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THE ALUMNI

QUARTERLY
BLOOMSBURG STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

DECEMBER, 1926

BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
of the

Bloomsburg State Normal School
Volume 28

December 1926

[Number

1.

Enter as Second-class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post Office at
Bloomsburg, Pa., under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published November, January, April and July.

H.
F,

E FEN5TEMAKER T2
H. JENKINS 76
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Business Manager

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The Bloomsburg Literary
Dr. D. J.

Waller

Editor- in-CFiief

Institute

Jr.

(This sketch is largely a compilation from the Histories of Columbia County. D. J. Waller, Jr.)

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The name

first appears in a charter drawn by the
Waller, submitted to the court of Columbia
County September, 1856, and confirmed by that tribunal.
The board of trustees was organized, but no record
of its immediate proceedings or influence has been pre-

Rev. D.

J.

served.
In the lapse of time the town school fell into disrepute.
The principal, a valedictorian of the College of New
Jersey, now Princeton University, had been turned head

down by a student and his watch had been ground under
The
the heel of his assailant into the school room floor.
“locking out” of the teacher had sometimes been resorted
to.

On May 2nd, 1866, almost exactly ten years after the
charter had been obtained it was revived under the
following circumstances.

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A teacher living in Binghamton, N. Y., while on a
pleasure trip down the river stopped at Bloomsburg
and remained several days. He inquired about its
schools.
Whether he was attracted by the surrounding
beauties of nature, or whether he felt the challenge to
redeem the school from its degradation, he, after meeting citizens whose children of school age were giving
them anxiety, appeared in the school one day with the
discredited
teacher,
and after the opening exercises announced to the pupils that he intended, within
a short time to take charge.
As he had lost his left
hand by the explosion of his fowling piece he hardly
seemed to be the kind of a man needed, and some of the
more sympathetic students thought he should be enlightened.
This man was Henry Carver, a native of New York
State, a self-educated teacher whose power of exerting
an unconscious influence over the minds of those with
whom he came in contact was phenomenal. After serving as principal of an academy in his native State, in
which capacity he evinced marked ability, he was placed
in charge of the preparatory department of the University of California, and here his faculty for organizing
was again manifest. Upon the loss of his hand he returned to his native State.
A new era had dawned. The school opened. No
threats were made, no penalties suggested, excepting
those that inevitably follow a want of self-control in
pursuit of high ideals.
Within a very few days a circus came to town. The
custom had been for the pupils to turn out when the
band was heard as the parade drew near, with its beautiful horses, its performers gorgeously arrayed, its gilded cages of wild animals, its ponies hitched to a little
wagon and driven by the clown, and above all, possibly
an elephant.
The most popular in that day was the “Forty Horse
Show.” There had already been so many innovations
that the older pupils, fearing the possibility of the with-

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drawal of this ancient privilege, and shaking their heads
grim determination that it should be continued, asked, upon the appearance of the teacher, whether it would
be granted. He replied that he would discuss that subject after the opening exercises.
At the time designated
he remarked that the question had been raised and would
be put to vote. No one could question the fairness of
that and it was felt there would be no necessity for open
resistance. But before submitting the question h's ideal
school was sketched, with its influence upon the comin

character was contrasted with that of the
and finally the pupils at the long
row of desks next to the street were reminded how unfair it would be for them to vote to stay in and then take
advantage of their position to look out upon the pageant.
The vote to continue at work was unanimous and those
next the street kept their eyes upon their books.
Soon afterward a literary society was needed according to the teacher’s ideals.
An evening was set to organize one. The teacher did not appear, and not a
soul had ever attended one, but the pupils understood
it was their job.
Next day, upon learning that an organization had been effected he almost paralyzed the
members by announcing the fact to the school and that
all parents were invited to attend an entertainment to
be given two weeks later.
Shirking was not thought of, for this was a part of the
new order that had been inaugurated. The parents
attended.
A paper edited by members of the society
was read, literary selections were recited and thus another stake was driven.
In like manner the teacher announced a school picnic to be held across the Susquehanna. No greater novelty had been proposed. Hereabouts in those days schools did not go on picnics. At
the given time with filled baskets the children were at
The teacher was not
the river bank to be ferried across.
much in evidence, but he did see to it that each of the
older boys and possibly some of the girls should mount
a stump near at hand and at least attempt a speech.

munity,

its

circus of that day,

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Thus the school became the center about which the
of the pupils moved.
The self-respect and self-re-

life

liance thus developed resulted in the diligent preparation of lessons.

May
ver,

2nd, 1868 was notable in this history.
Mr. Carhaving previously notified the patrons that he would

not continue the school longer unless a suitable building should be provided, upon this day William Snyder,
John K. Grotz, L. B. Rupert, I. W. Hartman and D. J.
Waller met in the latter’s study in the capacity of
trustees under the articles incorporating with the election of D. J. Waller as president, I. W. Hartman as secretary, and John G. Freeze, Robert F. Clark and William
Neal as trustees to fill vacancies caused by removals of an
equal number of the original board.
At a meeting two
days later the resignation of Joseph Sharpless was accepted and Conrad Bittenbender, father of Mrs. Prof.
F. H. Jenkins, was chosen to fill the vacancy.
A committee of six was named to open books and take subscriptions to the stock of the corporation.
A committee
on location of the building was chosen, and William Neal
was elected treasurer. Up to this time the school of
Mr. Carver had no formal relation to the Bloomsburg
Literary Institute, but at a meeting of the board May
25th, Professor Carver was elected Principal of the contemplated school and the faculty was constituted as fol

lows

:

Henry Carver, professor of civil engineering, and
tellectual and moral philosophy;

in-

Sarah A. Carver, preceptress, teacher of French, Botany and the ornamental branches;
Isaac O. Best, A. B., professor of ancient languages:
Martin D. Kneeland, A. B., teacher of mathematics
and English branches;
Alice M. Carver teacher of music; and Jennie Breece,
subsequently; Mrs. Boyd Robison, in charge of the pri-

mary department.
(To be Continued)

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REVIVAL OF THE QUARTERLY
At its annual meeting held last June, the Alumni
Association unanimously decided to revive the Quarterly, publication of which had been suspended for several
years.
Instead of its being a school publication, as formerly, the Quarterly will now be known as the Alumni
Quarterly, and the expenses incident to its publication
will be borne by the Association.
We have the assurance of the Administration, however, that any reasonable
deficit will be met by the school.
We hope that this
will never be necessary.
We want to make trie Quarterly self-supporting.
In order to accomplish this, we need
the support of the Alumni as a whole.
How can you
help?
By paying your annual dues of one dollar to
the association.
This will entitle you to a year’s subscription to the Quarterly, and also to a ticket to the
Annual Alumni Dinner held as part of the program of
Commencement Week. There are over five thousand
of you scattered all over the country, and with the support of all of you, we can make the Quarteily a periodiPlease fill out the
cal of which we may all be proud.
blank to be found elsewhere in this issue, and mail it
to Professor Jenkins, and have the satisfaction of knowing that you are doing your part to make the Quarterly
a success.

Copies of the

first

issue of the Quarterly will be sent

members of the Alumni Association whose adAfter this issue, however, the paper
dresses we have.

to

all

will be run entirely on a subscription basis, and will be
sent only to those who send their dollar to Professor
Jenkins.
Letters have already been sent to a great many
Alumni, asking for their financial support, and the

Those who
response has been extremely gratifying.
paid their dues last June are already credited with this
year’s subscription.

Miss Mabel Moyer, of the Training School,
year’s leave of absence, studying at Bucknell.

is

on

a

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OUR
A

total

of seven

1926 ENROLLMENT
hundred and sixty-seven

measures the enrollment of adults

in the

pupils

Normal School

Each new entrant is a graduate of an approved four year high school or has had
equivalent training.
Of these 767, 114 are men 67 of whom live in North
Hall.
427 women live in the girls’ dormitory. We thus
have a total of 494 students living in the dormitories.
With the enlarged dining room ample space is provided
for further growth in numbers.
One of the interesting features of an analysis of the
enrollment is to determine the geographical distribution
of our patronage.
In September 1925, twenty-one counties of Pennsylvania were represented, and one student was from outside the state.
In September 1926, twenty-four counties of Pennsylvania were represented with one student
from another state.
In September 1925, our entering class was recruited
from 89 high schools, while in September 1926, 83 high
schools were represented.
The fact that fewer high
schools were represented is due to the new entrance requirements.
The distribution by counties is as follows:
for the present semester.

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Blair

1

Bradford
Bucks
Carbon
Centre
Columbia

5

Dauphin

Lackawanna
Lehigh
Luzerne

1

4
1

261
2

67
3

277

Lycoming

4

McKean

1

Mercer

1

Mifflin

4

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Montour
Northumberland

12
55

....

Pike

1

28

Schuylkill

Snyder

2

Sullivan

5

Susquehanna
Union

8
7

Wayne
Wyoming

6

10

Outside the state ....
Total
Totals entered in Teachers Courses only

.

.

1925
681

1

767
1926
711

The remainder is made up of music pupils.
The first year class entering September 1926 was made
up of 52 boys and 265 girls.
Second year students for these years were divided
into

Sept. 1925

Men
Group
I
Group II
Group III (Rural)
Group IV (J. H. S.)
.

.

Women

Sept. 1926

Men

Women

102
121

11

10
14

1

13

20

26

22

13

19

23

12

0

0

1

0

10
7

0

128
156

Third year:

Group IV

F ourth year

The fact that we have but one student qualifying

0

for

the B. S. degree at the end of this year should not be considered as a discouraging omen.
We did not know until
commencement time that the four year course was to
be offered in this school. Thus it was impossible for us
to work out plans with the graduating classes for further training.
The great majority had already signed
Judging by our correspondence and
contracts to teach.
interviews, the prospects are bright for the future of
the four year course.

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Our organization for preparing teachers for the elementary grades is constantly being strengthened and
extended.
Thought, talent, and money are also doing
that is possible to equip the school so that a B. S.
degree in Education earned at Bloomsburg shall be
second to none in value.

all

W.
The
for the

B.

editor wishes to express grateful acknowledgment to
two articles immediately following.

Sutliff

Dr.

Riemer

REORGANIZATION OF NORMAL SCHOOL
On June

1926, the Council of Education of the Comof the State normal schools
with the privilege cf granting the degree of B. S. in
Education. Application for this privilege had been made
in accordance with the requirements of the Council.
It
had been necessary to give in detail facts concerning the
grounds, the buildings, the equipment, the faculty, the
students, the training-school facilities, and tne financial
status of the institution for the fiscal years 1925-1926.
The faculty received the most careful scrutiny. All
its members had to meet the minimum requirements set
by the Council, to the effect that every teacner should
have, after September 1, 1926, at least a bacfielor’s deFortunately the
gree and two years of experience.
Bloomsburg State Normal School was able to meet this
requirement with but two or three changes.
This reorganization of the Normal School has entailOne year was added
ed some revision of the curricula.
to the three-year course for prospective junior-highschool teachers; and two years to the two-year courses
The former course
for teachers in the elementary field.
leads to a B. S. in Education in secondary education the
4,

monwealth endowed eight

;

elementary education.
The Normal School will, however, continue its regular
two-year courses for prospective teacher.? of the elelatter, to a B. S. in

mentary grades. It will also give the regular threeyear course to prospective teachers of the junior high
school.

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have come higher standards of adThe Normal School no longer admits students
who are not graduates of approved four-year high
schools, or who have not proved to the Department of
this revision

mission.

Public Instruction that they possess equivalent training.

Bloomsburg State Normal School is
All of its teaching is of college
a college basis.
grade; it offers four years of work; its graduates from
these courses w ill receive degrees.
The Normal School
is now a Teachers College.
It is

clear that the

now on

r

IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PHYSICAL PLANT OF
NORMAL SCHOOL
Many changes and improvements

to the physical plant

Normal School have been made during the past
They were greatly needed. In consequence
four years.
of them the buildings are better adapted to the service
for which they are intended.
One of the most serviceable improvements is the electric clock, fire-alarm, and schedule-bell system which was
installed about three years ago.
It has added to the
safety of the buildings and to the punctuality of the
teachers and students.
Some of the recitation rooms have been remodeled.
of the

Since the students ceased taking an interest in literary
societies the old literary-society rooms were charged into classrooms.
One of them forms an excellent Art
Studio.
Rooms, J, K and L have been so greatly changed that graduates would hardly recognize them. They
are now three excellent recitation rooms.
North Hall has been converted into a dormitory for
This was made possible by building
the young men.
an annex in the rear of the building where the bathing
and toilet facilities for the boys were locatecr.
During the present year the kitchen has been entirely
remodeled and enlarged. It is now quite adequate to
our needs, large enough to accommodate about 600
It contains much
students, convenient and attractive.

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new equipment, such

as dishwashing machine, bake
oven, gas ranges, refrigerator, steamer, freight elevator,
The store room is now on the same floor as the
etc.
kitchen.
This has placed the delivery of supplies on
a business basis.
The buildings of the school have never been fire proof.
To offset this weakness, much money has been spent to
Three fire towers have made the inerect fire towers.
The old stairs have all
side wooden stairs dispensable.
been removed. The students now use the fire towers as
regular stairways.
The fire towers are absolutely fire
proof.
They are of tile construction, the stairs of steel,
The exterior fire esthe landings and t 'reads of tile.
cape can also be removed. This will make the exterior

more

of the buildings

attractive.

Much has been

done, too, to make the buildings more
sanitary.
Six excellent and attractive bath and toilet
rooms have been installed. These provide adequate faclities for all the girls in the dormitory.
On each floor there has been built a press room. In
this are to be found pressing boards, intakes for curling
irons, and two stationary wash tubs.
The dining room has been greatly enlarged. It will
be capable of accommodating about 600 students at
one sitting. This was made possible by the removal of
the storage rooms and the dishwashing rooms which used
to be located between the annex and the main dining
hall, as well as by extending the dining hall toward the
front entrance.

The most outstanding improvement

is

the lobby in the

Bv throwing

the outer business office and the office across the hall into the hall, by relocating the elevator, and by removing the old central stairs,
considerable area was secured for the purpose of a lobby.
With its pillars and arches this room will be very at-

Girls’

Dormitory.

tractive.

There are small lobbies on each floor of the Girls’
Dormitory. These may be used for floor meetings,
group meetings, etc.

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There have been many other changes and improvements, such as, the replastering of many sections of the
Girls’ Dormitory, the paintin gof the rooms in North
Hall, the converting of the offices on first floor into rooms
for the dean of women and the dietician, the remodeling of the girls’ recreation room into an excellent infirmary, etc.

in

Before June 1, 1927, all the buildings will be rewired
accordance with the latest requirements. This will

add

also

to the safety of the buildings.

Many improvements have evidently been made.
There are, however, many more things that must be
done before the physical plant of the School

what

it

should be

in the

twentieth century.

will

The

be

floors

wretched condition. Nothing has been done
The
to many of the walls for more than a generation.
woodwork needs attention. Many of the doors are split
and broken. The frames and sashes of doors and windows are worn out. The School has never had a chance
to catch up with its repairs.
The buildings have been
freely used by past generations.
Whatever revenue
there was had to be spent on instruction and the bare
necessities.
The dawning of a new era seems to be
upon us. The normal schools of the State have been
reorganized so that they all form one unit. The apare

still in

propriations are now being made more nearly in accordance with the needs of the various schools. This
will give the Bloomsburg State Normal School what it
should have.

ATHLETICS
at the Normal School is intended to be as broad in scope as possble. Everyone is encouraged to participate in some form of athletics. In
fact the physical education program for each student includes one hour per week of elective sport as a minimum
requirement. This fall the leading sport activities for
girls have been hockey, tennis and hiking.
In the freshman class alone, we have had 20 hockey teams for girls,

The Athletic program

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averaging 13 members to a squad. They are now playing through a tournament schedule.
Much interest is
being shown in this as well as the tennis tournaments
and organized hiking.
For boys the present major interest is football. InterThe inclass rivalry has been keen and worth while.
terscholastic schedule this year has been as follows:
B.S.N.S Opp.
9
Oct.
Mining & Mech. Inst. Freeland (home) 44
0
41
Oct. 16
Lock Haven Normal (away)
6
Oct.
Oct.

Nov.
Nov.
Nov.

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23 — West Chester Normal (home)
30 — Indiana Normal (away)
— Dickinson Seminary (away)
13 — Keystone Academy (home)
20 — Wyoming Seminary (home)
6

The new

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9— 0
—20
10 — 14
27 — 6
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four year course should prove of real

7

6

worth

cur interscholastics. With boys four years at the
school, instead of 2 or 3 years, we can develop stronger
and better teams.
A system of awards is worked out in detail for girls
and boys. The usual Varsity “B” is given to boys for
to

meeting the requirements in interschclastic competition.
who reach a certain grade of efficiency in athletic
activities receive a “B” award smaller in size but similar
Other awards consisting of
to the award given to boys.
numerals; election to a selected group known as “Athand a point system of accomplishment.
letic Leaders”
When the next issue of the “Quarterly” reaches you
we shall be well into the inter program of basket ball
An
for boys, and basket ball and volley ball for girls.
will
be
tournament
invitation high school basket ball
and
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19,
sponsored by the Health Department, March
and March 25 and 26. There will be more detail concerning it in our next issue.
Girls

;

Miss Helen Carpenter, of the Training School, who
has been on a year’s leave of absence, studying at Columbia University, has resumed her duties.

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WILLIAM BRILL
Teacher, Co-Worker, Friend.
At the close of the school year 1925, our institution
lost one of its strongest teachers, and the faculty one
of its most able members, in the retirement of Professor

William

Brill.

health made it necessary for him to go from the
classroom to the hospital ward where he died ere the
educational work of the year had ended.
His death
so closely connected with the completion of his professional work among us made his going from us doubly sad
and impressive.
It seems fitting, in this the first number of our Alumni
publication, to give a brief resume of his work as teacher, co-worker and friend among us.
He came to us from the Bloomsburg High School,
where he had charge of the department of classical languages from 1909 to 1911. He had previously taught in
During
the Shamokin High School from 1878 to 1882.
the interim he served ably in the pulpit of the MethodHe
ist Episcopal Church as a minister of the gospel.
was a forceful and eloquent preacher, and a devout
student in this field.
He was preeminently a teacher a prince among
teachers
as all his students recognized and remember
with pleasure. His years of study, his experience with
men and life among them, made him eminently successthe Social Studies.
He was greatly lovful in his field
ed and respected by his pupils. He endeared himself
especially to the strongest and most earnest of his students and co-workers by his untiring efforts to spur them
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to their best.

He was not only a hard worker in the class room, but
was ever an earnest student outside, not only in his
own

field,

but also in other lines of work.

H.'s

ambition

was to give to his classes the best that was in him, and
to awaken in them a love for the subjects and an eagerHis sympathies were ever with his
ness for growth.

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oung people. His efforts outside of the class room, as
well as in it, were to inspire them with deals of Christian
manhood and womanhood exalted character. His interest in his pupils did not cease with the recitation hour.
He followed them into their life work, aiding them by
precept and encouragement, and always they had his
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own example

of untiring, joyous work.
His zeal for the betterment of the youth of his day
and generation led him to work beyond his strength.
In addition to his school work, he conducted a large Sunday School Class, a student Bible Study Class. The
Young Men’s Christian Association found in him a
He had the
staunch, ever ready support and leader.
courage of his convictions, and only what he could conThe lives
sciously approve, received his commendation.
of all his pupils and associates will ever be richer and
finer because of his life, and example as a teacher and
co-worker among us.
It is the constructive efforts of such men in the teacher’s chair that ennoble and honor the teacher’s calling.
The world at large may not note it or recognize it, but
nevertheless the world is better for his constructive efIt has been well
forts as a teacher and social worker.
said that the surges of his own earnest personality, thro
the students whom he taught, and who understood him,
It is such
will ripple thro lives of generations yet to be.
men, such teachers as he, that from age to age, hold
humanity in its wavering, with its face toward progress,
and give the impetus to the masses and their leaders to
hold their standards and attain their ideals.

Mr. A. B. Black, who served very efficiently for many
years as Instructor in Penmanship, was obliged to discontinue teaching, owing to a serious illness which inMr. Black has been
volved the amputation of his leg.
the inspiration for a great many students who have gone
out and now occupy prominent positions as teachers and
supervisors of handwriting.

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A CHALLENGE!
A

message from the President of the Alumni
Association, Fred W. Diehl.
Recently a group of Bloomsburg graduates were discussing an alumnus of the school, who, graduating some
years ago, has attained to, and now holds a prominent
position of responsibility, leadership, and trust.
One of the group said “There is
I regard
him as an honor, and a credit to our Normal School.”
Another said: “Yes, he should certainly be a booster and
a loyal supporter of Bloomsburg, because uf what the
Then a third member of the
school has done for him.”
group spoke. “Oh, yes but I am tired of that kind of
talk.
How do you know that
’s position is due
to his attendance at Bloomsburg?
How do you know
that he would not have been equally or even more prominent and successful today if he had never seen the
Bloomsburg State Normal School? A ‘credit’ to the
Obligated to be a ‘booster’?
school?
Perhaps?
Pshaw! That’s all bunk!”
.

:

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The writer of this contribution to our Quarterly, listened with interest to this conversation, and has since
reflected over it.
It was a typical group of individuals.
The warm enthusiast; the luke warm passive individual,
and the one who is just naturally “agin” things, just
because well just because everybody else is for them,

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“anti.”
And friends, we need this
no other reason than to enthuse us to
a more earnest support of the cause which we sponsor.
Abraham Lincoln never graduated from the Bloomsburg Normal School but in all the multitudes of meh there
has been but one Lincoln and most of us agree that
Lincoln was one of those outstanding personages in history, whom an allwise Providence guided and prepared
for a special time and need.
Providence however rules in the affars of all men and
women, and throughout this old Keystone State of ours,

and

his

make-up

is

latter type, if for

—

and all nations of the world, there are
hundreds of people who owe a debt of gratitude to God
its sister states,

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for His guidance, which brought them into contact with
the Bloomsburg State Normal School.
Perhaps some
of us might be “better off” if we had never attended
Bloomsburg, but is it not equally fair to assume that at
least an equal number of persons would be less happy
in their daily existence, had they never attended Bloom
Normal? We owe the Normal School, its Faculties and
Trustees, an obligation and a support, not only for the
sake of its service of the past, but also because of its
power for good and its opportunity for service in the
present and future.
And now “haec fabula docet.” Let us show our love
for our school, and our appreciation of its service, by
boasting it on every occasion, and by urging our youthful friends, in whom we have an interest, to consider the
advantages of selecting Bloomsburg as their school. Let
earnestly request and challenge our
us do more.
graduates in the various counties and districts served
by Bloomsburg, to re-organize their B. S. N. S. Alumni
Associations.
Arrange for social gatherings. Line up
Invite
all Bloomsburg graduates and former students.
high school seniors and prospective students, and let
us stand solidly back of Bloomsburg State Normal School
of the past, and the Bloomsburg State Teacher’s College
of the future, in order that its field of service and usefulness may ever widen and increase.
The officers of your Alumni Association, and the Faculty and Trustees of the school will ever be a*, your ser-

—

We

at all times, to assist in this work
and maintaining our local associations.
County Institutes and District Teacher’s meetings provide
excellent opportunities to discuss this matter and to take,

vice, in

every

way and

of re-organizing

definite action.

for

some one

Don’t wait
Seize the next opportunity
do it! This is our chaldo it.
!

else to

How

YOU

will you respond?
Bloomsburg Normal,
Bloomsburg.
“Bloomsburg,
Up on Normal hill;
Years to come shall find us ever
True to Bloomsburg still.

lenge to you.

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THE

1926

7

MEETING

A

very enjoyable meeting of the Alumni Association
was held at Commencement time last June.
The meeting was in charge of Thomas Francis, ’08, of
Scranton, President of the Association, and the invocation was given by the Rev. F. L. Artley.
Rev. C. C.
Bailey, ’ll, of Milton, led the singing.
The minutes
of the 1925 meeting were read by D. D. Wright, ’ll,
Secretary of the Association.
In the absence of the treasurer, F. H. Jenkins, the report of the treasurer was read by Prof. O. H. Bakeless.
A number of resolutions adopted by the Executive
Committee were accepted by the Association. One was
to the effect that officers of the Association should be
elected for two years and should not succeed themselves.
Others provided that the Nominating Committee be appointed by the Executive Committee at their spring meeting; that only five minute speeches be allowed at the
assembly, and that only members of the classes in reunion be allowed to speak at that meeting.
The following officers were elected on recommendation of the nominating committee, composed of W. B.
Sutliff, E. H. Nelson and Harry Neihart.
President Fred
W. Diehl, ’09, of Danville; Vice-President, Dr. D. J.
Waller, Jr.; Treasurer, F. H. Jenkins, ’76; Secretary,
R. Bruce Albert, ’06; Assistant Secretary, Elizabeth B.
Ohl members of the Executive Committee Miss Harriet
Carpenter, Mrs. L. P. Sterner, Mrs. D. S. Hartiine, G. E.
Elwell and Walter Jones.
The Association unanimously decided to publish an
Alumni Quarterly in order that the Alumni might keep
in closer touch with the school, and F. H. Jenkins was
given full charge of this, with power to appoint an
:

;

editorial staff.

A

resolution extending to Prof. C. H. Albert sincere
regret on his leaving the institution and wishing him

whatever he may undertake, was unanimously adopted by the Alumni after it was presented
by G. E. Elwell.

Godspeed

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The following spoke

for the various classes:
Mrs. Ada Patton Smith, of Tyrone.
H. H. Sanner, of Pittsburgh.
Mark Creasy, of Chestertown, Md.
H. P. Gable, of Tower City.
G. B. Landis, of Rock Glen.
G. B. Leidrick, of Tremont.
M. T. Shafer, of Wilkes-Barre.
Edward Schuyler, of Bloomsburg.
Luncheon was served in the gymnasium, Prof. O. H.
Many members of the
Bakeless acted as toastmaster.
Alumni Association responded, and a short address was
given by President Riemer.

1876.
1886.
1891.
1896.
1911.
1916.
1921.
1924.

CLASS REUNIONS
not too soon to begin thinking about the class
The reunions
reunions which will be held next June.
to be held at that time will have added significance, because of the fact that it will mark the end of the first
year that Normal has been operating as a four year
Teachers’ College. Then too, the members of the Alumni
Association will be interested in seeing the changes that
have been made to the physical plant of the school.
The following are the classes that will hold reunions
It

in

is

June:

’25.

’72, ’77, ’82, ’87, ’92, ’02, ’07, ’12, ’17, ’22

and

Let’s go!

Mrs. D. S. Hartline, who has been assisting Professor
Hartline for several years, is teaching Biology in the
Bloomsburg High School. Inasmuch as many of the
high school classes are still meeting in Science Hall, we
do not feel that she has left us entirely.

LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER BYRD
Lieutenant-Commander Richard E. Byrd, U. S. N.,
spoke at the Normal Auditorium, November 30, at which
time he told of his memorable flight over the North
Pole last spring. The lecture was sponsored by the
Bloomsburg Kiwanis Club.

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PROFESSOR ALBERT RETIRES
After rendering forty years of service to the Bloomsburg State Normal School, Professor Charles H. Albert retired at the close of the year last June.
The many
friends of Professor Albert would no doubt be interested
in a short account of his teaching career:

He was born in Selinsgrove, and attended the Selinsgrove Missionary Institute, which later became Susquehanna University. He received his professional training under Professor William Noetling at the Normal
Institute.
Prof. Noetling was at that time Superintenent of the schools of Snyder County.
Professor Albert
began his teaching in Snyder County, and after a few
years attended the Bloomsburg State Normal School,
from which he was graduated in the class of 1879. Following his graduation, he taught two more years in the
elementary school of the state, after which he became
Principal of the schools of Catawissa, a position which
he held for three years. From there he was called to
take charge of the schools in Waynesboro, where he
remained three years, doing a fine piece of work. In the
fall of 1886 he was called back to Bloomsburg to take
charge of the work in Geography, and he remained in
During
this position until his retirement last spring.
his entire teaching career,

he has been widely known as

a capable, brilliant, and thoughtful teacher.

Professor Albert is now devoting a great part of his
time to his activities on the public platform, for which he
is much in demand.
He has addressed a great many
County Institutes this fall, and is also an ardent champion
of the cause of Prohibition, which is in need of more
men like him. We wish Professor Albert success in
this work, and hope that he may live to see many more
years of useful service, for we know he would not be
happy if he were not able to render service to his fellow-men.

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THE TEACHER TRAINING FACILITIES OF THE
BLOOMSBURG STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Earl N. Rhodes, Director of Teacher Training
authorities agree that the training facilities of a
teachers’ college determine to a very large degree the
quality of its work in training young people to teach.
No one appreciates this more fully than the principal
and those connected with the training schools at the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College. It is therefore our
constant endeavor to improve and enlarge our training

AH

facilities.

We

long ago realized the inadequacy of our campus
The number of
training school of the first six grades.
students of primary education has increased fifteen per
cent for 1926 over 1925, of intermediate education thirtythree per cent, oi rural education thirty-three per cent,
and of junior high school education twenty-tour per cent.
In consequence there is a pressing need for the enlargement of our training facilities. When a curriculum for
the preparation of junior high school teachers was offered some six years ago, it was necessary to add a junior
have
high school to the campus training school.
primary
rooms,
three
the
campus
at the present time on
grades one, two and three three intermediate grade
rooms, grades four, five and six; and four junior high
school groups, one seventh grade, two eighth grades,
and one ninth grade. Inasmuch as we have only twentyfour students in the junior high school field ready for
their student teaching this year our junior high school

We

;

Our first six grades
serves our purpose very well.
hundred thirty-eight primary students
and one hunded sixty intermediate students are wholly
inadequate.
In view of the above situation we are now using ten
still

for the use of one

primary rooms and five intermediate grade rooms in public schools of Bloomsburg, and six intermediate grade
rooms in the public schools of Berwick. Forty-one
students of primary education and twenty students of
intermediate grade education are doing their student

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teaching in the Bloomsburg public schools.
Twenty-four
students of intermediate grade education are doing their
student teaching in Berwick.
As our enrollment of college students increases we shall undoubtedly be obliged
in order to provide adequately for our students to make
a larger use of neighboring public schools.
In order that the reader may understand the organization of our work in teacher training it may be well to
say that we have three departments, primary, intermediate and junior high education.
The director of teacher
training and the directors of each department are the
general supervisors of the work.
In the primary department there are three training teachers on the campus,
two city training teachers working in the Bloomsburg
public schools, and ten public school classroom teachers.
In the intermediate department there are three
training teachers on the campus, two city training teachers, one in Bloomsburg and one in Berwick, six public
school classroom teachers in Bloomsburg, one of whom
has her classroom in the Teachers College Training
In the
School, and six classroom teachers in Berwick.
department
there
nine
trainingjunior high school
are
teachers devoting full time or part time to the training
of student teachers.
In accordance with the standards set up by the American Association of Teachers Colleges no training teacher shall supervise more than nine college students in
a single semester, each of whom does at least ninety
hours of student teaching. In only two training school
rooms do we exceed nine students per training. In the
public schools of Berwick and Bloomsburg the largest
number assigned to any single classroom is four. In
accordance with the standards of the above association
the supervisors of student teaching who work with the
local public school teachers, or city training teachers as
we designate them, may supervise as high as fifty student
teachers.
No city training teacher in our organization
From this
supervises more than twenty-four students.
point of view our student teachers are accordingly re-

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ceiving close supervision in their efforts to learn the art
of teaching.
It is to be observed in the foregoing that ninety hours
of student teaching satisfies the minimum standard for
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
a teachers college.
requires one-hundred eighty hours of student teaching.
believe that the longer period of time provides a
more effective initial mastery of the technique of teach-

We

ing.

So far as the number of pupils available for student
teaching purposes is concerned, Bloomsburg and Berwick provide all we need at the present time.
Our contact with the public schools of both Bloomsburg and Berwick is good for the teacher training department. It gives not only our students but our training directors and training teachers experience in dealIf we may judge
ing with real public school conditions.
by the frequent requests for advice and recommendations
relative to constructive methods of teaching and equip*
ment of various kinds especially reading and reference
material for pupils’ use on different levels of understanding, we believe that our teacher training department has
also been helpful to the public schools.
The American Association of Teachers Colleges sets
up certain definite requirements relative to the professional training

Without going

and equipment

of training teachers.

into the details of these requirements I

may

say that all of our training teacheis without exNo training teacher
ception meet these requirements.
has less than a bachelor’s degree, five have their master’s
degree, and a number have nearly completed their work
for a master’s degree.
The practical school contacts afforded our students,
we believe, are most satisfactory. The professional
equipment of the faculty of the training department, the
classrooms and number of pupils available for student
teaching purposes, and the possibilites of working in
real public school situations are such that we are confident that our students will be admirably prepared and

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Commonwealth

of Pennsylvan-

qualified to teach in the
IE.

JUDGE GARMAN DIES SUDDENLY
Judge John M. Garman, of Wilkes-Barre, one of the
most distinguished of those who have been graduated
from the Bloomsburg State Normal School, died November 25, of heart disease, at his apartment.
Judge Garman was born in Thompsontown, Juniata
County, September 1, 1851, of German and Scotch-Irish
parentage.. After graduation from Normal in the class
of 1871, he taught in Juniata County, and later in Wyoming County.
He was admitted to the bar in Wyoming
County

in

1884.

He moved to
He served three

Nanticoke, and later to Wilkes-Barre.
years as District Attorney of Luzerne
County, and declined re-election. During his term as
District Attorney, he was elected a member of the Democratic state executive committee.
He was delegate to
the Democratic National Convention in 1896, 1900, 1904
and 1908. In 1896, he ran for Congress, but w as der

feated.

He was first elected judge in 1909, having Peen nominated on both the Republican and Democratic tickets.
In 1919, he was reelected^ He several times declared
his intention of retiring in 1929, at the end of his term
of office.

He was widely known
and

as one of the most picturesque

brilliant characters that

Luzerne County

politics

has

produced.

Judge Garman was especially well known among the
Normal Alumni, having many times presided at the annual alumni banquet at the school.
of his death comes as we go to press, but we
hope, in a later issue, to publish a fitting tribute to his
memory, by someone who has been in close touch with
him, and knows what a loyal son of Normal he was.

New s
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SOCIAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
The South-Central Association of Teachers of Social
Studies met at the Normal School Friday and Saturday,
the 15th and 16th of October. The program consisted of
demonstration lessons by various teachers in the Training Schools, a round table conference conducted by Dr.
J. Lynn Barnard, Director of Social Studies in the State
Department, a dinner at the Hotel Magee, and two addresses by Dr. Howard C. Hill, professor of social studies
in the School of Education at the University of Chicago.

PIED PIPER
“The Pied Piper of.Hamelin” under the direction of
Prof. George J. Keller, was selected
fourth
as the
presentation of the children cf the Training School.
The
play was presented December 3rd.
The cast of characters contained 200 children. The
production will be filmed, as was “Cinderella,” last year’s
production.

The first play which the Training School presented
was “Red Riding Hood,” which was followed the next
year by “The Three Bears.”

NEW MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY
The following are the additions
year:
Miss Isabel Robinson
Miss Christie Jeffries
Miss Eleanor Sands

Howard

Fenstemaker

F.

to the

Faculty this

Art
Handwriting
Music
Languages
Foreign

Geography
H. Harrison Russell
Physical Training
Thornly W. Booth
Junior High English
Miss Bernice Alcott
Miss Effie Doering
Junior High Geography and Social Studies
First Grade
Miss Enola B. Pigg
Second Grade
Miss Lucile J. Baker
Third Grade
Miss Elsie Lorenz
Fourth and Sixth Grades
Miss Agnes S. Bryan
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NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
One of the most important features of the Quarterly
has been, and will continue to be, the column devoted to
news of the Alumni. In order to make this column function properly, it is necessary to have the complete cooperation of all the members of the Alumni Association.
We therefore ask you first to keep us posted, as to where
you are and what you are doing, and second, to send
us interesting items concerning any Alumni with whom
you are acquainted. If there are any events written
up in your local papers, you will do us a very great favor
by sending us the clipping. We cannot make this appeal
too strong, for, as we have indicated above, the Alumni
news constitutes one of the most important features of

any paper of this kind.
1875.
Lorena S. Evans writes a very enthusiastic letter regarding the reappearance of the Quarterly, and
Her present address is 161
encloses her dollar.
Emerson Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
An interesting letter was received from May
1876.
Stephenson, who lives in Perry, Florida. She invites all
her classmates and other acquaintances to visit her at
that place.
She states further: “If you wander about in
the orange groves and pecan orchards and get enough
sand in your shoes, you will stay, too.”
Myron I. Low, who has been very seriously ill at his
home in Lime Ridge, is slowly recovering.
1884.
F. P. Hopper has retired from the office as Superintendent of the Schools of Luzerne County, after a
long and successful administration. His successor is A.
P. Cope, also a graduate of Normal, in the class of 1900.
1885.
Harry O. Hine, Secretary of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, writes that there must
be at least a score of Bloomsburg graduates in Washnigton.
His address is 8204 Highland Place, Washington, D. C.

1890.

Fred W. Magrady, of Mt. Carmel, was

ed to Congress

in

the recent fall elections.

re-elect-

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1893.
Miss Alice Fenner has retired from teaching,
after having taught thirty-four years, the greater part of

time having been spent in the schools of Lehighton.
At the commencement exercises last spring, Miss Fenner
was called to the platform and presented with a huge
bouquet of flowers, the gift of the Board of Education.
Her address is 133 South 5th street, Lehighton, Pa.
1895.
Mrs. M. M. Harter, (Mary Shaffer) died at
Nescopeck in September of this year. Her death was
due to a complication of diseases. She had been in ill
health for over a year, and for the past three months
had been confined to her bed. She suffered a stroke
of paralysis some time before her death.
She w as aged 55 years, and had been a resident of
Nescopeck since her marriage. After graduation from
Normal she taught for a number of years at Zenith, and
later at Nescopeck.
She is survived by her husband, M. M. Harter, ’80, her
father Hiram Shaffer, one brother, Freas Shaffer, and
the following children: Mrs. Joseph Cameron, Elizabeth
and Edna.
1899.
F. Herman Fritz has been elected Superintenthis

r

dent of the Schools of Ashley.
1901.
Claude L. Moss is Principal of the High School
His address is 216 W. 5th
at North Tonawanda, N. Y.
street.

1903.
H. Walter Riland is Executive Secretary of the
Bedford Branch of the Y. M. C. A. at Brooklyn, N. Y.
He is closely associated with Dr. S. Parlces Cadman, and
presides at meetings held every Sunday at four o’clock,
These meetings are
at which Dr. Cadman speaks.
broadcast by six powerful stations throughout the eastNo doubt many of his
ern section of the United States.
While at Bloomsburg
classmates have heard his voice.
he was a member of the foot-ball team in 1901, 1902
and 1803, and w as captain of the basket-ball team in
r

1903.
1906.
Dr. Carroll D. Champlin has been appointed
professor of education and psychology in the School of

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Education at Pennsylvania State College. He is a graduate of Haverford College and received his doctorate
degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He has been
head of the department of education and psychology at
the Southwestern Normal School, California, Pa.
Helen Roat Harrison writes as follows: “I am
1907.
living at Chase, a small country place near Trucksville,
and have a family of four, two boys and two girls, and
so I am beginning to think about sending some of them
back to the place of my happiest years of experience.”
1908.
Thomas Francis is Superintendent of the
Schools of Lackawanna County.
The engagement of Harriet Armstrong, to
1911.
Avery C. Gabergson, of Cleveland, Ohio, was recently
announced at a luncheon bridge held at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Mary Armstrong, who lives at 13492 Clifton Boulevard, in the same city.
1909.
A letter has been received from Robert F. Wilner, in which he states that he and Mrs. Wiiner (Alfaretta Stark, ’12) hope to be in Bloomsburg at the 1927 Commencement. Mr. Wiiner is Assistant Treasurer of the
A.merican Church Mission, with headquarters at Nankow, China.
1915.
Miss Beatrice A. Culver died Thursday, November 11, at the home of her father, William Culver, in
Sweet Valley. She had served for eleven years as a
teacher in the schools of Forty Fort.

Formal acceptance of the decree

to

grant the degree
Normal School

of Bachelor of Science in Education at the
will be

made on

Friday,

December

17.

Henry Klonower,

director of the Teachers’ Bureau at the Department of
Public Instruction at Harrisburg, will represent the De-

partment at the program, and a member of the State
Council of Education will also be present.
Space prevents our giving a detailed account of the
Alumni reunions held last spring, but we hope to be
able to do so in a later issue.

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CALENDAR
1926-1927
First

Cl asses

Semester

Monday, September 13
Tuesday, 8 A. M., September 14
Saturday, 12 M., November 20
Tuesday, 8 A. M„ November 30
Wednesday, 12 M., December 22
Tuesday, 8 A. M., January 4
Tuesday, 4:20 P. M., February 1

Registration
begin

....
....

hanksgiving Recess begins
Thanksgiving Recess ends
Christmas Recess begins
Christmas Recess ends
First Semester ends
1

Second Semester
Classes

begin

Easter Recess begins
Easter Recess ends

Sermon

.

.

.

.

....

to Graduating

.

.

Session ends

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Session begins

.

.

.

Commencement
Alumni Day

Summer
Summer

.

.

Class

Second Semester ends

Wednesday, 8 A. M., February 2
Wednesday, 12 M., April 13
Wednesday. 8 A. M., April 20
Sunday, 2:30 P. M., June 5
Thursday, 4:20 P. M., J une 9
Friday, 10 A. M., June 10
Saturday, June 11
Monday, 8 A. M., June 20
Saturday, August 20
.

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F. H. Jenkins,
Bloomsburg, Pa.

Dear

Sir

Enclosed find one dollar ($1.00), which constitutes
dues to the Alumni Association of the Bloomsburg state Normal
School, for the year 1926-1927. This will entitle me to one year's
subscription to the Alumni Quarterly, and also to a ticket to the
Annual Alumni Dinner to be held in June 1927.

my

Name
Class of

Present

position

(Please add below any other information in which you think your
classmates would be interested!

Vc

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THE ALUMNI
QUARTERLY
BLOOMSBURG STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

FEBRUARY,

1927

BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

:

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
of the

Bloomsburg State Normal School
Volume 28

Number

February, 1927

2.

Entered as Second-class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post Office at
Bloomsburg, Pa., under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published November, January, April and July.

H. F. Fenstemaker, ’12
F. H.

Jenkins, ’7G

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Editor-in-Chief

Business Manager

Those who were students at Normal forty years ago
doubt be interested in the photograph found on

will no

The names of the members of the
Faculty appearing in the photograph, and the subjects
they taught, are
Front row, from left to right: Miss Dora Niles,
Drawing; Miss Mary L. Hastings, Elocution; Prof. Wm.
Noetling, Practical Teaching.
Second row: Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., Miss Bessie
Hughes, Mathematics; Miss Sara Harvey (now Mrs. O. H.
Bakeless), teacher in the Model School; Miss Gertrude
La Selle, teacher in the Model School.
Third row: S. W. Niles, Music; J. G. Cope, Mathematics; C. H. Albert, Geography; G. E. Wilbur, Mathemathe opposite page.

tics.

Last row: J. W. Feree, Academic Subjects; F. H.
Jenkins, English, H. A. Curran, Latin.

We

should be very glad to publish any interesting

old photographs that graduates or former students of
Normal would be willing to lend us. Proper care will be
taken of the pictures, and they will be returned as soon

as possible.

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THE BLOOMSBURG LITERARY INSTITUTE
Dr. D.

J.

Waller,

Jr.

(Continued from the previous

issue)

At a meeting of the board June 22nd, 1866, the proWm. Snyder for a site was accepted and
adopted, it having been previously voted upon by the
stockholders. A later history published in 1887, however
gives the date of adoption as in August.
In July, Mr.
Waller having resigned, Hon. L. B. Rupert was elected
president. It was stipulated that the owners of the Fork’s
Hotel would at no distant time remove it and extend second (Main) street to the front of the Institute grounds.
On the 29th of June the board directed that plans for a
building should be procured and a building contracted for
This sum was five
at a cost of not more than $15,000.
times as large as any one excepting Principal Carver had
position of

ever thought of expending. He returned after an absence
of a few weeks with two plans, the simple one he asserted could be erected for the sum previously named. The
members of th^ board objected that it could not be done.
He replied that he would take the contract. The board
awarded it to him. He thus became architect, contractor
and principal of the school. Under ordinary circumstances the project would have collapsed owing to the
difficulty of securing funds, but the untiring exertions of
Principal Carver were equal to the emergency.

The cost of the building and furniture is said to have
aggregated $24,000. His faith in ultimate success never
faltered. Exactly eight months after the site was determined the building was dedicated. April 4th, 1867 was
warm and beautiful. At one o’clock in the afternoon the
Bloomsburg brass band headed the procession, marching
from the old Academy, corner of what is now Jefferson
and Third streets to the Institute. The band was followed by the board of trustees, they by the clergy, next the
parents of the pupils and lastly the faculty. The line of
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The Hon. Leonard B. Rupert, president of the
Board unlocked the door and the procession entered in inverse order.
The hall was filled by the citizens and
friends of the school. After music by the band, prayer
was offered by Rev. D. J. Waller and “Welcome Chorus”
was given by the Glee Club. Then President Rupert brieily outlined the progress of the work from its first inception to its accomplishment. The dedicatory address was
made by Prof. Moss, of Lewisburg. The following namea
Institute.

pupils took part in the exercises: Misses Brower, Purse),

Lowenberg,
McKinney, Wiliams, Sterner, Torbet, Correll, Edgar, Dereamer, Caslow,
Robbins, Lutz, Armstrong, Buckingham and Elwell, and
by Masters Waller, Little, W. H. Clark, Snyder, Buc'kalew, Billmeyer, Funk, Hendershott, G. E. Elwell, J. M.
Clark, Bittenbender, Neal, Schuyler, Woods and Unangst.
At the close of the afternoon exercises, Mr. E. R. Ikeler
on behalf of the teachers of Columbia county with an appropriate speech, presented Pi-of. Carver with an album
Hendershot,

Bittenbender,

Rupert,

Harman, Van Buskirk, Abbot,

John,

Tustin,

containing portraits of the donors as a testimonial of their
It was received by the Professor, who returned
his acknowledgements in a few well chosen sentences,
and after a song by a class of the pupils the audience was
dismissed.
respect.

was filled by an appreciaThe exercises were opened with prayer
by the Rev. J. R. Dimm. A song was given by the glee
club. At the request of the Board of Trustees, Judge ElIn the evening the hall

tive audience.

well then delivered an admirable address, in brief reciting the history of the Institute and urging the friends of
education to push on the work, complete the building,
provide a library and necessary apparatus, and assuring
them that they were affording their children means for an
ample education and bestowing upon them a legacy
which would be forever a blessing.

The evening exercises were engaged in by the following: Misses L. E. John, Appleman, M. John, Elwell,

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Lutz, Sharpless, Bittenbender, Clark, Edgar, Caslow, IrvArmstrong, Pursel,
ing, McKinney, M. E. Sharpless,

Brower, Rupert, Ager and Robbins, and by Masters J. M.
Clark, Eomboy, Hartman, Neal, G. A. Clark, Pursel, Billmeyer, Pardee, Trubach, Smith, B. Pardee, G. P. Waller,
Irving, Swisher, Rupert, Schuyler, L. Rutter, Sloan, Morris, Lutz, McKelvey, Buckalew, Mendenhall, Bittenbender, L. E.
Waller, H. Rutter, Dillon, Funk, Thomas,
Evans, Edgar, Appleman, Girton, E. Rutter, Woods, G.
McKelvey, Van Buskirk, Hendershott, J. K. Morris, Jr.,
Melick, D. J. Waller, Jr., Little, Unangst, T. F. Conner

and G. E. Elwell.

The historian goes on to say, in 1883, ‘Looking back
now, upon that occasion, important as it seemed at the
time, it is doubtful if any one realized all that it has accomplished for the town, and will yet accomplish. All its
influences have been for good and must continue so to be.
it has been
It has brought many strangers to our town,
means of education to many here who could not have
all its surrounding influences
and
gone elsewhere
teachings have been of the pleasantest kind.”
There yet remained much to be done in the way of

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grading, and the planting of trees. One of the devices
resorted to in the scarcity of money was a grading frolic,
to which the boys came with grubbing hoes, shovels,
wheel barrows and horses and carts and put in hard
work while the girls prepared and served the meals. A
large proportion of the trees and shrubbery surrounding
and adorning the campus today, excluding the grove,
were planted by Professor Carver at this time.

May 4th, 1867, the stockholders elected the following Board of Trustees for one year: Robert F. Clark, Peter Billmeyer and F. E. Eyer; for two years: J. G. Freeze,
L. B. Rupert and William Snyder; for three years: John
Wolf, C. Bittenbender and J. P. Connor. Later Mr. E.
Mendenhall was elected to the vacancy caused by the
death of William Snyder.
In the spring vacation of this year a

Menelly

bell

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weighing 2171 pounds was secured at a cost of about
$1200 through subscriptions obtained by three pupils,
George E. Elwell, Charles Unangst and D. J. Waller, Jr.

Two

courses of study were arranged, in one of which
predominated, while the classics were
represented to an equal extent in the other. It was proposed that four years should be ample time to complete
either.
There was also a commercial department, and
the first catalogue, issued for the school year 1867-68, announces that lessons would be given in sewing.
scientific studies

The liberal ideas of the Principal were manifest
throughout. The number of pupils in attendance and the
general results of the school for the first term were fairly satisfactory
It ceased to be merely a local institution
and became well known in other sections of the state and
even beyond its borders. To those who were interested in educational matters the success of the Institute was
truly gratifying.

year in the new building was not completwhen a change in the character of the school
was agitated. The Hon. James P. Wickersham, State

The

first

ed however,

Superintendent of Common Schools, passed Bloomsburg
by rail shortly after the building was finished and was
favorably impressed with its conspicuous situation and
symmetrical proportions.
The idea of erecting additional buildings and converting the Institute into a State
Normal School seems to have occurred to him at once. He
proposed the matter to the board of trustees. At a meetof that body March 9th, 1868 it was resolved that the
trustees of the Bloomsburg Literary Institute agree t
establish in connection with the same a State Normal
School, under the act of assembly of the 2nd of May,
1857 and to procure the grounds and put up the necessary buildings as soon as the sum of seventy thousand
dollars is subscribed by responsible persons.
It was soon evident that the project did not receive
the co-operation of the entire body of citizens. A public
meeting was held in the Court House, April 18th, 1868.

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The Reverend D. J. Waller was called to the chair. When
was explained that the proposed change would not affect the Academic character of the school and counteract the advantages enjoyed, and that its influence would
be widely extended the mating became as enthusiastic
as it had previously been reluctant. The previous action
of the trustees was heartily endorsed and it was recomit

mended

that the plans submitted by Principal Carver
should be recommended to the trustees for adoption and
that the building be let to Principal Carver at his estimate of thirty-six thousand dollars. The trustees took
The Hon. Leonard B.
favorable action the same day.
Rupert, Peter Billmeyer, F. C. Ever, Hon. Wm. Elwell
and Wm. Neal were the building committee. Governor

John W. Geary and Supt. Wickersham participated in
the laying of the corner stone June 25th and the building
was finished within n'ne months. The history of the
Bloomsburg Literary Institute was merged with that of
the State Normal School, February 19th, 1869, when the
legal existence of the latter began, and was ended when
the State purchased the stock of the corporation and abolIt
ished the literary and scientific courses about 1920.
would be a f'tting recognition of the work of a very remarkable man and unparalleled disciplinarian were the
building at the entrance named Henry Carver Hall.

The Northeastern district of the Pennsylvania State
Education Association will hold its meeting in Bloomsburg this spring. The Northeastern District comprises
the following counties: Bradford, Susquehanna, Wayne,
Pike, Lackawanna, Wyoming, Sullivan, Monroe, Luzerne,
Columbia, Montour, and Northumberland.

The members of the Junior Class presented the com“The Goose Hangs High,” Friday evening, January
28, in the Normal Auditorium. The cast was coached by
Miss Alice Johnston, of the Normal faculty.
edy,

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HONORABLE JOHN

M.

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GARMAN

The announcement of the death of Judge John M.
Garman, graduate of the Class of 1871, appeared in the
As it was too late to prepare
last issue of the Quarterly.
a more extended article, the edition being already on the
press, the following has been compiled from the WilkesBarre papers by George E. Elwell.
Judge Garman was born in a small log house on a
farm near Thompsontown, Pa., September 1, 1851. He
attended the public schools of that place

in the winters,

and a subscription school in the summer. He began teaching in 1867 and taught for three years. In 1870 he entered as a student at the Bloomsburg State Normal
School. During the spring session he paid his tuition in
cash, but in the fall he paid his board and tuition by serving as Janitor of the building known as the Institute
building.
After his graduation he taught at various
places with such success that he was elected County Superintendent of Juniata County in 1875. Later, he served

Schools, in Tunkhannock, and aftersame position in Northumberland.
After his admission to the Bar he at once demonstrated his ability as a lawyer. He belonged to a class of
lawyers now passing out of existence, who alternately
studied the text books and Blackstone. This put him into
as Principal of
wards held the

the office of District Attorney of Luzerne County, and
later, on the Judicial Bench of that county for two terms.
He greatly surprised leaders and political wiseacres
of both parties in the primaries of 1909, when he captured both Republican and Democratic nominations for
Judge. His opponent was the incumbent, Judge Halsey,
who was regarded as practically certain of being re-electIn 1919 Judge Garman duplicated his political feat
ed.
of 1909

His strikingly forcible demonstration of independent
campaign of 1920,
arrested nation-wide attention when he penned a political article entitled, “Why I am for Harding, First, Bepolitical thinking in the Presidential

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cause I’m a Democrat.” The article was reprinted verbatim by many of the dailies in the large cities, and digests
were sent out by The Associated Press and other news

The article was issued in pamphlet
form by Harding campaign headquarters. The article
evoked widespread comment favorablbe and otherwise.
distributing agencies.

Judge Garman’s judicial career was charcterized by
fearlessness and indej, cndent thinking. Upon several occasions he created sensations by h;s sharp criticism of juries
he believed to have been delinquent in their duties. He
was democratic in nature and had the common touch
that made persons in all walks of life, who had contact
with him, feel at ease. His strong convictions won for
him as many staunch friends and supporters as his genial
disposition.

As first president of the Craftsmen’s Club, of WilkesBarre, Judge Garman contributed greatly to the growth
of that large organization. He was member of the Masonic bodies, I. O. O. F. and P. O. S. of A.
he was elected State chairman of the DemoHis three years’ activity as State chairman
gained for him national prominence. Judge Garman figured prominently in the politics incidental to the Wanamaker-Quay split in 1897. When Quay threw his support to Boies Penrose, Wanamaker was deprived of his
chance to represent Pennsylvania in the United States
Senate and much dissension in the Republican ranks reIn 1896

cratic party.

sulted.

As

a

sequence the legislature of 1899 consisted of

three elements,
licans

Quay Republicans, Wanamaker Repub-

and Democrats, none of which had a majority and

as a consequence could not pluck the senatorial plum.
The result, however, showed that the Wanamaker followers and the Democrats together had a majority and if
united could elect the senator. This circumstance naturally suggested fusion. Garman realized from evidence in
his possession that fusion could not succeed. On present-

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ing to Col. James M. Guffey, the evidence that a fusion
would not only fail but would really elect Quay, Guffey
agreed with Judge Garman. The result was Quay’s defeat by the 1899 legislature.

The deaths of few public men in this state have called forth so many letters of regret and sorrow as that of
John M. Garman. The letters came from Judges, Lawyers, Clergymen, and citizens generally. The following is
a sample expressive of the substance of all of them which
filled columns of the papers:
“The Luzerne County bench loses one of its most
valued members and the members of the local bar one of
their best friends. He had the respect of every practicing
attorney and they always knew that whatever decision
he would hand down would be nothing but the fairest.
His extensive experience in the legal field made his opinions on legal questions eagerly sought by the younger
members of the bar. And he was always glad to give assistance. I am deeply grieved to learn of his death.”

may be added that in his passing, the School
one of its most distinguished and loyal sons, and
the Alumni have lost a highly esteemed friend.
To

has

this

lost

Judge Garman is survived by his wife who was Miss
Tunkhannock, whom he married Octo

Nellie Carver, of

He leaves also a daughter, Jessie, who is the
wife of Doctor Charles W. Lamme. They live in Tabriz,
Persia, where they are stationed as medical missionaries.
25, 1882.

The engagement of Miss Lillian Edmunds, assistant
dean of women to John Anderson Davies, of Williamsport, was announced at a bridge party given Saturday
evening, January 8, by Nellie Moore, Miss Ena Pigg,
and Miss Charlotte Alexander, of the Faculty. Mr. Davies is a graduate of Bucknell University, and is teaching
in the public schools at

Williamsport.

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ATHLETICS
The indoor season

finds the

Normal School gymna-

sium worked overtime. A few games of basketball have
actually been scheduled before breakfast. Every day after school hours, practice or tournament play is in progress, and evening the same conditions prevail.
Our interscholasti.es in basketball have been of much interest to
the student body.

Spirit

Saturday, January 8
B. 29, Op. 41.

home

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The schedule:
Shippensburg
Normal

fine.

is

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at

— Bucknell Freshmen home
Friday, January 21 — Lock Haven Normal away
Op.
home
Saturday, January 22 — Keystone Academy
—
Op.
Saturday, January 29 — Wyoming Seminary away
Op. 40.
Saturday, February — Dickinson Seminary away
Op.
Saturday, February 12 — Wyoming Seminary

Friday, January 14
B. 21, Op. 20.
B. 48,

at

8.

at

B. 34,

29.

B. 39,

5

B. 24,

26.

at

home.

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Saturday, February 19 iMansfield Normal away.
Lock Haven Normal at home.
Friday, February 25
Dickinson Seminary at
Saturday, February 26

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home.

Wednesday, March

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E.

Stroudsburg Normal away.

Friday, March 4
W. Chester Normal at home.
Saturday, March 12 Bloomsburg Normal Alumni

home.
Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19th, and Friday and Saturday, March .25, and 26th High School
Tournament.
It is a pleasure to welcome the Alumni to our games
at

—

either at

home

or on “foreign fields.”

Last year 16 high schools were entered in the annual
basket ball tournment. The gymnasium was packed with
representatives from the various high schools and it was

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a season of enthusiasm and clean sport that was quite
worth while. The following schools were represented
Hanover Township, Taylor, Parsons, Newport Township,
Pittston, Kingston, Duryea, Luzerne, Edwardsville, Danville,
Freeland, Plymouth, Forty Fort, Berwick, Old
Forge, and Hazleton. Newport Township won first place,
Berwick second.
feel that the “community” value
of such an enterprise has much in its favor.

We

SECOND SEMESTER BEGINS
The work of the second semester began Wednesday
morning, February 2. Work began on scheduled time,
without any interval between the work of the first and second semesters. Individual schedules had been made out
and handed the students, and there was no delay due to
registration.

There were quite a number of changes in the student body. A large number of students who were graduated at the mid-year commencement of the Scranton High
School enrolled for the second semester, and many teach-

who came here to take the second semework.
The group of Seniors who have been teaching in Berwick during the past nine weeks have returned, and another group has been sent to that town to do their pracers in the field

ster’s

tice teaching.

who have been doing their practice teaching
academic work during this semester, while those
who have been taking academic work will do their pracSeniors

will take

tice teaching.

There are 805 students enrolled for the second semester.

Practically all of the students

who do

not live in

Bloomsburg or close to the town are cared for at the
school.
There are 450 girls in the main dormitory, as
compared with 325 who were living there three years
ago. This has been made possible by the fact that the
members of the faculty and the help no longer live at the
school.

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Many of the members of the Faculty are taking an
extension course in Current Problems for Normal
Schools and Teachers’ Colleges.
The course is beingconducted by Professor Subrie and Assistant Professor
Rochefort, of the Institute of Education of New York
University.
B. S. N. S.

ALUMNI—TAKE

NOTICE!

All graduates of Bloomsburg should give serious
thought to such arrangements of their affairs as will per-

mit them to attend the Alumni Day gatherings and Class
Reunions on Saturday, June 11, 1927.
Especial notice is hereby given to the members of
the classes of ’72, ’77, ’82, ’87, ’92, ’97, ’02, ’07, ’12, ’17,
’22 and ’25, to plan to attend the reunion of their respective classes.

In addition to the reviving of old associations and
the renewal of old fellowships, there are three very important reasons why you should be in Bloomsburg on June
11, 1927.
First

— This occasion

will

mark the end

of the

first

year of our school’s operation as a four-year Teachers’
College.

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Second You will be interested and pleased to see
the splendid improvement that has been made in the phyroom, class
sical plant of the school-kitchen, dining
rooms, dormitories-lobby-firetowers, and many other
helpful changes will greet your eyes.

—

(Because you want to help make this the
Alumni meeting “ever,” and YOU are just as important as any other alumnus in helping to attain this

Third

greatest
goal.

We

earnestly request class presidents and secretar-

ies to get in

touch with each other, and arrange to arouse

among

Results
their classmates, in this matter.
don’t just happen, they occur because*someone plans for
them. If you, who are officers of the classes named
above, will communicate with your classmates, and urge
interest

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them to attend, we will have a “real party” on June 11th.
Your Alumni Association officers and office stand
ready to give assistance in the supplying of names and
addresses, or in any other manner possible. Last year
the class of 1911 followed a plan which brought results,
and which we give as a possible suggestion to this year’s
group.

Sometime

was issued by the President
dozen or more members living within
easy access of Bloomsburg, to meet in that town early in
May. At this meeting the class roll was reviewed, and
each person present, assisted in correcting married names
and addresses. Following this meeting, the officers sent
a special message to each member of the class, inviting
them to a Class Dinner to be held at the Lime Ridge Inn,
the evening before Alumni Day, and of course urging attendance at the Alumni Gathering. Over sixty members
of the class were present at the meeting, and. a larger
number were in attendance at the reunion next day.
Plans similar to this could undoubtedly oe worked by
in April, a call

of the class to a

classes this year.

The Quarterly will be glad to be of service in carrying messages and notices from the officers of any of our
reunion classes, who may wish to reach their class-mates
in this

manner.

Yours for a big meeting,

FRED W. DIEHL,

Pres.,

Alumni Association

Dr. Horace V. Pike, of the staff of the Danville State
Hospital for the Insane, is giving a series of lectures on
Mental Health.

Dr. D.
of the

J.

Waller,

Jr.

was recently elected president
H s immed-

Columbia County Historical Society.

iate predecessor

was Professor A.

B. Black.

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HELP US LOCATE THESE PEOPLE!
As the readers

of the Quarterly will recall, the copthe first issue of the Quarterly were sent to all of
the members of the Alumni Association whose addresses
we have. As was expected, many of them have been returned, because the persons to whom they were addressed
shall publish, from time to
could not be located.
time, lists of such names, and any information which the
readers of the Quarterly may be able to send us will be
greatly appreciated. Owing to the fact that the publication of the Quarterly was suspended for a time, the mailing list has been far from perfect. It is our ambition to
keep this list up-to-date, and we ask your help. We are
asking at this time for information concerning the folies of

We

lowing

:

Katie F. Becker (Mrs. Alvin Read) ’92
I'
Jennie G. Benjamin ’92. P^e-ipEleanor F. Carlston ’92.
Lida Frederick ’92.
Maggie Kostenbauder (Mrs. Oswin Pilcock)
Belinda McDonald ’92.
Laura K. Merkel (Mrs. Frank W. Reynolds)
Delia M. Patterson ’92.
, «
Hattie E. Porter (Newlin) ’92.
o/( Annie Stair ’92./ 3 3 Ar.
Lulu Tweedle ’92.
Catherine Williams ’92.
,

Michael L. Willier ’92.
Beulah Anderson (Mrs. Herbert Drenson)
Lenora Ash ’12.

Dora

’92.

’92.

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’12.

L. Barrett ’12.

Levi B. Beagle ’12.
Myrtle B. Belles (Mrs. Robert
Florence E. Blecker ’12.

Grace Boyer

J.

George)

’12.

Christine L. Carter ’12.
Harriet Davis (Mrs. James Dayjdson) ’12.

William H. Davis

’12.

’12. Tip

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Carmen C. Duchesne ’12.
Lena M. Farley (Mrs. M.
Ruth I. Fox (Mrs. Figley)
Mary Fruite ’12.
Huldah Gethman ’12.
Charles C. Heimbach ’12.
Edith Hodgson ’12.
Ruth A. Samson (Mrs. R.
Elmira Snyder ’12.
Greta M. Udelhofen

’12.

Wakeman

’12.

Lucille G.

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G. Yard) ’12.
’12.

B. Carter) ’12.

Laura Williams ’12. W
Mary M. Watts ’12.
Anna Maude Williams ’12.
Mary Grace Wolf (Mrs. H. F. Arnold) ’12.
Grace Menhennett (Mrs. R. H. Vorch) ’02.
Madge Patterson (Mrs. Charles Rodda) ’02.
Marjorie V. Prichard (Mrs. Henry Becker) ’07.
Helen Baldy (Mrs. William Bachman) ’02.
The mailing list of the Quarterly is at your service. If
you want to get the address of any of your friends, ask us
for it. If we have it, we shall send it to you if not, we
shall try to obtain it by publishing the name of the person
whose address is desired.

w

'

;

ECHOES OF THE PAST
Interesting items gathered
terly

from the

files of

the Quar-

:

From

the issue dated March, 1897:

In a column signed by Prof. Noetling w e find this
query: “Why are the memories of the children of the
present day so poor in comparison with those of the children of the past?”
Friday evening, February 5, the Normal basket ball
team defeated the University of Pennsylvania, the score
being 13-10. Normal’s line-up was as follows: Detwiler,
attack; Moore, attack; Young, center; Harrar, defense;
Worthington, defense.
T

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At the Philo Reunion, held Thanksgiving Day, 1896,
a lecture was given by Booker T, Washington.
Dr. J. P. Welsh, Principal of the School, and Mrs.
Welsh were planning to attend the inauguration of President McKinley.
Many of the students of Normal took a trip to Washington, D. C.
From the issue of March, 1902:
The Calliepian Literary Society presented a play enThe following were the members
titled “Hazel Kirke.”
of the cast

Eleanor Kimble, Lulu Breisch, Leila Shultz, Marie L.
Diem, Virginia Wagner, Byron Pickering, Wm. E. Traxler, F. E. Berkenstock, Harry Dolman, Leroy Foley, John

Ralph Crossley, and G. H. Weber.
the issues of January and April, 1907
Dr. J. P. Welsh resigned as Principal, to accept the
Vice-Presidency of State College. He was succeeded by
Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., who returned to Bloomsburg, after
Collins,

From

having served for thirteen years as Principal of the Indiana State Normal School. Regarding Dr. Waller’s return, the Quarterly states: “Dr. Waller has again come to
He was royally welcomed, first by the trustees
his own.
and faculty by whom a reception was held in the school
parlors, and subsequently by the students who gave a reThe affairs throughout reception in the gymnasium.
flected the splendid feeling that prevails between the
newly elected old principal, the trustees, faculty, and

The same hearty sentiment prevails throughout the town and vicinity.”
The old library, which was formerly on first floor,
was divided so as to provide a recitation room and a room
The lifor geographical material for Professor Albert.
brary was moved to the room which it now occupies.
Concerning the opening of the then newly completed
students.

Science Hall, the following are noted under the heading
“Science Hall Squibs”
“Long lines of students wend their way these pleasent spring days across the old athletic field to class work

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quarters.

The Commercial Department

will

have commodious

quarters on third floor north east. Professor Goodwin
expects to take possession in about ten days.
Professor Hartline vacated Room L, and was philosophically viewing the complicated assortment of Biological
impedimenta in his new quarters “over yonder.”
Miss Leaw has her Juniors hard at work in Drawing
in the new art room on floor three-and-a-half.”

COLUMBIA COUNTY ALUMNI REORGANIZE
A

meeting of the Columbia County Alumni was held
at the Hotel Magee, in Bloomsburg, Thursday evening,

December 2, 1926. The following officers were elected:
President, Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., Vice-President, Margaret
Emmitt; Secretary, Helen Carpenter; Treasurer, Prof. C.
H. Albert.
Professor E. H. Nelson acted as chairman of the meetThe following spoke briefly: Dr. Waller, H. F. Fenstemaker, Prof. F. H. Jenkins, George E. El well, Sr., and

ing.

Prof. D. S. Hartline.

MONTOUR COUNTY ALUMNI REORGANIZED
On Tuesday

evening,

November

30, during the

week

Montour County Teachers’ Institute, forty-six alumni of the Normal School banqueted in the Mahoning
of the

Presbyterian church in Danville.
Fred W. Diehl ’09, superintendent of the schools of
Montour County, and President of our Alumni AssociaProfessors O. H. Bakeless
tion, presided at the Banquet.
and E. H. Nelson represented the Normal School, and together with members of the Institute Faculty and some
of the Alumni, added to the pleasure of the meeting.
The Montour County Alumni Association was re-organized with the following officers: President, A. C.,
Bobb ’95; Vice-President, Mary Welsh ’02, and Secretary, Kathryn Bennetts ’98.

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NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
1876

—The condition of Myron

I.

Low, who has been

winter, remains unchanged.
He is still
confined to his bed.
1880 H. G. Supplee is in the Real Estate business in
Chicago. His son, George W. Supplee, who was a student at Normal in 1910, and was later graduated from the
Clarion State Normal School, and following that, from
seriously

ill

all

—

Pennsylvania State College, has been serving as a missionry in Cohima, Assam, India. He is now on a year’s furlough with his wife and three children, and after studying
for a year at the University of Pittsburgh, expects to ret irn with his family and resume his work in India.
1886 William A. William is County Superintendent
of Schools at Madera, California.
1888 Rev. H. I. Crow, pastor of Bethany Reformed
Church, at Bethlehem, Pa., writes that he is pleased to
see the Normal become a Teachers’ College. His address
is 511 5th Avenue.
1891 -Katherine Longshore, who has been teaching in the Hazleton High School, is now a patient
at

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Clifton Springs, N. Y.

1892

— H. U. Nyhart, President

of the Class of 1892,

and now Superintendent of Schools in Newport Township, Luzerne County, seems to express the sentiments of
a great majority of the Alumni when he says that the
Quarterly is a welcome visitor.
1893
Mrs. Grace Shaffer Perham, who was also a

—

member

of the class of 1895 in the College Preparatory

Course, is Assistant Superintendent of the Wayne County
Schools. Her address is Gravity, Pa.
1893 Edgar C. Nagle is practicing law in Northampton, Pa.
1894 Fred A.Sutliff is a physician in Philadelphia.
His address is 1901 Cayuga Street.

1894

— Adelaide

Ellsworth Weston gave up teach-

ing and studied medicine. She and her husband are
both practicing in Jamestown, N. Y.

now

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1896 Mrs. Robert D. Young (Minnie Terwilliger)
5923 Latona St., Philadelphia. She states that
her present position in “Keeping house for Bob Young.”
1826 A. B. Houtz lives in Elizabeth City, N. C. He
is proprietor of the Southern Roller, Stove and Heading
Company, and a member of the board of directors of the
lives at

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First Citizens National

Bank

of Elizabeth City.

who are to hold their
reunions this spring, the class of 1897 was omitted. Members of the class please note.
1898 Henry F. Broadbent is connected with the
James B. Lambie Company, dealers in Hardware, metals,
tools and supplies.
His address is 1415 New York Avenue, Washington, D. C.
1900 Robert C. Bird, died at his home in Flatbush, New York, in July, 1926.
1900 Mae Boyle is teaching music in the Poplar
Street School, in Hazleton.
1900 Claud Hausknecht is head of the Music Department in the West Chester State Normal School
1900 Verda H. Correl is Asst. Superintendent of the
Davenport Home, at Bath, N. ,Y.
1900 (William Watkins is now in the Real Estate
business in Camden, New Jersey. His home address is
1897

In the

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list

of classes

.

229 Market Street.
1900 Branson B. Kuhns is Secretary of the Milton
Trust and Safe Deposit Company. His address is West

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Milton, Pa.

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New
city.

1900 Jean Thomson Houghton is living in Pen Yan,
York. Her husband is a Methodist minister in that
She has two sons, one of whom is studying for the

ministry.

Swainbank Powell is living in Rocheshas
ter, N. Y. She
a family of three children.
1901
Mrs. S. T. Madsen (Lela Shultz) lives at
1046 Hillside Avenue, Plainfield, N. J.
1902 Mrs. W. E. Hebei (Florence Crow), lives at
Liverpool, Pa.
She writes: “I am the mother of two
boys, 13 and 11, the elder president of the Freshman
1900

Lillian

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class in Liverpool
girl of six.

We

High School, and a

little

red-headed

also note in the “Evangelical Mission-

ary World” that Mrs. Hebei is an outstanding leader in
the Missionary Oratorical Contests, conducted under the
auspices of the Missionary Societies of the Evangelical

Church.

W.

Canfield (Anna Goyituey) lives
Albuquerque, New Mexico. She
writes “I have a daughter who is thinking of going east
to finish her schooling at a Normal School (in her mother’s footsteps).
It has been several years since I have
heard from dear old Normal. I am still educating my
race. I have the fifth grade here in a large boarding
school of eight hundred and fifty children.”

1904

Mrs. Fred

at the Indian School at
:

1905

Mowrer
Hagerstown, Md.

located at 119 N.
He writes: “I was
Potomac Street,
After graduglad to receive the Quarterly again.”
ation from Normal, he taught four years, was graduated
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, and has been practicing medicine since that time.
Dr. Charles L.

is

1907
Mrs. Newton C. Fetter (Blanche Westbrook),
Mr. Fetlives at 335 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Mass.
ter is a Baptist minister, taking care of Baptist students in
Greater Boston. They have been living there for the
They have two children, Emily and
past eight years.

Edmund.
1908 Mrs. V. G. Stem (Willie Morgan), of 3816
Locust street, Philadelphia, and her sister, Mrs. C. L.
Spencer, of Norfolk, Va., have recently inherited several
tracts of land owned by their grandfather in Florida. The
estate comprises many acres in Lee, Orange and Bay
counties. Because of real estate activities of recent years,
Mrs. Stem
their properties have become very valuable.
and Mrs. Spencer, with their families, made an extensive
tour of Florida last summer and expect to establish their
winter homes there.

1909 Mrs. Wm. F. Scholl (Almah Wallace) is
teaching at Payson, Arizona. All teachers in. that state

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are required by law to write a thesis on the “ConstituArizona and of the United States.” The theses are
sent to the State Board of Education. Mrs. Scholl’s thesis
received first mention this year, and was printed in the
tion of

November number

of

“The Arizona Teacher.”

The

title

of her thesis is “How I teach the Constitution of Arizona
and of the United States.”
1910 Mrs. Frank P. Mansuy (Alma K. Vetterlein)
Mr. Marlives at 2014 Capouse Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
suy is a prominent dentist in Scranton. They have two
sons, Frank and Paul, aged eight and six years, respectively.

1911
A daughter was born Wednesday, February
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Wright.
1911 Miss Amanda E. Hawk, teacher in the pubschools of the city of Sunbury for more than fourteen

2, to

lic

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years, died Friday,

January

14, of peritonitis, the result

of an operation last June.

She was born in Nescopeck, February 2, 1892, but
resided in Sunbury for the greater part of her life.
She was present at the reunion of her class, held last
June, and shortly afterward underwent an operation for
appendicitis. She took up her work last September, but
was forced to give up her duties after the Christmas holidays.

She was widely known in Sunbury, and her death is
mourned by a great number of friends. She was buried
in Pine Grove Cemetery, at Berwick, Tuesday morning,
January 18.
1911
A. J. Sharadin is Director of the Department
of Health Education in the schools of Ford City, Pa. He
has been acting for the past three summers as playground
supervisor in the Springfield, (Mass.) Recreation System. He states that he and Mrs. Sharadin expect to stop
off next June to attend the Alumni meeting.

Helen Appleman (Mrs. Herbert G. Keller)
Mr. Keller, a graduate of Pennsylvania State College, is instructor in Spanish in the Cul1912

lives in Culver, Indiana.

ver Military Academy.

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1912

Louise

New York
dress,

City.

W.

Vetterlein

is

a special teacher in

She may be reached at her home ad-

Paupack, Pike

Co., Pa.

Natalie M. Greene is a teacher of HomeMaking in the schools of New York City. Her address
is 14 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.

1913

1914 Percy W. Griffiths is Professor of Physical
Education at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio. He is
married and has two children Betty, aged three years,
and Margie, aged eleven months.
:

1915 Mrs. August Michelini (Angeline F. March etti) lives at 105 Orono Street, Clifton, N. J. She has
three children.
C. F. Schoffstall, was elected Principal of the
Slatington High School this year. He has twelve teachers
on his faculty, and the student enrollment in 365. He
was graduated from Muhlenberg College in the class of

1916

1926.

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1916 Harry K. Lear is Power Sales Engineer for
Pennsylvania
Power and Light Company, and comthe
mander of his Post of the American Legion. His address
is 29 Moffet Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

— Mildred Sidler the Assistant the PathoGeisinger Hospital, Danville, Pa.
1916 — Miss Mary Musgrave
studying
the Uni-

1916

to

is

logist in the

at

is

versity of Ohio.
June.

1916

She expects

to receive

her degree

— Genevieve Hammond, now Mrs.

in

Craven.
Mr. and
.Jr., lives at 1542 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
Mrs. Craven are the proud parents of a daughter, now
nine months old.
1918 Charles R. Wolfe is teaching in the English
Department at Gettysburg Academy.
1919 Lucia E. Hammond is teaching in the Robert
Morris School, in Scranton. She states that Florence Sugerman, of the class of 1921, and Florence Moran, of the
Miss
class of 1920, are teaching in the same building.
Hammond’s address is 1542 Penn Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
J. B.

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1922 Miss Corinne Brittain is Critic Teacher in the
Kindergarten-Primary School at Oberlin, Ohio.
1922 Miss Helen Dietrick, of East Fifth Street,
Bloomsburg, and Arlington R. Hartman, of Milton, were
married on June 19th, 1926, in Brooklyn, N. Y. The marriage was kept a secret until Christmas time.
The bride has been teaching in the Fifth Street
School in Bloomsburg. Mr. Hartman is a graduate of
Pratt Institute and is now employed as a mechanical engineer in the engineering department of the Erie City
Iron Works, Erie, Pa.
1923 Miss Anna Pursel, who has been serving as
Secretary to the Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, has enrolled as a student in
Ohio University, where she expects to specialize in Psychology.

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Andrew Lawson, member of the Normal
team in 1921 and 1922 has been playing on the
varsity team at Juniata College during the past two seasons.
He is a steady, dependable player, and has made
a name for himself and for Juniata.
1923 Charlotte Ayers has been Librarian of the
High School at Abington, Pa., since her graduation.
1924 Elmer J. Daniels writes that he is in Mel1923

football

bourne, Florida for the winter, as chief clerk of the Hotel
Indialantic. He states further: “The weather is fine and
a little too hot to be comfortable in the day time but the
nights are wonderful. We are on the Indian River and
in the midst of the orange and grape fruit country.”
He
can also be reached at his home address, 335 Eleventh
Street, Honesdale, Pa.

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1924 Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Edna Pursel of West Main Street, Bloomsburg, to Herman Fowler, of Espy, which took place in
Williamsport on December 4th. Mr. Fowler is a graduate of the Bloomsburg High School, in the class of 1920,
and is now a Senior in the three year course at the Normal
School.

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1925 Pearl Radel is a teacher in the fourth grade,
in Sunbury.
Her address is 1026 Masser Street.
1926 The engagement of Miss Fannie H. Hilbert
to George A. Roberts, of Johnston City, N. Y., has recently been announced.
Miss Hilbert has been teaching in
Kingston this year. Mr. Roberts is a graduate of Wyoming Seminary and is now a member of the Junior class at
the School of Religious Education in Boston.

ACCEPTANCE OF DECREE TO GRANT DEGREES
Formal acceptance

of the decree to grant the degree

Normal School took place
on Friday, December 17, 1926. Henry Klonower, director of the Teachers’ Bureau at the Department of Public
Instruction at Harrisburg, represented the Department at
the time of the program. He presented Mr. A. Z. Schoch,
President of the Board of Trustees, with the decree, and
Mr. Schoch in turn passed it on to Doctor G. C. L. Riemer.
The name has not yet been officially changed to BloomsAuthorization for the
burg State Teachers’ College.
change in the name must be given by the State Board
of Education, and until that time, the official name of the
the institution will continue to be the “Bloomsburg State
of Bachelor of Science at the

Normal School.”
It seems necessary to repeat a statement made in the
preceding issue of the QUARTERLY, as it apparently was
The two-year course will not be
not understood by all.
discontinued, but on the other hand, will continue to draw
There will therefore be two
the heaviest enrollment.
The four year
year, three year, and four year courses.
course will be the only one in which a degree will be

granted.

Plan to attend your Class Reunion

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“The Cotter’s Saturday Night,” based on Robert
Burns’ famous poem, was exceptionally well presented
by the Scottish Musical Comedy Company, Thursday evening, January 13.

The play followed closely the suggestions of Burns’
The scene showed the kitchen in the Cotter's
home on a Saturday night in 1790. The program was inpoem.

terspersed with the singing of Scottish Songs.
All of the students of the training school and the
Normal school who took part or assisted in the production of the play, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” enjoyed a
dinner and dance at the West Side Park, Berwick, Friday

evening, January 21.
Each year the party follows the production but none
has been more successful than the one enjoyed by the 102
young people attending this year. The trip to the park
was made in two special buses of the North Branch Bus

Company.
previous issue, this number of
be sent only to those who have
the QUARTERLY
paid their annual dues to the Alumni Association. Five
thousand copies of the first issue were sent out, with the
idea of reaching all of the Alumni whose addresses were
available. In addition to those who were present at the
annual meeting of the Alumni Association last June,
about one hundred subscriptions have been received.
They are still coming in, and we hope that they will continue to do so.

As announced

in the

will

We

wish to express our appreciation to all those
responded to our appeal for news conWe are unable to print all
cerning former graduates.
the items in this issue, but we shall hold some of them
over until the next one. Please keep sending us news.
Some things may seem rather stale to some of you, but
rney will be new to all those who have not been in touch
with their classmates during the past few years.

who

so generously

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WRITES PLAY
Prof. Black Seeks

Copywright on Shakespeare
Production.

A copyright on a five act historical drama entitled
“William Shakespeare, Gentleman,” has been applied
for by Prof. A. Bruce Black. The play combines comedy
and tragedy and is a life of Shakespeare from 1580 to
1591 and gives a true picture of the age in which he lived.
The scenes of the play are in and around Stratfordon-Avon, on the coast of Florida, and in part of the West
Indies.
Mr. Black, who has been a close student of
Shakespeare’s works throughout his life and who spent a
week at Stratford-on-Avon and vicinity, also intends to
lecture on the drama.

19

F. H. Jenkins,
Bloomsburg, Pa.

Dear

Sir

:

Enclosed find one dollar ($1.00), which constitutes
dues to the Alumni Association of the Bloomsburg State Normal
School, for the year 1926-1927. This will entitle me to one year’s

my

Alumni Quarterly, and
Annual Alumni Dinner to be held in June
subscription to the

also to
1927.

a

ticket

to

the

Name
Class of

Present

position

(Please add below any other information in which you think your
classmates would be interested )

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STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE

MAY,

1927

BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
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THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
of the

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
May, 1927

Vol. 28

No. 3

Entered as Second-class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post
Bloomsburg, Pa., under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published November, January, April and July.
•

H. F.
F.

Fenstemaker,

H. Jenkins, ’76

Some Events

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at

Editor-in-Chief

Business Manager

of Dr. T. L. Griswold’s Administration as Prin-

cipal of

By

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Office

Bloomsburg State Normal School

Ida Patton Smith ’76

—We reluctantly accepted at

the

management

of the Alumni Quarterly, the
task, not entirely unpleasant, of bringing in review some of
the interesting events and features of the Bloomsburg State
solicitation of the

Normal School during the time that Dr.

T. L. Griswold was at
the head of the school and the part he took in the administration and the improvement of the school during the four years
he presided as its principal.
We felt and do feel that to do Dr. Griswold justice the
article should have been written by a person who was in close
touch with the school during the entire period of Dr. Griswold’s term of office and who has access to all facts attainable.
Our record will of necessity be somewhat of a personal
nature and of reminiscent rather than of recorded events.
These reminiscences naturally will be somewhat dimmed and
perhaps a little perverted (not intentionally) by the half century that has intervened between the days of Dr. Griswold’s
administration and the present.
But all mistakes and misrepresentations will be charged to the account of the management of the Alumni Quarterly.
Dr. T. L. Griswold took charge of the Bloomsburg State
Normal School at the beginning of the year 1873-1874. At
that time the school was small and most of the students were

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from Bloomsburg

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itself

and the country adjacent. There were

at the beginning of the year, but 23 students boarding in the

dormitory, while the entire enrollment during the year was
110 girls and 155 boys, making a total of 265. The first graduating class under Dr. Griswold’s administration numbered nine
and that was five more than had been graduated in either of
the two years immediately preceding his coming to take charge
of the school. The number of those graduated the next year
While the “Centennial Class”
(1875) was much larger.
(1876) was the largest that had so far been graduated from
the Bloomsburg Normal School, the class consisting of 13
young men and 14 young women.
During these three years, Dr. Griswold’s ability as an administrator and an educator had been so proven and his personality so impessed upon the school that it reached a high
educational standard.
Especially do the surviving members
of the class of ’76 wish to pay our tribute of respect to Dr.
Griswold and the noble faculty who worked with him they
who so bravely stood by us and with us and “held on” during
those trying times of ’75 and ’76.
The examination of our class by the State Committee
took place on June 26, and continued from early in the morning to 9 o’clock in the evening. At 10 o’clock we were assembled in the chapel to hear the verdict of the committee which
After the cheering had subsided,
verdict was “all passed.”
one of the members of the committee said, “The Centennial
class has had much to battle with in the past year, but they
have shown the true spirit of ’76 in being undaunted by obstacles and have come off triumphant.”
Truly those were trying days that followed the great fire
which occurred Sept. 4, 1875, that swept away our home so
soon after we had learned to love it. Well some of us remember how Dr. Griswold called us together in Institute Hall on
the Monday ofter the fire and asked us to stand by the Normal, altho our dormitory lay in ashes. His manner, his personality, inspired us to stand by, not one of us even thinking
of deserting the old Normal. We believe that it was largely
through Dr. Griswold’s influence and his arduous labors, that
the school so quickly resumed its regular work and went on
as though nothing had happened. Each of us felt a personal
responsibility for the welfare of the school.
How much the school owes the Class of ’76 especially, to

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the generous people of the town of Bloomsburg, who opened
their doors, took us in and cared for us during the winter of
’75 and ’76. Everything went on as if nothing had occurred to
disturb the tranquility of the school. Besides the regular lessons, the two literary societies held their meetings and pub-

The Normal Mentor without interruption.
was most strongly felt during
those days in which we were scattered over the town and not
directly under his direct surveillance. He gave us but a few
So great was his
rules, but these he expected us to obey.
influence that there was no serious infringement of his regulations. Some of us remember that if we did side step a little
and had to report to Dr. Giswold, our greatest punishment
was being “put on our limits.” He trusted us, that was one of
Although we enjoyed our greater
his many characteristics.
freedom of being “down town,” there was general rejoicing,
when at the opening of the Spring term, we were gathered
into the new dormitory.
Then began our most strenuous work, for during the year
the work was somewhat disorganized. There were loose odds
and ends to be adjusted and much work to be revived and finished.
Besides the school was preparing an exhibition of
maps and other work to be displayed at the centennial at
Philadelphia. Bloomsburg was one of the Normal schools that

lished

Dr. Griswold’s influence

So filled were the days with work, that
our physiology class under Dr. Griswold began at 7 o’clock in
the morning and often continued over the breakfast hour.
The spring vacation extended far into April in order that the
new dormitory might be completed when the spring term opened. In consequence, the school year ended sometime after the
middle of July, commencement being held July 18.
As a result of the great responsibility and increasing labors
that involved upon Dr. Griswold, his health began to fail and
several times during the year he had to seek a short period of
rest.
In the Normal Mentor cf March 1877 we read:
“The
past year has been one of intense and unremitting physical
and mental labor, to Dr. Griswold, he needs a thorough respite from work before the arduous labors and heat of Summer
begins.” But he failed to recuperate and at the close of that
term Dr. Griswold severed his connection with the Bloomsburg State Normal School. His pupils will ever remember
sent such a display.

him

as a friend as well as an instructor.

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CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATION
July first will mark another change of administration at
the Bloomsburg State Normal School. At that time Dr. G. C.
L. Riemer, who has been Principal since 1923, will hand over
the reins to Dr. Francis B. Haas, who was State Superintendent
of Public Instruction during the administration of Governor
Pinchot.
Dr. Haas was born in Philadelphia, June 6, 1884. His elementary and secondary work was done in the Philadelphia
Public Schools. Following his graduation from Central High
School in 1904, he decided on teaching as his life work and entered the Philadelphia School of Pedagogy. In 1906 he took his
teaching position in the Kenderton Elementary School.

first

When

the practice department of the School of Pedogogy
in 1913, Dr. Haas was chosen as one of four
demonstration teachers to assist in the preparation of male
teachers for the public schools of Philadelphia.

was reorganized

After three years in the School of Pedagogy, he was elected to the principalship of an elementary school. In the five
years following he had successive charge of three such
schools.

Along with his work, he continued his professional preparation, receiving his Bachelor’s Degree from Temple University in 1913, and the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1922.

He was called to the State Department in 1920, at which
time he became assistant director of the Teacher Bureau.
He assisted in the formulation of the improved teacher standards that became effective this year, and showed such conspicuous capacity for administrative problems that in 1922
he was promoted to the directorship of the Administration
Bureau.
In recognition of the manner in which he organized and
conducted the fiscal and business affairs of the Department,
he was made Deputy Superintendent of Public Instrucion in

1924.
It was not long after this that Dr. Becht, the State SupShortly after that, Dr.
erintendent, became seriously ill.
Haas was appointed to the office of State Superintendent.

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Dr. Haas will come to Bloomsburg with a record of accomplishment seldom equalled by a Normal School adminis|

trator in the State.

He is
Mary and

['

43 years of age, and has three children, Francis,
Jean.
Dr. Haas is a member of the Phi Delta Kappa honorary
educational fraternity, was vice president of the National Education Association in 1925, and has been an active member and
participant in educational meetings and movements and a
contributor to educational literature.

CAMPUS DOINGS

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February 17 Presentation of three plays by the Dramatic
Club: “Hearts,” “Trifles,” and “The Trysting Place.”
February 18 Recital by Nora Fouchauld, lyric soprano.
February 21 Washington’s Birthday party given by the
Y. W. C. A.
March 3 “Stunt Nite,” including a “Minstrel by the Boys

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of North Hall.”
March 5 —Annual

visit of students in the Health Classes
to the Danville State Hospital for the Insane. Clinic conduct-

ed by Dr. Pike.
March 14 Junior girls basketball team, by defeating the
Seniors, win the class championship.
March 14 Bloomsburg’s new High School opens, and students have their own building, after meeting in Normal School
classrooms for the past three years.
March 18 Chopin recital by Elly Ney, world-famous

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pianist.

— “Dramatic Interludes,” a presentation

in costume
and make-up of the principal characters from the drama of
all time, given by V. L. Granville, distinguished English ac-

April 1

tor.

April 8

—

Girls’

party of the Athletic Leaders. Basketball

of women members of
the faculty.
April 25
Recital by the students of the School of Music.
April 29
Presentation of “The Swan,” annual production
of the Dramatic Club.
April 30 Junior Class Prom.

game between two teams composed

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OFFICIAL

NAME CHANGED

At a meeting of the State Council of Education held at
Harrisburg, Thursday, May 19, action was taken, authorizing
five of the State Normal Schools of the Commonwealth to
change their official names to that of “State Teachers’ College.”
These schools were: Mansfield, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro, Indiana and Bloomsburg.
The official name of our
school will therefore be: “State Teachers’ College, Bloomsburg, Pa.” This is the fourth name the school has had, the
name first being “The Bloomsburg Literary Institute,” then
“The Bloomsburg Literary Institute and State Normal School,”
later “The Bloomsburg State Normal School,” and now “The
State Teachers’ College, Bloomsburg, Pa.”
It is not without many pangs of regret that the Alumni
see the passing of the old name so dear to us all. There is no
doubt that all those who have been graduated previous to this
year will continue to think and speak of our Alma Mater as
“Old Normal.”
We must still remember, however, that the placing of the
work of the Normal School on a college level, by raising the
standards of admission, and raising the standards of Faculty
preparation, thoroughly justifies the change in name.
The
school is now, in fact as well as in name, a Teachers’ College,
and this should present a new challenge to the Alumni. The
school now needs your support more than it ever did. Let us
all remain true and loyal to our Alma Mater, whatever may
have been the name it bore when we were students there. It
is still the same old school that we all love.
Miss Annie D. Runyan, for thirty-five years an employe
Normal School here, died April 13 in the Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital following an illness with a complication of
of the

diseases.

Miss Runyan was a native of Millertown, Perry County,
and was 62 years of age. For ten years she was housekeeper
at the

Normal

School.

Work on the improvements and repairs at the Normal
School, interrupted last fall by lack of funds, has been resumed, and it is hoped that all the work will be completed before Commencement.

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THE PASSING OF PHILO AND CALLIE
Many

letters have been received in which the writers have
inquiry regarding the Literary Societies. Philo and Callie
were at one time the two most important factors in the social
There was always great rivalry belife of the Normal School.
tween the two societies, and the days following the opening of
school in the Fall were marked by campaigns for membership
almost equal to the “rushing” conducted by college frater-

made

nities.

When Science Hall was built twenty years ago, rooms were
provided on the top floor for the two societies. These rooms
were beautifully furnished and the students were proud of
them.

The two
officers

to

have

societies began to decline after the war, and the
loss at times to get enough people together
a meeting. This was due to several factors. In the

were at a

place the women were being granted more privileges than
those they had formerly enjoyed. They were allowed to go
down town to the movies on Saturday evening, the night that
the societies held their meetings. Friday night was out of
the question, as there were classes on Saturday morning, and
assignments to be prepared.
It was during the administration of Dr. Fisher that it was
finally decided to discontinue the societies. This was not done,
however, before an honest effort was made to determine
whether or not the societies could again be re-established
on a firm footing. Members of the Faculty were assigned to
the societies to help the members work out the problem. Their
efforts did not produce results sufficient to warrant the continuation of the societies, and therefore, it may be said that
Philo and Callie died natural deaths, not without sorrow on
the part of these who knew the long-established traditions
connected with them.
It was about this time that the school began to be more
pressed for classroom space. One of the reasons for this was
the establishment of a Junior High School.
Consequently,
the rooms occupied by the two societies were converted into
classrooms. Philo Hall is now a large, well-equipped art stud.o.
Callie Hall is now used by the classes in Geography, and
the great amount of museum material brought together by
Professor Albert was taken from room K, and can now be found
in the room over which the Callie owl still presides.
In the place of Philo and Callie there has grown a great
first

number

of clubs and societies of

all

sorts.

The

school

is

be-

ginning to take on a more collegiate aspect, through the or-

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ganization of several sororities and one fraternity.
There are a great many clubs composed of members with
a common interest, and sponsored by the various departments
of the school. Among these may be mentioned the following:
the Geographic Society, the Rural Club, the First Aid Club,
the Science Club, Phi Lambda (Nature Study Club), the Book
Club, the Dramatic Club, the Speech Arts Club, and the
French Club. The Y. W. C. A. is still an active organization,
and the Y. M. C. A. was reorganized this year.
The presentation of plays is now taken care of by the Dramatic C’iub, which presents several plays during the course
of the year.
The students have a short vacation at
Thanksgiving, when the Philo Reunion used to be held.
A short, patriotic program was given on Washington’s birthday, but nothing which would correspond with the
Callie Reunion.
It is not without regret, therefore, that we note the passing of Philo and Callie, but we believe that they made their

They
exit because of circumstances beyond their control.
had served their purpose, and served it well, and their place
is now taken by organizations which aim to meet, to an even
better degree, the social and cultural needs of the student
body of the school.
Students injured in an automobile accident. When the
auto in which they were riding skidded on the icy road be-

tween Bloomsburg and Berwick Sunday evening, February 6,
several students were seriously injured and George Riemer, son
of Dr. Riemer, was instantly killed.
The other members of the party were: Theodore Vital,
slightly injured; Ralph DeLucca, bruised and cut about the
body; Nicholas Van Buskirk, leg injured, bruised and cut
about body; Roy Hawkins, compound fracture of the leg and
body bruises; Charles Fritz, fractured shoulder blade, bruises
and

cuts.

to the Bloomsburg Hospitreatment. Van Buskirk is captain of this year’s basketball team, and Hawkins had been elected captain of the
1927 football team. Van Buskirk and Hawkins, the ones most
seriously injured, finally returned to school after being absent
six weeks.

The young men were removed

tal for

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ATHLETICS

—

Our basketball schedule as printed in the last issue of the
‘‘Quarterly”
was played through with a record of 7 victories
and 6 defeats. An automobile accident in which two of the
Varsity squad suffered severe injury on February 6, weakened
the team to a considerable degree. Captain Van Buskirk was
one whose services were lost for the remainder of the season.
The Seventh Annual Basketball Tournament conducted by
the Health Education Department was held on March 18, 19,
25 and 26. Sixteen high schools participated. Old Forge,
Nanticoke, Coal Township and Newport came through for the
second week-end competition. Nanticoke then won 1st place
and Old Forge second. The gymnasium was packed to capacity for these games.
It was pleasing to note the presence of
many alumni at the tournament.

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Baseball, Tennis and Track are now receiving considerable
attention from the boys. Girls are well organized in tennis
and playground ball leagues. The inter-scholastic baseball
schedule for boys follows:
Home Apr. 9. Freeland M. & M. Institute 0, B. S. N. S. 22.
Home Apr. 23. Keystone Acy. (Factoryville) 1, B. S. N. S. 2
Away Apr. 30. Keystone Acy., (Factoryville) 4, B. S. N. S. 12
Away Apr. 30. East Stroudsburg S. N., 4, B. S. N. S. 12
Away May 7. Shippensburg S. N. 6, B. S. N. S. 5. (10 innings)
Away May 11, Mansfield State Normal 4, B. S. N. S. 5.
Homo May 18, Bucknell Freshmen3, B. S. N. S 5.
Home May 20, Mansfield State Normal 5, B. S. N. S. 6.
Away May 21 Wyoming Seminary 9, B. S. N. S. 6.

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East Stroudsburg.
Heme —May
Wyoming Seminary.
Home — June
27.
4.

The Junior Varsity
schedule.

with

also has an interscholastic baseball
Interscholastic tennis matches have been arranged

Wyoming Seminary and East Stroudsburg Normal. On

May

14 we participated in an annual Track and Field meet with
Dickinson Seminary and Wyoming Seminary. The meet this
year was held in Williamsport, with Bloomsburg placing third.

On May 28 an Invitation Track and Field meet will be
held on Mt. Olympus, in which some of the best High Schools
We feel that the Normal School
in this section will compete.
is serving a definite purpose in its service area in providing
a sort of clearing house for such athletic activities.

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PROGRAM OF COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES
For the

time in the history of the Bloomsburg State
will deliver the Ivy Day oration in connection with the 55th annual commencement of the
institution.
The orator will be Miss Evelyn Harris, of Berwick, one of the leaders in the graduating class. The Ivy Day
exercises will be held in the school grove at 6:15 o’clock
Thursday evening June 9th. Except in 1900, when a woman
was class president, no woman student has taken an active
first

Normal School a woman student

part in these traditional exercises.
Dr. William Davidson, superintendent of the schools of
Pittsburgh, will deliver the commencement address in the
school auditorium on Friday morning at 10 o’clock. The Normal School orchestra will furnish the music.

Seated on the platform with the students for the exercises
be Dr. G. C. L. Riemer, principal of the school Prof. W.
B. Sutliff, dean of instruction Miss Claire M. Conway, dean
of women Prof. George J. Keller, dean of men Prof. Earl N.
Rhodes, superintendent of the training school and Miss May
Haden, Miss Nell Moore and Dr. D. H. Robbins.
will

;

;

;

;

The commencement program
ing,

May

will

open on Thursday even-

19th, with the Senior class banquet in the school din-

Alexander’s Orchestra will furnish music during the
banquet and for a dance in the gymnasium afterward.
ing hall.

The baccalaureate sermon will be delivered in the school
auditorium on Sunday afternoon, June 5th.
Dr. Raymond
West, of Bucknell University, was to have delivered the sermon but he will be unable to do so on account of making a
European trip. Another minister will be selected soon.
The Ivy Day program on Thursday evening, June 9th, will
be followed by the Senior dance. The dance is being held the
night before commencement rather than the night of commencement, a plan followed for several years.

The class has not yet decided the date for the Class Night
exercises but a committee has been working on the program
for some time. The class memorial has not yet been decided.
At the request

of the Senior class the school faculty has

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decided to wear caps and gowns with hoods at the baccalaureate and commencement exercises. The colors of the following institutions will be worn by the 50 members of the faculty
Bucknell, Lafayette, Columbia, Chicago, Iowa University, Wisconsin, Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Mt.
Holyoke, Albright, Lawrence University, Kansas, Clark University,

Minnesota and Oberlin.

ECHOES OF THE PAST
at Normal Thirty Years Ago
The baseball season closed a fairly successful season having defeated Shickshinny, Williamsport Y. M. C. A., Selinsgrove, Lafayette, Bloomsburg League, Danville and Bucknell
and having been defeated by Bloomsburg League, Williamsport Y. M. C. A., Bucknell and Lock Haven. The stars that
year were the Berry brothers, Owens, Byron, “Choctaw Bill,”
Landis and Aldinger.
The literary societies debated on the question “Resolved,
that municipal misrule and the degraded conditions of city
government in the U. S. are due to the indifference of the bet-

Events

ter classes rather than to foreign immigration.”

The affirmative team, which was awarded the decision,
consisted of two members of Callie and one from Philo. the
negative team consisted of two members of Philo and one
;

from

Callie.

Concerning Prof. D. S. Hartline, we quote the following
from the issue of June 1897
“Mr. D. S. Hartline, a former teacher of the school, graduated from Lafayette College this month and will return to B.
S. N. S. in the fall to take charge of the graduate work in
science.
Mr. Hartline has paid especial attention to this
branch of work while in college, and will bring new ideas and
new enthusiasm into this already popular department of the
school.”
Dr. and Mrs.

Monday, June

Welsh gave the annual Senior reception on

14, 1897.

“124 members of the Senior class recommended by the
faculty to the state board of examiners passed their examinations successfully.
159 Juniors and 85 Sub-Juniors also survived the ordeal.”
The Commencement speaker was Pres. Isaac Sharpless
of Haverford College.

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FRATERNITY ORGANIZED
The first chapter of a National fraternity ever organized
Bloomsburg State Normal School has been organized

at the

with the granting of a charter to a chapter of the

Omega Chi

Fraternity.

Thirteen charter members were installed and the charter
was granted at a meeting held at the school and attended by
12 members of the fraternity. The installation was in charge
of Mr. Nelson, of Hazleton, supreme councilor.
There were
five fraternity members from the Indiana State Normal School
and five from Keystone Academy, of Factoryville, and a member from Mt. Carmel present for the initiation.

The
to start

local

work

chapter plans to pledge a few more members and
toward the building of a fraternity house

at once

at the school.

were: Arthur Jenkins, Newport townWilliam Rushin Newport township, vice president; Nick VanBuskirk, Hanover township, secretary, and
George Mathews, Newport township, treasurer. Other charRay Hawkins, Everett
ter members are: James Coursen,
Jamieson, Bernard Gallagher, George Janell, Ralph Davies,
Theodore Davis, Francis Garrity and Walter Rohland.

The

officers elected

ship, president

;

We

wish to acknowledge an error in the list of members
of the Faculty, given in connection with the picture published
in our previous issue. The lady in the middle of the front row
Inasis Miss Enola B. Guie, and not Miss Mary L. Hastings.
as the Editor was not born until a few years after the
picture was taken, he had to rely upon others for his information, and he wishes to thank those who have so kindly called his attention to the error.

much

Prof. A. B. Black who recently underwent an operation
for the removal of a leg below the knee, is improving rapidly
and the leg is healing nicely. Several months before Mr. Black

underwent an operation for the removal of the other leg below
Gangrene necessitated the amputations.

the knee.

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NEWS OF THE ALUMNI
Eight widely known teachers of Luzerne County, all
Bloomsburg State Normal School graduates, will receive the
Bachelor of Arts degree at Susquehanna University at the annual graduation exercises held at the college during June.
Among this group of teachers are: Miss Edith Hannis, a
teacher in Ashley Junior high school.
Miss Jennie Barkley, ’ll, a teacher in Ashley high school.
S. J. Coval, a teacher in Benjamin Franklin Junior high
school at Newton, Hanover township.
Junior
J. W. Pace, ’13, principal of Hanover Township
high school at Newton.
Robert Metz, ’10, principal of Ashley high school.
Miss Catherine Williams, ’13, a teacher in Hanover township junior high school.
Evan Thomas, ’14, a teacher in Hanover Township high
school.

E.

J.

Dohl, a teacher in

Hughestown high

school.

1871

Judge George W. Bartch, a member of the first class
graduating from the Bloomsburg State Normal School, died at
his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, Monday evening, March 14.
A native of Dushore, Judge Bartch spent his early life on
the farm and then worked his way through what is now the
Bloomsburg State Normal School and graduated in the first
class in 1871. Judge John M. Garman, of Luzerne county, one
of the five classmates of Judge Bartch, passed away at his
home in Luzerne county only a few months ago. Three of that
class of six attained the rank of judge.
The class was the
first

after the institution

became a Normal School, several

having graduated before it attained that designation.
Judge Bartch resided for a few years in Bloomsburg but
has lived in the West many years. He was for 17 years judge
in the Salt Lake City courts but at the time of his death had
retired from the bench and was engaged in the private practice
of law. Much of his practice was for railroads and in connection with that work he traveled widely.
Two years ago he suffered an attack of influenza that left
him in a weakened condition and since that time he had been

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in

health.

ill

past

In an effort to improve his health he spent the
his daughter, Mrs. John Lloyd, San Mateo,

summer with

Judge Bartch’s death occurred on his 78th birthday.
a member of the F. and A. M. and thoughout his life
was an active member of the Presbyterian Church.
Services were held in Bloomsburg Monday
afternoon,
March 21 and were in charge of Rev. S. A. Harker, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church. Burial was made in the family plot in the Old Rosemont cemetery.
Calif.

He was

1875

Alvin W. Moss, seventy-four years old, one of Wyoming
Valley’s outstanding educators and churchmen, died February 12, at Wilkes-Barre, following one week’s illness of pneu-

monia.

Moss was born in Ross township, Luzerne county.
teaching experience came in a country school in Fairmount township. From the latter place he went to the Shickshinny schools where he spent a year teaching, then went to
the schools at Beach Haven in a like capacity. From Beach
Haven he went to Bloomsburg State Normal School where he
Prof.

His

first

remained until graduated in 1875.
After leaving Bloomsburg, Mr. Moss went to teaching in
the schools of Mifflinville, Columbia county, and later to the
Plymouth schools. From Plymouth he went to Kingston, and
after the late Prof. J. M. Coughlin was elected county superintendent he succeded the latter in the West Side district.
Failing health then compelled Mr. Moss to leave the class room
and he went into the general store business at Sweet Valley.
Later he served as an instructor at Pleasant Hill Academy.
He spent three years in this capacity and then returned to
Plymouth as principal of the high school. Not long after he
accepted the post as principal of the Ashley schools and it was
while he held that position he was drafted for service in the

Wilkes-Barre High School.
In 1905 the city school board, then made up of six members, employed Mr. Moss as a clerk, to care for the office work
of the regularly elected secretary who under the law in force
at the time had to be made a member of the board.. He served
in that capacity until 1912, teaching too, meanwhile, when
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that secretaries should not be members of the general board.
Prof. Moss was made secretary, the position he held until he resigned about three years ago.
Mr. Moss was a charter member of the Firwood Church
of Christ and he was president of the official church board as
well as serving as general treasurer of the church. He served
three years as secretary of the Eastern Pennsylvania Christian Missionary Society and subsequently served five years as
president of the same society.
Besides his wife he is survived by these children: Claude
L., principal of the high school at North Tonawanda, N. Y.;
H. Wayne, of Wilkes-Barre Miss Leona, a teacher in the city
schools; Mrs. George Reinhart, of Wilkes-Barre; also one
brother, George Moss, of Plymouth.

Then

;

1876

Myron I. Low, president of the First National Bank, of
Bloomsburg, and for almost 35 years president of the Columbia County Sabbath School Association, died April 20, at his
home in Lime Ridge after an illness of seven months.
Stricken seriously ill while on a visit at Milton last fall
was such that some time elapsed before he could
be brought to his home at Lime Ridge.
Mr. Low had for many years been president of the First
National Bank, and he was, as well, one of the officers of the
Bioomsburg Brick Company, with which he had been identified
his condition

from

its inception.

He was

a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal church and
through his work with the Columbia County Sabbath School
Association had become widely known throughout the county. Re-elected year after year, he gave to the Sabbath School
work a zeal that year after year made the county organization stand with the leaders of the state.
At last year’s convention of the organization, Mr. Low
declined re-election because of failing health, and the office of
past president was created for him, and E. M. Kocher, who
had been Mr. Low’s assistant for some years, was elected president.

His work with the Sabbath School Association won for
him hundreds of friends, in this vicinity, and he was known

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throughout the state as well because of his connection with
the work.
Mr. Low was a member of Washington Lodge of Masons,
of the various bodies of Caldwell Consistory and of Irem Temple Shrine, of Wilkes-Barre.
Mr. Low was an active and loyal member of the Alumni
Association, and always took a keen interest in the affairs of
the school.
The body was buried in Pine Grove cemetery, Berwick. The
funeral services were conducted by the Rev. J. Thomas Heistand, of Bloomsburg.
1882
Dr. H. Bierman, of Bloomsburg, has this message for his
classmates: “The class of ’82 is due for an anniversary meeting this year, our forty-fifth.
I hope the young ladies and
gentlemen of the class will be here in force.”

1883

Sarah E. Richards Daniels lives at 176 East 150th St.,
Harvey, Illinois. She is librarian of the Harvey Public Library, a position which she has held for eight years.
1885

Annie Miller (Mrs. E. E. Melick) has written a letter expressing her appreciation of the Faculty picture and the articles by Dr. Waller.
She states further: “I wish I had time
and strength to form a Philadelphia District Alumni Association. Maybe some day I will. Up to this time I have been too
busy with outside work, and just now I am incapacitated, owing
to an operation in January.”
In the meantime, is there not some one else to start the
ball rolling?

—

Harrisburg, April 22. Mrs. James Henry Morgan (Mary
R. Curran) wife of the president of Dickinson College, was
stricken with heart disease a few minutes after entering the
train at Carlisle to go to Harrisburg, April 22, and died before
the train had reached the Army Medical School, on the borough’s outskirts.

A

weakened heart, from which she has suffered during

the past winter, collapsed.

Doctor McCreary, of the State

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Health Department, a passenger on the train, was summoned,
but his efforts to save her life proved unavailing.
Mrs. Morgan, a leader in Carlisle civic enterprises since
she married Doctor Morgan in 1890 after a campus romance,
was thought to be recovering from a heart ailment, although
the illness had forced her to give up a number of activities.
It is believed that the anxiety for her daughter, Dr. Julia
Morgan, a medical missionary in China, exacted a heavy strain
on the faltering heart. A cablegram was received from Dr.
Julia Morgan the week before her mother’s death, stating that
she was sailing from China for home, by way of Europe. For
five weeks previous, however, during the crucial period in the
China revolution, in which Nanking was shelled, the Morgans
had no knowledge of the safety of their daughter.
Dr. Hugh Curran Morgan, a son, returned from China
last summer with his wife after spending nearly six years in
that country in educational work for the Methodist Board of
Missions.

Mrs. Morgan, who was an early Dickinson co-ed, has
been identified with the Carlisle Civic Club, and the Y. W. C\
A. for years, being a character member of both associations.
She was also president of the Carlisle Chapter of the American
Association of University Women.
She was the first chairman of the education committee of
the Civic Club and served for 20 years. Illness forced her to
resign last year, although she remained a member of the
executive board.

Last October she resigned as a director of the Carlisle
Y. W. C. A. She had been chairman of the association’s reliMrs. Morgan was active in all
gious education committee.
movements of the Methodist Church, in which her father, the
Rev. Hugh Curran had been minister.
The Rev. Mr. Curran, who occupied the Methodist pastorate at Bloomsburg when Mrs. Morgan entered Dickinson ColMrs. Morgan’s mother,
lege, died about twelve years ago.
who lived during the closing years of her life with the Morgans, died more than four years ago. For a number of years
her father was a member of the Bloomsburg State Normal
faculty.

She was married to Doctor Morgan, then an instructor at
Doctor Morgan had gradu-

Dickinson, after her graduation.

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ated from Dickinson in 1878 and was appointed member of the
The association of Dr. and Mrs. Morgan which started in his class room, blossomed into love and they were mar-

faculty.

ried in 1890.

1886

Emma J. Witmer (Mrs. H. B. Felty) lives at 821 West
3rd street, Abilene, Kansas. She states her present occupation as being “Jack of all trades.”
Mr. J. Claude Keiper, is winning laurels and deserving
them in Washington, D. C. Among other distinctions that
have come to him recently is that of the distinguished office
of grand secretary of the grand lodge of the District of Columbia.
He has been honored in all the verious bodies of Masonry,
having attained the 33rd degree. He is also secretary-treasurer of the George Washington National Memorial Association which is constructing at Alexandria, Virginia.
1888
Harriet H. Richardson (Mrs. John Gordon) lives at Norwalk, California. She says “at the present time my thoughts
and plans are all for attending our class reunion in ’28.”
Edward J. Dcugher is practicing medicine at Midland,
Michigan.
1889

Helen Black (Mrs. John W. Birkey) lives at West View
Cottage, Newportsville, Pa. She expresses her interest in the
picture published in the February number of the QUARTERLY, and the many memories called forth by it.
1891
Belle Trumbull (Mrs. D. B. Replogle) lives at 2311

Ward

street, Berkeley, Cal.

1892

Cora Parker (Mrs. W. A. Bangs) lives at Norge, Virginia.
She states: “I am cook, laundress, seamstress, etc., etc., yet
the assessor lists me as having ‘no occupation.’ ”
Ellen Doney is teaching in Shamokin. Her address is 121
South Market street.
.

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Irvin L. Herman, died suddenly at his
berland on February 17.

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home

in

Northum-

1893

May Learn (Mrs. F. R. Buckalew) lives at 912 Tulane
Avenue, Berkeley, California. Her eldest son is principal of a
school in Fresno; her second son is connected with the Near
East Relief in Russian Armenia her third son is soon to graduate from the University of Upper California and her daughter is finishing a course in Interior Decorating in New York.
;

;

1893

Mrs. William J. Hehl (Mary Blue) died in March at her
home in Berwick, following a stroke of paralysis.
One of Berwick’s most highly esteemed women, the sorrow with which the word of her death was received by her

many friends was intensified by the shock of its suddenness.
Few knew of her serious condition following the stroke.
It was about three o’clock on the day of her death that
Mrs. Hehl summoned her husband by telephone from the
bank with the word that she was very ill. She was also able
to summon a physician but by the time her husband and the
physician arrived she was already in a serious condition. Within an hour, she had lansed into unconsciousness with the progress of the paralysis continuing until her death occurred.
Mrs. Hehl was born in Berwick and was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Strawbridge Blue. Her parents moved to
Bloomsburg when she was a child and she was educated in the
Bloomsburg schools and the Normal School of which she was
a graduate, in the class of 1893.
She taught school for a
number of years at the private school of General Oliver at
Oliver’s Mills and later in the Bloomsburg public schools.
Her marriage to Mr. Hehl took place in October 1902. The
following year Mr. and Mrs. Hehl moved to Berwick and have
since resided there. She was a lifelong member of the Episcopal church. One of the committee that organized the local
chapter of the Order of Eastern Star she served the chapter
as its first worthy matron. She was also a member of Moses
Van Campen Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Ancestors on both sides cf the family were among the early
settlers of America and had fought in the Revolutionary war.

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There are surviving her husband, W. J. Hehl, cashier of
the First National Bank, of Berwick, and one brother, Horace
D. Blue, of Detroit, Mich.
1895
E. P. Heckert
Pa.

is

Supervising Principal of the schools at

Mauch Chunk.

1896

Myrtle A. Swartz (Mrs. F. E. Van Wie) a former member
Normal School Faculty, lives at Arkport, N. Y.

of the

1900

William H. Watkins is in the Real Estate
His address is 715 Main St.
J.

business

in

Riverton, N.

Lottie Bargess
School,

New York

Nane

is

teaching in the Froebel Training

City.

1901

N. E. Funk lives at 930 Wynnewood Road, Philadelphia.
Mr. Funk is Assistant Chief Engineer for the Philadelphia
Electric Co.

William 0. Trevorrow

is

chief of Sales of the Jeddo-High-

land Coal Co., at Jeddo, Pa.

1902

Mary E. Francis (Mrs. G. H. Gendall) whose husband is
Boy Scout Executive of New York and New Jersey, moved
from Omaha, Nebraska, about a year ago, and they now live
at 333 North Forest avenue, Richville Center, Long Island, N.
Y. They have three children.
1903

Edith Gresh (Mrs. H. G. Kitt) lives at 565 Bergen avenue, Jersey City, N. J.

Laura Mac Farlane
stitute Publications.

Scranton, Pa.

is

Woman’s InRichmond street,

editor-in-chief of the

Her address

is

816

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1940

New

Bessie Derr (Mrs.
Jersey.

Norman

Sked) lives

in

Pennington,

1905

After the appointment of Dr. John A. H. Keith, principal
Normal School, as Superintendent of Public Instruction, Warren N. Drum acted for some time as Principal of the above named institution.
Claire E. Scholwin is Principal of the High School at
Northumberland, Pa.
of the Indiana State

1906
Elwell P. Dietrick is Secretary of the Pennsylvania Electrical Engineering Co. at Scranton.

1907

Marjorie Pritchard Becker
living at Bramwell,

W.

is

now Mrs. Newton Roberts,

Va., and the

mother of two

girls

and

two boys.

Mae L. Howard is Teacher of Nutrition in the Horace
Binney School, Philadelphia. Her address is 4711 Leiper St.
Helen Warded Eister and her husband, A. B. Eister, ’01,
live at 903 S. Washington, Van Wert, Ohio.
1908
Ina A. Arnold lives at 1051 Avery Street, Parkersburg.
Virginia.
She is Principal of the Shorthand Departin the Mountain State Business College, in Parkersburg.

West
ment

1910

Harold C. Box is a teacher in South Canaan Twp.,
County. His address is South Canaan, Pa.

Wayne

1911
Rev. C. Carroll Bailey has accepted a position as assistant
to Dr. Daniel A. Poling, of the

Marble Collegiate Church, at

Fifth Avenue and 29th Street, New York City. He has been
pastor of the Milton Evangelical church for the past two years.
He took up his new duties March 2.

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1912
In the

list

of persons

whose address we requested

in the

February issue was the name of Christine Carter. Louise
Carter Dikeman, ’16, of 506 Keystone avenue, Peckville, writes
as follows: “Christine’s married name was Christine Carter
Schnerr. She died March 18, 1926 at her home in Peckville.
She was survived by her husband, Walter W. Schnerr and two
children, Dorothy and Elizabeth.’’
Florence May (Mrs. Leon S. Reynolds) has, for the past
ten years, been living in Nichols, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark Fuller (Helen Zehner) of Berwick,
are the proud parents of twin daughters, born April 25.
Anna Reice (Mrs. Cyril Travelpiece) lives at 501 Church
street, Danville, Pa.

1913

Mary E. Heacock is now teaching in the Idewuld School
Memphis, Tennessee, after having taught for some time
Pueblo, Colorado. Her address is 2399 Parkway Place.

in
in

1914
Capt. Idw^al H.

Edwards can be reached by addressing him

General Commanding the U. S. Air
His wife, formerly Katherine B. Bierman, ’15, with
her daughter, spends her summers in Bloomsburg and Capt.
Edwards flies here each week-end.
in care of the office of the

Service.

1915
E. Susanna Lehman
Her address is Espy, Pa.

is

a teacher in the Berwick schools.

1916

Miss Helen Hartman worthily sustains the reputation of
the Normal in her responsible position of confidential secretary
to one of the leading officials in the Veterans’ Bureau in Washington.

Ray D. Leidich is serving his second term in the Pennsylvania State Legislature as one of the representatives from the
Fourth Schuylkill district. He has been elected secretary of
the Anthracite Bloc, which is made up of all legislators from
the anthracite regions. His home is in Tremont.

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1917

A

daughter,

named

Jessie Ellen,

and Mrs. Reuel S. Buro, of Merion.
Miss Harriet Shuman.
Elsie A. Jones (Mrs.

J. J.

was born April 12 to Mr.
Mrs. Buro was formerly

Green, Jr.) lives in Wilkes-Bar-

Her address is 16 Grove St.
Agnes Warner Smales lives with her husband at “Maplewood,” a 120 acre farm located at Spring Hill, Bradford counShe hopes to be able to attend her tenth reunion this year.
ty.

re.

1919

Frances Kinner is completing her eighth term as assistant principal of the High School at North Mehoopany, Pa.
Marjorie A. Cook is a teacher in Minersville, Penna.
1920

Ruth E. Johnson (Garney) is a teacher in the elementary
grades in Philadelphia. Her address is 116 N. Madison Ave.,
Upper Darby, Pa.
1921
A romance of Normal School days will be culminated at
Shenandoah during the summer when Myrlyn Shaffer, former
athletic star at the school, and Miss Ruth K. Brown, of Shenandoah, will be married.
Ralph G. Shuman has been elected general science teacher
in the Gilberton High School and has assumed his new duties.
Mr. Shuman is a graduate of Penn State with the degree of B.
S., having completed his work there this winter.
Gladys J. Flynn is teaching in Hillside, N. J. Her address
is 125 Coe avenue.
1922

Eva M. Morgan is a teacher in the Jackson school, ScranHer address is 822 Hampton St., Scranton.

ton, Pa.

1923

Edith E. Mampton

is

a teacher in Frackville, Pa.

1924

The wedding of Miss Edna Dorothy Williams to Ebenezer
D. Williams, both of Nanticoke, which took place in Scranton

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September 3, 1926, has been announced by the bride’s parents,
Mr.and Mrs. John M. Williams. The groom is a graduate of
Bucknell and at present is a member of the Nanticoke High
School faculty.
Irene Hartman is Art Teacher on one of the Junior High
Schools of Wilmington, Delaware.

1925

Lucy M. Gergen

is

teaching in Shamokin.

Her address

is

1014 East Race street.
1926
Miss Charlotte Deebel, a Hazleton teacher, and John
Bradley, of Wilburton, were married in April by Rev. Hess,
pastor of the Wilburton United Brethren church. They will
reside at Wilburton.

An interesting letter has been received from Dr. C. H.
Fisher, Principal of the Normal School from 1920 to 1923. He
says in part:
“I have received two copies of the B. S. N. S. Quarterly.
I found considerable news of interest to me in both numbers.
I shall be glad to be included as a subscriber to the Quarterly
and am enclosing a check to cover the subscription. There
evidently is considerable interest manifested in the publication of the Quarterly and I hope that it may be a success on
the new financial basis that the alumni association is sponsoring.
“Out here the sessions of the legislature are limited to 60
days. The legislature has just closed a session and has treated us very well. We are soon to break ground for a new library building which is to cost 3260,000. We have an appropriation of $40,000 for the purchase of land to enlarge our
campus. We have sufficient money for operating expenses to
maintain a good school. Our school operates four quarters
a year, each quarter having twelve weeks.
The enrollment
here averages about one thousand students throughout the
four quarters. We are purposely holding the enrollment down
by raising the requirements for teachers certificates and by
maintaining high standards of scholarship.
“All of our children are well and growing rapidly. This
country is unusually favorable for the development of children. Mrs. Fisher is in very good health and continues to make
gains in her mental and nervous condition.”

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Professor Jenkins would like to obtain the following information concerning the people named below: (1) The year
that they were graduated, (2) their names as they were when
they were in school, and (3) their present address.

Mrs. N. D. Stevens

Mrs. William A. Wilkinson

Mrs.

Mrs.

Norma Carpenter

Mrs. Leslie Reese

Mrs.

Nan

Mrs. Edna Reilly

Mrs. Earl Mattern

Mrs. George Burkland

Mrs. John White

Mrs. Lena E. Frank Field

Mrs. 0. W. Pheasant

J.

E. Patajski

R. Blackstock

Harman

Mrs.

Edward Bowder

Mrs. Jack

Mrs.

Thomas York

Mrs. Bennet Hicks

Mrs. B. K. Overbeck

Mrs. Paul White

Mrs. Donald William

Mrs.

Mrs. Hannah D. C’ortright

Mrs. John Leenhart

Hanna

Golightly

19

F. H. Jenkins,

Bloomsburg, Pa.
Dear Sir
:

Enclosed find one dollar ($1.00), which constitutes
dues to the Alumni Association of the Bloomsburg State Normal
School, for the year 1926-1927. This will entitle me to one year’s

my

Alumni Quarterly, and also
Annual Alumni Dinner to be held in June 1927.

subscription to the

to

a

ticket

to

the

Name
Class of

Present

__

position

,

(Please add below any other information in which you think your
classmates would be interested
i

Y*l

hi

t£o

THE ALUMNI
QUARTERLY

AUGUST,

1927

BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

V

Dr. D.

J.

Waller

Jr. in 18 9
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PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
of the

STATE.

TEACHERS COLLEGE.
August, 1927

Vol. 28

No. 4

Entered as Second-class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post
Bloomsburg, Pa., under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published November, January, April and July.

H. F. Fenstemaker, ’12
F. H.

Jenkins,

’76

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Business Manager

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DAVID JEWETT WALLER,

—Ernest W.
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agreeable and

Young,

has

laid

—agreeable

difficult

at

Editor-in-Chief

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Office

JR.

’80.

upon me a task at once

in the subject, difficult to

avoid adulation.

The subject

known to the pubstudents
J.
to the
of the earlier
period of his educational career as Professor Waller; and to
the later school years as Doctor Waller. Each has become
a household term in the hearts of those who came into closest contact with him in each of the several periods.

lic

at large as D.

of this sketch

Waller, Jr.

is

best

;

David Jewett Waller, Jr., son of David Jewett Waller
and Julia (Ellmaker) Waller, was born in Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania, June, 1846. Entering Lafayette College as a
sophomore, he was graduated in 1870, then tutored for a
year in his ALMA MATER, and was there given his master’s degree in 1873. In the meantime he pursued theological
studies in Princeton and Union, and was graduated from
the latter in 1874. The same year he was married to Miss
Anna Appleman of Bloomsburg and was also ordained a

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Presbyterian minister. He served pastorates in Philadelphia and Orangeville for three years, until called to the
principalship of the Bloomsburg State Normal School in
the fall of 1877. He served as such until 1890, when appointed State Superintendent of Public Instruction of his
State. After three years of service in that capacity, he became principal of the State Normal School at Indiana,
Pennsylvania, and held that position until 1906, when again
the Bloomsburg Normal,
called to the Principalship of
where he continued until his resignation in 1920. He
served his State as presidential elector in 1908; is a member of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Sons of the Revolution of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity and was a trustee of
Lafayette College 1891-1919.
Still a resident of his native town, where, as a young
man, he assisted in securing funds for erecting the Bloomsburg Literary Institute building, forerunner of the State
Normal School, he is deeply interested in education as he
was from his early years. His interest has increased rathNot by previous plan, rather contrary
er than diminished.
to it, his career has been primarily and essentially that of an
educator. He was an educator from the beginning, though
he may not have been conscious of the fact.
As an educational worker he has never been a
drudge. He had difficulties to meet, it is true, and he met
them; he found obstacles, and he overcame or removed
them; he met harrassing experiences, and he confronted
them squarely. But his work was never drudgery. He
;

;

had the spirit of the real educator, and
that he met events and people.

it

was

in that spirit

For his vision was broad enough to make him sympathewith many and diverse lines in life. Frequently, and all

tic

is the charge made against present-day college professors that they are narrow, that each sees only the one
subject assigned to him, and that while he looks at his one

too true,

and he is left standing alone.
found life in many direcWaller
On the contrary, Doctor
in the
tions, found it all about him and in all conditions
and
the
hills and the trees, in the flowers and the fields
speciality the world passes on

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But over and above all he found it in men and
rivers.
women, and chiefly in youth. He well knew that life’s fullest expression was to be found in all that goes to make up
the individual’s finest activities, and the community’s wellbeing in its fullest, most fundamental meaning.
Besides this broad view of life, there was a depth of
soul in it all that was even more animating and which penetrated the inner recesses of other souls. It gave him his
grip on individuals, on trying situations, on communities.
It was his capacity for seeing things as they are, rather than
as he might think they should be, and making the most of
it, that gave him a reputation for that sanity which created in the community a full confidence in his judgment. It
was in the school community in the restricted sense that his
characteristics shone in greatest splendor.
Yet so far was he from being puffed up over accomplishment that there was no more humble among all the
recipients of his largesses than he.
He would bestow freely, and then forget about it.
In these matters his left hand
knew not what his right hand was doing. I speak of intellectual and spiritual
matters, though in others he was
abundant.
He had, too, that rare insight into human motives
which enabled him to know human character a prime requisite for a genuine teacher.
Says one who, for many
years, was associated with him in educational work: “I remember with greatest satisfaction his reverence and respect for childhood and youth (always without sentimentality,) his appreciation of youth’s point of view and spirit of
fun, always ready to help on with the same
a silent partner; his readiness to accept a student’s word with understanding and sympathy; his keen and humorous analysis
and appreciation of his foibles, strength and weakness;
never bitter in his judgments, yet with a Jove-like flash of
condemnation when he found an attempt on the part of a
rogue to impose upon his confidence, that was really aweinspiring.
.You remember the flash of indignation
at untruthfulness, dishonorable conduct and meanness, especially if it was a ‘bluff’ attempt to defend the position.

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Then, too, his readiness to help the culprit out of an anomolous position forgiving and forgetting, when true nobility
rose above the deed done in thoughtless push of youth.”
Nor did he fail to encourage every aspiration of every
young man or young woman looking toward the field of
wider usefulness. He understood that each stood on his
own merit. He had that intuition which led the great
Thomas Arnold to accept each as an individual; he knew
that each had a responsibility that could not be evaded. He
believed in groups; but he was too wise to believe that
great or penetrating ideas originate in groups. He knew
tne dynamic energy of a worth-while idea and that such an
idea grows in the individual mind originates there, germAnd in this day of
inates there, and there fructifies.
groups and blocs, it is refreshing to hark back to the yesterday when he grasped the true social theory that the individual mind, and that only, gives initiative to that which

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—

groups may carry to execution. If history teaches anything it is the great fact of individual responsibility for
progress in the race and he never ceased to drive home to
;

the individual his personal responsibility. It was this that
would lead him to select one of a group who would naturally
influence the group.

For he knew that while the student must be an individualist he must at the same time be something more;
must be an important factor in the community of which he
was, and was to be, a part must labor for and with that
community, not as a consumer of what that community
;

produced, but as a producer of the chief elements vital to
that community’s highest welfare.
Not all of these ideals were present in the eye of
while coming into immediate and personal constudent
the
Waller; but with the lapse of years and
Doctor
tact with

with the proper perspective which followed,
clear.

Nor

is it all

it

all

became

seen in a single incident, neither in sev-

eral disconnected incidents.

But

if

one

will

begin with

the letters ihe, as a prospective student, received from the
Principal of the Bloomsburg State Normal School; beside
these, will place in

mind the seemingly unimportant

inci-

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dents of the Normal days in which the Principal figured;
then the one or more letters of encouragement received
from the Principal in the doutful months, perhaps years,
after concluding the Normal work; and then, once more,
will glance back over the intervening years since, whether
they be long or short, and will seek to grasp its full meaning in a short pause in the world’s onward rush then, and
then only, is Doctor Waller revealed so largely as the central
figure in the whole panorama of the individual’s life.
He is an idealist, always has been a practical idealist in the highest sense.
He has always been a builder, a
constructionist in applied education.
And in this day of
much loose thinking on nationalism and internationalism,
the recollection of what he has stood for has a steadying
influence.
Liberal toward young men and women who erred in matters of discretion, but not of intent, he never
tolerated a spirit of insubordination
a bright contrast
with that group of thinkers who sneer at history, cast ugly
reflections upon men who have made history, jeer at the
most sacred of memories, and teach that so-called self-expression is the proper substitute for discipline and obedience to law: they, alleged liberals, most arbitrary of men;

—

—

—

he, a strict disciplinarian,

most

liberal of

men

in dealing

with youth their tendency destructive, his positive constructive with well-laid foundations.
As a teacher he was eager to grew and point the
way of growth. He found relish in making known to his
;

fellow workers his special finds, whether of books, papers,
or experiences

— evidences

of an enlarging teacher to the

end of his teaching career, a

real

companion

teacher.

He

to

—

the real

books the best
literature*
to inculcate such interest
in his students.
I distinctly remember four books which
Doctor Waller brought to my attention at periods covering
a year of my course, all high-grade books of which I previously knew nothing. On another occasion in a brief conversation he ralated the incident of a gentleman of some
note, who, while waiting for an appointment he was to

books and

possessed a

—

deep interest

and sought

in

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new book at hand and began going
paragraph by paragraph, and by the time the
other party was ready to see him he had the book’s contents so well in mind that he gave an intelligent review of
it.
Then Doctor Waller added: “Some people read word
by word, some by sentences, some by paragraphs, while
others almost have to spell it out.” It was all given in such
an unsophisticated manner, with no suggestion of an attempt at teaching, that the naturalness of it all left the
deeper impression. Within a year or tw o he has called my
attention to other books he has read with zest, which have
Another of his
since found a resting place on my shelves.
students, later a prominent teacher on the Principal’s staff,
writes: “He did more than any other man or teacher in
shaping my entire life’s reading (in shaping my life, too,
reading,
for that matter) in a classroom talk on books,
taste, etc., and in a general outline- he gave at the time, before our departure from school in 1879.” 1
meet, picked up a

through

it

r

But, lest too great credit be
be added that he inherited richly
through a line of educated men and
ster of Puritan fame, and Harvard,

——he belonged to what
“aristocracy of
class

accorded him,
himself.

it

should

Coming down

—

educators Elder BrewWilliams, and Princeton

sometimes called the upper
some writers enjoy terming it today. We may not credit him with the inheritance;
but we should not omit to credit him with what he cultivated and developed in himself, and sought to cultivate and develop in others. For there never came into his presence
one so lowly or crude, if but with proper aspirations, that

me n

is

intellect”

he did not reach down to assist; nay, put himself on the
But he never
level of the other, gripped and lifted him.
lowered the standard. As the outstanding distant mountain peak rises to greater height and draws nearer as the
observer takes higher ground, so did Doctor Waller.
he undertook to develop in
It is the things which
others that are highly significant of his single purpose in
life

—

to bring out the best
1

Several such letters

the writer’s desk.

there was in young

now almost

fifty

men and

years old

lie

on

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women.

This he did in no formal, ceremonious manner.
He spoke the
less by precept than by example.
word in season, but the more impressive way was always to
the fore.
It was the seemingly insignificant, almost imperceptible, ways that
the impression was made. The
style was never peremptory, but the results were momentous; and they were as diverse as the types of individual
with which he had to deal. Said one who had been under
the Principal’s influence for a year: “I went back to the
farm from school at harvest time, and if I missed a stalk of
grain in the reaping I would stop the team, get off the machine, and get that stalk, believing that Professor Waller
would not approve that kind of workmanship. Others found
themselves imitating his physical movements. All sought
to adjust their own to his erect, manly, dignified bearing.
Indeed, it was no uncommon experience at class reunions of
Bloomsburg Normal graduates to hear them relate in what
particular they found themselves seeking to emulate their
Principal
not seeking, but doing it unconsciously.
If these characteristics were so freely followed, these
rather more outward forms, it takes no philosopher to understand that the inner forces were deeply at work creating those secret but more coercive currents of thought and

He

did

it

—

life

which constitute the

real individual.

haps, that led one student

who

It

was

this, per-

sat under the instruction of

and came into vital contact with Professor Waller, and
later sat under the eminent Mark Hopkins, to write that
however much the latter meant to James A. Garfield, the
former meant as much to this student.
It

was the

finest qualities

that give

life

its

rich-

which were always flowing from Doctor Waller’s personality.
And when we undertake to gauge a man’s accomplishments and worth in life, we fail utterly if we leave
out of the calculation the imponderables and these are not
subject to the rules of mathematics. While we are a part
of all we have ever met, we carry with us through life much
more of the aroma of one life than of another. Indeed, it is
the spiritual side of life which leaves the affluence which
accompanies ever after. This was the pervasive flavor
ness,

;

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was carried away by contact with Doctor Waller,
life, seemed to be always saying:

Vvhich

who, by his own

“Grow strong, my comrade,
that you may stand
Unshaken when I fall; that I may know
The shattered fragments of my song will come
At last to full melody in yours.”
.

.

.

These incidents suggest a matter of primary significance to the teacher:
The overwhelming influence of one
who is balanced in his whole life physical, intellectual,
spiritual.
Admiration and affection have left their deepest
impress upon the many thousands who came directly under Doctor Waller’s influence, and from that influence have
gone into the world’s battles for truth and honor and justice, chiefly through educational channels, but in practically

—

every line of

human

endeavor.
(To be continued)

The Junior and Senior Glee Clubs, under the

direc-

tion of Miss Eleanor P. Sands, gave a concert in the Audi-

May 19. The Glee Clubs were assisted by Miss
Edith S. Cannon, pianist, a member of the faculty. The
Double Quartet also gave two numbers. Miss Cannon playtorium,

ed three selections by Schuman, “

Whims,” “Romance

in F,”

“Soaring.”

The Concert of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College Orchestra, which was presented in the Auditorium on
Tuesday evening, May 3, was in the opinion of an ethusiastic
audience, one of the best that the

organization has ever

given.

The Orchestra

of thirty pieces, under the direction

of Miss Harriet Moore,

showed marked improvement over

year and the Concert reflected great credit upon
members and Miss Moore. Assisting the Orchestra
Walter Johns, Baritone, of Wilkes-Barre, who gave
groups of songs. Mrs. Frank Colley, of Bloomsburg,
last

at the piano.

the

was
two
was

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FRANCIS

B.

HAAS,

A. M.

,

I

1

PD. D.

Principal

From an “Address

of

Welcome” delivered

at the Ses-

qui-centennial on the occasion of the opening of the Sixty-

fourth Annual Meeting of the National Education Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 27, 1926.

The educational forces of Pennsylvania appreciate
that the times are singularly opportune for uniting with the
teachers of the Nation in a reconsecration of our professional lives to the service of our country and the youth of the
land, to the end that “Life, Liberty

and the Pursuit of Hap-

piness” be realized and the “Blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity” be assured.

The concept of democracy has substance only

in so

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far as

it

contemplates adequate opportunity for the pro-

gressive development of intelligence and democracy flourishes only in so far as the practical application of that intelligence functions for

and agencies serving

mankind through the institutions
Of all the existing institu-

society.

tions evolved as the logical resultant of the persistence of

the ideals inherent in our Declaration of Independence the
school is the one which presents in the highest degree the
enthusiasm, the deliberate planning and the courageous support of the largest number of people. The writings of many
Americans of the early period expressed absolute conviction
in the efficacy of

and imperative need for education. Ben-

jamin Franklin expressed the vision of the founders of our
Nation when he said,

“The good education

of youth has been esteemed by
ages as the surest foundation of the happiness both of private families and of commonwealth.”

wise

men

in all

Enlistment in the service of our profession provides
the “Great Adventure” for the educational pioneer of our
democracy, which

in

1926

is still in its

The history of education both
Nation

is

replete with the

infancy.

of our State and of our

exploits and

achievements of

those who have striven to the end that the “torch” of equal
educational opportunity for all might be upheld and passed
on to each succeeding generation. The broad significance
of education as a social process is universally recognized.
The press of America is playing an indispensable part in interpreting the schools to the people.
In the light of this important function of education
expresses itself directly through the immediate work
of the teacher, two responsibilities stand out crystal clear.
The first has to do with the continuous adaptation of the
subject matter of instruction to the life needs of the citizens of various ages. Technically, this means a continuous,
evolutionary curriculum revision and demands, on the part
of the teacher, understanding contacts with all of the insti-

as

it

tutions of society.

The second

responsibility

is

a corollary of the

first

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and without it the curriculum process is ineffective. The
growth of our complex and highly specialized civilization
makes administration a major procedure in any business or
profession.

Co-ordination of the activities involved in the
its aim is the function of administration in

achievement of

a socal process.

The object

keep the curriculum

of school administration

process usable in

is

to

the hands of the

teacher.

The administrative machinery

of the school

must be

progressively developed to meet the demands of the de-

The profession must face the prob-

veloping curriculum.

lem of insuring that administration functions solely to provide a clear uninterrupted spark at the point of teacherpupil contact.

At the moment of this contract no operation
must be allowed to interfere with the

of administration

teaching situation.
In other words,
administration is faced with the
problem of harmonizing the complex factors made necessary
by a changing school society so that when teacher and
pupil meet in the teaching situation the interchange still
remains as free and unhampered as when Garfield sat on one
end of the log and Mark Hopkins sat on the other.”
Francis B. Haas.

In the graduating class this year were three brides
and one groom. A fifth member of the class was married

the day. The brides who received
diplomas were: Miss Gertrude Fuller, of Athens; Steena
Deppen, of Dalmatia Miss Mary Keppler, of Orangeville.
The marriage of Herman Fowler had been announced in
a previous issue of the Quarterly.
The class member who
became a bride on the day of graduation was Miss Sara
Seitz, of Danville, who was married a few hours after she
received her certificate.
before the close of

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THE

1927

Commencement

COMMENCEMENT

Procession Leaving

Gymnasium

The 56th annual Commencement program of the
Bloomsburg State Normal School successfully opened
with the banquet of the Senior class held in the
The banquet was followed by a dance
school dining room.
The evening’s program was a most dein the gymnasium.
lightful one and was thoroughly enjoyed by the two hundred
members of the class and their guests. Members of the faculty and their wives were guests of the class.
The dining room was decorated in the class colors of
blue and gold and during the banquet Alexander’s orchestra,
of town, furnished a fine program of music.
James Coursen, president of the graduating class,
During the banquet there was spirited singing
presided.
under the leadership of Prof. E. A. Reams with Miss Ella
Sutton, a

member

of the class, at the piano.

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Dr. Riemer made an address and Miss Ruth Smith
sang a solo to ukulele accompaniment. Miss Claire M. Conway and Prof. E. H. Nelson spoke and Miss Celia Baldawicz
played a piano solo. Prof. George J. Keller and Miss Lillian
Edmonds then responded to toasts. George Janell and Miss
Dorothy Raup sang a duet and a male quartette, composed
of Wilbur Fisher, Arthur Jenkins, George Janell and James
Bittenbender, sang an enjoyed selection. The program
closed with toasts by Mrs. Riemer, Mrs. Nelson and Prof,
and Mrs. Reams and the singing of the Alma Mater.
of the program the class song was
Arthur Jenkins, a member of the Senior class and

At the opening
sung.

ever to receive a degree at the local institution,
wrote the words to the song and the music was written by
Miss Jessie Patterson, a member of the school faculty.
the

first

The dance in the gymnasium immediately followed
The gymnasium was attractive in the class

the banquet.

colors of blue

and gold.

The annual sermon of the graduating class was delivered by Dr. Leon Kurtz Willman, Pastor of the First Primitive Methodist Church of Wilkes-Barre, on Sunday afternoon, June 5, at 2:30 in the auditorium. Several hundred
friends and relatives of the class enjoyed the services which

opened with the processional of the faculty and the graduates.

Seated on the stage were Dr. Willman, Dr. Riemer,
A. Z. Schoch, President of the Board of Trustees, and the
various Deans and Heads of the Departments. More than
half of the first floor of the auditorium was taken up by the
graduates.

Following the processional, the audience sang “God
The
Our Fathers.” Dr. Willman gave the Invocation.
Male Quartet, composed of George Janell, Wilbur Fisher,
Arthur Jenkins, James Bittenbender, rendered a selection.
Dr. Riemer read the Scripture Lesson and the Double Quartet sang.
Dr. Willman’s theme was “Called to Teach” and
of

his

remarks were based on John 5:17, “My Father worketh,

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I work.”
The program was closed by the Benedicand the Recessional of the faculty and the graduates.

hitherto
tion

IVY

DAY EXERCISES

The annual Ivy Day Exercises were held at 6 o’clock
on Thursday evening, June 9. The exercises opened with
the procession of the students from the Gym to Science Hall
where Miss Evelyn Harris of Berwick delivered the Ivy Day
oration.
Miss Harris was the first girl in the history of the
school to be accorded this honor. The subject of her Ivy
Day Oration was “Enduring Friendship.”
Following the Ivy Day Oration, the Ivy was planted
in front of Science Hall.
James C'oursen, the President of
the Senior Class, then presented to Llewellyn Edmunds,
President of the Junior Class, the shovel used in planting
the Ivy. This implement is to be handed down from class
to class.

Following the class song, the procession wended its
grove where was presented “Oberon and Titania” from Shakespeare’s
“Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
The costumes of brilliant hue gave a moving picture of color against a natural background of
dull green.
As the
Principals and Fairies played out their roles, a solo dance by
Miss Thelma Black of Nanticoke was a feature.

way

to the

The annual class day exercises were presented by the
members of the senior class in the auditorium, Thursday
evening, June 10, following the Ivy Day program which was
presented on the campus. The exercises were in the nature of a meek trial, the defendant Harold Baum having
been charged with the theft of a dog owned by Everett
Herman Fowler presided over the court and
Jamison.
George Mathews, as the black faced comedian, was the court
attendant and was leading assistant to the judge. Arthur
Jenkins as District Attorney was the prosecutor and James
Bittenbender was counsel for the defendant. Miss KathCoursen
leen Summers was
court clerk, and James
The jury was composed of seniors who
as constable.
impersonated various members of the faculty. Miss Ger-

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trude Baucher as Professor Bakeless, was the first juror
called, then followed Philip Harris as Coach Booth, Miss
Ruth Davis as Miss Conway, Miss Alberta Gasewicz as Professor Fisher, Miss Norine Amershern as Miss Alice John-

Oce Williams as Miss Kulp, Miss Hope Schalles as
Miss Maupin, Mill Mildred Boyd as Miss McCannon and
Miss Grace Jones as Miss Nell Moore.
When the clerk called the name of Prof. E. H. Nelson, Nicholas Polaneczky had reached the platform when
Mr. Nelson arose in the
and declared
audience
he intended to impersonate himself. He answered questions with apparent ill grace and
was highly indignant
when he was refused as a juror.
Following Mr. Nelson were Nick Van Buskirk as
Prof. Earl N. Rhoades, Creveling Strauser as Dr. Riemer
and Miss Lillian Honnicker as Miss Shaw. Two of the most
popular witnesses of the night were Mr. and Mrs. Yiti Yarashefski Promotonkweig, parts taken by Joseph Bradshaw
and Miss Emily Gritsevage. The wife was unable to speak
English and Thomas Welsko, as court interpreter, was called.
The husband’s testimony followed and he took a round
about course to answer every question. The costumes of
the two witnesses were in keeping with the roles they took.
The jury found the defendant guilty and the Court imposed as sentence a five year term in the institution with
the defendant required to eat all meals at the school. This

son, Miss

clause seemed to especially affect the prisoner.

came to his rescue with the confession
was
that he
guilty and had stolen the dog to exhibit in the
Prof. Nelson

Amid uproarious laughter
he presented a toy dog to Jameison and the class night pro-

pet show’ of the training school.

gram

closed.

The Commencement Exercises were held in the Auditorium on Friday morning, June 10, at 10:30 o’clock. Preceding the exercises, the members of the graduating class,
wearing the caps and gowns came out of the Gym entrance
and lined up on both sides of the side-walk leading down the
campus. The members of the faculty, wearing for the first

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is-

time in the history of the school, caps and gowns with hoods,
showing their degrees and the institution from which the
degrees were received, passed through the double line of
Seniors and led the Processional into the Auditorium. Music
for the occasion was furnished by Alexander’s Orchestra of
Bloomsburg.

Seated on the platform for the exercises were: Dr.
William Davidson, Superintendent of Schools of Pittsburg,
the Commencement speaker, Professor Earl N. Rhodes, Director of the Training School, Miss Claire M. Conway, Dean
of

Women,

Dr. Waller, Professor

May

C.

George

W.

B. Sutliff,

Dean

Dean

of In-

Men, Miss
Hayden, Director of Primary Education, Miss Nell

struction, Professor

J.

Keller,

of

Moore, Director of Intermediate Education, A. Z. Schoch,
President of the Board of Trustees, Paul E. Wirt, Vice President, and Dr. Reimer.
Dr. Waller gave the Invocation. The class and members of the faculty stood while the class sang its song under
the direction of Miss Celia Beldowicz of Newport Township, with James Bittenbender of Lime Ridge at the piano.
Dr. Riemer introduced the speaker, Dr. Davidson, the subThree I’s in Teaching.”
ject of whose address was “The
Following the address, the Mixed Double Quartet of the
School sang. Dr. Reimer then spoke to the class before presenting the certificates.
of

A historic moment followed when Arthur C. Jenkins
Newport Township received the degree of Bachelor of

Science in Education, the first college degree ever conferred
by this Institution. Mr. Jenkins was greeted with a round
of applause as he received his degree.

Professor Robbins assisted in giving the certificates
group Miss Hayden assisted in the Primary group; and Miss Nelle E. Moore in the
Intermediate group. One hundred fourteen received certificates to teach in the Primary grades, one hundred fortyfive were graduated in the Intermediate group, fifteen were
graduated in the Rural group and twenty-five received cer-

to those belonging to the Rural

tificates to

;

teach in the Junior High School.
closed with the singing of the

The program

Alma

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Mater and the Recessional.
Twenty-five members of the graduating class finished their course as honor students. In order to obtain the
honor certificate the student must obtain a grade of A in
practice teaching and a grade of B or better in all other
subjects.

The following qualities are taken into consideration
granting the honor certificate: Mastery of and skill in
the recognition of the needs of individual children and adaptation of work to meet these needs, skill in holding the attention and interest of the pupils, success in securing response
on the part of the class as a whole and as individuals marked ability in securing definite results as determined by expert supervisory methods tactfulness and skill in the management of the ordinary routine of the class room as well
as unusual situations willingness and intelligence in assuming responsibility loyalty and steadfastness of purpose and
a generally favorable attitude toward the teaching profesin

;

;

;

;

sion.

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The honor students are Primary Group Helen CepCimmet, Nanticoke; Orice Dodge,
:

pa, Nanticoke; Sylvia

Wyalusing; Helen Gavey, Glen Lyon, Mabel Hilton, Shenandoah; Mary Kutz, Glen Lyon; Pauline Lloyd, Wanamie;
Stella Murray, Scranton;
Alice Peifer,
Danville;
Mary
Twarowski, Nanticoke; Esther Welker, Bloomsburg, and
Stasia Zimolzak; Intermediate
Blodwen Edwards, WilkesBarre; Margaret Healey, Wilkes-Barre; Geraldine Hess,
Berwick; Marian Marshall, Kingston, Viola Janulewicz,
Sugar Notch; Verna Medley, Nanticoke; Florence Reap,
Shickshinny; Gladys Rohrbach, Sunbury; Gertrude Ruoff,
Pittston; Mary Shunk; Lena VanHorn, Rohrsburg; Minnie
Wolfe, Edwardsville Rural Group Reba Stamm, Straw-

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;

berry Ridge.

One

Prom

in

June

11.

of the largest crowds that has attended a Senior

many

years enjoyed the event on Friday evening,
This dance closed the Commencement activities
of the graduating class.
The Gym was decorated in the
class colors of blue

and

gold.

A

fine

program

of music

furnished by Alexander’s Orchestra of Bloomsburg.

was

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THE
One

of the

1927

REUNION

most successful alumni reunions in the
was held this year. The following

history of the school

were the reunion classes: 1867,
1907, ’12, ’16, ’17, ’22.

The

’72,

classes

’77, ’82, ’87, ’92,

met

’97,

in reunion at nine

each class having a
room assigned. Many of the members gathered early and
enjoyed the reunion so much that the majority of the classes
were late in getting to the general meeting in the auditorium.
The general meeting was opened by the president,
Mr. Fred Diehl of Danville. Dr. Waller gave the invocation
and three vocal selections were given by Mrs. Robert Buckheit of Indiana, Pennsylvania, a member of the class of
1906.
The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting.
Professor E. H. Nelson represented Professor F. H.
Jenkins, treasurer, reporting a balance of $122.33. The report had been audited by Professor Nelson and Professor
Bakeless. H. F. Fenstemaker, editor of the QUARTERLY
spoke of the progress of the QUARTERLY during the past
Professor C. H. Albert urged the members present
year.
to tell other members about the meeting and to keep the
President Diehl aployal spirit of the association alive.
pointed the following executive committee: Miss Hariett
Carpenter, Mrs. L. P. Sterner, Mrs. D. S. Hartline, Professor 0. H. Bakeless, George E. Elwell and D. D. Wright. The
executive committee at its meeting held in April authorized
the appointment of the new executive committe by the
president.
Officers of the association were elected for two
years and consequently there was no election at this time.
Dr. Waller spoke at some length of Henry Carver, first
Following his remarks, Professor
principal of the school.
O. H. Bakeless moved that the following recommendation
be made to the Board of Trustees:
First That the building now known as Institute
Hall be named Carver Hall.
Second That the building now used as a training
school be named Noetling Hall.
Third That the main building be named Waller
o’clock

Saturday morning,

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June

11,

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Hall.

The motion was unanimously carried, and the following committee was appointed to take up the matter with
the Board of Trustees: Fred W. Diehl, R. Bruce Albert and
H. F. Fenstemaker. Following the business meeting a roll
call of the reunion classes was taken.
The two living members of the class of 1867, Dr. Waller and George E. Elwell,
were given an ovation by the entire association when they
arose to their feet to answer the roll call. Miss Jennie
Parker, the only living member of the class of 1872, represented her class, and Mrs. Sarah Tripp represented 1873.
Mrs. Lyons of Rochester New York, spoke for the class of
1877. Dr. Bierman, speaking for the class of 1882, declared that the association would stand firmly back of the institution.
W. C. Johnston spoke for the class of 1887.
Speaking for the class of 1892 were P. L. Drumm of WilkesBarre, Dr. D. L. Deavor of Syracuse, New York, H. U. Nyhart a supervising principal of the schools of Hanover Township, Luzerne County, and Charles G. Hendricks of Selinsgrove.
0. Z. Low spoke for the class of 1897.
Miss Harriet Fry, of Danville, responded for the class of 1902, and
W. C. Levan of Allentown, spoke for the class of 1907. H.
F. Fenstemaker of 1912 introduced
Mrs. R. F. Wilner of
Tunkhannock, who is now in the United States with her
husband after spending several years in China. Helen
Cromis spoke for 1917, and Edward Yost of Ringtown spoke
for 1922. Miss Helen Welliver spoke for the class of 1916.
Following the meeting in the auditorium the annual
banquet of the Alumni association was held in the dining
room. W. W. Evans, Superintendent of the schools of Columbia County, presided as toast master. The banquet
opened with the invocation by Dr. Waller. Toast master
Evans in his opening remark, spoke of the past and the wide
spirited influence of the institution which now has over six
thousand graduates. Mrs. Rosa Buckheit of Illinois, sang,
with Mrs. R. F. Colley of Bloomsburg, at the piano. Professor 0. H. Bakeless, the first speaker on the program, was
introduced, and he spoke of the school as being just as alive
as ever and declared the best days were yet to come. He

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gave an interesting account of his experience while a student here and of the early days of his work as a member
of the faculty. Following the address by Professor Bakeless, Miss Marion Harman of Bloomsburg, gave two whistling solos with Mrs. W. B. Sutliff at the piano.
Lindley
H. Dennis, ’99 a member of the staif of the department of

He stressed the
idea that the Bloomsburg State Teachers College is now a
technical school, equipped to do one thing to prepare for
Public Instruction was the last speaker.

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the vocation of teaching. President Diehl spoke of receiving letters from some of the Alumni who were unable to be
present.
heit,

The program

closed with a solo

by Mrs. Buck-

and the singing of the Alma Mater.

ATHLETICS
Bloomsburg Normal’s baseball team, the best that
has represented the institution in many years, completed a
most successful season in which eight of the ten games
played were victories. One of the defeats was an extra
inning game.
The team had a batting average of .312. Following
are the individual averages of the players:
Rushin .512,
Gerrity .444, McGrath .323, Slusser .381, Vital .363, Krayneck .334, Yarashefski .303, Wilson .293, Roan .267, Wadas
.217, Fritz .200, Bradshaw .194, Hidlay .166 and Evans .134.
The team was coached by T. W. Booth.
The second annual track and field meet was held on
Mt. Olympus field, May 28. The following schools were
represented: Berwick, Lock Haven, Locust Gap, Nanticoke,
Newport, Picture Rocks, Plymouth, Scranton Central,
Scranton Technical, West Pittston, Williamsport.
The meet was closely contested and one state record
was broken. Ryscavage, of Plymouth, hurled the javelin
167 ft. 3 inches, to better the old state record by 3 inches.
The meet was won by Lock Haven with a score of 50 points.
It was a well balanced team and strong in all departments.
The meet was successful in every respect. The program went through on schedule time. Four more schools

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were represented this year than last.
This meet is rapidly coming
valuable part of the spring program.

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popular and

Robert, “Bobby” Wilson, of town, was elected capBloomsburg Normal baseball team for 1928 and

tain of the

Bernard Gallagher was elected tennis captain at elections
held this week.

Wilson, a star at Bloomsburg high school where he
team one year, played short stop on the

also captained the

Normal nine during

the successful

season just

closed.

Bernard Gallagher has played fine tennis during the Spring.
Both boys have the qualities of leaders.

THE
The following
June: 1868,

1928

REUNION

classes will hold their reunions next

’73, ’78, ’83, ’88, ’93, ’98, ’03, ’08, ’13, ’18, ’23,

’25.
Class officers should begin now to get ready to make
next year’s meeting even better than the one held last
spring.
The QUARTERLY staff will be glad to furnish
mailing lists.

SUMMER SCHOOL NOTES
The

summer

session,

which

has

just

closed

has been one of the most successful in the history of this
school.
The enrollment was 358, which is somewhat smaller than the enrollment last year, when the registration
reached 435.

The State Department of Public Instruction had estimated that in the thirteen Normal Schools and State Teachers Colleges there

would be a decrease

this year of about
estimate was based
upon the fact that those in the field have now reached the
required credits; demanded several years ago when the
standards for teacher certification were raised.

twenty-five hundred students.

This

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Haas took up

Dr. Francis B.

his duties as Principal

of Teachers’ College at the beginning of the

Summer

Ses-

sion.

Dr. and Mrs. Haas, the members of the Board of
Trustees and their wives were
entertained
Wednesday
evening, June 29, by the members of the faculty at a delightful informal affair held in
the Lobby of the main
building.

The evening w as thoroughly enjoyed and was very
largely attended.
Only one of the members of the Board
r

of Trustees

and one member of the faculty were unable

to

attend.

Dr. John A. H. Keith, Superintendent of Public In-

Bloomsburg, July 6, and with Dr. Haas
preparatory to fixing the
allocation of funds for improvements.

was
went over the
struction,

in

local school plant

In addition to the regular

members

of the faculty

new members

on the summer school
faculty.
They are Miss Bess Moore, of St. Louis, a sister
of Miss Harriet Moore of the Music
Department. Miss
Moore took the place of Miss Elsie Lorenz as training
teacher in the third grade. The other new member of the
summer school faculty was Mr. J. A. Koch, of Harrisburg,
who acted as Dean of Men, and taught the classes of Miss Alice Johnston, teacher of Expression.
there were two

Miss Ethel Shaw and Miss Helen A. Russel are
spent the summer in Europe devoting their time to travel and study.
Miss Nell Maupin, of the Department of Social Studies, has been doing graduate work this summer at
the University of Chicago. Thornley W. Booth, of the
Department of Health Education, has been studying at the
summer session of Springfield Y. M. C. A. College.

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The Reception of the students of the summer sesBloomsburg State Teachers College was held Thursday evening, July 14. The Reception was largely attended
and much enjoyed.
In the Reception line were Dr. and Mrs. Haas and
the various members of the faculty and their wives.
Among the invited guests were members of the Board of
Trustees, Henry Klanower, of the State Department of
Public Instruction, Superintendent W. W. Evans of Columbia County Schools and Mrs. Evans, members of the Board
of Education of Bloomsburg, Superintendent and Mrs. L.
P. Sterner, W. W. Raker, Principal of the Bloomsburg High
sion of

School and Mrs. Raker, Professor and Mrs. J. G. Cope, ProProfessor and Mrs. F. H.
Jenkins.
fessor and Mrs. C. H. Albert,

The Reception was followed by dancing.
The summer session closed on July 21 and remained
closed for three days while the buildings were being fumi-

gated.

As

there

is

ments between the
opening of the fall
done at that time.

The College

time for cleaning and improvesummer session and the
term it was decided to have the work
little

close of the

was

favored

session by the visits of several

during

members

the

summer

of the State De-

partment of Public Instruction.

Among

who have been with

us are Miss Helen
Elementary Education, W. G. Moorehead, Director of Health Education, Miss Helena McCray,

those

:

Purcell, Director of

Director of Health Instruction, J. 0. Foberg, Director of
Mathematics and Science, M. C. Rosenberry, Director of
Music, Dr. Hoban, director of Visual Education, Dr. Lee L.
Driver, and F. H. Reitler, Director of Special Education.
Other visitors were Miss Esther Hardy, representing the
Junior Red Cross, and Mrs. Weimer, representing the C'ity
Council of Parent Teachers Association. All of the above
named visitors gave much enjoyed talks at the Chapel exercises.

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SUMMER SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
Following a policy began last year, Commencement
exercises were held at the end of the

when

Summer

Session,

a class of sixty three was graduated.

The Commencement speaker was Dr. George E.
Walk, Dean of Teachers College, Temple University.
in

The exercises, the second summer commencement
the history of the institution, were enjoyed by several

hundred persons, many of them friends and relatives of
of the class.
There were also a number of edu-

members

cators in attendance.

The program opened with the procession of the class
which was headed by the speaker and members of the faculty and the board of trustees. The class and some of the
members of the faculty wore caps and gowns. The procession started from the main dormitory and proceeded down
the walk on the lower side of the campus to Carver Hall
and entered the auditorium from the west entrance. Alexander’s Orchestra furnished the music.

Members of the faculty, the trustees and the speakwere seated on the platform which was decorated with
snapdragons and palms. The class numerals, “1927,” were
displayed in the class colors of blue and gold.
er

Rev.

J.

Thomas Heistand,

rector of St. Paul’s Epis-

copal Church, gave the invocation and the class sang its

song.

Dr.

Haas introduced the speaker.

Dr.

Walk concluded by congratulating

Dr.

Haas and

the board of trustees on the success of a truly delightful

commencement, and by bidding the graduates “God speed”
The orchestra played a selection and Prof.
in their work.
William B. Sutliff, dean of instruction, presented the
graduates to Dr. Haas.

list

of

The program closed with the signing of “Alma
Mater” and the recessional of trustees, faculty and class.

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NEWS OF THE ALUMNI

—Mrs. Jennie Parker, the only living member of

1872

the class of four

enjoyed the day.
general meeting.
1875

—Mrs.

who graduated

in 1872, was present and
Mrs. Parker spake for her class at the

Sue Andy (Sue Miller)

of Danville, died

Andy had not
good health for some time as a result of a stroke
sustained several years ago. She is survived by one daughhome

at her

been
ter,

as a result of a stroke.

Mrs.

in

Frances.

1875

E. L. Wilson lives at 951

Washington Avenue,

Tyrone, Pa.

1876 Charles C. Evans is a candidate for both the
Democratic and Republican nominations for the office of
President Judge of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District. He
is now holding that office, having been appointed to fill the
unexpired term of the late John G. Harman, ’91.
1876 Mrs. W. S. Smith (Annie M. Milson) lives at
743 West Clinton St., Elmira, N. Y.
Mrs. F. D. Lamb, of Meriden, Conn., and J. S.
Grimes ,of Bloomsburg, were present to celebrate the
fiftieth reunion of the class of 1877.
Mrs. Lamb delivered
a most interesting paper at the general meeting.

1877

Mrs. B. F. Laudig (Lizzie Lessig) lives at 845
She has two sons James,
who is chief Chemist and Engineer of tests on the D. L. &
W. R. R. and John, who is a graduate of Lehigh University
in Mechanical Enginering.
1881

Prescott Ave., Scranton, Pa.

;

Five of the members of the class of 1882 had
at the school. The members attending
were: Dr. Henry Bierman, Mrs. Lou V. Bierman, Mrs. Lillian Brown Beddes, Mrs. Mary Brugler Mercer and Mrs.
1882

a

much enjoyed day

Nora Finney Sterner.

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1882

Frank E.

York Central
St.,

Hill is

Car Inspector for the New
is 2531 West Fourth

His address

Railroad.

Williamsport, Pa.

1883 Mrs. J. W. Wilson (Alice Edgar) for twentyyears a teacher in Bloomsburg, died at her home in
Bloomsburg, July 13. Surviving her are her husband, a

five

brother, and two sisters.
ional

Frank R. Hight
Bank of Hanford,
1886

Ave.,

—Miss

New York

is

Vice President of the First Nat-

California.

Carrie H. Frauenthal of 1859 Madison

June

City, died

12, in

the hospital for Joint

Diseases, founded by her brother, the late
enthal.
disease.

years in

Henry W. Frau-

She had been suffering for a short time from heart
Miss Frauenthal had taught for a number of
the schools of New York City.
Marion A. Kline

1886

Wyoming.

He was

is

practicing law in Cheyenne,

recently engaged as an Assistant to

Attorney General of Wyoming. He represented the state
in a suit brought against it in the United States District
Court to recover the sum of $547,000 and won the suit.
His oldest son, Arthur, is eighteen years old and is a Sophomore in the University of Wyoming. His daughter, Mary,
graduated from Cheyenne High School this year and his
son, Allen, is a Freshman in High School.
Mr. Kline’s address

is

507-509 First National Bank Building.

Mrs. H. B. Felty (Emma J. Whitmore) lives at 821
West Third St., Abilene, Kansas. She is spending the
month of July and August at Boulder, Colorado.

1887 The class of 1887, in fortieth reunion, had a
time during the day renewing school day friendships
and discussing the merry times of days gone by. The
members of the class, with homes in three states, who
were in attendance were: Mrs. Katharine Young Dodge,
West Collingswood, N. J. Mrs. Alice Brockway Karshner,
Bloomsburg Miss Claire Brown, Truckville Miss Laura M.
White, Truckville; Mrs. Maude Smith Fausel, Albemarle,
N. C. Mrs. Lida Kisner Myers, Wilkes-Barre Miss Margafine

;

;

;

;

;

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Foulke Creasy, MifflinWilliam C. Johnston, Bloomsburg.

ret Lewis, Scranton; Mrs. Elizabeth
ville;

1887
in

—Mrs.

James L. Dodge (Katy E. Young)
Her address is 1214 Elm Ave.
J.

lives

Collingswood, N.

1890

—Eleanor Hyman

botville Vocational

is

High School.

assistant Principal of Tur-

Her address

is

box 169

Turbotville, Pa.

Miss Jesse Myers died at Pittsburg in January and
at Hartleton, Union County. She taught a few
years and then took a course in nursing. For some time
previous to her death, she was employed as a welfare worker
by the United States Steel Corporation.
Mrs. E. T. Williams (Rose Sickler) lives at 1410
Scenic Ave., Berkely, California. She expresses regrets at
not having been able to be present at the Alumni dinner this
year.
Her husband has just retired from his post as head
of the Department of Oriental Languages and Literature in
the University of California. She states, “We have no
particular plans and for a time shall be just tramps. However, we are retaining our California home and shall return
here eventually. We hope to visit Bloomsburg before doing
so.
Our youngest daughter, Gladys, received the degree
of Dr. of Philosophy at Leland Stanford
University this
year.” Mr. and Mrs. Williams expect to spend the winter
in Washington with their daughter, Mrs. T. M. Pinch.
Annie M. Elliot now lives at Kings Court, 36th and
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Jennie D. Kline is head of the English Department at

was buried

Mahanoy City High School. She is also President of the
English Teachers’ Club of Schuylkill County.
1890

Foster U. Gift, D. D. is Superintendent of InLutheran Deaconess Motherhouse and
Training School at Baltimore, Md.
He has written two
Compendium
of
Christian
books: “A
Doctrine” and “Week
Day Religious Education,” copies of which he has presented
to the library.
struction at the

1891

'Mrs. Julia

Shook Scott

is

mourning the death

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two sons, Frederick, twenty years old, and Robert,
sixteen years old, who were killed when an automobile in
which they were riding was struck by an International high
speed trolley car in Tonowanda, N. Y. The accident occurof her

red last August.

The

older son, Frederick,

was planning

Springfield College, Springfield, Mass.

enter

to

He had been

a

prom-

High School course and also after
was a student at the Niagara Falls
High School and was also prominent in athletics. The Y.
M. C. A. of Niagara Falls have erected an arch at the entrance of their summer camp in memory of the two boys.
inent athlete during his
his graduation.

Robert,

The young men are survived by their parents, three
brothers ,and two sisters. The address of Mr. and Mrs.
Scott is 1941 Whitney Avenue, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
1891

Mark Creasy

at Chestertown,

Pierce F. Conner

Work Company,

Principal of the

is

High School

Md.
Trenton,

is

Secretary of the

New

Conner

Mill

Jersey.

1892 There were 26 members of the class of 1892
back for their 35th reunion and they were just as young in
spirit and actions as the members of the youngest class of
the institution. Those enjoying the reunion were: H. U.
Nyhart, Glen Lyon; Lizzie Jones Tasker, Mrs. Mary Booth
Wragg, Shamokin; Edna L. Fairchild, Nanticoke; Nellie
L. O’Hara, Shenandoah; Ellen Doney, Shamokin; Mrs. John
W. Knies, Bloomsburg; Flora Ranson, Kingston; Marie
Dempsey Ford, Pittston; Anna J. Gavin, Pittston; Mrs. T.
William A. Shafer, Stroudsburg;
F. Fleming, Exeter;
Pierce F. Conner, Trenton, N. J. Charles G. Hendricks,
Selinsgrove; Mrs. D. S. Hartline, Bloomsburg; Mary Fessett Crosby, Richard S. Crosby, Fassett Crosby, Noxen;
Mrs. Eva Faus McKelvey, Hazleton; Mrs. Edward B. Van
Horne, Mountain Lake, N. J. Mrs. C. C. Bierly, West Pittston Dr. T. L Deavor, Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Bertha Campbell Garrison, Berwick Anna Stair, Wilkes-Barre Mrs. May
Sherwood Harman, Bloomsburg; G. W. Tiffany, Kingsley.
;

;

;

;

;

;

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1892 Mary K. Pollock is Supervising Principal of
the schools at Hays, Pa. Her address is 701 Mifflin St.
Mrs. J. H. Tasker (Lizzie J. Jones) attended the reunion of her class this year and also saw her daughter,
Martha, graduate with the class of 1927. Mrs. Tasker’s
address is 221 North Vine St., Shamokin, Pa.
Mrs. William Dowden (Pauline Louise Lattimore)
lives in Washington, D. C., where her husband is engaged
as an architect. Her address is 409 Hill Building, 17th and
I

Street.

Mrs. E. McKelvey (Eva R. Faus) lives at 519 Locust
Her husband is pastor of the Diamond
Avenue Church.
St.,

Hazleton, Pa.

She writes, “We have a very interesting family of
seven children, three of whom are college graduates. One
is now a sophomore in college and one daughter will enter
college in the fall.”
William A. Schaffer, one of the most prominMonroe County, died in Stroudsburg July
1927.
His
death came 48 hours after an operation
10,
from which he never rallied. After his graduation from
Bloomsburg, he taught in the Stroudsburg Public Schools.
He then studied law and was admitted to the Monroe County Bar in 1899.
He was an outstanding Title and Real EsHe is survived by his wife and five children.
tate Attorney.
1892

ent lawyers of

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1898 Phillip L. Drum, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., has
announced his candidacy for Common Pleas Judge in Luzerne County. He has been a member of the Luzerne County Board of Reviewers for the past 16 years.
1893 Mrs. J. F. McDonnell (Lizzie C. Moran) lives
Jenkintown, Pa., where her husband is Pharmacist. Her
son received his M. A. degree in Chemistry this year.
H. Mont Smith is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for President Judge of the 26th judicial district.

in

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1896 Reverend J. F. Knittle is Pastor of the Zion
Lutheran Church, Manheim, Pa., where he has been located

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for the past fifteen years.

He graduated from Gettysburg

College in 1900, from Gettysburg Theological Seminary in
1903, and received degree cf Doctor of Philosophy at Cen-

University of Indiana in 1926. Some time ago he made
an extensive tour of the Mediterranean countries. He has
been giving interesting lectures cn his travels.

tral

Mrs. D.

W. Arndt

(Florence A. Lins,) lives at 202
Madison Ave., Lock Haven, Pa. Her husband died March
Since that time, Mrs. Arndt has been acting as
22, 1926.
substitute teacher in the schools of Lock Haven.

Mrs. H. A. Walters (Eleanor L. Quick) is Principal
New Mexico. She says,
“My brother died four years ago and I married some time
afterward. This last year I persuaded my husband to let
me teach again and as they will not permit married teachers
in Gallup, I took the Principalship at the mining camp of
Gibson, a town three miles from Gallup. I can drive to
and from my work each day. We are planning to make a
trip East one of these days.”
of the Gibson School in Gallup,

1897 There were 14 members of the class of 1897
and they had a fine time at their 30th year reunion. The
members present were Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Hess, Washingtonville; Harvey Gelnett, Swinford; Elizabeth Dailey Curran, Plymouth; Millicent Broadsent Sitler, New
Castle;
Mary Williams Gething, Nanticoke; Hettie Cope Whitney,
Mt. Union; Carrie Lloyd Gelatt, Scranton; Ruth Bietler
Farrell, Wilkes-Barre Bertha Kelly, Scranton O. Z. Low,
Orangeville F. W. Bevan, Merchantville, N. J. Ella Benedict, Shavertown; Bess Davis, Wilkes-Barre; Blanche P.
Balliet, Williamsport; Mabel Moyer, Bloomsburg.
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Miss Margaret V. Collins was married at her
City on Wednesday, April 6, 1927, to Dr.
They are now living
J. Pierce Roberts of Shenandoah, Pa.
at 25 East Coal St., Shenandoah, Pa.
1898

home

in

Mahanoy

—Mrs.

Lou'se M. Richards (Louise M. Lamoreux) lives at 440 Main Avenue, Weston, West Virginia. She
writes “I have never met any B. S. N. S. graduates in this

1898

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We have a family of three boys and two girls. One
boy finished Dartmouth and another is there now. One
daughter finished West Virginia State University and the
other two are still in public school. I always look back to
my Normal days with a great deal of pleasure.”
state.

Mrs. Thomas J. Flannigan (Ray Rhoads) lives
West Penn St., Phila., Pa.
Anna Sandoe Hake is teaching in a fifth grade in
Atlantic City. Her address is 149 St. James Place, Apt. 26.
1899

at 3211

1901

E. Joe Albertson

New York Evening
Ikeler ’ll,

who

is

Star.

He

is

is

Editor of the Peekskill

associated with Donald F.

General Manager.

1900 Prudence Blizzard, 1900 died in the Geisinger
Memorial Hospital, Danville, Pa., on Sunday, July 24, 1927,
following an operation.
Prior to entering the Normal School, Miss Blizzard
had taught for three terms in rural schools in Montour County.
For the past twenty-six years, she has been one of
Danville’s most efficient sixth and seventh grade teachers,
and will be sadly missed by her fellow teachers and pupils.

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1900 George W. Karl is Principal of the Fairmont
Springs School in Schuylkill, Pa.
Josephine M. Cummings is a teacher of Geography
Edison Junior High School, Harrisburg, Pa. Her address is 3652 Bisbane St.

in the

Mrs. H. C.
Greenville, Tenn.

MacAmis (Blanche Letson) lives in
Mail will reach her at Tusculum College

of that city.

Lulu I. Breisch is Principal of a Grammar School at
Brownbrook, N. Jersey.
1902 There were 27 members of the class of 1902
back for their 25th year reunion, members coming from
various sections to be with their class. Those attending
were: Hadassa F. Balliet, Genevieve L. Bubb, Williamsport;
Harriet E. Fry, Danville; Marie M. Bailey, Fairmount
Springs Edith Appenzeller, East Mauch Chunk Edith L.
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Kuntz, Allentown; May Rhodomoyer Klingerman, Bloomsburg; Blanche Austin Gibbons, Wilkes-Barre; Margaret
Hoff a Henninger, Shamokin Eleanor Gay Northup, Mehoopany; Effie M. Vance, Orangeville; Florence Crow
Hebei, Liverpool Bessie M. Long, Blanche Palm Koehenderfer, Lewistown Elsie Streater Crawford, Dallas Fred
Drumheller, Sunbury;
Grace Bradbury, Stroudsburg;
Charlotte V. Heller, Williamsport; Etta H. Keller, Orangeville; Clarissa Leighow, Washington, D. C. Jennie Williams
Cook, Hazleton; Marion Johnson Skeer, Northumberland;
Marie L. Deim, Scranton; Hortense Metcalf Davis, WilkesBarre; Martha Frymire John, Bloomsburg; Gertrude Dress
Jacobs, Harrisburg.
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1902

—Mary

Francis Gendall lives at Rockville Center, N. Y.
She has two boys and one girl. Her address is
333 N. Forest Ave.
Sue M. Knelly lives at 426 E. 26th St., N. Y. Her
health prevented her being present at her class reunion this
However, she wishes to send her greetings to her
year.
class members and hopes to be with them five years hence.

Edith L. Kuntz is teaching 6th grade
She was graduated from Muhlenberg College
address is 425 Walnut St.

in

Allentown.

in 1926.

Her

Lourissa V. Leighow is a government clerk in Washington, D. C.
Her address is Government Hotels, X. Y.
Building.

1906

Miss Mayme Welsh, for several years a teachand T. V. Ford, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were
Hazleton, Saturday, June 25.

er in Hazleton,

married

in

1907 There were 24 members back Saturday for
the 20th year reunion of the class of 1907. Those attending were: Norma A. Johns, Mrs. Allen B. Eisler, Washington VanWert, O. Ethel L. Burrow, West Pittston Mary E.
Hess, Espy; Esther Wolfe; Dallas, R. D. Florence Whitebread, Sayre; Bertha A. Lovering, Scranton; Florence Corby, Shavertown; Margaret O’Brien, West New York, N. J.
;

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Ruth H. Coolbaugh, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. H.

R. Bittenbender,

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Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. D. M. Brobst, Bloomsburg; Mrs. William H. Yohey, Berwick; Stanley J. Conner, Trenton, N. J.
W. C. LeVan, Allentown; Artemisia M. Bush, Bloomsburg;
Mrs. Robert N. Lowrie, Braddock; Mrs. John R. MacColloch, Lodi, N. J.

1907 Mrs. A. S. Leidy (Alma Noble) lives at 604
N. 63rd St., Philadelphia., Pa. She writes “I am homemaker for a family of five; Dr. Leidy, myself, and three
kiddies.”

prominent citizen of San
J. A. E. Rodriquez is a
Juan, Porto Rico.
He is Vice Pres. & Gen. Manager
Rodriquez & Fine, Inc.; Gen. Manager, P. R. Dept., D. E.
Sicher & Co., Inc., N. Y. President, P. R. Institute of Accountants; Member, Board of Directors, San Juan, Y. M.
C. A. Member, Board of Directors, Masonic Bank of Porto
Rico; Member Advisory Board, University of Porto Rico;
;

;

President, Committee on Publication,
R.

;

Grand Lodge

of P.

Pastmaster, Regeneration Lodge No. 31, San Juan, P. R.

1908 Olive A. Major is a teacher in English in the
Sulzberger Junior High School, Phila., Pa. Her address is
1114 East Rogers Ave., Merchantville, N. J.

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1910 Harold Bomboy, of Espy, and Miss Harriet
Culbertson of Eldorado were married Tuesday, June 21,
in Altoona.
The bride is a graduate of the Altoona High
School and the Indiana State Normal School. She has been
a very successful teacher in the city schools of Altoona.
Mr. Bomboy is connected with the Ralph E. Weeks Company of Sunbury.

1910

Reay W. Milnes is Assistant General Manager
Community Ltd. He lives at Kenwood Sta-

of the Oneida
tion,

Oneida, N. Y.
Julia G. Brill

College.
tion this

is

Instructor of English at

Penn State

She received her M. A. degree from that instituyear.
She lives at 128 Nittany Ave., State Col-

lege, Pa.

1911

Anna

K. Wiant

is

a registered nurse.

During

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the winter she
Baltimore, Md.

located at the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
During the summer she is with the Sargent Camp for girls at Peterboro, N. H. Her permanent
address is 313 N. Broadway, Baltimore.

Edward
High School

is

E. Hippensteel

is

teaching in the

Senior

at Atlantic City, N. J.

Mrs. Richard Rough (Creola Harter) died at her
Nescopeck. She was graduated from Normal in
the music course. She had been active musically from the
day of her graduation to the time of her death. She is survived by her husband and one daughter.

home

in

Alfred K. Naugle

N.

J.

He

is

an

office

Manager

in

Morristown,

lives in Roselle Park.

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1912 Mrs. R. F. Wilner, of Tunkhannock, for some
time a resident of China, was present at the 15th year reunion of the class of 1912. The class had 43 members present, one of the largest of any class in reunion.

Those attending were: Mrs. H. F. Arnold, Glenside,
Mrs. C. H. A. Streamer, Riverside, N. J. Helen Walp,
Kingston; Ruth Monohan, Wilkes-Barre; Jessie Doran,
Daleville; Laura E. Boone, Hazleton; Mary M. Watts, Mrs.
J. R. Hughes, Wilkes-Barre Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Pettit, Pitman, N. J. Mrs. Frank Crouse, Danville; Ethel A. Somons,
Sterling; Leah D. Evans, Scranton;
Mrs. R. F. Wilner,
Tunkhannock; Mr. and Mrs. Ercil Bidleman, Bloomsburg;
William H. Davis, Johnson City, N. Y. Louise W. Vetterlein, Paupack
Mrs. Herbert B. Keller, Culver, Ind. Mrs.
James T. Davison, Scranton; Mrs. Helen Zehner Fuller,
Berwick; Mrs. Laura Houghton Peacock, East Stroudsburg;
Floyd Tubbs, Shickshinny; Mrs. Lucille Wakeman Raver,
Mountain Top; Mrs. C. T. Trivelpiece, Danville; Homer W.
Fetterolf, Mrs. H. W. Fetterolf, Spring Mills; Mrs. Harold
J. Kline, Bloomsburg; Roxie H. Smith, Trucksville; Mrs. B.
J. Shortwood, Bloomsburg; Emma M. MacFarlane, Hazleton; Mrs. Allen Ream, Mrs. Henry Carpenter, Scranton;
Mrs. A. H. Everett, Berwick Mrs. Charlotte P. Holmes, Mr.
and Mrs. H. F. Fenstemaker, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Harold
Graves, Waverly Mrs. Raymond Marsh, Syracuse, N. Y.
Pa.

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Mrs. George E. Pizer, Jermyn; Mrs. J.
burg, and Mrs. J. W. Everett, Indiana.
1912

37

W. Wright, Blooms-

Mrs. E. A. Pettit (Esther Hess) lives at Pit-

She states “The January Quarterly came while
my little daughter and I were quarantined with Scarlet
Fever. It was like a visit from an old friend.”
Charles R. Wiant is Superintendent of the United

man, N.

J.

States Fisheries at Tupelo, Miss.

Laura Houghton Peacock lives at 143 Ridgeway St.,
East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Mrs. Herbert Arnold (Grace Wolfe) lives at 221 East
Oakdale Avenue, Glenside, Pa.
Lucille

Wakeman, now Mrs. K.

J.

Rair, lives at

Moun-

tain Top, Pa.

Martha Selway Schiefer

lives at 7

South Fourth

St.,

Steslton, Pa.

Mrs.

Raymond Marsh

(Harriet Graves) lives at 210

Sedgwick Drive, Syracuse, N. Y.
Mrs. Ianthe Kitchen Neihard was married August
home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Kitchen, Shavertown, to William E. Sommers, formerly of Shelton, Conn.
They are now living at Mt. Airy Farm, Shavertown, Pa.

28, 1926, at the

Mrs.
Pa.,

J.

W. Everett (Ruth

where her husband

Her address

is

is

364 N. 8th

Kline) lives in Indiana,
Secretary of the Y. M. C. A.

St.

Robert E. Schooley died May 13, 1927, at his
home in Berwick after a lengthy illness due to a complication of diseases.
He had been confined to his bed since November. He was born in Wilkes-Barre in 1894 and had
lived for 25 years in Berwick.
He was a graduate of the
Berwick High School, B. S. N. S., and Penn State College.
He had been a teacher in the Berwick High School, a Chemist for the American Car and Foundry Company and last
year became a teacher of Chemistry in the Bloomsburg
High School. He was compelled to give up his work because of his failing health. During his High School and
College days he became widely known as an Athlete.
He
1913

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was a veteran of the World War.
wife and one son.
1913

Nellie

Nurse Corps. She
Washington, D. C.

M. Dennison
is

is

He

is

survived by his

Second Lt.

in the

Army

stationed at Walter Reed Hospital in

May M. Byington is a teacher of Geography in the
Junior High School at Binghamton, N. Y. Her address is
40 Mill St.
H. Pauline Lloyd is a teacher of Music at WilShe received her Music Supervisor’s Certificate
summer from New York University. Her address in
1914

liamsport.
last

Williamsport

is

815 Nichols Place.

1915 Albert F. Symbal
Shenandoah High School.

is

Athletic Director in the

The class of 1916, which had their reunion
was so filled with the reunion spirit at that time
that a special reunion was held this year on Alumni Day.
The class attended the Alumni meeting at 10:30 o’clock and
at 1:30 the class members and guests went to the Elks Home
1916

last year,

for a banquet.

Dr. Waller, one of the guests of honor, gave

much enjoyed

a very

talk as did also Professor Albert

and

Miss Carpenter.

A
line,

as

letter of

was

also a

good wishes was read from Prof. Harttelegram from one of the members.

Business session followed.

Those attending were: Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., Prof. C.
H. Albert, Miss Helen Carpenter, Ray Leidick, president of
the class; Mrs. Pauline Thorne Bellows, Ruth Creasy, Ruth
Titman, Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Henrie, Mrs. Genevieve Craven,
Mr. and Mrs. George Doty, Hilda Wosnock, Hilda Clark,
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Young, Mr. and Mrs. Dikeman, Julia
Boyle, Helen McHugh, Margaret Breslin, Marion Anderson,
Mr. and Mrs. Heath, Margaret Daily, Clara H. Hopkins,
Mabel Shaffer, Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt, Rev. and Mrs. Zechman, Mr. and Mrs. Pettibone, Mrs. Anna Bowersox, Horace Williams, Ivan Schlauch, Frank J. Menahan, Mrs. Cath-

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enne Hagenbuch, Florence Wenner, Mrs. Margaret LeRoy,
Miller, Ruth Dreibelbis, Caroline Elder and Mrs. Ethel

Maud

Henrie.

1916 Maxwell R. Noack is a Director of School VoHis address is 2011
cal Music and Dramatic Art in Phila.
Spring Garden St.

William

Brill received his

M. A. Degree from Trinity

College this year.

was married in June 1926,
They live at 11 Oxford St.,

Arline Nyhart

Howard Kemper.

to

Leroy

Wilkes-

Barre. Pa.

1917

The

class of 1917, in tenth year reunion,

had

the largest attendance reported by any of the classes. There

were 56 present. Among those attending were: Fred Turner Sliker, Mary Moss Dobson, Marie Cromis, Arline Nyhart Kemper, Mary Kaliny Arnold, Agnes G. Maust Diffenbacher, Mary Fisher Eyerly, Sarah Garrison Miller, W. Fred
Kester, Ralph W. Kindig, Clara O’Donnell LeMir, Rose
Monahan, Margaret McHugh, Mertha Broadt, Margaret
Cox, Ted P. Smith, F. H. Shaffer, Gertrude Lord Blanch,
Myrtle Keiser Shepherd,, Florence M. Greener, Anna L.
James, Annie Isaacs Gay, Jane Peck Starr, Nora Berley

Dymond, Elsie Dunlap Weaver, B. J. Swortwood, Bertha
Hacker, Allen H. Cromis, Mary A. Reichard, Anna Pursel,
Esther Wagner Rager, Myrtle E. Bryant, Margaret WilShaffer,
liams, Mabel Varker Stark, Florence Atherton
Elizabeth Williams Greish, Marion G. Kline, Mabel Maust
Duck, Dorothy McCarthy O’Toole, Mildred Avery Love,
Helen Gregory Lippert, Margaret Paltebone Moss and Anna
Richards Carter.

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1917 J. Claire Gift, who has been teaching in the
Junior High School at Milton, will enter Bucknell University
this fall.
It will take her one year to complete the work
for her degree.
While at Bucknell, she will be an Assistant
to the Dean of Women.

Mary R. Reichard has been teaching history in the
Junior High School at Milton, Pa.

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1918 Vida E. Edwards lives at 186 Berkshire Road,
Hasbrouck Heights, N. J. She has been teaching in the
Junior High School in that city.

Henry D. Rentschler

1919

at Ringtown, Pa.

On January

is

a practicing physician

28, 1927, he

was married

to

Miss Doris Eke, of Sayre, Pa.
Elizabeth Muir Steele is teaching English in the West
Reading High School. During the summer she has been

spending her vacation selling investment securities.

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1921 Miss Erma Souders and Charles F. Stout,
both of Nescopeck were married on Saturday, June 25.
The bride has been employed for several years as a teacher
in the Nescopeck
Mr. Stout is employed in
schools.
Rochester, N. Y., where he and Mrs. Stout will make their
home.
1922

—There

were 36 members of the

at the school for their fifth year reunion.

class of 1922

Members

at-

tending were Laura Miller Goodman, Bloomsburg J. Marie
King, West Pittston Eva M. Morgan, Scranton Ruth E.
Logan, Binghamton, N. Y. Mary E. Sickler, Dallas Mabel
Wintermute Drake, North Mehoopany; Stella Wheeler
Kern, Catawissa; Gertrude S. Miller, Bloomsburg; Dorothy
Grotz Fenstermaker, Bloomsburg; Gertrude Baker Karsner,
Philadelphia; Ruth Sober, Bloomsburg; Catherine Payne,
Shamokin; Gladys Ramage, Pittston; Cleora M. McKinstry,
Helen Deitrick Harman, Bloomsburg; Anna Naylor, Kingston; Marion Graham, Peckville; Cecelia M. Phelbin, Archbald; Mattie L. Luxton, Minersville; M. Dorothy Faust,
Hazleton; Lucile M. Snyder, Hazleton; Emma Shaffer, Gravity; Edna S. Harter, Nescopeck; Lucille Jury Wise, Berwick;
Marion R. Hart, Rock Glen; Stanlea Henry SlinSki, Kingston; Lillian E. Arnold, Shickshinny; Elizabeth Gilbert Vincent, Danville; Kathryn E. Gamble, Sugar Run; Genevieve
Bahr Morrow, Endicott, N. Y. Zala Thornton Lugg, EndiEdward Yost, Ringtown; Betty Owens, Scrancott, N. Y.
ton; Lucy McDermott, Jessup; Marjorie Walker Johnston,
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Miss Helen Louise Ely, of Millville, and ElsWeed, of Lynn, Mass., were married, Saturday afternoon,. May 28, in the Lutheran Church at Millville. The
1922

worth

S.

bride has been a teacher for several years in the Harris-

burg Schools. Mr. Weed is a graduate of Dartmouth in
1923, from the Thayer School of Civil Engineering in 1924.
He was an honor student throughout his college career and
won the “Rufus Choate Scholarship.” He was also elected
Society.
He is employed as an
to the Phi Beta Kappa
engineer in Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Weed will live at 133
State Street.

1922 Miss Ruth Sober is a teacher of Art in Brentwood, Pittsburg, Pa. She has been attending the summer
session at State College this year.

1923 Herbert S’. Jones is in the Real Estate Business in Scranton, Pa. He lives at 1223 Washburn St.
Mrs. Karl Reher (Helen M. Kline) lives at 6164 Haverford Ave., Phila., Pa.

1924 Miss Dorothy Stevens of McKees Rocks was
married in Pittsburg on Wednesday, June 22, to Robert R.
Malcolm. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm will reside at 1098 Valley
Street,

McKees Rocks.

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1924 At the parsonage of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of Beverly, New Jersey, Thursday evening, July
28, Miss Ruth Stevens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Stevens, of East Sixth street, and one of Bloomsburg’s most
highly esteemed young ladies, became the bride of Frank
Wilson, of Port Republic, New Jersey. The Rev. Mr. Magee officiated at the ceremony.
Attending the bride and groom were Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson, the latter a daughter of the officiating clergyman,
Miss Linda Mitchell and Francis Huntley, of Port Republic,

New

Jersey.

The bride is a graduate of the Bloomsburg High
School and the Bloomsburg State Normal School and during the last year has been teaching at Port Republic, where
she will also teach during the coming school term.

The

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groom

is

employed by the Atlantic City Electric Company.

—Dorothy

1924

K. John was married to Harold P.

Dillon in the First Methodist

Church

at Bloomsburg, Pa.,

Saturday, July 2. Mrs. Dillon was formerly Director of
Fine Art in the schools of Bloomsburg. Later she was an
assistant in the Art Department at Teachers College. Mr.
Dillon is a graduate of Staunton Military Academy and is
associated with his brother, C. H. Dillon, in the floral firm
of

J.

L. Dillon.

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1925 The youngest class in reunion, the class of
had
32 members attending. Those attending were:
1925,
Bertha SutlifF Trucksville Miriam Hippensteel, Orangeville
Ida Steinert, Sunbury; Elizabeth Keller, Orangeville; MildAlice Lumbert,
red Footz, Forest City; Celia Lumbert,
Forest City; Ruth M. Dyer, Shamokin; Mildred I. Zerbe,
Shamokin; Ellen Andes, Nanticoke; Elizabeth Marvin,
Muhlenburg; Isabel Williams, West Pittston; Ruth Thomas,
Pittston; Ruth Owens, Scranton; Pearl Radel, Sunbury;
Rachel Bolles, Scranton; Clara E. Martin, Hazleton; Ruth
,

;

Wilkes-Barre; Lily
Ellen Pheby,
Elizabeth Watkins, Kingston; Grace E. Harlos, Kingston;
Helen R. Kellam, Sterling; Margaret R. Fleming, Kingston;
E. Walper, Hazleton;

Helen J. Nash, Kingston Martha E. Roushey, Lehman and
Esther M. Grim, Tower City.
;

1926 Miss Martha Appleman of Bloomsburg, and
Car Hewitt Cook, of Washington, D. C., were married in
Northumberland, May 17.

Miss Deborah Waters, of Catawissa, was married
June 29, to Professor L. R. Norville, a member of the facFollowing the ceremony
ulty of the University of Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. Norville left by motor for New York City
where they sailed for a trip through England and the continent.
They will make their home in Bloomington,
Indiana.

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1926 Mary E. Straub and P. G’loyd Werkheiser, of
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been living in Bloomsburg for some years following his retirement from active business in Philadelphia. The bride
for several years has been
teaching in the Bloomsburg
schools.
They will live at 414 Market street, Bloomsburg.
1927

—Miss Sara Seitz was married June 10

to

Harry

Mr. Lindeaur is a graduate of
the Turbotville High School and the Bliss Electrical School
of Washington, D. C.
He is now employed by the Penn
Power and Light Company.
L. Lindeaur, of Danville, Pa.

The addresses of the following are unknown. Any
information concerning them will be greatly appreciated.
Send letters to Prof. F. H. Jenkins, West Fifth St.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.
1883 Mary E. McHale.
1888 W. Fowler Buck.
1893 .Ella B. Kurtz, Anna P. Burke, Kate Connelly,
Bridget McLaughlin, Harry E. Crow.

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1898 W. Grant Morgain, Miss Mary Trucken Miller,
Blanche G. Dawson, Irma B. Wheler (Mrs. Lew is G. Varney) Charles D. Appleman, Laura E. Smitt.
r

—Susie Cook
1908 —Margaret
1903

ner.

(Mrs. Chas. Morgan) Dora Koer-

Cummings,
J. Johnson, James E.
Edith A. Hull, W. D. Richards, Florence 0. Beddall, Sara C.
Faust, D. E. Maurer, Grace F. Wells (Mrs. Clyde Sandres)
Mrs. George W. Wooters (Lucretia Christian.)

—Mrs.

Leonard (Gertrude Thomas) Clarence Myles, Verna Miller, Adah D. Harrison, Marie J. Col1913

lins,

A.

S.

Ethel B. Jones.

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1918 Madolyn Smoyer (Mrs. Wm. A.
Saenger)
Gertrude Knoll, J. Claire Patterson, Florence L. Hess.
1923

—Lois

Dodson,

ter,

nitz,

Violet

Ruth

A. Faye Weaver,

Lucille B.

Mary Betz, Margaret Morgan, Jessie BrunstetVan Demples, Elizabeth Ransum, Anna W. Kas-

Rutherford,

S. Phillips.

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