother doing

Father doing nicely.’’ Carwith Mr. and Mrs.
Carl T. Yentzer, Cherokee & W.

nicely;

In the

’05.

the immediate

lotta

resides

relatives of the contracting parties.

Willow Grove Ave’s,

and Samuel
L. Miller were united in marriage

Phila.

home of the bride’s mother,
on Wednesday morning, Aug. 23,

Miss Grace

Yentzer;

Baby doing

nicely;

Roberts

’00,

Teple,

St. Martin’s,

Nettie.

From

the

pastor of the First Methodist Epis-

Morning Press, July 17: “A belated wedding announcement that will
come as a surprise to their many
friends is that of the wedding of

copal church, of Espy, of which the

Miss Nettie

bride and bridegroom are members,

Mrs. William Teple of Catawissa,

at the

at 9 o’clock, the Rev. S. B. Bidlack,

The beautiful ring ceremony was used.
The couple were unattended and

officiating.

and a teacher

Teple,
in the

daughter

of

county schools

Hudson river and the Catskill mountains. Upon their return after spend-

James
which
was solemnized at Wilmington,
Delaware, July 28, 1910, the day
following the wedding of her brother, James Teple, secretary of the
African Ostrich Farm, and Miss
Helen Mausteller of town.
Miss Teple had already accepted
a position as teacher in the Rupert
schools and the young couple kept

ing a short time at Ocean

their secret well.

immediately

mony

following

the

cere-

an automobile for Berwick where they boarded a D. E.

& W.

left in

train

for

New York

City.

After a few days stay in that city

they continued their wedding trip
visiting

various

cities

along

the

Grove,

for

the last ten

years, to

Hile, of Franklin township,

None

of

their

they made their residence in their

friends had an intimation that they

newdy furnished home in Espy.
The bridegroom is employed as
teller in the Farmers National Bank
and is very well and favorably
known. The bride was one of

were married,
her

Mrs. Hile making

home with her

sister,

Mrs. Mc-

Clelland Shultz, of Rupert.

a graduate of the class of

She

is

1900,

Bloomsburg State Normal School,

THE

8

V. S.

B. S

and has since ttuight in the schools
of Catawissa and Franklin town-

OUAKTEKLT
and after Feb.

home

ship.”
'oo,

at 16

•Mrs.

Kehler,

well

as a

Pa.

He

J.

the Wilkes-Barre city schools since

Mt. Carmel,

her graduation in 1900.
’o;. Ridge, W. W. was elected
Supervising principal of the Cen-

associated

is

W.

brother D,

at

is

with

his

Kehler, Esq. Grant

was interested in a case before the
Columbia County Courts last May.
Blanche.

’oo, Hassler,

Cowell has been teaching in

doing

Grant,

lawyer

they will be at

Mallery Place.”

The

fol-

tralia public schools, attached there-

to

a very substantial salary.

is

’or,

Snyder,

Clark,

practicing law at

An

who was

lowing clipping from the \Vilke.sBarre Record, January 20, 1911,

lost

was received by the Qu.akterly

himself, wife and baby, in the dis-

too late for the last issue, in April:

aster that destro3'ed the

"Eugene

Sable, Mich.,

everything except the lives of

town

in

the

manager

recent forest fires that devastated a

Union Telegraph

wide area in the north west. He
is as plucky as when he was a star
in Normal athletics, and has opened an ofiice in Tawas City, Mich.

F. Cow’ell, local

'

.

j

of

the Western

Co.,
ler,

and Miss Ada Blanche Ha.ssdaughter of Mrs. Margaret A.

Hassler of 16 Mallery Place, %vere
married yesterday morning at 9

ence of only the immediate families.

’or, Albertson, E. Joe. The Normal Qu.arterly has received an
exchange of more than ordinary interest in the receipt of the Manila
High School Annual, which is dedicated to E. Joe Albertson, a former
town boy and a graduate of the
Bloomsburg State Normal School,

The bridesmaid was Miss Emma

now

The

o’clock at the bride’s home.

ceremony

w’as

performed by Rev.

Dr. C. E. Mogg, pastor of Central

by Rev. Dr.
Memorial

M. E. church,

assisted

A.

pastor of

J.

Kerr,

Presbyterian church,

in the

pres-

man

the best

L.

and

Hassler, a sister of the bride,

Ernest C. Hassler, a

superintendent of the schools

of Manila.
fine likeness

The annual contains a
of

Mr. Albertson and

The wedding
march was played by J. Truman
Evans. The bride was charmingly

erous friend of boys and girls.”

gow’ned in a blue traveling

esting data,

brother of the bride.

with hat

maid
robe.

A

served by
tables and

match.

to

a

w'ore

The

suit,

brides-

white embroidered

wedding breakfast was
Mrs. Hochreiter.

rooms

w'ere prettily dec-

orated in pink and wdiite.

Mrs. Cowell

left

The

Mr. and

on a wedding

trip

the dedication reads:

The

;

publication

‘‘To the gen-

is filled

with inter-

including articles on

'

the various classes, debating societies, etc.,

with reproductions of the

school buildings and the pupils.

rather interesting

fact

is

A

that all

the boys are dressed in white.

—

Mordan Oman (Special ‘o8).
Mj'ron D. Mordan and Della Agnes
’01,

I

;

^

THE

Oman

A

were

ig. 9, at

on
Bloomsburg.

home
Light

parents

The

A

Orangeville.

The home was

9

Larrabee, Louise M., has ac-

’oi,

cepted a very fine position as teach-

Road,
min-

er of Domestic Science in Honolulu,

Street

officiating

of

paper says

local

:

artistically decor-

Hawaiian Islands. She sailed from
San Franci.sco August 30. She is
delighted with the prospects of her
position.

ated in palms and cut flowers, while
a trailing mountain vine added

much

beauty of the decorations.
Both the bride and groom are

to the

known

well and favorably

QUARTERLY

S.

of the bride’s

was Rev. Alexander Scott

ister

N.

S

Wednesday,

married

the

B.

in this

Josiah T. (Sp. Course)

’02, Little,

was married Sept. 12, 1911, to Miss
Carola Gunton of Bloomsburg. The
ceremony was performed on the

“Camp Con-

porch of the cottage,

groom being a graduate

tent” at Forks along Fishingcreek,

and post-graduate of the Bloonisburg State Normal School, after
which he took a special course at
.''tate College.
For the last few
years he has been engaged in teach-

beneath an archway of ferns and

section, the

ing, filling the position as principal

of the Orangeville

High School and

instructor in the

Benton

Summer

School.

The bride is a former student of
Normal School and has since

the

book-keeper
and cashier for the Bell Telephone
the position

filled

as

Co.

Mr. and

Mrs.

Mordan took an

extensive wedding tour,

taking in

Philadelphia and At-

Harrisburg,

and other points of inReturning they occupy their

lantic Citj"
terest.

newly erected home

at

Wellivers-

’oi,

Mrs.

New

Diffenderfer,

Maud

Elder,

is

Maud,

now

located at Ro}^

She and her husband are “homesteaders” having located on three hundred and twenty
acres.

was Rev.

are

also

teaching in

the public schools of the Territory.

Byers, pastor of

assisted

Jepson, pastor of the groom.

Hugo Vorck, reNo. 16 Sherman Street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
’03, Hayes, Thomas (Sp. Course).
Robert

er Mrs.

sides at

An

invitation

to

attend the com-

mencement exercises

of the medical

class of the University of
at Burlington, received

Vermont

by Thomas

D. Powell of Plains, carries with
the glad news that
well

player

is

it

Thomas Hays,

known Bloomsburg ball
now a full fledged physi-

cian.

Mexico.

They

E

J.

minis-

officiating

by Rev. T. E.
Mr.
Little is employed by the State Live
Stock Board and is now stationed
at Johnstown where they will make
their home.
’02, Menhennett, Grace, or raththe bride,

the

ville.

The

goldenrod.
ter

Mr.

Hays’

graduation

what sheer pluck and
iveness will

the

Ten or twelve
Hayes never heard

do.

years ago. Dr.
of

shows

stick to-it-

“isms”

and

“ologies” of

THE

lO

B.

S.

N.

S.

modern day education. His was a
meagre training, gathered in a few

QUARTERLY

To add

beautiful one.

to the hap-

piness of the occasion the sun burst

short years in the schools of Plains.

through the lowering clouds as

He

in a benediction

became proficient as a ball
player and was given an opportunity to attend Bloomsburg Normal
later

He

School.
here,

spent four or five years

and although he was given

flattering offers to plaj' professional

he stuck to his determination
complete his college course.
Dr. Ha3’s, while at Normal, was

The

bride was beautifully’ attired

white marquesette gown over
satin duchesse trimmed with pearl
ornaments and Irish point laceenin a

train.

Her

to

lilies of

the

“gym”

instructor

and

was caught up by
Her dress was
a beautiful creation and was entirely’ hand made.
She carried bride’s
veil

valley’.

going to the University’ of Vermont

roses and

took up the same work in winter
and plaj’ed base ball in the sum-

traveling suit

After six j-ears of diligent

mer.

“Tom” Hays

application,

is

grad-

M. D.

uated an
family’ live

His father and
Hudson and they’,

in

too, are

sharing the many’ messa-

ges of

congratulations

Press July i 6
’03,

.

— Morning

Gresh, M. Edith, has been

doing very satisfactory’ work in the
She has
schools of Orange, N. J.
an Italian class of forty’. She likes
the class and work very’ much, al-

though

it

uses

up

of nervous energy’.

re-appointed

a

great

amount

She has been

for this year

very desirable increase in

with a

salary’.

’04, Ikeler, Irene, was married
Wednesday, Oct. 4, at high twelve,
to David K. Sloan, ’05, (Special

College
riage
of

lilies

Preparatory’.)

was solemnized

at

The marthe home

the bride in Millville amidst

a

mass of autumn foliage. We take
a few extracts from a local paper:
“The ceremony’ was indeed a

Her

of the valley.

was blue.
A wedding breakfast followed
the ceremony’, at which Mrs. Dodson of Bloomsburg,

catered.

The

was decorated with
chrysanthemums and smilax, the
bride’s bouquet being suspended

bride’s table

over the table.

The groom

.

if

bridal

party entered the parlor.

ball

assistant

just as the

He

low.

High

is

a very’ popular

fel-

attended the Orangeville

Bloomsburg Normal
and Penna. State College
from which latter institution he
graduated in 1910.
School,

School,

The

bride

has

many

friends

throughout the county’. She is a
graduate of the Bloomsburg Normal School and has taught school
in the county.

All of their many’ friends join in

wishing them a very’ happy and
prosperous life. Several congratulatory’ telegrams were received during the wedding breakfast.

The gifts were many’ and costly’
and came from all directions.
After an extended trip to New

—
THE

1

QUARTERLY

B. S. N. S.

1

York, up the Hudson and across

to

mates be and what have

home

at

in the last seven years to

Boston,

the}-

will be at

Pottstown, where the groom

The

cated.

first

is lo-

their trip

part of

automobile to Scranton.”
In a beau-

will be b}’

’04, Crossle}', Pearl

church wedding

tiful

Morn-

at the

Presbyterian church,

ingside

City,

of A. D. Crossley, formerly of

Hemlock

became

township,

bride of Mr. William

New York

J.

West
the

of

honor.

Jo.seph

Oliver, a college friend of the groom,

reunions of

more

see m3- friends, teachers

As

1

is

a graduate of the

Bloomsburg Normal School and the
groom is teacher of mathematics at
Cooper Union. Mr. and Mrs. Pickett will spend several weeks on a
wedding trip, and after September
1st will be home at No. 200 Wadsw^orth avenue.

New York

City.

from the Normal, holding the pohousekeeper and

sition of teacher,

matron.

bo3’s’

In March, m3- husband and

’04,

Goyituey (Canfield) Anna.
in

June, a very

delightful letter from

Anna whose

received, late

Copperton,
Mexico. We know she will
pardon the liberty w’e take in telling you a few of the things she
told us
she said among other
things
‘‘And where can my class-

post

office

New

;

:

address

is

my

I left

husband

entered the Forest service, as Forest

Ranger on the Zuni National

B'orest.

we

have

a beautiful place to live

the midst of a pine forest and

are

also

with two of the

blest

dearest children.

Our

oldest

is

just

We

girl,

Helen,

just

is

one and one-half y-ears old.
a very happy family of

are

four.

While home
Susie Rayos

this

I saw
and her

spring

Marmon,

’06,

two babies
the y-oungest a
was just a mouth old.
;

My- best wishes go to

Mater and

Danville News.

We

in the

three years old to-day and our boy

20th street.

Mrs. Pickett

have been

for nn-self I

We

West

and

Indian service since m\- graduation

in, in

371

1911

class mates.

best

man. Four brothers of
were ushers. The bride
was given away by her father. The
ceremony was followed by a reception at the home of the bride. No.

and once

class

the bride

was

?

should like to be present at the

the Indian service and

City.

was maid

I

Pickett, of

Miss Stella Crossley, sister of the
bride,

and better themselves or others

New

on Wednesday, June 28,
Miss Pearl A. Crossley, daughter

Yoik

done
improve

the}-

Please send

’05,

my Alma

students.

its

Quarterly
Mex.”

girl,

to

the

B.

S.

N.

Copperton,

Laubach, Sarah May.

S.

New

We

find the following in the Daily Seii-

June 16. ‘‘Miss Sarah May
Uaubach and Chauncy I. Albert-

tinel

both of this town, were wedded by the Rev. E. H. Yocum
son*,

THE

12

B. S.

N.

S.

QUARTERLY

pastor of the First Methodist Epis-

Church,

copal

a graduate

of

on

Bellefonte,

in

Thursdaj- afternoon.
the

The bride is
Normal School

and the groom is a graduate of
Eastman’s Business College of
Poughkeepsie. After a wedding
tour throughout the New England
states and Canada, they will reside
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
’05, Brown, W. Earl. A WilkesBarre paper tells us that a marriage
license was issued in Luzerne county,

Thursdaj’, Oct.

Brown

of

5,

to

W.

Earl

Main township, Colum-

June

Harry, who was
graduated from the Medical College
of the Univ. of Pennsylvania last
June, has been appointed a resident

But “further de-

ponent saith

Camden, N.

’05,

Howell (Richart) Margaret,

now located
Her husband, L.
is

instructor in
at the
’06,

Normal

At the home

Lester Richart,

is

Higher Mathematics
School located there.

Vollrath,

Edward

She

resides at

started

when

the bride-

a student at Franklin
and Marshall College. Rev. H. M.
Smith of Delmont, Pa., officiated,
and the attendants were Mrs. Wil-

liam Smith, sister of the bride,

W.

F. Buchheit of Allentown, brother
of the bridegroom. Miss

Anna Voll-

ist,

says

Weimer

:

12

Exchange
John

Mr.

(Sp.

and

the

street.

Coll.

Press, Sept,

and

Mrs.

John

arrived in Bloomsburg
will take

up

j-es-

their resi-

at 428 E. Third street, with
Mr. Weimer beginning his work as
head of the physical department of

the

Bloomsburg

State

Normal

School at the opening of the Fall

Term. Mr. and Mrs. Weimer came
Bloomsburg upon their return
from their wedding tour, the ceremonj' being .solemnized at York,
August 15, with the bride. Miss
Sarah Shaffer, a highly esteemed
to

York

girl.

“Chief’’ Ernest Schmaltz
assistant phj’sical director.

announcements

W. Johnson

ceived

—

in

Binghamton, N. V.

The Moming

Prep.)

rath, Mrs.

William Buchheit, Chas.
of Uniontown and Jas.
Fairbairn of Utica, N. V.
Phila.

greatly

Christella,

Weinier,

’06,

dence

Buchheit of Indiana,
Pa., the marriage culminating a ro-

mance that
groom was

’06, Ma.sten,

Christiana

C.

barracks.

enjoys her work as a teacher

Mrs.

Miss Rosa E.
became the bride of Mr.

Wyoming

The ceremonj’ was performed by
Rev. A. J. Kerr. They will reside
for the present at Wyoming.

terdaj’

her daughter.

Vollrath,

was

L.,

at

stationed at the

Lancaster.

of

Ethel

Wilkes-Barre, June 28,
to Ira Calvin Stephenson, a member of Troop B, State Constabulary

Rosa,

Vollrath, this city, at noon yesterdaj’,

Kelchner,

’06,

married

Mansfield, Pa.

at

J.

city schools of

not.’’

Cooper Hospital,

physician in the

bia county and Blanche D. Frej’ of

Wilkes-Barre.

2
’06, Andreas-,

friends

bj"

will

is

the

These

be gladly

re-

Normal alumni and the

generally for

it is

realized

THE

B. S. N. S.

with John Weinier head of
the physical department, and Mr.
Schmaltz as his assistant, there will
that

QUARTERLY

13

Grace D., was marEmanuel Lutheran
Church, Nuremburg, Pa., to Mr.
’07, Plarter,

ried

in

the

be a combination that will bring
back to Normal much of the prestige in the athletic world that the
school enjo)’ed during the Aldinger

Scott A. Klinger, Thursday', June

regime.

orated

Both the head of the department

and

his

among

are

assi.stant

best athletes

the

Normal has ever turn-

They were classmates and
teammates and after leaving Normal both figured prominently in
the athletic world.
They were
members of some of the best base
ball teams Normal ever had, back
in the days when the Bloomsburg
Normal team had something on

ed out.

nearlj" all the college

teams in the

country.

combination could not have been
secured and it is a practical certainthat

ty'

boom

:

hav^e

a big

Normal.

Creasy',

’o6.

away

athletics will

at the

writes

R.

C.

Some one

R. C. Creasy' has strayed

— lost in medicine.

Some one

after a search has found him.

Af-

ter

attending the Medico Chirugi-

cal

College for four

fully

The church was

beautifully dec-

with potted

plants,

graduated

y'ears, success-

1910.

took up the practical side,

He

then
entering

ferns,

eight spruce arches entwined with

rhododendrons

numerous
bower of
groom and at-

and

other flowers making
beauty.

The

bride,

it

a

tendants met at exactly 12 o’clock,

noon, under a large

floral marriage
and the pastor pronounced the
ceremony in a beautiful and impressive manner.
.More than two
hundred relatives and friends were

bell

present.
At the conclusion of the
ceremony the bridal party and the

invited guests repaired to the

looks as though a more ideal

It

Rev. A. Pfleuger, the bride’s

29,

pastor, officiated.

home

parents where a

of the bride’s

ception was held and

re-

bounteous
repast served.
The house decorations were white and pink flowers,
and the effect was most pleasing.

The wedding
by'

a

presents received

the newly' married couple were

numerous, handsome and valuable.
Mr. and Mrs. Klinger left Fern
Glen station on the 3 o’clock train

The groom

for Kansas.

is

assist-

ant station agent and operator at

Fern Glen

station,

has a wide acadmired for his

the North Western General Hospi-

quaintance and

Phila., Pa., June 21st, 1910,
remained until Dec. ist, then entered the Medico Chirugical Hospital, Phila., June ist, 1911, discontinues hospital work and goes into

good qualities. They are at home
The best wishes of
at Fern Glen.

general practice in Philadelphia.

at Plainfield,

tal,

is

a host of friends
as they start out
’07,

Barrow,

accompany them
on

life’s

voyage.

Mame R., is teaching

N.

J.,

and

is

meeting

THE

14

B.

S.

N.

with well merited success.
We find
’07, Anstock, Pearl D.
the following in a local paper June

“One

26.

day

the surprises of the

of

the marriage of

is

Miss Pearl

D. Anstock, daughter of Mrs. Fannie Au-stock of

West Main

street,

Arthur Holt of Hawthorne, N.
J., which was solemnized at high
noon June 23. The ceremon)’ was
Presbyterian
performed at the
Manse in Paterson, X. J., b}' the
Rev. Herbert B. Howe. She has
to

just

S.

has taken a course in the Pierce
Business College.

efficient

of

Hawthorne, X.

the schools

teacher in

The groom

J.

holds a responsible position with

Xew York Telephone
Xew York City.

Co.

in

Mr. and Mrs. Holt after their

re-

the

turn from a fortnight wedding trip
will be

who

their

to

Xew York

many

K.
is

McHenry

of this

place,

a student at Peeksville Mil-

Academy, has been signally
honored by his fellow students this

This is his senior year and
term.
he has been made captain of Corncaptain

of

the foot ball

team, manager of the track team,
president of A. X. E. fraternity,
president

the senior class and

of

president of the advisory board.

News.
Dodson, Harr}’,

—

Forest City
’07,

position
fice of

in

is

filling a

Philadelphia in the of-

Henry

The

has the

Laura W. Morgan, a
and a graduate of
the Bloomsburg High School and
of the Bloomsburg State Xormal
riage of Miss

Bloom.sburg

girl

School of the class of

1908, .since

which time she has been engaged
in teaching, being employed the last
year in the Atlantic City schools.

Cupid captivated another public
school teacher Saturday,

when Miss

Laura W. Morgan, who taught last
winter at Texas avenue, became the
In combride of Vincel G. Stein.
pany with several friends the young
couple repaired to the residence of
Rev. Herbert M. Gesner, of the
First

Piesbyterian church, where

the ceremony was performed.

City.

itary

pan}’ A.,

W.

Laura

City Daily Press

following article regarding the mar-

McHenry, Earl (Sp Course).

’07,

Earl

home

at

friends in

Morgan,

’08,

Atlantic

completed her fourth year as

an

QUARTERLY.

P. Dobson, carpet

and

rug manufacturer, as book keeper.
Since residing in Philadelphia he

Miss Annie Gordon of London
attended the bride.

Mr. Stein is a member of the
Commercial Department of the AtHe hails
lantic City Gas Company.
from St. Louis, Mo. The bride is
one of Bloomsburg’s fair young
ladies.

The

b’"ide

was gowned

in laven-

and
marshanelle roses.* Miss Gordon, of
London, a friend of the bride, wore
blue batiste and carried a bouquet
der chiffon over white satin
carried

a

large bouquet

Morning

oi
’08,

Press, Sept. 20.

Deighmiller, Elbe

man, Kimber,
Deighmiller,

’10.

of

R — Hart-

Miss Elbe R.

daughter

of

Henry

THE
Deighmiller, of

B. S. N. S,

Hemlock township,

and Kimber Hartman, son of John
Hartman, of Buckhorn, were wedded in their newlj' furnished home
in West Berwick, Friday ev'ening.
The ceremon}’ was performed by
the Rev. H. E> Harman, pastor of
the Lutheran church, of Berwick.
The bride and groom were unattended.

The bridegroom

is

one of the

teachers of the Ferris Heights school
in

West Berwick and

He

also a

is

member

is

well

known.

of the Citizens

The bride was
Buckhorn school
and is highly respected in that community
Daily Setilinel, Apr. 15.
band

of this town.

principal of

.

QUARTERLY

earthquake written by Francesco
appeared in the Hazleton Plain
Speaker
2oX.\\, 1911.
'09, Bevan, Mary, has been elected a teacher in the public schools

in

West Philadelphia.

Eastman, Clara (Sp. in Buswas married at the
home of her parents in Bloomsburg,
Tuesdajq Sept. 12, to Dr. Heber
W. Youngken of Quakertown, Pa.
The beautiful ring ceremony of the
Pentecostal Church was performed
b>’ the pastor, Rev. G. H. Trum’09,

iness Course)

bauer.

The bridegroom

the

—

15

is

instructor in Botany

at present

in the Medico-Chirurgical

He

an

and Biology
College

Albert (Sp. Coll.

at Philadelphia.

paper sa3's
Alhas been spend-

ing medicine at that institution.

ing the past 3’ear as manager of a

institution in the class of 1905.

corps of canvassers for the Chicago

received the Bachelor of Arts de-

Solleder,

’08,

Prep

.

A

)

local

bert Solleder,

Portrait
his

:

who

Company, dropped

home and gave

gree at Bucknell University in 1909.

Iowa

of his success.

Francesco,

is

a teach-

er in the public schools of Hazleton

esting

doing good work.
little

He

Since that time, until now, he has

and Wisconsin. Indeed so successful has he been that he w'ears a
medal and also carries a gold watch
which was presented to him as a reward of merit. Mr. Solleder expects to go to State College this
fall and finish his course in Civil
Engineering.
We have no doubt

is

He

a graduate in Pharmac}' at that

in at

ating in the states of Illinois,

and

also study-

his friends a

genuine surprise on Thursdaj^ morning.
Mr. Solleder has been oper-

’08, Petrilli,

is

is

An

inter-

story on the Calabrian

been practicing medicine in Philadelphia.

They

will be at

home 6106

Gra>’S

Avenue, West Philadelphia, after
October ist.
The follow’09, Barrow, H. R.
ing item was taken from the Repub-

News of Hamilton, Ohio,
March 27, 191 1.
The many friends of Bessie Shar-

lican

were surprised to hear of her
marriage to Harrison R. Barrow of
Ringtown, Pa., in Cincinnati on
Saturday afternoon at the elegant

kc3^

new home

Wm.

of the bride’s aunt Mrs.

Worley.

THE

i6

B. S

N. S.

The ceremony was performed by
Brughn of the PresbyteChurch in the presence of a

the Rev.
rian

few relatives and immediate friends

The

only.

was quite

affair

pretty.

tho unpretentious

The

bride

was

QUARTERLT
and Mrs.

Wm.

Poole}’ in Fem\'ille

6 o’clock this morning, she will
wed Rev. C. M. Griffith, and the
newly \Vedded couple will leave on
at

the
for

m. D. L.

a,

7:31

dressed in a beautiful gray tailored

groom

After the ceremony an elaborate course dinner was served after
which the couple left for their home

Episcopal church.

suit.

Hamilton.

in

The

bride

one of Hamilton’s

the Cincinnati College of

Embalm-

ing has taken an interest

with the

W. Gath
Barrow comes highly recommended
and the acquisition of him with
this reliable and up-to-date underCo. of this city.

greatly to

its

will

force.

Kathleen.

Major,

’09,

The

Quarterly has received the fol“Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Malowing
jor announce the marriage of their
daughter Kathleen to Dr. Harry
A. Brown, Wednesday, September
sixth, 1911, Lehman, Pennsylva:

nia,’’

W'e

and

this is all the information

can give you.

’09, Pooley, Edith.

pastor of the

Methodist

came

opportu-

Narrowsburg
congregation, providing he was a
married man, giving the church
three days a w’eek and devoting four
nity

days

to serve the

to study.

He

quickly wired his fiancee the

situation and she agreed to advance

the wedding day, wdth a result that

Rev. E. R.
at

Heckman

w’ill

the ceremony that

them

in

officiate

unite

will

marriage early today.

The bride is a most highly
esteemed county teacher, having
taught the Fernville school for sevMorning P)ess, Apr. 14.
eral years
And the event came off on schedule
.

—

time.
’10,

Tobin, Jennie E. is teaching
A. Steven public school,

in the E.

Camden, N.

having w’ork

J.,

Her

fourth grade.

Because the

train

The young man is a student at
Drew Theological Seminary and

Mr.

add
already well equipped

establishment

taking

is

w’hile a student there, the
is

most estimable women wdiile Mr.
Barrow who is a recent graduate of

C.

& W.

Narrowsburg, N. Y., where the

’09, is

in

the

Teresa

sister,

teaching third grade in the

congregation wanted a married man
for a pastor. Miss Edith Pooley,

Lincoln

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William

mel to Camden, and reside at 93cS
Cooper street. The Normal has
no sons or daughters more enthu-

Pooley, wall be wedded early this

morning, several mouths before .she
had originally intended being a

At the home

siastic or loyal

of her parents,

Mr.

same

city.

The

than these two.

Longeuberger, Hazel. Miss
Hazel Longeuberger, daughter of
’10.

bride.

school,

family have removed from Mt. Car-

—
THE

B.

S

,

N.

S.

QUARTERLY

17

W. M. Longenberger,

of white marqui.sette over silk, the

of Mainville, and H. A. Persch, of

The
of town.
the
parperformed
at
ceremony was
sonage and was witnessed by onl}'

She
was unattended and was given in
marriage by her uncle. Judge John
M. Garman of Wilkes-Barre. The
lavish u.se of palms, ferns and cut
flowers provided a charming setting
for the nuptial group.
A wedding

the bride’s parents.

breakfast

Mr. andMr.s.

wedded
Philadelphia, were
HeckR.
Frida}', by the Rev. E.
quietly

man, pastor

of the P'irst Methodist

Episcopal church,

Mr. Persch
the

is

general manager of

Mutual Realty Company,

Philadelphia, where
side.

they will

Mrs. Peuscli has a large

ber of friends

of
re-

numwho

in the count}'

bride looked very hand.some.

followed the ceremony,
which Mr. and Mrs. Fairchild
left on a wedding journey.
The
bride, who is the daughter of Mrs.
after

P'lorence

many

Ko.ser,

is

posse.s.sed

attractiv'e qualities, a

of

gradu-

High School
and of Bloomsburg State Normal
and for some time taught in the

extend their congratulations and
wish her a long and happy life.
Sentinel, Apr. 22.
'lo. Brill, Julia, has been unani-

public schools.

mously elected assistant principal
of the Huntington township High
Sc|iool, Euzerne count}'. Miss Brill
was not an applicant for the position, but was expecting to teach
the same school in that township
which she taught last year. This
uiLsolicited promotion is very grati-

William Fairchild and is
employed by the Valley Trust Co.’’
’10, Gilner, Grace A.
From the
Scranton Tribune- Republican October 1
“Miss Grace A. Gilner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. W.
Gilner, and Frederick W. Zane, of
Empire, Panama, were married at

’10,

Koser, Josephine.

the following

We

clip

from the Nanticoke

items in the Wilkes-Barre Record,

April 26:
the bride’s

“At noon yesterday at
home on Walnut street

occurred the marriage of Miss Josephine Koser and Byron Fairchild,

two popular and well known young
people of this town. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. William
Harrison Decker of the First Presbyterian church, and was witnessed
by immediate relatives and friends
only. Attired in a becoming gown

The groom

is

a son

of the late

1

the

fying.

the Nanticoke

ate of

:

home

of

the bride’s parents.

Sterling, Pa.,

Wednesday afternoon

week

at 3 o’clock, by Rev.
Webster.
Mr. and Mrs.
Zane left immediately for Philadel-

of last

W.

E.

phia, where, after a

the

home

of

short

his parents

vi.sit

at

they will

go to Panama, where the groom is
employed as an electrical engineer.
’’ii, Sharadin, A. J. and Georgena McHenry, 10, a teacher in the
Hazleton city schools, were married
November 26, 1910, by Rev. J. E.
Doerr, in St. Stephen’s Lutheran
church, Wilmington, Del.
The
’ ’

’

THE

iS

B.

S.

N.

S.

QUARTERLY,

B. S. N. S.

mencement week passed away when

Published by the

BLOO.MSSURG LITERARY INSTITUTE
AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
OF THE SIXTH

wires brought the startling
information that John Boyle
“our
had passed to the Great
Jack’’
the

—

—

DISTRICT,

BLOOMSBURG,

QUARTERLY

PA.

Be5"ond, after a

Editorial Staff,

G

Joseph H. Dennis,
J.

C. Foote.

pendicitis.
E. Wilbtir,

Myrtle Swartz.

W. B

Sutliff.

wedding was kept a secret until
June of this }-ear. Mr. Sharadin
and wife are residing at 27 S. Shillingford street,

He

Springfield,

has entered upon

a

Mass.

course in

the Springfield Training School

The

brief illness of ap-

following

is

from

Hazleton
Daily
Standard,
Thursda)^ July 27:
“John Boyle is dead !’’
This
was the sad and shocking news
that vibrated through McAdoo and
the

late last evening, and in
consequence the entire communit}*
mourns.
Several days ago the

vicinity

prepare himself for a ph}Lsical direc-

young man was
pendicitis.
The

torship for which he possesses nat-

tention available was promptlj" se-

to

qualifications.
He will be
missed at the Normal School, where
he has long been a star.

ural

’ll, Steiner, L. Ma}-,

ried

at

high

twelve,

was marThursdajq

June 27 — the day after Commencement to Geo. E. Gamble. Jr., of

—

Philadelphia,
bride’s

The

at the

mother,

beautiful

in

home

of the

Bloomsburg.

ring ceremony

was

performed by Rev. J. E. Byers,
pastor of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Gamble is a noted violini.st.

stricken
best

with ap-

medical

at-

cured and the drsease responded to
treatment.

own

The

patient

held

his

few days and up to ye.sterday morning showed an improvement.
A sudden change for the
worse came in his condition and
scarce!}" before the anxious watchers at his bedside had time to realize, he had passed peacefully away
at

for a

8:30 o’clock last night.

The

deceased was the youngest son of

Collegeville, Pa.,

Daniel C. and Mrs. Boyle, and was
an exceptionally bright young man,
who gave every promise of making
his mark in the world had he been
Only a few weeks ago he
spared.
graduated with high honors from

of the foot ball

the

They

will reside in Philadelphia.

’ll, Ericson,

Carl,

(sp. course),

has matriculated at Ursinus College,

and is a member
team of that institution.
He appeared in the game on
Saturda}', October 7, against the
Pennsylvania Univ’ersity team.
”11, Boyle, John. Scarcely had
the happy scenes, and the echo of
the joyous acclamations of

Com-

Bloomsburg Normal School.
a dutiful sou and brother,
and a most exemplary }"oung man.
He was energetic and a sincere tem-

He was

perance worker.

The funeral was held Friday
morning, and was the signal for the

1’

THE

B. S. N. S.

assemblage of a vast outpouring of
friends, manj’ of whom came long
journeys to pa3' a last tender tribute of respect to his

The

memory.

cortege moved

from the parental
home at 9 o’clock, and proceeded
with slow, respectful tread to St.
Patrick’s church, where a high

mass of requiem was offered up b}'
Rev. Father McConnon, at the
conclusion of which interment was

made in St. Patrick’s cemetery.
The Alumni of the Bloomsburg
State Normal School, of which he
was

member, attended the final
“Peace to his memor}'.

a

’

obsequies.

The

following

members

the

of

Bloomsburg Normal School Alumni served as pall bearers:
James
Corrigan, 1911; Cormac Kennedy,
Daniel Carr,

1911;
Lorenzetty,

1911;

1911;

John

Joseph
Skweir,

QUARTERLY

express our sympathy at having
lo.st

Resolved,

brothers and sisters in

bereavement.
Resolved,

copy sent
the

ciety, a

the

memory'

of

the

late

annual meeting of
a copy

Association,

copy' sent to the

Quarterly, and

registrar

next issue of

copy sent

a

Elsie Winter, [91 i.
Eliza Goldsworthy, 1911

Mary Burke,

191

i

Joseph Lorenzetty, 191
James Corrigan, 1911

Cormac Kennedy,
Margaret Dever,
John Skweir,

19 ii

1907

1910,

Pa.,

John

ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS-REUNIONS
J.

Special preparations in nearly

Whereas,
mighty God

hath pleased Alto remove from our
It

midst, our late

Alumnus, John

J.

it

That we, the members
of the Class of 1911 and other members of the Alumni Association of
the Bloomsburg Normal School,
Resolved,

i

Committee.

S. Al-

Boyle:

Boyle; be

to the

to each of the local presses.

Resolutions adopted at an infor-

McAdoo,

sad

it

copy of these

to be published in the

tion:

in

a

their

be

sent to the Philologian Literary So-

—

N.

P'inally',

That

Alumni

1

of the B. S.

our

resolutions be sent to his parents, a

were members of the class of 1 9
met and took the following ac-

Association, at

of

Be it further
That the members of

Alumni Association remember him
in their intercession to Almighty
God, beseecliing Him to have mercy
upon his soul. Be it
Resolved, That we extend our
heartfelt sympathy to his parents,

—

umni

member

so promising a

Association.

1910; Aloysius Costello.
Previous to the funeral, the Alumni Association six of whom

mal meeting

19

all

being made
for the annual meeting which will
be held generally during some
places

interested

are

evening of the County Institute
week. We are advised that alumni are getting busy in the counties
of Dauphin, Luzerne, Lackaw'anna,

Lycoming,

Mifflin, Schuylkill, Sny-

THE

20

counlAL
*

It

also

is

Waj’ne

and

Susquehanna,

der,

B. S. N. S.

expected that

Hazleton and vicinit}', and Union
county.
In only ver}’ few instances are those who have attended
one of these meetings missing at
subsequent ones. They are social

companionship and
reminiscences.
We heard some
one sa\' last winter “Why can we
not have two or three of these affairs during the year ?’’
The alumni residing in the vicinity of these meetings ought not
in

:

only to be present, but aid, so far
as is possible, the committees in

arrangements by
promptl}^ responding to notices and
by inducing the inert to get under
perfecting

cept this as

big heart}'

a

thank

YOU.

be organized for

associations will

feasts, rich

QUARTERLY

the

headwa}'.

y\tHletics
Becau.se

the omission of the

of

July number of the

few

Quarterly

the base ball

of

statistics

a

.sea-

son must be given as a matter of
record.
April, B. S. N. S. 9, Bloonisburjj H. S. 1
“
“ 16, Wilkes Barre H.S. 4
April,
“
'‘6, Scranton N. Y. Stale
April 27,

Leajtue

Mav

3, B.

7.

League

May
Mav

N. S.

.S.

10

N. S.
“

5, B. S.

“

6,

Bloomsburg Sus.

9,

— 10 innings.
2,

Bellefonte Acad. 9

3,

Lock Haven

S.

N.

S. 0.

May

Bloomsburg Susq.

9, B. S. N. S. 2,
0.

League

May

N. S.

11, B. S.

League

13

May
May

18, B. S.
“
20,

May

S. 10.
24, B. S.

League

— 11

12,

Bloomsburg Sus.

innings.

N. S.
“

7,

5,

N. S.

Wyoming Sem. 1
Lock Haven S. N.
2,

Berwick Susq.

3.

May

The
ment

editor of the

Quarterly

the

of

that

many

read

like

realizes

we
No Quarter-

ancient

ly was issued
its

depart-

items in these columns
histor\’,

can not help that.
taking

Alumni

in July,

place

but

the Catalog

again, accounts of

;

happening

manj^

months ago reached us only
1}'.
However, we propose

recent-

several

5 ’ou all

events

to give

the news, old or new, re-

specting former

can get hold

of,

students that

provided

heretofore appeared in

it

we

has not

these col-

27, B. S. N. S. 4, Kutztown S. N.
S. 3.
June 3, B. S. N. S. 11, Shippensburg S.
N. S. 2.
June 6, B. S. N. S. 4, Milton 1.

June
June
June

June

“
“
“

10,
14,

17,
26,

“

Keiser,

1. f

write to each of }’OU.

not able to
Please ac-

r

. .

Sharadin, p .......
Ikeler,

c.

1.

Batting pet.
344
315
309
282

Runs
18
21

24
13
7

f

Englehart, r. f
Clemens, s. s
Fausel, 3b and

Hutchins, c

are

Steelton

Laubach, 2b
Smith, 1st b

We

We

3,

is the individual
record for the season.

Creasy, r. f
Breisch, 3b

esting items.

3,

Bellefonte Acad. 2
Freeland Tigers 1
Berwick Sus. L. 2

1,

6,

Won 11. Lost 7.
The following

umns.
hereby thank the many old
students who favor us with inter-

“
“
“
“

7
1.

f

.

200
143
143

1

4
0

131

1

089

4

FOOT BALL.

The

team is showing deimprovement
under the direccided
foot ball

..

THE
tion of coach

mnnber

Weimer.

B. S. N. S.

The large
men and

of inexperienced

the desire to give each candidate a
chance has made smooth team work
hard to secure in time for the early
games. From the side lines, the
material looks good.

The

defeat by Lafaj^ette on Sept.

at Easton,

23

The

clusion.

H.

S.

was

on Sept.

a

foregone con-

with Wilkes-Barre

tie

30, is not

The

defensive

so easily

work

. ..

QUARTERLY
Oct.

21

Academy

Bucknell

2.S,

at

Eewisburg.
Nov. II, Lock Haven at Lock

Haven.
Nov, 18, Wyoming Seminary at
Bloomsburg.
Nov. 23, Bellefonte Academy at
Bloomsburg.
Nov. 30th, Thanksgiving Day,
Gettysburg College Res. at Bloomsburg.

both teams was fair but the offensive plays were not sufficiently well

Oct. 7th, in a hard fought game,
on Normal field Saturday, the Carlisle Indian Reserves w'on over the

executed to gain consistently.

lighter

explained.

The following is the
game Sept 30th.

line

up

of

for

Normal team

the

ed Normal kick,

Bloomsburg.

near the Normal

McDonald

left

Smith

left

Kester
Stark

Wilkes-Barre H. S.
end
Conklin

tackle

left j>uard

centre

Humph
Petty
Whitefield

Henderson
riuht guard ..... Crocker
Shepowich
Fry
right tackle
Brown
Throne
right tnd
quarter back
halfback
right halfback

Williams

Brown

left

Davis
Miles

McHale
Hi.scox

Morpheth

back
Dunn
Berwick. Umpire,
Hagenbuch, Bloomsburg. Field Judge,
Bound, Wilkes-Barre, Head linesman,
Leonard, Bloomsburg. Substitutes, Shomuski for Kester, Savidge for Henderson, Wagonseller for Miles, Hirleman for
Conklin, Kelley for Humph, Whitesell
for Shepowick, Kassenbach for Brown,
Dunn for Hiscox, Shepard for Dunn.
Time of quarters, 15 and 10 minutes,
full

Referee, McCrea,

REMAINING GAMES ON NORMAL
SCHEDULE.

The remaining games on

the

schedule of the Bloomsburg State

Normal team
follow's

Oct.

for this

year are as

:

14,

Dickinson Seminary at

Williamsport.

a

in

rattling

contest, by the .score of 5-0, a block-

attempted from
permitting

goal,

the only touchdown of the game,

one in w'hich, with the exception
of this fluke, Normal outplayed
their opponents, showing greatly
improved form over a week ago,
executing forward pass in good
shape, but still manifesting a pronounced weakness in their tackling.

Coach O’Bryan of Carlisle, who,
by the way, was a member of she
Harrisburg basket ball team when
they played against Bloomsburg
last winter, expressed himself as
pleased with both the work of the
officials and the treatment the team

The

received.

Bloomsburg,
Davis

.left

Frv
Throne
Williams.
Miles

.

end
tackle

.right guard.
.right tackle. ...
.right end
.

.

.

:

Carlisle
left

.

Smith
Kester
Stark
Snozynskie.

lineup

.

.

.

quarterback
back.

.left half

.

.

.

.

White
White

THE

22
Wa?onseller.

.

half back.

riglit

B.

.

.

full back
Brown
Touchdown, Jackson.

N. S.

S.

.Gernus
Broner

Referee, WcUmpire, Hap'enbuch,
Crea, Berwick.
S. L. I., head linesman, Jones, Bloomsbury. Timekeepers, Leonard, BloomsFifteen and
burg, O’Bryan, Carlisle.
ten minute quarters.

PKilo Society
The work

A

very promising.
taken

is

number

have

students

talented

of

been

in.

The

mark.
Reunion

is

near the $ 100.00

to find

musical

nature.

Oct

of

new members

the

Callie

bigger,

a

than-ever society.

better,

An

brighter-

interesting

program has been given at
every regular meeting this term.
private

The

society

the hall and to

The

intends

make

to

remodel

the final pa}'-

this year.

various committees are busy

planning work for a most successful year.

of

The

a

society has not fully decided

opera

whether

the next

or give a

21st

Faust will be presented,
II

some

ment on the piano
Thanksgiving,
present the drama,

“Alabama.”
The programs have been

of the

given.

remaining are greatly encouraged

night.

the society wall

honor

While
the society mis.ses the old members,
who helped make it what it is, those

Society has no debts and the

treasury fund

week

1911, the reteption in

new members was

taking an active part in the programs, and endeavoring to make

for Philo, this year

large

QUARTERLY.

Trovatore.

wall engage a company
drama on the evening of

it

anniversary Feb. 22, 1912, but
hopes to see every old Callie here
Feb. 22, 1912.

its

Those who wish to secure Philo,
pins may obtain them by sending
their names with enclosure to Warren Jones, chairman of pin committee. The prices are
Gold filled

it

Y. M. C. A.

:

75c., gold plated $1.25,

$2

.

00

the

.

The

design

They have

quality

neat

is

and

solid

gold

The work

for this year has start-

good and

ed and

attractive.

satisfactory manner.

the safety clasp.

is

moving along

in a pretty

In the membership campaign a
percentage of all the
boys were enrolled.
The annual Fall Reception for
fairly large

Calliepian Society

new

The

Calliepian

Society

.seems

more prosperous than ever. Many
new members have been received.
On the evening of September 16^

students was held the first Saturday night after school opened,
and was well attended.
The Bible study work was begun
at a joint meeting the fiist week of
“The Life of St. Paul”
school.
will be the subject this year.

THE

B. S. N. S.

At the next three mid-week
meetings there will be reports and
short talks from onr Northfield delegates.
Delegates will go to the
Eastern Union of Student VolunConference,

teers

which

will

be

held at

Lafayette College, Easton,
Oct. 20-22.

Y.

W*C. A.

The Christian Association girls
came back to Normal in time to
greet the new students.

We begin the year with one hundred and twent}’-three members, atid

very

the prospects of a

general

interest

in

health5’^

association af-

band of twenty-seven

girls is

studying Russell’s “Parables of Jesus’’

23

The Baccalaureate sermon was
delivered

to

by Dr. D.

J.

The

the graduating class

Waller.

Class

of

presented as

1912

drama, Shakespeare’s “As You
Like It.’’
This was an unusual
undertaking but its great success
proved the effort worth while.
The graduating class was one of
the very best that has ever been
sent out from this school.
Their
Ivy Day and Class Night programs
were particularly well presented.
its

The

whose reunions came
were ver}^ enthusiastic,
and only those who have attended
such reunions can appreciate the
clas.ses

this 3'ear

pleasure these occa.sions bring.

fairs.

A

QUARTERLY

and finding the work

full of

interest.

made

Preparations are being

for

The Commencement Address was
by President William
Anthonj’ Granville, L. L. D. of
Pennsylvania College at Gettys-

delivered

burg.

a masquerade social on Hallowe’en

and

for a bazaar to be held just be-

NEW MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY

fore the holiday vacation.

Seldom has

•O-'

Locals.

the
icle

COMMENCEMENT ITEMS

The

news are entered here
in

default

purpose
our usual

for
of

July news number.

The Commencement

as have
taken place since our last issue.
No less than eight new members

have been added

to the

Faculty this

fall.

season

1911, brought the usual large

of

num-

ber of friends and alumni to enjoy

what was pronounced by

all to be
one of the most interesting and satisfactory term-closings within their

experience.

fallen to the lot of

ing force of the school

following items of belated

of record

it

Quarterly reporter to chronso many changes in the teach-

The Rev. William
er of ability

Brill,

a teach-

and experience

has
taken charge of the work in History.
Mr. Brill comes to us from
the Bloomsburg High School where
his services were highly appreciated
and relinquished with reluctance.

THE

24

B. S

N.

Mr. John Weimer, who needs no
introduction to our readers,

new

Pli3’sical

is

the

Director with Mr. E.

R. Schmaltz as his assistant. There
is already some of the aforetime

“ginger”

in

the doings

Olympus under

We
hew

are

on

Mt.

his leadership

S.

QUARTERLY
mal School reigns supreme
Alanual Training Room.

Air. John Shambach comes to us
from college to take the work of

his brother,

Ann

our Music Department Airs. Florence Hall Clague
of Chicago, 111 ., and Miss Elizabeth
Wildraan Dorchester, of Brooklyn,
instructors in

Mrs.

Clague

is

a

graduate

Con.servator3’,

of

Oberlin,

Ohio, in Organ, Piano, Harmony,
and Musical History, and has a

wide and successful experience as a
She is accompanied by
teacher.
her daughter Helen, who is regisas a student in the

College

Preparator3" Department.

Miss Dorchester comes especial^'
prepared for her work as a

well

music.
She has
had broad training under various
masters among whom are Richard
T. Perc3’, organist of Marble Collegiate Church, New York City,
and William L- Whitne3’ of Boston,
Ma.ss., son of M3'ron Whitne3’ and
teacher of vocal

founder of the Whitney International School of Yocal Music.

Miss Yirginia McQuiston, a highly gifted graduate of Shippensburg
Normal School and of the Philadelphia Art School is the new instructor in drawing.
Air.

leaves

to

college course

Arbor.
F.

B.

THE FIRST WIRELESS MESSAGE

Oberlin

of the

own

Cotner has entered
upon his duties as assistant in the
Biological Department.
Air.

N. Y.

iered

who

Jesse,

enter upon his
at

glad to welcome as the

the

in

Geo. D. Crouan a graduate
Oswego, N. Y. State Nor-

The

wireless station

the .school last

in.stalled at

has again

spring

been put into shape for work and
is

now

from

able

maii3"

to

intercept

points

part of the country.

messages

the eastern

in

About 40

tions have so far been heard,

may

which

be

widely separated

mentioned

sta-

among
such

p>oints as Buffalo,

N. Y., Wellfleet, Alass Newport,
R. I., Cape Hatteras, N. C., Phil
adelphia, Atlantic Cit3% New York,
Washington, etc.
,

The

message specificalE" diBloomsburg was addre.ssed
to Air. J. H. Dennis and was received on October 13th.
It was
sent from the Wanamaker station
at Philadelphia and was readiE" refirst

rected to

ceived at the local station.

Much
b3'

interest has

been aroused

the installation of

this

and a number of 3-oung men

station
at the

school are activeE^ engaged in learn-

ing the details of this fascinating

work.

THE.

S

B. S, N.

Quarterly.
‘'Entered as second-class matter July

i,

1909, at the post office at

under the Act of July

JANUARY.

VOL. XVII

Bloomsburg Students
at

As
are

in of the

NO. 2

1912

Faculty were served with
and coffee and various other
unusual but satisfying “chemicals”
the

of

reports

work done by

in laboratory utensils in a very novel

our former students at the various
colleges, and as usual the report is

way.

THe New Course

the

is

true of representatives of

Normal

as well as of the Col-

lege Preparatory department of the
school,

though the

latter

have of

course the advantage, and the ever
increasing flow of former students

toward college opportunities is evidence that this Normal School at
least is not unfaithful to its duty in
leading the way to higher educational opportunities and ideals.

A.

CHemistry Tea.

of

Study.

Bloomsburg trained students
stand up well at college.
that

This

Bloomsburg, Pa.,

1894.”

tea

College.

usual at this season

coming

16.

The new course of study provided for by the School Code is
smoothly under way for a second
term at Bloomsburg. Some anticipated difficulties have not materialized, and the unexpected ones
which have arisen have not proved
serious obstacles to overcome.
Mr. W. B. Sutliff, who amuses
his less serious hours with matters
pertaining to the school program,
has had numerous problems to solve
various

in

individual cases occa-

sioned by the lack of uniformity of

A

very

pleasant

event in the social

life

and unusual
of the school

was the “chemistry tea” on SaturInvitations had
day, January 20.
been issued in unusual form on filter papers to all members of the
Faculty by the laboratory assistants, Miss Mary Good and Miss
Harriet Waller. Arriving members

preparation by various high schools
of the state, but that so radical a

change as that promised by the
provisions of the
School
Code
shonld have gone into effect with
so little apparent disturbance of the
life

of the school is quite remarkable.

The
of the

principal

new

unsettled

feature

course appears to be the

THE

2

names

to be applied to

its

N.

various

be expect-

It is hardl}" to

classes.

B. S

S.

QUARTERLY
responded to the excellent coaching
of

The

Weimer.

successive vict-

ed that class spirit and contests can

ories over Bucknell Reserves, W3’o-

flourish

under the discouraging laand “Second
Year’’ and a change of some sort
in class nomenclature is certain to

ming Seminar3L

bels of “First Year’’

m3L and Gettysburg Reserves simpl3"
showed that the team had

be expected.

Students’ TKeater Party.

A
mas

pleasant feature of the Christholida3"s

was the concerted

students of the school at one of that

The box occupied

city’s theaters.

the party was appropriately dec-

bj’

orated with

N.

B. S.

pennants

S.

and aroused considerable interest
on the part of the other attendants
of the theatre.

An

interesting incident

the

of

evening’s enjo\^ment was the preof a bouquet of flowers
with the Normal colors to the

sentation
tied

needed time to learn the
game. The splendid showing made
in the Indian game, which but for
a block kick would have been a no
.score game, gave the first evidence
merel3’

of the team’s latent power.

at-

tendance of certain Wilkes-Barre

The climax

ers of the flowers.

the date and the

Bloom.sburg,

to defend

foot-ball

Thanksgiving
earned

season

Da>'

victory

with

over

College Reserves

closed

b3^ a

a

well

Gett3'sburg
score of ii-

The game was marked b3'
cellent team work showing that

o.

fine record of the

last

on

exthe

half of the

season in comparison to the poor
showing of the first, was due to the
fact that the inexperienced material

composing the team had

at last

covered

field

the

lined

west

goal with a

strong wind at their backs.

The Seminary team

full of confi-

dence showed their most aggressive
form during the first quarter. Besplendid

interference

they

the ends for good gains.

skirted

The

mud

upon the
north side b3’ the Normal cohorts
and banked upon the south by W3’
oming’s train load of students and
followers, was the setting for the
crowning athletic event of the 3'ear.
Wyoming won the toss and chose
at

hind

Athletics.

of the season, as us-

came with the Wyoming Seminar3’ game.
November i8th was
ual,

star of the play, the display of the

colors plainly identifying the send-

Bellefonte Acade-

But wdth equal determination the
Normal boys began smashing the
interference and secured the ball on
Realizing
a fumble by Pauxtis.
that the Seminary team w’as not so
formidable as was feared, the Normal bo3’s became aggressive. Miles
relieved the strain by a 20 3’ard
run,

kick
of

soon follow'ed by a 40 3’ard
Near the close
Dobson.

b3^

the

first

quarter Davis tried

a

THE

B. S. N. S.

drop kick from the 35 j'ard line but
It was Wyoming’s ball on
failed.
their 5 j^ard line

when

the quarter

Each team had been

closed.

ized 15 yards for

Normal got

5

more

penal-

hurdling, while
for off side play-

The second

ended with the
ball in Normal’s possession on their
own 25 yard line. No score.
half

After a march around the field
headed by the Bloomsburg band,
the students again massed to continue to cheer their favorites to renewed efforts in the second half.

Dobson kicked off, Stookey runOn
ball back 30 yards.
the first down Seminary fumbled,
and a Bloomsburg man had the
ball. T nen Normal began her series
of brilliant forward passes which

ning the

brought the
distance of

ball

within striking

Wyoming’s

From

goal.

the 35 yard line Davis executed a
splendid drop kick, the sphere sailing high above the cross bar and

Nothing
its very center.
more spectacular has ever marked
the long .series of games between
these two rivals than this play,
which not only gave the Normal
team victory, but threw the balance
cutting

many

of the

contests in

The

burg’s favor.

third

soon ended with the ball in
possession on

their

Bloonis-

quarter

Wyom5

yard

line.

With

defeat

confronting them

the Seminary team started the

quarter with

a rush.

A

la.st

delayed

3

pass and fake play around the end

netted 20 yards for

A

Wyoming.

few more rushes brought the ball
It was
to Normal’s 22 yard line.
at

this

team
first

ing.

ing’s

QUARTERLY

point

Wyoming

the

that

really lost its chance, for

down

field goal.

on the

Pauxtis attempted
It failed

and the

a

ball

was Normal’s on the 50 yard line.
Dobson kicked out of danger. It
was so for but a moment. Some
thing went wrong with Normal’s
Stung by her lost oppordefense.
tunity Wyoming had rushed the
ball to Normal’s 5 yard line.
It
was first down and two minutes to
play.
A crash into the line and
three yards more were gained.
The play was near the corner of
the field and in full view of scores
Capt. Pauxtis was
of spectators.
called upon for another line plunge.
It was a play into which each man
put his last ounce of strength. It
was met by a stonewall defense.
The Normal boys responded nobly
Miles and the attack
to Capt.
dropped in its tracks. When the
players were untangled the ball
was in the outstretched arms of a
Wyoming man blocked on every
side by Normal players, while over
a foot of space lay between the ball
and that coveted white line.
It

was Normal’s

pa.ss to

A

ball.

Davis netted

fifteen

forward
yards.

Then Dobson kicked beyond

the

center of the field and

the

game ended.

Score,

Wyoming o.
The

line-up

:

here

Normal

3,

THE

4

end

left

Whitehead.
Croop
Stegmaier
Feske
Neely
Brominski
Stookey.

.

Fox

.

.

.

.left

left

N.

S.

Smith

tackle

guard

Kester
Stark

centre

Yerg

right guard

Fry

right tackle
right end

Davis
Williams

.quarter back

.

Dobson
Brown

back

left half

Pauxtis .... right hal f back

.

Miles

fullback

Meixell

S.

Normal.
McDonald

Wyoming.
Evans

B.

Substitutions, Richards for Neely, Sav-

age

Davis.

Bloomsburg.

Walsh

Brown. Field
Hagenbuch,
Umpire, Eshleman, Ber-

for Kester,

goal,

for

Referee,

Field Judge, Davis, Wilkes-Barre.

wick.

Head linesman, Shambach, Bloomsburg.
Brill,
Linesmen, Smith, Wilkes-Barre
Bloomsburg. Timers, Leonard, BloomsDavis, Wilkes-Barre.
Time of
burg

QUARTERLY
the

game

which the

in

Wyoming

;

A WORD OF EXPLANATION.

A

good deal of unpleasant feeling was aroused by what was as-

sumed to be a Wyoming
the game which appeared

version of

Wilkes-Barre papers.

in the

A letter from

Manager Wolf of the Seminary
team disclaimed any part in inspiring such an

unsportsmanlike ar-

ion of an)^ play,

writer

when

He

was made.

stood

beside

the play in

the

question

had no word of
there was no

protest

to

ground

for complaint.’’

offer, for

that the ball

was

in

The

fact

the arms of a

Seminary player, more than a foot
from the goal, and he stretched to
the limit, was so plainly seen by
dozens of spectators that there was
no question about it until some
overzealous youth from up the river
relieved his feelings by writing the
article in question.

ticle.

I shall answer the many queries
brought out by this article by quoting from the published words of
an unbiased spectator who had the
This
privilege of the side lines.
writer has been a keen follower and

critic

It

play

;

quarters, 12 minutes.

article claims

was a mass
upon which Wyoming attempted to score and was met in
the same manner.
The two teams
met and dropped to the ground and
when the players were dislodged
the ball was in the field of play, a
Wyoming man holding it and Normal men blocking him on every
side.
Wyoming scored no touchdown then or at any other time.’’
“Coach Quay of the Seminary
who was never at a loss, throughout the game, to express his opinscored.

of

foot-ball

since

his

own

ODDS AND ENDS.
Dobson is the best man ever seen
on Normal field in making long
forward passes.

The

defeat of Bellefonte Acade-

my was
ment

really the greatest achieve-

of the season.

They have

a

playing daj’s and has never in any

great team.

way been connected with

A victory at Kingston last year
and another this year at Bloomsburg puts us one ahead of W3'om-

mal School.

“The

He

writer

says

was

the Nor-

:

directly over

the play in the closing minutes of

ing.

THE

B. S. N. S.

Capt. Miles plaj’ed in every game
a tower of strength

QUARTERLY
burg.

5

Feb. 10,

Glen Lyon (Lu-

and was always

zerne Alumni Team).

to the team.

Lock Haven S N.

Capt. elect Smith

splendid

game

has played a

the line during

in

ran the

plays well and gave some fine exhibitions of running the ball back
through a broken field.
McDonald and Yerg added immensely to the strength of the team
by their aggressive playing. Both
were kept out of the game during
the early part of the sea.son by

school duties.
at center

was

first-

class.

The

B

B MEN.
men

following

received the

at the banquet held at the close

of the season

Brown,
1911,

:

Dobson,

Davis,

McDonald,

Kester,

Smith,

Smoczynski,
liams, Yerg.

Capt.
Stark,

Frye,

Miles,

Capt.

elect,

1912,

Walsh,

here.

PKilolo^ian Society.
The society

held its annual reunon Thanksgiving day. This
was one of the most successful reunions ever held by the society.
The gymnasium was so decorated

ion

Wil-

the best

The

work, consisting of blue and
white crepe paper, extending across
from railing to railing of the track
and down at the sides forming
arches.
In the morning a meeting
lattice

was held in Philo hall at 10:30. A
program “Mignon” was well ren-

The

dered.

features of the after-

noon were the music by the orchestra and dancing.
In the evening

many

A B A MEN.
men who were

Given to

March i, Wyoming
March 8, Lock
Haven S. N. S. at Lock Haven.
Four additional games pending.
here.

as to represent a large arbor.

work

Stark’s

17,

Feb.

Williamsport Dickinson Semi-

24,

nary,

Seminary

the past two years.
Quarterback Williams

Feb.
here.

S.,

persons witnessed the play

“Alabama,” given by members of
the society.
The play was very

of the second squad;

well

Atwood, C. Barrow, G. Barrow,
Gearhart, HenderBrill, Fisher,
shot, Kreiger, Lilley, Maxey, Potts,
Wagonseller, Wiant.

showed their loyalty to the society
by being present at the reunion.
The class of 1911 was well repre-

BASKET BALL SCHEDULE.
Manager Albert has arranged the
following games
Jan. 19, Ship-

regular line of

pensburg

some

of the

term

they

;

S.

Bellefonte

Wyoming

N.

S., here.

Academy,

here.

Jan. 27,

Feb.

3,

W5'oming. Feb. 9,
Shippensburg S. N. S. atShippensat

rendered.

Many

Philos

old

sented.

The

society has been following a

countries,

toms,

work

in

their pro-

Last term they

grams.

studied

This
studying various
their government, cusleading operas.

are

art, literature

and songs. The

THE

B. S.

N.

programs are very interesting

as

6

Several improvements have been
in Philo hall.

The

fire

escape,

memorial fund of class of 1 1 has
been finished. New curtains same
design as old ones, were put up at
The walls, which
the windows.
were in a bad condition, were re’

,

paired.

On

QUARTERLY
note that although the membership
of the Association is not very large

well as beneficial.

made

S.

account of the large

this year, practically all the fellows

are enrolled in

Bible study.

gether with the

Y W.

C.

held a leap year party in the

nasium the eve
w'hich

To-

A.

we

gym-

January 13th,

of

was well attended and en-

joyed by

all.

The outlook

for the

Y. M. C. A.

attendance,

Basket Ball team

add greatly to the hall.

and we are pretty confident of again
taking the series from the strongest
team which ever represented the

more new seats have
been ordered. These improvements

Calliepian Society.
Callie still continues

and prosperous way.

Faculty.

work

Y. W."c. A.

on her bright

New mem-

bers are being continually added,
many of whom are taking active
parts in the

of the society.

Interesting private programs are

prepared and rendered at
each regular meeting. The society
will make a particular study of the
life and works of Chas. Dickens,

being

Miss Mary C. Baker, Territorial
Student Secretary, paid us a most
pleasing

this term.

made

for

the anniversary of the society on

February 22nd, which we hope will
A
all former anniversaries.
good company will furnish the even-

was

a real help to

Y. M. C. A.

before

the

Her coming

the Association,

particularly to the cabinet members.

The

meetings held dur-

series of

week

was most
and in inThe union services were
terest.
addressed by Rev. Dickson, Rev.
Byers, and
Rev. Heckman
of
Bloomsburg, and Judge Hinckley

ing the

of prayer

in attendance

excel

ing’s entertainment.

just

visit

close of the fall term.

successful

Preparations are being

very promising,

is

The

of Danville.

girls’ special ser-

were marked by a
of earnestness and sincerity.

vices, also,

On December

spirit

4th the girls con-

ducted a bazaar and candy sale that

The most noticeable advancement
made in any department of our
work since our last writing has
Two new
been in Bible study.
bands have been organized since
vacation.

It is

very gratifying to

netted the conference fund nearly
twenty-five dollars.

encouraging

The

first

was a very

mission study class,

the direction of
finding

It

attempt.

much

under

Prof. Hartline, is

of interest in a

com-

THE

B.

S.

N.

S.

The Quarterly desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your classmates.
Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box
203.

the following in

Me. ) Normal School specializes on

of using books.

There

is

real art

even Normal School stu-

We

dents to acquire this habit.”

presume
Hastings

Mary L.
member of the

this refers to the

who was

a

Faculty of this school during the
She is very gracyears 1877-84.
iously

remembered by the students

of that period.

Bartholomew, who

Miss Clyde

pines,

is

furlough.

elected

Lieutenant Colonel of the

Patriarchs

now

she

the First

them

Militant

Pennsylvania,

has been

O. O. F. of

I.

and now

it

is

Col.

H. Dennis.
’70, Hill, Dr.

Frank P.(sp. course)

one of Berwick’s well known citizens and physicians, died at his
residence in that place January
Dr. Hill had been
for a period

of

ill

of three

years.

direct cause of his death

ist.

paralysis

The

was a stroke

He was always active

of apoplex3^

and educational
of his town and county.

in the political

terests

was

for twelve years a

in-

He

member

of

the School Board.

William L. (sp.
’70, Eyerly,
course) died Nov. 27 at Harrisburg,
Pa., of valvular disease of the heart.

on a

Morjiing Press he has been on the

in this country

She

of

will soon return to

for Girls in the Philip-

her work in the Islands.
fall

— one

For a number of years he practiced
in Columbia County, but since
the establishment of the Bloomsburg

for several years has been principal

of a School

Not so

however

the

training students to form the habit
in leading

will

Faculty

the

of

be plain “Misters.”

will

J.

Journal of Education, Dec. 7, 1911;
“Mar}^ E. Hastings of the Castine
(

men

hereafter the

all

find

Quarterly

remember that in the last issue
reference was made to the fact that

A-lumni.

We

7

Readers of the

parative stud}’ of the great religious

of the world.

No

quarterly

addressed

a

In the

meeting

Presbyterian Church

in

of

law

staff of that paper.
’73,

Neal, Jas. B.

(coll,

prep.) a

medical missionar}^ located at Tsin-

general prosperity since the United

under the PresbyteForeign Missions,
sent the following cablegram to the
Board about the middle of Novem-

States has taken control of the coun-

ber

Bloomsburg and gave a most intertalk on the educational development, religious growth and
esting

try.

Miss Bartholomew

is

a pleas-

anfu, China,

Board

rian

;

safe.”

of

“Peaceful revolution.

We know

of

no word

All
re-

him since the revolu-

ing talker and her address was well

ceived from

received.

tion ceased to be peaceful.

THE

8

Brown, Samuel C.

’73,

course) died at the

Mrs. Geo.

ter,

W.

home

ill

when

(special

of his sis-

9.

He had

since Christmas eve

He

1905,

was greatly respected by

who had

the pleasure of his ac-

’73, Clark,

H. Bruce

a familiar figure to
visited the Clark

all

He

18.

(sp. course)

were
England col-

ancestors, of Puritan English,

among

New

the early

onists with patriotic descendants in

the

Her

Revolution.

father

earl}'

w'as

She

the civil war.

is

graduate

a

Normal

He

School at Bloomsburg, and of the
ington, D. C.

evening

conversing

the Board of Trustees since

the

death of his father, the late Henry

Wash-

She was a school

teacher before her marriage and a

newspaper editor
tered the

legal

after,

till

she en-

profession and be-

came her husband’s law partner.”
Mr. Bittenbender

is

a

also

former

Normal student, leaving here
1870 to enter Princeton

in

College,

Class of ’74.

Clark.

’75,

Ada

and

brother were union soldiers during

Froebel Normal Institute at

Death was instantawas the treasurer of

hemorrhage.

J.

a Penn-

who

with a friend on the porch of his
home when stricken with cerebral
neous.

is

Her American

died

students

& Son store,

very suddenly in the
Oct.

torney of the Union. She
sylvanian by birth.

of the Pennsylvania State

quaintance.

of

QUARTERLY.

N. S.

he suffered a stroke of paral-

ysis.
all

S.

Hess, in Blooms-

burg, Thursday, Nov.

been

B.

Hughes, Richard M.

(sp.

M.,

course), a student here during the

Neb. She
an authoress of considerable
note. Her latest work “Tedos and
Tisod” has been received with very
A review of the
great acceptance.
book, speaking of Mrs. Bittenben“Professionally Mrs.
der says

home in
Monday morning,
Nov. 20. He was among the best
knowm men in Luzerne Co. While

’75,
is

Cole (Bittenbender)

a lawyer in Lincoln,

is also

:

Bittenbender
the

first

is

a lawyer.

woman lawyer

in

She

woman

before the

United

Nebras-

admitted to practice

Supreme Court of the
She represented

States.

women

lawyers at the First International Council of Women, and
sensed the
National
Woman’s

Temperance Union sevWashington as the Superintendent of Legislation and AtChristian

eral years at

West

Pittston,

a student here he had
friends not

only among

a

host of

the school

people but in the town as well.

w'as

ka, of State and Federal courts, and

third

years 1873-75, died at his

’76, Clark,

Edward

B. (sp. course)

died at the Medico- Chirurgical Hospital,

Philadelphia,

Nov.

13.

Mr.

Clark had been under treatment at
the hospital for about seven w'eeks.

His home for several years had been
Quakertown, Pa., where he was
employed.
At the an’79, Bakeless, O. H.
nual meeting of the State Library
Association last fall, Mr. Bakeless
at

was

elected

vice

president

of

the

—
THE
honor that

Association, an

B. S. N. S.

well

is

Harry

B.

is

Treas-

urer of the “Assets Financing

Com-

He

finds

pany’’ of Seattle, Wash.

busy life to fish and
In an account of a recent
hunt.
hunting Irip at the mouth of the
Skagit river, he sa3^s but no, we
An account of the numwithhold.
ber and varieties of wild ducks and
wild geese procured might cause
the Nimrods of the Faculty much
uneasiness until they had secured a
in

his

—

“leave of absence’’ in order to exhibit their
’8i,

and that now
the

of

her

is

—

Elizabeth,

S.

on

Thursday’ evening, Nov. 9th, was
married to Mr. Geo. B. Raser of

Ashtabula, Ohio, at the home of
her brother, Dr. W. P. Hughes in
Pittsburg.

now

are

at

Mr.

home

and Mrs.
at the

Raser

Summerlea

Apartments, Pittsburg.
’86, Kline, Marion I.
A card
from “Mari-an’’ indicates that he
survived

easily

that

twenty-fifth

reunion, safely reached

his

home

and offices at Cheyenne, and has
had a very successful year.
Nagle, Chas. R. (sp. course)
has been successfully teaching

’90,

.skill.

McCay, M.

address

Hughes,

'86,

’8i, Sharpless,

Q

welcomed.

merited.

time

QUARTERLY

who

D., Mar>' A.

the correct wa}^ to
at

is

Licensed

head

the

Maternity

Hospital, Sunbury, Pa., of

which

in the public schools

County

since leaving

of

Columbia

the

Normal

School, has been appointed Deputj^
Treasurer of the county, a position

which he

her son Robert B. McCay, M. D.,
Her address
is Business Manager.

for

No. 228, Chestnut St.
Hidlay, Wm. H. (sp. course)
Cashier of the Bloomsburg National Bank, has been elected Treasurer
of the Board of Trustees of the
Normal School to fill the vacancy
created by the death of the late H.
Bruce Clark.

has announced his candidacy for
the democratic nomination for con-

is

’82,

’84,

McDonough

(Mrs. Frank

W.

Dodson) Margaret, is serving her
ninth j'ear as County Recorder of
Polk County, Iowa. She says
“Women do not vote in Iowa, but
:

they are eligible to the ofiices of
County Superintendent and County
Recorder. She further says:

time
all.’’

I

am coming back
She

will

“Some

to see

j^ou

be most heartily

qualified.

is w'ell

Lesher, John V. (sp. course)

’90,

gress in the Sixteenth district. Jno.
a successful lawyer at Sunbury,

is

Pa.,

and says he

is

“in the fight to

the finish.’’

Traub, Rev. Frank, mention

’93,

of

whom was made

of the

Quarterly,

in a recent issue

safely

reached

his mission field, Monrovia, Liberia,

A yery interesting letter
from him was recently published in
one of our local papers.
Africa.

’93,

in

was married
Mr. A. T. Floyd. She

John, Lillian,

1909 to

fall of 1910.
We have
no further information respecting
her illness and death.

died in the

THE

lO
’93. Wallize,

at

Arthur

B.,

N.

B. S

S.

now

is

QUARTERLY
was

the head of the Depa:tment of

signally honored in that anoth-

er one of the three expert assistants

English in the Cumberland Valley
Normal School, Shippensburg,
Pa.
This work there will be well

is

and thoroughly done.
’94, Evans, W. W., Superintendent of Columbia county, has been
elected President of the County Su-

assistant in

presence

Bloomsburg, and by her
greatly
and
addresses

perintendents’

pleased

present.

State

is

quite a

meeting

’98,

flattering recognition of

the county and

chel,

’96, Knittle, Rev. John F. who
has been pastor of the Lutheran
Church of the Redeemer at Wil-

Lancaster

ed

church is known
country as the “Church

at

(Oastler)

New

M. Ra-

Albany,
27,

Pa.,

1911.

even Death, so accustom“shining
the

destroying

to

The

re-

angel plead for time

work,
and so the ‘great white plague’
spread his wings over the sunny
life,
and slowly, inexorably, year
to accomplish the distasteful

.

Red

after year, reeled in the golden cord

Rose.’’
’97, Cule,

until at vesper tide her sweet spirit

Thomas

E. principal
No. 31, Scranton, Pa.,
was married Wednesday evening,

passed from the loving care of her

of School

Oct. 18 to Miss

Mary E. Jones

of

The marriage was solhome of the bride’s

that cit}L

emnized

at the

parents.

Rev.

of the

died

volting.

Man-

of the

all

Corcoran

mark,’’ shrank from a task so

5'ears, resign-

This
County.
throughout the

in

ly grave,

ed the pastorate of that church to
heim,

Miss Fetter-

A friend in writing of her said:
“When she was marked for an ear-

ent’s enterprise in school affairs.

accept a call to the church at

(sp.

attended a teacher’s

Wednesday, September,

her Superintend-

liamsport for several

Drawing.

recently

olf

This

j^ear.

M. Fetterolf

Miss Rose

course) ’97, was appointed expert

Association of the

State for the ensuing

a former pupil of the Nor-

also

mal.

First

David Jones, pastor

Welsh Congregational

Church, officiating. After a wedding trip to Washington, D. C.,
they took up their residence on
Meridian

He

home

will

have charge of

Agricultural Education.

Our school

circle to the

arms

deemer.’’

Funeral

held at the

home

of her Re-

services

w^ere

of her parents in

New Albany and at the St. Francis
church in Overton. Rev. Father
Morrison paid a very high and sincere tribute to her life and character.

Interment was made in

St.

Francis cemetery.

Grace is now Mrs.
George Fox, and resides at H age rsville, Ontario, Canada.
’00, Kashner, Benj. F. is located
at Poison, Mont., where he owns a
farm of 160 acres which he w'assuc’99,

street.

’97, Dennis, Lindley H. has been
appointed expert assistant in the
State Department of Public In-

struction.

.

Olver,

1

THE

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY

1

cessful in drawing w'hen the Government threw open several thousand acres a few years ago. He is

They were unattended. After the
ceremony the}' left on a honeymoon
tour of New York and on their re-

not doing the farming himself but

turn will reside on Fisk street.

has two

men working

This

for him.

season’s crop of wheat amounted to

over 900 bushels.
time Mr. Kashner

At the present
employed as a

is

bookkeeper for a large concern
Poison and is doing well.
’00,

Mrs.

in

Svvainbank, Lillian B. is now
Geo. H. Powell, and resides

Edwards, T. Harry, who has

been teaching in the Philippine Islands during the last ten years, returned to this country last summer
on a furlough and has been visiting
relatives and friends in Benton, his
former home, and elsewhere in this
In November

section of the state.

he gave a very interesting and

County

He

tion.

work

home

Mrs.

Emma

J.

of the

Welker.

trip to

bride’s mother,
Weigley, by Rev. H.
Following a wedding

Philadelphia and

home with

the

bride’s

it,

’01, Millette,

ton paper Nov.

Peckville, Pa., and
William X. Jones.

is

now Mrs.

’o2,Leighow,Estella, was married

Wednesday, Dec.
of

27, at the home
her parents near Northumber-

land, Pa., to Prof. Joseph F.

as

she

has been elected

A

Arline.
9,

performing the ceremony.

Lewis

says:

fea-

Scran-

“James

’03, Glover, Robert (sp. course)
has resigned his position as a clerk

in the Miffliiiburg

bank and accept-

ed one with the Lehigh Valley Coal
and Navigation Company, with

headquarters at Lansford, Pa.
’03,

were

ranch

life in

married yesterday morning at the
home of the bride’s parents, Fisk

letter

he states that he

both of this

Gteen Ridge.

city,

Rev. A. K.

Fuller, D. D., pastor of the

Baptist

A

ding veil which was worn by her
grandmother.

DeLancey Burdy and Miss Arline

Ridge

at

Stouchsburg, Pa.
’02,
Turner, Anna, resides at

ture of the bride’s attire was a wed-

Superintendent of Schools of Knox
County, Nebraska, having a safe
Her home address is
majority.
Winnetoon, Neb.

street,

their

mother

bride’s pastor. Rev. Geo. T. Street,

return soon to his

Newberr}', A. Mae,

Millette,

Atlantic

make

couple will

Educational Associa-

in the Islands.

’00,

at the

of Pennsylvania State College, the

will

again writes

Lebanon, and Miss Lizzie R.
Weigley, were married Aug. 5, ’ii,

Colum-

structive address before the

bia

in-

A friend

of

City, the

at Peckville, Pa.
’00,

Weigley, Lizzie R.

’01,

has sent the following: Jacob Kohr,

Green

church, officiated.

Hagenbuch,Rae, is enjoying
Nevada. In a recent

school from

8 to

12

is

teaching

o’clock each

morning at a nearby ranch and the
remainder of the day is given over
by his partner and himself to the

I

THE

2

B.

S.

N. S.

QUARTERLY,

B. S. N. S

QUARTERLY
bent,

Published by the

BLOO.MSBURQ LITERARY INSTifUTE
AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT,

T.

Halfpenny.

E.

Mrs.

Church was formerly Miss Grace
Housel, ’03.
We presume they
Lewisburg, Pa.
Martha, has become
Mrs. B. H. Prestwood and resides

will reside at

BLOOMSBURG, PA

’05, Francis,

Editorial Staff.

G E. Wilbur,
Mvrtle
Swartz.
'

Joseph H. Dennis,
J.

C. Foote.

W.

at Taylor, Pa.

B. Sutliff.

G. Edward, and Sara

’05, Elwell,

Milleisen, both cf ’05,

cultivation

of

their

two ranches,

married

at the

home

were quietly

of the bride in

each of i6o acres in addition to
looking after a “bush” ranch of

Bloomsburg at' 6 o’clock on Tuesday morning, December 12th. The

800 acres the}' possess.
’04, Knorr, Kimber, was married
in October to Miss Catharine Helwig, but news of the same reached

Rev. Dr. Flavel Sweeten Luther,
President of Trinity College, assist-

us too late for the last issue of the

Quarterly".
place

the

at

The marriage took
home of the bride’s

Numidia, and was solthe Rev. J. M. Bach-

parents in

emnized b}'
man, pastor of the Reformed
Church. They make their home
at Staunton, Virginia, where Mr.
Knorr is conducting a mercantile

Maud, was married
1909, to Dr. M. I. Pente-

’04, Davis,

and now resides at Peckville,
Pa., where the doctor enjoys a large
practice.
William Irving Pentecost was born July 13, 1910, and is
cost,

said to be

low.”
tecost

“the dearest

We

little

fel-

believe

it.

Mrs. Pen-

secretary

of

the class of

Church, Ned. F.

(sp. course)

is

1904.
’05,

Rev. J. W. Diggles, rector of the
Episcopal church of Bloomsburg,

There seems to, be no
doubt as to their having been fully
married.
They took an extended
officiated.

wedding

“down

trip

will re.side

in

Mr. Elwell

is

east”.

They

Bloomsburg where
associated

father. Geo. E.

with his

Elwell, conducting

the Columbian Printing House, an

business.

Dec. 29,

ed by Rev. S. C. Dickson, pastor
the Presbyterian church, and

of

was appointed, in November, Protbonotary and Clerk of the Courts
of Union County to fill a vacancy
created by the cieath of the incum-

extensiv'e printing establishment.
’06,

Frey, Winnie A., was mar-

Gary of Elmira,
Tuesday afternoon, Nov.
The marriage was contracted

ried to Charles S.

N.

Y.,

28.

at the

home

the

of

cride’s

father

H. Sandt,
pastor of St.
John’s Lutheran
Church officiating. Mr. Gary is
an attorney-at-law in Elmira, where

in Catawissa,

Rev.

J.

they will reside.
’06,

course)

Welliver, William
for

E. (sp.
eighteen months has

been one of the resident physicians
His
in the Lock Haven Hospital.

THE

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY

13

!

term there having expired he has

couple have the best washes of a

f

decided to practice medicine in that

large circle of friends and

I

I

and has leased an

city
1

Main

5 W'est

now

Street

office at

No.

where he

is

located.

to all friends at

are

“At

2617 Seltzer

street, Philadelphia.

McHenry,

’07,

Osuna, Jose, is on the “honor

’06,

Home’’

course)

is

a

K.

Earl

(sp.

Peekskill

student at

I

i

i

the senior class

of

list’’

at

State

College, having received the
\V.

John
White Scholarship. L. H. Den-

j

’

secured the Louise Carne-

nis, ’99,

As a rule our
Normal boys take high standing in

gie

Scholarship.

Military

Academy, N. Y., and has

been honored by his fellow students
This is his senior year
this term.
and he has been made captain of
Co.

A

,

captain

the

of

foot ball

team, manager of the track team,

j

I

i

'

I

I

M.

C. A.

the several colleges attended, and

president of the Y.

we

ternity; president of the senior class

are rea.sonably

We have others
w'hom you

will

in

proud of them.
the colleges from

—

Longenberger, Myrtle Messersmith, Chauncey P., were mar’06,

ried at
at the

Mainville, Pa., January

home

3,

of the bride’s parents,

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Longenberger,
Rev. J. W. Woerhle, pastor of the
The
M. E. church, officiating.
marriage took place at 8 o’clock in
the morning.
After a w’edding
breakfast at Hotel Yetter they took
the train for Aetna, Indiana, w'here
Mr. Messersmith holds a responsible position as chemist in the Aetna

Powder Works.
’06,

Barr,

is

work looking forward
’06,

not satisfied

to a degree.

On

Mellet, Catherine.

the

Lady

Earl’s

many

friends

of

Rosar}^

Philadelphia, Catherine

Dec.

church,

Mellet

of

Shenandoah became the bride of
Ambrose Toole of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Toole was a teacher in the
public schools of Shenandoah.

The

here

are pleased to learn of his success.
’09,

ment

Ruhl, Jessie.

The engage-

Ruhl and Wm.
Bloomsburg was

of .Miss Jessie

McKelvy Reber of
announced about the middle of
November. Mr. Reber w'ho is engaged in the hardw'are business is
one of Bloomsburg’s most progressive citizens.

Verna w'as married
Elmer Shipman of
The ceremony
Stonington, Pa.
was conducted by Rev. W. T. Chil’09,

Keller,

recently to Mr.

cote at the parsonage of

Anna,

with her present attainments and
has been pursuing special lines of

2, in

and the president of the advisory
board.

soon hear.

fra-

the Irish

Mrs.
Valley Methodist church.
Shipman has been teaching at

Seven Points, Pa. Mr. Shipman is
an operator at Snydertowu, Pa.
’ll, McDaniels, Ethelend, and J.
Bartley Shelhammer of Berwick
were married at the Presbyterian
Manse, Bloomsburg, Pa., October
31st, by the Rev. S. C. Dickson.
The groom is a well-to-do farmer
and recently purchased a valuabL

H

THE

property near Berwick,

now

at

’ll,

home

They

Fitch, Pearl

was taken
Hospital

Ratti

w'as held at the Metropolitan Hotel,

to

Harrisburg, Pa., and was an ex
ceedingly interesting and enjo3’able

at

occasion.

Bloomsburg on Oct. 21 and was
operated upon for appendicitis.
The operation was a success and
she was enabled to leave the hospital Nov. 4.
Her many friends
most earnestly wish for her a speedy
and complete restoration to health.
'ii, Naugle, A. K. is teaching
in Dunellen, N. J. and is greatly
pleased wdth his school and with
the Jersey people

He

gives great

credit to the training he received in

the professional department of the

Normal School.
’ll,

Parke, Minnie,

the countr}' in

is

teaching in

Lackawanna county.

Her

school is three miles from her
home, Jermyn, and she walks back
and forth. Miss Morris, Miss Koehler and Miss Donahoe are teaching
Bloomsburg Norin the country.
mal is well represented up there.
’ll.

And

finally.

Just before go-

Uphand corner picture of
basket cradle and stork. Announceing to press, card received.

per

left

ment;

Name, Kenneth Robert,
Weight 6
24, 1912.

Born Jan.

Signed, A.

J.

QUARTERLY

are

to their friends.

Joseph

the

B. S. N. S.

*lbs.

Sharadin and wife,

27 Shillingford St.,
Springfield, Mass.

Alumni Reunions
The annual banquet of the Dauphin county Alumni Association

faculty

was repres-

ann Mrs. Bakeless, Mr.
and Mr. Cope.

and Mrs.

Sutliff,

A

short business session follow'ed

the banquet at

which

Grace

Dr.

Wintersteen w'as elected president.
Miss M. Katharine McNiff, Vice
President; Miss Margaret Sullivan,

Treasurer; Mrs. Fleda Barnes GottSecretary;
Miss Lorena
Evans, Dr. W. B. Mausteller, and
Miss Clara Sw'ank together with
the officers forming the executive
committee.
A delightful social time and dancing to music b>’ Updegrove’s orchestra concluded the happy evening.
schall.

Several letters of regret were read.

LUZERNE COUNTY.
Nearly three hundred members of
the Luzerne county Association met
in the Hotel Sterling, at WilkesBarre, Thursday' evening Nov. 2.
The entire second floor of the hotel
was given over to the Alumni Association and even then more room
was necessary and an overflow banquet had to be conducted in the regular dining room.
A short reception preceded the banquet and the
menu, one of the best that Landlord
Capwell has served in some time.

The
DAUPHIN COUNTY,

The

ented by Dr. Waller, Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur, Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, Mr.

event

Attorney G,

was presided over by
J.

Clarke,

dent of the local Alumni
tion.

He

the presi-

Associa-

proved an able toastmast-

I

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B.

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S.

QUARTERLY

15

er and the committee in charge acted wisely in making the event a
purely school function with no set
speeches but onl3^ short, timely
talks, and then the floor was cleared
and for several hours dancing was

a

enjo3'ed.

there was a dance for which Bauer’s

Dr. D.

Bloomsburg State Normal School,
opened the banquet by offering a
blessing
and then Toastmaster
Clarke made a few remarks, when
the following officers were reelected
for the ensuing

President,

year;

J.

C. R, Powell, president; Dr. Waller,

Foote, George E. Wilbur and
Superintendent of Schools George
Howell.
Following the banquet

J. C.

ident, C. R. Powell; vice president,

Walter H. Jones; secretary. Miss
Mamie Morgan; treasurer, Richard
Lewis; executive committee, T. E.
Cule, Harold
Jameison,
Misses

MIFFLIN COUNTY.

From a Lewdstown paper:
The second annual banquet and

Barre, ’88.
of the Faculty

The

officers of the association are: Pres-

Bessie Evans.

’83,

Members

members of the
made by

Margaret Lewds, Stella Evans and

Clarke, of Luzerne Borough,
having filled the office every
year except one; secretar}^ Miss
Nancy Wintersteen of Plains, ’98;
treasurer, B. Frank M>'ers, Wilkes-

G.

the

of

Addresses were

orchestra furnished the music.

Waller, principal of the

J.

number

facult}\

business meeting of the Bloomsburg

present

Normal School Alumni Asso-

w'ere Messrs Waller, Cope, Wilbur,

State

Jenkins, Albert, Misses Smith, Sut-

ciation of Mifflin

phen. Good, Kresge and Jenkins,

at the Crj’stal

Messrs Jenkins and Wilbur were
accompanied b>' their wives.
Oppenheim’s orchestra furnished
a delightful program of music dur-

hours of 6 and 8 last evening.
Twent)' members of the association

ing the entire

enjoyed the elegant

the

Thursday',

affair.

the cafe parlor.

The annual banquet and dance of
Bloomsburg State Normal
school Alumni association of Scranton was held last night in the Scranton Bic3'cle club.

The event was

one of the most successful in the
association

marked by the presence

and was

of Dr. D. J.

Waller, principal of the school and

After

in

Following this

hearty

all

conversation

about the past, present and future
their dear old Alma Mater.

23.

the

history of the

engaged

Tribune - Republicati,

November

feast.

room a short annual business meeting was held in

leaving the dining

LACKAWANNA COUNTY.
From

county took place
between the

Cafe

of
^

Eight o’clock arrived entirely too
all.
At this time they
very reluctantl}" adjourned for another 3'ear, most of them going to
soon for

the concert in the court house.

Messrs Cope and Bakeless and
and Mrs. Lindley Dennis represented the Normal.
their wives

THE

76

B.

S.

N. S.

WYOMING COUNTY.
The graduates of Bloomsburg
•

Normal School

Wyoming

QUARTERLY.

as the time

was

limited,

the work-

ing out of the details was

left

for

county held their

first

annual ban-

another time, so that all could enjoy the feast which was in waiting.

quet at the hotel

Graham, Friday

The banquet was prepared and

living in

evening, Dec. 15,

1911.

A

first-

served under the personal direction

W.

banquet had been prepared
and its excellence was proved by
the hearty manner in which it was

of caterer C.

enjoyed.

school, acted as toastmaster and re-

Mr. Asa S. Keeler who spent
some time there as a student in the

spon.ses

early days of the school spoke for a

oMhe

few minutes about the school as he
remembered it. Mr. C. H. Albert
then took charge and after a few
words of greeting to the assembled
alumni and friends the election of
officers was taken up.
Mr. Chas.
H. O’Neill was chosen president,
Mrs. Adelaide McKown Hawke
was chosen vice president and Dennis D. Wright, secretary- treasurer.
Tunkhannock paper.

Mauser, Supt.

class

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY.
Sunbury Daily Itetn, Dec. 22.
More than a half hundred graduates and former students of the
State

Normal School

burg,

now
a

held

Temple

at

Blooms-

located in this vicinity,

meeting
last

at

the

evening,

to

Masonic
form a

assurance of

its

school

;

County Supt.

secretary. Miss
Northumberland
Sarah Russell, Watsontown treasurer, Benj. Apple, Sunbury. Plans
for the future were discussed but
;

;

H.

SunCarmel,

Supt. Dean, Mt.
and Dr. Hubble. Their responses
were brief but scholarly and enterburj^

;

taining.

merry gathering and
Normal School days were recalled and
It

was

a

many fond

recollections of the

discussed, the only regretable feat-

ure of the evening being that the

hour

departure came entirely

for

too soon.

UNION COUNTY.
Thirty members of the Union
County Association and their guests
met around the banquet table in
Mifflinburg on the evening of Dec.
2ist.

The

joyed by

occasion was greatly en-

all

present.

A

season of

and the recalling
of scenes and events of school days
made the hours slip away all too
quickly.

Myron Geddes,

I.

Ellenberger,

permanent Alumni Association and

President,

is

were made by Mr. Wilbur.
Mr. Foote, Mr. Cope, Mr. Sutliff

enjoy a feast.
An organization was effected by
the election of the following offi;

which

Dr. D. J. Waller, principal of the

social intercourse

cers

Stahl,

excellence.

Mr. Bakeless and Mr. Hartline
did the honors for the Institution.
Among the guests present were
Judge-elect A. H. Johnson, Dr. S.
L. Krebs of Swarthmore College
and Supt. Evans of Columbia Co.

THE.

B. S. N.

S

Quarterly
“Entered as second-class matter July

i,

iqog, at the post office at

under the Act of July

Bloomsburg, Pa.,

i6. i8g4.”

NO. 3

APRIL, 1912

VOL. XVII

THe New Term

Changes have already
by the trustees

the school.

approved

been

As the Quarterly goes to press
work of the Spring Term, the

which

be

w’ill

made during the

the

present term so that

homestretch of the school j^ear, is
well under way at Bloomsburg.

that

The school duties of the term began
March 26th with the usual heavy
Each week
spring enrollment.
brings additional students, as the
schools are now closing

country

and

many

of their

making good use
nity

to

of

teachers are
the

opportu-

secure the advantages of

Normal School training.
The dormitory accommodations

the

of the school

have been taxed to an

unusual degree by the increased attendance, but under the capable
management of our ever busy Registrar,

Mr.

F. H.

Jenkins,

all

ap-

it

Commencement

is

expected

visitors

wall

equipment and surroundings much more business like and
find office

convenient

for

transaction of

the

business with the general public.

The

private offices were

eled .some time ago

remodand the present

changes will make the office equipment of the school thoroughly upto-date.

The changes for which orders
have alread}”^ been given include a
complete new equipment of office
furniture, a new counter with metal
grill work, the installation of three
telephone booths,

new

electric wir-

ing and fixtures and the redecora-

f

plicants have so far been satisfactorily cared for.

Offi ce

The ever

tion of the office.

will

expected that these changes
be completed and in use by the

first

of June.

It is

CKanges

increasing business of

the school has for

State

some time taxed

Board Examinationa

the present office arrangements of
until it has been
found necessary to completely remodel the public business office of

the institution

The

State Department of Educa-

tion has appointed

Monday, June

17th as the date of the State Board

THE

2

Examinations

at

B. S. N. S.

Bloomsburg

this

spring.

QUARTERLY

May
May

18,

Wyoming Seminary here.

24,

Phila. College Osteopa-

The Faculty preliminary examinations will begin Thursday, June

thy here.

13th.

here.

A.thletics
The crack of the bat on the Normal Field again makes music for
Prospects

the lover of base ball.

good for a team
One never can
merit.

are

average

of

amidst

tell

the shifting scenes of school
just

what

a

body

of

life,

new men may

May

Lock Haven

25,

June 6, Gettysburg College away.
June 7, Shippensburg S. N. S.
away.
June 14, KutztownS. N. S. away.
June 15, KutztownS. N. S. here.

The basket

The team under the coaching of
Weimer and the captaincy of Ray

defeating

though we

for the

bo5'S

to

learn

up-to-date,

The following excellent schedule
has been arranged by Manager John
Shambach.
igi2

Schedule.

Team

April 20, Berwick League

awa5L

Team

here.

Ray

Wyoming
lost at

26,

Gettysburg

College

al-

Robert Throne.
Smoczynski.
Wagonseller.
Brill.

The second team men
the a B a are

receiving

:

Funk,
Mensch,

Mears,
Rishton,

Baez.
3rd,

Bellefonte

Academy

away.
4,

Lock Haven

S.

N.

S.

Gymnasium Demonstration.
The

revival of the annual

Exhibition’’

away.
10,

Conway Hall

II,

Bellefonte

here.

Academy

here.

May

Seminary,

Kingston.

Mausteller, captain.

here.

May
May

and
by

Frank Davis.

April 27th, Milton Athletic Club

May

ball

At the banquet the following men
were awarded the B.

here.

May

good

Mausteller played

finished a ver}' creditable season

Fisk.

April 22, Berwick League
April

a splen-

did banquet provided by the school.

will be afforded a rare opportunity

inside base ball.

ball season closed in

March and was followed by

way of future stars.
One thing is certain. With Weimer and Schmaltz on the job there

contain in the

N. S.

S.

17,

Union Seminary

here.

the

“Gym

brought back many

exciting scenes cherished

of

by

former students. Class spirit ran
high but was most admirably controlled throughout the evening.

THE
The

B.

S.

following program was ex-

ecuted in faultless style and was a
real demonstration of the daily

work

N. S.

Indian Dance,

boys 5th and 6th

grades.

of the department.

Rings and Ropes, boys

PKilolo^ian Society
and 2nd

ist

The attendance

grades.

Singing Games,

girls

and 2nd

ist

grades.

“Washing

As
girls

and 2nd

ist

grades.

Musical

Dumb

Bells,

3rd and 4th

Responsive Calisthenics, boys 5th

and 6th grades.
grades.

They

consisted of the

the Author,

life

of

synopsis of the play,

and musical selections rendered by

A

few of the Operas studied were
Martha and
Tannhauser.

Cavaleria Rusticana,

Special Features

:

Much

Parallel Bars, Oscar Whitesell.

Long Horse,

and 8th

boys 7th

important

business

was

transacted during the winter term
in

grades.

which every member

of

the so-

ciety took an active part.

Boxing, Russel Williams,
Clemens.

Robert

The society has decided upon a
new departure, that of bujdng books

Wrestling, Frj^e and Yerg.
Drill,

Middler

and placing them
brar}' for the

Bells,

Senior boys.

Dutch Dance,

girls 5th,

7th

use

of

all

In the purchase of these books care
be taken to select only such
will aid

the society in

preparing their private programs.

Last Saturday evening
girls.

Pietrzy-

new

ofii-

and we
the members of Philo, wish them
a most successful administration
cers

Aesthetic Dance.

Mat Work, Zakutny and

li-

students.

will

books as
6th,

and 8th grades.
Senior

the school

in

girls.

Folk Dance, Norwegian Mountain
March.

kowski.

in

the Philo, chorus and individuals.

Single Stick Drill, girls 5th and 6th

Drill,

work

Last term
the studies of Operas were taken
up.

Potato Race, 3rd and 4th grades.

Dumb

the society has been

usual,

following a regular line of
their private programs.

grades.

Hand

last

society at nearly every meeting.

Day.’’

Cat and Mouse,

Philo,

-at

term was exceptionally good, and
new members were taken into the

“I See You.’’

Flag

3

Indian Clubs, boys.

Grand March.

Free

QUARTERLY

were elected

thru-out the term.

to office

THE

4

B.

S.

N.

S.

QUARTERLY
Micawber and

the twins, Uriah
Keep, Little Nell, Mr. Pickwick,
Fannie Squeers, and several other
old friends made their appearance
in full

Quarterly

he'ard

from her, Gallic

has been doing good work.
The annual Reunion took place
as usual on the 22nd of February

and

was a

usual

as

also

The Gjmi was

success.
er, lectured

decorated with thou-

Japanese

effect.

carried on as usual and .several excellent

The

ered.

were fastened,

while from the gallery portieres
made of the flowers were hung.

The

usual Gallic badges were dis-

two children from the
Model School, costumed as George
and Martha Washington.
The program in Gallic Hall was
given at ii o’clock and is generally

tributed by

Through the kindness of one of
our charter members, Mr. G. B.
Robbins of Bloomsburg, the society
last fall came into posse.ssion of one
of our early pins.
The pin is a

monogram in gold of the Greek letters Kappa and Epsilon, the initial
letters of the

society’s

The

conceded to have been the “best
is

ever.’’

The hour was devoted chiefly to
The program was as folDickens.
lows
Stark

President’s address,

:

programs have been rend-

entire

room was roofed with branches and
to these the flowers

very acceptably.

Since the Reunion work has been

sands of paper flowers in the societj^’s colors, giving a very beautiful

costume.

Music for dancing was furnished
thruout the afternoon by Low’s
Orchestra, and light refreshments
were served in the middle of the
afternoon by Gallic girls in colonial
costumes.
In the evening Dr. Gabriel Maguire, the African explor-

Edson

The Three Fishers, Lera
Farley Dickens, The Man, Myra
Gampbell The La.ss with the Del;

words from which the

name

is

derived.

cut which heads this

column

the workjOf one of Gallie’s most

talented members, Mr.

man.
grams

was used

Frank

Tit-

head the profor the Reunion.
It

to

Y. M. C. A.

.

;

;

icate

from

Air,

Fisther

Dickens,

Root

Kimber

;

Reading
Kuster
;

The Y. M. G. A. of B. S. N. S.
has been very successful during the
past year,

under the leadership of

of the Ghimes, Gallic

Glareuce Barrow, President. There

Dickens Gharacters, MarDuring Miss Seibel’s reading David Gopperfield and
Dora, the immortal Micawber, Mrs.

was an exceptionally good attendance at Bible study. Four classes
were organized studying the life of
'Paul, and were carried through

The Legend
Ghorus

;

guerite Seibel.

—

THE
5 N.

B.

.

S.

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY,

1

OF THE SIXTH

DISTRICT,

BLOOMSBURG. PA

G E. Wilbur,
Myrtle
Swartz.
'

Joseph H. Dennis,
I

J.

C. Foote.

W.

The term
the season.

Editorial Staff.

I

ence money.
April 13th,

I

1

5

further means of securing Confer-

Published by the

BLOOMSBURG LITERARY INSTITUTE
AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.

I

QUARTERLY

be held on
keeping with
holding has been

social

to

to be in

is

Its

delayed so that as many new students as possible may be present.

B. Sutliff.

Alumni.
under the leadership
of Messrs. Clarence Barrow, J. R.
Jones, L. B. Savige and Ray Watsuccessful!}’

kins.

The

following were elected as of-

ficers,

for

the

Chas.

L.

Hess;

President,

year;

Vice

.

W.

At the annual

C.

A.

election before va-

chosen for the coming year: President, May Byington; Vice President, Nellie Seidel; Secretary, Ani-

Ruth Nicely.
The new cabinet members are
taking hold of the work vigorou.sly
ta Clark; Treasurer,

and we anticipate a

succe.ssful year.

recent basket ball

tween the Y. W. C, A.

game

be-

team and

the ladies of the

Faculty,

besides

affording endless

amusement

for the

spectators,

netted

the

Conference

fund twelve dollars. In the opinion
except the defeated team
of all

—

was money

The

203.

Wayne County Alumni

Meeting and

Banquet.

following was inadvertently omitted

the following officers were

cation,

it

No

The Quarterly regrets that the

Y.

The

consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your classmates.
Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box

President,

Chas. Hendershot; Secretary, William Smith; Treasurer, Carl At-

wood

The Quarterly desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

all

easily earned.

Association has purchased a

hundred “penny strips” to be filled
by friends of the organization, as a

from the January number.
The Wayne County Alumni Association of the Bloomsburg State
Normal School, held its annual
meeting in the parlors of Mrs.
Briggs,

caterer,

Honesdale,

Pa.,

Wednesday evening, November

To

joyable event

15.

was the

mo.st en-

of Institute

Week.

those pre.sent

it

This organization met and elected its
officers 2 years ago. No banquet was
held that year. Last year a banquet
was served at which there were
thirty-three members present and
four of the

Normal School Faculty.

This year we are happy to report
that the Association has grown and
was represented at the banquet by
thirty-four members and six members of the School Faculty,
The

County Superintendent,

J. J.

Koeh-

THE

6

B. S. N. S.

and wife were also present. The
of these enjoyable and profitbeing
spread
able meetings is
throughout the cx)unty, and the attendance at the meeting in 1912
ler

fame

will,

no doubt, be very largely

creased.

Waymart,

in-

Miss Irene Curtis, '10,
is the new Secretary and

Alma
who declined re-election.

Treasurer, succeeding Miss

Noble,

’07,

Class Retmioos, Next

There
unions

evidence that the

is

this

number and
vious year.

Commencement

year will exceed
spirit those of

We know

re-

in

any pre-

that

this is

QUARTERLY
’76, Kline,

course)

is

I.

(special

Clinton,

a candidate

the Re-

for

publican nomination for congress
in this the Sixteenth Congre.ssional

and

District,

at this writing,

April

appears that he has secured
the coveted prize.
Mr. Kline is a
prominent member of the North15th,

it

umberland County Bar. His opponent on the Democratic ticket
will be John V. Lesher, ’90, (Sp.
Cour.se) who had no opposition for

The

the nomination.

district

is

normally democratic, but on two
occasions has been represented by
a republican.
There will be a batroyal between

a great undertaking, but the committees of several of the classes

tle

have been busy for some time, and
think and say: It can be done.
We understand that preparations
are being made by nearly all the

contest,

winner.

classes that properly hold reunions,

M.

Normal boys, but

these
it

two old

will be a clean

and he who gets the greater
of votes will be a worthy

number

Robbins, (Grimes) Honora,

’77,

’87, ’92, ’97, ’02, ’07.

spending several weeks in
She is accompanied by her young son.

The
make

the

this year.

They

are: ’72, ’77, ’82,

1910 is planning to
reunion this year the

class of
its

“largest .second year reunion ever.’’

D.,

is

Florida this winter.

’79,

Lepley, Rev.

recent

Central

Wm.

A.

At

Pennsylvania

urged to come.

Conference of the M. E. Church,
Mr. Lepley was stationed at New-

Onlj’ the absolutely indifferent will

ton Hamilton. Other appointments

miss this occasion, unless conditions

of former

impossible to avoid or change pre-

lows

Every member

vent.

No

trivial

is

excuses will be ac-

cepted by those loyal to the class,

and to the school, who are present.
Do not fail to be on hand early\
All reunions will be held Tues-

day afternoon, June 25th. Please
communicate with the Registrar,
Mr. F. H. Jenkins, that arrangements may be perfected.

:

Normal boj's are
Witman, ’78

E. H.

as fol-

(Sp.

N. H. Smith, ’80,
Burnham Marion J. Runyan, ’82,
N. E. Cleaver,
(Sp.) Half Moon
Mount Carmel
W. Wade
’83,
Hartman, ’88, (Sp.) Tyrone, and
Harry E. Crow, ’93, Conyngham.
’79, Lowenberg, Louis (Sp. C.)
who has been in the clothing bus-

Curwensville

;

;

;

;

iness

in

Milton,

Pa.,

for

several

1

THE

has become the manager of
the leading hotel of

3’ears,

The

B. S. N. S.

Milton,

Butler,

Harry C. (Sp. C.)

died at his home in Carbondale, Pa.
early in April. Mr. Butler was one
of the leading law3'ers of his

home

and for a time was the City
Solicitor. We do not have the particulars of his illness and death.
’83, Karschner, Rev. Lloyd W.,
was stationed by the Wyoming Conference, M. E. Church, at the ses-

city

sion recentl}' held

Wyalusing,

Scranton, at

in

Clark Callender,

at Nanticoke, and

’90,

M. Johns

B.

at

Factory ville.
’84,

man

Dengler, Anna, has been ap-

pointed Supervisor of Music in the
public schools of

Newark,

This appointment

is

appreciated in that

all

it

N.

J.

the more

was secured

7

“testudo” of the

bridge, the

the plan of a

soldiers,

camp

military

that borough.
’8o,

QUARTERLY

as u'ell

as everj'day

scenes of ancient and modern

man

life

Ro-

well explained and

\?v'ere

illustrated

Ro-

Roman

by Miss McNiff

in her

usual clear way.

The excellent pictures were thrown
on the screen by Professor Henshen, who assisted Miss McNiff in
her effort to
ties of

make

less the difficul-

Latin and the study more

at-

and interesting. Miss McNiff’ s audience was large and earnest and the pupils showed a keen
appreciation of their teacher’s broad
knowledge of her subject.’’
Knorr, (Smith) Mildred,
’85,
Bloomsburg
(Sp. Coll. Prep.)
friends and relatives will be intertractive

ested

learning that

in

Ethelbert
son of Dr. E. F.

Talbot Smith,

[

I

and

through a competitive examination
in which there were a large number

Smith

of applicants.

residents,

both

Smith,

Mildred Knorr
former Bloomsburg

Mrs,

j

j

’85,

McNiff, M. Katharine, (Sci.

Course ’89.)
in

We

find the following

a Januar)' issue of the Harris-

“After school on Thursday afterMiss McNiff, instructor of
Latin at Central High School, gave
an illustrated talk on “Rome and

noon,

Roman Forum’’

of the pupils of

for the benefit

Latin of the

High

School.

Miss McNiff with crayon sketch
gave her audience a clear guide

map

of

Rome, showing the

The

intricacies of Caesar’s

residents

— Morning

’88,

of

New York

Press.

Wendt, Mary

S.,

has studied

and holds credits in German, Psychology and English from the Universities of Pennsylvania and of
Pittsburgh.

In

recognition of her

work as a student and as a teacher,
Susquehanna University has conferred upon her (causa honoris)
the degree of Master of Arts.

interest-

ing sections of ancient and modern

Rome.

in

ents are

City

burg Telegraph:

the

and a Junior at Trinity
awarded first prize
His parEnglish composition.

College, has been

S.

’90,

Schening, JohnB., Druggist,

W.

corner 29th and Huntingdon

streets, Philadelphia, recently

made

THE

8

B.

S.

N.

QUARTERLY.

S.

He

Bloomsburg and
John looks

umberland county.

prosperous, and appears to enjoy

law" in the office of

life as of old.

in this

a

flying visit

the

to

Normal School.

for the year 1912.

will serve

Mr. Moran read
Wm. Chrisman

town and has many friends

,

’93,

from a

We

Penman, Minnie.
local paper:

Penman, who

for

clip

“Miss Minnie
some 3'ears has

been a very successful teacher in
the public schools, has been elected

here w-ho note
pleasure.

his

success

w-ith

Daily' Seyitinel.

j

’97,

Milnes (Roberts) Mar>", pre-

sented her husband with

daughter early

in April.

a

little

The}- re-

|

a

teacher

in

the

State

Normal

School to take the place of Mrs. L.
H. Dennis who retires at the end of

side at Atlanta, Georgia.
erts is the general

manager for the
the W. H. Baker

this school year in June.

southern states of
Chocolate Company-.

man.’’

tion

This is a
wmrthy promotion for Miss PenFahringer (Dennison) EflSe,
“I want to
Mr. Jenkins
inform 5-011 of m\- change of adWe have come to merry
dress.
old England to make our home, for
aw-hile at least, and I do not want
’93,

w'rites to

to miss the

:

“Normal

Quarterlies’’

and Annual Reports.” Her address
Dennison, Botwell
is Mrs. W. N.
Lodge, Hai-es, Middlesex, England.
’94, Buckalew, Louis W. (Sp.
C.) was married Wednesda5-, January 31st to Miss Sophia Nelson of
York, Pa. The marriage was .solemnized at the home of the bride
by Rev. Arthur Russell Ta5lor,
rector

of

St.

John’s

Episcopal

’98,

Robbins, Auber

of

Judge

attorney C.

Strau.ssy

attorney

Robbins,

Monday", admitted

Auber

Robbins,

J.

of

Bloomsburg, to practice law in the
several courts of Luzerne county".
Attorney Robbins w-as admitted to
the Supreme Court in 1903 and
practiced law in Columbia county'
for

some years. He is well qualified
up the practice of law- in the

to take

courts.— Wilkes-Barre Record.
Morgain, U. Grant, has disposed of his business in Bloomsburg,
local

’98,

and taken up his residence in Columbus, Ohio. We understand that
he is a general salesman for a large
manufacturing company of the east,

making

fine

confectionery",

crackers, etc.

now at home in Bloomsoccupying one of the very
desirable new flats in the Farmers

Sentmel, February Sth,

National Bank Building.

been elected to

’97, Moran, John A., a rising
and able young Mt. Carmel attorney-at-law, has been appointed Solicitor for county auditors of North-

teacher in the

The\- are

On mo-

J.

L.

Church, York.
burg,

Mr. Rob-

’98, Styer,

“George

cakes,

George R. The Daily

Sty-er,

of

fill

say-s:

Berwick has

the position as

commercial departHigh
School made vament in the
cant by the resignation of H. A.
Mr. Styer was assistant
Sykes.

j

T'

S.

'

N.

Berwick High
School, and comes to Bloomsburg
His place
highl}'^ recommended.
will be filled by Mrs. Kimber Hartman, formerly Miss Deighmiller, a
graduate of the Normal.”
principal

the

in

who has

’99, Dennis, Bindley H.,
been appointed expert assistant in
agricultural education in Pennsylvania, under the new' State Board

Education,

of

left

yesterday

for

Harri.sburg to take up his work.

He

will leave

Harrisburg,

upon his arrival at
Washington, D.

for

on matters pertaining to his
Morning Press, March 8th.
’00, McCollum, Harry, has been
spending several weeks in Esp)',
prior to going out in vaudeville for
the summer in a David Belasco
C.,

w'ork

.

—

vaudeville sketch, the itinerary

extend

of

S.

QUARTERLY

9

before an open fire, w'as terribly
burned by a sudden explosion of
J.

the alcohol,
will

the details of w'hich

never

5'oung

be

learned

ladies

burned.

The

for

both

frightfully

w'ere

clothing w'as burned

both and Miss Crossley never
had a chance for recovery, her entire body being terribly burned.
off

She

lingered

until

Thursdaj' afternoon,

4:30

o’clock

when death

her frightful sufferings.
Miss Blian w’as slightly less .seriousrelieved

burned and she has a chance,
although a slight one, for recovery,
her condition being extreme!}' crit-

I3'

ical.

The body
ville,

brought to Dan-

w'as

Saturday, Feb. 3rd.

neral services were held at

Church,

near

Danville,

The

fu-

Long’s
Sunday,

Feb. 4th.

children

Followdng her graduauation at the Normal, Miss Crossley taught in the Hendrickson and
Strawberry Ridge schools in Montour county, and later, w’hen the
family moved to New' York Cit>',
taught in the .schools of that city
and suburban tow'ns. For the last

home

four years she has been teaching at

w'hich

will

to

the

Pacific

coast and wall continue to Fall.

McCollum has

Mr.

just completed a tour

Robert Edeson.
Evans (Eves) Elizabeth. A
local paper, March 16, has the folMrs. A. H. Eves and
lowing
W’ith

’00,

;

have returned to their
Ladysmith, Wis., after
visiting the former’s mother, Mrs.
Evans on Third street, following
the death of a child, whose body
was brought here for burial. Mr.
Eves had previously returned home.
On
’00, Crossley, Bertha M.
Wednesday evening, January 3(st,
Miss Crossle}', while in the act of
giving her 'room-mate. Miss Blian
of Rhode Island, an alcohol bath
in their room at Perth Amboy, N.
at

Perth Amboy.

Rebecca (Sp. C. ) now
her mother at Hagerstown, Md., is taking a course
for a trained nurse in a maternity
’00, Allen,

residing with

hospital in Baltimore.
’00,

the

MacFarlane, Mary W. At
of her mother on Gay-

home

November i,
Mary MacFarlane was

lord Ave., Plj'mouth,
1911, Miss

married to Hon.

How'ard Nelson

THR

lO

B.

N. S.

S.

Wilcox of Bristol, Conn. The house
was tastefully decorated
with

QUARTERLY
home at Hotel
ton, W. Va.

palms, cut flowers, and vari-colored

Rev. A. M. Brown, past-

ribbons.

or of the First Presbyterian

Mr.

officiated.

Wilcox

the leading druggists of

Conn., and a

member

Church
one of

is

Bristol,

House

of the

of

Representatives of

He

is

that

state.

also president of the Business

Men’s Association.

They
Bristol,
’01,

of

ill

went

High

reside at 228

Street,

Conn.

On account

Dennis, Fred.
health, P'red,
to the

some time

ago,

hoping
that the change of climate would be
of benefit, but the conditions were
such that his friends were literally
hoping against hope.” Now the
cheering and gratifying news comes
that he is steadily improving, gainPacific

coast

‘

ing in strength and vitality, and able

engage in light out-door employThere is now ever}’ hope of
complete restoration to health. He
has just been joined by his wife and
two children in San Dimas, Cal.,
where the}’ will make their home.
to

ment.

’01, Keller, Edith, was married
January 30th, to Verus T. Ritter,
formerly of Bloomsburg, but now
re.sidiug at Huntington, W. Va.
The marriage was quietly solemniz-

ed in St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal church. New York City, by
the Rev. Mr. McCandless, and took
place

at

high twelve.

The

bride

and groom were unattended, and
the ceremony was witnessed by only
They are at
a few near relatives.

Frederick, Hunting-

’04, Richart,

Bessie,

At

phoid fever.

this

local

in

of ty-

ill

writing

all

her recovery.

indications point to

A

now

is

the Joseph Ratti Hospital

paper makes the following

statement:

‘‘An abrasion of the finger is
thought to have been responsible
for the attack of typhoid fever with
which Miss Bessie Richart, a trained nurse, is now suffering.
ISIiss
Richart was caring for Miss Flor-

ence Houck, a Normal student suf-

home
when she conThe only rea-

fering with the disease, at the

Calvin Girton,

of

tracted the disease.
.son

that can be advanced

contracting

it is,

for her

that she suffered a

cut finger while on the case.”
’04, Eister,

A. Bertram

is

in Ohio,

working on automatic signals. He
is employed by the Pennsylvania
lines west of Pittsburg on the Western Division as Signal Foreman.
His address is 311 South Sandusky
Avenue, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
’04, Turner, Ruth T., has a delightful position as Secretary in the
Castilleja School,

fornia, a

Palo Alto,

school for

young

Caliladies.

She greatly enjoys her work, the
people and the climate.
’05,

ried

Burgess, Lee W., was

Tuesday evening, April

Denver,

Colo,

Woodward

to

Miss

of that city.

Junction, Colo. Daily

2,

in

Pearl

J.

The Grand

Senli?iel, sa.ys\

the daughter
and Mrs. A. F. Woodward,

‘‘Miss
of Mr.

Woodward

mar-

is

:

!

1

THE

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY

who

1

the former being a prominent mining operator of Cripple Creek and
Denver. The famih' i.s well known

graduate

in

agriculture at State

College.

He

entered upon his du-

in

ties

social

circles,

the

bride-to-be

being particular!}- active in Denver
society.

a native

April

of

Buckhorn,

is

a

I.

Osuna, Jose, now a senior
and who expects to
enter Princeton Seminary next
year, going from there to the ministry in Porto Rico in three years,
spoke at the service in the First
’06,

at State College

Mr. Burgess is senior member of
the firm of Burgess & Kinard, attorneys, and is a son of \V. L. Bur-

Grand Junccompany of this city.
He came to this city in August
of 1910 and was joined later in the
gess, proprietor of the

tion Seed,

year by

is

J.

two young
a splendid
their stay.

M.

Kinard, and these

have

barristers
legal

They

built

Presbyterian church, Sunday morning,

known

as law-

February i8th, the

being considered a

fine,

address

attractive

condensed account of conditions in
Porto Rico before and after 1898.

during

clientele

are

up

.

’06, Creasy,

a full-fledged

yers whose future is assured and of
whose ability there is no que.stion ”
Brooke,
Walter S. The
’05,
Bloomsburg friends of Walter S.
Brooke will be glad to learn he was
recently promoted to the position
of assistant manager of the art de-

ed

partment of the Pennsylvania Railways Advertising Company, one of
the largest concerns of the kind in
the country, all of which is grati-

fosa,

offices at

.street,

Raymond
M.

31

C., is

now

D., and has open-

South Washington

The

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

doc-

upon implicitly to
meet the demands of his

tor can be relied
faithfully

profession.
’07, Llewellyn, Llewellyn N.
heard the other day, perhaps

We
siib

the engagement of Mr.

that

Llewellyn and Miss A. Louise Slo-

fying evidence of the fact the young

had been announced.
Bierman, Ethel, has gone to
Wilmington, Del., where she has

man’s

accepted a position as teacher in

ability

being recognized.

is

— Morning Press, Jan.

household economics

?/.

at the

Dela-

’04)

of

home

in

McBride, Charles, principal

ents in Bloom.sburg, February 2 2d.

David K. (Sp. C. P,)

and wife (Irene
Pottstown, will

Ikeler,

make

their

the near future at Berwick, Pa.

of

’08,

’09,

ware Industrial School for Girls.
’09, Ruhl, Jessie, and W. McKelvy Reber (Sp. C. ’99) were mar-

’05, Sloan,

’06,

cum,

the

Hemlock Township High

School, has accepted the position of

“Unowned by Geo. B.

general superintendent of the
cle John’’ farm,

Markle

of Hazleton.

Mr. McBride,

ried at the

The

home

of the bride’s par-

ring ceremony of the

Presby-

church was read by Rev.
Spencer C. Dickson, pastor of the
P'irst Presbyterian church of town.
terian

Added

impressiv-eness

was given

THE

12

the ceremony by reason of

N. S.

B. S.

sim-

its

QUARTERLY.

the .school catalog this j^ear, and in
consequence copies of the catalog
will not be sent to graduates except

which was witnessed only
by the immediate families of the
bride and groom and a few intimate
friends. The bride and groom were

siring

unattended.

therefore address the Registrar

After an extended wedding trip
they returned to Bloomsburg and
have gone to housekeeping at 139

will be glad to

List, a

news number

West Fifth

TERLY

will be mailed to

plicity,

street.

j

upon request.
copies

Those
of

specially de-

^

the catalog will

who

supply their needs.
In the absence of the Alumni
of the
all

Quar-

1

*

|

,

>

graduj

Leister,

’ll,

Word
burg

Marion

(Sp. C.)

has been received in Bloomsof

Leister,

the engagement of

now

of

Mr. Walter C. Sanders

The wedding

Miss

Norfolk, Va.,

will

to

of that city.

probably

and a specially good
Alumni number is promised for this
time, ij you will send us the ?iezus.
Changes of address are particularly
ates

in July,

desired.

take

Locals.

place in April.

Mr. Sanders is the son of Mr
and Mrs. M. C. Sanders, of Colonia, a fashionable suburb of Nor-

He

folk.

is

a graduate of Ea.stman

New

College,

York, and with his

father, is associated in

many

busi-

ness interests in Norfolk.

Young, Hannah, (Music.)
came to the Normal
about the last of January of the
death of Miss Hannah Young, of
’12,

The

sad news

Hazleton, a music student at the
school during the school

year of

and who was a student
at the school until the Christmas
vacation.
She had expected to return after Christmas to complete
her music studies here, but illness

Po.sitive wet, comparative wetter,
superlative, April 1912.

* **
.

.

Rather rough on base ball so far.
Coach Weimer expects to charter a
fleet of sea-going steam tugs for the
use of the ball team on Mt. Olympus
if the present weather holds.
* ^
base ball team will appear
this spring in new suits of brown
gray flannel with maroon stockings,
belt and cap visor.
A six inch B
in maroon on the left breast completes a uniform unusually neat and

The

1910-1911

effective.

prevented her return.

Preparations are going on for an
Indoor Class Track Meet. Preliminaries will be run off through the
term and the finals will be held on
Class Day, Tuesday, June 25th.
A new silver cup will be awarded
as a permanent troph>' on which
will be engraved each year the name
and class of the individual securing

Funeral

ser-

vices were held at Seigfried, January 29th.
It

has been

Alumni

decided

that

the

List will not be included in

the highest
contest.

number of

points in this

1

I

Commencement Week
j^iiccalaiireate

Events, 1912

Sermon, Sunday, 3:30 P. M., June 23rd,

Drama by Middle

Class (’13) Monday, 8:15 P. M,, June

2Jth.
Field Day, Tuesday, 10:00 A. M.,

June

25tli.

Ivy Day Exereises (’12) Tuesday, 1:00 P. M., June 25th.
Class Reunions Tuesday, 2:00 to 5:00 P.

Class

Day

M.,

June 25th.

Exercises (’12) Tuesday, 8:15 P. M., June 25th.

Commencement, Wednesday, 10:00 A.

M.,

June 26th.

'

THE

'Entered as second-class matter July
•

i,

1900, at the post office at

under the Act of July

Commencement

NO. 4

The

much

ceremonies of the
ended were especyear
just
school
ially interesting, and in every case
From the Senior
well attended.
Saturday evenof
the
Music Recital
closing

to

the very

teachers’ course,

preparatory,
cial,

The Middlers

presented

“Pyg-

for the usual

malion and Galatea”
drama, and acquitted themselves
with great credit to themselves and
their

instructress.

Miss

Ellis,

and

much to the pleasure
commencement crowd.

stu-

ten

'

the

college

fourteen the commer-

and six the music course.

The commencement

The

Waller, Jr.

originality in evidence in the

ation, of which number one hundred and sixty-two completed the

minute.

J.

emwith

One hundred and ninety-two

I

D.

numbers

dents received certificates of gradu-

final

Baccalaureate Sermon was_
preached to the Senior class by Dr.

usual

the History and Presentations.

Alumni Banquet on Commencement
Day itself .everything swept smoothand swiftly

the

productions of those responsible for

ing preceding, to the close of the

ly

Night program

Class

braced

The

Bloomsburg, Pa.

16. 1894.,”

JULY, 1912

VOL. XVII

1

j

S

B. S. N.

address

was

very acceptably delivered by City

Superintendent James M. Coughlin
of Wilkes-Barre, a former teacher
of the school, and no stranger to a

Normal audience.

Prospects for Next Year.

contributed
of the

Alumni Reunions, reported on a later page, marked
Tuesday of commencement week.

The

usual

The Seniors
program on

held the annual Ivy

this

day

also,

and plant-

ed ivy liberally along the north end
of the chapel building.

“The king
king

!”

is

dead, long live the

Close upon the hurry of a

closing year begin the plans for the

coming one. Mr. F. H. Jenkins,
the ever busy Registrar, reports
that advance engagements of rooms
for a fall term have never been so
numerous as at present.

THE

2

and

Paint

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY

Alumni.

Plaster.

The Quarterly

“What an

awful mess

!’’

to be sure, the ceiling’s off

Yes,

and the

up and wires and pipes
are dangling.
But the first floor
main entrance corridor will be in
harmony w'ith the business offices
floors are

and the new dining room, before
vacation days are over.
That’s

why

desires to hear from
the institution. Please
consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your classmates.
Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box
all

Alumni

No

203.

General Alumni Meeting

things are so torn up just now.

Have

to be up-to-date at

Blooms-

burg.

BLOOMSBURG BOYS AT COLLEGE.

of

At

and Banquet.

precisely'

ternoon of

o’clock in the af-

i

Commencement

dat' the

Alumni Association was called to
order by President Geo. E. Elwell
’67, in the Auditorium.
This was
unquestionably' the largest annual

meeting of the Association, about

From
came

the various colleges reports

in last

month

that were most

three hundred
is

being present.
gratifying

particularly'

to

It

the

gratif3’ing concerning college hon-

trustees, faculty

ors and credits gained

the Association to note the increas-

and members of

by Bloomsburg trained students. Those boys
must have worked hard, but it
made everj'one feel good just when

ness was

the

class of 1912 in all

trying

duties of

the

spring

term were driving us the worst.
Well done, boys, but another crop
will be heard from later.
It’s a
habit the Bloomsburg bo}"s have.

ing interest taken in

The

meeting.

SCHOLARSHIP FUND.

to, and the
departments was
membership without

the payment of current dues.
Election

of

resulted

officers

the election of the following

:

George E. Elwell; vice

dent, Dr. D.
1910

usual order of busi-

attended

first

admitted to

dent,

CLASS OF

the annual

J.

Waller

;

in

Presipresi-

recording

scholarship fund for the assistance

Johnson corresponding secretary, George E. Wilbur
treasurer, H. G. Supplee
executive committee, O. H. Bakeless, C. H. Albert, Mrs. F. H. Jenkins, Miss Maude Smith and Miss

of worthy individuals desiring Nor-

Hattie Carpenter.

The
first

class of 1910 celebrated their

reunion

bj’

the school the

mal School

leaving in trust to

sum

training.

of

$100 as a

secretary,

S.

J.

;

;

In response to calls of the president

THE

B.

S

Dr. H.
responded
Vaughn,
.Mattie
Miss
Bierman,
’82;Supt. C. \V. Derr, ’95; Geo. H.

the following

’05;

Mi.ss

Hannah

Breece,

’79; Charles Hendricks, ’92; William Shaffer, ’92; Miss Jessie Gilchrist, ’97.
Others were scheduled

QUARTERLY

S.

3

SEASON OF SPEECH MAKING.

;

’82;

Webber,

N.

George E. Elwell, president
the Association,

of

presided over the

session of after dinner

speechmak-

and greatly appreciated. A
very delightful hour was passed,
the members declaring the meeting

and it required little of his wit
Such as
to keep the ball a- rolling.
was necessarj", however, was forthcoming, as always.
William E. Traxler, ’05, discussed “Our Science Department
Miss Margaret Lewis, ’87, Scranton, had for her subject “NormaPs
Honored Guests,” Miss Marie L.
Diem, ’02, of Scranton, dwelling

to be the be.st ever held.

especiall}’

announcement
Alumni banquet was about

for speeches, but the

that the

to be served

necessitated

adjourn-

All the addresses were ex-

ment.
cellent

ing,

upou“The Classof 1902;”
“Our Dramatists and Orators” was

THE BANQUET.
With accommodations provided

the subject of the response of Miss

hundred guests, so great
was the interest that a last minute
hurry call for additional seats was
sent out, with tw'enty accommodated on the porch adjoining the
dining hall— and thus the largest
banquet in the history of the Alumni Association was held.

K. Maude Smith, ’87, while James
C. Brown, one of the trustees, very

for five

Then

“Our Dowdth Miss
Marguerite Seibel speaking in be‘half of the “Class of 1912.”

appropriately discussed

Science

mestic

Altogether,

some menu discussed while the
chestra played

or-

was a delightful

affair.

followed the serving of the

banquet, with the following tooth-

it

Girl,”

CLASS REUNIONS

On Tuesday
the

class

afternoon, June 25tli,

reunions were held and

were exceptionally enthusiastic and

:

MENU.

largely

Oranges with Cherries
Olives
Sweet Pickles
Chicken Salad

attended.

The

colors

of

the various classes wefc profusely

used

in the

decorations.

Among

Saratoga Potatoes
Buttered Buns

the alumni present, entertained by
older classes holding reunions, were

Butter Thins Coffee Water Thins
Sweitzer Cheese
Neapolitan Ice Cream

Lorena G. Evans ’75, Alice E.
Wilson ’75, Anna Bittenbender

Cold

Ham

Fancy Cakes

Mixed Nuts
Mints

Oranges

Bananas
Coffee

(Jenkins) ’75, Frances E. Searle
(Hayes) ’78, Hannah E. Breece
’79, Louisa Robbins ’79, and others.

To

the class of 1882 w’ent the hon-

THE

4
ors of being the

oldest

for their reunion.

tertained

in

made

the class

Twenty

held forth.

returned

for

reunion.

The

25 years ago,

'was

fifth

Normal

snow
of ’87

twenty-

poem, read

again

read by

Mary Mathias (Herman}’).

Solos

life

and pledging anew

the class and activity for
“old Normal.’’
The present offi-

loj’alty to

and

were continued

as life officers'

are;

President. Leslie B. Seeley, Secretary, Sue Bodmer, Treas-

Ralph Sands.

urer,

There was

a

fine attendance.

a class of

of

their

class

of

QUARTERLY.

cers

w'hite bunting,

beautiful decorations

Room A where

forty

back

dinner by

the class colors, with imitation
flowers

N. S.

(Sterner).

Yellow' and

’87.

class

S.

Thej’ were en-

at a 6 o’clock

Nora Finney

B.

There was no formal pro-

’02.

gram
its

carried out by this class, but

informal doings were ver\’ en-

joyable and delightful.

They

ar-

were sung by Maud Smith and Or-

ranged for their fifteenth reunion
in 1917, which, one member of the

val Yetter, and the Class President,

class said,

made an

\V. C. Johnston,

address.

Toasts were responded to by C.
H. Reynolds, R. T. Farver and
Charles Taylor.

No

’92.

carried out

the

formal

by the

program was
class

of

1892,

afternoon being given over to

There was

“Will be a hummer.’’
a large attendance.

1907

IMembers of the class of
were back in force for their

fifth

year reunion, with Miss Mar-

’07.

garet Daile}-, of Steelton, presiding
in the enforced absence of the pres-

by Hattie RingMabel Westover
(Huff).
Letters were read from
many absent members, and plans

DeWire. The followa committee to arrange for the ten-year banquet in
1917: Misses Gertrude Gross, Gertrude Vance and Helen Moyer, of
Bloomsburg; Miss Margaret Daile}’,

made

of Steelton;

reminiscences and impromptu addresses, with solos

rose (Knies) and

for

a

big twenty-fifth re-

union in 1917 with the committee of
arrangements consisting of Dr. T.
L. Deavor, Syracuse, N. Y., C. G.
Hendricks, Selinsgrove, and Anna
Wilkes-Barre.

Stair,

This

proposes to take care of

its

Alumni columns
Quarterly.

ment

in the

class

departof the

This enthusiastic class had
good time, midst its colors
of red and blue, in relating person’97.

a royal

al

experiences,

recalling incidents

ident, Harr}’

ing were

named

Miss

Ada

Mitchell, of

Parsons; Dudley C. Levan, of Cat-

and William Moyer of
Bloomsburg. Officers were re-elected as follows:
Harry DeWire,
president; Miss Margaret Dailey,
vice president; Dudley Levan, treasurer; Miss Bertha Bacon, secretary.
The members sang the class song
beneath the class colors of blue and
white, and several informal addressAmong those preses were made.
ent from a great distance were W.

awissa,

THE

B. S. N. S.

Kirkwood, Mo.. AntoSan Juan, P. R.,
Wendt (Webber) Summer-

QUARTERLY

5

Peas

C. Levan,

Rodriguez,

nio

Lillian

Sweet Pickles

Olives

Buttered Buns

ville, S. C.

’lo.

Pineapple Salad

most largely

Ahvaj’s the

attended of

all

reunions

is

Butter Thins

Saltines

that of a

back after two years, and this
was no exception, for 19 ro
members were to be seen on all

Ice

Cream

class
j’ear

program was the
most elaborate of any attempted

Coffee

In these reunions one class ought

sides, while their

during

The “gym.”

day.

the

where they held forth was beautifully decorated in red and black
bunting and streamers, with class

Nuts

Cakes

not to be omitted.

It

has a reunion

each Commencement, and always
has 66^ per cent, of its membership present. It istheclassof 1867.
The members are David J. Waller,

and Geo. E. El well

Blooms-

of

pennants prominent, while the following post prandial was enjoyed;
“Our Class,” Charles Morris, president; solo. Miss Blanche Brown;

Jr.,

“Old Friends,” Miss Mary Lowry;
Miss Margaret Oliver;
“Gentlemen,” Miss Sarah Bond;

Bloomsburg Literary Institute in
June, 1867, and all of its members

piano solo.

“Ladies,” Charles Potter; solo.
Miss Ethel Andrews; “Being Happy,” Miss Agnes Freas. During
the serving of the menu an orches-

burg, and Charles Unangst of

York. This class was the
to complete the course

entered college that

The
reunion

We

’ll.

Although the

was not scheduled

class of 19 ii

for

a

reunion,

one

at

the

fall.

privilege of joining in the
of

any or

cheerfull)’ accorded

tra furnished music.

New

first

regret that in

all

classes

is

them.
the foregoing

accounts of the reunions

we have

not the space to publish the names

who were

but the

brought
them back, almost a hundred strong
and to Columbia Park the}^ hied
themselves Tuesday afternoon and

of

had a delightful

joyous of the functions of Com-

their

love for the school

The menu

picnic.

serv^ed at the

various

all

present,-

number has become

so large that

it

impracticable to do so.

These
reunions are the most pleasant and

is

mencement Week.

banquets was as follows:

THE MENU.
Oranges with Cherries
Cold
Veal Loaf

Creamed

New

Potatoes

The classes to hold reunions next
commencement are ’73, ’78, ’83,

Ham

in several of

and

’ii,

and

them committees

are

’88, ’93, ’98, ’03, ’08,

THE

6

already busily engaged

B. S. N. S.

preparing

QUARTERLY
her death came as a shock to her
famil3'.

therefor.

Besides her husband she

Miss Jessie Fleckenstine
several years has been

trained nurse at the

who

for

the efficient

Normal School

married Monda\’, June 3rd to
Rev. W. S. Gearhart, pastor of the

w’as

Reformed church at Orangeville,
Pa.
The wedding was held at the

home

of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Sa-

rah Snyder Bittenbender, BloomsRev. A. Houtz, assistburg. Pa.
ed by Rev. \V. C. Slough,

officiat-

ed.

Miss Mary I. Ellis; The following announcement has been receiv-

and Mrs. Wesley Ellis
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary Isabel, to Mr. Austin Slausen Basten, on Wednesday,
July the third, one thousand nine
hundred and twelve. New York
ed.

Mr.

Cit3’.

Ben-

jamin Wilbur, of South Shaftsbur3",
N. H., and Kenneth Rodgers, of
Philadelphia.
Also one sister, Mrs.
Paul E. Wirt, and one brother, —
Charles W. Funston,
both of
Bloomsburg.

The bod3’ was brought to Bloomsburg Monday, June 24, and was
accompanied b3* members of her
famil3’ and friends from Germantown. From the depot the body
was taken to Roseniont cemetery
where interment was made.
The services were in charge of
the Rev.
St. Paul’s
’75,

W.

J.

Biggies,

rector of

Episcopal church.

Evans, Lorena G. of Harris-

burg. has been visiting friends in

Bloomsburg.
er of

German

Miss Evans
in

High School, and

the

is

teach-

Capitol Cit3"

for a

number

of

years was teacher of higher mathe-

Miss Ellis has for two 3'ears,
with exceptional abilit3’, conducted
the work in Reading, Literature

and

sur-

is

vived by one daughter, Mrs.

Elocution

School.

It

another to

will

fill

in

be

at

in

in the

German3'.

for

er in Alaska, left her position April

’79, Breece,

15th,

by permission

of

the

Com-

missioner of Education in order to

Funston (Rodgers)E.

Lillian

(Sp. course), died suddenly at her
home in Germantown, Philadelphia, on Friday, June 21.

While

Mrs. Rodgers had been a sufferer
frorn heart disease for

German language

Miss

school.

a special course

Mr. and
Dorrance-

ton. Pa.
’73,

the same

Evans took

Hannah, who is in
the government employ as a teach-

difficult

her place.

Mrs. Basten will reside

Normal

the

matics in

some

3’ears,

visit

her old

home and

friends.

She reached Bloomsburg, June 12.
Enroute she spent a ver3* enjoyable
week in Seattle as the guest of the
Hon. E. H. Guie, Coll. Prep. ’85,
and famil3L formerly of Catawdssa.

THE
She

also spent a

home

Rev.

of

few

B. S. N. S.

at the

da}-s

Cole, of

C. P.

Mc-

QUARTERLY

7

Grand Army

of the Republic.

Brugler,

’82,

Rev.

Charles E.

Mimiville, Oregon, and a three days’

(Sp. course) and his wife spent a

With

day and night in Bloomsburg, in
Ma3% visiting relatives and friends.
He is rector of the Episcopal church
at Port Chester, N. Y.
He and
Mrs. Brugler are touring through
Pennsylvania in a Maxwell car.

Washington, D. C.

stay at

the exception of these visits Miss

Breece has been on the journey or
waiting in isolated places for steamer or for storms to abate, ever since

her start from

the Inland

Indian

where she had been teachShe is well and is only too

village,

ing.

happy

again be with

to

Clerk of Delta, Col.

sure she will pardon us

all

familiar

you

years of

Alaska

Miss Breece has given sever-

life.

is Cit}'

her old

friends and to look into
faces after eight

Halstead, (Sanders) Camilla

’82,

M.

interesting

addresses on

portion

to read a

written April 30th

I

am

we allow

if

of

a

letter

;

“I came to Delta, Colorado in the

customs and habits of the natives and her experiences among them.

which place I am still
and as I love Colorado,
suppose it w’ill always be my home.
My beloved husband w^as called

Herring, Grants, a promin-

by death, three years ago, leaving

al

ver}'

Alaska, the

’79,

life,

3'ear ’95 at

residing,

now

ent attorney having offices at Sun-

three

bury.

twenty-five >'ears of age,»and two

Pa.

also

president

of

the

board of trustees of the Shamokin
Hospital, set sail from

New York

City on the 29th of June on an extensive tour of

Europe and expects

one

children,

daughters,

son,

and

twenty-one

respectively.

One

nine

darling boy

of

four went to heaven ten years ago.
I

am now

my

serving

second

the former judge will spend some

term as City Clerk.
You know
here is where the women get their
“Rights”.
However I am not ex-

time with his daughter Miss Laura,

actly a

rights

woman, but

pursuing a course in
music in Germany, preparatory to
going on the grand opera stage.
Hjs other daughter, Mildred accom-

have alwaj's taken part

in the fight

be gone the greater part of three
months. During his stay abroad

to

’04, w’ho is

woman’s

against saloons.

Ourcit}^

’83,

was married June

Beebe (Hemstraut) Emorilla
resides at Binghamton, N. Y., and
is busily engaged in many of the

Rupert, of Bloomsburg.

activities of that city.

dent of the

Woman’s

She

is

presi-

Relief Corps,

to be.”

Jacoby, Bessie H. (Sp.course)

panied him.
’82,

is strictly

“dry” and always expects

3,

to

Henry M.
The mar-

was solemnized at the rectory
Luke’s Episcopal Church,
Scranton, the rector Rev. John K.
riage

of St.

Skilton officiating.

THE

8

B.

S.

Both bride and groom are well
and favorabl}' known, the bride
being an employee of the Bloomsburg post office for the last 23 3’ears
and the groom the railwa}^ mail
clerk on the Bloomsburg & Sulli-

They

van Railroad.
Bloomsburg.

reside

in

course)

of

candidate

Congress

for

New York

Fourth

the

in

A

district.

re-

Brooklyn Tunes
complimentary
terms
very
speaks in
character
and
busiof John’s life,
predicts
his
elecness ability, and
cent issue of

the

tion.
’84,

Mansell (McKee) Dr. Mary

is

Neuropathy in Newark,
She has been engaged in

practicing

N.

J.

this profession nearly

and

is

eight

years

meeting with good success.

She was injured

in the recent

dis-

on the D. L. & W. Railroad
near Corning, N. Y., how seriously
we have been unable to learn. Her
aster

address
ark,

N.

is

459 High Street,

New-

J.

’87, Cool, Norman G. and Mrs.
Florence Hess Cool ’88 attended

the

commencement

exercises, their

son Harold L,. Cool being a
ber of the graduating class.
celebrated

the

memMr.

twenty-fifth

Cool
anniversary of his graduation.
’88,

morning

\Ve take the following

from the Mornuig Press, June 5
Mrs.
George
Death claimed
:

Sponsler of Mifflinville,

at

i

:30 o’clock,

from

yesterday

after

an

months duration

illness of several

rheumatism.
was one of the
most widely’ known and highly resciatic

Mrs. Sponsler

women

spected
in

which she

daughter of the

years of age,

late Dr.

J.

resident

of

entire

community
She was forty-

of the

lived.

Montgomery and

H.

Mifflinville

a

during her

life.

Following treatment
lantic City sanatorium

an Atwinter

at

last

her condition showed much improvement and her recover}’ was
expected.
However, she suffered
a relapse a few weeks ago and since
last Friday her condition had been
extremely critical. In addition to
her husband,
at

who conducts

Dime Ridge, she

one

sister.

a store

survived

is

by

Miss Sarah Montgomery

of Mifflinville.

The

funeral

was held Saturday

afternoon, June 8th, and was largely

The

were in
Waller
of the
J.
State Normal School.
Interment
was made at Berwick.
attended.

services

charge of Dr. D.

’88, Davis, R.

N. (State

teacher of sciences in the

Certif.)

Dunmore

High School, has been appointed
Curator of the Everhart Museum
good salary. Mr.

at Scranton, at a

Davis has taught

Montgomery (Sponsler)

Florence.

QUARTERLY

S.

five

John C. (Sp.
Brooklj-n, N. Y., is a

Creveling,

’83,

N.

in the schools of

Lackawanna county

He

years.
his

new

’8q,

is

for twenty-five

finely

equipped for

position.

Rawlings,

Guy

(sp. cour.se)

While picking cherries

in

Palmer

THE
township, Lehigh count)

B. S.

N.

June
from the tree, fracturing his
spine and died almost instantly.
The body was brought to Bloomsburg and the funeral was held from
i8,

,

fell

the

home

of his mother,

Mrs. Eliz-

abeth Rawlings, June 20th.

Keen, Dr.

’90,

course)

(sp.

died at the

home of her sister, Mrs. Dollie
Keen Davenport, Philadelphia, Pa.,
Sunday evening, April 21st. Funeral and burial took place at Phil-

We

adelphia, April 24.

received the

have not
her

particulars of

ill-

She was a gradu-

ness and death.

ate of the Philadelphia School of
Osteopathy, and had established a

the city of

large practice in

Pitts-

burg.
’91, Black,

the
ing,

Mae

V.,

lectured

at

Normal School Saturday evenJune

on the subject of

15th,

teacher’s pensions and tenure of office.

The address was

preciated.

Miss Black

under the auspices

League

greatly apis

working

of the Teacher’s

of Pennsylvania, of

which

Miss Katharine Longshore, also of
’91, is president.
’91,

Lesher,

Anna

F., is

princi-

High School at Republic,
She is also taking special

pal of the

Mich.

work

at Chicago University, and
hopes to receive a diploma therefrom in August.

Brodhead, L. B., (Feg. Normal Course ’98) was married Tuesday, June 18, 1912 to Miss Eva
’92,

Helen

Rogers,

Catawba

QUARTERLY

Ohio.

about
’93,

And

9

this

Island,

is

we know

all

it.

Drumm,

,W.

H.,

has for

some time been connected with the
Susquehanna Silk Mills Co., and
on January last was made manager
of their mills

Bertha V.,

of Pittsburg,

S.

located at

Sunbury,
Lewistown,
Marion, Ohio. His ad-

Jersey Shore, Milton,
Pa.,

and

dress

at

is:

care Susquehanna

Silk

Sunbury, Pa.
’93, Thomas, Richard M.
The
following clipping was received May
Mills,

6,

but

we

are not certain as to the

paper from which

it

was taken nor

the date.

The wedding

of Miss Marjorie

H.
and Mrs.
Charles Clay of Halifax, England,
to Capt. Richard M. Thomas, who
Clay, daughter of

Mr.

stationed at Fort Oglethorpe,
Georgia, took place last evening at

is

8 o’clock

in the Church of the
Heavenly Rest. The bride arrived
yesterday on the Mauretania accompanied by her brother, Bernard

who gave her in marriage.
The Rev. Herbert Shipman per-

Clay,

formed the ceremony, which was
witnessed by relatives of the bridegroom and a few intimate friends.
Dr. George E. Pfahler of Philadelphia acted as best man.
After the ceremony there was a
small bridal dinner

Martinique.

at the Hotel
Later the couple left

on their honeymoon, after which
they will go to Fort Oglethorpe.
Capt.

Thomas

William

is

the son of the late

M. Thomas

of

Wilkes-

THE

lO

Barre, Penn’a., and for the last four
3’ears

Point.
’93,

at

West

R. N.

In a

has been on dutj’

B..,

Miss Kurtz says;

i,

“The Quarterly trul}^ inspired
me todajL it reached me before giving my first lecture and I know
that

I

taught a

little

better toda}'.”

Kurtz is superintendent of
Nurses, Manhattan State Hospital.
She was a delegate, representing
her own A. A. and that of King’s
count}', at the annual convention
of the American Nurses Association
which convened in Chicago June
3-8.
She expected to visit the
Normal on her trip, but something

Miss

prevented.

Geo. E. has ofSpruce Street, Phila-

’94, Pfahler, Dr.
fices at 1321

delphia, and
profession.

of

June

of the

ried

April 6th to

home wedding.

is

State College this June

says:

“It

is

a noticeable fact that grad-

Normal School who go
complete their edu-

high in their classes and in a large

number

a graduate

of instances, as

’00,

Gorrey, Katherine, was marin

ried

St.

Columba’s Catholic

church,

morning, June 26th,

at

the rating de-

reside

er

No. 5935 Addison Avenue.
’96,

Barton,

Harr}' S.

It

June

15th.

in

at

Harry

Wednesday
to Thomas J.

o’clock

Edwin Burhard officiating. They
make their home in Milton

where Mr. Carline holds

is

Company G,

2th regt. National Guards of Pa.,

was mustered

7

will

.

1

at

Carline of Milton, Pa., Rev. Fath-

Pennsylvania R.

Capt. Barton now.

off

class honors.’’

At present he

They

was shown

this year at State College carry

quiet

tism cannot follow his profession.

R., at Philadelphia.

as

Ivy oration on class day; Charles
C. Fritz, ’07 graduated in the
course in Forestry.
A local paper

Medico-Chi in Denbut on account of rheuma-

partment of the

was mar-

valedictorian of his class; Jose Osuna ’06 was selected to deliver the

of Philadelphia

is in

J.,

Miss Helen Gor-

cation as a rule rank exceptionally

EarlM. was marMiss Ethel Engle
Earl

it.

Dennis, Lindley H., gradu-

’99,

ated at

to colleges to

was a

will

don Schuyler, of Philadelphia. They
reside in Philadelphia where Mr.
Lawall is employed by the United
Gas Company of that city.

re-

It

means

Lawall, Harold

’96,

The Quarterly

ist to

G

2th regt., but of the Third

uates of the

Philadelphia.

tistry,

1

brigade, and he

his

’95, Creveling,

Company

be the “crack company’’ not simply

in

verj" bus}^

is

turns thanks for favor received.
ried

Captain by a two-thirds majority.
proceeded to get busy at once,

He

he declares that

f

Kurtz, Ella

kind letter Ma>'

QUARTERLY

B. S. N. S.

Bloomsburg
was elected

.

a lucrative

•

position.
'

’00, Jones,

Walter H.

the following from

We

clip

commencement

notes in a local paper:

THE
B. S. N. S.

B.

S.

QUARTERLY,

QUARTERLY

N. S.

est plant of the

Published by the

tric

BLOOMSBURG LITERARY INSTITUTE
and state normal school.
PA.

j.

G E. Wilbur,
Swartz.
Myrtle
'

C. Foote.

W. B

Ralph,
Pa.,

teaching at

spent a few days

town the last week in June, and
then went on to Plainfield, N. J.,
where he will be employed as a

in

Editorial Staff,
Joseph H. Dennis,

Philadelphia Elec-

in that city.

Smith,

Greensburg,

OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT,

BLOOMSBURG,

Companj'

’01,

I I

Sutliff.

teacher in a

summer

school.

He

expects to return to Greensburg in

“One

of

Normal boys who

the

got the glad hand wherever he appeared was “Snooze” Jones of the

now Walter H.

1900, but

class of

Jones, cashier of

the Electric City

Bank, Scranton, and every inch a

With him in his car in
which they made the trip was his
wife, and Evan S. Jones, president
of the Washburn- Williams Lumber
Company of Scranton and the lathustler.

Harry, is now at
has charge of
one of the three departments of the
’00,

Keefer,

He

Sales Department of the American

Car and Foundry Co.
’01,

fall.

Leighow, Sara, died at her
home in Northumberland, Thursday afternoon, Maj' 30th, after an
illness of several months.
She had
neuritis
and Bright’s disea.se to
which a stroke of paralysis was added about a week before she died.
She taught almost continuously
’o-',

since graduation,

this last year at

Hasbrouck Heights, N.

J.

On

ac-

count of illness she resigned this

ter’s wife.”

Berwick, Pa.

the

Follmer, Gertrude.

The

en-

gagement of Miss Gertrude Follmer and Arthur Lowry, both of

March and returned to
Northumberland. The funeral was
held Sunday, June 2nd, and was
very largely attended.
Interment
in Riverview cemetery, Northum-

position last

berland.
’03, Miller,

John M.

(sp. course)

of Shaw’auo, Wisconsin,

is

now con-

Berwick, has been announced.
’01, Ridge, W. W., who for the
past three years has been principal

ducting a jewelry store in Suring,
Wis., and is doing well.

of Centralia schools, has been elect-

Prep.

ed to the principalship of the public
schools at Gilberton.
’01, F'unk,

are spending

Elwell and his wife

two weeks with the
N. U. Funk at

former’s father,

Espy. Mr. Funk is assistant superintendent of Station A, the larg-

McLinn, George (Sp. Coll.
We clip this from a local
paper May 15th
“George Mc’03,

)

;

Linn, a former resident of Bloomsburg, has made himself famous in
sporting circles.

He

is

the sport-

ing editor of the Philadelphia Press
and writes over the signature of

“Mr. Wiseguy,” and

his writings

THE

12

B.

S.

N.

are considered authoritative by the

S.

QUARTERLY.
’04,

Derr (Sked)

sporting fraternit}' and the readers
of the Press.
He has just added to

following

his laurels by being elected president of the “Philadelphia Sporting
Writers’ Association.’’

stork left

McBride-Det\’itt ’04

’04,

(mu-

is

home

of

Sked, on Franklin avenue, Frida}'
morning, April 5th, and congratu-

and Mrs. A. M. Dewitt, on June
22.
Both Miss Dewitt and Mr.
McBride are graduates of the Normal School, and Mr. McBride of
State College.
Mr. McBride has
charge of the George B. Markle
farm known as “Uncle John’s
Farm’’ at Espy. Repudlicayi.
’04, Robison, Emily (Coll Prep.
’05) recently returned from Urbana,
111. where she has been taking a two

generation.’’

course in Scientific Library

Management.
Since leaving the
Normal Miss Robison has taken the
four years Classical Course in
three years and

gree of A. B.

Tem-

work

ple University doing the

in

receiving the de-

She

will

summer with her mother

spend the
Blooms-

in

burg and then take a position

in a

William K. (Sp.
was married May 9th
Miss Ruth Long of Bond, Mary-

’04,

Creasy,

Coll. Prep.)

to

and best wishes of all are
being showered on the parents that
the lusty

fellow

little

wise and famous in

The
called

aforesaid

will

his

grow up
day and

“little fellow’’

is

Wilson Derr Sked.

’04, Meixell,

(Kirkendall) Bessie.

While driving in company of her
husband, Horton Kirkendall, and
Mrs. Theodore Meixell from Beach
Haven to Berwick at 7 o’clock
Wednesday morning, June 9th, the
horse became uncontrollable and vicious, Mrs. Kirkeunall was thrown
from the carriage, striking upon
her head and shoulders. Her neck
was broken and skull fractured at
the base of the brain, death
instantaneous.

being

The sudden and

untimely death cast a gloom over
She and Mr.
this entire section.
about
Kirkendall were married
three years ago, and had been residing at Berwick.

library.

the

N. J. Po “The
a nine-pound boy at the
Mr. and Mrs. Norman

lations

3'ears

The

Pennington,

Announcement has been made
of the wedding of Aliss Lois Dewitt
and Charles G. McBride at the
home of the bride’s parents, Mr.

sic).

Bessie.

clipping from

a

The}' had but

one child who
Funeral services were held from
the Meixell home, near Hick’s
died soon after birth.

inception

Ferry, Friday afternoon, June 21st,
and were very largely attended.

while the contracting parties were
students at Susquehanna Univer-

April 17th to Miss Pearl Kevser of

sity.

Mainville.

land.

This

is

the culmination of a

romance which had

its

’05,

Gruver, Ezra,

was married

The couple went

to

THE

and were married by

Pa.,

Lititz,

the Rev. John

W. Woehrle

position with

spoiusible

Match Co.,
Keyser for

years

They

’05,

of

Bloomsburg.

the

will reside

Bloomsburg.
Drum, Warren.

A

church,

’

she

II,

known

of the well

6:30

B}'ers,

officiating.

is

convalescing,

Prof.

J.

I.

ander of Wilkes-Barre, and

Alexis

as-

the Wj^oming Naof that city.

sistant teller in

Bank

’05,

Mae H.

Wolf,

day, June

19,

at

Mae Wolf became

On Wednes-

high noon.

Miss

the bride of Mr.

Jacob K. Klegman. The ceremony
was performed in Mosebach’s ParPhiladelphia, by Dr. Henr}Berkowitz of that city, only the
immediate families of both sides
being present
Following the cerlor,

Glenn,

is

Biological department of the

in the

Yonk-

N. Y. High School. He is a
graduate of Syracuse University,
class of 1911, with the Ph. B. and
Ped. B. degrees, and a member of
Honorarj" Pedagogical Fraternity
Delta Sigma Epsilon.
Mr. Blaisdell was married August 16, 1911
to Miss Lida E. North, BinghamAddress, 10 Highland
ton, N. Y.
avenue, Yonkers, N. Y.

ers,

With

at

Edw.

J.

and complete recovery seems to be
assured.
Mr. Alexander is a son

tional

Columbia University the early part of Jul)', where
he will take the summer course and
possibly finish specializing in math-

’05,

July

ing,

Kingston public

’05, Blaisdell, J.

m.. Rev.

mer home, where her illness developed into typhoid fever. We are
very glad to state that at this writ-

pects to leave for

•

p.

pastor of the

couple of years, ex-

of the
a

’

o’clock

local pa-

has had charge of the Commercial

ematics.

eran church, Bloomsburg,

ing an immediate return to her for-

sa}'s:

Department

The marriage was

Wilkes-Barre.

solemnized in St. Matthew’s Luth-

at

our townsman,

schools for

13

on Iron

three

“Warren Drum, son of
A. A. Drum, of
Iron street, who is a graduate of
the
Bloomsburg High School,
Bloomsburg State Normal School
and of a Business College, and who

per

QUARTERLY

While on their wedding trip Mrs.
Alexander was taken ill necessitat-

last

postmistress

been

has

Mainville
street,

a form-

Mr, Gruver holds a rethe Fred

er pastor.

Fear
Miss

B. S. N. S.

Gunton, Jean,

(sp. course.)

a very elaborate wedding Miss
Jean Gunton was married June 8th
to Mr. Theodore Alexander, of

emony

a private family dinner

was

served, after w'hich the happ}^ couple left for a short trip.
their

home

at

128 N.

They make
Rock street,

Shamokin, Pa.
’06,

W. Raymond, was
May nth to Miss Bertha

Girton,

married

May

Nordike, daughter of Dr. and

Mrs.

J.

Y.

L.

Nordike of Watkins, N.

The ceremony was performed
in the morning at
James Episcopal church. Mr.

at 8:30 o’clock
St.

Girton

is

a valued emploj-e of the

THE

14

B. S. N. S.

They

International Salt Co.

reside

QUARTERLY
She

greatlj" appreciates the

coming

Quarterly.

Watkins, N. Y.
is
Masten, Christella F.
’o6,
as
a
splendid
success
with
meeting

of the

teacher in the Binghamton schools.

was married last fall, to William
H. Yohe, and is now housekeeping
on Kramer avenue, Berwick, Pa.

at

,

She has been re-elected and
have an appreciated increase in

will
sal-

’07,

’08.

ary.

Roadarmel, Ada. The following clipping from the Mt. Car’o6,

mel Daily Neivs, January- 2nd, was
received Ma3’6th: “Herman Knoblauch and Miss Ada Roadarmel, accompanied b}' Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Tobias, went to Sunbur^- this morning and were married bj’ the Rev.
Doughert>\ The newlj-weds then
continued on to Hope, N. D.
where Mr. Knoblauch is in the tailoring business.

The bridegroom came home for
Christmas and left this morning to
go back west. Nobod\" knew of the
intentions of the

morning.
surprise

It

couple until this

comes as a complete

to the hosts of friends of

who are
known about

„both parties,

vorably

The bride was one

well and fa-

the

region.

of our

public

Rittenhouse,

taught for

Smith, Merrill,

Penns5'lvania in

the course

Bloomsburg.
is

teaching

grammar

school

at

Livermore,

Cahfornia.

She has been spending much time
in the study of draudng, and finds
She has had an
it verj’ interesting.
Shelton,
Wash., and
offer to go to
teach drawing in the schools there.

Prep.)

of Fi-

and Commerce.
He will
probabL" spend the summer in
Bloomsburg.
’09, Mather, Ray, took first honors in his junior j'ear at Williams
College, Williamstown, Mass.
He
with several college chums embarked on the Parsian, at Boston, Mass.,
for a trip across the Atlantic, and
will spend two months sight seeing
in Europe.
’09, Smith, Blanche (sp. course)
and Harrj- Hess of Bloomsburg,
were married Thursday, Ma3" i6th,
at the home of the bride’s mother
on Penn street, b3* Rev. E. R.
Heckman of the First M. E. church.
Mr. Hess, a 3'oung man of estimain the post office.

Wallace, Agnes,

(Coll.

nance

ing.”
’07,

one place,

graduated this j-ear from the Wharton School of the Universitj' of

school teachers, and sent her resignation to Secretary' John this morn-

the seventh grade in the

who

Laura,

five j'ears at

ble

character,

’09,

is

emplo3'ed as clerk
The3" reside in

Hess, Geraldine.

A

beauti-

home wedding was solemnized
the residence of C. W. Hess at

ful
at

Grassmere Park,
noon,

when

his

Geraldine Hess,
of

3’esterda3'

after-

daughter,

ISIiss

became the bride

George E. Follmer, son of Dr.

B. Follmer, of Berwick.

J.

•

THE
As. Rev.

M.

J.

Diehl,

B. S. N. S.

chorus from Lohengrin was pla}’ed

Miss Alice Converse, of Sones-

The

town.

parlor

was

profusel}'

decorated with plants and flowers.

Both 3’oung people are well knowm
throughout the count}’, and have
the best wishes of a host of friends.
The bride was graduated from the
Bloomsburg Normal in the class of
1909 and has been teaching in the
West Berwick schools during the
past }’ear.
Mr. Follmer is employed as an electrician b}’ the American
Car and Foundn’ Company at Berwick
Moryiing Press, June 27.
’10, Edwards, Efiie.
We give
an extract from a local paper regarding the doings of a school in
Columbia County which are worthy
of commendation and imitation.
.

We

it

of sufficient import-

ance to accord it more space than
would otherwise be warranted.
“From Sugarloaf township high
school there was graduated a class
of thirteen, eleven girls and two
bo}’S, and this class will go into

by

designed

Miss Effie Edwards,

their teacher.

and they were made at recess, noon
hours and Saturdays, with not a
moment lost from their regular
.school work during the two months
they were engaged in the task. In
fact, during that time their school
work even showed an improvement
and the interest taken by the girls,
some of whom had never before
taken a stitch, was remarkable.

Each was a fine white batiste,
and trimmed in hand- embroidered
lace and insertion. They were made
with kimona sleeves and cut decollette, with panels at the front and
side.

—

consider

15

The gowns were

pastor of

Methodist church at Jamison
Cit}’, pronounced the marriage ritual with the ring service, the bridal
the

b>'

QUARTERLY

upon the

It is stated

authority' of

a state inspector of schools,

who

cently visited the schools, that

was the

first

reit

time in the history of

education in the state that any graduating class has attempted

this.

The Sugarloaf high school is a
remarkable school in many way's,
for

it is

in this school that practical

agriculture

is

taught as

it is

in

few

schools.

Then,

too, the zeal of

people in that

the

young

section in pursuit of

remarkable.

Two

history as one unique in the school

an education

history of the state, for each of the

gowns

of the members of the class. Miss
Ruth Hess and Leona Harrington,

and ten of the girls
made the gowns, beautiful in themselves, and at an actual cost of

miles each day’,
walked eight
through all kinds of weather, in order that they' might have the honor

eleven girl graduates wore

exactly alike

$2.70,

not be

gowns

it is

stated, that could

purchased for a cent

than $25.

less

of

is

being graduates of the

class.

Others w'alked .six miles each day
and comparatively’ few of the class

THE

i6
lived in proximitj^

which

B.

S.

the school,

to

Under
Edwards

located at Central.

is

Prof. Fritz

and Miss

the school has

Effie

made wonderful

vancement, and nowhere

is

ad-

a deep-

N.

S.

QUARTERLY

the town

McHenry

the

of

office

Distilling Co., Benton, Pa.
’ll,

Edw. E

Hippensteel,

,

penman

in the ccuntry,

er interest taken in the cause of ed-

all-around

ucation.

has accepted a position with

’lo, Keeler,

W.

Charles

At the

residence of the bride’s father, Mr.

Fred J. Richards, on Normal Hill,
Miss Jennie Richard became the
wife of Mr. Charles Keeler of Ben-

The ceremony was performed
by Rev. E. R. Heckman of the M.
E. Church, on Wednesday mornton.

ing,

May

Scranton Business College.

’ll, and Glen Pursel, '12,
have also been doing high grade
w'ork and several ver\' desirable positions are open to them.
Mr. Black has done almost marvelous work in his department at

the

Normal School.
Faust,

From

Ethel.

The bride is a graduate of the
Bloomsburg High School and has
been employed for some time in the

Motnvig

the Richard Manufacturing Company, w’hile the groom is a
prominent county teacher having

wedding yesterday morning

office of

Press, April 25.

o’clock at the

Mr.

parents,

West Main

past year.

Berwick.

Corey, Louisa Csp. course)

May

15th, at the

ents

in

home

Uniondale,

of her par-

Pa.,

to

Mr.

Henry L. Bayless of Forest City.
Miss Vida Sturdevant, ’ii, was the
maid
er of

Mr. Bayless is telland Miners Bank
Farmers
the
of

honor.

of Forest City.
’ll,

McHenry, Jay (commercial)

and Miss Irene Fox of Numidia,
were married June 7, at the home
of the bride’s parents, the Rev. Mr.
Bachman officiating. Mr. McHenry
is book keeper and s.tenographer in

officiated

home
and

of

the

Mrs.

the

at

at

9

bride’s

Faust of

Street, of their

ter Ethel to

’10,

the

‘‘Rev. S.

C. Dickson, pastor of the First Pres-

byterian Church,

been engaged as principal of the
Locust Township High School the

was married Wednesday evening.

the

Lillian

Cole,

’ll,

15th.

who

under the instruction of Mr. Bruce
Black has become one of the finest

daugl-

Frank Hagenbuch of
The ceremony was per-

formed in the presence of only the
immediate families of the bride and
groom. They left on the 10:41 D.
L. & W. upon a wedding tour and

upon

their

return

will

reside

at

Berwick.
’ll. Nelson, Elna, has been doing
gratifying
faculty of

work

as a

member

Dickinson

Williamsport, Pa.

He

of the

Seminar}^
has been re-

elected with an increase in salar}’.

A

’12.
very" large number of
1912 class have secured excellent
positions. We regret that our space
does not permit us to refer to them

in detail.

THE

B. S. N. S.

We

repeat the notice appearing
the April Quarterly: It has
been decided that the Alumni List
will not be included in the school
in

catalog this

and

3'ear,

conse-

in

quence copies of the catalog will
not be sent to graduates except upon

Those

request.

specially desiring

catalogue will there-

copies of the

who

fore address the Registrar

be glad to supplj" their needs.

will

In

the absence of the Alumni List this
issue of the

Quarterly

mailed

is

to all graduates.

QUARTERLY

17

from teams of repute. To win eleven out of eighteen, to hold Gettys-

burg College

to

Gettysburg’s

own

upon

a 2-1 score
field, to

defeat

Wyoming Seminary, East Stroudsburg Normal School, Lock Haven
Normal School, Shippensburg Normal School, to say nothing of several semi-professional teams, is an
accomplishment worthy of the
school and its splendid records of
the past.

The track team showed better
form than has been seen here for
several years.

The
ment

editor of the

Alumni depart-

thank those who so

desires to

kindly aid him

to secure informa-

tion concerning old students.
finds

it

He

practical!}’ impossible to ac-

knowledge

each

communication.

Please accept this statement as an

expression of his gratitude.
tinue the good

work

Con-

and- enlist oth-

In the meet with Dickinson Seminary our team
the showing

good one as Dickinson devotes all
of her energies during the Spring
The score of 71 to
to track work.
60 shows the sterling character of
the contests.

At the
on,

ers in the enterprise.

was defeated, but
was considered a very

June

close of the base ball seas24,

Wm.

Clark, the

best

catcher the school has had in years,

was elected captain

AtHletics.

The base

“A

bad beginning makes a good
ending,” is a hopeful old adage to
give

heart to the fellow

made

a bad start.

The

who has

truth back

was never better exemplified
than in the wa}’ our base ball team
went through the season just closed.
The material for a team did not
seem to be of even ordinary experi-

of

for 1913.

B was awarded to
men
Capt. Clem-

ball

the following

:

Tyson, Brown, Williams, Redlhamer, Austin, Gorham, Tubbs, Wagonseller and the
ens, Clark,

aBa

to Whitesell.

it

ence and

skill at the

opening, but

the closing series saw a

anced team,

capable

of

BATTING AVERAGE
percentage

Brown
Tyson

...

.259

Clark

Wagonseller.

winning

Gorham

16
16
17

Clemens ....

well bal-

runs

238
.

13
12

10

THE

1-8

B.

S.

Redlhamer

190

ii

Austin

188
137
128
112

9

Tubbs
Williams
Whitesell

N.

Dobson

B. S. N. S. 3; Berwick 11, at

Berwick.
April 23,

N.

B. S.

S. 0;

Berwick

12, at

April 26,

B.

N. S.

S.

Gettysburg

1;

1,

at

Bloomsburg.

May 3, B. S. N. S. 10; Bellefonte Academy 13, at Bellefonte.
May 4, B. S. N. S. 3; Lock Haven Normal School

May
at

Lock Haven.

2, at

10, B. S.

N.

S. 3;

Conway Hall

2_

Bloomsburg.

May 11, B. S. N. S. 1; Bellefonte Academy 7, at Bloomsburg.
May 17, B. S. N. S. 15; Union SeminaBloomsburg.
N. S. 10; Wyoming Seminary 2, at Bloomsburg.
May 24, B. S. N. S. 15; Philadelphia
Osteopathy College 5, at Bloomsburg.

ry

1, at

May

18, B. S.

May

25,

B. S.

Normal School

N.

S.

3:

Lock Haven

Bloomsburg.
June 1, B. S. N. S. 5; East Stroudsburg Normal School 2, at Bloomsburg.
June 6, B. S. N. S. 1; Gettysburg College

5, at

7,

B. S. N. S. 10;

Shippensburg

Normal School 7, at Shippensburg.
June 20, B. S. N. S. 5; Hazleton

0,

at

Bloomsburg.
June 22, B. S. N. S. 6; Scranton 5, at
Bloomsburg.
June 24, B. S. N. S. 7; Pittston Bros. 1
at Bloomsburg.

SCORE
DICKINSON B.
100 Yard

71
S.

Dash,

i

D
2

tie 20,

D, Al-

—Throne

Shannon

tie 22.

Prindle

D -17.

3

Half Mile, Potts i B, Brubaker
D, Babcock 3 D 2-12.
220 Low Hurdles, Prindle i D,

Shannon

i

D,

Thorne

28

B,

2

27-27.

440 Yard Dash,

Alderfer

i

D,

Pollock 2 B, Hess 3 B.

Run. High Jump, Weishaar i D,
Dobson 2 B, Prindle 3 D 5-3.
One Mile Run, Mallott i D, Ryman 2 B, Babcock 3 D 5-17.
Hammer, C. Bastian i D, Dobson

Black 3

2 B,

D

1

14-10.

Throne i B, Dobson 2
B, Shannon 3 D 92-4.
Run. Broad Jump, Austin i B,
Dobson 2 B, Babcock 3 D 19-5J4.
Discuss,

Pole Yault, Preston

i

Weis-

D.

D, Fisher 3 B 10-3.
Throne,
Relay, B. S. N. S.

haar

2

—

Hess, Sumner,

2, at Gettysburg.

June

D, Austin

2

120 Hurdles, Dobson B,

Bloomsburg.
College 10, at Bloomsburg.
April 27, B. S. N. S. 5; Milton

D, Potts 2

D, Shannon 3 D 40-8.
220 Yard Dash, Ferrell

7

derfer
April 20,

i

B, Wagonseller 3 B 11-36.
Shot Put, Dobson i B, Jenkins 2

i

.

2 B, Ferrell 3 D.

Mile Run, Lucas

2

3
7

Games lost
Games won 1 1
SCHEDULE AS PLAYED.

QUARTERLY.

vS.

— 60
N.

S.

Wiant.
“B’s” given to trackmen Capt.
Pollock,
Austin, Dobson, Hess,
Potts, Summer, Wiant, Fisher, Ryman, O. Whitesell, Throne, Wag:

onseller.

aBa

— Rishton — G.

INTER-CLASS MEET
100 Yard

MEET

Alderfer

i

Dash,

M, Dobson
Shot Put, Dobson

Walsh
D,

Barrow.

2

W'’iant

3
i

i

S,

S -ii.
S, O.

White-

.

THE
Frye 3 M -37.
220 Yard Dash, Dobson

B. S. N. S.

Walsh

M

3

Rishtoh

2

i

Aus-

S,

-23.

120 Yard Hurdles,

M, Austin

3

Dobson
S -20.

i

The

i

M

S,) tie i Hess 3 M -31
S, >Ry440 Yard Dash, Potts
,

t

M, Pollock 3 S 56.
Running High Jump, Austin
S, Rishton 2 M, Dobson 3 S, 5-2
M,
One Mile Run, Ryman
nian 2

i

i

Potts

2 S,

M

Wagonseller 3

Hammer, Dobson

i

S,

5-20.

Frey

2

M,

O. Whitesell 3 S -106.
'

S,

Dobson

Discus,

Hess 3

M

Whitesell 2

S,

i

77-9.

Pole Yault, Austin
3

track

men worked

until the

the rela)'

through the meet and not a hurdle was necessary to get the china
No hamdiscus off in good form.
although
and
were
allowed,
mers
some tall stories were told the pole
vaulters had no trouble to follow.
all

More

of this could be pitched in,

some one catch our signals
and accuse us of making a too base
but

le.st

hit

we

will

come

stop

to a short

and strike out on another curve.
Speeches of varying length, vaand qualit3L were made by

riety'

Run Broad Jump, Austin i
Dobson 2 S, Ryman 3 M 18-1 1.
M, Ryman

home run was recorded
last man was out.

S,

Half Mile, Davis S, Potts 2 S,
2-30.
Williams 3
220 Low Hurdles, (Dobson S,

Tubbs

19

needed to clean the plate and not a

sell 2 S,

tin 2 S,

QUARTERLY

M

i

various
S,

S, Fisher 2

8-6.

Relay Seniors,

Wiant,

Tubbs,

Austin, Pollock.
Score: Class 1912

of the

well

work

deserved
in

praise

in

Faculty.
for

for

some

his

— 32

team, w'hile Mr. Foote, the moving
spirit of the track events,

was com-

Manager Leonard announced

ATHLETIC TEAMS BANQUET.

The banquet given by

the school

to the base ball and track teams on

Saturday,
enjoyable

fine

developing the base ball

plimented for his untiring interest
in that department.

— 90

Class 1913

members

Coach Weimer came

grat-

ifying progress in arranging a

first

class foot ball schedule for the

fall

term.

June 22nd, was a very
The tables were

Locals.

affair.

tastefully decorated wdth wild roses
ferns. A menu, ample in quanand of a variety to suit every
taste, was given a thorough trial,
and immediately took its place with
the team, although no formal contract was signed.
No bat boy was

and

Vacation days,

tity

Mr. J. C. Foote is with the State
Chestnut Blight Commission for the

summer with headquarters
adelphia.

in Phil-

THE

20

B.

S.

N.

Mr. C. H. Albert will do Instiwork in the state of Indiana

A NLW DEPABTMENT.

tute

during the month of August.

Dr. D.

J.

Waller,

Ital}', it

is

Jr.,

summer

The
ness

and family
in Europe.

understood, will be the

main objective of their

trip.

refitting of the school busi-

office,

reported

in

our

last

number, was completed before Commencement. The office is now a
most attractive place and representative of the ever

increasing busi-

ness of the school. Further changes
in the corridor at the entrance are

now

The

trustees of the school ha\ e

provided for the work of a new department for the coming year. The

Mr. D, S. Hartline is one of the
counselors in charge of a large boys’
camp at Lake George, N. Y.

are spending the

quarterly

S.

New
tic

School Code specifies Domes-

Science as one of the branches

by the Normal Schools
and as half-way measures are not
popular at
Bloomsburg radical
changes are being made in the Science Hall to provide proper accommodation for this work. A number of partitions on the ground floor
are being removed to make large
rooms for kitchen, dining, sewing
and class rooms for the new departto be taught

ment.

Miss Fannie Mitchell, a lady of
broad training and wide experience

Domestic Science has been engaged by the trustees to take charge
of this work.
in

which will comimprovements on the first

in progress

plete the

floor of this building, the kitchens,

dining rooms and principal’s

office

having been completely refitted and
decorated during previous summers.

1912

The
fund

Memorial Fountain on the lower campus, ill treated by the weather of recent years,
was torn out and completely rebuilt
during the spring term. The conclass of 1882

crete basin of the

new fountain

is

hexagonal in design instead of
round and forms a most pleasing
decoration to the campus.

class of 1912 has left its class

at

the disposal of the school

memorial walk
and steps on the upper campus.
The design promises a memorial
for the erection of a

which

The

MEMORIAL.

very attractive adcampus. The steps
will be flanked by low pedestals at
top and bottom with large metal
eagles and lions as decorative features.
The memorial will be put in
place during the present vacation.
will be a

dition to the

Fall

Term

tember 3rd.

begins Tuesday, Sep-

THE

B. S. N.

S

Quarterly.
“Entered as second-class matter July

i,

OCTOBER.

VOL. XVMI

The New Term.

Bloomsburg. Pa.,

1909, at the post office at

under the Act of July

16. 1894.”

1912

NO.

as for last year

Some
The

first terra of another school
opened with the usual rush
and hurry on September 3rd. The
effect of the new course of study
on the school’s attendance had been

3'ear

a subject for discussion for several

weeks and Mr. W. B. Sutliff in arranging the program for the new
term consumed much grey matter
and not a little midnight oil in his

1

the same time.

at

of the problems

it

was

antic-

ipated the change of course might
cause, have not

developed and the

new’ four year course

good sized

is

in success

Bloomsburg with

ful operation at

classes for every 3’ear of

the course.

^

1912 Memorial Steps.
The

steps

provided for

b3’

the

Fund were

Class of 1912 Memorial

num-

finished a few days before the open-

ber of sections required for each of
With the old
the new classes.

ing of school and add greatly to

efforts to correctly balance the

course waning and
course not
classes

was

yet

the four year

fully

started in all

during the previous year

a great satisfaction to

-

it

find, as

the various classes assembled and
went to work, that the preliminary

and appearance of the
approach to the upper building.
The metal lions and eagles which
the dignity

are to form a part of this class

ument have not
not

place,

mon-

been pul in

yet

having arrived though

ordered early in the summer. The3’

estimates had been reasonably cor-

are expected to arrive at an3’ time,

and even fewer changes in the
program proved necessary than in
some previous years when no simi-

however,

rect

lar

problem had

New

to be solved.

students have

made

placed.

were

and

laid

their

at night,

already in

present waiting the registration for

gles’

is

promptl3’

be

underground

to

provide

for the proper lighting of the steps

appearance almost every day since
the opening of the teriu, and at
the year

will

Conduits for electric wires

almost exactly the same

and temporar3’
use.

the lights will

When

lights are

completed

hang from the

beaks on the upper pair

pillars.

eaof

THE

2

In

new

connection

B. S. N.S.

with the steps a
extends from

concrete w^alk

QUARTERLY
work

in the

the top of the steps to the office entrance and the stones of the former

have been laid to provide a
walk for the Model School entrance
through the little grove of evergreens.
These improvements add
greatly to the effect of the upper
campus.

of

this

new

depart-

ment.

Alumni.

w’alk

Domestic Science
Department.

first

floor

of

Science

Hall to provide accommodations for
the Domestic Science

work required

by the new course of study. A
commodious kitchen with a most
modern equipment including a
combination gas and coal range of
the latest and most improv^ed pattern, tables with individual gas
stoves and dishes for a class of
twenty students, a fully equipped
and furnished dining room and sewing room
vision

make up

the present pro-

the department, and

for

a

has already taken up

large class

the w'ork prescribed for the Senior
3’ear.

It

be treason to

w’ould

late how’ the jelly

some

for

re-

of the

boys absolutely refused to “jell”
while that of the girls, arranged
in

carefully

stirred the

keepers.

locked

envy
It is

has

closets,

of old

time house

expected that

es will be arranged in the

class-

earl}’’

fu-

ture for a

number

who have

manifested great interest

of

desires to hear from
the institution. Please
consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your classmates.
Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box

Alumni

No

203.

of

COUNTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS

The trustees of the school during
the summer vacation made alterations in the

The Quarterly

all

townspeople

Information comes to us from

many

counties that arrangements

headway

for these

meetings in the several

counties

are well under

where organizations exist.
The
reunions and banquets are held, as
a rule, on some available evening
of the week of the County Institute.

All former students, w’hether

graduates or not,

members

considered

are

of these associations,

and

own county

if

the meeting in your

is

not convenient either in location

or time, you are at liberty, and in-

deed are urged to attend the meeting in the adjoining county.
The Luzerne County Alumni Association will hold its reunion on
Thursday evening, October 24, and
an unusually large attendance is
expected.
We have not received
information as to the dates fixed
Organizations
for other counties.
exist

in

the

following

counties

:

Dauphin, Lackawanna, Lycoming,
Mifflin, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Snyder, Susquehanna, Union,
Wayne and Wyoming.

THE

B. S

Class Reunions.

at

The interest in Class Reunions
Commencement has greatly inyear probably exceeded

held last

numbers and enthusiasm those
any

of

prevdous

classes are

ments
not

is

year.

Several

now making

arrange-

—

next June it
The following

for reunions

too early.

supposed to celebrate

are

classes

3

the following information

creased in the last few years. Those
in

QUARTERLY

N. S.

“With

:

exception

the

one

of

daughter

who was

famil)' at

Bloomsburg, the follow-

with the

not

ing are the only members of Prof.
family living
Mrs. Alice
Greene, 4th Station, Denver, Colo.

Carver’.<5

:

R. F. D.

Mrs. Della Barnes, Mt.
Mrs.

Rose, Colo.'

H.

Newton

Wolff, 3000

G.

St.,

(Jean)
Denver,

Colo.’’

the anniversaries of their graduation

and

’03

years

—

The
the

be

w’ill

Each

of

thus

will

Frank Myers,
Franklin
the

’88,

’93,

}’ears

98,
’88

of

classes

— twenty-five

school.

turn

’83,

’78,

’73,

;

’03, ’08, ’ll.

and ten

guests of the

the cla.sses in

honored.

be

Esq.,

No.

its

B.

12

N.

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, desires

members

of the class of ’88, to

send, at once, their correct address

These

to him.

re- unions

will

be

held Tuesday afternoon, from 2:00
to 5:00

o’clock,

June 2^th.

Mr.

H. Jenkins, the Registrar, will
very willingly give any information
F.

desired respecting these occa.sions,

and

aid in the ar-

cheerfulF"^

will

Prof.
of

Rhetoric and

in

made
Henry Carver,

Inquiries are occasionally

founder of the school and
principal

— and also

family.

Prof.

20th, 1889, at

its first

members

Colorado.
Prep., ’69,

Center Hall,

kindly furnisjied

the

in

and one of the oldtime educators, passed away on
Tuesday, August 27th, 1912, near
McKendree Church, Fuzerne County, w'here he had been living for
several years. Prof. Walker’s death
was due to old age, he being 95
j-ears old at the

His step never

time of his death.

lost its elasticity

and

He was

man

his eye its luster.

a

of wonderful vitality.

He was

a

graduate

of

Brown

University, and an ordained minis-

Church. Two
he resided,
Pauline and Luella, and one son,
M. E. Walker, Esq. of WilkesBarre are the only survivors.
the

Baptist

whom

of his

Carver died Feb.
Glenw'ood Springs,

Rev. W. Henry Schuyler,

years

work
the Higher

Mathematics,

daughters, with

in reference to Prof.

the

1869-70, having charge of the

ter of

rangements.

H. D. Walker — a member

the faculty during

Coll.

Pa., has

Quarterly

A

local paper,

following

:

Aug.

19,

has the

“Announcement has

been received in town of the marriage of C. A. Leonard, instructor
in Mathematics at the Normal, to
Miss Lillian Florence Leonard of

THE

4

B.

S.

Y.

The ceremony

was performed

in

Syracuse on the

fifteenth of the

month.”

N.

S>’racuse,

’73,

N.

has gone west.

(sp.

and a resultant
Mrs.

nerves.
of

rheumatism

of

19,

affection

Hand was

Bloomsburg

of

the

a resident

her marriage,

until

a teacher in

is

Oklahoma and
Hooker where mail

located

at

will reach her.

course) died at Brooklyn, N. Y.,

Monday, Aug.

She

the public schools of
is

Waller, (Hand) Julia

QUARTERLY

S.

’79,

section

Grant

Herring,

community and

in

fact

the state was startled

of

when on Sunday, Aug.
Judge Herring had died

in Honesdale, Pa., she

tesgaden, Bavaria,

in

Brooklyn, N. Y., her husband

being president of the Underwood
Typewriter Company. Four daughLaura, who is
ters also survive
in Brooklyn,
resides
married and
:

N. Y., Charlotte, Julia and DorAlso surviving are
othy' at home.
the following named brothers and
Dr. D. J. Waller of town,
sisters
:

L. E. Waller, Esq. of Wilkes-Barre,

Dr. George P. Waller of Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Laura, Washington, D. C.
’73, Keeler,

Asa

(sp.

a prominent attorney

nock.

Pa.

About

at

course)

is

Tunkhan-

the middle of

August legal matters calling him
to Danville, he stopped for a short
time in Bloomsburg to shake hands
and renew acquaintances with

curred Aug.

prep.) died in Lincoln,
July.

He was

of the section

We

a
in

111 ., late

in

prominent citizen
which he lived.

do not have the particulars of

Thompson (Snyder)

His death

own

his

body was interred

Carrie

oc-

request

cemeHis daughters Laura and Mildred were with
him at the time of his death. His
son Donald was
touring
with
his wife in
Switzerland.
Miss
Laura has been studying music in
Germany for some time and it was
with the object of paying
his
daughter a visit and benefiting his
health that Judge Herring went
abroad.
His son Donald is an inhis

in the

tery at Berchtesgaden.

structor in

Princeton University.

His daughters Laura and
will

make

their

home

in

Mildred

New York

City. His father. Geo. A. Herring,
and a sister, Miss Ida, reside in
Bloomsburg.

so

whom

’79, Breece,

Hannah

many were

delighted to see last

E.,

Commencement, started for her
work in Alaska on Saturdajq Aug.
She will be stationed as a gov24.
ernment teacher at Fort Yukon,
Alaska, a point on the Arctic Circle,
gind

although

much

farther north

than her former location

his last illness.
’75,

At

I.

Berch-

at

Germany of can-

cer of the stomach.

schoolmates of by-gone days at the

Normal.
Great were the yarns
that were told.
’75, Lowery, Dr. J. Lacey (coll,

26th, the

wires brought the intelligence that

since which, except for a few years

has resided

This

S.

this entire

easier of access,

it is

much

and instead of get-

'T'ms B. S. N. S,

ting mail only once in six months
at certain

times of the year,

it is

expected mail v\ill now reach her
once each month. A card written
Sept. 9 on S. S. Casca saj-s : “!
have had a beautiful journey on my
way back to m3’ new work. It
will be exactly on the point where
the Yukon touches the Arctic Circle.

The

climate

time of the \’ear.
son tomorrow.”

is

ideal at this

Cobleigh,

’80,

He

he

has four chil-

the youngest,

Marjorie,

years old. Theolde.st sou

is

twelve

is

a grad-

uate of the Idaho State University

and

is

now engaged

in electrical

engineeriug.
’82,

cated

Moore, Dr. E.
at

Louis,

St.

State Supt.

Mo.

now loHe is

Missouri Anti-

the

of

J., is

925 Sy’ndicate Tru.st Building.
’85, Birch, Dr, T, Bruce of Wit-

Dr.

B.

home

graduated

is

J.

in

(sp,

KingSept,

medicine

in

For sev-

medicine
with marked success until he eny’ears

He

Her address

twenty’-eight years ago.
eral

the community.

dren, three sons and one daughter,

Saloon League with

ston, Pa., Sunday’ morning.
22.

5

Will reach Daw-

Fort Yukon, Alaska.

course) died at his

Q'UARTB'RLV

practiced

tered the coal business as assistant
to his father-in-law, the late

Hon.

Daniel Edwards, president and gen-

offices at 923-

tenburg College, Springfield, Ohio,
has been taking special work at the
University

Pennsy'lvania

of

this

summer. He spent a few days with
relatives and friends in Bloomsburg
and occupied the pulpit of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church one
Sunday evening, to the very great
gratification of the congregation.

Conner, W, Smith and his
and Mrs. Mary Conner (Petty) ’87, who are located in Madera,
’85,

manager of the Kingston Coal
Company. Surviving him are his
widow, a daughter, Mrs. Charles
O’ Boyle, a grandson and a sister,

bride,

Mrs. Jonathan Davies of Plymouth.

Thursday’, October 3rd their sister

Vannatta, Benjamin P., died

Grace Conner, ’95 (sp.) was married to Mr. George Whittemore of
The wedding
Ea.st Orange, N. J.

eral

’80,

2nd of heart
disease superinduced by’ a heavy
Very’ few particulars of his
cold.
last illness and death have been
in Philadelphia Sept.

given.

He was

a

Episcopal Church.

member of the
The body was

Bloomsburg and interment made in Rosemont Cemetery’.
’80, Albert, M. F., is cashier of

brought

to

the First National

Idaho,

Bank of

Payette,

and actively interested in

many’ civic and business

affairs of

California,

home

at

are

\’isiting

Willow

their

Springs.

old

On

occurred at 5 o’clock P. M. in the
elaborately decorated parlors, and
at 6 o’clock the

golden wedding of

the bride’s parents

was

celebrated.

The w’edding ceremony took
in the presence of only

place

the imme-

Edwin A.
Berwick PresMr.
byterian Church, officiating.
Whittemore is a graduate of Har-

diate

family,

Loux, pastor

the Rev.

of the

THE

6

N.

B. S

vard University, and for six years
was an instructor at Penn. State
At present he is connectCollege.
ed w'ith the Westinghouse Lamp
Co. of BloomSeld, N. J. Thej’ will
reside at 6

Morse Ave., East Or-

ange, N. J.

Young (Dodge)

’87,

Kate, wdth

her son Robert, was the guest early
in October of her brother, Robert
D. Young in Bloomsburg. She is

on her way to join her husband in
Calif oniia where they expect to
make their future home.
’87, Kratz, Rev. Marcius \V. is
located at 615 Eleventh St., Miami,

S.

QUARTERLY
son, Conner, and three

daughters,

Margaret, Kathryn and Ruth.

Rev. Foster U. pastor
Lutheran church, Baltimore, Md., is serving his second
year as Acting Superintendent of
Instruction at the Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse at Baltimore.
His address is 1948 W. North Ave,
’90, Gift,

of Calvary

W.

'91, Sutliff,

B.

is

the’ very

new daughter
who arrived at his home on Normal Hill, Wednesday morning, Sep-

proud father

tember

1

a

of

8th.

,

Florida.

He

is

interested in

“A

Trip to the Holy Land and Mediterranean Cruise’' on the S. S. Laconia, starting from New York,
Feb. 15, 1913. Write to Marcius
for information.

The members

’88.

of

this class

will please send their addresses

—

names corrected
Frank Myers, No.
St.,

and

date

12

N. Franklin

B.

Conner (Grove) Frances C.

tenderest sj'mpathy of a host

of old students

Grove

w’ill

as they learn

go out to Mrs.
of

the tragic

death of her husband. Dr. Leon V.
Grove, near their home, Renfrew,
about

The

thirty'

miles east of Pittsburg.

which he was riding was struck by a car, early in
August on one of the fast lines in
carriage in

convention

biennial

State Letter
of

of

the

Carrier’s Association

Pennsylvania, was elected treas-

Harry

urer.

located at Berwick.

is

Longshore, Katherine. The
following from Hazleton, dated Oct.
12, appeared in the Philadelphia
papers ;
The State Teachers’
’91,

League

of which Miss Katherine
Longshore, of this city is president
is

Wilkes-Barre.

'8g,

The

— to

to

Hess, R. Harry, at the re-

’91,

cent

of

laying plans for the introduction

two

bills at

the

next session of

the Legislature.

One

will provide for a retirement

fund out of which teachers are to
be paid for the rest of their lives
after giving

up

their

work

if

the}'

have served continuously for twent}'
five years.

The

civil service as

other will call for

applied to teachers,

making them secure

a short time after the accident, and

against the
frequent changes that come w’hen
the political complexion of boards

did not regain consciousness.

are altered at elections.

that section.

Grove

is lef t

The doctor

lived only

Mrs.
with four children a

The Teachers’ League

is

prepar-

THE

ing for an aggressive campaign on
behalf of

’94, Patterson,

Broad head, L, B. who graduated in the Regular Course in ’98
and in the Scientific Course in ’99
is now with his wife, located near

San Diego, California. He says
'“We like this part of the country
:

very much.

The

7

schools.

its bills.

’92,

climate

is

almost

and
no intensely hot days in the summer.” He sends The Quarterly

perfect; no frosts in the winter

a very pretty winter scene in Mission Cliff Park, San Diego,
’93,

QUARTERLY

B. S. N. S.

Eves, Margaret was married

moved

his

law

Howard

J.

offices

from the Fred-

ericks Building to the

Holmes of Denver, Colo., Mrs,
Holmes was formerly Miss Theresa
Hehl of Bloomsburg, and a fact
that makes the birth the more interesting

of the children born to

Jessie

Masters,

a

Hehl

cousin of the bride, in Philadelphia,

J.

the groom’s pastor.

birth in

Heckman
ing.

Rev.
of Bloomsburg,

The wedding was a

witnessed by only

E.

R.

officiat-

quiet one,

the immediate

relatives of the contracting parties.

After a wedding trip
side

in

the}-

will re-

Bloomsburg

where the
one
of its most
considered

Doctor is
prominent ph}"sicians, with his skill
as a surgeon recognized far beyond
the confines of the county.

Bruner was a student

Dr.

in preparation

for his Medical College course dur-

ing the year 1S87-88.
’94, Yocum, S. Curtis has been
unanimously elected to fill a vacancy
in the Latin and Mathematics department in the Sunbury High
Mr. Yocum served one
School.
term as Superintendent of the Coal
township, Northumberland county,

Build-

friends w-hen in that city “drop in
on him.”
’95, Hehl (Holmes) M. Theresa.
We found the following in a local
paper, Aug. 12.
A son was recently born to Mr, and Mrs E. B.

home

Miss

Brown

No. 332 Pine street. He will
be glad to have his old Normal
ing,

Wednesday, October 9th to Dr.
John W. Bruner of Bloomsburg.
The wedding was solemnized at the
of

— At-

Williamsport has

torney-at-Law,

is,

that with the exception

of town,

this

Mary

Mrs.
is

the

first

two generations. He has
been named William Hehl Holmes.
’95, Stecker, C.

Raymond,

a pros-

perous merchant of Bloomsburg has
been sadly afflicted by the death of

Kathryn Davis Stecker,
at the Bloomsburg
Hospital Wednesday morning, Oct.
his wife,

who passed away
9th, following

weeks of
band she

an

illness

of several

diabetes. Besides her husis

survived by three child-

ren Earl, Paul and Gladys.
’97, Johnson, Josiah has recently
been promoted to the position of
assistant mechanical engineer in the
steam turbine department of the
Westinghouse Company, Pittsburg,

Pa.
’98,

now

Pursel

(Conner) Josephine

resides at Benton,

’02,

Pa.

Frymire (John) Martha now

THE

B.

f,

N,

resides at Newton, Bucks Co., Pa.,
where Mr, John is engaged in the
hardware business.
Spencer, David C.
(Sp,
’03,

course)

i»

teaching in the Scranton

He reCorrespondence School.
Factor3’ville, has a wife
and three interesting little daugh-

sides at

ters.
’'04,

Messersniith, P.

C.

(Phj’S.

S.

gUARTERLT.

since

graduation

bis

College and

who

has

from State

another Normal boy

is

“made good."

and Helen
Louise Warden ’07 were married.
Tuesday, July 2, 19123! Hazleton,
Pa.
They reside at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, 127 S. Seventh St.
’05, Hemingway,^ Rowland.
At
’04, Eister, Allen B.

a social function in

Bloomsburg in

Training) recently of Camden, N,
J. assumed on August 1st the posi-

July the engagement of Mr. Hemingwa}^ and Miss Helen Moyer ’07

General Secretary of the
Hazleton Young Men’s Christian

was announced.

Association.

ment of the government located
North Carolina.

tion of

’04,

owner

Knorr, Kimber

H.

of a successful 5c.

is

and

the
10c.

business in Virginia.
’04,

Riddle, Silas S. (Sp. course)

The Morning

Press oi

Silas S. Riddle,

member

of the

Aug. 31 says;

who

has

Morning

been a

Press staff

is at

Mr.

Hemingway

present in the forestry departin

’05, El well, G. Edward Jr. has
been elected instructor in French at

Normal School and has entered
upon the duties of his position for
the

w’hich he
'05,

is

specially qualified.

Rogers,

M.

Bertha

(Sp.

the j’ear and at

course) a graduate nurse, was Sup-

various other times earlier in his

erintendent of the Homestead Hos-

news paper experience, leaves today for Philadelphia, where tomorrow he will take up a position

pital at

on the reportorial staff of the North
Ainerican. That he will make good
there is not a doubt, for no better
qualified newspaper man has ever

tion October ist.

since the

first

of

left this section of

carries with

the state.

him the

Homestead, Pa., for a year
on account of the

a half, but

strenuous duties resigned the posi-

Mabel R.

’06, Farle\-,
at Hicksville,

doing well.

Long

A

is

teaching

and

Island,

part of

the

is

work

was on

being done at this school

best wishes of

exhibition at the Mineola Queens-

man

Nassau Agricultural Fair.
’07, Dodson, Harry is principal
of the schools at Orbisonia, Huntingdon Count>', Pa.

not only the Press and every

employed thereon, but
people generally,

He

and

for

of the townshis

friends

are legion.

Henrie, Clair, of Bisbee,
’04,
Arizona has been visiting in Bloomsburg during October. He has been
in Arizona as a mining engineer

’07,

Lazarus, Edwin,

been a successful teacher
ent at Trinity College,

Conn.

Albert

Du}’,

Jr.

who
is

has

a stud-

Hartford,
’12

has

THE
entered the same

LeVan,

’07,

B.

S.

N.

institution.

Wm.

C., is teaching

Smith, (Walter) Miriam was

The

married in

August

Quarterly

failed to receive notice

1911.

She may

of the event at the time.

be addressed: Mrs. R.

L.

Walter,

636 E. 9th Ave. Tarentum, Pa.
Dreisbach,

’08,

Ida (Bookkeep-

ing and Shorthand)

home
July

died

of her parents in
1

She had been

years.

member

of the

several years.

Baptist

The

at

the

Bloomsburg

2th of tuberculosis,

aged 24

an earnest
church for
funeral

was

held Monday, July 15, interment
Bloomsin Rosemont cemetery,

burg.
’08,
ni-.

lish

Sanders, Clyde,

at

2:00 p.

Holy Trinity EngJuly
Lutheran church. West Fourth
30, in

and Cherry streets. Miss 'Grace
Forbes Wells of Hallstead, Pa., and
Clyde Sanders of West Pittsburg,
Pa., were united in marriage by
the Rev. G. W. Critchlow, pastor.
The full ring service was used. The
bridal party returned to Chautauqua to remain for a season. Their
future

home

will be at

West

Pitts-

where Mr. Sanders has
for some time. —
employed
been

burg, Pa.,

Javiestown Evenitig Journal.

QUARTERLY
’08,

Chemistry and Physics in the High
School at Little Rock, Ark. They
have about seven hundred pupils
enrolled, and a corps of thirtyHis work is very
three teachers.
pleasant and he thinks he will enjoy
His adteaching in the south.
street.
dre.ss is 1403 Spring
’07,

S.

9

Yoder, Jennie M. was marri-

ed June 10 to Ed. A. Foley of the
North American. They were married in St. Monica’s Parish House

by Rev. Father Ganey.
They
West Philadelphia.

re-

side in
’08,

Shovlin, Joseph A.

vising Principal of the

is

Super-

Conyngham

township schools. He w'as married
June 19th to Miss Anna Burke of
Ashland, Pa. *
’09, Bierman, Ethel,
berland,
of the

is

at

Cum-

Md. where she has charge

department of Domestic Sci-

ence in the Cumberland schools.
’09, Mathers, Ray, has been in
Europe the greater part of the

summer.
land,

His

trip

Scotland,

included

Wales,

Eng-

Belgium,

France and Holland. He was accompanied by a group of Williams
College students.
’09,

Burlingame, Charles, (Com-

who is employed in the
Berwick office of the American Car
and Foundry Co., was married in
August to Miss Ethel Geiger of
They were married in
Espy.
mercial)

Philadelphia.
’09,

Eisenhauer,

Edward R. has

gone into the mercantile busine.ss
in Miffiinville, Pa., buying out the
general store of A. W. Snyder who
has carried on the business for
thirty years, thus Mr. Eisenhauer
secures a well established trade.

Kate E. was marJames Morris on Tues-

’09, Seasholtz,

ried to Mr.

day, June 25 at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
the Rev. Joshua Brundell officiatThey reside in West Philaing.
delphia.

THE

lO
’lo, Keeler,

elected to

Charles
a

fill

W.

B. S. N.S.

has been

vacancj’

the

in

Bloomsbiirg High School created
the resignation of Samuel J.

b}'

Steiner ’09,

who

goes to Scranton

to take a Business Course.

QUARTERLY
employed
nell,

in the office of

Dr. Con-

Scranton.

Harry, is principal
Strawberry Ridge high school
the only high school in Montour
county outside of Danville.
’ll, Fortner,

of the

Houck, Maurice, and Roberts,
Tracy — We clip the following from
the Morning Press of September 26:

Sharadin, Abraham J. has
been elected coach of the Connect-

The qualit}’ of the college
work done at the Normal

We

10,

’

preps,

well

is

’

icut State College

Michigan.

versity

of

Houck,

’10,

Maurice

graduate

a

of the

school, and a former assistant in the

Biological

by one

Departmenr was chosen

of the facult\' of

the Uni-

him in giving the
work during the summer course at
versit3’ to assist

summer thus

the institution last

earning his tuition. Another
ber of the same class,
erts, ’10 also a

student at

was alone of a
more, composed

many

different

class

of

mem-

RobMichigan

Trac}’’

of

fortj-

students

or

from

secondary’ schools,

exempted from examination on

ac-

count of the high character of his
.scholastic work.
’10,

a

Lowrj’, Mar)’,

popular

and

who

efficient

has been
assistant

Normal School has
entered Simmons College, Boston.
teacher in the

’10, Pellett, Mabel (Bookkeeping
and Stenograph)’) and Mr. Frank
Jones of Scranton were married in

the

Manse

of the First Presbyterian

Mr. Jones is an
employee of the Scranton Gas and
Water Co. Miss Pellett had been
church, Scranton.

foot ball

team.

undoubtedly hear good
reports from that team.

illustrated b}’ information lately re-

ceived at the school from the Uni-

1 1,

shall

’12,

Jones,

John

has

R.

been

school No. 17,
Scranton. Charlotte Peacock teachelected principal of

N. J., Huldah
Stephensburg, N. J.,

es in EHizabethtow’n,

Gethman

in

Martha Goulden in Sommerville,
N. J., Esther Hess also has a school
in

New

Jersey.

Fiske Brill in

C.

Selinsgrove, Pa. In fact very
of the class of

We

excellent positions.
w^e are

unable to

many

have secured

1912

name

The Quarterly

regret that

all

of them.

received

following communication

the

from a

committee of the loyal and enthusgraduates at
iastic B. S. N.
S.
State College during the summer
session of 1912.

“It

'udll

doubtless be of interest to

your readers to know that of the
and eighty-three
three hundred
teachers enrolled at

State

College

during the summer session of 1912,
thirty-one
were
graduates
of
Bloomsbiirg.

On

the

first

Satur-

day evening of the session these
energetic alumni held a reception
and banquet in the college club
An organization was formhouse.
with
Mr.
D. J. Mahony elected
ed

)1

THE

B.

S

Garrison

president; Miss Florence

secretary, and Mr. John E. Piatt
A very pleasant eventreasurer.
with dancing and a
spent,
ing was
musical and literary program, after
which an elaborate banquet was

At the after dinner speakMcAfee very ably

served.

ing Mr. Che.ster

All pres-

presided as toast master.
ent responded and

many

old

time

normal memories were recalled.
Adaline B.
Those present were
Gleason.
Cobb ’95, Ruth E.
’09, H.
;

W.

Lehman 10,
Mary C.
Adams
Hazel F. Rowe ’08,

Harrison

Frank R.

’

1

1

,

Leila

’

’10,

Kline ’94,
Blanche Shultz ’08, Maurice Girton ’ll, Fred W. Diehl ’09, D. J.
Mahony ’09, Edith A. Doty ’07,
Margaret Willets ’09, Helen M.

Thompson

’10,

Harry

C.

Fortner

Garrison

’09, L. L.

McAfee,

E.
’94,

Mary

P.

terolf ’00, F.

Ada Hayman

John E.

’09,

Good

N.

Piatt ’08,

’ii,

Florence

Collins ’ii, C.

Martha Connor
’97, Rose Fet-

A. Berkenstock ’03,
’go, Eleanor Hayman

Stewart E. Acor ’09, Lindsley
H. Dennis ’99, Ray Appleman ’12,
Earl Laubach ’10, Leslie Reese ’08,
Harry Dodson ’07.
’90,

Sons and DaugHters
following

is

a

list

of sons

and daughters of former students

now

in attendance

at

The

may

School.
plete.

If

we hope

list

the

Ruth

less ’79,
’,'4

any have been omitted

to

make

next issue of the

;

Charles H.

mother Sara M.

Katl.erine

Sober (Sp.)

Harve)'

Bierman,
’82,

father

mother Lou V.

’84; Olive Breish, fath-

er Richard R. Breish ’76;

Mary A.

Brower, mother Laura A. Romberger ’93; Mary Corrigan, father

William H.

Ruth

’89;

Wells

Corrigan (State cert.)

mother May

Creasy,

Clifton Creasy

’81, father S.

(Sp.) ’79; Mary J. Diemer, father
Harry Diemer (Sp.) ’80; Harriet
Dietrick, father Ira C. Dietrick ’83,

mother Blanche Edgar (Sp.) ’83;
Harry Funk, father Nevin U. Funk
(Sp.) ’70; Helen C. Jones mother
Isabella
N. Monie ’80; Marple
Keiter, father Geo. H. Keiter ’94;
Florence Kline, father M. A. Kline
’86, (Cheyenne, Wyoming.) John FI.
Lenker, father M. A. Lenker (Sp.
’89; Ruth McGirk, father G. G.
McGirk (Sp.) ’89; Marion Mack,
mother Mary E. Riley ’86; Edith
L- Martin, father Will E. Martin
’87, mother Anna Beisel (Sp.) ’88;
Francis J. Meenahan, father John
Meenahan (Sp.) ’Si; Margaret A.
Myers, father J. G. Myers (Sp.)
’76;

Myron

Rishton,

Rishton (Sp.

)

’86;

mother Jennie Tyrrell

father

Wm.

Esther Roat,
’82;

Marion

Roat, mother Blanche Stroud (Sp.)
’89;

John Shuman, father D. Clark

Shuman

(Sp.) ’84; Martha Vander-

father

corrections in the

slice,

Quarterly

(Sp.) ’8i.

:

1

Albert, father

Henry Bierman

Normal

not be com-

QUARTERLY

Albert ’79; David, John and Katherine Bakeless, father O. H. Bake-

S.

The

S.

Henry

S.

Vanderslice

THE

J 2
B. S. N. S.

B.

S.

QUARTERLY,

BLOO.MSBURQ LITERARY INSTITUTE
AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,

is

B. Sutliff.

FOOT BALL SCHEDULE
Sept. 28 Northumberland

Bloomsburg

opponents

— B.

— B.

H.
S.

S.

92,

o.

Oct. 5 St. Gabriel’s

burg

N.

S.

Blooins-

at

N. S. 56, opponents o.
Oct. 12 Dickinson Seminary at
Bloomsburg B. S. N. S. o, opponS.

—

ents

o.

Oct. 19 Carlisle Indian Reserves
at

Bloomsburg.
26

Oct.

Bellefonte

Academy

at

Bellefonte.

Nov.

26

Haven Normal

Lock

Bloomsburg.
Nov. 9 Bucknell University Reserves at Bloomsburg.
Nov. 16 Wyoming Seminary at
Kingston.
Nov. 23 Open.
School

at

Foot-ball again holds the center
of the stage.

A

wealth of eager

candidates responded

a

The outlook
strong

to the call of

The schedule

started off with

games which were not

the

High

Overconfi-

scores resulted.

result,

no

score.

The game was hard fought from

A heavy shower
during the second quarter made the
field so wet
that the absence cf
costly fumbles was most remarkstart to finish.

able.
Mud and water soon had
both teams at a disadvantage but
did not seem to lessen the dash of
the attack nor the sterling qualities

of defense.

A

large

crowd witnessed the con-

The teams were

test.

matched that the

tie

is

an accurate show-

ing of the relative

gains

The

tie

game

leaves the

must teach the rudiments
game and spend the first

NORMAL

into the

minds

won

five

of willing but inex-

two

rival

each having

games during the

last ten

THE LINE-UP

the

principles

made by

each team during the game.

years.

first

evenly

so

score shows

not only the comparative merits of
the teams but

usual in a Prep. School, the coach
of

team.

dence and the Columbia Co. Fair
were the first real set backs encountered by the team. The day
after the Fair came Dickinson Seminar}^ with one of the best teams in
her historj’; so said the wise ones

schools at a deadlock,

half of

two

real tests of

the sterling qualities of

Coach Weimer. Plentj" of weight
and speed is available but as is

the season drilling

fini.sh.

November

the

how we succeed in
predicting the fortunes of the team.

A-tHletics

at

promi.sing for

scores and see

PA.

Editorial Staff.
Joseph H. Dennis,
G E. Wilhnr,
Myrtle Swartz.
J. C. Foote.

W.

QUARTERLY

Keep your eye on

DISTRICT,

BLOOMSBURG.

S.

perienced candidates.

Published by the

OF THE SIXTH

N.

Walsh
Smitt

end
guard

'left

left

DICKINSON
Mader
Conninger

THE
A’erg

left

Croup

F rey

B. S. N. S.

Duvaux
Brown

tackle

center
right guard

•

Hoban
Throne

Conners
Black

right tackle

Hullihan

right half

Brumbaugh

In our regular private programs
we have been study'ing writers, their

left half

Sweeley'

back
Shannon
Substitutions:
Smoczynski for
Yerg; Tischler for Myles; Kline for
Shannon.
Referee, Hagenbuch;
full

umpire, Albert; head linesman, Brutimers,

SutlifE

and Tress-

grams have been based upon the
literary programs as far as possible.
By the time you receive the “Quarterly” w’e will have had a debate.
It is our aim to have debates occupy
more of the programs.

The

to talk to our
and tell them what we
have done and what we hope to do.
First, we extend to you all a per,sonal request to attend our reunion
at Thanksgiving.
We expect to
have the best possible time. In the
morning there will be a program,
characteristic of our regular prothis opportunity

alumni,

grams

Gym

number

majority of back dues and initiation
This, of course,

fees.

fine

last report

On

the regular

the morning and

social time.

afternoon for

evening

Oliver

Goldsmith’s comedy “She Stoops
Conquer” will be produced in

to

the Chapel by

The

members

the so-

of

cast has been

at w’ork

upon the play for a couple of w’eeks
and judging from present attainments, the production wall be very'
good.

If

you are thinking

of

com-

a gratifi-

its

nearly'

tw'o

in the treasury'.

Sept. 28 the

short

ciety.

there w’ere

hundred dollars

be decorated and used as

all

is

and places the treasury in
condition.
According to the

cation,

reception to

In the

are

Our treasurer has done splendid
work and has collected the great

a “Social Hall” As usual an orchestra will be there a great part of
dancing.

mem-

these

good workers.

of

The

Philo Hall.

giv'en in

will

a

new'

thirty^

Among

bers this term.

accepting

pleasure in

taken in about

society has

one hundred and

FHilo Society
take

The musical pro-

and works.

lives

ler.

We

Gym.

sale in the

quarter

Myles

;

ing we would suggest that you
arrange for your tickets beforehand,
We also expect to have pins
and pennants of the new designs on

Wei shaft

Gorham

baker

13

end

right

Williams
Clark

QUARTERLY

society

gave a

new members. After

business

program

meeting a

w'as rendered.

The

evening w’as then given over to a

The members

gather-

ed in groups, each group was placed in charge of a person to conduct
After the games
came the refreshments, followed by
various games.

adjournment. It w'as a pronounced success and enjoyed by all.
Great credit

is

due the committee

in charge.

Altho

w'e

have been in a measure

THE

14

successful SO far this 5'ear,

our

pect to continue

B. S. N. S.

we ex-

efforts

—

time.

Calliepian Society
The

Calliepian Literary’ Society

its first

Term

meeting for the Fall

1912 in their

1912,

hall

Sept. 7,

Chas. L. Hess being presi-

dent.

A

number

names W’ere
proposed for membership at the
first meeting, and
our number is
still

goodly’

of

With

reception

was given

to the

new

members Saturday, Sept. 21, 1912,
a large number of the faculty being present.

The work
sisted

of the Society has con-

principally

of

recitations,

and piano solos, readings and
For our future work w’e
debates.
intend to add to the above a study
of the works of renowned men and
of the world.

Saturday, Oct.

ing the week

6,

President, Louis

1912 the follow:

Kreiger; Vice

President, Edith Miller; Recording

Secretary, Estella Callender; TreasFrank Titman ; Assistant
Treasurer, Frances Dodson; Critic,
Bernard Kelly; Corresponding SecRalph Culver; Marshall,
retary’,
Thomas Williams; Registrar, Mary
Brower; Assistant Marshal, Robert
Seltzer.

‘of

prayer.

Many

of

work on The
Missionajy Pageatit which is to be
presented on Monday evening of
the girls are hard at

that w’eek.

Special speakers

be secured for

will

the other servi-

all

ces.

The members

Com-

of the Social

mittee are actively engaged
liciting contributions

so-

in

and making

plans for the bazaar to be held early

December. Will not the loyal
alumni send in articles and orders?
The Finance Committee is this
year introducing

a

new’

feature

It reverses
know’n as pay i>ay.
the general custom of such a day

receiving

in that instead of

each

ing officers w^ere elected

urer,

membership of

thirty'

in

violin

women

C. A.

one hunand a live cabinet,
the year’s work is beginning well.
The Bible Study Class is taking
up The Social Message of Jesus by’
Edward S. Parsons.
The course
promises to be interesting.
The devotional and missionary
committees are already planning for
the special meetings to be held dura

dred and

increasing.

A

W.

Y.

and

keep “^Old Philo”' up to the standard, Our aims for its future are
high and but, just drop around to
the Reunicm and see for yourself
what we have accomplished by that

had

QUARTERLY

member

expected to

of

visit

is

the pay office at

the appointed time and pay

term’s dues.

w’ages

the association

We

in her

expect the

periment to give us

a

full

ex-

treas-

ury.

Y. M. C. A. Notes

We
Last

Many

have enrolled 55 members.
there were only’ 26.
of our members are fellows

year

—

—
THE

Mho

on the

plaj’

ball

foot

team.

Bible bands are held ever5* Sunda3*
are
in the students’ rooms.

We

studjnng '‘The Will of God and A
Man’s Lifework.”
In the Spring term we are to

have a

QUARTERLY

B. S. N. S.

inkssion studj’ class,

study-

ing “The Challenge of the City.’’
A new Student Secretary has
been elected, Mr. E. W. Thomas
who is expected to be with us Oct,
i6th aud 17th.

Locals

E

15

W. Thomas, the StudM. C. A. secretary for
Pennsylvania, vi.sited uson Wednesday, Oct. 16. Plis visit was timeEq
coming on the day of the boy’s regular mid-week
prayer meeting,
which meeting he conducted. Mr.
Thomas is a Princeton man.
Mr.

.

ents’ Y,

and Sutliff,
Smith and Miss Good attended
the Susquehanna county alumni
banquet held at Montrose, Thursday evening, Oct, 17, Montrose is
Professors Jenkins

Mi.ss

home of Mrs. Larabee, who is
known by hundreds of Bloomsburg
the

“Dick” the
rel, is

campus

front

busy these daj’s getting

squirread3^

for winter.

In the school this 3'ear are stud-

ents from Russia,

Ecuador,

Cuba

and Porto Rico,

Prof, Sutliff thinks

“to find the L, C.
find a name for the

Prof.

that his

come

it is

far easier

M.” than to
new little girl

to his

home,

—o

Leonard did not explain
new bride would be return-

ing with him this Fall, so that
those teachers w’ere not blamable

who

1912

walk

memorial

steps were completed in

and

time to

The steps
ning of the Fall term.
lead from the lower campus, above
Institute Hall to the upper campus,
The
before the Main Dormitory.
walk extends from the steps to the
The
main entrance to the offices.
work is of concrete. Bronze eagles
and lions will mount the four step
posts.

offered their assistance to prop-

erl3' classify

Last

the

month

new student

—o

(?)

the Trustees of the

school gave an informal
to the Faculty, in the

reception

gymnasium.

place was decorated with autumn leaves and furnished so as to
make an attractive w’elcoming apThe reception w’as a
pearance.
novel feature that was highly enjoyable.

The

The

—o

welcome the students at the begin-

—o

that has

graduates through her labors here
as preceptress.

The annual meeting

of

Pennsyl-

vania State Normal School principals will take place the

the

November

election,

Since the last meeting,

day after
Nov. 6.
five

new

principles have entered upon the
of office.
The Normal
duties
Schools that will be represented by
new heads are Lock Haven, Clarion, Edinboro, California and Mill;

ersville.

THE

j6

B.

N.

The Faculty Educational Club
composed of the entire
Faculty, will have a chestnut hunt
and marshmallow roast on Tuesday afternoon, after the day's work.
The committee in charge promise
which

is

that the scene of activities will be
in the

locus of points

two miles

distant from here with the Normal
School as a center ; whatever that
means. Further than this information they are non-committal.
—o —
On Saturday, October ig, Prof.
Hartline, Dr. Arment, Dr. Macdonald, Messrs. Goodwin, Leonard,
Cotner, Cronan and Shambach wdll
start on a two days’ hike, leaving

& S.

S.

QUARTERLY.

Sutphen, attended the funeral services, representing the school,

and

about half a dozen girls represented

Miss Mooney’s manj' friends
the students.

among

—o

left
family
Waller and
Bloomsburg last June to tour Southern Europe and other Mediterranean countries. The party set sail
for Naples, touching the Azores,
Maderia, Gibralter and Algiers.
From Naples they went to Rome,
then Pisa, Florence, Venice and

Dr.

Crossing the

Milan, in succession.

by the Simplon Pass they
came to Interlachen, visited LuAlps

crossed

cerne,

over to Insbruck,

Cen-

Austria, then over to Munich, Ger-

county, and striking over
North Mountain by way of Grassy
Hollow, across the mountain by
Painter Den Pond, to the town of

journeyed down the Danube, visited Budapest, Belgrade and Buch-

the B.

R. R. station at

tral, this

Ricketts,

Wyoming

county,

then

back by a route that has not yet
been decided upon. The party expects to see

the forests in

prettiest colors of the year,

find
life,

some

rare

their

and to

specimens of plant

for this region, that are

known

to be along the contemplated route.

The

trip is educational

ing to anyone

who

—o

and

inspir-

enjoys outdoors.

Miss Olga Mooney, a student
here last year, and in attendance
this term until a few weeks ago,
passed from this life on Sunday,

Mooney’s health was
impaired for some time, and as we
understand, death was due to valvOct. 13. Miss

ular affliction of the

heart.

Miss

many, back

to Vienna,

reaching the

arest,

Austria,

Black Sea at

Then they took ship
the Black Sea, down through

Constanza.

across
the Bosphorus to Constantinople.
On account of the Turkish-Italian war, the Turks had the Dardanelles planted with mines so that
ships had to be towed through a
tortuous path for fear of striking
a mine.

The

party spent

five

days

in

Con-

stantinople, then sailed to Smyrna,
thence to Athens, down the Corinthian Canal to Corinth, then visited Delphi, the rocky abode of the
Mycene, the home of the
oracle
;

Agamemnon
From here they

and Olymby way
of the Tyrean Sea, through the
Straights of Mycena, the region of
wealthy
pia.

;

left

earthquakes, north to Naples.
The return trip to America was
completed September nth.

THE

S

B. S. N.

Quarterly.
"Entered as second-class matter July

i,

igoo, at the post office at

under the Act of July

VOL.

FEBRUARY,

XVIII

THe Winter Term.

1913

At the

close of

the holiday seare-

sumed their duties with a highl}'
commendable degree of promptness.
Seven fifty A. M. of the very
day found

first

class

the en-

practically

student body

tire

work

at

in

the

room and the routine of the
moved off with scarcel}^

NO. 2

“B” seems

to demand, that acany sort is necessary to
make changes in the colors used for

the

tion

son the students of the school

Bloomsburg. Pa.,

t8q4.”

i6.

of

many years.
Lemon and

a dark shade of red,
deep garnet to be exact, were
adopted a dozen or more years ago
after a most exciting campaign.
This shade of red is sometimes
called “maroon,” though incor-

school

rectly

more interruption than might have
been in evidence on any Tuesday

of standard colors in the

of the school j^ear.

there

The
term
the

registration of

is

the pre.sent

well over the 700

work

mark and

advancing
systematically and smoothly as in
of the year

is

previous years.

ScKool Colors.

much

valuable space

a discussion of
colors.

Mr.

J.

the

G.

is

devoted to

official

Cope

is

school

there

quoted as declaring that the school
colors are not :ind never have been

“lemon and maroon.” This statement is strictly in accordance with
the facts, but

it

does not follow as

as reference to

Dictionary will show.
act

page
Standard

the

The

color

shown as the scientifically ex“maroon” is very different from

the shade of red

officially

adopted

by the school.
However, “maroon” sounds much better than
“garnet” and rhymes w'ith “tune”
and “moon” and various other
words of poetical suggestion, so
the

In the January number of the
new student publication, the “B,”

.so,

Quarterly

is

disposed to be-

no harm will be done
if the present custom of calling our
dark garnet “maroon” shall conlieve that

tinue.
ist

No

possible doubt can

as to the official

in use.

ex-

colors actually

The only

question is one
nomenclature simply, which
seems to us hardly worth discus-

of

sion,

though the

stated.

facts are as

above

THE

2

The
Since our

new

of a

“B.

N.

S.

Alumni.
numbers
which

last issue three

manent feature

of the

make

a per-

school

life,

have made their appearance. The
“B” as this magazine is entitled, is
entirely the result of student efforts

and

and the numbers so
have been interesting

initiative

far

issued

and

attractiv’e.

makes no

As

the

Quarterly

is

effort to

able to meet

the

is

it

to be

“B”

an apparent need,

hoped the editors of

new paper may be

successful

winter by the management of

trustee of

The course was opened on Januby the Dixie Chorus
and the remaining numbers
loth

of the course included a stirring de-

Hanly and Hobson on January nth, the Neapolitan Concert
Co. on January 28th and the Impersonation of Lincoln by Benjamin Chapin on March 26th.

bate by

appreciation of the towns-

people has been shown by an
usually large

the most

un-

and the
considered one

attendance,

course as a whole

is

successful

this institution since

acceptance as a Normal School
Coincident with the

in 1869.

cel-

ebration of the eighty-seventh anni-

appeared in
Court on Nov. 4 last, the first in
several months, and presented the
versarj" of his birth he

Company

to

take over the

Conyngham town-

taxes, a practice that has prevailed

there for

many

Col. Freeze

years.

was

in better health
he has been in a long time
and the return to the court room,
in which for several decades he
played such a prominent part, evi-

than

the local lecture course.

}-ears.

a

ship in lieu of the payment of road

very attractive course of entertainments has been provided

of

John G. Freeze, with the
exception of a few years, has been
Col.

Coal

A

The

203.

road building in

Lecture Course.

Co.,

No

usual petition of the Lehigh Valley

Students’

uary

consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your classmates.
Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box

cover the strictly

in their journalistic efforts.

this

The Quarterly desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

all

its

local side of school affairs the

and

QUARTERLY

S.

*

school periodical,

founders trust to

its

B.

of

recent

dently

afforded

him the

greatest

pleasure.

As

Col. Freeze presented his pe-

tition to

ter

Judge Evans

cordially

upon

’76,

the lat-

congratulated

him

having reached his eightyseventh mile-stone and expressed
the wish that he might live to present

his

many more

petitions

upon sim-

ilar anniversaries.

Freeze accepted the congratulations with his characteristic
Col.

old-school courtesjL but remarked

THE
that he had no such

More than
passed

.since

B.

OUARTERTY

N. S.

expectations.

sixty- four years
Col.

S.

have

Freeze was ad-

mitted to practice, sixty-four years

also

the

of

School.

Normal

Millersville

taught drawing in
the local Normal School in 1908-9.
Mr. Brennan is superintendent of
Slie

during which the Colonel has seen
mail)’ generations of lawyers come
and go, and to the members of the
bar who extended their congratu-

the General Electric Company at
Erie and the newly wedded couple

lations yesterday the picture of this

tjme-beaten

frame and his snowwhite locks evoked expressions of

student at the Normal for .several
years pursuing
academic work,
died at the

sentiment that were heart-felt.

Scranton,

will reside in that cit5^

Dillon,

’76,

January

who in the
was a member of

Prof. Silas Wright,

early seventies

the faculty of the Bloomsburg State

Normal School, and who has been
prominentlj'^

with

identified

the

cause of education throughout his
entire

home

life,

died

recently

of his son, D.

of Skippack,

W.

J.

at

the

Wright,

Montgomery county.

— Morning Press Nov. sg.
Miss

Gertrude

Emerson,

Hahnemann
Pa.,

Hospital,

Tue.sday evening,

of acute Bright’s

28,

a

dis-

He

had been seriously ill
for about two weeks.
He was a
jeweler by trade but for many
years had been devoting himself to
photography and painting.
He
ease.

was nearly 54 years old. Funeral
were held in St. Luke’s

services

church, Scranton, Friday morning;
the body was brought to Bloomsburg, interment, which was private,

We

Slaynian.

being

made

tery,

the

Rosemont Ceme-

in

Rev.

F.

find the following in a local paper,

rector

Dec. 28, 1912:
Miss Gertrude Slayman,

church, officiating.
a

for-

of

’78, Strauss, I.

Mmsser,

Epi-scopal

Hess, has again re-

He

ceived promotion.

Akron, Ohio,
Brennan, of
on
Thursday evening. The ceremony
was performed at the home of the
bride’s mother, Mrs. Amelia Slaj'man at Shamokiu and was witnessed by a number of relatives and a

Pa.

week or

few intimate

ber, visiting relatives

Rev. A. H.

O.

Paul’s

St.

mer teacher at the local Normal
School was wedded to William L.

friends.

(sp. c.)

is

General

Agent Penn’a. R. R. Pittsburgh,
His address
Wilkinsburg, Pa.
’81, Sharpless,

the wealthy and
of Seattle,

is

432 Ro.ss Ave.,

Harry F. one of
foremost citizens

Washington,

ten days here

Bloomsburg and

in

pa.ssed

a

Nov^em-

and friends

ated.

The
month they sailed from New York for an extended

the

trip

Straub, pastor of the Lincoln street

Methodist Episcopal church

offici-

The bride is a graduate of
Shamokin High School and

in

vicinity.

latter part of the

through Europe.

THE

4

B. S, N.S.

McCollum, William L. (sp

\S3,

course),

sporting

editor

ot

the

Wilkes-Barre Record is an exceedbusy man these days. He’s
a grandfather and as proud as a
peacock.
In addition to doing the
honors of a new grandfather which
keeps him exceedingly busy during
the hours that he is not grinding
ingly^

out “copy'’’
is

the Record, there

for

talk of rejuvenating the Susque-

QUARTERLY

When she went to Mexico to take
up her work as a missionary she
did

so

most

of her

’

’84,

Limburger, Anna

take the following from the Morning Press

— Oct

.

1

7

’
,

1

2

Miss Seesholtz, of Sunbury, and

death,

that she

long ago,

not

forced to turn

away

of room.

’85, McNiflf,

M. Katharine— Sci.

Course ’89, read a very interesting
paper on Method of Teaching Latbefore the Pennsylvania State

in,

Miss Fisher, of Selinsgrove, teach-

Educational Association.
a portion of a notice

Mexico,

Pueblo,

visited

the

pupils for

This phenomenal
growth was largely' due to her eflack

ers in the Protestant Mission School
at

the

kind in Mexico; and at present

its

We

R.

it

school was the most prosperous of

forts.

of

and

difficulty’

paper.

League

criticism.

was only with the
was able to
secure pupils at all.
At the time
aging,

it is

Ball

the face of

taught were of the most discour-

which
“Bill
has been the honored and
efficient president.
So says a local
hanna Base

in

Conditions at the .school where she

of

We

give

the paper

from the Harrisburg TeleWe regret that our lack of
space prevents a more extended
taken

Normal School ye.sterday'. Word
was brought by them that when
news of the death of Miss Anna
Limburger, of Danville, who was

graph.

one of the teachers in the school,
reached Mexico, people throughout the entire country were shockSteps were at once taken to
ed.
erect a suitable memorial to Miss

sylvania State Educational Associa-

Limburger, who was the leading

out the country- Catholics and ProWith the large
testants alike.

duced by Miss M. Katharine McNiff and ably conducted by' her.
Miss McNiff teaches by the oral or
conv'ersational method, which is
very unusual now, although in gen-

was

eral use previous to the year 1800.

spirit

of the institution.

Money

was contributed by natives through-

sum

that

was

built, w'hich

raised, a library

is known

as the

Anna

Limburger Memorial Library.
Miss Limburger was a graduate
of the

Normal

in the class of

’84.

clipping.

“Since the sessions of the Penntion in Harrisburg last

week wide-

spread interest has been aroused in
the method of teaching Latin in
the Harrisburg

High

During the time her

School, intro-

classes are be-

fore her neither she nor the pupils

use a word of English. Everything
is

spoken

in

Latin.

Instead of

—
THE

B.

S.

N. S.

merely reading and translating, the
pupils ask all questions and conduct all conv'ersation in that language.
Miss McNiff gave a practical demonstration of her methods before
the Latin section of the convention
here and created
sensation.

little

less

The freshman

the

High School, which

one

to use exclusively the

sational method,

McNiff
fit

recited

than a
class at

the only

is

conver-

and Miss

told in Latin, for the bene-

of the class

sembled,

and the teachers

the story of Little

as-

Red

unusual
illustrating
such as basket, etc., with
The teachers were so imobjects.

QUARTERLY

A local
’91, Harman, John G.
paper of Nov. 29th, says; “No
Bloomsburger has ever returned to
town who has found a warmer welcome awaiting him than did John
G. Harman upon his return from
Philadelphia Wednesday night, with

pressed that

it

is

likely that

many

Harman

Mrs.

to

spend Thanksgiv-

ing with his brother-in-law and
Dr. and Mrs. C. S.

ter,

sis-

VauHorn.

Looking well and wonderfully improved in health, he was kept busy
3'esterda}^

accepting congratulations

of his friends
friend

— and

who

isn’t

turn

his

?

With Mrs. Harman., he

Ridinghood,
words,

5

to Philadelphia

He

morrow.

stated

will re-

to-day or tolast

evening

that he expects to soon be back to

other teachers will adopt Miss Mc-

town

method.
’88, Pohe, H. Seymour (sp. c )
At the last election Mr. Pohe was

Nyhart, Harry IT., the efficient superintendent of the New-

Niff’s

to

resume

his practice.’’

’92,

port Township,

Luz. Co., schools

Nevada, by nine votes. The office
there takes with it a substantial
The congressman elected
salary.
in that district won out by one

Glen Lyon
Bank. This bank, according to the
Wilkes-Barre Recot d, has had a
The bank
phenomenal growth.
was opened April ist, ’12, in May

vote.

the deposits amounted to only $22,-

assessor of

elected

Lj'ons county,

is

also president of the

November

Hartman (Vanderslice)

Ef-

expects soon to have her

resi-

the deposits amounted to over $189,-

Her
dence in Youngstown, Ohio.
husband, Robert F. Vanderslice
sp. c.
’85, who has been a valued

000, thus in about six months increasing its deposits nearly nine

employee, book-keeper, of the First
National Bank of Bloomsburg, re-

per,

’90,
fie,

—

signed his position Jan. i and accepted a position with the Penns5d-

000, but b}' the

fold— “a

first

record,’’

of

says the pa-

so

unprecedented in banking

cles in

this

section

cir-

of the state.

Excellent pictures of

the bank-

ing house and of Supt. Nyhart ap-

vania Railways Advertising Company. His headquarters will be at

pear in the paper.

Youngstown, Ohio.

residing

’93, Peifer

at

(Lenhart) Kate, now
McKinle}^ Ave.,

229

THE

6

B, S

N.

Canton, O., visited Bloomsburg reland friends in the early fall.
She appeared to he enjoying life,
Ohio atmosphere snrely agrees with
atives

her,

prominent

’95, Patton, Robert, a

Danville, Pa., had a

physician of

narrow escape from death early in
Answering a call at
December.
1 :30 o'clock in the morning, hastening with horse and carriage to hi.s
patient, when on the dangerous
railroad crossing on Bloom Street,
a “pusher'’ rnnning backward at a
high

rate of speed, struck the car-

riage practically destroying

it

and

hurled the Doctor fully thirty feet
He
into the public park near by.

was picked up unconscious and for
a time it was feared that he could
not recover. His many friends will

know

rejoice to

he

that

again

is

able to resume his practice and will

probably fully recover.
’97, Robison (Butzner)

On January

S.

QUARTERLY
most
bandmasters and musical directors of tbe country.
He is am
eminent
musician
and writer,
known as Jean Marion Boncie, the
renewal of whose activities in musical circles iu the West will be
welcomed by Montana musicians.
The band represents tbe pick of
Montana musicians and was organRiffo of Kalispell, one of the

able

primarily

ized

for

National Elks’ Convention at PortMorniiig Press Nov.
Oregon

land,

j6

,

.

—

'12.

,

Blanche is at Cornell
University taking advanced w'ork
’98, Balliet,

leading to a degree.

ing the major

Geography,
Her adGeology and Zoology.
dress is Sage Cottage, Ithaca, N.Y.
’99,

Carpenter, Perry A.,

is

the

Higher Mathematics
at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary,
Lima, N. Y. He was the Prohi-

Bessie.

Candidate for Congress in

young man’s name

hustling campaign

William Boyd

the

recent

election.

He made
and ran well

a
;

but the returns do not indicate his

Butzner.
’98, Riffo,

Marion B, The Avier-

ica 7 i Mtisician

tains a cut

of

of

recent date con-

the

its leader,

Montana Elks’
Marion B.

Rif-

formerly a student at the Blooms-

burg State Normal School, where
he was prominent in music, and

W.

the son-in-law of Dr. F.
ker, also formerly

of

Rede-

The
The band

town.

Americaii Mtisician says
is

mak-

at present, in Physical

bition

fo,

is

portion of her w'ork,

Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Butzner of 815
Electric Street, Scranton, Pa. The

Band and

She

professor of

15th a son was born to

is

Montana

the

State Elks Convention, and for the

:

under the direction of Marion B.

election.
’99,

Williams, Mabel,

is

assistant

teacher of Commercial Branches in

Genesee Wesleyan Seminary,
Lima, N. Y.
’00, Cope, A. P., is principal of
Last
the Ashley High School.
the
of
Luzerne
meeting
a
fall at
County Teachers’ league Mr. Cope
the

was

elected President for the ensu-

ing year.

Among

the other

offi-

:

THE
cers, graduates of

the

pear

B, S,

names

of

B. S. N. S.

N. S.

Mae

ap-

Black,

Theresa Pace, Mary McHale, Geo.
A. W. Marvin, Philip
Wiliier,
Clarke, T, B. Harrison and others.
The
'oo, Wilbur, G. Elmer.
Morning Press^ Dec. 14, has the

QUARTERLY

7

handle the athletics of the institution.”
’00,

Withers, Samuel C.,

teaching

Mathematics

is

now

in

the

Friends’ Select School of PhiladeF

Graduating

phia.

at

Haverford Col-

lege in 1904 w’ith a Phi Beta

Kappa

follow’-

he taught two years at the
Moses Brown School of Providence,
R. I., and is now planning to enter

iug commendatory w'ords to say of
the work of G. Elmer Wilbur, now

High School Work in N. Y. City.
In the qualifying examinations for

the Jacksonville

this purpose he was one of the 44
successful candidates out of a total

following

The

label

Tinies Union

Florida

Jacksonville, Fla., has the

vice-principal

high school,

of

— words

appreciated by his

that

many

town
“Coach Wilbur has

wdll

of

be

friends in

ev'ery reason

proud of his 1912 chamSpeaking of Prof. Wilbur,
pions.
he is the man who put the foot in
When
football at Duval High.
Prof. Wilbur first came to Jacksonville the Duval High was practically unknow'n as a contender for
In former years
gridiron honors.
they had had football teams, but
to

feel

to the

prior

bur sport
the

arrival of

had been

school

for

And, believe me,

a

Prof. Wil-

dead issue

several
it

at

seasons.

was no easy
up

task for Prof. Wilbur to build

He had

a team.

of material

started, but

’00,

examined and w'as high
Mathematical section.
Skeer,

man

Charles O. (sp. c.)

died at Lockport N. Y.,
30, after a brief illness of

December
pneumo-

nia following an attack of la grippe.

The

came

Bloomsburg as
few knew of
his illness until the day before the
new's of his death.
His body was
brought to Bloomsburg where funeral services were held at the home
of his mother, Mrs. Laura Skeer.
Interment was made in Rosemont
Cemetery.
His whole life was
w'rapped up in music and realizing
that music held for him his future
he gave himself a thorough musinew's

to

a decided shock, for

cal

education.

As

a

director

of

instilled the spirit into

choral work, Mr. Skeer scored re-

Duval students which insures

markable successes in both Bloomsburg and Berwick, and under his
direction these two choral societies
came to occupy a high plane.
For several years past he has
been supervisor of music in the
Lockport, N. Y. schools, a position

he has
the

now

only the rawest

when he

of 253
in his

;

the institution

of

a representative

team every fall. Again I
Wilbur should feel proud
and Duval High should
team
of his
at having securcongratulated
feel

foot ball

say Prof.

ed a

man

of

Wilbur’s calibre to

THE

8

which he was signally

in

He was

F.

N.

S.

successful.

slated for a position in sim-

work

QUARTERLY.

S.

five

high school students and over
pupils.
His entime is devoted to the work of

hundred grade

six

His zeal
unusual
and
in church work was
in Bloomsburg his death has left a

tire

big vacancy.

tions to

ilar

in a large city.

—

He

supervision.

is

looking for-

ward with very pleasant

anticipa-

the tenth anniversary of

Marion
His bereaved widow
Johnson Sheer, '02— has the deepest sympathy of the hundreds of
old students who knew them both

and

the

reunion

with his class mates.
pects to be on hand.

He

fully ex-

so favorably and so well.

formerly manager of the Markle

’01,

Aikman,.

the

Morning

the

Baptist

evening

Henry

From

B.

At
Tuesday

Dec. 26.

Press,

parsonage,

Miss Clarinda

at 7 o’clock

E. Jones, daughter of Mrs.

W.

E.

Tubbs and Henry B. Aikman of
Lime Ridge, were united in marriage by Rev. Chas. E. Miller. The
and left
ceremony ujK>n a wedding
trip at the completion of which
they will reside upon the farm near
Lime Ridge that Mr. Aikman is
couple were unattended

after the

conducting.

The

bride

known young woman
and the groom

is

is

of

also

a well

Berwick

known

in

Berwick, having formerly been emNational
plo3’ed in the Berwick

Bank.
’03, Fritz,

Warren

B., sp. c.

has

taken charge of the Commercial
Department in the High School
at Rochester, Pa.
’03, Snj-der,

W.

is

now

in his native state

ten

the borough of

N.

J.

ion

farm

McBride,

Espy

at

Chas. C., sp.

is

c.,

now connected

with the State Agricultural work.

His present field is Mercer county.
’04, Conner, Floyd A. sp. c.,
was married on Tuesday evening
the 31st of
December to Miss
Helen M. Bertels, of Wilkes-Barre.
The ceremony w’as performed at
the parsonage of the Central M.
E. Church by the pastor Rev. Dr.
Helms. Mr. and Mrs. Conner after an extended wedding trip are
at

home

ferson

in their residence

339 JefBloomsburg, Pa.
manager of the Columbia

street,

Floyd is
and Montour Oxypathor Companj’’,
and has built up a large business
and one that is rapidly increasing.
’04, Riddle, Silas S., is on the
The
staff of the North American.
following lines from his pen appeared in the Thanksgiving issue
of that paper
War and Peace.

With

and

the Supervisor of the schools

of

’04,

:

D., started

years ago as a teacher of a one.

room school

graduation

his

Penn's Grove,

He has under his supervistwenty-two teachers, seventy-

the

Turks

in their

And

a gettin’ walloped

European land

the turk’s a gettin’ slaughter-

ed over here.

Seems
is

this holiday,

Thanksgivin’,

a purely Christian custom,

;

THE
If a rather festal epoch in the
Oh, the Balkan chiefs are

’crost the

A

B.

S.

Turkey

in a

in

home

All approve of roastin’ turkey

through and through.
Ah, the Turks of fez and gobble
have a sort of common woe,
And might aptly stretch their
hands acrost the sea.
For the Moslem’s plight is sim’lar to

much

cause for

restaurants

may innocently
“European

there’s

!

Beagle,

married

at

Roy,

sp.

c.

Item, of

Aug.

pretty

:

Tuesday afternoon

place on

tel.

9th, ’12

home wedding took

Mr.

of

Main

and

street,

at the

Mrs. R. O. BeiNazareth, when

Pa.,

New York

City, render-

ed the wedding

the

immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present.
Miss

Miss Mae
The ceremony took
place at the home of the bride’s
sister.
Roy is well known in Athletics and did efficient work on the
couple of sea-

He is now employed at the
West Branch Table Co.’s plant in
Watsontowm.
.

Dolman, Rev. Harry, is pastor of the Lutheran church at
Worthington, Pa. He was marri’04,

October 26th, to Miss Lou
Shearer of Worthington, and on

ed,

is

was

Mordan.

sons.

Blanche. The foltaken from the Nazareth

’04, Morris, J.

Beitel, of

!

latter part of October, to

for a

wife,

were united in marriage by the
Rev. A. E. Erdman.
Miss Helen

Watsontown,

Normal team

his

He’s a Greek

Grand Army man
’04,

the 14th of De-

and little
daughter returning from a meeting of the State Grange, gave
Bloomsburg and the Normal School
a very pleasant but brief visit.
he,

in

no hidden malice

their proffer.

Tip the waiter

short

Miss Jennie Blanche Morris, and
Elmer Mast, both of Nazareth,

plan,’’

Maybe

On

trouble him.’’

cember,

home

turkey on the

Us,

a

,

“A

offer

made

trip

Bloomsburg.

Susquehanna Co Pa. He is doing well and “the sheriff does not

jollity.

Though

9

’04, Cogswell, I. S., is the prosperous proprietor of a Guernsey
stock farm near Auburn Corners,

lowing

the native fowl’s distress.
neither have

wedding

the

visit to

steW

And

QUARTERLY

busj’'

While French chefs and cooks
kitchens nearer

S.

\’ear.

foam,

keepin’ parts of

N.

Morris

is

a

march.

native

of

Only the

Columbia

county, but during the past five
years was a teacher in the Nazareth
public .schools. Miss Morris has
been a successful teacher and has
many friends here. Mr. Mast is
well known having been employed
as clerk in

Main

the

Hagenbuch
number of

street, for a

store,

years.

Johnson, Alexander, P., sp.
Cards have been received announcing the marriage of Elena,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W.
’04,

c.

THE

lO

B.

N.

S.

Mix, of Nogales, Arizona, to LieuAlexander L. P. Johnson,
Fourth United States Cavalr}’, on
Thursday, Dec. 28th, 19 [2. They

tenant

will be at

home

after

the

February at Schofield
Honolulu, H. I.

Good ale,

’04,

take the

an

Bessie

first

of

Barracks,

in

the

Wilkes-Barre

Times- Union, Monday' Oct. 28

;

Miss Bessie Eva Goodale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
G. Irving
Goodale, of 226 Madison street,

and Charles Thielman of Weehawken, N. J., were joined in
marriage at the home of the bride’s
parents by Rev. A. J. Kerr, D. D.
pastor of Memorial Presbyterian
church, Saturday’ evening at 8
o’clock.
About sixty guests were
present to witne.ss the ceremon5^
,

Charles

Alles,

a

nephew

of the

groom, carried the ring, which reposed in a calla lily. A reception
followed, after w'hich a dainty sup-

per was served.

head clerk in
the postoffice at Gutteuberg, N.
J., which adjoins West New York,
where the bride had been a teacher

some

is

j'ears.

After the wedding trip

which they
as

guests

will

of

during
spend several days

the bride’s

uncle,

Wilcox, M. D., U. S.
Army, retired, in Washington, the
happy couple will begin housekeeping in a newly furnished home
in West New York, N. J.
’05.
At a luncheon and card
Brig.

Gen.

burg, announcement was made of
the engagement of Miss LaVere

Robbins to Walter S. Brooke, both
Miss Robbins is one of

of ’05.

among the younger
Bloomsburg. Mr. Brooke is
making rapid advances in the employ of the Street Railways Advertising Co,, having offices in the

set in

New

Flatiron Building,
’05, Roberts,

York.

Dora M., was mar-

ried Tuesday evening Dec. 31 to
James G. Thomas, of McComas,

W.

Va.,

formerly a

Wilkes-Barre.

performed

at

resident

of

The ceremonj’ was
the home of her par-

74 S. Meade St., Wilkesher father, the Rev. Dr.
Roberts pastor of the Welsh Pres-

ents,

Barre,

byterian,

They were

officiating.

unattended.

McComas,

They

W.

will

reside

where

Va.,

old

Mertz, Elizabeth and

Lesher,

of

Point

in

Mr.

Thomas is Superintendent of
McComas Coal and Coke Co.
’05,

The bridegroom

for

party given Saturday, February i,
by Mrs. C. Z. Robbins of Blooms-

the popular girls

We

E.

following extracts from

article

QUARTERLY

S.

the

Har-

township,

Northumberland county, were marTuesday Dec. 31 at the home
of the bride, Rev. H. C. Michael
officiating.
At the same time and
place Blanche Mertz ‘10 was married to John Bergen, of ^Bellemeade, N. J., where they will reried

side.

’05,

White,

(Campbell)

the proud mother of

Ora

is

a daughter,

brought to her early in the j^ear
at St. Louis, Mo.
’05, Shook, Stella, writes from

—

TITE

“This

Florence, Colo.:

cond

B.

-S.

my

is

N.

se-

3'ear in this land of sunshine.

Pennsylvania girls
Three other
came with me and we have found
the people, the schools and the climate most delightful. Bloomsburg
is prett}^

well

represented

There are

state.

in this

at least nine that

know. Last winter I spent my
Christmas vacation with Mrs. Selleneitt (Mae Bonham ’04) on their
I

ranch in the eastern part of the
State, and in the Spring I had a

most delightful vi.sit with Mrs.
Fullmer (Florence Kitchen ’05) in
her home at Rocky Ford.”
’05, Howell (Richart)
Margaret

moved to Rock Island^ 111
where her husband has a position
in the government arsenal as an
has

S.

QUARTER? Y

company~a

ing

with

an

very

equally

fine po.sition,

salary at-

fine

tached thereto.

Andres, Dr. Harry,

’06,

located at Duluth, Minn.,

many
know

friends

be

will

is

and

now
his

pleased to

that he has built

up an ex-

ceptionally fine practice.
’06, Hartman, Harry H. (sp. c.)
The marriage of Harry H. Hart-

man, and Florence Ida Girton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A M.
Girton,

of Shickshinny,

home

was

Monday morning

emnized

of the

sol-

the
former’s parents, Rev.

and
Mrs. Wm.
Woodland, Pa.

H.

at

Hartman,

,

Miss Girton

’05, Welliver,

Mary

—sp. — was

married in Wiikes-Barre, Nov. 25,
George Zeigler, of Bloomsburg, Pa., where they will reside.
’05, Allen, Bertha, is in the office
A.sst.

Postmaster in Seattle,

Washington, and has
official

all

full

charge

correspondence

as

also the efficiency and absence re-

cords of

office.

New

soloi.st

She has

just been

appointed on the Civil Service. Examining Board. She writes to a

talented musi-

a

She

York.
the

in

in

Scranton

is at pre.sent

First Presbyterian

Church, of Syracuse, N. Y.
Mr.

Hartman

a graduate

is

Syracuse University.
course

college

the

foot

ball

member
control

During

the student

of

He

of
his

he was captain of
team two years, a

and prominent
a

in

board of
musical

member

of the
Beta Theta Pi fraternit3^ the Mystic Krew and a rising y^oung lawyer of Syracuse.
Mornmp; Pjess,
activitie.s.

is

2, ’13.

very entertainingly of her
experiences in
duties and her

Jan

Seattle.

paper says

friend

is

has studied

c.

to Mr.

of the

who

cian,

and

electrician.

of

II

’oft,

Es.sick,
:

Laura R.

A

local

The engagement

of

Thomas N. If you
want to write to “Tom,” address
Nikolairosk on Amur, Rushim

Miss Laura R. Essick, of Jerseytown and Dr. Robert Lowrie, of
Braddock, Pa., has been announc-

Eastern Siberia, care of Asiatic
Bank. He is engaged with a min-

ed.

’06,

Turner,

;

so,

of

Miss E.ssick

Mr. and

Mrs.

the daughter
A. Essick, and

is
J.

THE

12
is

a teacher in the school

B. S. N,S.

at

Still-

warer.

QUARTERLY
ferns and

autumn

o6, Hasten, Christella, has again

dered at the

home

After

leaves.

the ceremony a reception

was

been promoted in the Binghamton

ter in the

City schools

ple left for a short trip after

heretofore she

;

has

been teaching one grade in all subjects but is now in departmental
work having classes in English

ten-

of the bride. La-

evening the happy cou-

home

they will be at their

which
at 312

East Front street, Plainfield, N.

The groom

is

a

J.

graduate of New-

only.

The

very

highly

ark Business College and is now'
connected with Lindlay Air Prod-

Voris Louis,

New York City.
The bride is a graduate of Bloomsburg Normal School, and was for-

work.
Ave.
’07,

ed

his

city superintendent has

complimented her
Her address is 66 Conklin

Pottsville

firm

and

a similar position
’07, Marc}',

ted

at

635

geles, Calif.

sp. c.

— resign-

as chemist

position

at

H. N.,

for a

has accepted

Akron, Ohio.
is

now

loca-

35 Place, Los AnC; A. Marcy ’07 is

grammar

school at

Fillmore, Calif.

Dino

three

j^ears

Nicholas,

Jr.,

was

the four years course

leading to the degree of A. B.
is

now

He

taking a graduate course at

Harvard University.

Neshanic and
and groom

bride

friends,

who

ex-

tend congratulations.
’08,

Grimes, Dr. Jay,

cated in

is

now' lo-

Grand Rapids, Mich.

We

understand that for the present he
confining himself largely to hos-

pital practice.

Morgan, (Stein) Laura W.
Though somewhat belated we happily announce the birth of a son,
July 26, 1912, to Mr. and Mrs. V.
G. Stein, 5210 Market street, Phil’08,

adelphia.

—

Barrow, Mary From
Somerville, N. J. Democrat:
’07,

The
both have many
Plainfield.

is

graduated from the University of
Wisconsin la.st June, completing in

a teacher at

merlj'

W.

principal of the

’07,

ucts Co.,

the

“St. Paul’s Reformed Church at
Ringtown, Pa., was the scene of a
beautiful wedding Friday evening,
October 4, at 8 o’clock, w'hen the
marriage of Miss Mary R. Barrow,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Barrow, and Mr. George W. Anderson, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. E.
Anderson, of Neshanic, was solemThe church was handsomenized.
ly decorated with potted plants.

’09,

Klingerman, John E., has

resigned his position as principal of

High School at Mainville, Pa.,
and accepted a position as bookkeeper in the First National Bank
of Bloomsburg.
John was married in December to Miss Florence
M. Shuman, an assistant teacher in
the

the Mainville School.
’09,
is

Barrow, H. R.

now

— Col. Prep

the sole owner of a large

undertaking and embalming establishment
in
Bloomington, Ind.

THE
Mr. Barrow
Cincinnati

is

S.

N. S.

a graduate of the

Embalming

College of

and holds state
and Indiana.

B.

Ohio

for

licenses

(Burnett) Alice, is
Madison, N. J., and is
happily situated as evidenced b3' a
cheery card received from her in
the fall.
Sh^ hopes to visit the
’09,

Gibbs;

living at

Normal school some time

this win-

W. — sp.

Hess, Paul

c.

— was

married Tuesday Dec. 24th to Miss
Ella V. Laubach, of Benton, Pa,
They will reside at Berwick, Pa.
’it,

Sharadin,

cal paper,

Nov,

“Abraham

Abraham
29, says

Sharadin,

—A

lo-

Ringtown, Pa.
George Barrow is working in the
Westinghouse Electrical Works at
Pittsburgh and taking the Engineering course at Carnegie Techni-

cal School

turned to his

home

in

ing the

two

foot

ball

several well

known

Espy

after a

Coached dur-

years

preceding

bj^

college coaches,

team was unable to win a
game. Sharadin got them out of
the rut, however, the team winning four out of seven games of a
the

hard schedule. It goes without
saying that the college authorities
were pleased with his showing.’’
’12, Leiby, Bruce W., sp. c. was
,

married
Danville,

Christmas
Pa.,

to

— night course,

Andres, Lydia

’12,

“The engagement

afternoon

at

Miss Ethel M.

Foust of that city. The ceremony
was performed b>' Rev. J. L. Yonce
Mr.
of Trinitj" Lutheran Church.
Leibj' is engaged in the real estate
business at Allentown, Pa.
’12, Barrow, Clarence, Emily Barrow and Helen Felter are teaching

i

of Miss Lydia

Andres, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
J. H. Andres, of East Fifth street,

Edward Creasj%

(sp. c. ’05) son

and Mrs. S. C. Cfeas>*, was
announced at a luncheon and card
of Mr.

party given at Miss Andres’

home

yesterday afternoon, to the younger

The

500 Club of town.
decorated in pink,

:

coach of the Connecticut State College at Storrs, Conn., has just resuccessful season.

lA

near their homes,

to

ter.

’10,

tJUARTERLY

Above the

table,

hearts were suspended

from

were tiny
tiny

table was
and the favors

bands of

rings.

crepe paper.—

Press, Dec. 27, ’12.

Duchesne, Carmen C., writes
Mr. Bakeless from Gurabo, Porto Rico, a very interesting letter,
dated Oct. 13. She saj^s, in part
“I was appointed special teacher
of English in Gurabo.
This is a
position which onlj’- Americans are
allowed to fill and it is ver}"^ hard,
’12,

to

:

but

I

am

earning $75, w’hich

is

$15

more than the regular grade teachers get.
I teach the 5th and 6th
grades and now I have in my room
fift3'-two pupils.

I also

teach

the

7th and 8th in English and have a
class of teachers, in English, ever3^

Friday afternoon.

I

miss

very

much my friends at Bloomsburg
and many times I feel as if I could
fly there.’’
She may be addressed
at

Gurabo, Porto Rico.

H

THE

1912,

the followiwg

S'.

N".

President of

Savige, L. D.,

’i2,

the class of

B.

has appointed

named members

of

the class as a committee to keep in
touch with the members of the
class

and to send some token from

the class in case of illness

W.

Rainer,

Halda

Elizabeth

Davis,

Harrj’

r

Bohlin,. Harriet

R.

Qualey and

C. Fisk Brill.

MEETINaS OF ALEMNI ASSOaATIONS,
following notices of Alumni

The

Reunions and Banquets liave been
taken, in tbe main, from acsomnts
given in tbe several local papers

giTTARTSETT

the past forty years.

twenty-third annual ban-

Bloomsburg State Normal school was held at Hotel Sterling last evening and was attended
The spirit of
by 221 members.
school friendship and loyalty to the
school was manifest from the beginning to the end of the pleasant

sponded

J.

apt

J.

Clark, president of

the as-

Waller, president of the Nor-

mal school, responded to the

“Our

School.’’

He

toast,

called atten-

tion to the present prosperity of the
institution,

gress and

its

its

man answered

to the toast, ‘T sing
’

’'

N. B.
After the speaking the dining,
room was used for dancing for an
hour. It was one of the most successful and enjoyable meetings ever
The offiheld hy the association,
cers were continued in office for another year. They are : President,
G. J. Clark secretary. Miss Nancy
Wintersteen ; treasurer, B. Frank
Myers.

Schuylkill. County,

Mahanoy

City, Monday, Oct.

28.

“The Third Annual meeting

graduates.

standing and pro-

Bloomsburg

the

Cafe

last

The
J.

mal, William

spoke on the toast, “My Class.’’
He modestly claimed membership

:

Dr.

Brill,

of the Depart-

Civics, and
Miss K. Maude Smith, principal of
the Model Department and Critic
Teacher.
After a very fine banquet, the

ment

of

History and

Association went

The

of

honor were

Waller, principal of the Nor-

of achievments

Wilbur

of

Normal

evening.

guests of

session.

Prof. G. E.

State

School Association held a reception
and banquet in the Opera House

past success measured

by the standard
its

liappy vein to the

to the glories of B. S.

D,

sociation, acted as toastmaster. Dr.

D.

a

in

“The dass of 7912.’’’ In hismanner Judge John M. Gar-

toast,

of

gathering.

G.

T. B. Har-

of Huntington township re-

rison

quet of the Luzerne Alumni Association

school during

in every class of the

;

:

Luz^erne County, Wilkes-Barre
Thursday, Oct. 25.

“The

S.

into a business

following officers were elec-

Mr. Richard McHale, Shenandoah; Secretary, Miss
Beddall,
PoiT Carbon
Fannie

ted

:

President,

;

T'fiK

Treasurer,

Mr^ G.

f,. 'S.

N.

S.

Ash-

\V, Carl,

^'DXRTIi'RXV

'£'5

mittee on arraugement.s.

The Normal School was

land.

Then

the following program was

sented by Messrs.

W.

repre-

B. Sutliff,

J>,

Nevin

*enacted

C. Foote and Mr-, and Mrs.

Address by Supt. W. F. Ehrhart, a tnecaber of the £rst class of

T. Englehart.

the Normal School.
Recitation, Miss Maddock.
Address, Mr. Richard McHale.

Dauphin County, Harrisburg,
Thursday, Nov. 23.

The address of the evening was
made by Dr. D J. Waller, follow-

School annual reunion of the alum-

ed by Prof.

Wm.

Brill.

Smith.
different clas.ses.

toasts

from the

Miss Helen Met-

zinger representing

the

1912, gave
j'oungest member

honor

a toast in

class

(1912)

of

of

the

of

the

association.

Thursday, Nov.

The annual meeting

14.

of the

Wayne

County Association of B. S. N. S>
Alumni was held in the Presbyterian Chapel at Honesdale on Nov.
1912.

The

following officers were elect-

Pres. E. G. Jenkins, spec. Vice

Pres., L. D. Savige,

’12.

Sec.

and

Treas. Margaret Corcoran, ’00.
Secretar3^

The chicken and

cess.

per w'as held

vicinity

waffle sup-

Paxtonia Inn

at

good old-fashiorred countr}"
fifty

in

style

5

covers fairly

groaned beneath their burden of
toothsome viands. The decorations
of j"elloW and white chrysanthemums blended nicely with the maroon and gold of the pennants on

season of speechmaking.

Speeches were made by the presDr. Grace Wintersteen, Dr.
D. J. Waller, principal of the school

ident,

and Mr. Geo. E.

Wilbur, teacher

of mathematics, in their usual hap-

vein.

py

A

reception followed re-

with reminiscences of *‘Ye
goode olde Normal days;” then
music and dancing.

plete

The
ing

officers elected for the

year

were

President,

;

The

oc-

was thoroly enjoj’ed.
Much credit is due to the Com-

comDr.

Grace Wintersteen vice-president.
Miss Katharine McNiff secretar}’,
Mrs. E. Gottschall treasurer. Miss
Margaret Sullivan executive committee, Dr. Mausteller, Miss Lorena Evans, Miss Swank,
Among the good wishes and congratulations was a telegram from
;

;

was nicely
This was followed by a

excellent banquet

served.

casion

Dauphin county and

;

Executive Com. to be named by

An

Normal

the wall.

Wayne County, Honesdale,

;

ni of

the tables set with

Then followed

ed

,

State

Thursday' evening, was a great suc-

Greetings from the Normal Facult}' and other Alumni members
were brought by Miss K. Maude

14th,

The Bioomsburg

;

THE

i6
B. S. N. S.

B.

S,

N,

QUARTERLY,

Tunkhannock presented

BLOOMSBURQ LITERARY JNSTITUTE
AND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
O? TKE SIXTH DtSTRICT,

Editorial
J.

G E. Wilbnr,
Mvrtle Swartz.

C. FooSe.

W.

PA.

P
Joseph H. Dennis,

Q-UARTERLT.

Dec. nth, 1912 the Grange Hall

Publiched by the

BLOOMSBURG.

S.

alt

unwo-nted appearance of festivity and
gaiety.
Thirty
graduates and
friends of the Bloomsburg Normal
School had gathered there to celebrate the second annual banquet of
the
Wyoming County Alumni
an

B. Sntliff.

Association.

H. O, Mine, secretary of the school
board, Washington, D, C.

Mifflin County, Lewistown,
Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Graduates and

former students

Bloomsburg State Normal
School, numbering more than a
score, met last evening in the parlor of the Crystal Cafe, and after
of the

a short business session

order by

called

to

the president, Mrs. A, A.

were invited to the dining
room where D. W. Nichols had
prepared a turkey dinner such as
Orr,

has made the Crystal famous.
ing to the entertainment in
court house, to which
desired to go,

dispense with

it

Ow-

The menu was

R.

Schaeffer.

The

:

In addition to the members of

to

and former students w'ere present :
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Leonard and
Mr. John E. Shambach of the
Bloomsburg Faculty, Mrs. Gertrude S. Hill, F. A, Kilpatrick, Dr.
E. F. Bigelow, Harrison K. Van
Tuyl, Myrtle Mae Anderson, Asa

ing defeat to turkey.

The

follow-

ing represented the school Messrs
Cope and Albert and Mrs. O. H.
:

Bakeless.

S. Keeler, Dr.

Wyoming

County, TunkhanNOCK, Wednesday, Dec. ii.
p.

m.,

following officers

were re-elected for a term of three
years
Pres. Dr. Chas. H. O’Neill,
V. Pres. Mrs. Adelaide M. Hawke,
Sec’y.-Treas. Dennis D. Wright.

speechmaking,

but sufficient time was spent in the
dining room to administer a crush-

At 6

so well pre-

and served as to have done
credit to any high cla.ss caterer and
everyone was well pleased.
Mr. Asa S Keeler acted as toastmaster and the following men responded to toasts ; Mr. Leonard,
Mr. Shambach, Dr. E. F. Bigelow,
Dr. Stanley L. Krebs, and Dr.
pared

the Association the following guests

was necessary
all

the

many present

The dainty and substantial viands which soon made glad the inner man had been prepared by the
Ladies’' Relief Corps of the G. A.

Wednesday evening,

dred Keeler,
Dr.

Stanley

Stark.

N. C. Schaeffer, MilProf. C.

L.

W. Hoover,
Mae

Krebs, and

THE

B.

N.

S

Northumberland County, Sunbur y, Thursd\y, Dec.

19.

School, held in the banquet hall of

Sunbury,
Thursday evening, proved a most
delightful affair, and was attended

Temple

at

of the

by more than 50 graduates
well

as

school,

members

of the

as

Normal Faculty

:

E.

Wilbur,

H. Bakeless and

Prof. D.

G.

Dr. Waller, Prof.
Prof. O.

following

the

These, in addition to

S. Hartline.

Dr. Ritchie of

McKeesport,

17

and
having a “rousing meeting’’ during the week of the County Institute next winter.
county

to join the Association

as.sist in

The banquet of the Northumberland County Alumni Association of
the Bloomsburg State Normal
the Masonic

QUARTERLY

S.

Rev.

The

editor of the

again thanks those
ly aided

him

in

Alumni column

who have

.securing

department of the
regrets that he
cannot write to each one expressing his gratitude, and trusts that
interest for this

QuarterIy.

He

this statement will suffice.

Philologian Society.
The

big event of the year, the

reunion,

and
Ellenbogen
Superintendent
Supt. Deaniof Mt. Carmel, respond-

After

ed to toasts.

affirm his statement.

were re-elected as

Officers

fol-

Myron Geddis, Northum-

;

berland, president

;

F.

B.

Apple,

Sunbury, treasurer, and Miss Russell, Sunbury, secretary.

Lycoming County, Jersey
Shore, Dec.

The members

of

18.

the

it

has pas.sed into history.

we

find the chronicler has

written “verj^ successful,’’ and

The

success

tiring efforts

was due
of

we

to the un-

those in charge,

and the faithful work of the committees. The decorating committee
w'orked hard, and the result of

was greatly admired.
Arches were employed in the Gym
their efforts

to support the balcony.

Lycoming

Please

continue the good work.

E. B. Bailey of Baltimore, County

lows

kind-

items of

The space

County Association did not hold a

between and above the arches was
occupied by a blue and white lat-

formal reunion and banquet this
They however, met and efyear.

base of each arch was formed of

fected or completed

spruce.

the

organiza-

tion, electing the following

President,

officers

:

miller,

’98

urer

W.

J.

;

named

Mary Trucken-

secretary

Farnsworth;

and

treas-

’05.

They

send out through the Quarterly
an earnest appeal to all graduates

and former students of the Normal School living in Lycoming

tice

work

of

crepe

paper.

The

Above, blue and white
streamers of crepe paper hung alternately

to

within eight or nine

feet of the floor, relieving the high,

“barny’’ effect of the

producing a more

Gym

congenial

and
atti-

tude.

“Callie Booth’’ occupied one corGym and signified the

ner of the

THE

i8
friendly

ces

The

societies.

sion furniture from
girls’

existing be-

relationship

tween the two

B. S. N.S.

the

mis-

boys’ and

recreation halls occupied pla-

under the

balcony,

and lent

themselves to the furthering of the
social side of the occasion.

The regular literary program
was rendered in Philo Hall in the
morning at lo o’clock. Dr. Waller
made an address and a number of
the alumni spoke.

A

great part of the interest,

ever, centered

in

the

Gym. We
many of the

other^ and, of course,

the “lots of

things I’ve got to

you’’ had to

In the afternoon “Prof’’

be told.

Pace and his orchestra made their
appearance, and likewise with their
arrival the wax mysteriou.sly found
its way upon the floor, and dancing was enjoyed by all who cared
to indulge.

After supper the orchestra was
again in the Gym and dancing was

resumed for a short time before the
drama.
The Chapel was simply but artisBlue phis and
tically decorated.
sprays of spruce were arranged al.
ternately around the balcony upon
The posts
a white background.
were covered with blue and white
bunting, and the big, blue electric
phi again

The

hung above the

last

the day,

stage.

and greatest event of

the

production

drama “She Stoops

was

decided success.
All the
were well taken and the
were fine.
The
stage settings
whole production reflected the ability and work of Miss Slifer.
But
the day did not end with the falling of the curtain on the last act,
for the drama “feed” came immediately after, and all who enjoyed

of

the

to Conquer,’’

a

parts

appreciated

it

the

the

efforts of

committee in charge. This over,
the big day was called done.

how-

were glad to see so
alumni back
They all had their
V'aried experiences to tell one antell

QUARTERLY

We

are again back to our

regu-

work.
A number of
new members have been received
and the treasury stands above ^the
two hundred dollar mark.
society

lar

We

have a couple
programs thus term, in

are going to

public

of

which three

or four

light

plays will be presented.

Irish

We

also

hope to have debates occup3' more
of our time, and expect to get the
new members to work.

The

following officers were elec-

ted Dec.

7,

for

Mr.

Pres.,

the ensuing >’ear

Myron

P.

Rishton

:

;

Vice Pres., Miss Martha Cortright;

Pugh
Anna L.

Rec. Sec’y., Miss Elizabeth
Rec.

Asst.

Reese;

Sec’y.,

Miss

Cor. Sec’y.,

;

Miss Cather-

Bone Treas., Mr. Jacob JF.
Marshal, Mr. Geo. M.
Wetzel
Yerg Asst. Mar. Mr. A. Leerea
ine

;

;

;

White.

Calliepian Society.
From

the beginning of the school

year Callie

The

Society

has
is

been advancing.

now

entirelyjree

THE

Bs

S.

from debt, with a nice surplus

N.

S.

QUARTERLY
The members

for

are to be

congrat-

cooperation

the Reunion.

ulated

Much work has been done the
accomplishment has been with a
Much work
true and loyal spirit.
remains which cannot be taken up
until after the Reunion, Feb. 22.
At that time w’e hope to see many
of
the
Alumni back so that
we can make this Reunion bigger,
better, brighter than ever.
Orders for pins and pennants
have been sent in by the committee.
The programs rendered are worthy

every thing that has been under-

their

for

in

;

of notice,

they being rendered in

an artistic and effective w'ay. The
good support wdiich has been given
the officers

is

also

deserving

taken.

The Bazaar conducted
two organizations
cess,

A
is

to

w'as a

the

b}'

grand suc-

over $60 being realized.

Y. M. C. A. ba.sket ball team
be organized after vacation.

This team is to play a series of
games with the Faculty.
Bible study is conducted in the
students’ rooms from 2;oo to 3:00
We expect to
p. m. on Sunda}\
continue this work until Spring vacation after which w’e hope to form
a mission study class.
Election

of

of

officers

w'ill

take

place before the spring vacation.

credit.

Mr. Evan

The Reunion Committees have
and each committee assigned its special work. 'The
Drama Committee has been at work
and .so far has obtained successful
results.
We hope to make the
Drama the best ever. After our
return from vacation practice w’as
immediately started with our loyal
been appointed,

coach. Miss Slifer.

and gave

C. A.

many encouraging

us

the

means of inspiring us
and success.

to greater

efforts

Y.

W.

There are
sociation

The Y. M.

the stu-

has been wdth us

suggestions wdiich we hope will be

that are just

Y. M. C. A.

W. Thomas,

dent secretary,

C.

A.

especial

tw'o

now keeping

events

the As-

and its w’ork prominently
minds of the students

before the

;

.strong organization for the future.

they are the re-decorating of the
Association room, and the coming
of Miss Eleanor Richardson, the

We

student secretary.

Various

sing.

is still

things

progres-

indicate

a

have good reason to believe

that a

room

association’s headquarters.

The
cellent

financial standing

condition.

We

is

in

ex-

expect to

send four delegates to the Northfield

Not

wall be secured for the

Conference next June.

all

the

of

school

realize

made

of the Y.

is

members

how'

W.

much

of the

use

is

C. A. room.

It

a place not only for meetings

of

the cabinet

but

it is

and the Committees,

used for

rest,

or reading,

THE

lO
or study,

by

who

girls

room too

recreation

much

we survey

S,

H,

at times find

and the

the librarj’ too restrictive

with

B.

lively.

It is

pleasure, therefore, that

the newly papered walls,

and the
holiday-made im-

the carpet, the curtains,

various

other

We

provements.

trust

that the

added attractiveness of the room
may'

mean

also increased

useful-

For some time past the

officers

were in commuMiss Richardson,
trying to perfect arrangements so
that her visit might be of greatest

of the Association

with

nication

organization.

members of the
She was with us

Jan. 17th, and

we

to all the

come was such as
repeat her visit.

trust

will

her wel-

induce her to

started

Shippensburg.
Feb. 24, York Y. M. C. A. at
Bloomsburg.
Feb. 28.
Schuylkill Sem. at
Reading.
Mar. I.
Kutztown S. N. S. at

at

Kutztown.
Mar. 3. Berwick Y. M. C. A,
Bloomsburg.*

Basket

Ball

au.spiciously.

Season

The

has
first

away
won
column.
games
A
good
in the
games
has
been
arschedule of
four games have been tucked

ranged,

We

are

all

glad

to see

Bucknell Uni. again upon the list.
The schedule
Bucknell Uni. at LewJan. 9.
:

isburg.
Jan. 15.
Jan. 17.

Hazleton at Hazleton.
Wilkes-Barre H. S, at

Bloorasburg.
Y. M. C. A. at BerJan. 21.
wick.
Pittston at Pittston
Jan. 25.
Shippensburg N. S. at
Jan. 31.

Bloomsburg.
Dickinson Sem.
Feb. 3.
liamsport.

Mar. 10. Hazleton H
at
S.
Bloomsburg.
Mar. 14.
Pittston at Pittston.
Mar. 15. Scranton Tech. H. S,
Scranton.

at

Bloomsburg Normal School won
from Hazleton on the Hazleton
Floor by Decisive Score of 34-18.
That the Bloorasburg Normal basket ball team promises to make
something of a record for itself this
season was again proven at Hazleton last night when they downed
the Hazleton team by the score of
34-18 and turned the trick without

Athletics.
The

Feb. 8.
Kutztown S. N, S. at
Bloomsburg (3 p, m.)
Feb, 20. Y. M. C. A. at York.
F'eb. 21.
Shippensburg S. N. S.

at

ness.

benefit

gtJARTEKLY.

S.

trouble.
The Normal boys threw
16 field goals as against five thrown

by the Hazleton team, which shows
conclusively how easily the Norcalled fouls
eight of
their
p>oiuts.
Normal scored two points
from fouls. The line-up

Hazleton

scored

:

HAZLETON.
Sager.

.

.

Bachman.
Van Doran

BLOOMSBURG.

forward
Wagenseller
forward
Leideich
.

.

,

,

,

.

centre

.

Smoczynski

.

(Kreiner)

Day

....

....

guard
Bettenhausen
guard
.

.

(Van Doran)
Goals from

field

.

.

Throne

Gemmil

— Wagenseller,

Smoczynski, 4
Leideich, 4
Throne, 3
Bachman.
Sager, 4
KreiGoals from foul Sager, 7
ner, Leideich, Smoczyski.

5

;

;

;

;

at Wil-

From

mal team won.

—

;

;

"Entered as second-class matter July

i.

APRIL.

VOL. XVIU

J\

New Normal Course

The Board

Normal

of

Department of
Harrisburg have ar-

resentatives of the

Education at
ranged a further modification of
the course of study to be offered bj'
the Normal Schools of the state in
This
teachers.
of
preparation

’

16. 1804.

NO. 3

1913

Mathematics; 4 in Foreign
guages, and 3 elective.

The course

.School

Principals in conjunction with rep-

Bloomsburg. Pa.,

1900, at the post office at

under the Act or July

confines

itself,

its efforts

Academic Science or
Language work except incidentally

provision for

In the latter

as electives.

adopted, but it seems likely that it
or some similar course of study will
ultimately be approved.

grade taken in

new

Normal course

arrangement

the

specifically

is

ar-

ranged as a two \"ear course, all of
which must be completed b}' attendance at a Normal School, and
entrance to which shall be by certificate from a first class high
school or upon examination after
the completion of a full

high

four year

.school course.

Absolute uniformity of preparaprovision
tion of

is

Of

subjects.

entrance
3 in

made

credit

i

is

in

for the pre.senta-

various electiv'e

15 units required for

required in

English; 2

in

History;

Science;

2

in

ca.se

the

mainly that of the
the F'reshman year

specified is

at college.

In our opinion the new course
a

move

though

in the right

direction,

is

al-

in

seems to us that the enall academic work
Science and Foreign Languages

is

a

tire

We

it

omission of
trifle

too

radical at present.

would suggest,

too, the desira-

bility of provision of at least a lim-

ited

amount

each of
well

tion is not required for entrance as

Pro-

and Method work, except
for Drawing, Domestic Science and
Agriculture, and has absolutely no

work

this

arranged,

strictly to

fessional

course has not as yet been finally

In

as

Lan-

of

the.se

known

Method work

departments.

fact that

tering college

It is

in

a

.students en-

from Pennsylvania

Normal Schools, because of the
method work now being done in
various academic subjects, are able
to make good use of what is some-

times otherwise a defective college
entrance preparation. The average

THE

2

High School course

S.

N. S.

planned

not

is

B.

QUARTERLY.

during the years 1906-09 has taken,

to give its graduates the teacher’s

since

view point of its various subjects,
and a brief method course in Science and Languages is as necessar}’

LTniversity

and as helpful

to the

one

teacher as

prospective

Arithmetic

in

or

Geography.
In direct contrast to the
progress manifest
the

of

now

new

spirit of

the planning

course of study a

bill

before the Legislature propos-

a step

es

in

which,

if

in

educational

matters

adopted, will immediate-

ly lower educational standards

and

put Pennsylvania far in the rear of
other states educationally
Briefly
.

proposed to permit any High
School without special equipment
it is

or special

professional training

teachers to add a

its

of

“Normal”

course as a side issue, and grant

permanent

certificates to students

completing such courses.
It is

will

hoped that the Legislature

see

that the

introduction

of

such courses by the High Schools
would be suicidal and most highly
detrimental to the educational in-

leaving the Normal School,
her Master’s Degree at Columbia

and has been doing priShe is about to take
the New York City examinations
for High School English, and no
doubt will be successful.

vate work.

Clark (Neal) Eleanor, (sp.
her
home in Harrisburg, March 28th,
’69,

course) died very suddenly at
the result of
best

hemorrhage of the
was one of the

Mrs. Neal

brain.

known women

of Harrisburg,

and was prominently identified with
all civic movements.
She was the
chairman
the
educational
first
of
committee of the Civic Club and a
pioneer in that work in Harrisburg,

and was also a member of the board
managers of the Children’s In-

of

A

dustrial

Home

member

of St. Stephen’s Episcopal

of

Harrisburg.

church of Harrisburg, she was active as well in church work.
Surviving are her husband and
two sons, Robert and Harold, and
the following named brothers and
si.sters
John M. Clark, of Bloomsbuig; Geo. A. Clark, of Holida}’Sburg; Arthur A. Clark, of Harrisburg, and William, of Florida, and
:

terests of the state.

Alumni.
The Quarterly desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

all

consider this a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning' your classmates.

Mi.sses

Mary and Martha

Clark, of

Bloomsburg.

The body was brought

to Blooins-

Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box
No. 203.

burg, March 31st, and the funeral
services were held at the Clark

W. Bryant who was

Frederick O. Musser, rector of the

Miss Helen
teacher of

Reading and Literature

home on Market

street.

The Rev,

Episcopal church officiated.

In-

;

THE
terment was

made

B.

S.

N.

Rosemont

iu

cemetery.

Ailman, Jerome T., was
’71,
prominently mentioned and largely
endorsed for Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture under the Wilson administration.
’75,

Lantz, D. E.

now

is

,

con-

nected with the Bureau of Biological

Survey

of the

U.

S.

He

of Agriculture.

Department

expects to be

sent to Colorado, early

in

April,

for field work, in which he will be
engaged three or four months.
’77,

Suydam (McKelvy)

December

died

Isabel,
at

1912,

22,

Oak

Mrs. McKel-

Park, near Chicago.

some years following the
death of her husband and four children, made her home with her sister Margaret (Mrs. E. H. Jackson).
Her death was caused by uremic
poison.
She leaves one grandchild
whose home is with his paternal
vy had

S.

QUARTERLY

suddenly at his home in Potts\ ille,
Pa., Thursday, March 6th, of heait
failure caused by a severe attack of
La Grippe. He was the owner and
manager of the Franklin Iron
Works at Port Carbon, and was
recognized as one of the most prominent of

For

Pottsville’s citizens.

seven years following his graduation he taught in the public schools

with marked success.
He was superintendent of the Sunda)' School

church of
and active in the work
of the Y. M. C. A.
His widow
and one son, William A. Jr., sur-

of the P'irst Presb3’terian
Pottsville,

vive.

for

’79,

Wm.

Lepley, Rev.

the recent session of the

A.

At

Central

Pennsylvania Conference of the M.
E. church, Mr. Lepley was stationed

Newton Hamilton.

at

appointments

of

Other

Normal
E. H. Wit-

former

boys are as follows

man

grandfather.

3

:

’78 (sp). St. Paul’s, Danville;

Fort Yukon, Alaska, eight miles
within the Arctic circle. A letter

N. H. Smith, ’80, Burnham; Marion J. Runyon, ’82 (sp). Half Moon;
N. E. Cleaver, ’83, Curwensville

written December 9th was received

W. Wade Hartman,

by Bloomsburg friends

Church, Tyrone; Harvej^ E. Crow,

’79, Breece,

Hannah,

is

teaching

at

12th.

At the time

P'ebruary

of writing

the

thermometer was registering 50 degrees below zero, and

letter the

the natives declaring

it

to be the

mildest winter of which they have

any

recollection.

The sun was

ris-

ing at 11:15 o’clock and setting an
hour and a quarter later, necessitating the teaching of

Alaskans by lamp
’79,

Cather,

the juvenile

light.

Wm.

A., died very

’93,

’88, (sp). First

Conyngham.

’80, Barton,

dead

in

Dr. Edith, dropped

her Hospital at Scranton,

She had been
with heart disease for several \’ears, but at the time she was
Pa., Februar}" 20th.

afflicted

stricken

she was in

much

better

health than for some time previousIj'.

self a

Dr. Barton had

prominent

of Scranton,

made

for her-

po.sition in the city

not only in

her pro-

THE

B, S.

but in the social and civic

fession

circles of

that

cit)*.

Her

had

life

been a life of service, and at the
time of the funeral services in that
city her late home was thronged

with sorrowing and sincere mourners.
Rev. Dr. Murdoch, District
Superintendent of the Scranton
District, M E. church, officiated,
and, without fulsome prai.se, beaudelineated her great influ-

tifully

ence as a
ted

woman and

her consecra-

Her

of service.

life

was

bod\’

brought to her old home at Lime
Ridge w’here additional services
were held. Interment was made
in the Lime Ridge cemeter}-.
’8

Carrie W., died at

Fausr,

1,

White Ha-

Clairmont Sanitarium,

March

ven, Saturda}’,

following

from

is

The

8th.

the

Scranton

N.

She was born in Llewellyn. Pa
and graduated at the Bloomsburg
Normal School. She w’as a teacher for some years in Shenandoah,
In 1894 she established the School
of English Branches for the Inter,

national Corre.spondence Schools in

Scranton, and was principal of that

department until igio. Painstaking b}’ nature and S5unpathetic in
temperament, she made an ideal
teacher and principal. She was a
member of the Elm Park Methodist
Episcopal church, a teacher in the

Elm Park Sunday

“The death

of Carrie

W.

Faust,

w'ho died on Saturday, brought
close a beautiful

life

to

and removed
of friends one

School, and en-

tered into the spirit of manj’ other

good works.

She

is

survived by

her mother, two sisters and
brothers.

The

four

funeral services were

held at the home, 406 Taylor Ave-

nue, Scranton, this afternoon.

body

Tunes:

quarterly

S.

will be

Wednesday

The

taken to Shenandoah
morning, March 12.

Interment will be in Odd Fellow’s’
cemetery, in Shenandoah, in the

from a wide circle
whose memory will be cherished.

afternoon.’’

The

course), died at his home, Catawis-

nature

lingering

Faust’s illness

made her

for three years,

Miss

of

a sufferer

and served

to

em-

phasize the traits of character that
in health so

whose

lives

endeared her to those
she touched.

Patience,

cheerfulness, and consideration for

others distinguished her in sickness

had characterized her in
She bore affliction without
complaint, and went to her reward
as

the}’

health.

in

the confidence of tho.se w’hose

lives

have been a fulfillment of the

Master’s will.

’86,

Vastine,

Dr. Geo. H., (sp.

Sunday, March 30th. Although a victim of Bright’s disease
for some time, he was not obliged
sa. Pa.,

to take to his

bed until the Thurs-

day preceding

his death, his condi-

rapidly became

serious, and
from Friday he lay in a state of
coma caused by uremic poisoning.
He had been practicing medicine
for about twenty }’ears in Mainville
and Catawissa and was ver}’ sucHe was buried in Greencessful.

tion

wood
2nd.

cemeter}’,

Catawissa,

April

THE
’qo,

at her

B. S. N. S.

Kuhn, (Wells) Lottie, died
home on Fifth street, Blooms-

quarterly

speak very highly of him and his
w'ork.’’

burg. Pa., in the early evening of
Feb. 9th.

Mrs. Wells had been in

poor health for several years, but
her illness assumed a critical aspect
only a few days before her decease.

She was one

Bloomsburg’s best
esteemed women
and one whose death is mourned by
a wide circle of friends.
Besides
her husband, Joseph G. Wells, ’85
(sp. course), she is survived by
two sons, Stephen K. and Edward
Clark Wells. The funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon,
Februar}" 12th. Interment in Rosemont cemetery, Bloomsburg.
’94, Patten, Frank. We clip the
following from the Morning Press
of April 1st.
There’s no April
Fool, however, in the notice
“Following a. 6
years' pleasant
business relationship
with
the

known and

of

highl}'

:

White

Milling Company,

Frank

’95,

Norman, George M.

Bloomsburg packing

in

his mothhousehold goods, preparatory
to the house being occupied b}'
John G. Harman, has returned to
er’s

his

home

where he

Milling

Russell- Miller

the Northwest.

He

will

headquarters at Scranton.
sition carries

with

it

have his

The

po-

a substantial

salar}' advance.’’
’95,

A

Heckert, Eli P.

writing recently to the

friend

Quarter-

“I called

to see Prof.
ly says:
Heckert at Schuylkill Haven, Pa.,

principal of the high school of that
place.

I

prominent

talked

people

to

some

there

of the

and

all

of the

du

du Ponts

built

government,

and

returned by the

way of Europe.
Panama and soon

a plant the

was in
upon an inspection of the
company’s numerous plants
Later, he

starts

throughout the country, a

trip that

him to the Pacific coast.’’
’95, Thomas, Mame, was married
Saturday afternoon, March 29, in
will take

Pa.,

They

to
will

the

Rev.

reside in

Mr.
East

Orange, Pa.

Minneapolis, Minn.,

one of the large milling concerns of

there

for the Brazilian

tion of

Earle.

of

plant

Pont Powder Company.
Since he
was last in Bloom.sburg he has been
in Brazil, approving the construc-

Scranton,

the

Woodbury, N. J.,
one of the heads of the

in
is

mammoth

salesman for the company to repre-

Company,

A local

paper says:
“George M. Norman,
who has been spending several days

Patten has resigned his position as
sent

5

’95,

Maize, Boyd F., has accept-

ed a position with the

Michigan
Commercial Fire Insurance Company and will be located at Scranton.
He will have in charge the
Eastern Penns3dvauia and New
Jersey district. Mr. Maize expects

move

his family to Scranton as
he
soon as
can get located.
to

’98,

Hageubuch,

Fred,

(sp.

course), husband of Harriet Buckalew, ’99, died at his home, Benton, Pa.,

Wednesday, March

12th,

THE

6
of an affection of

the brain

was superinduced

S.

which
on the

three weeks prior to his

about

ice

a fall

B.

death.
’99,

died

McMenamin (Mellet) Annie,
her home in Shenandoah,

at

Wednesday, February
an

12th,

after

week’s duraShe was married about one

tion.

tensive law practice at Ardmore.

Madge

Patterson,

’02,

E.,

was

married in Nov'ember, 1908, to Mr.
Charles Rodda.
We have received

no

particulars

They

reside at

w’eddiug.

of

the

100

Grenada Ter-

race, Springfield, Mass.

only a

illness of

QUARTERLY

N. S.

’04,

Hammond,

There.sa of Fort

Wayne, Indiana, was twice rescued

year ago.

from death

Henning, H. R., of Lopez,
Pa. has been appointed to fill an
unexpired term as Superintendent

ed

of the public

Twice the boats in which they
were taking the children to safety
capsized, and twice she was snatched from the raging waters, both

’00,
,

schools of Sullivan

county.
’01,

Harrison (Chambers), Min-

nie M., (Coll. Prep. ’03) resides at

216 Cricket avenue, Ardmore, Pa.
She w’rites to the editor of Alumni
columns not for publication, but

—

—

we

as follows;
are going to risk it
“Since my husband threatens to refuse sending to Crawford, N. J.,
for the next issue of the

and since

ly,

Quarter-

I feel that

I

really

cannot do without it, I presume
is “up to me” to ask you to send

me

it

it

above address hereafter, and under the name of Mrs.
Wm. W. Chambers, which name I
took the nineteenth day of last
July, along with the husky Scotchman w'hom some of you B. S. N.
to

S.

of

at the

people will remember as a visitor

Sharpless

Fox and Frank Lutz

regret the belated notice of

wedding. Mr. Chambers is a
graduate of Haverford College, class

this

of 1902,

and

later of the University

of Pennsylvania.

He

while she was in the
the orphans

act of helping rescue
in the Fort

Wayne Home.

escapes being really miraculous.

Six children and Miss Hammond
were taken from fire escapes and
placed in the

first

boat.

The

boat

capsized and four of the older ones

were drowned.

Miss

Hammond

clung to the boat and two of the
children until rescued.

The water

was

they were

rising

so rapidly

forced to leave again, the boat cap-

Miss Hamand suffered

sizing the second time.

mond clung
terribly

to a tree

from the cold

until picked

up by another boat.
That night all the inmates were
saving crew with
from
surf boat sent
Chicago.
rescued by a

life

Hammond is a teacher in
Wayne Home for Orphan

Miss

the Fort

in the last of the 90’s.’’

We

in the waters that flood-

that city

has an ex-

Children.
’05,

tienen

El Sr. y Sra. H. H. Murray,
placer de partiei-parle el

el

uaci miento de su hijo,

Henry Hall

Murray, Barcelona, Spain.

Now

THE
you know

we

B. S. N, S.

as tnnch about this

as

Helen I,iebensperger who is now Mrs. H. H,
Murra}\ Address her care Barcelona Light and Power Co., Apartado 491, Barcelona, Spain.
do.

It refers to

Andres. Dr.

’06,

paper
“Friends of Dr,
son of Mr, and

find the following in a

of recent date

;

Harry Andres,
Mrs. J. H. Andres,
be interested

was
ical

recentl}'
staff

We

Harry.
local

of town, will

in the

that

fact

he

appointed on the med-

Minn,

Duluth,

the

of

where he has been located
some time and where he has alread3" built up a fine practice.’’

schools,

for

’07, Fritz,

uated

Charles C.,

in Forestry last

College, has accepted

manager

of the

who

June

grad-

at State

a position as

department of wood
Creosoting plant

inspection at the

of the Philadelphia

&

came
Mt.

7

the bride of Phillip Getty of

ceremony' w'as performed by the

Rev.

Thomas

F. Ripple, pastor of

the Methodist church, in the pres-

ence of a number of relatives and

They were unattended.
Following the nuptial event a refriends.

ception was tendered.

The

bride

is

graduate of the

a

Bloomsburg Normal School and
one of Elysburg’s best known
j'^oung

The groom

women.

3,

Catawissa, Pa.
’ll, Pettes,

Olive

ing

the

;

first

year in a country

school, and this year

— Mornbig Press,

March

N.

19.

ried

Her
Rome, Pa.

sonia, Pa,

ing at Bedminster, N.

’08, Deighmiller (Hartman) Ellie
and Kimber Hartman, ’10, are the
proud parents of a lively and hearty

ried

Dodson, Harry A., was mar-

January 18, 1913, at Hollidaysburg to Nancy A. Parson of Orbi-

15,

1913.

A

verj’ nice valentine.
’’ii, Carapbeli, Irene.
;

as

assistant

well, Pa.
She enjoys her work
and saj^s she will always appreciate
what the Normal School had done

J

the following

been

E., has

putting in two good years of teach-

The plant

located near Elizabeth City,

son, born Februarj"

is w^ell

and favorably known throughout
the community.
Mr. and Mrs.
Getty will go to housekeeping near
Catawissa.’’
Address R. D. No.

principal of the high school at Or-

is

’07,

The

near Catawissa.

Zion,

Reading and

Jersey Central Railroads.

.

QUARTERLY

We

clip

“The home of Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Campbell of Elysburg was the scene of a pretty wedding last evening, (Februar\' 18),
when their daughter Miss Irene be-

for her.

’ll,

’it,

addre.ss is R. D. 17,

Jameson, Catherine,
Dennis,

March

J.

is

teach-

J.

Frank, was mar-

19th,

1913.

The

fol-

lowing clipping tells the story
“Miss Abbie L. Wolfe of Kingston
and J. Frank Dennis of Freeland
were united in marriage at the
:

home

of

the bride’s

Price street,

Kingston,

parents on
last

even-

by Rev. C. M.
The bride was a music

ing at 8 o’clock,

Olmstead.
teacher and has a

ho.st

of

friends.

THE

8

B. S

N. S.

QUARTERLY

a teacher in the

w’ill

act as

Boys’ Mining and Mechanical College and Preparatory School at

tee.

All other necessary committees

The bridegroom

P'reeland.

Miss Jessie

is

The maid of honor was
Hartman of Shickshin-

The bridesmaids were Miss

ny.

Margaret Oliver,
dora Walton,
’

The

best

1

1

and Miss Euboth of Berwick.

’lo,
,

man was

Alfred

Dennis,

will

the decorating commit-

be appointed

and duly

noti-

fied.”

The

following classes ought to

Com-

hold reunions on Tue.sday of

mencement week;

’68,

’83, ’88, ’93, ’98, ’03, ’08,

’78,

’73,

and

’ii, as

brother of the bridegroom.

noted above. The classes of ’88 and

Walton

’03 will

Fred
Berwick and Elna Nelson, ’ll, of Dickinson Seminary
were ushers. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis left on an eastern tour and upon
their

of

return will

reside in

P' ree-

land.”
William, was married
March
Sunday,
23, 1913, to Miss
of Esther Furnace
Watkins
Emma
The ceremony
Catawissa.
near
’

1

2, Weaver,

took place
bride’s

the parlor of

in

home

the

Many

be guests of the

of these classes

quite

elaborate

are

school.

making

preparations

their re-unions.

All

for

reunions will

be held Tuesday afternoon June 24.
Please communicate with Prof. F.

H. Jenkins, the Registrar, that admay be made.
This is particularly necessary if
you desire banquets to be furnished
by the school.
equate preparations

shortly after 5 o'clock

the Rev. B. S.

Goodman

Mr. Weaver

teaching the

is

-AtHletics.

officiating.

Clay-

ton school in Franklin township,

Manager Shambach has announced a base ball schedule of unusual

Columbia County.

Three college games, five
normal school games, and a TriState League game, are features.
interest.

Dennis Wright, president of the
Class of 1911,

announcement
1911 will hold
at the school

1913.

All

makes the following
:

its

‘‘The Class of
two-year reunion

on Tue.sday, June

members

24,

of the class are

urged to be present, whether they
receive their diplomas or not at
Bring pennants and
that time.

arm bands with you and come

pre-

pared to have a good time. Some
decorating will be done as we used

and those who can be
there Tuesday A. M., June 24th,
to

do

it,

If the

number

for practice

is

of

any

candidates out

criterion, a

team should be developed

good

to repre-

our school this j-ear.
The
weather has not been favorable thus

sent

The

far for practice.

the

first

game

line-up

for

will necessarily be

somewhat of an experiment. The
game will be with Bucknell University at

Lewisburg.

Our graduates
will be glad

of a few years

to note that

ago

Bucknell

—
THB

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY

May

upon our basket
ball schedule as well as upon the
present base ball list of coming

awa^^

games.

awa\\

University was

the way, lack of space in our

By

former issue of the Quarterly,
cut out the description of the basket ball

game

which our

in

Lewisburg
defeated Buck-

pla3'ed at
boj's

nell University.

A

track team

will

State College early in

be taken to

May

com-

to

May
May

meet held on State’s field. We
have some good men. If they can
get into proper training by that
time they should be able to make a
very creditable showing.

The

girls of the senior class

won

the basket ball trophy in the interclass series.

The

senior bo5’S were

champions
and track.

also class
ball

The
lows

in both basket

base ball schedule

May
June
June
June
June

is

as fol-

Bucknell

University,

away.
April

12,

Conway

Hall, away.

Gettysburg

College,

awaJ^
April

1

8,

Gettysburg College.

April

1

9,

Milton Athletic Club.

April 25,

Harrisburg

Tri State

April

26,

Williamsport

High

School.

C.

Maj'^

away.

Bellefonte

7,

A.
3,

9,

Academ3^

Schmaltz Bros.
B. S. N. S. Alumni.

21,

23,

The opening game of the Normal season, pla3’ed with Bucknell
at Lewisburg, Saturday, April 5th,
resulted in a defeat for

Normal by

the score of 14-2. Bucknell had the
best of the situation during most of

But seven innings

the game.

w’ere

played.

In the sixth, Gordon of Normal
out a two base hit, which

Davis followed up,
in.

Lock Haven Normal.
Bellefonte

Academ)’,

bringing Gor_

Gorham, Davis and Clem-

ens went out.

Baer singled for
and then stole .second.

Bucknell held her advantage. Normal came to bat again but was unable to do anything to save the da3'.
Bucknell
i
x 14
Bloomsburg.
.0 o o o o i
2
Earned runs Bucknell, 7. Two
base hits Hagan, 2;
Warrilow
Fisher, Gordon, Davis.
Sacrifice

40522 —

.

hits

April 30, Harrisburg P. R. R. Y.

Maj-

6,

—

Team.

M.

Shippensburg Normal.
Mansfield Normal.

31,

Bucknell,

April II,

Hall.

24, E. Stroudsburg Normal,

NORMAL LOST TO BUCKNELL.

don
5,

Conway

17,

Seminary,

pulled

;

April

Wyoming

1*6,

awaj'.

pete with other schools of our class
in a

Lock Haveu Normal,

10,

May

9

— Sturgis,

Topham,

2;

.

i

—

2.

Sturgis,

Stolen
2;

—

bases—

Cruikshank,
Struck out

Baer, Redelhammer.
by Gorham, i; by Kelsey, 3; by
Hagan, 10. Bases on balls Off
Gorham, 3; off Kelsey, 2. Hit by

—

THE

lO
Statement of the

Ownership,

QUARTERLY

B, S. N. S.

Manage=

program began promptly at the adwas put through
in an hour and fifty minutes without the slightest halt or delay, an
achievement of which Mr. John
Weimer and his capable assistants
vertised hour and

ment, Circulation,

Etc.,

The

B. S. N. S. Quarterly, published
quarterly at Bloomsburg, Pa., required
by the Act of August 24th, 1912.
Name of
Post Office Address,
Editor, Jos. H, Dennis,
Chairman of Staff. Bloomsburg, Pa.
of

Business Manager,
F. H, Jenkins, Registrar,

Bloomsburg, Pa,

The Bloomsburg Literary
and State Normal School of the

Sixth District, Bloomsburg, Pa.

Owners, same as publisher.
Known stockholders, mortgagees and
other security holders, holding 1 per cent,
or more of total amount of bondi, mortgages, or other securities: None.
Average number of copies of each issue
of this publication sold or distributed,
through the mails or otherwise, to paid
subscribers during the six months preceding the date of this statement: None.

Editorial Staff,
Joseph H. Dennis,

W.

pitched ball

G. E. Wilbtir,

B. Sutlifl.

—Topham

Passed balls

and CampWild

— Gordon.

— Gorham and Kelsey. Um— Church, Bloomsburg. Time

— 1.25.

BITION.

The Department
of

its

March

all

and intelligent co-opera-

training

The gym was

tion.

decorated by

and the usual

attractively

various classes

the

class spirit

ly in evidence,

was

plain-

without, how'ever,

any untoward or unpleasant demonThe program w’as as fol-

lows:

Grand March.
Baby Polka, Shoemaker Dance
ist and 2nd Grade Girls.
1st
3. Rope Climbing Contest,
and 2nd vs. 3rd and 4th Grade Boys.
2.

4.

Dumb

5.

Horse,

Low

of Phy.sical train-

innings on the evening
13th,

when

Bell Drill, Girls 1916.
ist

and

2nd

Parallel Bars,

4th Grade Boys.

Grade
3rd and

Boxing, Fred

vs.

Dwight McLaughlin.

the various

from the lowest grade of the
Model School to the dignified mem-

classes

bers of the Senior class

made

evi-

6. Spanish Solo Dance, Miss Hilda Sny^der.
7.

Wand

Drill,

3:30 Class Boys.

and 4th Grades.
Special Squad,
Davis, SchoolejL Reguera and Wat8.

Flag

9.

Parallel Bars,

Drill, 3rd

dent to a good sized audience the
advantages gained by paying prop-

kins.

er attention to the needs of ph}'si-

3:30 Class Girls.
II. Tumbling, Pietrzykow’ski

cal dev^elopment.

A

the

various class drills show'ed careful

Boys.

17TH ANNUAL GYMNASIUM EXHI-

ing had

as clowns, and

vis dressed

1.

pitche.s

pire

program by the clever tum-

bling act of Pietrzykowski and Da-

stration.

F. H. Jenkins, Business Manager.

bell.

to the

just suffic-

comedy was added

Myrtle Swartz.

C. Foote.

J.

A

well feel proud.

ient element of

Publisher,
Institute

may

very interesting and attractive

10.

Davis.

Indian Clubs,

Folk Dance

and

YHE
12.

Irish Jig,

B. S. N. S.

7th and

5th, 6th,

Marching and Repose Work,

Cow-boy Dance,
7th and 8th Grade Boys.
14.

15.

Freehand

16.

Drill,

5th,

6th,

Folk Dance

vote of the society.

program

is

A

public

some

to be rendered at

The

society has decided to add

to the attractiveness of

Special

Building,

our hall by

the purchase of some suitable piece
of statuary,

Squad.

THe

part and, after a

time during the present term.

Girls.

P5Taraid

number took

decided in favor of the negative by
a

4:15 Class Boys.

—4:15 Class

ly

It

heated argument, the question was

8th Grade Girls.
13.

QUARTERLY

and

it

is

hoped that

the very near future will see

PKiloiogian Litera-

in-

it

stalled.

ry Society.
Calliepian Society.
Again “Philo” reaches out in an
attempt to give her old members
some idea of her life and works as
they are

at the present time.

“Old Philo” has been having

a

very successful year. Her membership now far exceeds two hun-

number of whom have
taken great interest in the society
work and, realizing the great ben-

dred, a large

and training that may be deriv
ed from addressing the meeting,
have participated in the business of

efit

the society.

Our programs have

consisted of

study of orators and their
works, and ahso the study of modern authors as their works appear
the

in the various periodicals

and mag-

the superlative degree.

We

are planning to have a public

program about the middle of Maj>^
and all indications point to “Praestantia Aut Nihil.”
The new committees have begun to take a .strong
hold of the w'ork and our prospects for future entertaining and
instructive meetings, are good.

We

have heard the shrill voice of our
watchful
urging us on to

OWL

azines.

Debates are given from time to
time, the last one being given on
the evening of

“PRAESTANTIA AUT NiHiL.”
This is our motto and we proved
it at our last reunion and
are still
striving to keep it before us as our
guide.
We have enrolled several
new members into our society this
spring term and are striving to
make our meetings interesting in

March

29th.

The

was extemporaneous and
was “Resolved, that
the government should own the

success.

This is the last term of office in
which seniors may serve, so we are
put the underclassmen

debate

striving to

the subject

into

railroads in this country.”

be able to guide old “Callie” on to
victory next year.
We, the newly

A

good-

the harness so that they

will

2

THE

2

elected
Callie,

officers in the

hope that

Quarterly
Alumnus to

B. S. N. S.

name

of

old

this issue of

tire

ma}' set

every Callie

thinking “Praestantia

Aut Nihil.”

Let us analyze and
meaning and

realize the powerful

influence of

this,

our noble motto,

Watkins,

President.

Officers.
Ray Watkins.

President,
Vice President
Rec. Sec.
Asst. Rec. ^c.
Cor. Sec.

Mildred Stemples.
Flora Snyder.

Marion Forscht.

Reg.

Warden

Crjtic,

Ralph Culver.

Oliver.

Christian
Association.

important

still

C. A.

The annual election of officers re^
suited in the choice of Maiv’ Brower as President; Catherine Bone as
Vice President; Blodweii Evans as
Secretary, and

Eda

Miller as Treas-

one of the

factors in the life of

The Misses Bess Hinckley, Mae
Byington, Mary Brower, Eda Mil
ler,
Maud Peet, and Edith Braj',
our representatives to the Williamsport Council, brought back a great
variety 01 impressions and suggesSome of the inspirations are
already being worked out in the
various lines of Association activit3L
The Spring Term Social held
Saturday evening, April 5th, had
for its chief attraction a program
from the works of Eugene Field.
The selections were given by the

members

Youn^ Men’s

association is

W.

tions.

Elizabeth Scharf.

Osborne Dodson.
Treasurer,
Miss Crook.
Asst. Treas.
George Gress.
Marshal,
Asst. Marshal, H. S. Evans.
George Schu.
Janitor,

The

Y.

urer,

‘‘Excellence or Nothing.

R.ay \L

QUARTERLY

the

Meetings are held each
Wednesday evening and are well
school.

attended.
The finances are on a sound baThis enables us to send the
sis.
President and Secretary to the State
conference, to be held in Easton,
Pa., from the 17th to 20th of April.
Bible study has been carried on
during the Winter term.
Mission study will now be taken
up and we are fortunate in securing
the services of Prof. J. C. Foote as
We are hoping for a
the leader.
large and interesting class.
Prof. Hartline will give a series
of three lectures especially to young
men during this term.

of the senior class in pubspeaking.
The Bible study cla.sses have been
reorganized with the Misses Elizabeth Sturges, Rena Schlotterbeck,
and Helen Jones as group leaders.
The text used is Charlotte Adams’
lic

‘‘Women

of Ancient Israel.” There
a growing enthusiasm among the
band members that promises well
for the future of this department.
The visit of .Miss Frances Tencate, missionary teacher from India,
on April 3rd, gave us one of the
most interesting meetings we have
had during the j-ear Miss Tencate
spoke chiefly of the educational
work in India, but she gave us
many glimpses into other pha.ses of
life
there.
Her talk contained
man\’ vivid illustrations brimming
with wit and humor.
sincerely
hope that we may have another
is

We

more prolonged

vi.sit
from Miss
Tencate before she returns to her

field.

THE

B. S. N.

S

Quarterly.
“Entered as second-class matter July

i,

1909, at the post office at

under the Act of July

VOL.

OCTOBER,

XVIII

Another school year opened on
September 2d with the annual rush
and entire absence of inaugural ceremony. Two busy days of registration and classification of new students and, presto, the school was
running as steadily and easily as in
mid-term.

indulged in concerning the possible

new

NO. 4

1913

Bloomsburg Boys

on school attendance of the

four j’ear course, but a view of

the registration cards in the Regis-

and of the well filled
rows of seats in the Auditorium at
trar’s office

chapel time quickly dispelled an}’

doubt that might have existed as
the popularity of the

The Senior

class,

new

to

course.

although some-

at

College.
The
son of

college
last

commencement

sea-

June brought many addi-

tional honors to the credit of those

who prepared

for college at BloomsMr. Ray Mather of Benton,

burg.

college Prep, class

Considerable speculation had been
effect

Bloomsburg, Pa.,

16. 1894.“

of 1909, carried

Williams winning
the Valedictory and Harvard SchoB
off first

honors

at

honors gained
by any Bloomsburg graduate.
Many others acquitted themselves with credit in various other
arship, the highest

this year

colleges of the land.
It

may

be of interest to note that

usually from 75 to 100 Bloomsburg
trained young men and women are

what smaller than that of last year,
was found to be considerably larger
than was expected and additional

pursuing college courses each year
and from previous experience they
may be counted on to win rather
more than their numerical share of

sections had to be provided

the college credits and distinctions.

commodate the other

On

to

ac-

“There’s a reason.’’

cla.sses.

the whole, the change from

the three year

course has been

with very

little

to

the

four

year

made at Bloomsburg
disturbance of the

school routine and with no perceptible effect

on the school attendance.

A natural result of the good work
done by our representatves in college

is

the increasing value placed

on the school’s certificate of preparation by various colleges of the
country.

Many

students each year

gain advanced standing at college

THE

2

B.

S.

because of the thoro work done at

Bloomsburg. In some instances our
graduates have been admitted to full
standing as college sophomores, and
this too at one of the large univesities of

the country.

As previously announced
Faculty

the

QUARTERLY

S.

Institute, is

still

takes great

pleasure

quite

and
walking

active

in

about the town and noting the many
improv'ements that are constantly

He

being made.

is

in his eighty-

fourth year and able to read without the aid of glasses.

Faculty Club Picnic
Quarterly

N.

in the

of

the

Death has laid its heavy hand upon the Board of Trustees within a
comparatively short time

:

Bloomsburg State Normal School
some years ago organized an Educational Club whose meetings are
held monthly.
The programs of

John G. Freeze, nestor of
the Columbia County Bar, lawyer,
poet, historian and editor, died at
his home in Bloomsburg, Pa., July

the

8th, 1913.

meetings,

character,

by the

usuallj'

are

literary in

occasionally varied

injection

of

various social

Such was the case on

enjoyments.

September 29th, w'hen the Faculty,
room cares and dignity aside enjoyed a corn roast and

laying school

an

supper in the grove at
the Waller farm near Grovania.
The committee in charge had secured a special brand of fine fall weathal fresco

er from

the

the occasion,

membership

Weather Bureau

for

and nearly the

full

of the

Faculty enjo}’-

ed an exceedingly pleasant outing.

Col.

Hon. Andrew L. Fritz, law}'er
and former!}' a member of the Legislature, died at Bloomsburg, Pa.,
He was
Friday, August 22, 1913.
stricken v.dth paralysis the Tuesday
preceding his death.
Frederick G. Yorks was seized
by a cerebral hemorrhage about 9

Thursday evening, September nth and died at 3 o’clock the
He was genfollowdng morning.
Bloomsburg
the
eral manager of
Silk Mills, with branches at Lock
Haven and Jersey Shore. He was
o’clock

also a director in the First National

Bank

y\lumni.
The Quarterly desires to hear from
Alumni of the institution. Please

all

consider this, a personal invitation to let
us know all about yourself and all you
can tell us concerning your classmates.
Address all communications for this department to G. E. Wilbur, Lock Box

No.

203.

of

Bloomsburg.

Robert C. Neal died of Bright's
disease at his country home “Kincora” near Harrisburg, Saturday
evening, September 20th. All these

men were prominent
stations

in

life

in the various

which they occu-

pied.

Mr. Fred C. Eyer, the
of

Sec-

Board of Trusthe Bloomsburg Eiterar}"

retary of the
tees

first

first

Rev. John Hewitt, principal of
Normal School in 1872-3, and

the

now

rector of

the Bellefoute Epis-

THE

B. S. N. S.

copal Church, has been prominent-

mentioned as a possibility for the
American Consulship at Sheffield,
England.
George D. Cronau, head of the
manual training department of the
school for two 3’ears, resigned his
ly

position here to
as teacher of

accept

industrial

a

position

education

Hanover township, Luzerne
County schools. A local paper says;
“Mr. Cronan was generall)' conceded the most efficient head of that
department the school has ever had
and it was with the greatest regret
that his resignation was accepted.’’
in the

W.

Sanderson, (sp.c.)
living in Michigan, has been

’68, Fritz,

now

home

old

his

visiting

changes

He

found

marvelous

in the old institution.

He

visited the school about the middle

of last
’6g,

May.
Jacoby

(McKelvy) Leuore

(sp. c.) died at her

burg,

August

She

years of age.

home

19th,
is

in

Bloomssixty

nearl}'

survived by

her husband. Geo. A. McKelvy, a
prominent druggist of town and by'

two

Harry and G. A.
Burrows, A. S. now

sons,

’70,

tific

re.sides

3

course ’79) for two terms Chief

Justice of Utah, visited

Bloomsburg

during the first week in October,
where he was warmly greeted by
friends and admirers.
He had just
returned from the Mexican border
where had been for several weeks
the

in

interests

clients.

He

of

American

his

associated with the

is

Cox and

legal firm of Leckie, ’86,

Kratz of Washington,

D.

Mexican cases.
’75, Smith (Ewing)

Alice

died at her

home

in

C.

in

B.,

Altoona July

iith, following an illness of cancer

A

of the stomach.

husband and

seven children mourn

She was buried
’79, Albert,

Col-

in

umbia Count}'. He was a student
at the Bloomsburg Literary Institute when Prof. Henry Carver was
principal.

QUARTERLY

their

loss.

in Altoona.

Chas. H.

We

take

the following from a local paper of

July 14: “Leaving Tuskegee school

where he was called by Booker T.
Washington, Prof. C. H. Albert
spent last week in the Wittenberg
College summer .school which is
under the direction of Dr. Bruce
Birch, a former Bloomsburger and
who is now on the top round of the
ladder

in

educational

From

that section.

matters in

there he goes

week to Big Rapids, Mich., in
one of the largest summer schools
of the state, continuing his summer

this

educational

instruction

work

in

Grand Forks, North DakotaHe came east in July' to attend the

which he has been engaged each

Gettysburg reunion, passed through
Bloomsburg on the train, but fail-

there
real,

ed, to the regret of many',

is

at

off

and

visit

to

stop

the town and school.

’71, Bartsch,

Hon. G. W. (Scien-

year for the
Prof.

last

22

y'ears.

From

Albert goes to Mont-

Canada, to ioin his wife, who

visiting

Glenu.

son-in-law and
and Mrs. Jesse Y.

their

daughter, Mr.

THE

4

B. S. N. S.

Louis (sp. c.) is
chief of the shipping department in
Crispin,

’8o,

Wanamaker’s

New

store,

York

QUARTERLY
man-child had been a business man
from youth. He had commenced

under most

life

’8 1,

Snyder,

died at Nu-

L.,

I.

Pa. August
The
17.
was brought to Bloomsburg
and interred in Rosemont Cemetery.
We do not have the particulars of

remburg,

bod}’

and death.
Moore, Rev. E. J., has been
elected Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Anti Saloon League and

his illness
’82,

by virtue

PennThe Avierkan

of his office is the

sylvania editor of

His

Issue.

headquarters

Harrisburg, Pa.

are

Moore

Dr.

is

at

the

president of the board of trustees of

adverse

circum-

In early childhood,

stances.

City.

the

death of his father compelled him
to spend his school days in “attending door”

in

Pennsylvania

a

The dampness of this
occupation proved too much for
the lad.
Rheumatism developed.
coal mine.

After months of suffering,

with

all

and hips

in

left

the joints

of

permanent

a

dated condition.

A

entire

legs

consoli-

consultation

of surgeons resulted in

tation of one

he was
his

the

ampu-

near the

leg

hip joint, the other limb being

left

deformed right-angular pos-

in a

the Anti-Saloon League of America.

ture, with neither leg nor hip joint

An

being movable.

excellent

halftone

the doctor appeared
edition of The

the

in

American

May

following was

Quarterly

sent

to

the

by Dr. Geo. P. Fer-

ree (Coll. Prep. ’82)

Grant Park, 111
from 1875 to 1882

.

now
The

1913,

at

closes the career of

ters

of

the

upon him

pending

Sammy was

for

by

by

Christian mother,

remem-

a

support,

not discouraged.

students

In-

lofty motives, inculcated

commenced

this

boy

his remarkable career.

Securing a small two wheeled cart
F. Williams,

Drums,
the most

Pa.,

uni-

que character who ever attended
the Bloomsburg Normal.
The
Model School children of 1875 can
never forget their surprise at seeing carried into their school room,
a twenty four }’ear old pupil,
whose knowledge of books was
limited to simpl}-

the other completel}’^ use-

with a widowed mother de-

less,

living at

ber

June 4th,

In this deploraone limb in the

spired

will well

“Sammy.”
The death of Samuel

condition,

ble

grave,

Issue.

Williams, Samuel F. (sp c.)

’82.

The

picture of

knowing the

alphabet.

let-

Yet this

and donkey, and a small stock of
goods from a local merchant, Sammy started on his new vocation of
tho his
“Traveling Salesman,”
dealings were with families instead
Fortune favors
of business men.
Samm}' prosthe good and brav’e.
pered.

sidered
to

At the age of 24 he contime to commence going

it

school.

During

consecutive years,

winter months at

about

he
the

seven

spent

the

Bloom.sburg

THE

Normal, spending the balance
the \’ear upon the
established a

He

road.

home

of

his

of

own,

Rev. Ben M. Johns at

and sterling qualities, Sammy was always a great favorite
among both teachers and students.
Mr.
’83,
Clark, Granville J.

sition

is

common

a candidate for the office of
pleas

Judge

of

Luzerne

county. Pa., at the election

November

held on 4th

be

to

For

1913,

he has been President of the B. S. N. S Alumni Association of Luzerne County and is
a member of the board of trustees
of the B. S. N. S. having been elect-

twenty-two

Grove, Pa.; Rev. Clark Cal-

at Mill

lender ’go at Nanticoke,

account of his genial dispo-

Clark

3'ears

Mack, Abbie,

’83,

the guest

week

and

Mr. Clark loyal support
(Suffragette votes count

votes.

double.)

The

election this year is

nonpartisan, the vote

for the in-'

is

dividual and not by or through
political party.

This

is

a

new

a

feat-

ure in Pennsylvania law and applies

only to Judges and

City

Commis-

Mr. Clark’s cards give out
no uncertain sound on all questions

sioners.

affecting the public interests.

The

may know what he thinks
and where he stands on all such
matters.
A safe man.

public

’83,

Karshner,

Rev.

Lloj’d

W.

was stationed b}" the Wyoming Conference, M. E. Church, last spring

Fun-

Barton

ston ’85.
’83, Cleaver,
(coll,

p.)

died

Rev. Nelson E. C.
in the Brooklyn

Hospital on Thursday, June

death he was pastor of the

Church

at

Curwensville,

of

5,

At the time

heart trouble.

of his

M. E.

He

Pa.

had occupied some of the important
appointments in the Conference,
’83, Hoffer, Barbara M. (sp. c.)
who was compelled to leave the

Normal School

year

in her Junior

has been teaching in Utah.

91

will give

in

Commencement

during

of Mrs. Lillian

Alumni and

school

engaged

business at Binghamton, N. Y. was

now working

the

Pa., and
Plymouth,

Pa.

ed as a representative of the Alumni
of the school.
Of course all the
friends of

5

then

which resulted in five children,
two of whom, Jennie and George,
are graduates of the Bloomsburg
Normal.

On

QUARTERLY

B. S. N. S.

She

is

to secure a State Certi-

ficate in that state.

Her address

is

Third Avenue, Salt Lake, City.
’85, Phillips (Kuschke) Lizzie.
1

The man3"

friends of Mrs.

Kuschke

and her daughter Anna Kuschke
’09 extend heart felt sympathies to
each in their sad bereavement in
the death of the husband and
father, John Kuschke, at their home
1216
Pa.,

Oram Boulevard, Scranton,
Monday morning September

22nd, after a lingering

illness.

Mr.

Kuschke was an inspector of ventilating fans of the Lackawanna
Coal Company.
He was a man of
sterling character
sition.

He was

and

social dispo-

a prominent

mem-

ber of St. David’s Episcopal church

and was prominent

in

the

West

THE

6

B.

S.

N.

QUARTERLY.

S.

Scranton Quoit club, an organization that numbered many promi-

be absolutely sure that their prop-

men among
years ago.
The

glades

nent

its

members

funeral

w^as

a few

held

Thursday, Sept. 25th, interment in
cemetery at Plymouth, Pa.
’85, Runyan, Robert L. (sp. c.),
a student at the Normal from 1882
to ’85, died at the

home

m

13th.

Bernhard, Ida, was elected,
a delegate to the Interna-

Woman’s Congress at BudaHungary, representing the
American Woman’s Republic of
pest,

the States of

Pennsylvania,

Dela-

West Virginia.
The
Congress was in session from June
and

w’are

Following the
15 to June 20.
meeting she toured Germany, AusHolland,
Belgium,
Italy,
tria,
Switzerland, France and England.
She arrived home about the middle
of August.
’86,

Lutz, Charles B.

(sp. c.).

At the meeting of the Pennsylvania
State Association of Fire Insurance

Agents held in Altoona in July,
Mr. Lutz was elected President of
Association

the

for

the

ensuing

year.
’87,

Kratz,

located

where,
truths,
is

while

Rev. Marcius
at

Miami,
dispensing

W.

is

Florida,

gospel

he disposes of real estate.
connected with the Miami

Improvement Company.
Beach
Those buying land of Marcius niaj’

F., is Pres-

and we hear

is

mak-

ing a fine success of that Instituastic

tional

He

Magee, William

iness College

Martha (Runyon) BittAllentowm, Sunday April
He was forty-seven years of

May,

now

’88,

He

w’as one of

memhers

’89,

’88

the enthusithe

25th

Apple, Benjamin, w’as

elect-

anniversary

of

last

ed president

’86,

the center of some

in

ident of the South Bethlehem Bus-

tion.

age.

in

or

Florida lake.

of his sis-

ter Mrs.
ner,

erty will not be located in the Ever-

of

at

June.
the Federation of

Men’s Organization of Churches of
Susquehanna Synod of the
Lutheran Church, which held its
se.ssions in Danville last May.
Mr.
Apple is postmaster at Sunbur}',
Pa., and proprietor and editor of
one of the Sunbury Dailies, but he
finds time for much work along religious, educational and social lines
’89, Miller, Frank E.
(sp. c.)
died in Los Angeles August 4th,
from the effects of an attack of
pneumonia.
At about the same
hour his mother, Mrs. Charles W.
Miller, died in Bloomsburg. Frank
was a very efficient civil engineer
and was engaged in that work with
the

his brother Charles.
’90, Adams, Rev. J. K., has for
more than eleven years been pastor
of the Zwingli Reformed Church at

Berwick, Pa.

He

has now’ severed

charge and
Anselma, near

his relations with this

accepted

a

call

to

His work in BerPhiladelphia.
wick and vicinit}' was prominent
and prosperous.
’93, Traub, Rev. Frank, while

THE

B.

S.

N.

serving as a missionary in Africa,
was seized with black-water fever

and for a long time his friends deHe was finally
life.
brought to England and thence to

spaired of his

a hospital in

New York

City.

He

S.

QUARTERLY

7

The couple have gone

only.

housekeeping
’93,

Weiss.

Calvin,

J.

section of the state

covered his former good health and
He does not however de
vigor.

call at

We
renewal of the disease.
understand that few white men re-

the following

cover from the disease

when

at-

is

teaching

borough schools of Shillington, Pa.
He, accompanied bj’ Mrs.
Weiss and .son Luther visited this
in the

reached Bloorasburg about the middle of July and has now nearly re-

sire a

early

the

’94, Sutliff, Dr.

July

1913:

17,

received by Prof.

We

Fred.

from a

“Word
W. B.

Sutliff, of

’93, Johnston, Samuel J,, has resigned his position as principal of
the Third Street school building in

brother. Dr. Fred Sutliff of

summer

vacations.

Mr. Johnston

marriage of his

Hill, of the

delphia, to Miss

Lillian

Phila-

Wohl

by automobile, the latter part of
Dr. Sutliff, who is well
this week.
known in town was a graduate of
the Normal in the class of 1894, and
of the Medical School of

who with

her husband has been in

Philadelphia for some years,

two years,
the United States October

holds a position as medical

sailed for

last

4th.

ding of County Solicitor Clinton
Herring to Miss Jessie Fleckenstine, ’09, daughter of County Commissioner G. S. Fleckenstine of Orangeville, was solemnized at the
home of the bride Tue.sday mornThe Rev. W. S.
ing, June 23rd.

1913.

Church

The

at

Orangeville

cerenion}-

immediate

was

friends

officiated.

witnessed by

and

relatives

has been practicing in

and

inspec-

tor.’’

’95,

Gerhard, pastor of the Reformed

He

of 1902.

From

Herring, Clinton.

the Uni-

versity of Pennsylvania in the class

The wed-

’94,

of

Germantown. The couple are expected in town on a wedding tour

has been teaching continuously for
twenty years with marked success.
’93, Fahringer (Dennison) Effie,

England during the

clip

paper
has been

local

Normal

Bloomsburg and accepted the post
manager of the Eastern District
of the Union Publishing Company
with which he worked during four

Sep-

in

made a very pleasant
Normal School.

tember, and

tacked in Africa.

of

to

in Orangeville.

Hehl

(Holmes)

Theresa,

the Morning Press July

“Word was

i,

receiv^ed yester-

death in Santa Anna,
Sunday afternoon at 4

da}' of the

California,

o’clock of E.

B.

Holmes,

which

followed an illness of three or four

weeks.
business

the book publishing
Denver, he with his wife,

In
in

former!}^ Miss Theresa Hehl, of
town, and child, went to southern

California the

first

where they have

of

resided.

the

year,

He was

THE

8

B. S. N.S.

QUARTERLY

aged about 48 years. Surviving him
are his wife and one son, William

is

Hehl Holmes. The body will be
brought to Bloomsburg for burial.
’95, Stecker, C. Raymond, and
Miss Nellie M. Deighmiller ’08,
were married Monda}" evening, June

ed

the home of the bride’s father
Henry Deighmiller, Bloomsburg R.
The ceremony which
D. No. I.
3, at

took

presence of onh^

place in the

was perMr.
Chamberthe
Rev.
formed by
lain, pastor of the Buckhorn Luththe immediate

families,

eran Church.

For the last five years the' bride
has been engaged as a public school
The groom is a successful
teacher.
Bloomsburg merchant. They have
gone to housekeeping in their home
354 West Main street, Bloomsburg,
Pa.
’96,

Cuba

Lutz, Frank E.
w'ith a

scientific

is

now

in

expedition,

under the direction of the American
Museum of Natural History. He
sent a post card of exceptional

in-

nephew, P'raucis Lutz,
It showed an immense
yesterday.
pile of skulls and bones, with the
terest to his

message to the effect that in Cuba
plots in graveyards are not sold but
rented, and that when the holders
fail to pay their rent promptly the
bones are dug up, thrown on a pile
and the land given over to the body
of another. Judging by the picture
Cuba has many who were in arrears

—

Morning Press,
with their rent
September 13.
’96, O’Malley (vSullivan) Mary
.

a registered pharmacist and after

the death of

her husband conduct-

very succe.ssfully a drug store

Some time ago

in Plains, Pa.

contracted rheumatism

she

so .severely

was compelled to dispose
drug store and give up the
business.
She has now’ fully recovered and proposes to re-enter
that she
of her

Her

the teaching profession.
ent address

is

25 E. Chestnut

pres-

street,

Wilkes-Barre.

Herman, who has
’99, Fritz,
been principal of the Union Street
Grammar School, Wilkes-Barre for
the

last

four 3’ears has resigned

that position to

become the Super-

vising principal of the public schools

Narberth, Montgomery county.

of

Pa.
’99,

Albertson, Hattie

E.

We

have received the following; “Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Albertson announce
the marriage of their daughter Hattie Elizabeth to Reverend David
Evans on Wednesday, June the
eleventh, nineteen hundred and
thirteen,

Dallas,

Penn.sylvania.“

home after July ist at
Seymour street, Jackson, Mich.

The>' are at
125

’99,

Gager, E. P., has been sucadvanced until recently

cessfully

he was made assistant principal of
the Encouragement Department,

one of the largest departments of
the

International

Corre.spoudence

In

Schools of Scranton.

munication he says,
things:

“It

is

comother

very .seldom that

communicate with any
ple at

a

among

the old school.

I

the peo-

of

How’ever,

THE
I

B.

S.

N.

think of the faculty with whom I
As
in contact, very often.

came

w'itnessed

I re-

bride

Normal

moon
They

My

sincere

regret

is

that

go on to College. In
the main, however, the training
that old Bloomsburg gives is worth
did

9

by the immediate

the {contracting

‘

re-

parties

and a few intimate friends of the
and groom.
Their honey

very

School.

included a trip to Bermuda.

now

are

handsomely
No. 5008

in their

not

furnished

for her pupils

Friendship Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa.
’00, Fetson, Blanche. A card from
Blanche dated London, England,

while,

make good
they make good
they

We

make good;

in

teaching and

in

the business

of the

have quite a large
Bloomsburg gradu-

employed

in the International

world.

number
ates

was

latives of

certainly

I

ceived at Bloomsburg State

I

QUARTERLY

appreciate the training

the years go by,

much

S.

Correspondence School

at the pres-

ent time.”

Mr. Gager owns his

own home

June

residence

at

25, 19:3, says:

lines to tell

gotten

you that

my old

‘‘Just

Am having

friends.

a splendid trip thro Scotland,

land,

Wales,

a few

haven’t for-

I

PTance,

Eng-

Holland,

Switzerland, Italy and Germany.
’01, Creveling, Evelyn, was mar-

Saturday morning,

ried

home

June 7, at
in Espy,

at 1430 College street, near Mt. St.

the

Mary’s Seminary, in the Green
Ridge section of Scranton.
We
Wilbur, G. Elmer.
’00,
‘‘A son
take from a local paper:

Pa., to Mr. Charles S. Shuman,
formerly of Espy. The Rev. S. E.

officiated,

was born, Saturday, April 19th
Mr. and Mrs. G. Elmer Wilbur

to

used.

of

trip they

Jacksonville, Fla.

has

been

named

The

little

George

fellow

Elmer

The parents and
Wilbur, Jr.”
little son spent about six weeks
this summer in Bloomsburg.

of her parents

Bidlack, pastor of the M. E. church
and the ring service w'as

After an extended weddino-

have made their home at

Maplewood, N. J. Mr. Shuman is
engaged in automobile dealing in

New York
’01,

City.

Follmer,

brilliant

Gertrude.

June wedding

In

a

at the Pres-

At four
Franey, Martha V.
on Thursda}' afternoon,

byterian church, Berwick, Pa., Miss
Gertrude F'ollmer became the bride

April loth, the Franey home in
Shenandoah w'as the .scene of a
beautiful wedding when Martha V.
became the bride of Ulysses Grant
Vogan, a prominent and succe.ssful

Mr. Arthur T. Lowry, Tue.sda\',
June 24th at 6:30 o’clock p. m., the
Rev. E. A. Loux, pastor of the
church officiating. They now oc-

’00,

o’clock

of

cup5^ a beautiful

home, 349 Market
Mr. Lowry is a

The

street,

ceremony was performed by the

son of

Rev. Michael A. Crane, assistant at

ager of the A. C.

the church of the Annunciation and

employed

attorney of

Pittsburg,

Pa.

Berwick.

W.

F. Low'ry, District

&

Man-

F. Co., and

as salesman for the

is

mine

THE

lO

B.

products of the Berwick district of

He is a

that company.

graduate of
the Berwick High School and of
Cornell Universitj-.

Low,

C. Zehnder, died at the

home

of his brother, O. Zerbin

’97,

in Orangeville,

Low,
Sunday

Pa.,

morning, September 21st. In 'the
of 1912 Mr. Low was at
the N. G. P. camp at Gettysburg,
as a member of Rowley's Ninth

summer

Regiment Band of Wilkes-Barre.
During the encampment the tents
of the band were flooded, and all
its members suffered severe exposure.
Mr. Low at that time contracted a severe cold, which later
developed into tuberculosis.

Then began one
fights ever '^aged

Mr.
Haven, and

ease.

N.

S.

QUARTERLY

night, and died in the morning.

He was

married

in

June

Ammerman

Miss Cora

1907 to

Orange-

of

He is survived by his wife
and one daughter, Margaret. Funeral services were held at the home
of his father, Wednesday morning.
Sept. 24th.
Oriental Lodge, No.
F.
A.
M. had charge of the
&
460,
ville.

Murra} Stella G., was married June 26, 1913, at 6 o’clock a.
m. by Rev. Father Patrick of St.
Ann’s church, Scranton, to Mr.
Arthur Eckrote of New York. We
have no further information respecting the wedding.
’oi,

’01,

S.

the

of

bravest

against the dis-

Low went
after four

to White
months there

services at the grave.

who

Bradbury, Grace,

’02,

for

several years past has been teacher

Seventh grade of the West
Berwdck schools, has tendered her
resignation, and accepted a similar

of the

East Stroud.sburg

the

position in
schools,

where

was recently

she

elected.
’03,

Anna

Creasy,

(coll, p.)

The

engagement of Miss Creasy to Earl
F. John w'as announced last May
at a

supper given to a party of Miss
The announce-

Creasy’s friends.

ment was made at the table, small
bouquets of sweet peas, tied with
white ribbon with tiny engagement
rings attached, being distributed
among the guests. Mr. John is a
very estimable young man and

returned to Orangeville, apparently

holds a respon-sible position in

much improved.

Farmer’s National Bank of Blooms-

After

a short

time in the town, the disease again

showed

itself,

and he went

him on
Four months he

in a little cottage built

Knob mountain.

to live

for

spent there, fighting for

life,

until

20th,
he was
Sept.
brought down to his brother’s home
.so weak that it was seen the end of

Saturday,

the battle could not be tar

grew steadily

off.

He

weaker during the

the

burg.
’03.

Riland H. Walter

Manager

at

Christian

’03, Reid,

was found
Republican-.

the

Association

Camden, N.

is

Young

House
Men’s

Building,

J.

Ella.

in the

The

following

Scranton Tribune

In Pittstou, June 24,

1913, Charles E. Robertson of Inkerman, Miss Ella Reid of Frothing-

1

THE

ham

B. S. N. S.

QUARTERLY
way

1

Camden, N.

and Rev. S.
church

Rev. R. A. Rinker of
Presbyterian
Broad
Street
church officiating.
’04, Richart, Bessie B., was married Thursday morning April 18,
1913, at 6:30 o’clock to Mr. C. J.
The ceremony took place
Corse.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Snyder in Bloomsburg. with whom
Mi.ss Richart resided.
Rev. E. R.

ian church, Hazleton, Pa., to

Heckman

L. Williams,

street,

the

at 778

N.

They

officiated.

reside

Mt. Prospect Ave., Newark,

They

officiating.

Spruce

groom

J.

of the
reside

draughtsman
American
Foundry Company.

ploy

is

a

109

The

’04, Sterner,

Mary

the em-

in

the

of

at

Berwick, Pa.

street,

Car

and

was mar-

E.,

loth, at the Presbyter-

ried, Sept.

Harry
by

Philadelphia,

of

Rey. William Usher, pastor of the
Mr. Williams is an electrician employed by the General

church.

J.

’04,

of

C. Dickson, pa.stor

Wm.

Rooke,

A

S.

Shamo-

kin paper, April 28th says:

Company

Electric

“Attorney W. J. Rooke has
opened law offices at his home,
corner of Race and Hunter streets,

The

Philadelphia.

at

’04, Silas S. Riddle,

on the city

North American, was
one of the two reporters w'ho covthe

staff of

equipped in every
way and present a very neat ap-

ered the meetings of the National
Educational As.sociation there son\e
time ago.
He was complimented

pearance.

on his work by one of the

Marshallton, Coal township.
offices are finely

’04,

San

in

now

Turner, Ruth,
Francisco,

residing

spent several

days in Bloomsburg this summer
visiting relatives and friends.
’04, Bradbury, Robert W., was
married Sept. 28th to Miss Katharine Smith at
bride’s parents

home

the
in

The groom holds

of

the

Chatham, N.

J.

of

the

as.sociation,

’04, Goyituey (Canfield) Anna,
and her husband are in charge of a
Day School at Ca.sa Blanca, New
Mexico. They have as pupils 33

Indian children.
Anna is housekeeper and also does .sewing for the
children.

president of the Union Pacific Rail-

3’ears old

sition in the office

road.

N.

They

reside

at

Westfield,

became the
of John H. ]\Iac-

Andres, Daisy,

bride. Sept. i6th,

The wedBean, of Philadelphia.
ding, a brilliant one, took place in
the

They

are blest w'ith

children of their own,

’05,

a

girl

and a boy of three

Low, Vincent

two
five

j’ears.

(sp. c.) a stu-

dent at Syracuse University'

J.

’04,

to

the editor.

prominent poof Judge Lovett,

a

officers

in a letter

First

Presbyterian church of

Bloomsburg,

Dr. G. H.

Heming-

has
been signally honored by the college authorities in their selection of

a seal for the state college of
estry at Syracuse designed

Low

in

competition

other college

men.

with

A

For-

by Mr.
seven

reproduc-

I

THE

2

with a

tion of the design together

photograph
appeared in one of the

length}" article and

a

Mr. Low
Syracuse papers.
of

’05, Bittenbender, Isabelle (sp.c.)

The

Bloomsburg.

mony was performed
of the

at

cere-

home
They re-

the

mothdr.

bride’s

Shambach,

05,

work

his college

University of Michigan,
bor, has been

who

Y.,

Jesse

at

the

Ann

Ar-

Supervising

elected

Principal of the Berwick schools
and has assumed the duties of the
position.
He has assumed the serduties

ious

Lowry

’10,

at the

home

of

also

He and

tract.

another con-

Miss Mary

Belle

Blanche Low.
most impressive weddings that Bloomsburg has had in
several years was that of the marriage of Miss Blanche Hartman to
Mr. Edmund C. H. Steinle of
Scranton, Pa., in the Methodist
church, Wedne.sday, Aug. 27th.
of the

The Rev.

bride’s

parents

with the Chittenden Drug Co. of
They" have taken pos-

Scranton.

session of their

’05,

A

included a trip

graduating there with

first

honors,

securing election to the Phi

Kappa honorary
at the

burg,

Arch

Methodist church in BloomsApril 26th,

was married

to

Lewis of

Ulj’.sses, Pa.,

by

C.

Rev. E. R. Heckman.
at

(sp. c.)

home

at

They

are

Highland P'arms, Ulys-

ses, Pa.

’05,

Yorks, Milton K.

elected a director of the
tional

the

Bank

of

vacancy

has been
Finst

Bloomsburg
occasioned

to

by

Nafill

the

C.

’05,

I.
Albertson, of PoughN. Y., on Sunday, April

Witman, Eleanor.
of

St.

i

1913.

At the
M. E.
Friday, Aug.

Paul’s

church, Danville, Pa.,
5

506 Har-

Laubach (Albertson) Sarah.

par.sonage

i

Beckley, Winifred

’05,

Beta

society.

at

daughter was born to Mr. and

Mrs.

Shambach

Mr.

home

Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

rison

13th.

trip

Arbor,

by

“rainbow wedding’’ and rightly" so
named. The groom is associated

The wedding

Ann

pastoi

an uncle of the
J.
groom and pastor of a Methodist
church, Hoboken, N. J. It was a

keepsie,

to

Heckman,

officiated, assisted

Boese,

Dewart, Pa., the Rev. S. C.
Dickson of Bloomsburg, officiating.

in

E. R.

church

Rev.

were married June 19th
of the

Hartman,

’05,

of the

side at Kingsley, Pa.

finished

death of his father, the late Frederick G. Yorks.

One

was married April 30th to Clarence B. Hartzell, by Rev. E. R.
Heckman, pastor of the M. E.
church,

QUARTERLY

B. S. N. S.

Miss Eleanor

Witman

was married to Rev. James McKendree Reiley", pastor of St. Paul’s
M. E. church. State College, Pa.
The nuptial knot was tied by" the
bride’s father Rev. Edwin H. Witman, w'ho was also a student at
the Normal School in ’78 taking
academic work.
’05,

Webber, G. H., represented

the state of South Carolina at

Congress of

the

School Hygiene re-

THE

B. S. N. S.

He was

cently held

in

sent as the

representative of the

Buffalo

State Superintendent,

^

who was un-

He gave an
be present.
excellent account of the Congress
able

and

to

its

proceedings in the Charles-

ton Neius and Courier of Sept,

ii,

quarterly

Mr. and Mrs. V. P. Eves of Millhave announced the engagement of their daughter Kathryu to
Mr. John Shambach of Espy'. Miss
Eves has had charge of the Friends
School for the past three years and
Mr. Shambach was principal of

ville,

the

1913’05,

Bergstresser, Clara E.

We

have received the following; “Mr.
Bergstresser announces the

13

Stephen

Wells,

’06,

S. E.

married, Saturday,

marriage of his daughter, Clara E.
Howard Cameron Fox,
to Mr.
Thursday evening, October twent}--

of

hundred

fourth, one thousand nine

Mount Carmel, Penn-

and twelve.
sylvania.’’
’06,

Mary

Demaree,

Morning

May

Press,

The

S.

24,

’13

has

the following;

When

Miss Worthington enter-

Hundred Club

tained the Five

Mrs.

evening,

nounced the

I.

W.

Willits

engagement

last

an-

of her

Miss Mary Scott
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Demaree, to Mr. T. O.
VanAlen, of Northumberland.
’06, Snyder, Dr. Homer, after

grand-daughter.

Demaree,

teaching a couple of terms in Col-

umbia

count}'

taking

College,

course

to

Dickinson

entered
a

enter the

preparatory

Hahnemann

Homeopathic
Medical
College,
from which he graduated with
honor a few months ago.
Dr.
Snyder is now located at the Hah-

nemann
’06,

hospital at Philadelphia.

Shambach, John.

lowing appeared
iinel

July 30th:

in the

The
Daily

fol-

Seyi-

Millville a

schools at

public

few years ago.

Miss Dorothy Wolfe,

at

the bride's parents

Rev. T.

burg, Pa.

J.

was

K.,

April

12th to

home

the

LewisJudd of the
in

Lewisburg Baptist church officiated.
They will reside in Bloomsburg.
’06, Vollrath, (Bucheit) Rosa E.
(Music). The following has been
received
James Arthur Bucheit,
Mr. and
born April 28, 1913.
;

Mrs.
’06,

mer

E. C. Bucheit, Indiana, Pa.
Osuna, Jose, spent the sum-

in

Mexico.

Evangelistic

He

is

work

in

New

in the Theological

Seminary at Princeton this wdnter.
'06, Owen, Cordelia A. and Hon.
Henry A. Gordon, were married
July

ist,

1913, at the

home

of the

bride’s parents in Dorranceton, Pa.

Rev. Ferdinand Von Krug performed the ceremony'. He was assisted by Rev. G. N. Underwood of
the Dorranceton M. E. Church.

Mr. Gordon
ney' of

is

a well

knowm attormember

Wilkes-Barre, and a

of one of the

valley’s oldest

fami-

lies.

’06,

Witman, Mary

C.

We

take

from a local paper. May loth
“Miss Witman, the new' critic teacher in the Fifth and Sixth Grades of
:

THE

14
the Model School,
began her work

at

the

N.

S.

S.

QUARTERLY.

Normal,

a practicing physician with a large

Normal

and lucrative practice. Mrs Lowry

the

at

B.

was principal

School yesterday.
Miss Witman replaces MLss Anna
McBride, who was chosen as pre-

school last winter.

ceptress a few days ago, replacing

A

son was born Tuesday, July 22,

Miss Sutphen. Miss Witman is a
graduate ot the Normal School and
has been teaching for some time in

in

Bloomsburg, Pa.

the State

Normal School

Cogswell,

Bessie

E.,

was

Rev. Palmer N. Taylor of the
M. E. Church, Rev. Hugh C. McDermott, District Superintendent of
the Wilkes-Barre District, officiato

Bertha

ried, Saturda)’, July

I.,

19,

-

the

Church,
Kingston,
Pa., by the Rev. Mr. Hayes, past-

They reside in
The groom is con-

or of the church.

nected with the Bell Telephone Co.
Es.sick,

Laura R., became

the bride of Dr. Robert

—-

-

-

ATHLETICS.
Football — the sea.son has begun.
What, after all, is the fascination
which draws its tens of thousands
Saturday to the
our schools and
recent article termed

Saturday after
football fields

A

colleges?

of

counted

The

Presbyterian

’07,

F.

it

the

that

'‘gladiatorial

as

it

in advance.
Our boys
with but one or two real scrimmages could not have been expected to do very much but gaiu ex-

The second game seemed to indicate the good done by a
thorough drubbing, for the score
perience.

of the second

game was

the reverse of the

men

Pa., Tue.sday

morn-

five

ing, Oct. 14,

at

home

of her

candidates while

parents in Jersej'town, Pa.

Rev.

H. C. Munro, pastor of the White
Hall Baptrst Church performed the

They will re.side
ceremony.
Braddock, Pa. where the groom

practically

first.

Coach Weimer has about twenty-

Lowry

of Braddock,

the

Mr. and Mrs.

was mar-

L. Richards of Berwick, Pa.
w'edding was solemnized at

Hazleton, Pa.

to

Helen.

to Foster

Co., Pa.

’07, Sterner,

(Teple)

spirit.”
Be
may, very few of us
would gather to see two teams, under rules which forbade touching
an opponent, compete in blowing a
feather through oppo.site goals.
The defeat in the opening game
with Gettysburg College was dis-

They took a two weeks trip
ting.
on Lake Erie and vicinity including Chautauqua, Niagara Falls, etc.
Their present address is Springville,
Susquehanna

Stillwater

James E. Teple.

pensburg.”
’07,

Masteller

’07,

at Ship-

married Friday, Aug. 30th, 1913,
at Rutter Avenue, Kingston, Pa.

the

of

at the training table.

not

large,

The
give

making up in speed
what they lack in weight. Indeed
promise of
if

the present showing'is maintain-

in

ed the school will be represented

is

this fall

by the

fastest

team

in sev-

——
THE
eral

\

They

ears

B.

N.

S.

are a sturdy lot

and have already proved that they
can take their bumps with the best
of them and not quit until the
whistle blows.

The

line-up

is

by no means fixed

Many changes were made

as yet.

in the second

game and

others are

likely to occur.

The

and the remaining scheduled games
follow:

Bloomsburg, 45; Pittston, o.
Bloomsburg, Pa., Sept. 27.
Bloomsburg Normal opened the
today, defeat-

football season here

ing Pittston Tigers by

45

The

a score

of

line-up;

Pittston Tigers.
Bloomsburg
Gilday
left end
Coffman
Harp
left tackle
Smith
Hoban
left guard
Boyer
J.

L>'nch

centre

Lilly

right guard

Pollock

Jones

15

Time

Gordon.

of quarter

—

12, 10,

9. 9-

The schedule

follows:
October
East Stroudsburg Normal, at
Bloomsburg; October ii, Dickinson Seminary,
at Williamsport;

4,

October 25,
serves, at
1,

game

line-up of Saturday’s

to o.

QUARTERLY

S.

Carlisle

Academy,

Bellefonte

November

burg;

Seminarjq

Indian

Bloom.sburg;

at

Re-

November
at

Blooms-

W5oming

15,

Bloomsburg.

PKilolo^ian Society.
Philo has started the
a flourish.
is in

year with

At present the

society

a better condition both finan-

and in membership than at
any other time in its history.
About eighty new members were

cially

initiated at

the beginning of the

Among them

are some who
show talent in music and elocution.
At present great preparations are
J3eing made for the forty-eighth
3'ear.

M. Hobin
Quinn
right end
Bluto
Langan
quarterback
Edwards
Helmes
left halfback
Curley
Moss
right halfback
Rickert
Hart
fullback
Griffith
Pittston, Langan
Substitutes;

annual reunion to
be held on
Thanksgiving.
Work has been
started on the drama which will be
produced with the usual success.

Harp, Jenkins for Langan.
Bloomsburg, Roberts for Boyer,
Lydick for Bluto, Roberts for Lilly,

tin.

Raymard

right tackle

for

Shoerman
Touchdowns Curley,

Forest for Rickert,

Griffiths,
I.

2;

Goals

Curley,

3.

Lydick,

Referee

i;

3;

Rickert,

touchdowns

from

— Hilday.

Um-

Head linesman
pire-Long.
Timers Sneidman and
Brown.

—

present officers are

Edwards.

ine Glass.

Rec.

Cor. Sec.
Sec.

;

Pres.

V. Pres. Cather-

Edith Mar-

Elsie

Treas Chas. Smith.
Glennis Rickert.

Morgan.
Registrar,

for

—

Boyer.

The
Idw'al

Callie Society.
When school opened this
all

year,

loyal Callies returned with one

uppermost in their minds,
namely, to increase the member-

aim

ship of the Society" and to

work

THE

i6

B. S. N.S.

with such energj^ that the society
this year as one of
prosperity.
Every one has been

would have

and we have taken in
many new members, many of these

QUARTERLY
are:

Ben. T. Davis; Vice
Robert Seltzer;
Sec. Clay
Boyer; Treas. Percy Griffiths.
Pres.

Pres.

working

are taking such an active part and

do

so,

with such enthusiasm that
success

Callie’s

sured.

The

is

practically

we

are running smoothly and

planning to have

a

as-

the society

affairs of

Public

are

Pro-

gram on Oct. 25th.
The following officers were elecPres. Tom. E.
ted on Sept. 20th.
Williams; Vice Pres. Eda Miller;
Secretary Francis Beatty;
Rec.
Asst. Rec. Sec. Marg’t Myers; Cor.
Sec. Lois Norton; Treas. Arden
Oliver; Asst. Treas. Deane Oliver;

Ralph

Culver
As.st.
Marshall, Isaac Forscht; Registrar
Osborne;
Critic,
Harr>'
Maud
Peet; Janitor, Warren Dollman.
All officers are working to bring
the society to such a point that
our reunion on the 22nd of February will be a pronounced sucMarshall

;

cess.

Y. M. C. A.

NOTES.

The

Association is again taking
w’ork and it looks as if this
year will be a big one for it.
reception was given to the
new students Saturday evening.
Sept. 6th and ever}- thing was done

up

The annual greeting of new
students and the reception in their
honor, served to emphasize once
more the important place the Association holds in school life.
Our Association was represented
at the Eaglesmere Conference by
eight students and two P'aculty
members. The report, given on
Sunda}- evening, October 5th was
as follows:

General Survey,

The

make them feel at hbme.
The reports of Messrs.

Clay
Boyer and Ralph Culver, the delegates to the Northfield Student
Conference of last June, will be
given in the near future.
Our Wednesday night prayer
meetings are interesting and helpful.

ance

They
al-so.

are growing in attend-

The

officers

this

year

-

Mary Brower

Spirit of the Place,

Jennie Roberts

Membership

Basis

Weeks Club

-

and

Eight

Ruth Thomas

Foreign Delegates Flora Fritz
Leaders Who Impressed Me Most
Edna Hendrickson
World’s As.sociation - Mabel Hawk
Social Life
Susan Jennings
From Mountain Top to Valley
Maud Peet
The alumnae are asked to remember especially the annual bazaar to be held Saturday, Decem-

ber 13th.

All contributions

from

former members will be much appreciated.

Miss Katharine Duffield came on

its

A

to

Y. W.*C. A.

September 29th as

a representative

Volunteer Movement. During her stay she not
only addressed a public meeting,
but she also did secretarial work
with .some of the committees.
The social committee is planning for the usual Hallowe’en
An entertainment
masquerade.
of

the Student

Portraits’’
was
“Pratt’s
The progiven October i8th.
ceeds from this entertainment will
be used to buy spoons and other
needed articles.

called

I