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CHARLES HENRY ALBERT

The Alumni Quarterly
PUBLISHED BY

THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
JANUARY,

Vol. 40

1939

No.

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Entered as Second-Class Matter. July

1, 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg,
Under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published Four Times a Year.

Pa.,

H. F.
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FENSTEMAKER,
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of Professor Charles Henry Albert by his
classmates and students, loving him for his high
ideals in his work for our school, extending from 1887 to
1927, Christian scholar, inspiring teacher, uplifting lec-

turer.”

So reads the bronze plaque which took its place on
the walls of Waller Hall at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, placed there following a moving presentation ceremony in the alumni room.
Members of Mr. Albert’s graduating class of the
College, the Class of 1879, were guests of honor at the
ceremony and others attending included relatives, former
pupils and friends of the man in whose distinction the

meeting had been called.

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Samuel J. Johnston, of town, a member of the Class
of 1893, presented the plaque to Dr. Francis B. Haas,
President of the College.
Preceding the unveiling, the plaque was covered
with a maroon and gold cloth and stood before a basket
of large white and rust chrysanthemums. Candelebras at
each side of the bouquet added to the effectiveness of the
scene.
Those on the program as well as the honored guests
were seated about a long table placed in front of one of
the large windows of the room. Other guests occupied
chairs placed about the floor, almost filling the interior
of the room.
Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr., of the Class of 1867, now President Emeritus of the College, delivered the invocation.
Miss Hannah Breece, of the Class of 1879, of which Professor Albert was a member, earnestly expressed her
esteem and affection for her classmate, explaining that
throughout the years of her acquaintanceship with him
she has known him as an “outstanding man, deep in
thought and kindly in manner.”
Four plaques will occupy the walls of the school
now, she explained, honoring Professor Noetling and
Professor Bakeless, both passed on, and Dr. Waller and
Professor Albert.
The Class of 1879, she reported, has been an honor to
the school, having been started on the foundation of
prayer with the members pledged to try to make at least
a little bit of the world better.
An eloquent and reverent tribute to Professor Albert
was paid by an associate faculty member, Dr. D. S. Hartline, who explained that the former had always been infused with the spirit of the “true teacher.” He went on to
explain some of the reasons why classmates, pupils and
associate teachers hold Professor Albert “in dear remembrance.”
He related a classroom incident in which he overheard a student of Professor Albert remark, “One is always happier and better having been in one of that man’s
classes.”
L. P. Bierly, of West Pittston, a graduate of 1895 and
a co-worker of Professor Albert, said in regard to the
guest of honor, “He found himself early in life he had his
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vision and he stuck to it. He had noble ideals in his profession and wherever he was called upon to serve. He is
loyal, earnest, painstaking, devoted and forceful.”
In presenting the plaque, Mr. Johnson related some
of his experiences with Professor Albert when the former
was a boy of nine. “He became my ideal,” Mr. Johnson
stated.
“As a citizen of Bloomsburg, there has never been a
civic enterprise to which Professor Albert has not given
of his time, energy and money. I know that he more than
any one man has advertised this school to the four corners
of the United States.”
Dr. Haas received the plaque after its unveiling, declaring, “Professor Albert is an outstanding representative of the tenders of the temples of the United States,
which are the school-houses of America.”
In closing he read a portion of the poem, “Alma
Mater,” written by Dean W. B. Sutliff, of town.
Five members of Professor Albert’s class, the Class
of 1879, were present: Mrs. J. C. Kunkle, the former Miss

Miss Louise Robbins; Miss Hannah
Ida Turnbach
Breece Mrs. W. C. Bond, the former Miss Ella Allen, and
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Mr. Albert.
of Professor Albert’s family who attended
as follows: Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Albert and son,
Charles, Jr., of Wilkes-Barre; the Rev. and Mrs. Dallas
C. Baer and children, Mary and Ruth, of Selinsgrove Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Y. Glenn, of Berwick and Mr. and Mrs. R.
Bruce Albert, of Bloomsburg.

Members

were

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The Siberian

Singers, under the direction of Nichola
in one of the regularly scheduled entertainment courses at the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College Friday evening, November 1 1 at 8:15. The internationally famous Russian Male Choir opened the program with some early Russian church music. During this
rendition they appeared in Cathedral robes of the period.
Vasilieff,

appeared

The Siberian Singers have been heard frequently over
numerous national networks, and are considered one of
the outstanding attractions on the excellent course
gram arranged by Professor E. A. Reams.

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OCTOBER
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Bloomsburg State Teachers College, bringing back several thousand graduates and friends to enjoy an outstanding program.
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Returning alumni were delighted with the hospitalthe Alma Mater, the beautiful decorations in the
buildings and on the campus and the steady progress being made in the large construction program now under
way.
Students, faculty and others connected with the institution climaxed weeks of preparation, being on the
ity of

job from early morning until late at night seeing that the
visitors had a fine time. In this they were successful.
The program opened with the presentation of a
plaque in honor of Professor Charles H. Albert, one of the
beloved “Old Guard” of the institution. The splendid
Maroon and Gold Band entertained with a concert in the
gymnasium during the morning and the Maroon and Gold
orchestra provided music during the dinner.
The Husky football team lost to Shippensburg, 7-0,
but otherwise the Bloomsburg teams were successful, the
soccer team triumphing over Lock Haven, 4-0, and the
cross country team downing powerful West Chester,
22-23.

There was an informal tea following the football,
which attracted around 3,000, and the concluding feature
was an informal dance in the decorated gymnasium.
The program of the Maroon and Gold Band presented during the morning concert follows: “Salute to
Shippensburg,” “On the Square,” “Lustspiel,” “The Pathfinder,” “Aida,” “Regimental Band,” “Them Basses,”
“Victor Herbert Favorites,” “Golden Spur,” and “Annie
Lisle,” the Alma Mater of Shippensburg and Bloomsburg.

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ILLIAM WHITE EVANS, County Superintendent

of

Schools in Columbia County since 1902, died at
his home on East Second Street, Bloomsburg, at 9 :20
o’clock Thursday, October 6.
He was taken ill April 25 and before the close of the
school terms throughout the county found it necessary
to relinquish his work here and place himself in the
hands of Dr. George Pfahler, the noted Philadelphia
specialist. He was under his care much of the time since,
and there were periods when it was thought the disease
had been arrested. He was compelled, however, to take to
his bed several weeks before, and for some days his condition had been critical.
Mr. Evans, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Evans,
was born on the Evans’ homestead in Montour Township,
April 4, 1873.
His first teacher in the school at Rupert was Mrs.
Ellen Schooniver, later an instructor at the Bloomsburg
State Normal School. He subsequently attended the
Bloomsburg State Normal School during the Spring terms,

teaching during the winter to defray his expenses. He was
graduated from the Bloomsburg State Normal School in
1894. After that he taught in various schools in the county,
and was the first principal of the Orangeville school after
its purchase by the township from the Orangeville Seminary stockholders. Following that experience he taught
at Huntington Mills and West Pittston, both in Luzerne
county. He took a college course at the University of
Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, and returned to Bloomsburg to
teach in the high school. He was thus engaged in May,
1902, when he was first elected to the superintendency.
During most of the times he came up for re-election
lie was without opposition, as was the case this Spring
when he was again re-elected. He became ill shortly
thereafter in fact, it was necessary for him to take the
oath of office in Philadelphia, where he had gone for
treatment for the disease which was later to claim his life,
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Columbia County’s rural schools and their presentday efficiency in no small degree represent the work of
County Superintendent Evans, who brought to the work
when he was first elected in 1902, an initiative and
breadth of view that before long was recognized throughout the entire state.

Columbia County has done much in an educational
way that has set the standard for the state, and nowhere
so much as in its rural school work, under the leadership
of Superintendent Evans,

has this been true. Columbia
County has always been a trail blazer, and much of this
has been due to the efforts of the superintendent.

He was one of the first to grasp the possibilities of
the vocational school, and the chain of vocational schools
which now dot the rural section of the county came
largely under his inspirational leadership.
The, school consolidation idea, where practical, was
another project that came to fruition in the county under
his leadership.
He was one of the first to recognize the need for a
return to fundamentals and the spelling, arithmetic and
public speaking contests, known the county over, were instituted by him years ago in furthering the cause of education. It was his initiative that brought a greater appreciation of art into the rural schools and he inspired the
proper decoration of school rooms, as well as school
grounds. Experts were brought here to further the idea.
The district institutes and school fairs, held in connection with the Farm Bureau and the Sabbath School
Association, were further means adopted of linking the
home and the school together. His close contact with the
teachers through the monthly meetings of the Columbia
County Teachers’ Association, brought big returns to the
patrons of the school as a result of the inspiration these
meetings have furnished.
To tell in detail the multiplied activities of the
county superintendent’s office in the last thirty-six years,
would require volumes, but it would tell of far-sighted,
broad-visioned effort to give Columbia County the best
there is to be had, educationally speaking.
In the development of the county’s educational interests Mr. Evans worked for years in the outlying sections
of the county in promoting the program of education

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which has meant so much to the county. Nowhere has this
extension work been carried out on a more extended
scale, and nowhere has there been closer cooperation between the rural schools and the experts of the State Department of Education and State College.
The place which Mr. Evans had won for himself in
the field of education was illustrated some years ago
when he was elected president of the State Educational
Association. His services were widely in demand as a
speaker on educational subjects; he was considered an
authority on the subject of rural education and its
problems.

Mr. Evans served as the first president of the ColumCounty Historical Society. He gave the County Farm
Bureau the greatest support and co-operation. As chairman of the Columbia County Chapter of the Red Cross
throughout the war he gave untiring service for years.
With practically every movement that has looked toward
the growth of the town and county he has had a part
and no small one. He was vice-president of the Columbia
County Trust Company, and a director of the Bloomsburg
Bank-Columbia Trust Company following the merger. He
was a charter member and past president of the Bloomsburg Rotary Club. He was affiliated with the various
bodies of Caldwell Consistory and a member of the First
Presbyterian Church, where for a number of years he
taught a Sunday School class. He had for several years
been a trustee of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.
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Tragically enough, his death came just at the time when
the school consolidations he had so long pictured were be-

coming

realities.

Surviving him are his wife by his second marriage,
the former Mrs. Elizabeth Roman Rutter, for a number of
years a teacher in the Berwick schools, and four daughters by his first marriage to Miss Bertha Rees, of Taylor,
whose death occurred some years ago. The children are
Mrs. George J. Keller, of Bloomsburg; Mrs. Francis
Parker, of Belleville, N. J. Miss Esther Evans, of Annville, and Miss Mary Evans, at home. Also surviving are
a step-son, Edwin W. Rutter, at home, and a brother and
sister: Harry I. Evans, of East Fourth street, and Mrs. J.
S. John, of West Main street.
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GUIDANCE COUNSELOR ADVISES STUDENTS
TO FIND APTITUDES
Jill Edwards, noted vocational guidance counselor of
Chicago, who spoke at the College Friday, October 7, advised the students of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College that achieving success in life depends on developing
an attractive personality, and on finding out exactly what
work one is best fitted for.
Speaking at the school assembly, Miss Edwards explained that psychologists have finally caught up with
the great human problem of determining fitness for jobs

scientific tests for actually measuring individual aptitudes.
“We have found that most persons use only thirty
per cent of their abilities merely because they are not
aware that they possess them,” she said. “In seven of ten
instances, young people choose careers by accident or
force of circumstances and go through life wondering
why they are discontented and unsuccessful.”
Miss Edwards, who has counseled more than 3,000,000 young people in three coast-to-coast tours of American schools, urged the students to find out what their
natural aptitudes are before choosing a career or a course
of study, and declared
“As the value of vocational guidance through scientific testing is becoming familiar throughout the country,
more and more business executives are choosing job
applicants on the basis of their specific abilities for any
given task.”
Miss Edwards’ own attractiveness gave weight to her
counsel with regard to developing personality. This can be
accomplished, through finding “joy in living,” she said,
and presented the seven points of her personality creed
as follows:

through development of

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something today about my health, my figure,
appearance, my voice and my speech habits.

shall do

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state of joyous growth.

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3.

I shall employ the light touch today and bring joy and
laughter to at least one person.

4.

I shall use the gracious
others.

5.

I

shall

develop

my

ways today

in

my

contact with

senses today in appreciation

of

beauty.
6.

I shall have faith today in
the Great Creative Force
and realize that I am an important part of a great

plan.
7.

I

shall live valiantly today.

Following her lecture, Miss Edwards gave individual
counsel to

many

of the students.

The Jitney Players, who have played at the leadingcolleges and have been in existence for about fifteen
years, will perform at the Bloomsburg College January
1 1. This group is sponsored by a
number of outstandingartists, including Catherine Cornell, America’s foremost
actress.

One of the most noted concert dancers in America
and the most prominent exponent of the art of classic
pantomime, Miriam Marmein, will bring her ensemble to
the local platform February 3.
This program is notable for its originality, beauty
and variety, and includes numbers of both dramatic and
humorous vein. All are strikingly costumed. Miss Marmein has appeared in Europe and has been soloist at Carnegie Hall, New York, and the Brooklyn Academy of
Music, as well as being with the New York and Philharmonic Orchestras for several seasons.
The last number on the entertainment series will be
the Zimmer Harp Trio, who are making their tenth transcontinental tour and will appear with Thomas Curley,
baritone. The three women musicians, who have been received by critics and music lovers with great enthusiasm
for their far-reaching contribution to the concert platform, will entertain with a program of surprising variety

and

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annual Institute of Columbia
County teachers was held at the College, November
21 and 22. The Institute was under the direction of Ray
M. Cole ’ll, newly appointed superintendent of the Columbia County schools. The program included a memorial
service held in memory of the late William W. Evans, for
many years County Superintendent. The service was conducted by the Rev. Samuel Harker, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Bloomsburg.

The College was well represented on the institute
program. Members of the faculty who participated were:
Dr. H. Harrison Russell, Prof. Earl N. Rhodes, Miss Edna
Hazen and Miss May T. Hayden. One of the general sessions was opened by a short concert presented by the
Maroon and Gold Orchestra, and at another session several numbers were sung by the A Capella Choir.
The College provided the talent for an evening entertainment, consisting of a one-act play by the Dramatic
Club, xylophone numbers by Miss Ethel Ruth, selections
on the marimba by Miss Candace Dietrich, and a showing
of the College film “Alma Mater.”

The Bloomsburg State Teachers College broadcast a
radio program over station WKOK, Sunbury, from 7 to
7 :30, Wednesday evening, October 26. The theme of the
program was devoted to Home-Coming Day, a celebration
of the Centennial Year of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College.
Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of Bloomsburg State
Teachers College Dr. Kimber Kuster, chairman of HomeComing Day Committee; Mr. Bruce Albert, President of
the B. S. T. C. Alumni Association, and Dr. E. H. Nelson
of the College faculty, spoke briefly.
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FAME

Professor George J. Keller, member of the State
Teachers College faculty, who is widely known throughout the country for his unusual hobby of training wild
animals presented for the first time his new colored film
called “Jungle Farm” for the under-graduates at the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College on December 2nd in
the College auditorium. “Jungle Farm” is a most unusual
picture, in that it presents its story of circus life from the
inside looking through the eyes of the showman. Most
circus films merely portray life from the onlooker’s point
of view. Now, featured in the film is a collection of albino
animals, largest in the world at the present time, including a deer, squirrels, a porcupine, a raccoon, a possum, a
fox, owls, and a groundhog, an interesting episode shows
a freak wind storm destroying the big top of Mr. Keller’s
show, and includes the uneasiness of the animals during
the storm another section of the film reveals the interesting life led by circus people behind the scenes and as a
most interesting conclusion, the various steps of lion
training from the beginning to the end are shown. These
last pictures are taken from the inside of the trainingcage at once, and included in this group are two panthers,
an African lion, a mountain lion, and a leopard.
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Professor Keller has received national

prominence

as a result of his interesting hobby, in which he is known
as the only man in the world who trains teachers by day
and lions by night. Professor Keller’s unusual ability with
his hobby has been recognized by the following well-

known

publications: Time, Screen and Radio, Billboard,
Popular Science Monthly, Life, and American Magazine.
In addition, Professor Keller has appeared on radio over
WOR, Newark, and WJZ and other stations on their
system. Professor Keller’s last radio appearance was featured on the Jello “Hobby-Lobby” program.
Such general interest has been aroused by this unusual teacher-showman that negotiations are pending
whereby he may present his animal training exhibit at one
of the following places next season Steel Pier, Atlantic
City, Hershey Park, several circuses, and with the Frank
Buck enterprises at the World’s Fair, New York City.
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SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IS INSPIRATION FOR
POET LAUREATE OF CANADA
A poem inspired by previous
“Where the Susquehanna Floweth

visits

to this section,

Her Lover in the
Sea,’’ has been written by Wilson MacDonald, known as
the poet laureate of Canada. It was recently set to music
by the poet and was sung for the first time in the Bloomsto

burg Teachers College auditorium Friday morning, Nov-

ember 4.
The premiere

of the song was staged at Mr. MacDonald’s request and was sung at the assembly exercises
by Miss Maree E. Pensyl, a member of the local high
school faculty and possessor of a lovely soprano voice.
Mr. MacDonald’s first appearance at the College was
three years ago. He made a distinct hit with the rendition
of his

own

poetry.

“O

the robin has a lover in the tree.
the flowers are wooed by gallant knight-a-bee
the Susquehanna flows wearing sunset like a rose,
As she goes to meet her lover in the seas.
All the world is full of lovers brave and true,
There are sweethearts in the roses and the dew
All the Summer gardens hold lovers dressed in green and

And
And

gold,

So

why

should

I

not be a lover too.

Chorus

“Where

the Susquehanna floweth to her lover in the sea,
waiting in the twilight and my thoughts flow out to
thee
Moon and star are softly gleaming,
And my heart is dreaming, dreaming
When the Susquehanna floweth to her lover in the sea.
I

am

“What care 1 for all the lasses in the town ?
What care I for silk or satin in a gown?
Where

the Susquehanna flows wearing sunset like a rose,
simple country maiden dressed in brown.
When the bloom is fragrant on the hawthorne tree,
She rides down the Susquehanna to the sea;
And the mountains grim and scarred rise above her like a
guard,
Lest her heart should seek some other knight-a-bee.’’
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FALL SPORTS
The College was represented in three inter-collegiate
sports during the Fall season
football, soccer, and crosscountry. In the matter of victories, football fared the
worst, winning one, tying one, and losing six. The soccer

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squad won twice from Lock Haven, twice from Susquehanna University, and lost to East Stroudsburg. The crosscountry team won from West Chester 22-33 in the run at
Bloomsburg on Home-coming Day and later in the season
lost at West Chester by a single point in a 27-28 score.
Slippery Rock was beaten 24-31. In an A. A. U. sponsored
run held in Philadelphia a Bloomsburg boy, Dan Ivemple,
placed fourth in a field of over one hundred. Don Earns
won first county prize in the Berwick Marathon, placing
fifteenth in the entire field.

More than one hundred boys tried out for these various sports. Intra-mural activity attracted the interest of
many more so the athletic fields were constantly busy.
The program for women was varied and extensive, confined entirely to intra-mural activities. Just now the Winter season is getting under way, with basketball in the
spot light for both men and women. The new physical
education plant is nearly ready for use. Its completeness
will add much to the worth and interest of the Health
program.

VARSITY BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
1938-39

December 16, 1938
January 12, 1939
January 14, 1939
January 20, 1939
January 27, 1939
February 3, 1939
February 4, 1939
February 9, 1939
February 11, 1939
February 15, 1939
February 17, 1939
February 23, 1939

Alumni

— Home

— Away
— Home
— Away
— Home
—Lancaster
West Chester
— Away
East Stroudsburg
— Home
Lock Haven
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Home
Lock Haven
— Away
Indiana
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Home
Mansfield
— Home
Mansfield

S. T. C.

Shippensburg
Shippensburg

S. T. C.

S. T. C.
Millersville S. T. C.
Millersville S. T. C.
S. T. C.
S. T. C.
S. T. C.
S. T. C.
S. T. C.
S. T. C.

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February

25,

1939

Coach

East Stroudsburg S. T. C.
George Buchheit

Acting Manager

— Away

Dean Harpe

WRESTLING
January

11,

1939

Scranton Keystone

Jr.

College

Home
January

14,

1939

Polytechnic Institute
lyn

January 27, 1939
February 4, 1939
February 11, 1939
February 16, 1939
February 25, 1939
Coach

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of

Brook-

— Home
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— Home
— Home
— Away

East Stroudsburg S. T. C.
Mansfield S. T. C.
Away

Lock Haven
Mansfield

S.

S. T. C.

T. C.

Lock Haven S. T. C.
Kenneth Horner
Ben Hancock
Manager
Coach George C. Buchheit’s Bloomsburg State
Teachers College basketball season opened against a
strong Alumni organization, submerging the former
“Husky Greats” 66-32. Coach Buchheit used three different combinations and one of them ought to be good for
the current season.
Herr, Shamokin;
Starting for Bloomsburg were
Smethers, Berwick, as forwards; Iverchusky, Ringtown,
center; Banta, Luzerne; Balchunas, Shamokin, as guards;
Other boys who will undoubtedly see service during the
coming year are: Giermak, Edwardsville Wesley, Luzerne; Luckenbill, Freeland; Wenrich, Harrisburg; Bonham, Forty Fort; Van Devender, Shamokin; Snyder,
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Bloomsburg; Edwards, Edwardsville; Kemple, Cumbola;
Zimmerman, Nuremburg; Hippensteel, Epsy; Crocamo,
Luzerne; Smith, Harrisburg; Shugars, Shamokin; Desenberg, Towanda; Bevilacqua, Berwick; Valente, Hazelton;
Fritz, Bloomsburg; and Grow, Ringtown.
George C. Buchheit, coach of track and basketball,
assistant coach of football, and assistant dean of men at
the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, was recently appointed a member of the board of the Middle Atlantic
Amateur Athletic Union, which has jurisdiction over
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. The Middle
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Atlantic A. A. U. will sponsor meetings to be held in
Philadelphia, December 4 Camden, December 10, and
Philadelphia, February 10.
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Dean H. A. Andruss, Miss May T. Hayden, Miss Edna J. Hazen, and Mr. S. I. Shortess, all of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, participated in the sixtyeighth annual meeting of the Luzerne County Teachers
Institute.

Dean Andruss spoke on “New Standards in Commercial Education.” Miss Hayden spoke on “Pupil Difficulties in Intermediate Arithmetic.” Miss Hazen discussed “Problems of the Rural School Teachers” and “Planning the Program.” Mr. Shortess discussed the “Relation
of High School Science Teaching to Teacher Training.”
Harold G. Teel, of Bloomsburg, District Attorney of
Columbia County, and a former member of the College
faculty, was injured in an automobile accident in Reading, November 23. With him in the car were Mrs. Teel
and their daughter, Martha Louise. Mrs. Teel was also injured, but Miss Teel escaped injuries. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Teel were able to return home a few days later, and have
by this time recovered from the effects of the accident.

The students

of the College were given a real treat
Capella Choir and Verse Choir of the Pottsville High School paid a visit to Bloomsburg Friday, December 9. Under the direction of Earl W. Haviland, they
presented at the College assembly a program appropriate
to the Christmas season. The fine A Capella Choir of one
hundred voices sang a group of songs, and in the latter
part of their program they sang a cantata, “The Prince of
Peace.” A very interesting part of the program was the
work of the Verse Choir, composed of twenty-five girls.

when

the

A

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recited together, in perfect unison, giving
a group of selections during the first part of the program,
and interspersing the Scriptural text of the Christmas

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story between the various numbers of the cantata sung by
the A Capella Choir. Both choirs appeared in robes, and
presented a beautiful picture to the audience. The program as a whole was a fine example of the work that is
being done in the best high schools of the Commonwealth.

The following have been elected as class officers for
the Freshman class at the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College: Edward Balchunas, president, Shamokin Frank
;

Shope, vice-president, Berwick Dorothy Lynch, secretary,
Ringtown, and Raymond Spence, treasurer, Harrisburg.
;

New members
at the

of Phi Sigma Pi, honorary fraternity
Bloomsburg State Teachers College were initiated

recently at the

New members

of Dr. T. P. North, faculty advisor.
of the fraternity include: Robert Linn,

Jon Pomrinke, Nanticoke; Howard TomlinNewtown; William Penman, Bloomsburg; Walter

Catawissa
son,

home

;

Reed, Shillington Gerald Fritz, Berwick; Bruce Miller,
Berwick; Dale Troy, Nuremburg; Leonard Stout, Nescopeck James Deily, Bloomsburg, and Reber Fisher, Cata;

;

wissa.

The

Phi Sigma Pi are: president, Fred

officers of

secretary, Ray McBride, Berwick
vice-president, Clair Miller, Bloomsburg; treasurer, Walter Woytovich, Shamokin. Professors E. A. Reams and T.
P. North are the faculty advisers.

Houck,

Catawissa

;

The Reverend Canon Stewart F. Gast, of Christ
Church, Williamsport, was the speaker in an Armistice
Day program held at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College Friday morning, November 11, at 10 A. M. Canon
Gast is a former rector of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
of Bloomsburg.
The annual Freshman “Kiddies Party’’ for the Class
of 1942 was held Tuesday evening, October 25 at the College. All the Freshman, 220 in number, were present and

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dressed as youngsters under ten years of age.
Games befitting the occasion, such as Farmer in the
Dell and Drop the Handkerchief were played, and refreshments were served. The following prizes were
awarded prettiest girl, Kitty O’Neil of Freeland honorable mention, Marion Black, Lake Ariel, and Eleanor
prettiest boy, Harry Morris of Danville
Twardzick
honorable mention, Joe Barshock and Floyd Keener of
Harrisburg funniest boy, Robert Johnson of Ickesburg;
honorable mention, Lawrence Myers, Danville; and Earl
Blessing, Harrisburg funny girl, Jim Harmon of Cata:

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;

wissa.

The Class of 1939 of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College held their first social function of the current year
when the “Senior Informal Dance” took place in the College gymnasium, December 17, at 8:30 P. M. The decorations followed the Christmas motif and refreshments were
served during the evening. Class officers are as follows:
President, James DeRose, Peckville Vice-President, Fred
Houck, Catawissa; Helen Mayan, Secretary, Danville,
and Virginia Burke, Treasurer, Shenendoah. The committees in charge of the dance included the following:
General Chairmen, Dorothy Englehart, Bloomsburg, and
Ray Zimmerman, Nuremburg; Orchestra Chairman, Lucille Adams, Berwick; Program Chairman, Virginia Roth,
Allentown, and Lois Johnson, Bloomsburg, and Refreshment Chairman, Chalmers Wenrich, Harrisburg, and
Irene Bonin, Hazelton.
;

Eighteen members of the 1938 varsity football squad
of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College were awarded
a varsity “B” at a recent meeting of the athletic committee of the College. Six boys were awarded the “J. V.”
letter for the current season. The recommendations for
awards were made to the committee by head coach A.

Austin Tate. The following boys received varsity awards:
Balchunas, Shamokin Coblentz, Berwick Giermack, Edwardsville
Herbert, Forty Fort; Hinds, Bloomsburg;
Hauseknecht, Montoursville Hummed, Northumberland;
Kirk, Berwick; Lipfert, Wilkes-Barre; Lehman, Hanover
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Township; Pogozelski, Shamokin; Price, Glen Lyon;
Sworin, Dunmore
Scandel, Shamokin
Van Devender,
Shamokin; Welliver, Bloomsburg. The following boys received “J. V.” awards: Bakey, Mt. Carmel; Colly, Benton; Forsyth, Northumberland; Fritz, Berwick; Little,
Danville; Miller, Hazelton, and Miles Smith of Berwick
received the manager’s award.
;

;

Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas of the Bloomsburg
State Teachers College recently entertained the trustees
and faculty of the College, and the co-operative teachers
from Bloomsburg and vicinity who participate in the
teacher training program of the College. The reception
followed the address made by Lew Sarett and was held in
the social rooms of Science Hall. Refreshments were

served to nearly a hundred guests.

A conference of under-graduates from the State
Teachers Colleges of Pennsylvania was held at Lock
Haven recently. There was a general conference dealing
with student council and student life problems. The guest
speaker was Dr. Ambrose L. Suhrie, School of Education,
New York University. Panel discussions were held concerning functions of student council, point system, financial forms, and college morale.
There were six teachers colleges represented

Bloomsburg, Kutztown, West Chester, Lock Haven, Slippery Rock, and Indiana. Delegates from Bloomsburg included
Ray McBride, Berwick
Florence Stefanski,
Wilkes-Barre; Vivian Frey, Mifflinville Rose Mary Hausknecht, Bloomsburg; Abigal Lonergan, Berwick; James
DeRose, Peckville Ray Zimmerman, Nuremberg; Peggy
Lonergan, Berwick; John Bower, Berwick, and William
Wertz, Frackville.
:

;

;

;

The Maroon and Gold Band, under the
Professor H. F. Fenstemaker,

direction of

presented a concert over
Station WKOK, Sunburv, Wednesday evening, December
14, from seven to seven-thirty P. M. The band played the

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following program “On the Square,” a march by Panella; “Lustspiel” an overture by Keler-Bela;
“Them
Basses,” a march novelty by Huffine
“Victor Herbert
Favorites,” a medley by Herbert, and “Regimental Band,”
a march by Sweeley.
:

;

The corner-stone laying exercises for the new gymnasium, Junior high school, and maintainence buildings
were held Tuesday, September 27. During the informal
exercises, Dr. Hower, President of the Board of Trustees,
placed the sealed box containing records of the one hundred year old institution in the building corner-stone.
Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the College; Bruce
Albert, President of the College Alumni Association; Ray
McBride of Berwick, President of the student body; Dr.
E. H. Nelson, Director of Health Education and several
representatives of the General State Authorities acknowledged introductions. Dr. D. J. Waller, long associated
with the Bloomsburg institution, delivered the invocation.
Formal dedicatory exercises for the new buildings will
be held this Spring.

Mr. George M. Smeltzer of the Unemployment Compensation Division of the Department of Labor and Industry addressed the assembly at the College Friday, October
23, at 10 A. M. Mr. Smeltzer also showed a film entitled
“Your Job Insurance” which has been produced by the
State Social Security Board.

American Education Week was celebrated November 7-12 inclusive at the College. Monday, November 7,
a group of under-graduates, under the direction of Professor E. N. Rhodes of the College faculty, presented a
program in the assembly, in commemoration of American
Education Week. The students who participated, and the
topics for discussion were Lucille Adams, Berwick,
“Developing Strong Bodies and Able Minds” Annabel
;

“Mastering Skills and Knowledge”
Ruth Dugan, Bloomsburg, “Attaining Values and StandBailey,

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New

ards”; Robert Parker, Kulpmont, “Accepting
Civic
Responsibilities’’;
James DeRose, Peckville, “HoldingFast to Our Ideals of Freedom’’
John Bower, Berwick,
;

“Gaining Security for All”; William Strawinski, Harrisburg, “The Significance of American Education Week.”
The same program was also broadcast through station WKOK, Sunbury, Wednesday evening, November 9.

The A Capella Choir, under the direction of Miss
Harriet Moore of the College faculty, broadcast Wednesday evening. December 21, from the auditorium of the
at Sunbury, from 7 :00 to
College over station
7 :30 P. M. The program consisted of Christmas music,
and William Moratelli of Kulpmont was a soloist on the

WKOK

program.

The Maroon and Gold Band, under the direction of
Professor H. F. Fenstemaker, gave a forty-five minute
concert in the auditorium of the College Thursday afternoon, December 22, at 2 :15 P. M., at which time the children of the Benjamin Franklin Training School were hosts
to the children of the town schools. Movies also were

shown at this program.
Thursday evening at 8:15 P. M. the Maroon and
Gold Band presented another concert for the undergraduates of the College and to other holders of entertainment course tickets.

The

girls of Waller Hall dormitory of the BloomsState Teachers College entertained the crippled
children of Dr. Simon’s clinic at a Christmas Party held in
the College gymnasium, Saturday, December 17. A large
group of youngsters enjoyed the entertainment and refreshments served by the girls and were greeted by Santa
Claus and each received a present.

burg

The regular Bloomsburg State Teachers College
at Sunbury was heard from 7 to
Broadcast over

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Wednesday, November 30. Professor George Buchcoach of basketball, spoke briefly and music was
furnished by Miss Jeanne Noll of Palmerton, and by Miss
Miriam Mensch of Mifflinburg. William Strawinski, of
Harrisburg, announced the program.
7 :30

heit,

Lew

Sarett, poet,

woodsman, and

lecturer,

spoke

at

the College, Friday evening, December 9. Mr. Sarett is the
author of several books on nature and Indian poems. He
has spent a great deal of time in the Canadian North and
in the Rocky Mountains where he served as an United
States Ranger. Mr. Sarett appeared as one of the features
of the entertainment courses at the College arranged by
Professor E. A. Reams of the College faculty.

John J. Gress, formerly head of the Commercial Department in the High School at Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, has joined the faculty of Hofstra College of New
York University, at Hempstead, New York.
Mr. J. Wesley Knorr succeeded Mr. Gress as head of
the Commercial Department at Bloomsburg in September,
1938. Both Mr. Gress and Mr. Knorr have contributed to
the Business Education World, Mr. Gress as a prize winner in the 1936-37 essay contest for teachers, and Mr.
Knorr as co-author of a series of articles on duplicating
technique.

Dean Harvey A. Andruss spent a week

in

visiting

collegiate institutions in Maryland
spending some time at St. John’s

and Virginia. After
College, Annapolis
where the “New Program” patterned after the Chicago
plan which has been in operation for two years, he visited the following schools:
Bard Avon School for Secretaries, Baltimore Maryland State Teachers College, Bowie, Maryland; Maryland
College for Women, Lutherville; Maryland College of
William and Mary, Williamsburg; Virginia University of
;

Virginia, Charlottsville, Virginia.

These institutions represent the ever widening
variety of educational philosophy which characterizes
this period of change. All of the institutions visited by
Dean Andruss reported increasing enrollments for this

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year, and seemed to be meeting the needs of various types
of students effectively.

The Bloomsburg State Teachers College was the
scene of the Columbia County Institute that was held
November 21 and 22. General sessions were held in the
College auditorium and sectional meetings were held in
the various rooms of Science Hall.
On Monday, a dinner meeting was held in the College dining room, followed by a program in the College
auditorium. The Maroon and Gold Orchestra provided
dinner music, and Miss Ethel Ruth, of Allentown, played
the xylophone. Miss Harriet Moore led group singing, and
in the auditorium a short play was presented under the
direction of Miss Alice Johnston. Professor S. I. Shortess
ran a College movie produced by Professor Keller.
Mr. Charles Naegele, internationally known pianist,
gave a greatly enjoyed recital, Friday evening, October
14, as one of the number of the artists’ course. His pro-

gram was

as follows
I

Fantasia and Fugue, G. minor

Bach-Liszt

II

a.

b.
c.

d.

Brahms
Schumann
Schumann
Brahms

Intermezzo, E. flat
Bird As Prophet
Dream Visions
Rhapsody, G. minor
Intermission
III

e.

Prelude, B. flat
Etude, Opus 25, No. 3
Grande Valse, A. flat
Nocturne, F.
Scherzo, C. sharp minor

a.

IV
Pavane (for a decreased Infanta)

b.

Hurdy Gurdy

c.

Prelude
Rhapsody, No. 12

a.

b.
c.

d.

d.

Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Ravel

Eugene Goossens
Dwight Fiske
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At the close of his program, Mr. Naegele very generously played several encores, including an improvisation
of a theme handed to him by Miss Harriet Moore, of the
College faculty.

The Bloomsburg

State Teachers College has about
of the enrollment of 666, highest in some
years, commuting to classes. Some of the four hundred
and six commuters must travel as far as Wilkes-Barre
every day and some must travel only a block or two right

two-thirds

in

town.

A total

of 406 students, both men and women, of the
live off the campus. This is divided as fol-

666 enrollment
lows
:

Men day students living at home, 155.
Men day students living in town, 103.

Women
Women

day students living at home, 119.
day students living in town, 29.

All of these must be classed as commuters, although
some of them go only a block or two to classes. Others
come from as far as Wilkes-Barre and other Susquehanna
river communities, Shamokin, and towns in Columbia and
Montour counties. The commercial bus, the private car
and even the old Model T Ford of a decade or so back still

play their important pails in the educational system that
established in the county.

is

Except in the case of the heating plant, the masonry
which is rapidly nearing completion, the exterior work
on the new buildings is complete. The maintenance building, first to be completed, is now ready for final inspection
and acceptance by the State Authority. The interior work
in the Junior High School and the gymnasium is going
rapidly, and there is no doubt that all of the buildings
will be ready for dedication in May. The campus, which
has been scarred by ditches made necessary for laying
steam lines, will soon resume its former appearance, as
the lines have been laid and the ditches are being filled.
There is every indication that Bloomsburg graduates reof

turning for the Centennial will find the campus greatly
enlarged, and more beautiful than ever.

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Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Dr. E. H. Nelson
changes of address. Many copies of the Alumni Quarterly
have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at
the address on our files.
All

of all

THE GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
R. Bruce Albert
Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr.

President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer

Edward Schuyler
Harriet Carpenter

_

Board
Fred W. Diehl
H. Mont Smith

E. H.

of Directors

Nelson

D. D. Wright

Frank Dennis

OFFICERS OF LOCAL BRANCHES

Dauphin-C'umberland Counties
Mrs.

President
7

J. F.

Schiefer

South Fourth Street, Steelton, Pa.

Mary

Vice-President

A.

Meehan

2632 Lexington Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Elizabeth Clancy

Secretary
436 N. 3rd Street, Steelton, Pa.

Treasurer

Paul H. Englehart
1820 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

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Lackawamia County
President

Herbert

S.

Jones

707 N. Rebecca Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

Thomas Francis

Vice-President
1707 Pine Street, Scranton, Pa.

Martha V. James

Secretary
1110

W. Elm

Street, Scranton, Pa.

Treasurer
944 Taylor Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

Luzerne County
President

Ellen
290

\

New

Hancock

Phebey

Street. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.

ice-President
30

Market

Street,

Glen Lyon, Pa.

Secretary

Mrs. Ruth Speary Griffith
67 Carlisle Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Treasurer

Irene Draina
143 East Liberty Street.

Hanover Township

Montour County
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer

Xorthumberland County
President
Vice-President
Secretarv
Treasurer

Miss Ethel Fowler, Watsontown

Philadelphia

Honorary President
112 North 50th

Mrs.

Norman

Street. Philadelphia, Pa.

C. Cool

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Mrs. Jennie Yoder Foley
8134 Hennig Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

President

Vice-President and Corresponding Sec’y.
Mrs. Lillie Hortman Irish
736 Washington Street, Camden, New Jersey

Recording Secretary
Treasurer

Esther Yeager
Mrs. Nora Woodring Kinney

Schuylkill County

To be Organized

in April

Snyder-Union Counties
Louis Pursley, Lewisburg,
Helen Keller, Lewisburg,
Mary Lodge, Mifflinburg,
Ruth Fairchild, R. D. 4, Lewisburg,

President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer

Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.

Wyoming-Susquehanna Counties
Susan Jennings Sturman, Tunkhannock, Pa.
Eva Lloyd, Thompson, Pa.

President
Vice-President
Secretaries:

Lena

Hillis

President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer

Tunkhannock, Pa.

Marsh

Frances Kinner
Treasurer

Hallstead, Pa.
Francis Shaughnessy, Tunkhannock, Pa.

Columbia County
Harold Hidlay, Orangeville,
Maurice E. Houck, Berwick,
Mrs. Grover Shoemaker, Bloomsburg,
Mrs. Harlan R. Snyder, Bloomsburg,

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Attention
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o

Pa.
Pa.
Pa.
Pa.

— Alumni

Dr. Nelson still has a few copies of Dean Sutliff’s
poems. Anyone desiring a copy may secure one by
sending twenty-five cents to Dr. E. H. Nelson, at the

College.

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All the Alumni:-

The “Get-Together Parties” of the County Alumni
Organizations were the most delightful in years. A meeting was held for Susquehanna-Wyoming Counties near
Tunkhannock on October 6th. The Columbia County
Group met in the College Dining Room October 14th.
Dauphin and Cumberland Counties are back on the
job again. A fine reunion was held at the Hotel Harrisburger, Harrisburg, October 22nd.
Home-coming Day, October 29th, broke all records
in attendance and interest. Hundreds of Alumni were
back and enjoyed the fine program arranged for their
pleasure and entertainment.
On November 5th the Luzerne County Club met at
the Hotel Mallow-Sterling in Wilkes-Barre. Snyder-Union
Country Club held a reunion at the Hotel Lewisburger,
Lewisburg, November 17th. Lackawanna County came
to life and had a fine party at the Masonic Temple, Scranton, on November 18th. The “always active” Philadelphia
Club held their luncheon at Gimbel’s, Philadelphia, on

December

1

Oth.

These Get-Together Parties were well attended. The
interest and spirit were splendid.
During the Spring
months we are planning to have Reunions in Montour,
Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties.
The Centennial Celebration on May 26th and 27th
will be a happy occasion. All Alumni are invited back. All
classes will have Reunions, so plan to come and enjoy the

program.
But what about the Centennial Student Loan Fund
Campaign for $50,000? This Fund will be the contribu-

Alumni will give to the College in recognition of
one hundred years of splendid service to youth. Frankly, I
am disappointed. Unless every friend of Bloomsburg- is
willing to help according to individual financial circumstances, our Campaign will be a failure. Do your share
and do it now. We sure need your help in a most worthy
tion the

cause.

With kind regards
for the Centennial,

I

to all

and hoping

am

to see

you back

Very truly yours,
R.

BRUCE ALBERT.

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Centennial Student Loan Fund

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Campaign

j

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CENTENNIAL CLUB MEMBERS
January

A

5,

1939

CENTENNIAL CLUB

has been formed. It consists
of those persons willing to subscribe one hundred
dollars to the Centennial Student Loan Fund. This is one
dollar per year for each year of the history of the College.

The following have joined
next

this

Club.

Who

will

be

?

Dr. D. J. Waller, Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred W. Diehl, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Nelson, Mr.
and Mrs. Nevin T. Englehart, H. Mont Smith and Ralph
E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Johnston, Misses Helen and
Harriet Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Albert, Mr. and
Mrs. Howard F. Fenstemaker, Mrs. Charles H. Albert,
Mr. and Mrs. G. Edward Elwell, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
G. Teel (1), Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Housenick, Mr. and
Mrs. Kimber C. Kuster, Miss Mabel Moyer, Mr. C. T.
Vanderslice, Mr. and Mrs. Roy D. Snyder, Dr. and Mrs.
Charles B. Yost, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas North, Hon. William R. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Neil S. Harrison, Mr. Milton
K. Yorks, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Hartline, Mrs. Ruth Turner
Martin, Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Teel (2), Miss Bertha
Rich, Mr. and Mrs. George Buchheit, Hollingshead and
Christian, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred N. Keller, Miss Anna C.
Garrison, Miss Harriet M. Moore, J. A. E. Rodriquez, Mr.
and Mrs. John C. Koch, Mr. and Mrs. Earl N. Rhodes, Mrs.
Annie Miller Melick, Miss Pearl Mason, Miss Alice Johnston, Miss May T. Hayden, Dr. H. F. Baker, Mr. Elwell P.
Dietrick, Miss Mary Mickey, Mrs. Emma W. Felty, Mrs.

Yoder Foley, Philadelphia Alumni Club, Dr.
George E. Pfahler, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Andruss, Miss
Ethel Shaw, Miss Margaret R. Hoke, Miss Caroline StrawJennie

inski,

Miss Louise Larrabee, Mrs. Lucille

J.

Baker, Miss

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Mabel Oxford, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Rygiel, Member Class
Murphy.
We should have two hundred members in this Club.
If more convenient, the amount of one hundred dollars
may be paid over a period of five years. Join now.
of 1906, Miss Marguerite

Additional
Quarterly.

members

will be

published in the next

CLUB MEMBERSHIPS— January

5,

1939

Centennial Club

55 Members

Fifty Dollar Club

Members
34 Members
16 Members
13 Members
30 Members

$5,500.00
600.00
850.00
160.00
268.00
191.70

160 Members

$7,569.70

12

Twenty-Five Dollar Club
Ten Dollar Club
Dollar Per Year Club
Miscellaneous Club
Total

REPORT OF CAMPAIGN BY CLASSES
Classes get on the job. Put some pep in this campaign. Send post cards to your classmates calling the
matter to their attention. Call them on the phone and
urge them to support the campaign by making a liberal
subscription. Complete lists of classes are now available.
Class Officers get busy. Organize a little campaign in
your class. Arouse some of the old class spirit that prevailed when you were students on the hill. Don’t wait for
George to do it. Take action now. May 27th will be here
before we know it.
Here is the report by Classes on January 5, 1939
:

Class

1867
1879
1881
1885
1886
1888
1889
1890
1891

Contributions
1

1
1

3

4
1
1
1
1

Amount
100.00
100.00
25.00
210.00
230.00
10.00
5.00
10.00
30.00

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1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1918
1919
1920
1921
1923
1924
1925
1926
1928
1930
1931
1935
1936

130.00
248.00
125.00
125.00
140.00
100.00
50.00
80.00
100.00
197.00
112.50
29.70
115.00
432.00
360.00
190.00
240.00
255.00
81.00
385.00
125.00
150.00
75.00
22.50
55.00
122.00
82.50

3
7
2
5

4
1

2

4
1

5
2
2

3
8
5
7

5

8

4
9

3
5
2

2
3
3

3

10.00
112.50
60.00
41.00
40.00

1

2
2

3
2

6.00
25.00

2
i

35.00
10.00
103.00
20.00
10.00
1,600.00
650.00

2
1

2
2

1941- —Treasurer

1

Non-Graduate Faculty

18

Friends

8

Total

169

What

about the Classes not

They are conspicuous by

$7,569.70

listed

their absence.

in

this

report?

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Every Class must get busy and do some real work, if
campaign is to be a success. Each one can at least be
responsible for classmates living in the same community.
Don’t wait for another invitation. Go to work now. Let us

this

make

the next report worth-while for every class.

TESTIMONIALS AND MEMORIALS

A Testimonial to honor their Class Advisor, Professor
Charles Henry Albert. By the Class of 1924.
A

Memorial

Class of 1906.

to

honor the memory of Thomas Turner,
the supreme sacrifice in the
sister, Mrs. Ruth Turner Martin.

Tom made

World War. By

his

A

Memorial to honor the
tee of the College, Charles W.

memory
Miller.

of a

By

former Trushis

daughter,

Mrs. Annie Miller Melick.

A

By

Memorial to honor the memory of Lewis K.
his daughter, Mrs. Jennie Yoder Foley.

Yoder.

A Memorial to honor the memory of Professor F. H.
Jenkins, former Faculty Member and Bursar. By Mr. and
Mrs. Howard F. Fenstemaker.

A

Memorial to honor the memory of Professor John
G. Cope, former Faculty Member. By Charles H. Albert
and Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Albert.

The Centennial Student Loan Fund offers a fine opportunity to remember and honor former Faculty members, relatives and friends. Classes and individuals will be
given every consideration in the establishment of Memorials within the Fund.
Contributions to the Loan Fund will live in the service of worthy youth through the years. Therefore, they
become most

fitting as

Memorials.

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CORRESPONDENCE
Many interesting letters have been received from
Alumni regarding the Student Loan Fund. The followingletter is typical of the
spirit and loyalty of former
students

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821 W. Third Street,
Mr. D. D. Wright,
Abilene, Kans.
Bloomsburg, Penna.
Nov. 7, 1938
Dear Mr. Wright:
It is with great pleasure that I mail you my check for
the Student Loan Fund. Kansas is always ready to help a
good cause and I know this is one. 1 sincerely hope you
raise the $50,000.00.

With

best wishes, I remain
Very truly yours,

MRS.

EMMA W1TMER

Check for $100 enclosed.

FELTY,

Class of 1886
He

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QUOTATIONS FROM LETTERS
“Find enclosed

my

subscription for $100.

Good luck

to the project and everything B. S. T. C. undertakes.”
“I am joining the Centennial Club. May you have
complete success in this grand undertaking.”
“Will you please add the enclosed check to
former contribution. Best wishes for the success of the Loan

my

Campaign.”

Alumni project is a fine idea. Put me
membership in the Centennial Club. Check en-

“I think this

down

for
closed.”

“Enclosed is my subscription for $100. I wish it might
be much more. Nothing that I can ever do will repay my
debt of gratitude to Bloomsburg and its splendid and inspiring teachers. Give the Class of 1906 credit for my
gift.”
H:

COMMENTS ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
The Philadelphia Alumni organization has joined
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raised by various social activities. Which Alumni organization will be the next in line?
Miss Sadie L. Hartman, Class of 1908, is active in the
formation of an Alumni organization in Washington, D.
C. Mr. Harold Cool, Class of 1912, is forming a similar
organization in California.
Louise Larrabee, Class of 1901, teaching in far-away
Honolulu, has joined the Centennial Club. Thank you,
Louise, and our best wishes from Old Bloomsburg.
Miss Caroline Strawinski, ’01, Fitzsimmons Hospital,
Denver, Colorado, is happy to send in her membership for
the Centennial Club. Many thanks for your loyalty to the
Old College.
Contributions to the Centennial Student Loan Fund
are being recorded by classes. Look over the report of
contributions by classes. Are you satisfied with the
standing of your class ? The Class of 1905 continues to
lead the parade with subscriptions amounting to $432.00.
The Class of 1911 is second with $385.00. The Class of
1906 is in third position with $360.00. The average subscription to the Fund is approximately $47.00 per person.
This is not a bad average, but we must have many more
subscriptions in order to attain our objective.
Many graduates have promised to subscribe to the
Fund, but have not sent in their Agreement Cards. Please
give this your attention.
have received in cash to date $2,366.70. Thirteen
students were granted a loan during the first semester.
There will probably be twenty students requesting loans
for the second semester.
can put your money to work

We

We

immediately.

The Loan Committee is using care and judgment in
the granting of loans to students. Only applicants meeting all the requirements are given consideration. Definite
standards have been established, and will be maintained.
Fifty-five hundred letters have been mailed to graduates, requesting their participation in the Loan Fund
Project. Approximately four hundred letters have been
returned because the address was no longer correct. Sixty-six of these have already been corrected. Please help
us bring the Alumni files up to date.
Plan now to attend the Centennial Celebration May
26th and 27th. All classes will be in reunion. Come!

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CORRECT MAILING

LIST

We

have mailed letters to the following Alumni. The
have been returned because of incorrect address.
Any information regarding proper address, etc., will

letters

be greatly appreciated.

— Mrs. Gwenny Powell Jones; CLASS OF 1882
CLASS OF 1886 — Mrs. Anna M. Shalter Balliet;
CLASS OF 1887— Miss E. Clair Brown; CLASS OF 1888— Mrs. Mary
Bynon Jones, Eva Rawlings, Mrs. Ada Yetter Clapham; CLASS OF
— E.

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CLASS OF
J.

1881

Moore;

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Mrs. Sarah G. Gilbert Reynolds, W. A. Fenstermacher, Mrs.
Minnie Driesen Harris; CLASS OF 1891 Julia M. Kennedy, Mrs.
Emma J. Townsend Eyer, Mrs. Belle Weil Gratz, Mae Virginia Black;
CLASS OF 1892 Annie J. Gavin, Katie A. Cannon, Mrs. Mary B.
Worrall Adler; CLASS OF 1893— Mrs. Effie Heaton Hooks, Mrs.
Louise Moss Benson; CLASS OF 1894 Mrs. Nellie Coffman McDermott, Mrs. Essie Corrigan Barret, Mrs. Sue Koons Dodds, Willits K.
Beagle, Mrs. Kate Hardcastle Albertson, Louis L. Ansart; CLASS
OF 1895 Mrs. Marne L. Stair Richards, Katie Manning, Irvin E.
Nagle, Mrs. May Griffith Briggs, Mrs. Alma Spencer Bortree, Irvin
A. Bartholomew; CLASS OF 1896 Bartlett H. Johnson, Mary R.
Harris, Mrs. Maude Sherwood Bradley, Mrs. Eleanor Quick Walters,
Alvin Moyer; CLASS OF 1897 Jessie Kern, Mrs. Carrie Lloyd Gelatt, Mrs. Helen Bentley, Mrs. Maude Jones Gird;
CLASS OF 1898
Blanche G. Dawson, Bessie N. Easton, Mary Knapp, U. Grant Morgain, Mrs. Amelia Kempfer Levan, Mrs. Laura Landis Beliney, Mrs.
Deborah Lewis Reiley, Mrs. Lillian Redeker Riffo; CLASS OF 1889
James W. Pace, Sadie O’Mally, Philip C. Linderman, Margery
Jones, Lenora Grier, Emory I. Bowman; CLASS OF 1900 Elizabeth
L. Vincent, J. Ed. Klingerman, Mrs. Stella Shuman Swank, Mabel A.
Purdy, Mrs. Bessie Davis Carson; CLASS OF 1901 Mrs. Helen
Young Shields, Mrs. Mary Czechowicz Ratajski, Mrs. Gertrude Morgan Northby, Mrs. Mary E. Townsend Mitchell, Elizabeth Mayer, W.
J. Lowrie, Ida Gilbert, Augusta B. Henkleman, John A. Dennis, Mrs.
Annie E. Taylor Marshall; CLASS OF 1902 Charles A. Heiss, William Good, Mrs. Helen Foresman Dietrick, Mrs. Beth Hiatt Day, Mrs.
Jennie Hicks Fenstermaker, Adah D. Harrison, Mrs. Helen Baldy
1889

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Bachman; CLASS OF 1903 Mrs. Emma Lowe Picket, Thomas Morgans, Mildred Eves, Arthur E. Kemmerer, Mary Kelley, Dora KoerCLASS OF 1904 Harold C. Cryder, Mrs. Tillie Riley Tigue,
ner;
Mrs. Laura Redeker Disbrow, Margaret Seely; CLASS OF 1905
Mrs. Emma Cortright Shelly, Mrs. Belle Ransom Streck, Mrs. Lillian
Peiffer Mock, Mrs. Mae Wolfe Klegman, Mrs. Maud Williams Hughes,
Helene Fahl, W. Claude Fisher, Mrs. Anna Ditzler Brumdick; CLASS
OF 1906 Laura Weiser, Cottie Weiser, Mrs. Florence Landis Shep-

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herd, Helen Fenstermacher, Nellie Evans, Ferdinand C. Brofee, Mrs.

Mary Becker Behrens, Mrs. Ada Roadarmel Knablauch, Mrs. Marie

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CLASS OF 1907 Mrs. Bessie Cogswell Taylor,
A. Santaella Vargas;
L. N. Llewellyn, Justin Lloyd, Mrs. Alice Shaffer Harry, Mrs. Lysod
Jones Gleason, Mrs. Mary Weaver Evans, Stanley Conner, Clarence
A. Marcy; CLASS OF 1908 Mrs. Agnes Burke Kinney, Mrs. Pearl
Heberling Jones; CLASS OF 1909 Genevieve Kenna, Stewart E.
Acor; CLASS OF 1910 Mrs. Beatrice Dunkerly Yoch, David Moses,
Mrs. Belle C. Eves Bower, Mi’s. Lois Yost Smith, Marion I. O’Connor;
CLASS OF 1911 Mrs. Irene Campbell Getty, Mrs. Amanda Knauss
Palmer, Mary E. Myers, L. Edwin Yocum, Joy C. Harding, Mrs. Grace
Edna Hartman Artley, F. Marie Metzger, Loren L. Collins, Luis G.
Vergne; CLASS OF 1912 Lena Severance, Charles K. McDonald,
Laura A. Ridall, Mrs. Helen Gruver White, Mrs. Ethel McGirk Eby,
Mrs. Margaret Keiser Samuel; CLASS OF 1913 A. Florence Love,
Robert G. Clemens, Walter Jacob Bower, Irene Boughner, Nellie Dilcar, Robert H. Miller, Mrs. Hilda Snyder Stevens, Mrs. Maizie Phillips
Barnett, Mrs. Janet Weir Shimp; CLASS OF 1914 Robert Enoch
Seltzer, Jacob Hursh Vastine, Mrs. Katherine Richardson Boor, Osborne Camp Dodson, Alfred Clayton Miller, Margaret Alice Myers;
CLASS OF 1915 Dora Florence McClure, George C. Gress, Deane D.
Oliver, Mrs. Lois Gearheart Freas Stahl, M. Esther Dreibelbis, Mrs.
Jane Roberts Nevins, Emmitt D. N. Marcy, Mrs. Nellie C. Dietz Luxton, Sadie M. Crumb, Mrs. Catherine Breslin Aleton;
CLASS OF
1916 Mrs. Sarah Ross Bedford, Mrs. Ruth Clark Gummer, Mrs. Elsie
Hagenbuch Robinson, Kathleen Kendall, Mrs. Kathryn Corcoran
Beierschmidt, Bernard J. Ford, Mrs. Ella Sutliff Brittain, Mary J.
Davis, Mrs. Margaret Dailey Meenahan; CLASS OF 1917 Mrs. Annie Isaacs Gay, S. Anna Myers Alpaugh, Mrs. Selena Titman Kirch,
Bruce Kindig, O. R. Barrall, Raymond F. Getty, Veda Elizabeth Kester Miller, Mrs. Anna Tripp Smith, Mrs. Ellamae Grimes Underwood,
Martha Blanchard Dean, Mrs. Helen O’Rourke Dombroski, Russell
Ramage; CLASS OF 1918 Irene Mary Kerstetter, Mrs. Gertrude
Knoll O'Toole, Anna Agnes McKeon, Mrs. Edith Hahn Seiders;
CLASS OF 1919 Claire Kathryn Dice, Mrs. Mary Grover Powell,
Marion Catherine Kilcoyne, Esther Lillian Reiehart, Robert Ulysses
Nyhart, Catherine Jane Connor, Mrs. Miriam Gilbert Campbell, Mrs.
Ruth Doyle Moore; CLASS OF 1920 Sadie G. Kline, Jessie Gerhard, Mrs. Edna Taylor Baileys, Florence Moran; CLASS OF 1921
Elsie M. Eckrote, Edna M. Pursel, Jennie D. White;
CLASS OF 1922
Mrs. Alderetta Slater Cook, Mrs. Rachael Kressler Erdman, Hazel
I. Lloyd, Alice M. Burke, Coreene Brittain, Tydvil M. Edwards, Mrs.
G. Arline Tosh Bohn, A. Elizabeth Owens, Mrs. Gertrude Baker
Karsner, Mrs. Helen L. Ely Weed, Fred A. Ringrose, Mrs. Edna Blaine
Major; CLASS OF 1923 Mrs. Martha Fenwick Ashburn, Mrs. Alva
Diehl Wentzel, Mrs. Esther Smith Bower, Madeline E. Noack, Mai-

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colm Derk, Mrs. M. D. Mensch Clevenger, Anna W. Pursel, Winifred
Edwards, Jennings Welliver, Mrs. Ralph Breisch, Mrs. Kathryn
Kleinfelter Hensler, J. Ramona Knorr, Jean Young, Mrs. Helen Zerbe
Jenkins, Margaret A. Bittner, Mrs. Jessie Brunstetter Roundtree;
CLASS OF 1924 Mrs. Edna Williams Williams, Mrs. Ruth Terry
Conway, Mrs. Ruth Dunlap Thomas, Mrs. M. M. Pace Edwards, Marian M. Fichter, Christina Gable, Mrs. Mildred Girton Vought, Merle
M. Derk, Mrs. Helen Jones Reese, Rose M. Connor, Clara Sodon, M.
Roselda Schultz, Edna Leonhart, Mrs. Sarah Stees Clark, Ruth D.
Jenkins, Mrs. Margaret Smith Morris, Mrs. Hannah D. Golightly,
Laura V. Hile, Mrs. Louise Richards Bundrock, Mrs. Marie Werkheiser Hemmig, Katherine E. King, Mrs. Bertha Sonenberg Thomas,
Anne Z. Jones; CLASS OF 1925 Sara Hollander, Mrs. Gladys
Richards Klechner, Mary Breslin, Mrs. Ellen Andres Howard, Mrs.
Harriet Williams Dixson, Ruth Owens, Effie Wasenda, Jessie Keen,
Mai'ie Karns, Ruth E. Mensinger, Ellen C. Henry, Mrs. Pauline Hassler Kaufman, Mrs. Anna Lizdas Tingley, Mabel A. Lindemuth, Mrs.
Marion Herman Frank; CLASS OF 1926 Bessie Grossman, Ruth
Carver, Mrs. Laura E. Blaine Davis, Pearl Hagenbuch, Mrs. Mabel
Major Gessner, Gordon L. Llewellyn, Esther Lloyd, Arlene A. Coolbaugh, Alice Mary Budd, Lawrence Richard Coolbaugh, Agnes L.
Myles, Magdalene M. Galganovicz, John Opiary, Mrs. Thelma Fuller
Whitebread, Thelma Hayes, Emily Morrett, Jennie M. Myers, Lillian
Elizabeth Treibley, Mildred Alice Deitrick; CLASS OF 1927 Maureen Crandal, Doris Fritz, Sarah Schlicher, Nola Elizabeth Kline, Eva
Eyer, Gertrude Adelia Fuller, Frances Anna Pettibone, Ethel Rhoda
Davis, Daisy Bigelow, Mrs. Kathleen Somers Bonner, Beatrice May
Clark, Manta A. Ruth, Kathryn C. Phillips, Gladys Emma Rohrbach,
Gladys Marie Bundy, Mrs. Graydon Beishline; CLASS OF 1928
Ruth Albright Weber, Elizabeth Mary Rhoades, Dorothy Lindner
Traub, Mrs. Florence Stiver Camp, Edna Mary Roushey, Mrs. Leona
R. Epler. Caroline Bessie Aten, Elizabeth Jane Roberts, Doris E. Sims,

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A. Schlier Schaeffer, Mary Alice Mulford, Esther Lloyd;
1929 Alice Ida Vetty, Louise Frances Hewitt, Margaret
Elizabeth Wickizer, Helen Louise Blackwell, Pearl C. Eves, Mrs.
Jacob L. Cohen, Charles Ellsworth Poole, Mrs. Rachael Pratt Thomas,
Margaret Higgins, Mildred Irene Buck, Viola Lubinski; CLASS OF
1929 Ruth Adelaide Davis, Althadell Beatrice Carpenter.
Mi's. Ellen

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Carleton Palmer, lecturer on art, spoke at the ColAssembly Monday morning, October 10. He brought

with him a large number of fine modern paintings, and
used these as a basis for his lecture on “The Joy of
Pictures.”

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O

O

The

j

Philadelphia

Alumni

j

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<>

Dear Alumnus

:

Do you know this is the Centennial year of Bloomsburg State Teachers College? The Philadelphia Association salutes you and invites you to become one of our
group if you are not already an active member. We need
YOU to help US make this a memorable year for Alma

M ater.

The Philadelphia Alumni Association was organized
May, 1931, and has held very successful monthly luncheon meetings and annual banquets as well as summer
picnics ever since that time. We have been instrumental in
reuniting classmates and friends who haven’t seen each
other since graduation, some as long as forty years ago.
Our members include classes from 1867, (our beloved Dr.
David J. Waller’s class) up to the present time. Who
knows but what you may find a friend of the long ago at
our meetings, as others have done. Send us your class year
and we will let you know the names of our meetings and
long to our group better still come to our meetings and
find them yourself.
in

;

Subscribe to the Quarterly by sending a dollar to
Jennie Yoder Foley, 8134 Hennig Street, Fox Chase,
Philadelphia, and receive your up to the minute news
about the doing on College Hill. The old school is being
renovated and new buildings are being built. Read about
it in the Quarterly.

Programs for our luncheon meetings on the second
Saturday of each month are as follows:

November 12
Secretary, Y.

W.

Hartman,
— Saida
Washington,

C. A.,

L.

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1908 Industrial
D. C., spoke on “My

Work Among Women and Girls.” Mabel Wilkinson Wal1908 Author of “A Little Bit of Everything for the

ton,

—

Home,” was

also with us.

December 10

— Our big annual Christmas Party.

Dr.

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Francis B. Haas, President of Bloomsburg; Bruce Albert,
1906, President of Bloomsburg Alumni Association and H.
F. Fenstemaker, 1912, Editor of the Quarterly, were our
guest speakers.

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January 14 Ruby Gearhart, 1910, Larchmont, one
of our most loyal and active members will show us colored slides of her trip.

February 11

woman,

— Annie Miller Melick, 1885, noted club

lecturer and

Subject:

writer.

Europe.” Very timely and interesting.

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March
Fund” of B.

“My

Trip to

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Card Party Benefit “Student Loan
S. T. C. for worthy students. Cards 50c. Door
table prizes will be given. Bring members of

prize and
your bridge clubs and your friends with you. Other games
will also be played.

April 8

— Plans

banquet on April

will be discussed for our
29, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel.

annual
Reserve

this date

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May 13 Card party and plans for summer picnics.
Luncheons 12:30-1:30. Business 1:30-2:00. Speakers at
2:00 P. M.
Yours for old Bloomsburg,
JENNIE YODER FOLEY,
Helen Motter, daughter of

was married
Ascension,

Emma

President.

Berry Motter

’04,

at the Episcopal Memorial Chapel of the
York City, April 14, 1938 to Mr. Thwing

New

of Seattle, Washington.
Miss Motter was a graduate of the Reading Hospital
Training School for nurses, and had been stewardess with
the United Air Lines for almost two years, flying between

Chicago and New York.
Mr. Thwing is Assistant Vice President of the First
National Bank of Seattle, and prominent in aviation and
yachting circles in that city.
After a honeymoon in Bermuda they returned to the
States and motored home by the Southern Route.

A

daughter was born

Saturday,

November

26,

to

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rudy,
Mrs. Rudy will be re-

1938.

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as Mary Crist of the class of ’27. Mr. Rudy was
T. C. student, but finished his course at Pennsylvania State College. He has charge of the music in the
Pensauken Schools. Mr. and Mrs. Rudy reside at 1738

membered
also a B.

S.

Tinsman Avenue, Merchantville, N.

J.

Our luncheons always have been very pleasant

oc-

casions and particularly those of recent months. At our
November luncheon, Miss Saida Hartman, ’08, of the Y.
W. C. A. in Washington, D. C., gave us an interesting talk
about her work there, where she has been located for the
past twelve years.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Walton, also of Washington,
D. C. were with her. Mrs. Walton (Mabel Wilkinson Walton) ’08, has just published her third book, “A Little Bit
of Everything For the Home.” Other visitors were Violet
Wilkinson ’12, (sister of Mrs. Walton) of Plainfield, N. J.,
Miss Mary Southwood ’08, of Mt. Carmel, Pa., Beatrice
Williams Eichner ’21, Glenside, Pa., Miss Myrtle Cool, of
I., Mrs. Lou Lesser Burke and daughter Gertrude, from
Union City, N. J. and Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kinney, Bethlehem, Pa. Mrs. Kinney (Agnes Burke Kinney) belonged to
the class of 1908, while Mr. Kinney was associated with
the class of 1906. Mr. Kinney is the Assistant Superintendent of the Bethlehem Steel Works in that city.

L.

Mrs. Foley, our president was delighted

was such a good representation

of her

own

that there

class of ’08.

Our December luncheon was a joyous festive affair.
With Christmas spirit in the air, everyone was prepared
for a good time. Dr. and Mrs. Haas, Professor and Mrs.
Fenstemaker and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Albert were our
guests of honor.
had a wonderful representation of the College
Sixty-six in all, many of whom had not seen each other
for years.
After we had sung Christmas Carols and our Alma
Mater song we were addressed by Bruce Albert, President
of the College Alumni Association. He talked about the
Student Fund and the Centennial Celebration in May,
1939, giving facts and figures about what is expected of
every Alumnus to make this the greatest year that B. S. T.
C. has ever known.

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Professor Fenstemaker, Editor-in-chief of the Quarnews and the Quarterly. He asked that
any one who has any news items, will send them to him
directly and that if there are any changes of address, to
notify him immediately. A large percentage of the mail
comes back each quarter because of the lack of proper
address.
Dr. Haas, President of the College, praised the
Alumni group for being able to keep the interest of the
College alive so well, that we can meet every month at
these informal meetings. To live over again memories of
our College days and to keep informed about what is going on at B. S. T. C.
We are most thankful for the messages these men
have brought to us. We hope they have enjoyed this meeting as much as we have and that they and their wives will
return to us for another delightful luncheon in the very
terly talked about

near future.
Mrs. Jareta Good White ’18, of Lancaster, Pa., came
with her two young daughters to lunch with her
friend Ruth Garney ’18, and her daughter Marion. They
had not seen each other since 1927.
Mrs. Edwina Brouse and her two sons Fred and
Frank were there from Norristown. The boys distributed
the gifts as they did last year. We are having a fine lot of
juniors and we welcome them at any time.
From Delaware came Anna Owen Brimijoin ’06, of
Middletown. Marguerite Nearing and Irene Hortman ’24,
of Wilmington. Irene Hortman is a sister of our Corresponding Secretary Lillie Hortman Irish.
Other out of town guests were Mr. Harter, ’35 Mr.
and Mrs. J. Herbert Price, ’99, of Collingswood, N. J.
Miss Anna B. Smith ’05, State Teachers College, West
Chester, Pa.; Laura Aurand Witmer, ’04, of Trappe; and
Mr. and Mrs. William Rarich of Andubou N .. J,

down

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We

were sorry that our president, Jennie Yoder
Foley, ’08, was too ill to be with us. All expressed the wish
for a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Florence Hess Cool, our Honorary President,
her old self again and in fine form, greetingguests as they came. Mrs. Cool has lived to see the won-

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derful results of her hard earned efforts to get this organization together, which has endured for nine years and is
still

growing.

Her comment after the luncheon was that she was
gloriously happy and those of us who know her intimately
knew that she was.
Harold Cool, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cool, has been able
to get together about fifteen of B. S. T. C. graduates out
in California for their first meeting. Let us wish them
success.
LILLIE
IRISH, Cor. Sec.

HORTMAN

The marriage of Harry A. Frantz and M. Grace
Fenstermaker was solemnized Wednesday, November 9th
at eight o’clock in the Arch Street Methodist Church at
Philadelphia, Pa.

Miss Mary Seely, of Beach Haven, acted as bridesmaid.
Miss Fenstermaker, formerly of Beach Haven, Pa.,
has been in the Camden city schools for the past twentyseven years, where she has served as principal in three
city schools, and is now located at the Broadway School,

Broadway and

Clinton Streets.

For the past two years she has held the Presidency of
the Camden Principals Association, and is active in the
Parent-Teachers Association, and other civic organizations of the city.

Mr. Frantz, a former football star of B. S. T. C. and
Seminary, completed his education at Syracuse
University. He formerly maintained business offices on
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, but is now associated with
a school equipment concern with offices in Trenton, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Frantz are living for the present at 414
N. Second Street, Camden, N. J.
Here’s wishing them long life and happiness.

Wyoming

Miss Velma Nelson ’20, is now living
Avenue, West Collingswood, N. J.

James Gearhart

Navy

of the class of 1912

Wood and

at

is

407 Ritchey
in

the U.

S.

Jackson Streets, Philadelphia.
All of his classmates and navy friends will be glad to
know that he is improving. It would be nice if they would
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send him greetings and

tell so,

especially during the holi-

day season.
Dr. E. D. Hanlon, class of ’92, has seven sons who are
“Ain’t that somethin” for our Centennial
physicians.

Celebration next

May?

Lois Freas Stahl ’15 (Mrs. Lew Stahl) has moved to
Berkley, California. Her new address is Bishop Berkley
Apartments, 2709 Dwight Way, Berkley, Cal.
Lois is a sister of Agnes Freas Reiser, ’10, 123 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, N. J.

COLUMBIA COUNTY BRANCH
Almost two hundred graduates of Bloomsburg attended the dinner meeting of the Columbia County
Branch of the Alumni Association held at the College
Friday evening, October 14.
Miss Harriet M. Moore led in the singing of “America,” after which President Emeritus D. J. Waller, Jr.,
offered the invocation. Dinner music was provided by the
Maroon and Gold Orchestra. Mrs. Edward Unangst of
Catawissa, accompanied by Miss Margaret Ward, of
Bloomsburg, delighted the audience with two soprano
solos. Miss Ethel Ruth, xylophonist, also played several
numbers.
Guests of the evening were: Dr. D. J. Waller, Dr.
Francis B. Haas, Grover Shoemaker, secretary of the
Board of Trustees, Thomas F. Farrell, member of the
Board of Trustees, R. Bruce Albert, president of the
Alumni Association, Morris E. Houck, of Berwick, vicepresident of the county organization, Mrs. Grover Shoemaker, secretary of the county organization, and Mrs.
Lois Snyder, of Catawissa, treasurer of the county branch.
The officers for the coming year are President, Harold Hidlay, of Orangeville; Vice-President, Morris E.
Houck, of Berwick Secretary, Mrs. Grover Shoemaker, of
Bloomsburg; Treasurer, Mrs. Lois Snyder, of Catawissa.
A brief memorial service was held in memory of the
late William W. Evans. Mr. Evans, as Superintendent of
the Columbia County Schools, and as Vice-President of
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the College Board of Trustees, had always given his loyal
support to the county organization, and to the general

Alumni Association.
Miss Ruth Zimmerman,

of Berwick, accompanied by
Mrs. Fred Longenberger, also of Berwick, sang a solo
that was much enjoyed.
H. F. Fenstemaker, editor of the Quarterly, spoke
briefly, and asked the support of the group in making the
Quarterly a better publication. R. Bruce Albert spoke in
behalf of the Centennial Student Loan Fund.
President Haas spoke on college spirit, and stressed
the Alumni Days to be observed in May, in keeping with
the Centennial anniversary of the College.
Harold Hidlay, president of the county branch, expressed his appreciation for the co-operation which had
made the dinner a success.
The session adjourned to the auditorium, where the
members were the guests of the College at the concert
presented by Charles Naegele, pianist.

SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING BRANCH
One of the finest and most enthusiastic meetings in
the history of the Susquehanna-Wyoming branch of the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College Alumni Association
was held Thursday evening, October 6, in the Eatonville
Baptist Church, near Tunkhannock.
There was a large representation of graduates from
both counties and about sixty persons enjoyed the dinner
and interesting program which followed.
Francis Shaughnessy, of Tunkhannock, a member of
the class of 1924 and president of the group, was in
charge.
Mrs. Alfa Stark Wilmer, of the class of 1912, wife of
the Rt. Rev. Robert Wilmer of the Philippine Islands;
Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the College
D. D.
Wright, treasurer of the Alumni Loan fund
H. F. Fenstemaker, editor of the Alumni Quarterly; Dr. E. H. Nelson, business manager of the Quarterly, and R. Bruce Albert, president of the Alumni Association, spoke briefly.
Plans for the Homecoming Day on October 29, were
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outlined and graduates expect greatly to increase in the
for the College Centennial Celebration next
spring. Graduate participation will be climaxed on Alumni Day at which time the graduates expect to greatly increase the size of the student loan fund. A drive toward
this objective is now well under way.
The motion picture in colors, “Alma Mater,” showing college life at Bloomsburg was shown.
The following officers were chosen for the comingyear: President, Susan Jennings Sturman, of Tunkhannock; vice-president, Eva Lloyd, of Thompson; secretaries, Lena Marsh, of Tunkhannock, and Francis Kinner,
of Hallstead treasurer, Francis Shaughnessy, Tunkhannock.
Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Shaughnessy, Tunkhannock; Dr. F. B. Haas, D. D. Wright, Dr. E.
H. Nelson, Bloomsburg; Stuart C. Button, Susquehanna;
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sidler, Tunkhannock Eva L. Lloyd,
Thompson; Doris Empett VanBuskirk, New Milford;
Frances Kinner, Esther Oman, Arlene Johnston, Hallstead Irwin Cogswell, Montrose; Mildred A. Love, Mabel
W. Drake, North Mehoopany; Mabel G. Decker, Mehoopany; Mrs. Kasson Rais, Mrs. Dorothy Hrape, Marjorie
Sick Fassett, Ella Otten Sick, Berneta Valentine, Tunkhannock; Owlen A. Hartley, Lenoxville; Margaret K. He-

making

;

;

;

1888; Mate K. Borden, 1881; Adelaide McKown
Hawk, 1889; Thomas W. Smith, Tunkhannock; Stella M.
Shook, Letha M. Jones, Noxen Charles A. John, Jane
Lockard, Dimock Howard R. Berninger, Hop Bottom
Mary Fassett Crosby, W. Fasset Crosby, Lillian Kocher
witt,

;

;

Auvil, Violet A. Ruff, Albert E. Ruff, Letha Crispell
Schenck, Noxen; Oce Beryl Williams Austin, William
A. Austin, Tunkhannock, R. D. Mabel Smith Ward, Elsie
Winter Stevens, Lena Hillis Marsh, Susan Jennings Sturman, Tunkhannock; Alfa Stark Wilmer, Manila, P. I.; R.
Bruce Albert, Bloomsburg; Martha Roushey Miers, Lenoxville; Dorothy Gilmore Gunton, Noxen.
;

SNYDER-UNION COUNTY BRANCH
The Snyder-Union County Branch of the State
Teachers College Alumni Association held a get-together

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party at the Hotel Lewisburger Thursday evening, Nov17th, with a fine program enjoyed.
Lewis Parsley, of Lewisburg, president of the branch,
presided and short talks were made by Dean John C.
Koch, Miss Harriet Moore, of the College faculty; Miss
Margaret Bogenrief, the latter a former faculty member;
David L. Glover, of the class of 1856 and a former trustee Henry Meyer, a member of the present board of
trustees; Prof. Robert L. Matz, 1909, of the Bucknell faculty; Dean W. B. Sutliff and R. Bruce Albert, the latter
head of the general Alumni organization.
Miss Moore led group singing and Miss Candace
Dietterick, a Freshman at the College, pleased with several selections on the marimba,- The color picture “Alma
Mater,” depicting college life at Bloomsburg, was shown.

ember

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THE LUZERNE COUNTY ALUMNI
The Luzerne County Alumni held a luncheon, Saturday, November 5, at the Hotel Mallow-Sterling. The College was represented by Dr. Francis B. Haas, Dr. F. H.
Nelson, Howard F. Fenstemaker, John C. Koch, Dean of
Men, and R. Bruce Albert, President of the General
Alumni Association. Dr. Haas was the principal speaker,
and brief addresses were made by the other members of
the Bloomsburg delegation. Mr. Albert presented the
Alumni Student Loan drive, and the group pledged its
support. Miss Ethel Ruth, of Mohnton, a student at the
College, entertained the group with several numbers on
the xylophone.

DAUPHIN-CUMBERLAND COUNTY BRANCH
A reunion of the alumni of the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College of Dauphin and Cumberland Counties
was held Saturday evening, October 22, at the Hotel Harrisburger, with a fine representation of alumni and
friends being present.
J. Y. Shambach, class of 1905, associated with the
Department of Education, was the toastmaster. Paul

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Englehart gave the invocation. Miss Ella Ryan led in
group singing.
Remarks were given by Dean of Men, John C. Koch,
Prof. Howard F. Fenstemacher, R. Bruce Albert. Miss
Candace Dietrich, of the class of 1942, played with several selections of the marimba and was obliged to respond
to encores.
Two reels of

motion pictures in color, portraying
college life, were shown.
Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of the College, was
the principal speaker, and invited all of the graduates to
return for Homecoming Day, and on May 26th and 27th
when the centennial of the College will be observed.
Those from Bloomsburg attending were Dr. and Mrs.
Haas, Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Fenstemaker, Miss
Alice Johnston, R. Bruce Albert, John Koch and Miss

F. B.

Candace

Dietrich.

LACKAWANNA COUNTY BRANCH
The Scranton Division of the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College Alumni Association held a dinnermeeting Friday evening, November 18, at the Casey Hotel,
Scranton.
Dr. F. B. Haas, President of the College, spoke, and
Miss Moore, of the faculty, was the other representative
from the College. Miss Ethel Ruth of Mohnton played
xylophone music, and the colored movie “Alma Mater,”

was

also

shown.

1878
of October 11th printed the
following concerning Mr. William Chrisman
“William Chrisman, Esq., is today celebrating the
eighty-fourth anniversary of his birth. The anniversary
finds him fully recovered from his automobile accident
and still going strong.
Excepting only Nevin U. Funk, Mr. Chrisman is the
oldest member of the bar in active practice. A native of
Pottsville, Pa.
He has lived in Columbia County since he
was three years old. Mr. Chrisman taught school several

The “Morning Press”

years before coming to Bloomsburg. Following his graduation, his life was linked with that of Bloomsburg, and for
sixty years he has been a well known figure in the town.

1893

known Bloomsburg attorney,
member of the Board of Trustees of

H. Mont. Smith, well

has been appointed a

the College, filling a vacancy caused by the death of William W. Evans. Mr. Smith is a loyal alumnus of the College, having attended the Model School, and graduating
from the Academic Course in 1893. He is also a member
of the Board of Directors of the Alumni Association. He
was instrumental in the incorporation of the Alumni Association, and at the Alumni Day meeting last May
launched the $50,000 drive for the Centennial Student

Loan Fund.
Samuel J. Johnston, active in the business life of
Bloomsburg has been elected president of the National
Industrial Stores Association, which met in convention at
Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mr. Johnston is comptroller and treasurer of the
Leader Store, and manager of Hotel Magee.

1895
Mrs. Grace Dunston Downing, for seventeen years
principal of the Runnemede, N. J. public schools, and
one of the best known educators in Southern New Jersey,
died Friday, November 18, at her home, 104 Haddon

Avenue, Collingswood. Mrs. Downing resigned last year
because of ill health.
Born in Plymouth, Pa., Mrs. Downing received her
early education there. In addition to being a Bloomsburg
graduate, she received degrees from the University of
Pennsylvania, and the University of Denver.
Mrs. Downing was the widow of Dana Downing, a
Denver business man. She is survived by one daughter,
two sisters, one brother, and two grandchildren.
1899
Mrs. Anna Sandoe Hake is a member of the faculty
of the Massachussetts Avenue School in Atlantic City, N.
J. She is faculty adviser of “High Lights,” a newspaper
published by the students at her school, and accompanied

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a group of students to New York City last spring, to attend a three-day session of the Columbia Scholastic Press

Association.

1900

Edward Hausknecht, 329 South High Street, West
Chester, Pa., is now serving his eighteenth year as Head
of the Department of Music at the West Chester State
C.

Teachers College. There are 274 students enrolled in the
department, and the department faculty numbers eighteen members. The College Choir, under the direction of
Mr. Hausknecht, recently gave two fine programs in
Philips Memorial Chapel. One was a vesper service, held
Sunday afternoon, November 20, and the other a Christ-

mas Carol Service held Thursday evening, December

22.

H. H. McCollum, a native of Espy, died in the PolyNew York.
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. M. C. McCollum and was graduated from the Bloomsburg State
Normal School, Ursinus College and a New York dramaclinic Hospital,

tic

school.

For many years he was on the legitimate stage, being
active in vaudeville and motion pictures. He had recently
returned from a tour in England.
He was a teacher and studied law before going on
the stage.
1905

Mae Wolf,

Klegmann) lives at the Hotel
Granada, Sutter and Hyde Streets, San Francisco, California. Mrs. Klegmann would be glad to have Bloomsburg Alumni call on her if they are in San Francisco.
(Mrs.

-J.

1907

Mary Barrow Anderson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Anderson, of Plainfield, N. J., was marMiss

October 16th to William P. de Saussure 3rd, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William P. de Saussure, of Englewood, N. J.
Mrs. de Saussure attended the Plainfield schools and the
School of Fine and Applied Arts, Pratt Institute. Mr. de
Sassure is a graduate of Loomis Preparatory School and
Virginia Military Institute. The bride’s mother will be remembered as Miss Marne Barrow, of the Class of 1907.
ried

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1909

The Quarterly

pleased to print a letter which will
be of interest to friends of the Right Reverend Robert F.
Wilner, Suffragan Bishop of the Philippine Islands, and to
the friends of Mrs. Wilner, who was Miss Alfa Stark, of
the class of 1912:
is

June

25, 1938.

Dear Dr. Nelson
Mrs. Wilner and

I are leaving for the U. S. on July 4,
with our three children. Our daughter, Alfaretta Isabel
Wilner, graduates tomorrow from Brent School, Baguio,
and expects to enter William Smith College, Geneva, N.
Y., in the Fall. Our two boys, 15 and 13 years of age, expect to go to Lenox School, Lenox, Mass.
We are hoping that it may be possible for us to visit
the school some time this Fall. Our plans now are to get a
car on the west coast and drive across country. We hope
to visit my brother George, whom you know well, in
Wichita, Kansas.
Please note change of address. We will be located in
Manila instead of Baguio on our return to the Islands, and
the address given will always reach us. Address of our
Mission Headquarters in the United States is 281 Fourth
Avenue, New York.

With very

best wishes,

Yours sincerely,
R. F.

WILNER.

1910

The following, clipped from the Scranton Tribune,
will no doubt be of interest to the friends and classmates
of Harold Box, father of the young lady who is makingsuch a fine record
Miss Thelma Box, South Canaan, a junior in the East
Stroudsburg State Teachers College, received the distinct
honor of being one of 17 students at the college who were
granted the privilege of optional class attendance, by report from the office of the Dean of Instruction. This privilege is granted only to those members of the junior and
senior classes who have maintained a scholastic average
of B plus or higher since their entrance to the college.

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Miss Box, who is enrolled in the secondary curriculum, was further honored by election into Kappa Delta
Pi, international honor society, represented on the East
Stroudsburg campus by Gamma XI Chapter.
Miss Box is president of the Young Women’s Christian Association and is also serving as a representative of
the women students on the Women’s Executive Council,
acting as its secretary. Music is another of her many interests, and she has been a member of the Baton Club for
three years, and is accompanist for the A Cappella Choir.
She is also a member of two clubs representing major
courses, science and Nomad, Geography Club.

1911

Ray M.

Cole, of Bloomsburg, Columbia County Vocational Agriculture Supervisor since 1921, was recently
elected Superintendent of the schools of Columbia County, to succeed the late William W. Evans. Mr. Cole was
unanimously recommended for the appointment by the
executive committee of the county school directors, and
the appointment was later made by Dr. Lester K. Ade,
State Superintendent of Public Instruction.

After Mr. Cole was graduated from Bloomsburg in
became teacher in the Ebenezer school in Centre
Township, a position he held for two terms before going
to Warren County. After serving there for two years, he
returned to Columbia County and was associated with the
Orangeville High School in i 9 1 5 and 1916.
In 1916 he entered the Pennsylvania State College
for a four-year course, being graduated in 1920. During
the school term of 1920-1921 he was employed at the Irwin school in Westmoreland County.
On July 1, 1921, he became County Vocational
Supervisor, a position he has filled since then. He was
awarded a master’s degree on completion of work at the
Pennsylvania State College in 1926 and 1927 and last
June was elected President of the Pennsylvania Voca1911, he

tional Association.

Dr. E. H. Nelson, Business Manager of the Quarterly,
with Mrs. Nelson and their daughter Patricia, had a narrow escape from serious injury Saturday, November 12,
when their car was struck in a collision with another car
at Moscow, Lackawanna County, Dr, Nelson’s injuries

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were such that lie was confined to bed in the Bloomsburg
Hospital for some time. Mrs. Nelson was severely shaken
up, but suffered no other injuries. Miss Nelson suffered a
fracture of a bone in the left foot. Dr. Nelson was able to
resume his duties at the College a short time before the
Christmas vacation.

Anna K. Wiant is school nurse at the Hun School, a
preparatory school for boys at Princeton, N. J. After
graduating from Bloomsburg, Miss Wiant taught until
1922, when she entered the nurses’ training school at
Johns Hopkins University. Graduating from there in 1925,
she took a post-graduate course in Psychiatric Nursing,
after which she followed private nursing until 1928,
when she took her present position. She varies her routine
by serving during the summer as nurse at a girls’ camp.
1917
Theodore P. Smith, former principal of the Bloomsburg High School, and now principal of the Columbia
High School, underwent an operation for appendicitis
Saturday, December 10. According to the latest information received by the Quarterly, Mr. Smith was rapidly recovering from the operation.
1923

The following

clipped from a Philadelphia paper.
Mr. Clemson, the subject of the article, is the husband of
Emmeline Fritz, of the class of 1923.
“The appointment of J. H. Clemson, for eight years
Philadelphia district traffic agent for T. W. A., as district
manager for the line in New York City, has been an-

nounced.
Mr. Clemson

is

is a T. W. A. veteran, having been with
the company since it was founded. He was associated
the Pennsylvania Railroad and with the Pullman Company before entering the air transportation field in 1929.
A student at Franklin and Marshall College when
the World War began, Mr. Clemson enlisted, and served
for the duration of the war. He was appointed flying
cadet, and after the Armistice, purchased his own plane,
and operated his own flying service in Pennsylvania. He
now holds a captain’s commission in the United States
Army Air Reserve.”

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1929
Mrs. David L. CooKe, formerly Eleanor Zydanowicz,
received her Master of Education degree at Pennsylvania
State College at the close of the summer session this year.

1930

Announcement has been made of the marriage of
Miss Anna Erwin, of Bloomsburg, and Burgess Faux, of
Conyngham. The ceremony was performed at Frederick,
Maryland, by the Rev. Benjamin W. Meeks, pastor of the
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, on Friday, April 14,
1938.

1931
son of Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff,
now instructor in the high school at Baldwin, L. I., has
been made a cooperating teacher for New York University. Seniors from the university are assigned to his room
to observe denionstration lessons and to participate in
classroom procedures under his supervision.
Mr. Sutliff remarked that his training at the State
Teachers College at Bloomsburg has given him an excellent foundation in his new line of work. He has had three
years experience as principal of a four-year high school
and is now in his fourth year of teaching in the Baldwin
High School.

Robert G.

Sutliff,

Clarence Wolever lives at 3145 Magee Avenue, PhilHe is now connected with the Westinghouse
Company. Mrs. Wolever was Mary Gorham, a graduate of
the two-year course in 1931.
adelphia.

Gordon Clair Keener, son of Charles D. Keener, of
near Mountain Grove, and Miss Winifred Irene Robbins,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Robbins, of Orangeville, were united in marriage Saturday evening, December 10th, by the Rev. Allen H. Roth in Conyngham.
1932

Edmond

who

is teaching mathematics in
the High School at Fallsington, Pa., received the degree
of Master of Education last June at Temple University.

H.

Smith,

1934
Miss Gertrude M. Tannery, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

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B.

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Tannery, of Bloomsburg, and her friend, Miss

Miller, twenty-six, Union Center, Pa., were
killed in a motor accident on the outskirts of Scranton
while on their way home for Thanksgiving vacation from

Elizabeth

New

Jersey schools in which they were teaching.
in which the young women were riding, with
Miss Miller driving, skidded on the icy highway, hitting
another machine, and they were thrown from their automobile as it left the highway.
Miss Tannery, a teacher in the schools of Basking
Ridge, N. J., was pronounced dead at Hahnemann Hospital, Scranton, from a fractured neck. Miss Miller, removed
to Scranton State Hospital, met death from a fracture of
the skull.
The accident occurred at Fell’s Corner on the Daleville highway. John C. Morgan, Scranton, driver of the
second machine, told State Motor Police of the Daleville
sub-station that the machine occupied by the young
women skidded in front of their car, apparently when the
driver applied the brakes.
A hand bag found on the highway contained an automobile registration card bearing the name of Miss Miller.
The identity of Miss Tannery was established later.
Miss Tannery had been teaching her second year at
Basking Ridge. Miss Miller, principal of a school at Bernardsville, was on her way to visit her father, the Rev.
Charles W. Miller, Union Center.
The couple left Bernardsville, N. J., during the afternoon, with Miss Tannery planning to accompany Miss
Miller as far as Scranton. A brother was to meet her there
but she telegraphed ahead that she would complete the
trip by bus, thus eliminating the trip to Scranton in adverse weather conditions.
Miss Tannery had resided here for some years with
her parents. She was a graduate of Monroe, N. Y. high
school and attended Putman Hall, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
and Elmira, N. Y. College and graduated from the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Before going to
Basking Ridge, she taught two years at Hopbottom. Miss
Tannery was a member of the First Methodist Church, of
Bloomsburg, and was completing work at the New York
University for her master’s degree.
Surviving are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George B.
the

The car

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Tannery; a sister, Mrs. Charles Knight, of Monroe, N. Y.
two brothers, Charles and William, at home, and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. C. N, Walton, of Berwick.

Dominick Delliquanti, who finished at Bloomsburg
State Teachers College in 1934, was married November
20, to Kathleen C. Miglionico, a graduate of Hughestown
High School in 1938. They are living in Canton, Pennsylvania, w here Mr. Delliquanti is Educational Adviser at
r

CCC Camp.

Their address

is

Box

22,

Canton, Pennsyl-

vania.

Miss Pauline Long, of Briar Creek, and Jack Albertwere married Saturday, July 2, at Dushore,
by the Rev. Harold Deisher, pastor of the Lutheran
Church. Mrs. Albertson is a teacher in the Briar Creek
borough schools, where she has been teaching for the past
four years. Mr. Albertson is employed by the Magee Carpet Company, in Bloomsburg.
son, of Espy,

1935

Announcement was recently made of the marriage of
Miss Daisy J. LeVan, of Catawissa, to Howard Girton, of
Lime Ridge. The ceremony was performed at Lewisberry,
Pa., by Rev. Parker Gardner, former pastor of the Methodist circuit of Catawissa, on May 29.
The bride, who is a graduate of Catawissa High
School, 1933, and B. S. T. C., 1935, holds a teaching position in Montour County.
The groom graduated from Catawissa High School
in 1932 and is engaged in farming.
Mr. and Mrs. Girton are residing at their recently
purchased home near Danville.
1936
J. R. Troxel of Northumberland, and Miss Eva M.
Berge of Winfield, were married at the Baptist Church
Sunday evening, October 2, following the close of the
evening service by the pastor, the Rev. Edwin J. Radcliffe.

A

large

number

of relatives of the couple witnessed the

ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Troxel are now living
thumberland.

in

Nor-

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1938
Miss Helen M. Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Chapman, of Centralia, became the bride of Richard J. Berkheiser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Berkheiser, of Shamokin, at the St. Ignatius Church, Centralia.
The assistant rector, the Rev. William P. Conner, officiated.

Both Mr. Berkheiser and
teachers, he at

his

bride are high school

West Cameron Township and she

at

Cen-

tralia.

Neil M. Ritchie, now teaching at Matamoras, has
been elected secretary of the Pike County Institute.

1940
Frances Josephine Richard, of Bloomsburg, and
Samuel J. Mercer, Jr., of Akron, Ohio, were married
Thanksgiving morning at the First Baptist Church of
Bloomsburg, by the Rev. E. J. Radcliffe, pastor of the
church. They are now living in Akron, where Mr. Mercer
is employed by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.

Miss Dorothy K. Molyneaux, of Berwick, and Harold
Daubach, of Niagara Falls, N. Y., were married Saturday,
November 26, at the North Berwick Evangelical Church.
The officiating minister was the Rev. C. R. Ness. Mr. Laubach is a graduate of the Benton High School, attended
the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, and the Rochester School of Commerce. He is now employed at Niagara
Falls.

The wedding of Miss Marjorie Mae Rider, daughter
and Mrs. Newton A. Rider, of Catawissa, R. D. 2,
and John W. Creasy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Creasy, of Catawissa, R. D., was performed Saturday
afternoon, December 17, at the bride’s home by the Rev.
John Dunham, pastor of the United Brethren Church of
of Mr.

Catawissa.
Miss Rider is a graduate of Catawissa High School,
class of 1937. Mr. Creasy is a graduate of Bloomsburg
High School, class of 1933, and Bliss Electrical School,
Washington, D. C. He also attended Bloomsburg State

Teachers College.

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William Kershner, of Berwick, who attended the
Bloomsburg State Normal School in the early eighties,
died at his home Monday, December 19th. Mr. Kershner
was a native of Brandonville. He taught for five years in
Nuremberg, and then entered the grocery business, in
which he continued for thirty-five years. He moved to
Berwick in 1907, and was employed by the A. C. F. Company for ten years. He was an active member of Grace
Lutheran Church, of Berwick.

Announcement of the marriage of Miss Inez Devine,
of Centralia, a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers
College, and Private Robert M. Sewell, of Pennsylvania
Motor Police, has been made. The ceremony took place
May 2, 1937, at Lancaster, with the Rev. Joseph McDonald officiating.
Mr. Sewell is a son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Sewell, of
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and a graduate of Alabama University, where he played football with “Crimson Tide”
teams. He is stationed at present at Broadheadsville in
the Poconos.

Miss Susan Sidler recently resigned as teacher in the
and second grades of the Mahoning Township Consolidated School, to take a position in the schools of Danville. Miss Sidler’s position was filled by the election of
Miss Jean Capwell, who completed the two-year course at
Bloomsburg last June, and was, at the time of her election,
doing her third year work at the College.
first

Harry

E.

Startzel,

fifty-three,

senior

member

of

South Danville Planing Mill Company, died at the Danville State

Hospital

He had been

in

clinic.
ill

health for several years.

He was

Rush Township and was graduated from the
Bloomsburg State Normal School and Pierce Business College, Philadelphia. He was a member of St. Peter’s Methodist Church, the P. O. S. of A., the Southside Chemical
Company.
Mr. Startzel served as auditor for Riverside borough
for twelve years and one term as school director.
Surviving are his wife, two sons, Frederick and Gerald a daughter Jena, at home, and one brother, Frank, of
Rush Township.
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Announcement has recently been made
riage of Miss

Maude Fenstermacher,

of the marof Catawissa, and

H. Fahringer, of Shamokin Hills. They were
united in marriage June 15, 1938, by the Rev. H. J. Billow
in the St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church of Catawissa, where Mrs. Fahringer is an active member. Mrs.
Fahringer has been a teacher in the Catawissa schools
for several years. Mr. Fahringer is a successful farmer in

William

Montour County.
Miss Bernadette B. Quirk, of Locust Gap, a teacher
the Mt. Carmel Township public schools and a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers College, and Vincent
M. Jones, of Centralia, were married Thanksgiving Day in
Locust Gap, by the Rev. P. P. Enright, rector of St. Joseph’s Church.
Mr. Jones is a graduate of Susquehanna University
and is a Centralia borough councilman.
in

Miss Esther Remley of Bloomsburg, a former student
Bloomsburg, and Pierce Giordano, of Newark, N. J.,
were married Monday evening, October 10th, at the
home of the bride. The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Chester L. Brachman, pastor of the Evangelical Reformed Church at Orangeville. Mr. and Mrs. Giordano
are now living in Newark, where the former is employed
at

in

the Post Office.

Announcement has been made of the marriage of
Miss Emily Edwards, of Bloomsburg, and Glen Rupert,
also of Bloomsburg. Mrs. Rupert has been teaching in the
Northumberland schools. Mr. Rupert is employed by the
Bloomsburg Ice and Cold Storage Company.

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MAY

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26th

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PUBLISHED BY

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OF THE

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
APRIL, 1939

Vol. 40

Entered as Second-Class Matter. July

1. 190i>,

No. 2

at the Post Office at

Bloomsburg.

Under the Act of July 16, 1894.
Published Four Times a Year.

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Plans for the Centennial Celebration May 26-27 are
gradually being completed. The program will be interesting from start to finish and we urge all Alumni and
former students to return for this outstanding event. Friday will be “Community Day” and Saturday “Alumni
Day.” You are invited to come back and enjoy the entire program.
Each graduate will receive the special
edition of the Quarterly giving the full program in detail.
We had planned to publish a complete directory of
the Alumni as a feature of the Centennial program. Only
940 questionnaires out of a possible 6,183 were returned

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giving us the desired information. Obviously, under these
conditions, a directory would be incomplete. The Board
of Directors decided to publish a complete list of every
graduating class. The names of those for whom we have
the correct address will be given first; second, the names
for whom we have no correct address; and third, the deceased members of the class. This directory will be
started in this issue of the Quarterly and will run continuously until the entire Alumni files have been recorded. It is necessary for you to subscribe to the Quarterly
immediately and continue your subscription, if you desire a complete directory.
Montour County Alumni held their annual banquet
in Danville, March 20. It was one of the best meetings
in the history of this organization. There were 106 present to enjoy the fine program. Prior to the meeting, under the leadership of Mr. Fred W. Diehl, committees
were appointed to boost the Centennial Student Loan
Fund. As a result of their efforts more than sixty subscriptions were received. Every graduate now teaching
in Montour County subscribed to the Fund. We wish
every county organization would follow the example set
by the loyal group in Montour County.
The Philadelphia Club will hold its annual meeting
on April 29 at the Bellevue in Philadelphia. A fine program is planned. Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties are planning to hold get-together parties this Spring.
Alumni interest is increasing. Be a booster for the College
The Centennial Student Loan Fund will be the
contribution of the Alumni to the College in recognition
of the Centennial. Many graduates have given liberally,
others have postponed action. We need the help of
every graduate and friend of the institution in this campaign. Do your share and do it now. Help to make a
worthwhile report at the Banquet on Alumni Dav, May
!

27.

the

With all good wishes, and expecting to see you on
campus for the Centennial Celebration, I am,
Very truly yours,
R. Bruce Albert.

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Fund Campaign Members
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CENTENNIAL CLUB MEMBERS
March

29, 1939

In the January issue of the Quarterly the names of
members of the Centennial Club were published. This Club consists of those persons willing to subscribe one hundred dollars to the Centennial Student
Loan Fund. This is one dollar per year for each year of
the history of the College. Since the last report, the following have joined this club. Who will be next?
fifty-five

Miss Marguerite Murphy, Miss Edna Barnes, Miss
J. Hazen, Miss Grace Wool worth, Miss Maude
Campbell, Miss Stella Lowenberg, Miss M. Amanda
Kern, Miss Lucy McCammon, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hausknecht, Miss Ethel A. Ranson, Mr. and Mrs. John J.
Fisher, Class of 1939, Dr. and Mrs. Donald B. McHenry.
There are now sixty-eight members of the Centennial Club. We should have at least one hundred members.
If more convenient, the amount of one hundred dollars
may be paid over a period of five years. Each county
organization should join this club. Join now and boost

Edna

the

Fund
«

CLUB MEMBERSHIPS— March

29,

Members
Club
Fifty-Dollar Club
Twenty-Five Dollar Club
Ten Dollar Club
Dollar Per Year Club
Miscellaneous Club

_

Total

-

Centennial

_

68

115

284

$9,526.20

13

_

Amount
$6,800.00
650.00
1,050.00
270.00
348.00
408.20

42
27
_

1939

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It is surprising that only 284 subscriptions have been
received to date. We had hoped to have at least 500 by
this time. If you have not yet subscribed, do your part
and do it now. Select the Club from the list above, which
you desire to join. Fill out the Agreement Card and mail
to D. D. Wright, Treasurer, Student Loan Fund, State
Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

The following
has been sent to

To
of

all

regarding the various Clubs

letter

the Alumni

:

All Alumni, Former Students and Friends
Bloomsburg State Teachers College
:

In recognition of the

Centennial of the College

in

May, 1939, the Alumni Association is endeavoring to increase the Student Loan Fund to $50,000.00. We are very
anxious that every friend of the College will contribute
liberally to this fund. There is an urgent need for the enlargement
of the fund in order to provide financial as(1)
sistance to

worthy students.

Contributions are being recorded by classes. Which
have the largest average subscription? Which
give the greatest amount to the fund ? DO

(2)
class will
class will

(3)
PART. HELP PUT YOUR CLASS ON
YOUR

TOP.

The following Clubs have been formed:
(4)
.

(5)

.

.

Centennial Club. Persons subscribing $1.00 per
year for each year of the history of the institution
or $100.00.
Fifty Dollar Club. Persons subscribing 50 cents per
year for each year of the history of the institution.

Twenty-Five Dollar Club. Persons subscribing 25
cents per year for each year of the history of the
institution.

.

.

Persons subscribing 10 cents per
year for each year of the history of the institution.

Ten Dollar Club.

Dollar per year Club. Persons subscribing $1.00 per
year since graduation.

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(6). Miscellaneous Club. Persons giving as much as possible under their present financial circumstances.

EVERY FRIEND OF BLOOMSBURG MUST HELP, IF
THE CAMPAIGN IS TO BE A SUCCESS. DO YOUR
BEST. PLEASE DO IT NOW.
You will find enclosed an Agreement Card, which
indicates the various plans for payment, etc. You may
have a period of five years, if you desire that length of
time. This should enable you to increase the amount of
your subscription. You may designate your gift as a
memorial.
Trusting you will give your prompt attention to this
means so much to students in financial
need and counting on your loyalty to Old Bloomsburg,”
matter, which

‘

1

am,
Sincerely yours,
R. Bruce Albeit.

NOTE:

—Please don’t

you are able
D.

tins card.

file

to do.

THINK IT OVER. Decide what
CARD AND MAIL TO D.

FILL OUT THE

WRIGHT, TREASURER.
*

REPORT OF CAMPAIGN BY CLASSES

We

hope

get on the job
the Centennial Student Loan Fund Campaign. Some classes are already at
work and doing a fine job. Classmates are being invited
back to enjoy the Centennial program, their class reunion, and also being asked to subscribe to the Loan
wish every class would put on a similar camFund.
paign. Complete lists of classes are available.

that

the

classes

immediately and arouse interest

will

in

We

Look over the report of classes as recorded below.
Are you satisfied with the showing of your class and do
you feel that it accurately expresses your loyalty to the
College and the students?

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Here

is

Class
1867
1875
1879
1880
1881
1885
1886
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1923
1924
1925

March

the report by Classes on

Contributions
1

2
1

1

2

5
7

3
1

1

2
4
7
2
7

6
3
3
4
2
5
5
2
3

10
7

8
7

9
6
11

3
7

2
4

3
1

5
3
4
3
4
4

3

29, 1939:

Amount
$ 100.00
28.00
100.00

25.00
30.00
237.00
347.00
25.00
5.00
5.00
15.00
155.00
248.00
125.00
135.00
190.00
130.00
52.00
80.00
102.00
197.00
123.50
29.70
115.00
442.00
380.00
200.00
247.00
260.00
121.00
485.00
125.00
157.00
75.00
37.50
55.00
5.00
129.00
82.50
40.00
117.50
63.00
56.00
41.00

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1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1941

4

8.00

5

20.00
26.00
2.00
38.00
11.50
2.00
5.00
4.50
115.00
24.00

2

.

.

.

2
5
3

2
1

.

__ 5
8

-

6

9.00
14.00
100.00
10.00

4

.

4
...

___

1

__

1

Non-Graduate Faculty
Friends

_

.

8

29
30

2625.00
769.50

295

$9526.20

Several classes are not represented. There is still
time to put your class on the map. Every class must get
busy and do some real work if the Campaign is to be a
success. Each one can at least be responsible for classmates and former students living in the same community.
The time is short. Don’t wait for another invitation. Go

work now

to

TESTIMONIALS AND MEMORIALS

A

Testimonial to honor their Class Adviser, ProfesHenry Albert. By the Class of 1924.

sor Charles

^

A
er,

Memorial

Class of 1906.

World War. By

to

^

^

honor the memory of Thomas Turnthe supreme sacrifice in the
sister, Mrs. Ruth Turner Martin.

Tom made

his

$

A

^

^

^

honor the memory of a former Trus-

Memorial to
tee of the College, Charles

W.

Miller.

By

his

daughter,

Mrs. Annie Melick.
$

A

By

$

Memorial to honor the
his daughter, Mrs. Jennie

$

$

memory

of Lewis K. Yoder.

Yoder Foley.

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A Memorial to honor the memory of Professor F.
H. Jenkins, former Faculty Member and Bursar. By Mr.
and Mrs. Howard F. Fenstemaker.
ijC

A Memorial to honor the memory of Professor John
G. Cope, former Faculty Member. By Charles H. Albert
and Mr. and Mrs. Pv. Bruce Albert.

A Memorial to honor the memory of the Lowenberg
family. Mr. David Lowenberg was, for many years, an
efficient Trustee of the College and Mr. William Lowenberg was a member of the Class of 1888, a Bloomsburg
merchant and a citizen interested in the College and the
community. This Memorial is established by Miss Stella
Lowenberg of the Class of 1886 as a gift from the William Lowenberg estate.

A Memorial to honor the memory of Mrs. Kate L.
Larrabee, a former member of the College Faculty. By
her daughters, Louise and Beatrice Albertson Larrabee.
The Centennial Student Loan Fund offers a fine
opportunity to remember and honor former Faculty
members,

relatives

and

and individuals
the establishment of

friends. Classes

every consideration
Memorials within the Fund.
will be given

in

Contributions to the Loan Fund will live in the serworthy youth through the years. Therefore, they

\ice of

become most

fitting as

B. S. T. C.

May

26th

Memorials.

CENTENNIAL
May

27th

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CORRESPONDENCE
Many interesting letters have been received from
graduates and former students regarding the Centennial
Student Loan Fund. The following letter is typical of the
spirit and loyalty of former students.

New York

City, N. Y.
11, 1939.

March
Mr. R. Bruce Albert
Bloomsburg, Pa.

Dear

Sir:

Enclosed find my contribution to the Student Loan
Fund.
1
had taught five years before 1 attended the
Bloomsburg State Normal School, hence 1 was older than
most of the other members of my class. I am now eightyeight years old, and must pay my contribution in one
payment. I should be glad to give more, but feel that this
is all I am warranted in giving. I hope so many who are
still earning will be able to make up the full amount of
fifty thousand dollars.
I wish very much that I might be able to attend the
sixty-fifth anniversary of my graduation, but 1 am not
able now to travel alone, and 1 have no one to come with
me.

God

bless the school.

Yours very

truly,

Lorena G. Evans.

QUOTATIONS FROM LETTERS
“Enclosed find my check for a small amount.
sorry

I

can’t do more.

With

I

am

best wishes for a successful

campaign.”
^

%

impossible for me to contribute anything at
this time to the Centennial Student Loan Fund. I think it
is a most worthy project and I would love to give substantially toward it. If matters improve 1 will give later,
but at the present time it is impossible.”
“It

is

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“Enclosed find
Fund. I am sorry it

my
is

check for ten dollars for the Loan
impossible to join the Centennial

Club.”
“I shall never forget the kindness of Doctor Waller
and some of the instructors 1 had in Bloomsburg. I have
pleasant memories of my school days there. I am glad to
be able to add my mite to the Student Loan Fund. I
thoroughly believe in it and I am enclosing my check for
$25.00. Best wishes for the success of the Fund.”

COMMENTS ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
The Class

of 1939, with a membership of approxihas joined the Centennial Club, and will
make it their Class Memorial. Our hats are off to the
members of the Senior Class and we appreciate the fine
interest of the present student body in this worthy pro-

mately

1

10,

ject.

Thirty-seven members of the faculty have subscribed to the Centennial Student Loan Fund. Thirty-three of
them have joined the Centennial Club. We appreciate
the splendid cooperation which indicates their interest
m the institution and the student body.
The Philadelphia Alumni organization joined the
Centennial Club. By various social activities they have
already realized more than seventy dollars. It would be
fine if every local Alumni group would join the Centennial Club. The amount could be paid over a period of five
years, if necessary.
Members of various classes are requesting a complete list of their classmates. Letters are being mailed to
classmates inviting them to the Centennial and asking
their cooperation in the Loan Fund project. Every class
should put on a similar campaign. We will gladly send a
list of your classmates to you upon request.
Contributions to the Centennial Student Loan Fund
are being recorded by classes. The Class of 1911 is now
leading the parade of classes, having replaced the Class
of 1905. This class has eleven subscriptions in the amount
of $485.00. The Class of 1905 is now in second position,

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having ten subscriptions in the amount of $442.00.
Third position is retained by the Class of 1906, having
seven subscriptions in the amount of $380.00. Fourth
place is held by the Class of 1886, having seven subscriptions in the amount of $347.00. Doctor Nelson says
that the Class of 1911 is the “only” class that ever graduated from the institution and will win with flying colors.
Are other Classes willing to let him get away with this
statement ?
The average subscription to the Loan Fund is approximately $33.50 per person. This is really a good average, but we must have many more subscriptions in
order to approach our objective. Some graduates hesitate to give because they cannot give in large amounts.
Give according to your means, regardless of amount, and
send in your subscription immediately.
Many graduates have been interviewed and promised to send in their Agreement Cards before Alumni Day.
We would appreciate your giving this matter consideration now.
We have received in cash to date $3,512.20. Twenty
students were granted loans which made possible the
completion of the College semester. The Loan Committee
is using great care and sound judgment in the granting
of loans to students.
Definite standards have been
established and will be maintained. Only applicants
meeting all the requirements and giving proper security
will be favorably considered.
Every graduate has received at least one letter and
a subscription card. If you have not made a subscription,
send in your card. Please do it as soon as possible.
Many graduates are planning to enjoy the Centennial Celebration May 26th and 27th.
All classes will
be in reunion. Come back, enjoy the program, and see
your old friends.

The Rev. William H.

Lilley, retired Evangelical minof the Central Pennsylvania Conference, and a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College, died at his home in Milton, Monday, January 16.
He was 87 years of age.

ister,

oldest

member

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Irma Russell

Ward

5

Miss Irma R. Ward, of
the faculty of the Blooms-

burg State Teachers Coldied
February 26,

lege,

1939, after a brief illness.

Although she was unassuming and somewhat reserved, the esteem and afher
fection felt toward
were evidenced by the
numbers of people who

came

to the funeral

home

and to the funeral from
near and far, by the many
flowers sent, and by telegrams and letters from
people unable to come.

Her own strong loyalty to
her friends was repaid in kind. Miss Ward was born in
Blakeley, Minnesota. She attended the public schools
and graduated from Mankato State Teachers College in
1909. She taught at several places in Minnesota.
During the summers from 1914 to 1921 she did social welfare work at the Glenn Lake Farm School for Boys
In
in connection with the juvenile court of Minneapolis.
1922 Miss Ward graduated from the University of Minnesota with the degree of Bachelor of Science in the field
of Home Economics with special work in biochemistry.
She was a member of Phi Upsilon Omicron and of Omicron Nu.
She was always loyal to the West liking especially
the open country, the lakes and hills of Minnesota. This
love of nature was carried over to Pennsylvania, her
adopted State. She was never happier than when driving some of her favorite roads, tramping through the
woods, or enjoying a meal cooked out-of-doors.

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From 1922

to

1924 Miss

Ward was

14

instructor in

Home Economics and

dietitian at Lake Forest College in
she came to B. S. T. C. as dietitian and

In 1924
instructor in Nutrition. During several summers she was
Dean of Women. To all these relationships she brought
intelligence, practical wisdom, understanding of human
nature and a sense of humor. All her work was done
with an unflagging devotion to duty.
Illinois.

In 1934 Miss Ward received the Master of Arts Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, in the
field of Education.
She had an unusually fine professional spirit, keeping abreast of developments in her own and
related subjects, as well as in the general field of education.
She was a member of the American Home Economics Association, the P. S. E. A. and the N. E. A. She was
a committee chairman in the Bloomsburg Branch of the
American Association of University Women.
In the College dining room, Miss Ward organized the
staff and their routine so well that they have been able to
carry on efficiently. She developed such a fine spirit of
cooperation and pride in the job that each feels responsible for the success of the whole.
She took a personal interest in all her student staff in
College and after graduation. To many she was “Aunt
Irma.” She quietly helped a number of them by small
loans of money. From her experiences, travel, and store
of knowledge she contributed to the understanding of
their studies and the problems of living. Conversations
at table included heated political arguments and discussions of what was happening in College and outside, her
recommendations of books, articles, movies and radio programs, her shrewd comments about people, a highly individual philosophy of life, and the appreciation of
beauty in all its forms. All who knew her remember her
love for America and her abhorrence of everything contrary to American democracy.
Miss Ward’s sense of humor made her good company. In times of tension and when human nature seemed most exasperating, she could see the funny side. She
had a sharp, native wit with characteristic ways of expressing it, and she collected witticisms, cartoons and
nonsense verse. Alumni remember “those snappy bits of

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humor

that were such sound philosophy and such good
advice.”

For all these reasons, students have described her as
“a regular fellow” and graduates have termed her ‘‘a
grand person” and “the best friend I ever had.”

Among outstanding personal characteristics her
friends will remember her independence and the strength
of her convictions, for which she was always ready to battle.
Her standard of values was high and uncompromising.
She hated dishonesty, the so-called sophisticated
habits of drinking and smoking, a self-seeking spirit, and
all cheap standards of values.
She was always frank and
sincere.

To her friends Miss Ward was “a vital personality.”
Her adventurous spirit, abounding energy, and liking for
doing the out-of-the-ordinary made her travels here and
abroad a rich experience. Her great zest for living was
shown in her many enthusiasms things varying as wide-

—

her Scottish ancestry; freighter voyages; movies
such as The Buccaneer, Drums, and Snow White the
planning of houses and their furnishings; Saturday Evening Post stories about American life geology, geography,
stars, trees and birds; books such as Listen the Wind
or The Importance of Living; the Chicago Symphony or
Charlie McCarthy on the radio Dorothy Thompson’s column the University of Minnesota; her nieces and nephews, and her favorite color, blue-green.
ly as

;

;

;

;

—

“Irma Ward a friend courageous, energetic, keen,
forceful, frank, true as steel. A privilege to have known
such as she.”
Marguerite Kehr.

As a representative of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Ray McBride, Jr., of Berwick, President of
the Community Government Association, attended the
sessions of the National Student Federation of America,
held at Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, during the
Christmas vacation. He also served as chairman of the
commission on State Teachers Colleges and presided over
the sessions of students representing that division.

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1G

Old Feud Revived!
The smoke is flying again on the Bloomsburg
campus. An old feud that has been lying buried almost
twenty years has again come to life. Barbed innuendos,
bitter invectives and brazen boastings are flying back
and forth, as in the days of old. All of this is reminiscent
of the days when there flourished at Bloomsburg two
literary societies,
which flaunted the high-soundingnames, Philologian and Calliepian. The Philologian
Society, which once held forth on the roof-garden of
project,
Science Hall, in a room now occupied by a
held forth under the banner “Speech is the Image of the
Mind.” Many years have passed since a painter’s brush
obliterated the above words, inscribed on the wall in

WPA

letters of gold. The Calliepian Society held its conclaves
on the same top floor of Science Hall, in a room which
now serves as a classroom and a place for band and orchestra rehearsals. This room is now presided over by a
hated Philo. The motto of the Callies was “Praestantia
aut nihil.” The words of this motto, not written in letters
of gold, but in letters of bronze, attached to a slab of oak,
were rescued from annihilation by a member of the
faculty who was a member of the Callie Society.
These societies used to hold their meetings on Saturday evenings. For many years, the meetings were
well attended, because there was no other place to go.
There were no movie palaces, and it would not have been
any use if there had been, for the unemancipated members of the weaker sex were not permitted to leave the
campus after dinner. The societies, therefore, furnished
the one big emotional, aesthetic, cultural and romantic
outlet of the week. Properly chaperoned, to make sure
they were not molested on the way to Science Hall, the
girls would go in a body to their respective societies, followed at a respectful distance by the young gentlemen.
The evenings were spent in debating, the reading of

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essays and original poems, musical selections, and such
business as the occasion demanded.
Then came the War. Gone were the Apollos of the
campus. They had marched off in khaki, some of them
never to return. One incentive for attending society
meetings the romantic element had vanished. When
the boys came back, the country was not the same. They
found bobbed hair, short skirts, and all the other appurtenances of the Flapper Epoch. The girls had earned
their freedom. Now there were movies, and the giris
could leave the campus to attend them. The societies,
therefore, became anemic. A few attempts to give them
transfusions failed, and Phiio and Callie gave their last
individual and collective gasps.
But one thing remained. The spirit of rivalry never
died. Should a group
of graduates gather together,
sooner or later they would arrive at the old argument:
‘‘Which was better, Philo or Callie?” Neither side would
concede one point to the other.
It happens that the Editor of the Quarterly was a
Philo, and that the Business Manager was a Callie. How
such an ill-assorted pair have ever been able to work together in peace and harmony is a question that no mortal
can answer. In a recent interview printed in the local
newspaper, the Business Manager cast aspersions on the
noble Philologians in a tone that cannot remain un-

—

—

answered.

As evidence, we quote the following, which appeared recently in the Bloomsburg “Morning Press.”
“Yesterday morning, Dr. E. H. Nelson, Athletic Director at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, sat
down to breakfast, picked up the Morning Press, and
glanced at the articles on the front page. One article at-

—

tracted his attention
it was the article
Bloomsburg College Players were to
‘The Romancers,’ by Rostand.
“Now Dr. Nelson has a remarkable
ally, a long forgotten incident was very
to memory by a tantalizing neurotomic

stating that the
present a play,

memory; naturfaintly brought
activity in the

cerebrum. Concentrating all his faculties, the confusion
was completely dispelled. Leaving a delectable breakfast, Dr. Nelson rushed to find his scrapbook. Hurriedly

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paging through the book, he came upon an old program
which he had saved from the time when he was an
under-graduate at the Bloomsburg Literary Institute and
State Normal School in the year 1911. Imagine his surprise to find that exactly twenty-eight years ago to the
day, March 16, 1911, he had played one of the leading
roles in that same play. It had been presented at that
time by the Calliepian Literary Society.
“While talking to several under-graduates in his
office later in the day, Dr. Nelson became reminiscent
of the days of 1911. Speaking of the Calliepian Literary
Society, he said, ‘There was a really accomplished group
of dramatists.’ Do you see the motto on the wall behind

We

me? It means ‘Excellency or Nothing.’
staged plays
that had audiences spellbound. They talked about our
plays for months. As for those Philos, they didn’t rate at
all.
had no trouble putting them in their place.”
The Editor, being a Philo, will merely say in reply
that he was a member of the orchestra that gave the
proper setting for the play, and kept the audience from
walking out between acts. In return for this, the above
derogatory remarks.
ask you, is that Christian
charity ?
How can the matter be settled?
are forced to
the conclusion that there must be a showdown, and a
showdown there will be. Friday evening, May 26, to close
the first day of the Centennial celebration, there will be
a reunion of the former members of the two societies.

We

We

We

your opportunity to help settle the argument.
is going to overwhelm the other by the force
of numbers. The larger the representation, the more
noise it can make, and that will be the only way to silence
the other side. Then, and only then, will the ancient
argument be settled. Committees are now working on arrangement of suitable programs. It will be an unforgettable experience. Will you be there?

Here

One

is

society

The Bloomsburg Players, Dramatic Club

at the ColRostand’s play,
“The Romancers,” in the auditorium of Caldwell Consistory in Bloomsburg, Thursday evening, March 16. The
play was directed by Miss Alice Johnston, of the faculty.

lege,

presented the

first

act of

Edmond

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A cross-section of College life was revealed Thursday evening, March 9, during the twelfth annual College
evening, at which the members of the Bloomsburg
Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs were guests.
The affair opened with a dinner in the College dining room, was followed by a program in the auditorium,
and was concluded with a dance in the gymnasium.
William V. Moyer, President of the Rotary Club,
was toastmaster. An address was given by Frank S.
Hutchison, former President of the Rotary Club. Group
singing was led by Dr. Clarence M. Sober, of the Rotary
Club, and by John Lyle, of the Kiwanis Club. Music was
furnished by a small group from the Maroon and Gold
Orchestra.

The program in the auditorium was opened by Ray
McBride, President of the Community Government Association, who extended greetings to the guests. Miss
Harriet M. Moore led in singing of “Maroon and Gold,”
with H. F. Fenstemaker at the piano, and “Praise Ye the
Father,” by Gounod, with Mrs. J. K. Miller at the organ.
Mr. Fenstemaker then played “Kammenoi Ostrow,” by
Rubinstein, on the organ. The A Capella Choir, under
the direction of Miss Moore, sang two numbers.
An interesting feature of the program was “Education For Teaching,” the third colored film showing
various phases of College life. The film, prepared by
Prof. George J. Keller, emphasized the extra-curricular
life

of the College.

The program was brought to a close by the playing
two selections by the Maroon and Gold Band.
The rest of the evening was spent in dancing in the
gymnasium.
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COMMERCIAL GRADUATES FIND POSITIONS
The type of business teacher education provided at
Bloomsburg State Teachers College, can be measured
in no better way than by the fact that 92 per cent of the
graduates of the Department of Business Education have
found employment in either teaching or business, and
over 80 per cent of this group are now teaching in more
than 125 towns and cities throughout Pennsylvania and
surrounding

High

states.

and colleges situated in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, and Virginia have sought the
services of teachers graduated from Bloomsburg.
The following shows the total number of business
education graduates the nature, number and per cent
of the placements for years indicated
schools,

Connecticut,

—

:

1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1937

Total

6

Graduates

32 Graduates
34 Graduates

Graduates
Graduates
49 Graduates

16
31

Business
Business
1 Business
2 Business
2 Business
6 Business
1

5

3

27
32
14
25
35

Teaching
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching

Total
Total
Total
Total
Total
Total

6

100%

30
33

97%
97%

16

100%
87%

27
41

167 Graduates 15 Business 138 Teaching Total 163

84%
92%

Since it is necessary to make improvements in order
keep abrest of changes occurring from year to year
m this world of business and education, the College has
recently revised the curriculum for the education of business teachers in order that the significant placement
record shown above may continue.

to

Miss Mary Whitenight, who has been on leave since
the end of the first semester so that she might serve on the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College faculty, has resigned
her position as Physical Education instructress for girls
Miss Whitenight, who
as the Bloomsburg High School.
substituted for Miss Lucy McCammon during the first semester, is now a regular member of the College faculty.

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FRATERNITY SPONSORS PLAY TOURNAMENT
Berwick High School in Class A and Tunkhannock
Class B won the honors in the ninth annual invitation
scholastic play tourney sponsored by Alpa Psi Omega,
National Dramatic Fraternity, at the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College in the auditorium Saturday afternoon,
in

January 7th.
It was the first time that Berwick took top honors
and Tunkhannock won in its class on its initial appearance in the tourney.

The event was started with the objective of improveing high school dramatics, and in this the fraternity is
achieving success. Each year the calibre of the presentation is finer and the tourney as a whole set a new standard.

Coal

Township and Northumberland were other

entries in Class A, while Orangeville competed in Class B.
Three graduate members of the fraternity were the
judges. They were James Davis, Supervising Principal at
Main Township; William Shutt and Miss Carrie Livsey,
of Bloomsburg.

Berwick presented “A Boy Comes Home,” by A. A.
Milne, with Mildred Moody directing. Tunkhannock in
winning in Class B gave “Submerged.” Northumberland
presented “Shanghai”; Coal Township, “The Window”
and Orangeville, “Sauce For the Gosling.”

One of the features of the Centennial will be an exhibit setting forth the history of the College. This will
consist of old pictures, books, programs and any other arlarge amount
ticles that might be of historical interest.

A

of material has already been gathered together, but there
may be some graduates who have some interesting things
to contribute. Such contributions will be welcomed, and,
if properly identified when received, will be returned to
their owners. Any articles sent as gifts will be kept on
permanent display in the cases located in the Bakeless
Memorial Room. Material should be sent to Dr. E. H.
Nelson at the College.

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COLLEGE STUDENTS ORGANIZE
The Cooperative Association of the Pennsylvania
was formulated at a convention
held at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College when ten
Pennsylvania State Teachers Colleges met and recently
organized. A two-day conference was held at Bloomsburg during which many of the problems confronting the
students in the State Teachers institutions were discussed.
The Conference resulted in the formation of a permanent organization. A Constitution was adopted and will be
submitted to the student bodies of the fourteen Teacher
State Teachers Colleges

Colleges.
Officers elected included President, Joseph Whittaker, Lock Haven; Vice-President, Charles Meole, Millersville;
Secretary, Florence Stefansky, Bloomsburg;
Treasurer, Frank McGrew, Indiana. An Executive Committee to act for the organization includes the following: Florence Stefansky, Bloomsburg; Joseph Whittaker,
:

Lock Haven; Frank McGrew, Indiana; J. Wilbur Freeman, Cheyney; Charles Meole, Millersville Louise Snow;

berger, California.
The theme of the conference was “Making More Uniform the Student’s Part in the College Program of the
Various Teachers Colleges in Pennsylvania.”
Registration took place Thursday afternoon, March
2, and Friday morning, March 3. Dr. F. B. Haas, President of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, welcomed the visitors.
Miss Mary Jeanne McKay, President of the National
Student Federation of America, spoke. Friday afternoon
various groups discussed problems pertinent to the
student life. Saturday morning there were group discussions on the following topics: athletics, publications and
censorship, student regulations and social events.
During the Saturday session of the conference, an
interesting feature was a panel discussion on the topic
“Student Participation in College Government.” Professor H. A. Andruss of Bloomsburg presided. Those particiRaymond Kniss, Lock Haven; James
pating included
:

Brown, Edinboro

;

Betty Ruth,

Kutztown

;

zuccki, Indiana; Gabriel Berzash, Slippery

Albert ZanRock; Arthur

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Winfield, Cheyney; Mark Herr, Millersville
Harold
Spellman, California; Stanley Settle, Shippensburg, and
Florence Stefansky, Bloomsburg.
At a dinner meeting, John C. Koch, Bloomsburg,
Dean of Men, presided and the following were speakers:
Dean Andruss, Bloomsburg; Ray McBride, Bloomsburg;
Joseph Whittaker, Lock Haven; Connie McGinnis,
Indiana Louise Welsh, Millersville; and Rita Carroll,
;

;

California.

Bloomsburg’s official delegates were Florence Stefansky, Wilkes-Barre; Abigail Lonergan, Berwick; Thurwald Gomer, Nanticoke; James De Rose, Scranton;
John C. Koch, Dean of Men, and Dr. Marguerite Kehr,
of Women.
State Teachers Colleges that sent delegates were
Indiana, California, Edinboro, Kutztown, Shippensburg,
Millersville, West Chester, Lock Haven and Bloomsburg.

Dean

Mrs. Alma Sager- Welsh, wife of Dr. J. P. Welsh,
former principal of the Bloomsburg State Normal School
(now State Teachers College) during the interval between the two periods in which Dr. Waller was Principal, died Wednesday, February 8.

Mrs. Welsh was earlier a member of the faculty of
West Chester State Normal School, teaching English
and Expression at the time that Dr. Welsh was head of
the Department of English here. Before that she was in
the corresponding chair at the Kutztown State Normal
the

School.

When they came to Bloomsburg, Mrs. Welsh headed
Gracious
the Department of Expression and Elocution.
and charming in the social life of the community, possessing knowledge of her subject matter and medium of presentation, she impressed students profoundly and won
regard.
Later she was engaged in work of Christian Science
in its organization and work, and became influential as
reader and healer. Since the death of Dr. Welsh she has
resided in Pleasantville, N. Y.
Mrs. Welsh was almost eighty years of age at the
time of her death.

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Dr. E. H. Nelson, Director of Athletics at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, has announced the football
schedule for 1939-40, as approved by the Bloomsburg
State Teachers College Athletic Committee. The scheis as follows
Millersville

dule

Indiana
Mansfield

Lock Haven
Shippensburg
Kutztown Homecoming Day
East Stroudsburg

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_

September
October
October
October
October

30

November
November

4
11

7

14
21

23

Away
Home
Away
Home
Away
Home
Home

Hi

Baseball and Tennis
Dr. Nelson has also announced the baseball, track
and tennis schedules for the Spring of 1939 as approved
by the Bloomsburg State Teachers College Athletic Com-

mittee

:

— Kutztown —Away— Baseball and Tennis.
—East Stroudsburg— Away — Baseball and Ten— Mansfield — Home — Baseball and Tennis.
April
April 22 — Indiana — Away — Baseball and Tennis.
— Away— Baseball and Tennis.
April 26 —
April 28 — West Chester— Away— Tennis.
April 29 — West Chester— Home — Baseball.
May — Susquehanna — Home — Baseball and Tennis.
May — Bucknell — Away — Tennis.
May — Shippensburg— Away — Baseball and Tennis.
May 13 — Mansfield — Away — Baseball and Tennis.

April 14
April 15
nis.

21

Millersville

3
5
6

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May
May
May
May

16

20
25
27

—Susquehanna — Away— Baseball and Tennis.
—Lock Haven — Home
— Baseball and Tennis.
— Bucknell — Home — Tennis.
— Alumni — Home — Baseball and Tennis.
Track

—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—Aw
—
—

April 22
East Stroudsburg Home.
April 28-29
Penn Relays Philadelphia.
May 3 Bucknell Away.
ay 6 Sh p pens burg
ay.
May 13 Lock Haven Home.

M

i

Dickson City, by eliminating Mt. Carmel 51-42, ran
with the Class A honors in the 18th Annual High
School Basketball Tournament, sponsored by the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Dickson City gained a leg
on the trophy which must be won three times consecutively to be retained.
The winners also received gold
medals and silver medals were awarded to the runnersoff

up.
In Class B, West Wyoming bested Muncy by a 41-25
margin. The Class B winners received a plaque and silver medals; the Muncy team received bronze medals.
In Class C, Nuremberg easily outclassed Rock Glen
31-18 and also received a plaque and silver medals, while
the Rock Glen boys were given bronze medals.
From all angles the tournament was one of the best
in years and the largest number of high school teams

were entered.

Dr. Glenn Cunningham, the world’s foremost miler,
was the speaker at an assembly program at the Blooms-

burg State Teachers College Friday morning, February
17.
Dr. Cunningham, whose reputation as a mile runner
is world-wide, recently completed work on his Ph. D. degree, New York University, and at the present time is on
a brief lecture tour.

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26

CAMPUS

Jr”—

NEWS

Dean Harvey A. Andruss, State Teachers College, of
Bloomsburg, addressed a North Carolina State Education
Association meeting at Raleigh on Saturday, March 18
The subject of the address of Dean Andruss was “Developing Vocational Competency in Business.” Since the
State of North Carolina is contemplating the addition of
another year or grade to their present school system, the
problem of providing apprenticeship opportunities for
young people who seek employment in stores and business offices is one of vital concern.
This subject was used by Dean Andruss last year in
addressing the New York Commercial Teachers’ meeting
in Rochester, and has since appeared as an article in the
February issue of Business Education World, a magazine
distributed bv the Gregg Publishing Company, of New
.

York

City.

•

The Zimmer Harp Trio, composed of Nellie Zimmer,
solo harpist, Louise Harris and Gladys Crockforcl, was a
feature of the Entertainment Course presented by the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College for the current College year. Prof. E. A. Reams is in charge of the arrangements for the course.
The Zimmer Harp Trio has given more harp conThey

certs than any other group of its kind in America.
came to Bloomsburg after engagements in all the
cities of the nation.

large

Harry Newcombe, dramatic baritone of Boston, appeared here with the Trio.

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Dr. and Mrs. Francis B. Haas were the honored
guests at a dinner tendered by the faculty and administrative staffs of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.
The dinner was held Tuesday evening, March 28, at the
Berwick Hotel. During the dinner Mrs. Francis B. Haas
was presented with a basket of flowers and Dr. Haas received a scrap book containing individual pages contributed by individual members of the faculty. The presen-

were made by John C. Koch, Dean of Men.
The Faculty Committee who had charge of the arrangements included Miss Harriet Moore, Miss Pearl Ma-

tations

Baker, Dr. E. H. Nelson, Mr. Howard
Fenstemaker, Mr. Herbert McMahan and Mr. John C.
Koch.
•

son, Mrs. Lucille

Kimber C. Kuster, of the Department of Biology
Bloomsburg State Teachers College, addressed the
Limnological section of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science at the Mercy Hotel, Richmond,
His subject was “Fresh Water Jelly
Va., in December.
Dr.

at the

Fish.”

This jelly fish is one of medusae species and is rare.
However, Dr. Kuster discovered this new species in fresh
water near Almedia. Following the publication of an article on fresh water jelly fish Dr. Kuster has sent specimens to many marine collectors, museums and aquariums
throughout the United States.
»
Several

hundred teachers and

administrators at-

tended the very successful conference on “The Clinical
Approach” held at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College in February. Appearing on the program were Dr.
Emmett Betts, of Penn State; Dr. Joseph H. Miller, of
Wilkes-Barre, and Miss Alice Johnston, of Bloomsburg.
Dr. T. E. Newland, of the State Department, presided at
the meetings. Teachers and administrators in attendance expressed considerable interest over the many types
of clinical instruments demonstrated at the conference.
It is planned to make the clinical approach available for
school districts within the service area of the Bloomsburg
State Teachers College.

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The December issue of two magazines contained articles written by Harvey A. Andruss, Dean of Instruction
at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.
One of the articles originally appeared in the Springissue of the Bulletin of the Tri-State Commercial Education when meeting in Pittsburgh last year.
Favorable
comments led to its being reprinted under the original
title of “Some Problems in the Administration of Commercial Education” in “The Balance Sheet,” a magazine

reaching over 50,000 readers who are interested in commercial education throughout the United States.
The other article on “Juries and Justice,” written by
Dean Andruss, appeared in “The Kiwanis Magazine” and
points out the importance of training young citizens for
jury duty.
Teachers, business men, professional men and lawyers have evinced their interest in the points of view
found in these articles.
e

A

special assembly was held Friday morning, Janin the chapel of the Bloomsburg State Teachers
College for the ten students who completed their courses
at the end of the first semester.
Bela Smith, Superintendent of the Kingston schools,
was the speaker. The
Cappella Choir, under the direction of Miss Harriet Moore, sang, and Howard F. Fen-

uary 20,

A

stemaker played the organ.
Those who completed their work in Business Education were Willard Davies, of Nanticoke; Morgan Foose,
of Sugarloaf Sheldon Jones, of Nanticoke; Alfred Keibler, of Kingston
Laura Maust, of Bloomsburg; Helen
McGrew, of Mahanoy, and Thomas Revels, of Dickson
City.
Joseph Stamer, of Warrior Run, and Kenneth
Hawk, of Bear Creek, completed their work in secondary
;

;

education.

c

M. G. Youngman, 67, President of the Danville National Bank, died at his home on West Market Street,
Danville, at 12:30 o’clock Thursday morning, March 2.
His death was due to a heart condition with which he had
been suffering for the past month. He was a former
trustee of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.

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Alumni are earnestly requested

to inform Dr. E. H. Nelson
copies of the Alumni Quarterly
have been returned because the subscribers are no longer living at
the address on our files.

All

of all changes of

address.

Many

GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
R. Bruce Albert

President

Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr.

Vice-President

Edward Schuyler

__

Secretary

Harriet Carpenter

_

Treasurer

Board
Fred W. Diehl
H. Mont Smith

E. H.

of Directors

Nelson

D. D. Wright
Frank Dennis

OFFICERS OF LOCAL BRANCHES

Dauphin-C'umberland Counties
President

Mi's. J. F.
7

Schiefer

South Fourth Street, Steelton, Pa.

Mary

Vice-President

A.

Meehan

2632 Lexington Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Elizabeth Clancy

Secretary
436 N. 3rd Street, Steelton, Pa.

Treasurer

Paul H. Englehart
1820 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

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Lackawanna County
Herbert

President

S.

Jones

707 North Rebecca Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

Thomas

Vice-President

Rowland

R.

822 Richmont Street, Scranton, Pa.

Secretary

Adeline Williams

__

810 Archbald Street, Scranton, Pa.

Treasurer

Lydia A. Bohn

.

227 Stephen Avenue, Scranton. Pa.

Luzerne County
President

.

.

Ellen

_

290

New Hancock

Phebey

Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Edison Fischer

Vice-President
30 Market Street, Glen Lyon, Pa.

Mrs. Ruih Speary Griffith

Secretary

67 Carlisle Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Treasurer

Mrs. Lester Bennett
402 North River Street, Plainsville, Pa.

Montour County
Miss Harriet Fry

President
3

Bloom

Street, Danville, Pa.

David W. Foust

Vice-President
Washingtonville, Pa.

Miss Alice Smull

Secretary
312 Church Street, Danville, Pa.

Ralph McCracken

Treasurer

202 Gearhart Street, Riverside, Pa.

Northumberland County

John

President

R.

Boyer

Herndon, Pa.
Vice-President

Joseph Shovlin

Kulpmont, Pa.
Secretary

Miss Ethel Fowler

Watsontown, Pa.
Treasurer

S. Curtis

Shamokin, Pa.

Yocum

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Philadelphia

Honorary President
112 North 50th

Mrs.

Norman

G. Cool

Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mrs. Jennie Yoder Foley
8134 Hennig Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

President

Vice-President and Corresponding Sec’y.
Mrs. Lillie Hortman Irish
736 Washington Street, Camden, New Jersey

Recording Secretary
Treasurer

Mrs. Esther Yeager Castor
8062 Crispin Street, Holmesburg, Pa.
Mrs. Nora Woodring Kinney
7011 Erdrick Street, Tacony, Philadelphia, Pa.
:

Schuylkill County
To be Organized in April

Snyder-Union Counties
Louis Pursley

President

Lewisburg, Pa.
Vice-President

_

Helen Keller

Mifflinburg, Pa.

Mary Lodge

Secretary
Mifflinburg, Pa.

Ruth Fairchild

Treasurer
R. D.

4,

Lewisburg, Pa.

Wyoming -Susquehanna

Counties

Susan Jennings Sturman

President

Tunkhannock, Pa.

Eva Lloyd

Vice President

Thompson, Pa.
Secretaries:

Lena

Hillis

Tunkhannock, Pa.

Marsh

Hallstead, Pa.
Francis Shaughnessy

Frances Kinner
Treasurer

Tunkhannock, Pa.
Columbia County
Harold Hidlay

President
Orangeville, Pa.

Maurice

Vice-President

E.

Houck

Berwick, Pa.
Mrs. Grover Shoemaker

Secretary

Bloomsburg, Pa.
Mrs. Harlan R. Snyder

Treasurer
Catawissa, Pa.

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Alumni

Philadelphia
|

||

CENTENNIAL
1839
1939
BLOOMSBURG STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
“Let those who follow continue to build with the Plumb of
Honor, the Level of Truth and the Square of Integrity, Education,
Courtesy and Mutuality.”
(John Wanamaker).

—

%

ifc

^

The Philadelphia Alumni Association

of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College invites you once again to
meet with old classmates, friends and other alumni and
faculty of the school at our Ninth Annual Reunion and
Banquet in the North Garden, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel,
Philadelphia, Saturday, April 29, 1939, at 6:30 P. M.,
Eastern Standard Time.
R. Bruce Albert, 1906, President of the General
Alumni Association, will be Master of Ceremonies.
Dr. Francis B. Haas and Mrs. Haas, Mrs. R. Bruce
Albert, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Fenstemaker will be in attendance.
A new departure this year will be the showing of
Both are
two beautiful colored films of College life.
highly entertaining and amusing.
Our student friends from the College will again favor us with dinner and dance music under the able baton
of Prof. Howard F. Fenstemaker, orchestra and band

leader at the school. A student vocalist will sing for us.
representatives of the Student Government Association will also be with us.
All in attendance will be given an opportunity to
sing College songs, old and new, under the direction of
R. Bruce Albert.
This is truly College Night! Why not have your
class bring the largest representation?
Let us do our part by coming out and giving them a
large and enthusiastic audience. Who knows but what

Two

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may meet some friend of the long ago at this very
gathering, as so many other alumni have done at other
banquets.
Bring sweethearts, wives, husbands, friends. We are
all one big family under the roof tree of Old Bloomsburg.
Our Summer picnics will be held at Willow Grove
Park on June 10, July 8, August 12 and September 9.
Come and enjoy them with us at this famous old resort.
There’s always plenty of home-made goodies.
Luncheon will be held on October 14, November 11,

you

1939; January 13, February 10, March 9,
May 11, 1940, in Gimbel’s Club Room.
Members of other Associations are particularly invited to this banquet, as well as to all other affairs. Make
reservations for the banquet with Nora Woodring Kenney, 1909, Treasurer, 7011 Erdrick Street, Tacony, Phila-

December

9,

April 13 and

delphia.

Informal

Dancing

Subscribe to the Quarterly and the Student Loan

Fund.
Yours for Old Bloomsburg,
Jennie Yoder Foley,

8134 Hennig

Street,

’08, Pres.,

Fox Chase,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Our Philadelphia group has been unusually active
A number of card parties have been given
by individual members of the Club, helping to swell our
donation to the Student Loan Fund.

this quarter.

We were given a real treat at our January luncheon
by Ruby Gearhart, of the Class of 1910.
Last Summer, Miss Gearhart was sent by the Philadelphia Garden Club to take a six-weeks’ course with the
Audubon Nature Camp. One-eighth of a mile off the picturesque coast of Maine, in sheltered Muscongus Bay, is
beautiful Hog Island, location of the Todd Wild Life
Sanctuary.
Covered with a primieval stand of evergreens, its shores laved by the waters of the Atlantic, the
island is ideally situated for a nature study camp.

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The place abounds

in wild life, birds, insects, flowalso a variety of ferns, mosses and
lickens. The waters surrounding the island literally teem
with marine life; porpoises, seals and occasionally whales
are observed not far off shore. It is indeed an ideal place
for any one who wishes to take up a nature course.
Miss Gearhart had two moving picture reels with
which to illustrate her lecture, which was most interesters,

mammals and

fish

;

ing.

She brought as guests, the President and Past President of the Philadelphia Garden Club, Mrs. Charles Platt,
of Chestnut Hill and Mrs. Thomas Duncan Whelen, of
Overbrook Avenue, Philadelphia.
of honor at our February luncheon was
Miller Melick, ’85, of New York City and a daughter of Charles W. Miller, of Bloomsburg, who was one of
the first trustees of Bloomsburg State Normal School.
Mrs. Melick spoke to us about her last trip to Eur-

The guest

Anna

ope and her

Summer

in

England.

Her descriptions were very real and vivid as she
took us from place to place and gave us the high lights of
all the interesting places she had visited.
Every one enjoyed her talk so much and hoped that
she would come back soon and tell us some more about
her travels.

Our President, Mrs. Foley, has been ill for some time
but is able to come out to our meetings again.
are
glad that her health is improving and hope it will continue until she is fully recovered.

We

Our sincere sympathy is extended to three of our
group this quarter.
To Agnes Freas Reiser, whose father died suddenly
during the holidays.
To Louella Burdick Sinquett, whose brother passed
away on January 6th.

To Alma Noble Leidy, whose sister, LaVerne Noble
Wilmington, was buried during the first week of

Pyle, of

March.
Mrs.
Pa.,

is

in

May Carey Wendell, Class of
Mawr Hospital with a

the Bryn

’85,

of

Wayne,

broken hip.

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rug on a highly polished

floor

was the cause

of the acci-

dent.

Our March luncheon and card party was a huge sucWe had over 60 guests and made a substantial addition to our Student Loan Fund from the proceeds of the

cess.

party. We also had a donation of $20.00 from one of our
group. Isn’t that loyalty to our Alma Mater?
Mrs. Foley, our President, was delighted with the
success of the party and she is planning for another one in

May.
Mrs. Louella Burdick Sinquett has returned home
weeks sojourn in Florida, where she
spends her vacation each year.
after a several

Don’t forget the banquet at the Bellevue-Stratford
on April 29th. We hope that any Alumnus, no matter
where he may be, will be with us on that date. We welcome all who will come.

Dorothy Fritz is in the Roxhoro
All wish her a speedy recovery.

Memorial Hospital.

All of the Alumni and friends will be sorry to learn
that our Honorary President, Mrs. Florence Hess Cool,
’88, has been suffering intensely for the past five or six
weeks with a very severe attack of neuralgia. At the
present writing, she is not much improved.

McCord, ’12, of 1100 LaSalle Street,
has been very seriously ill. Mrs. Mca member of the teaching staff of the Moody Bible

Mrs.
Chicago,

Cord

is

Iris

Ikeler

Illinois,

Institute.

Laverne Noble (Mrs. J. Lybrand Pyle) died March 3
her home in Wilmington, Delaware, following an illness of three months. She was the daughter of the late
Mervin G. Noble, of Philadelphia, formerly of Damascus,
and Elva S. Noble, now living in Philadelphia. She is
survived by her husband, Joseph Lybrand Pyle, and two
sons, Joseph Lybrand Pyle, Jr., and Robert; her mother,
two brothers, Spencer Noble, Philadelphia, and Robert
Noble, Raleigh, North Carolina; two sisters, Alma, wife
of Dr. Leidy, of Philadelphia, and Edna, wife of Major
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Meek, San Francisco. Mrs. Pyle was born in Damascus
Township, where she attended the country school she
was a graduate of Damascus High School and of Bloomsburg State Normal School. She was a teacher at Hawley and from there went to New Jersey, where she taught
in Newark.
She also taught in Westfield. At the time of
her marriage, she was teaching in the Dupont private
school at Wilmington, Delaware.
;

Death came

to Mrs. Melissa Stone Perley on Thursthe home of Mrs. Draper, of Enosburg
Falls, Vermont, where she had lived for the past 13 years.
She was buried January 7 in the East Berkshire Cemetery, beside her father, mother and two sisters.
Her death comes as a shock to all those who knew
and loved her at Bloomsburg, where she served for so
many years. To know her was to love her. Two of the
poems she wrote will interest all her friends and give an
insight into the beautiful character that she was.

day, January

5, at

A RETROSPECT
Melissa Stone Perley

and shows
The winding path earth’s trav’ler goes;
Through scenes all bright; through scenes
Where trials lurk and bar the way.
O’er snow heights both rough and steep.
Where chasms yawn beside the teet.
Yet through it all an unseen Guide
Has marked the way and walked beside.

At

will, the past unrolls

all

gay;

PRAYER
Reign

in our hearts
King, most dear;
Choose thou our paths
Lest we stray here.

O

When time’s no more
And labors cease,
Give us, we pray,
Thy rest and peace.
It

will be of interest to friends

of Adele

Cryder, to

know that she was married November 15, 1938, to John
D. Raymond, who is Vocal Music instructor of the high

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school at Coatesville, Pa. He is also director of the Presbyterian Church Choir and the Y. M. C. A. Glee Club in
Coatesville. They will be glad to see any of their friends
at 336 East Lincoln Highway, Apartment 20, Coatesville, Pa.

Miss Perley came to the Bloomsburg State Normal
School in the Fall of 1891, and was a member of the faculty until 1900. She was in charge of the upper grades
of the Training School, and was also Preceptress of the
girls’ dormitory.
At the time of her death, Miss Perley
was ninety-eight years of age.
Lillie

Hortman Irish, Cor. Sec’y.,
736 Washington Street,
Camden, N. J.

Jennie Yoder Foley, Pres.,

8134 Hennig Street,
Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pa.

THE MONTOUR COUNTY BRANCH
One hundred six members of the Montour County
Branch of the Alumni Association enjoyed their annual
meeting held in Danville, Monday evening, March 20.
At the business session following the dinner, the following officers were elected President, Miss Harriet Fry;
Vice-President, David W. Foust; Secretary, Miss Alice
Smull Treasurer, Ralph McCracken.
Fred W. Diehl, Superintendent of Montour County
Schools, acted as toastmaster, and welcomed members
and guests to the meeting. The first speaker introduced
was Dr. Francis B. Haas, who complimented the group
on the fine spirit displayed by them.
H. F. Fenstemaker, Editor of the Quarterly, spoke
about the directory of Bloomsburg graduates to be published in the Alumni publication. Dr. E. H. Nelson, Business Manager of the Quarterly, spoke in the humorous
vein so well known to all graduates of Bloomsburg. R.
Bruce Albert, President of the Alumni Association, gave
a history of the College and outlined the program to be
:

;

followed in the celebration of the College Centennial,
May 26 and 27.

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Mr. Diehl announced that there are 87 teachers in
Montour County and that 50 of them are Bloomsburg
graduates. He stated that the Montour County group
was supporting the Loan Fund Drive, and that they have
thus far contributed $385.50 to the fund.

A

composed of William Booth,
and George Griffiths, members of the Maroon and Gold Band, played several selections.
Group singing was led by Miss Harriet M. Moore,
with H. F. Fenstemaker at the piano.

James

trombone quartette,
Deily, Idajane Shipe

Bloomsburg State Teachers College
est in
state.

is the third largenrollment of the fourteen Teachers Colleges in the

The

time student enrollment at Bloomsburg is
the total 665 is exceeded
only by West Chester’s 1549 and Indiana’s 1311.
There is a total enrollment of 5357 during the current term in the Teachers Colleges of the State, Dr. Lester K. Ade, Superintendent of Public Instruction, has announced. Of these, 3450 are women and 1907 are men.
The enrollments in the Colleges range from 165 at Cheyney to 1549 at West Chester.
The following table shows the number in the various
State Teachers Colleges in Pennsylvania and includes
only full-time day students

332

full

men and 333 women and

Men

College

Bloomsburg

332
345
42
313
_
270
130
411
__ 203

California

Cheyney
Clarion
East Stroudsburg

Edinboro
Indiana

Kutztown
Lock Haven

187
177
241

Mansfield
Millersville

Shippensburg
Slippery Rock. _
West Chester __

.

221
229
529

Women
333
308
123
128

217
162
900
289
196

379
266
262
324
1020

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1879
Ida Kistler Masteller, a former resident of
Bloomsburg, died at 9:45 o’clock Monday night, January
1, in Columbus, Ohio, where she had resided with her
daughter, Mrs. W. H. Hile, for three years. Complications caused death at the age of 79.
Mrs. Masteller, wife of John W. Masteller, of Elizabethtown, Pa., was born in Mount Pleasant Township,
Columbia County, but had resided in Bloomsburg all her
life, with the exception of the past three years.
She was graduated from Bloomsburg State Teachers College in 1879. She was a member of the Bloomsburg Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star and of St.
Matthew Lutheran Church, Bloomsburg.
Surviving, in addition to her husband and the daughter with whom she resided, are a son, John K. Masteller,
of Harrisburg; a sister, Mrs. H. J. Pursel, of Bloomsburg,
and Mrs. H. E. McHenry, of Bloomsburg, another daughMrs.

ter.

1886
Mrs. Elfreda Barnes Gottschall is mourning the loss
of her husband, Edwin Herr Gottschall, who died December 6, 1938. Mrs. Gottschall is now living at 201 State
Street, Harrisburg.

1895
Elizabeth Moran (Mrs. J. F. McDonnell) of Jenkintown, Pa., one of the charter members of the Philadelphia
Alumni Association, was a recent visitor to Washington,
D. C., and had tea at the White House, where she was
greeted by President Roosevelt.
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1896

The following are extracts from a letter recently received from Myrtle Swartz Van Wie, Burdett, New York,
a former member of the faculty:
Do you remember a favorite quotation of Professor
Wilbur’s, “The imbecile portions of humanity eagerly enter where celestial beings hesitate to promenade'’ ?
The Quarterly is always bidding for new subscribers, and the College for a longer list of alumni members.
As an inducement, I’d like to suggest you trying the plan
used by some other student publications that of printing letters or snappy short articles written by old graduates, telling of interesting things they have seen or done.
Of course, we are all interested in what is going on
“at school” now, but the names appearing in the Quarterly, both faculty and students, are quite unknown to
many of us.

—

It seems to me that if each number of the Quarterly
could bring us direct word from some one or two of our
more illustrious or adventurous or successful alumni, it
would stimulate interest in the other graduates and perhaps increase subscriptions.
There is John Bakeless, Keffer Hartline, Robert Wilner, Major Idwal Edwards and Nellie Dennison, chief
army nurse at Fold Jay. Or, if you want something in the
educational field, there is R. Ramage, who is supervising
an experiment in a vocational tie-up between business and
the public schools of Prescott, Arizona, which is the only
one of its kind in the state.
These may all belong to the same decade, I know,
but I mention them because “I knew them when,” and I

believe each one has a live story of

some

sort to tell

if

you

could get it. I did not realize until I had made the list
that we have there an author, a physician, an aviator, a
minister, a nurse, and a teacher. Perhaps we might hear
from most of the states of the Union and some of the islands of the sea

—

There is nothing that the Quarterly would like
receive communications like those described in the
above letter. The Editor appeals to the Alumni to keep him supplied
with such material.
(Editor’s note

better than to

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1897
Miss Annie C. Schlayer, 61, a teacher at Camp Curtin Junior High School, Harrisburg, since it was established, and in city public schools for 42 years, died February
18 at her home, 2037 Green Street.
Miss Schlayer taught her classes Friday, February
17, but was stricken by pneumonia Saturday and died
during the afternoon.
She was graduated from Central High School, Harrisburg, Bloomsburg State Normal School, and Susquehanna University. She also studied at the Pennsylvania
State College and Columbia University.
Miss Schlayer began teaching in 1897 at the Harris
Park School and later moved to the Cameron Building
where she taught the eighth grade. In 1923, when Camp
Curtin Junior High School was established, she was transferred and since then had taught mathematics there.
She was also a teacher of a Sunday School class at
Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Surviving her is a sister,
Miss Lillie Schlayer, of the same address.
The following resolutions on the death of Miss Anna
C. Schlayer were adopted by the Dauphin County Branch
of the Alumni Association
On the 18th of February, 1939, Miss Anna C. Schlayer passed away at her home, 2037 Green Street, Harrisbury, Pennsylvania. As members of the Bloomsburg
State Teachers College Association of the Harrisburg District, we wish to express our sorrow for her removal
hence, and also our appreciation of a faithful, conscien:

tious teacher.

Miss Schlayer was a graduate of the Harrisburg High
School, Bloomsburg State Teachers College and received
her degree from Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove,
Pennsylvania. She taught in the Harrisburg schools in
the Harris Park Building and was transferred to the Cameron Building and from there was sent to the Camp Curtin Junior High School.
Ever earnest and ambitious in the interest of her profession, and as a member of this Association, having been
Secretary in the years 1919 and 1920, she will long be remembered. Her associates knew her as a sincere teacher,
devoted to her profession, loyal in her friendships and
ever courteous and considerate in her manner.

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BE IT RESOLVED, therefore, by the Bloomsburg
State Teachers Association that we express to the grief
stricken sister not only our heartfelt sympathy and condolence, but also our keen sense of loss and bereavement
in the passing of a faithful co-worker, further,
BE IT RESOLVED, that a copy of these resolutions
be sent to her sister and also that they be entered on the
minutes of this Association.
Elizabeth V. Clancy, Sec’y.

1901
Elizabeth Weigley Kohr died at her
land, R. D., Sunday,

March

home

19. after a brief

at Richillness from

pneumonia.
During the years she attended Bloomsburg until her
graduation she endeared herself to every one.
After several years of teaching, she became the wife
of Jacob Kohr, August 7,1911. Her husband survives
her.

Mrs. Kohr was a member of the Eastern Star, and
intelligently interested and active in the things which
pertained to the higher life of the community. She was
also active in the work of the church.

was

Funeral services were held in the Tulpehocken Reformed Church, of which she was a member. The throngs
of friends in all walks of life who attended were mute testimony of the high esteem in which she was held.
Members of the Class of 1901 will hear with deep
regret of her untimely passing, for her interests and her
devotion to her Alma Mater never faltered, and each reunion found her there, renewing old friendships and making

new

friends.

She was a member of the 1941 Reunion Committee,
and her presence will be sadly missed by all her friends
and classmates.
1905-07

The wedding of Kenneth William Bergen, of New
York City, and Miss Emily Katherine Fetter, of Cambridge, took place Saturday, September 10, 1938, in the
New Church Chapel at Cambridge. The ceremony was
performed by the bride’s father, the Rev. Newton C. Fet-

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ter,

and was followed by a reception

at the

home

of the

bride’s parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Bergen are

mont Avenue, New York

now

living at

100 Clare-

The bride was graduated
1936 and taught last year at the

City.

from Radcliffe College in
Park School in Buffalo. Mr. Bergen, a member of the law
firm of White and Case, was graduated from Rutgers University in 1934, and from the Harvard Law School in

He is a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity.
Mr. Bergen’s mother was Adelia A. Mertz, of the
Class of 1905. Mrs. Bergen’s mother was Blanche West1937.

brook, of the Class of 1907.

1907

Edwin M. Barton

Director of Social Studies in the
schools of Elizabeth, New Jersey. With J. S. Young, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of
Minnesota, Mr. Barton is the co-author of “Growing in
Citizenship,” a civics textbook for eighth or ninth grade,
published by the McGraw-Hill Book Company.
is

1908

Thomas Francis, Superintendent of the schools of
Lackawanna County, was elected President of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, at its annual convention held at Harrisburg during the Christmas holidays.

Miss Catherine Westfield, of Kingston, daughter of
Westfield, appeared at the Paramount
Theatre in New York City for a two weeks’ engagement
Miss Westin March and April, with her marionettes.
field’s act is very well received as she travels about the

Adda Brandon

country.

1909

Almah Wallace School recently wrote the following
from her home in Aztec, Arizonia
As a member of the Class of 1909, 1 am very much
interested in knowing about those who attended school
when 1 did and of those now attending. I should appreciate it very much if anyone would let me know where
Grace Gillner Gix, of the Class of 1910, now is.
“I

joy

life

am

on the desert
here very much.

southwestern Arizona, and en-

in
1

am

still

teaching, and

am

or-

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ganizing a desert school for children of elementary school
ages. It is a very healthful place at Aztec, being very
beneficial to those who suffer from rheumatism or arthritis, or need to be where it is warm and dry. The sun shines
here over ninety per cent of the possible time. Aztec is
well located on Highway 80 and the Southern Pacific
Railroad. The water is excellent, being from artesian
wells.
Rates are moderate for room, board and general
expenses. There will be no sick children in our school.”

1912

Harold N. Cool, of Culver City, California, is active
in organizing the Bloomsburg Alumni who are living in
California. The group held a meeting Monday, November 21, 1938, at which the following were present: Ellen
H. Avery (Mrs. Pennerly), 1911; Joanna Beddall Watkins, 1908; Lee Roy Hall, Dr. Harry C. Fortner, 1911;
Clark E. Kitchen, 1904; Jennie Kline Sitler, 1907 J. A.
Sitler, Elda Miller Dutcher, 1907 Gertrude Miller Postle,
1896; Herbert Rawlinson, 1904; Mabel Shuman Lusarini,
1912; Lottie Spangler Loose, 1911; Mrs. J. C. Strayer,
1901; Jacob Becker, 1911, and Harold N. Cool, 1912.
The group held another meeting in February, at which
the film ‘‘Alma Mater” was shown.
Mr. Cool’s son Norman is a student at Bloomsburg
;

;

this year.

Ethel McGirk (Mrs. S. E. Eby) lives at 604 North
Chester Road, Swarthmore, Pa. Her husband is in the
manufacturing and wholesaling business, operating under
the firm name of “Samuel Earle Eby Company,” Land
Title Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Jennie Yoder Foley, President of the Philadelphia Alumni, has passed on
to the editor of the Quarterly a letter from Mr. Eby, in
which he states that there never was, and perhaps never
will be, a more enthusiastic booster for Bloomsburg.

1916
Sarah Ross Bedford
Culver City, California.

lives at

4077 Madison Avenue,

1922
Marie King (Mrs. Oren L. Harris)

lives at

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Falls,

the

Vermont, where her husband

is

Superintendent of

Water and Light Department.
1928

Miss Veda Eshleman, of Berwick, died at her home
Sunday, March 12, following an illness of two years. Miss
Eshleman entered the Strong Memorial Hospital at Rochester, N. Y., on February 17, where she underwent several operations. She returned to her home about a week
before her death.

1929
Miss Fannie E.

popular teacher in the Millville
schools, and George DeMott, widely known entertainer,
were united in marriage at 7 :00 o’clock Thursday evening, March 2, by the Rev. P. M. Willard, at the parsonage
of the Millville Lutheran Church.
Mrs. DeMott, graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers College, taught at Hatboro before becoming a teacher
in the Millville schools five years ago.
She is active in
the civic life of the community, being President of the
Millville Junior Women’s Club and captain of the Girl
Hill,

Scouts.

The groom, a graduate of Millville High School, has
had a varied career in the entertainment world with a
marked degree of success.
1934
of Miss Mary Bensarasky, of
Joseph Larish, of Rohrsburg, was performed

The wedding

and

Lopez,

Sunday

afternoon, January 8, 1939, by the Rev. J. F. Winklebech,
pastor of the Methodist Church of Hughesville.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Bensarasky, of Lopez, and the groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James H. Salzer, of Bluefield, W. Va.
The bride is a graduate of the New Albany High
School, class of 1935. Mr. Larish is a graduate of the
Benton High School and of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.

Grace Foote (Mrs. Joseph

C.

Conner), of Bloomsin the Catawissa

serving as substitute teacher
High School.
bury,

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Miss Dorothy H. Moss, of Berwick, became the bride
David A. Lipnik, of Baltimore, Md., in a ceremony at
Temple Mishkan Isrel, Baltimore, at high noon on Sunof

day,

December

25.

Dr. Drazen, chief Rabbi of the Temple, officiated
and was assisted by the Rabbi Taragan and Cantor A.
Chasman. A large party of friends and relatives attended the ceremony and a reception to the guests followed
at Hotel North in Baltimore.
The couple will make their future home in Baltimore
Mr. Lipnik is engaged in the
at 3726 Belfield Boulevard.
furniture business in Baltimore. He is a graduate of
Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland
Law School. Mrs. Lipnik has been employed at Hazleton
as visitor with the Public Assistance Board there.

1936
Miss Bertha A. Andrews, of Bloomsburg, and Frank
B. Stepler, Jr., of Camden, N. J., were married Saturday
evening, March 18, at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, in
Bloomsburg. The ceremony was performed by the pastor, the Rev. Norman S. Wolf.
The bride has been a
teacher in the Camden schools for several years. Mr.
Stepler is manager of a chain store. They are now living
in Collingswood, N. J.

Announcement has been made of the marriage of
Miss Mae H. Thomas, of Bloomsburg, and Philip J. DeFrank, of Kelayres. The ceremony was performed June
11, 1938, at Westminster, Maryland, by the Rev. Paul W.
Quay, pastor of the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The bride is a graduate of the Bloomsburg High
School, and has been employed in the Bloomsburg office
of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Mr. DeFrank is employed in the office of the Department of Revenue at Harrisburg.
1937
Luther A. Peck, who has been employed with Fairchild Sons, Inc., of Brooklyn, New York, for the past year
and a half, recently returned to work after an abdominal
operation performed November 11, 1938. Mr. Peck’s
present address is 89-31 164th Street, Jamaica, New
York.

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ALUMNI
DIRECTORY
jj

1867

1939

;

The following list of graduates is recorded from the
information contained in our Alumni files. There are more
than 1600 graduates for whom we have no address.
Please help us correct the Directory.
CLASS
George

’67

— D.

E. Elwell,

J. Waller, Jr., Bloomsburg.
Charles Unangst.

— No graduates.
Address Wanted— Mrs.
CLASS
Deceased Members— Amelia Armstrong,
CLASS

’68

and

Deceased Members

’69

’70

Elsie

Woolsey

Chambers.

Alvin S. Burrows, W. F.
Ehrhart, Henry C. Magee, Martin W. Nuss, Eva Rupert, Lizzie Schuyler.

—Amos

W. Shelly, Port Royal, Pa. Address WantDeceased Members John H. Aikman, Jerome T.
Aikman, Mrs. Emma Angle Coffin, George W. Bartch, Mrs. Kate Berryhill Wood, Mrs. Agnes Buckingham Biddle, John M. Garman, Mrs.
Annie Hendershott Sloan, Robert R. Little, Sadie Spear.

CLASS

ed

— M.

’71

H. Race.

—

— Mrs. Jennie Bowen Parker, Waverly, Pa. Deceased
— David A. Harman, Andrew Stephens, Christie Welliver.
Addiess Wanted — Hugh Buckingham. Deceased
CLASS
Members — Robert Buckingham, Mrs. Louisa Essick Savidge, Mrs.
CLASS

’72

Members

’73

Sarah Holmes Trippe.
Bittenbender, Edgewater, Md. Address WantDeceased MemMrs. Lucy Perkins Mears.
bers J. Edward Durham, Alfred Hower, Lloyd S. Sheep, Mrs. Mary
Snowden Metcalf, Mary Unangst, Philip V. Weaver, James S. Wilson.

CLASS ’74— J. K.
ed— George V. Mears,

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Evans, Third Avenue and 183d Street,
Morris Sayre, Hampton, Va.; Sade T.
Address Wanted—
Iron Street, Bloomsburg.

CLASS ’75— Lorena G.
New York City; Mrs. Annie
Vannatta, 258 South

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—

Jacob C. Kisner, Mrs. Sallie Raike Jones. Deceased Members Mrs.
Anna Bittenbender Jenkins, Aaron W. Brungard, Wesley M. Cleaver,
Mrs. Ada Cole Bittenbender, Ellen D. Cooley, William T. Creasy,
Martha Edgar, Mrs. Lillian Edgett Witman, Mrs. Martha Graul Chrisman, Mrs. Alveretta Kuhn Bittenbender, David E. Lantz, Charles M.
Lee, Mrs. Sue Miller Andy, Alvin W. Moss, Mrs. Alice Smith Ewing,
Mary M. Thomas, Mrs. Carrie Thompson Snyder, Alice E. Wilson.

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CLASS ’76 Mrs. Retta Creasy Moss, 526 South River Street,
Wilkes-Barre; Charles C. Evans, 211 West Second Street, Berwick,
Pa.; Mary J. Hunt, R. D. 1, McAllisterville, Pa.; Martha Sehlieher, R.
D. Mainville, Pa. Address Wanted Mrs. Ella Kline Kennedy, Mrs.
Ida Patton Smith, Mary M. Stephenson.
Deceased Members I. E.
Boust, Amanda Breece, Richard R. Breisch, Lauretta S. Byrd, Mrs. F.
E. Dickens Davenport, Frank A. Geiser, Mrs. Lizzie Harman Leonard,
F. H. Jenkins, Mrs. Sadie Kester Masteller, Everhard O. Kreider,
Alexander Lillie, Myron I. Low, Mrs. Annie Milsom Smith, Mrs.
Sarah Smith Sherwood, William S. Smith, Justus Sutlifl', G. M. Tustin, J. P. Welsh, Charles P. Young.

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CLASS ’77— Mrs. Medora Wallace Heller, R. 3, Salisbury, N. C.
Address Wanted Mrs. Lillie Helper Bogart, Jacob C. Kisner, Mrs.
Sue McCarty Hagg. Deceased Members Mrs. Sue Miller Andy.
Mrs. Mary Finch Sterner, Josephus S. Grimes, C. B. Heller, Mrs. Lizzie Hower McClure, Mrs. Mary Penman Moore, Mrs. Maggie Richards Lamb, Mrs. Honora Robbins Grimes, Albert Schloyer, Mrs. Belle
Suydam McKelvy.

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CLASS ’78 William Chrisman, Bloomsburg; W. J. Sanders,
Sunbury, Pa.; Mrs. Dora Stiles Waters, Atalissa, Iowa. Address Wanted Mrs. Elma Edgar Tucker, Ella C. Rodgers, William H. Rote. Deceased Members C. D. Andrews, Mrs. Emma Case Hayatt, Wesley
M. Cleaver, L. Wallace Evans, Mrs. Emma Jones Herring, Mrs. Ida
Kistler Masteller, P. A. Meixell, Mrs. Frances Raike Mutchler, Mrs.
Fanny Searle Hays, Mrs. Mary Simons Gilner, I. Hess Strouss, J. P.
Welsh.

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CLASS ’79— C. H. Albert, 147 West Fourth Street, Bloomsburg;
Mrs. Ellen Allen Bond, 148 East Main Street, Bloomsburg; J. H. App,
16 Ambrose Place, Akron, Ohio; Hannah E. Breece, 22C Jefferson
Street, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Annie Dean Shaw, 444 Norwood Avenue,
Buffalo, N. Y.; Emily C. Kern, 617 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder, Colo.;
Louisa Robbins, 50 East Fourth Street, Bloomsburg; Annie E. Roxby,
112 Cornell Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa.; Mrs. Ida Turnbach Kunkle,
319 Winsor Terrace, Ridgewood, N. J. Address Wanted William F.
Cullen. Deceased Members O. H. Bakeless, G. W. Barteh, Mrs.
Agnes Buckingham Biddle, William A. Cather, Mrs. Donna Dox Petrie, Ira D. Filson, William I. Fisher, G. S. Herring, Mrs. Minnie Kim-

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mel Hoeler, William A. Lepley,

C. H. Moore, Lizzie O’Connell,
Simpson, H. Maude Spencer, A. Lincoln Tustin, Lloyd P. Wolfe.

F. S.

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CLASS ’80 Mrs. Maggie Cavanaugh Bigley, 3727 Park Avenue,
Philadelphia; Lena E. Faulds, 32 West Union Street, Wilkes-Barre;
Robena F. Glover, 124 South Jordan Street, Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs.
Ella Golden Lally, 207 East Coal Street, Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Celeste Kitchen Prutzman, Trucksville, Pa.; C. A. Ritter, Auburn, Pa.; H.
G. Supplee, 1160 LaSalle Street, Chicago; Rev. N. H. Smith, 932 Park
Avenue, Williamsport, Pa.; Ernest W. Young, 1388 North Snelling
Avenue, St. Paul, Minn. Address Wanted Bridget Burns, Mrs. Tillie Sterner Young, Mrs. Laura Wooley Morgan. Deceased Members
M. F. Albert, Edith Barton, Lotta Blum, Mrs. Hattie Callen Davenport, Kimber Cleaver, Mrs. Anna Coogan Ferguson, H. Alice Fisher,
M. M. Harter, Mrs. Belle Henderson Reed, Anne M. Kimmel, Mrs.
Ida Kolb Hart, Grant A. Kinsel, D. W. Mears, Mrs. Lulu Potter Page,
Mrs. Annie Pressler Creveling, Kate Scanlan, A. J. Simons, C. C.
Smith, B. P. Vannatta, O. B. Wells, John J. Wolf.

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CLASS ’81 J. L. Evans, 131 West Second Street, Berwick, Pa.;
Claudia B. Guie, 745 Bellevue Avenue, N. Seattle, Wash.; Enola B.
Guie, 745 Bellevue Avenue, N. Seattle, Wash.; Dr. Heister V. Hower,
339 East Front Street, Berwick, Pa.; Rev. Martin O. Lepley, 148-08
133d Avenue, South Ozone Park, N. Y.; Mrs. Lizzie Lessig Laudig,
845 Prescott Avenue, Scranton, Pa.; Robert P. Maclay, Comptroller’s
Office, 4129 Flad Avenue, St. Louis, Mo.; Annie E. Mansell, 519 RadStreet, Bristol, Pa.; Henry L. Morgan, 922 Richmont Street,
Scranton, Pa.; Kate A. O’Donnell, 167 South Pine Street, Hazleton,
Pa.; Mrs. Abbie Robbins Hartman, 50 East Fourth Street, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Harry F. Sharpless, 532 Broadway, North Hamilton Arms,
Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. Mate Spaulding Borden, Tunkhannock, Pa.; Mrs.
Nettie Vastine Spencer, Phillipsburg, Pa.; Mrs. May Wells Creasy, 60
East Fifth Street, Bloomsburg
Address Wanted Mrs. Sadie Case
Jolly, Mrs. Susan Fellona Poppert, Minnie C. Harnett, Mrs. Estella
Kern Knight, Mrs. Gwenny Powell Jones, Mrs. Emma Wilson StruthDeceased Members Lizzie M. Barrett, William E. Bloom, Mrs.
ers.
Bridget Breslin McGeehan, Mrs. Mallie Campbell Crawford, Carrie
W. Faust, Mary Fee, Ralph M. Geddis, Audland Hagenbuch, T. B.
Harrison, Mrs. Cora Jones Grant, Mary A. Lafferty, Dora A. Marr,
Mary McCay, Mrs. Lizzie McKernan Talley, John F. Nuss, Mrs. Mary
Rankin Vandermark, Myron E. Simons, C. F. Stevenson, Annie Weir,
Mrs. Mary Wooley Townsend.
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Pa.; Jennie Helman, 428 Walnut Street, Catasaqua, Pa.; Mrs. Gert
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son Street, Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Burnette Stiles Brooke, 292 Oxford Street, Rochester, N. Y.; Martha W. Vaughn, 1110 West Elm
Street, Scranton, Pa.
Address Wanted Mrs. Lillian Brown Geddis,
Mrs. Lue Crippen Moore, Mrs. Emeline Feterolf Hood, E. J. Moore.
Deceased Members Mrs. Emma Ayers Palmateer, Mrs. Emorilla
Beebe Hemstrought, Dr. Henry Bierman, Mrs. Mary Brugler Mercer,
Mrs. Lizzie Church Search, Mrs. Clara Cleaver Krause, Mrs. Sara
Cooley Trembath, Mrs. Nora Finney Sterner, Mrs. Tillie Fisher Veasor, Helen L. Gossler, Mrs. Ida Harkness Remsden, Mrs. Mate Lott
Nuss, Nellie L. Moffit, Mrs. Hattie Pierson DePue, Celia J. Ragan,
Hattie Robbins, Mrs. Carrie Rogers Peck, Hannah Rubin, Mrs. Stella
Sickler Jorden, Mrs. Jennie Tyrrel Roat, Mrs. Mary Wasley Ball,
Mrs. Rachael Wenner Hower, Mrs. Alice Young Potts.

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Nellie T. Burnette, 816 Mulberry Street, Scranton,
Granville J. Clark, 268 North Maple Avenue, Kingston, Pa.;
John G. Conner, 8 Belmont Circle, Trenton, N. J.; Katrine E. Harvey,
Milroy, Pa.; Frank R. Hight, Hanford, Calif.; Abbie E. Mack, 89-91
Court Street, Binghamton, N. Y.; Mary A. McGuire, Hazleton, Pa.;
Mrs. Sarah Richards Daniels, 15021 Myrtle Avenue, Harvey, 111.; Mrs.
Eva Rittenhouse Dugan, 130 Prospect Avenue, East Orange, N. J.;
William J. Sanders, Sunbury, Pa. Address Wanted Elwood R. Brindle, Mary E. McHale, Mrs. Eva Steck Chamberlin, Mrs. Christine
Woolcook Parmley. Deceased Members— Angeline Birs, Mrs. Delia
Broughton Allen, Kimber Cleaver, Ira C. Dietrick, Mrs. Alice Edgar
Wilson, Peter F. Fallon, Mrs. Nora Finney Sterner, Rinaldo C. Gemberling, D. Musgrove Hobbes, A. Levi Hunt, Mrs. Louise Hutchinson
Dillon, Lloyd W. Karschner, John W. King, Mrs. Clara Kittle Weyhenmeyer, Willis H. Kresge, Mrs. Abbie Leonard Ashley, Mrs. Sallie
McGuire Hibbs, E. Josephine Nicely, Charles R. Powell, James G. Secor, Robert Shiel, Oscar B. Steely, Mrs. Jennie Wells Henderson,

Pa.;

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E.

Whipple, Martha Willis.

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Jeanesville, Pa.; Mrs. Lizzie Crago Petthick, 824 Delaware Street,
Scranton, Pa.; Anna M. Dengler, 14 Henshaw Ave., Northampton,
Mass.; Mrs. Bessie Dersheimer Carter, 506 Keystone Ave., Peckville,
Pa.; Charles J. Fisher, Catawissa, Pa.; Hiram H. Fleisher, 473 N.
35th St., Camden, N. J.; Mrs. Sara Harvey Bakeless, Third St.,
Bloomsburg; Annie E. Hoban, 931 Clay Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs.
Mary Kuhn Butler, 4903 Cedar Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; Michael H.
MaeAniff, 419 S. River
Ginnes Moore, 22 Bloom

St.,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Jennie Mc-

Danville, Pa.; Mrs. Laura Robbins Paul,
Milton, Pa.; May Sharpless, 305 Light Street Road, Bloomsburg;
Mrs. Hattie Sloan Andreas, 324 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; C.
Address
P. Sweeney, Cape May, N. J.; Ella S. Young. Millville, Pa.
Wanted Mrs. Ella Albright Baxter, Bird I. Bertels, Robert
Charles, Mrs. Lottie Eckbert Lupfer, Mrs. Gertie Harter Miller,

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Mrs. Kate Higgins Divers, Alice

I. Hoban, M. Louis Hunt, Margaret
Jean MacCullough Dunwell, Mrs. Margaret McDonough Dodson, Mrs. Mary Mansell McKee, Mrs. Maggie Rogan
Deceased Members Mrs. Flora AlexScanlon, Irvin H. Winter.
ander Headings, Mary A. Beadle, Irwin C. Breece, Evalyn C.
Dechant, W. C. Farrow, Mrs. Alice Finney Rockwell, Sophie E.
Glover, Laura M. Helman, Frank P. Hopper, Charles Kennedy, Harry
A. Kinports, Mrs. Nell Kolb Smith, Annie R. Limberger, Charles E.
Martin, Mrs. Lizzie Moore Wingert, William A. Moyer, Grace Win-

L. Lawlor, Mrs.

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CLASS

'85

—Louis

P. Bierly, 227

Montgomery

Ave.,

W.

Pitts-

May Cary

Wendell, 233 Walnut Avenue, Wayne, Pa.;
Mrs. Sallie Cockill Wilcox, Kyle, McDowell Co., W. Virginia; Rosa
Cohen, 76 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Susie Cole Keogh,
191 Linden St., Rochester, N. Y.; William S. Conner, 120 Cypress St.,
Madera, Calif.; Charles E. Dechant, 1950 E. 9th. St., Charlotte, N. C.;
Mi's. Martha Ensminger Baxter, Pawnee, 111.; Mrs. Edith Ent Holmes,
148 West St., Bloomsburg; Anna M. Fox, High and Union Sts., Burlington, N. J.; Harry O. Hine, 3204 Highland PI., N. W. Washington,
D. C.; Oscar O. Laudig, 36 Mairsdale Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mary
Mickey, 112 South St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Annie Miller Melick,
Hotel Iroquois, 49 W. 44th St., New York City; Walter A. Moore,
Madera, Calif.; Mrs. Sarah Patterson Harrison, 2208 First St., N. W.
Washington, D. C.; Charles M. Petty, 128 E. Yosemite Ave., Madera,
Calif.; Mrs. Annie Potter Trescott, 230 E. Front St., Berwick, Pa.;
Jacob M. Rearick, Mifflintown, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Sites Nolan, 1428 N.
6th St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Roberta Vaughn Doehne, Bellevue
Park, Harrisburg, Pa.; Mary Walsh, 120 W. Laurel St., Hazleton, Pa.;
Sallie Watson, R. D. 1, Bloomsburg. Address Wanted
Mrs. Blanche
Billmeyer Brayton, Florence J. Cawley, Minnie E. Crocker, Mrs.
Carrie Ely Ruddiman, Susan A. Gallagher, Myron Geddis, Mrs.
Pauline Groff West, James C. Houser, Mrs. Mary Mullen Ryan, Mrs.
Ella Newhouse Langfield, Mrs. Ella Sterner Chrisman, Mrs. Katie
Voight Cougle. Deceased Members Mrs. Lillian Barton Funston,
Rev. Herbert C. Bell, H. Howard Bidleman, T. Bruce Birch, Ellen S.
Bonstein, Mrs. Mary Curran Morgan, Mrs. Margaret Elliott Seidel,
Mrs. Elizabeth Eshelman Pursel, Mrs. Agnes Glennon Gilroy, Mrs.
Cora Hagenbuch Holmes, Mrs. Christine Hess Yutsy, Lillian N. Hicks,
Hannah Kennedy, D. Hiram Kratz, D. Ernest Lantz, E. Harry Larish,
Charles F. McHugh, M. Katherine McNiff, William F. Mullaly,
Frances M. Musselman, Charles B. Noetling, Mrs. Lizzie Phillips
Kusehke, Jennie H. Ramage, George Wilner.
ton, Pa.; Mrs.

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Bloomsburg; Mrs. Elfelda Barnes Gottschall, 201 State Street, Harrisburg, Pa.; Ida Bernhard, 37 E. 5th St., Bloomsburg; Mrs. Annie
Bloss Wolfe, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa.; Maggie C. Bren-

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nan, 313 W. Oak St., Shenandoah, Pa.; Norman G. Cool, 112 W.
50th St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Allie Donley, 187 Stanton St., WilkesBarre, Pa.; Jerome O. Felker, 112 E. Market St., Lewistown, Pa.;
Mrs. Emma Fisher Thomas, 2214 Chestnut St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs.
Elen Geiser Seip, 824 Meixell St., Easton, Pa.; D. L. Glover, 411

Walnut St., Mift'linburg, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Guckavan Turnbach, W.
Broad St., Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Hattie Hoffa Ruhl, 31 S. Front St.,
Lewisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Raser, 503 Center St., Ashtabula, Ohio; Mrs. Flora Jones Fetterolf, 903 W. Market St., PottsKline,
ville, Pa.; J. Claude Keiper, Washington, D. C.; Marion A.
507-511 Majestic Bldg., Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. Jennie Lambert Kehce,
2933 Lehigh Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; Grace A. Leacock, 43 Virginia
Terrace, Forty Fort, Pa.; William R. Lewis, 614 N. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Melle Long Dickson, Berwick, Pa.; Elizabeth A. Low,
R. No. 5, Bloomsburg; Stella Lowenberg, 36 E. Main St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Dr. James Maurer, 101 Colfax Road, Oakmont, Upper
Darby, Pa., Mrs. Alice

McCann

Clark, Jeansville, Pa.; Mrs. Isabel]
Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs.

Monie Jones, 735 Concord Ave., Drexel
Lucetta Moyer White, 370 W. Third

Mrs.
St., Bloomsburg, Pa.;
Main, Tryon, N. C.; Mrs. Emma Patton Connelly,
1014 7th Ave., Spokane, Wash.; Mrs. Mary Riley Mack, 490 Rakway
Ave., Woodbridge, N. J.; Rev. Nolan H. Sanner, 1250 Peermont Ave.,
Dormont, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Schock McKelvy, 75 N. Market
St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Adella Shaffer Broughall, 500 W. Fourteenth St., Wilmington, Dela.; Ray Shultz, 1811 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Emma M. Sites, 720 N. 6th St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Annie
Snyder Mausteller, 425 East St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Stack
Muldoon, Florence, N. J.; Jennie M. Stiles, 11E. Jefferson St., Media,
Pa.; Mrs. A. Tenbrook Russell, Turbotville, Pa.; William L. Williams,
Madero, Calif.; Eleanor Wintersteen, 88 S. Main St., Plains, Pa.;
Mrs. Emma Witmer Felty, 821 W. Third St., Abilene, Kans.
Address Wanted Mrs. Annie Shalter Balliet. Deceased Members
Mrs. Ida Bell Preston, Nan S. Coughlin, Gilbert Curry, Joseph L.
Derr, Annie Daniels, W. T. S. Deaver, Mrs. Sue Derr McAlister, J. J.
Elwood, Carrie H. Frauenthal, Mrs. Maude Hill Hetler, Mazie E.
Haffo, Catharine L. Humphrey, Frank A. Ikeler, Fred T. Ikeler,
Josephine R. Koser, Adam E. L. Leckie, Mrs. Anna Lehe Gruhler,
Mrs. Annie Maize Hain, Mary A. Meixell, Rev. Harry C. Moyer,
Michael H. Quinn, Jeremiah Reeder, C. Bruce Shuman, George A
Spangler, A. Sue Wood, Myrtle G. Yost, William J. Zeiders.

Emma Murphy

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CLASS ’87 Mrs. Dora Breece Kesty, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs.
Alice Brockway Kashner, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mi's. May Connor
Petty, Madera, Calif.; Reuben T. Farver, 4914 Hazel Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Lizzie Foulke Creasy, 7266 Rising Sun Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; W. C. Johnston, 569 E. Third St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; William E. Martin, Freeland, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Mathias Hermany, 75 S.
Main St., Mahanoy City, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Morgan Ayers, 46 Cumber-

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Nye Lowry, 15 E. Third
Pa.; Mi’s. Sallie Palmer Fiester, 330 W. Second St.,
Berwick, Pa.; Mary Petty, 213 W. Second St., Berwick, Pa.; Mrs.
land Apt., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Rebecca

St.,

Watsontown,

Maude Smith

Fausel, 716 W. Main St., Alhemarle, N. C.; Helen M.
Sperring, 25 W. Ross St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Charles W. Taylor,
Mackelville, Pa.; William E. Wagner, Gordon, Pa.; Laura M. White,
23 Oak St., Trucksville, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Whitehead Oberholtzer,
1351 Union St., Schenectady, N. Y.; William L. Williams, Madera,
Calif.
Address Wanted Mrs. Eliza Kisner Myers, Anna S. Kurtz,
H. Isadore Laubach, Mrs. Mary Lynch Gaston, Susan J. McDonnell,
Mrs. Agnes Nallin Roache, Mrs. Emma Nolan Gallagher, Florence
S. Richards, Eva G. Short, Harry Stonebraker, Ida R. Wentz, Mrs.
Katie Young Dodge. Deceased Members E. Clair Brown, Mollie S.
Butler, Eva M. Dershimer, Marcius W. Kratz, Margaret A. Lewis,
Edward J. Mullen, W. H. Pannebaker, Lizzie Renninger, Charles H.
Reynolds, Mary P. Sheep, Harris E. Snyder, Orval H. Yetter.

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'88

— Rev.

New

Buffalo, Pa.; Mrs. Mary
Pa.; Mrs. Ellie
Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Mrs. Bertha

W. Fowler Bucke,

Bynon Jones, 720 W. Norwegian

Street,

Pottsville,

Campbell Houston, 36 S. Hickory St.,
Chrisman Hoff, Inglenook, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Connelly McKeown, 3333
Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; N. G. Cool, 112 N. 50th St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Rev. Harvey 1. Crow, 1716 W. North St., Bethlehem, Pa.;
U. Grant Dodson, R. D., Shickshinny, Pa.; Mrs. Florence Hess Cool,
112 N. 50th St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Annie M. Hine, Conyngham, Pa.;
Mrs. Margaret Kiefer Hewitt, Tunkhannock, Pa.; Mrs. Ella Kitchen
Sands, Benton, Pa.; O. O. Laudig, 36 Mairsdale Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Mrs. Lizzie Lewis Price, 38 N. Main St., Plains, Pa.; F. O. Maurer,
27 S. Third St., Frackville, Pa.; Mrs. Carrie McNiff Dougherty, 23
Mitchell Place, Port Washington, L. I., N. Y.; William F. Magee, 1838
Richmond Ave., Bethlehem, Pa.; Mrs. Sallie Palmer Frester, 330 W.
Second St., Berwick, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret Petty Beatty, 719 Washington St., Hackettstown, N. J.; Dr. Eva Rawlings, Bowen Court, E.
Villa St., Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs. Hannah Reese O'Boyle, 5915 Cobbs
Creek Parkway, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Harriet Richardson Gordon,
i530 N. Second St., Norwalk, Calif.; Dr. Ambrose Shuman, Catawissa, Pa.; Mrs. Annie Supplee Nuss, 250 West St., Bloomsburg. Pa.;
Mrs. Mary Taylor Jones, 632 N. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Dr. William H. Treible, 452 W. Market St.. York. Pa.; Mary S. Wendt, Catawissa, Pa.; May Wilson. 13 E. South St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Ada
Yetter Clapham, 295 Washington Ave., Apt. 4-J, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Address Wanted Mrs. Elizabeth McBride Banks, Bridgetta L.
Quinn, Julia E. Sullivan. Deceased Members Charles H. Bates, H.
Howard Bidleman, E. E. Breisch, Mrs. Phoebe Croop Grover, R. N.
Davis, Edward J. Dougher, Blanche Geddis, Mrs. Jessie Hassinger
Harbaugh, J. D. Herron, Mrs. Lizzie Jones Sterling, Bruce T. Jones,
John T. Jones, Sarah Kelly, W. M. Kitchen, James R. Lewis, William

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Mary E. McDonald, Mrs. Florence MontFrank Myers, Harry B. Patterson, Mrs. Ada
Ringler Evans, Mrs. Minnie Rinker Harrison, Mrs. Mary Wylie Exely,

Lowenberg, Lucy
gomery Sponsler,

Mary Young

Mrs.

L. Major,

B.

Shaffer.

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Mrs. Mary Albertson Adams, 137 E. 6th St., BerBenjamin Apple, 1120 Market Street, Sunbury, Pa.; Mrs.
Martha Berninger Kydd, 1615 37th Ave., Seattle, Wash Mrs. Lulu
Briggs Grimes, 163 W. Third St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; J. J. Brower, College Hill, Bloomsburg, Pa.; May Brown, 157 Willow St., WilkesBarre, Pa.; Mrs. Clara Cummings Irwin, 10458 90th Ave., Richmond
Hill, L. I., N. Y.; Alice K. Drake, 129 Drakes Lane, Old Forge, Pa.;

wick, Pa.;

;

Mildred E. Drake, 129 Drakes Lane, Old Forge, Pa.; Mrs. Fannie
East Tressler, 537 N. Vine St., Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Sarah Gilbert
Reynolds, 108 Church St., Danville, Pa.; David J. Glennon, Miners’
Bank Bldg., Pittston, Pa.; Mattie Harding, 5135 Camden Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.; Mrs. Florence Irvin Fields, 1542 Gaylord St., Denver,
Colo.; Helen B. John, 353 College Hill, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Theresa A.
Lenahan, 182 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Bell McBride
Mensch, Shickshinny, Pa.; Mary E. McCollum, 401 E. Main St., Plymouth, Pa.; Mrs. Adelaide McKown Hawke, 66 W. Harrison St.,
Tunkhannock, Pa.; Mrs. Laura McVicker Litchard, R. D. No. 2,
Strawberry Ridge, Pa.; D. Z. Mensch, Shickshinny, Pa.; Mrs. Caroline Moore Grossart, 424 N. 26th St., Allentown, Pa.; Mrs. Laura
Newhouse Irvin, Chateau de Marnes, Marne la Coquette, France;
Catharine Phillips, 1301 Academy St., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Sue Reay
Evans, 2201 S. Centre St., Terre Haute, Ind.; Mrs. Malina Rhoades
Gabbert, 115 S. Main St., Mahanoy City, Pa.; Ella M. Ryan, 1511
North Second St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Laura Sheep Tyerman,
Milton, Pa.; William H. Snyder, 419 S. Market St., Shamokin, Pa.;
Mrs. Irene Stager Longshore, 115 Dewart St., Shamokin, Pa.; Mrs.
Margaret Stevens Taylor, 159 State St., New London, Conn.; E. L.
Whatenecht, 1027 Wyoming Ave.. Kingston, Pa.; Mrs. Bess WinterAddress Wanted
steen Shelly, 22 Pleasant Ave., Passaic, N. J.
George T. Brown, Mrs. Minnie Driesen Harris, Mrs. Mary Dunsmore Kelley, Mrs. Nettie Elias Thomas, W. A. Fenstermacher, Frederick Ream, Anna Robbins. Deceased Members Marne J. Barnes.
Mrs. Helen Black Birkey, Alvin S. Bowman, M. H. Britt, J. L. Bucke,
Edward E. Caldwell, Mrs. Frances Conner Grove, William H. Corrigan, J. H. Curran, Mrs. Cassie Furey Willard, Mrs. Mary Gold
Schlicher, Ruth E. Hutson, Jennie C. Kearney, Fannie E. Kennard,
Mrs. Cora Kimble Mendenhall, C. William Lansfield, Minnie K. McConnell, M. Kate McNiff, Andrew M. McNulty, Agnes McReynolds,
F. E. Miller, E. L. Musgrove, Samuel Pursel, Roland Renn, John B.
Scheuhing, John F. Shovelin, C. Edgar Smith.

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Pa.;

Mary

’90

E.

—Rev. John K.
Baird,

43

Adams, 155 W. Third St., Bloomsburg.
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Bertha Colvin Lister, R. D. 1, Clark Summit, Pa
Hannah T. Connery, 1607 Mulberry St., Scranton, Pa.; Margaret T. Duffy, Matson
Ave., Parsons, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret Evans Eves, Millville, Pa.; Margaret E. Fisher, Nanticoke, Pa.; Rev. Foster U. Gift, 2500 W. North
Ave., Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Effie Hartman Vanderslice, 164 W. Third
St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Ellie H. Hassert, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Hawley Porter, Miles City, Mont.; Adda Hayman, Turbotville,
Pa.; Eleanor Hayman, Turbotville, Pa.; Lillian M. Iielman, Catasauqua. Pa.; Mrs. Hattie Hess Wilson, 476 Clinton Ave., Newark, N. J.;
Mrs. Bess Holmes Yost, 318 W. Ridge Ave., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs.
Minnie Kitchen Faus, 815 Crestrid St., Atlanta, Ga.; Mrs. Kate Lewis
Davies, 1017 Ridge Row, Scranton, Pa.; Frederick W. Magrady, 501
West Ave., Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Richard A. McHale, 212 W. Centre St.,
Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Sudie Mentzer Beck, 134 Clayton Ave.,
Waynesboro, Pa.; Margaret E. Mitchell, 616 Quincy Ave., Scranton,
Pa.; Mrs. Mary Moore Tanbel, 1246 W. Main St., Norristown, Pa.;
Mrs. Margaret Moran McNelis, 819 S. 49th St., Philadelphia, Pa.;
Hannah B. Morrison, 31 E. Oak St., Shenandoah, Pa.; Edith A. Moses,
29 N. Sherman St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Dr. W. Woodin Pealer, 527 W.
Diamond Ave., Hazleton, Pa.; Emory E. Reeder, 119 Catawissa Ave.,
Sunbury, Pa.; Daniel Rinehart, 124 W. Grant St., Waynesboro, Pa.;
Mrs. Mary Roberts Wagner, 227 W. Coal St., Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs.
Lulu Santee Adams, W. Third St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Irene
Sears Barbour, Chambersburg, Pa.; Mrs. Marne Shaffer Seligman,
Mahanoy City, Pa., W. C. Shultz, 114 W. Main St., Waynesboro, Pa.;
Mrs. Rose Sickler Williams, 1410 Scenic Ave., Berkeley, Calif.; Mrs.
Carrie Smith Kerslake, 129 N. Laurel St., Hazleton, Pa.; Mary H.
Stover, 45 E. Main St., Waynesboro, Pa.; George W. Walborn, FreeAddress Wanted Mrs. Laura Bernhard Harrar, Mrs.
burg, Pa..
Myrtle Bidleman Catterson, Ira S. Brown, Mrs. Ida Burgess Davis,
Mrs. Elizabeth Carrol O’Hara, Ella F. Custer, John F. Davis, Mary E.
;

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Jennie Palmer Forbell, Bessie Taylor, Mrs. Martha Tewksbury Souser, Mrs. Margaret Williams Aurand, Mrs. Minnie Yeager Bradley.
Deceased Members D. Earl Baxter, J. W. Burke, Clark Callender,
Ario Campbell, Mrs. Margaret Dengler Wilson, Jennie Dundore,
Annie M. Elliott, Mrs. Grace Gallagher Byron, Martin C. Gaughan,
Mrs. Elizabeth Gruver Townsend, James O. Herman, Mrs. Cora Hess
Jones, Jennie D. Kline, Elizabeth R. Kuhn, M. Almira Major, Lulu
M. McAlarney, Jessie Myers, Theresa A. Pace, Mrs. Jennie Ransow
Lowe, Mrs. Ida Rinker Roth, Margaret T. Shaw, Mrs. Corinne Temp-

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CLASS
Black, 501

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John Barton, 311 Union Station, Erie, Pa.; Mae V.
W. 111th Street, New York. N. Y.; Mrs. Elizabeth Cava-

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Devitt, 132 N. Jardin St., Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Clauser
Wasley, 115 W. Lloyd St„ Shenandoah, Pa.; Rosa Cohen, 76 Carey
Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; James P. Costella, 418 W. Oak St., Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Crowl Crimian, 215 North St., Harrisburg. Pa.;
Mrs. Eleanor Daniels German, 217 Chestnut St., Kingston, Pa.; Sarah
L. Devine, 429 Prospect Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Alice Dillon Furman, 239 Hawthorne Ave., Haddenfield, N. J.; Jennie C. Durkin,
1204 Bryn Mawr St., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Annie Evans Wall, 146 E.
Carey St., Plains, Pa.; Dr. James Evans, 4763 Oakwood Ave., Los
Angeles, Calif.; Edward J. Gormley, 135 S. Wyoming St., Hazleton,
Pa.; Mrs. Mary Kelly McKeown, 3333 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.;
Warren S. Krise, 1288 Franklin St., Johnstown. Pa.; Anna F. Lesher,
453 Orange St., Northumberland, Pa.; Katherine Longshore, Laurel
and Fourth Sts., Hazleton, Pa.; C. C. Major, 802 Sixth St., Ames,
Iowa; Mrs. Carrie Maue Turnbach, 815 W. Diamond Ave., Hazleton,
Pa.; F. A. McQuigan, 68 W. Ross St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Agatha
Reilly, Honesdale, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Reilly Shannon, 69 Nicholson St.,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Regina Reilly Carroll, 36 S. Main St., Car-

naugh

bondale, Pa.; Harvey B. Rinehart, 125 E. Main St., Waynesboro. Pa.;
Mrs. Kate Ross Wall, 534 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. Pa.; Jennie M.
Sheep, 273 East St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Frona Schrader Bennett,
Box 706, Johnstown, Pa.; Mrs. Phoebe Shew Creasy, 339 Iron St.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Julia Shook Scott, Virginia Ave., Niagara
Falls, N. Y.; Elizabeth Smith, 118 West Ave., Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Mrs.
Mary Spratt Orr, Lewistown, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret Sullivan Myers,
205 E. Third St., Lewistown, Pa.; William B. Sutliff, 412 E. Second
St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Emma Townsend Eyer, 407 S. 42nd St.,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Belle Trumble Replogle, 940 Arlington St.,
Berkeley, Calif.; William A. Turnbach, 815 W. Diamond Ave., Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Meta Walter Rinehart, 124 W. Grant St
Waynesboro,
Pa.; Mrs. Carrie Weaver Brown, Fairport, N. Y.; Mrs. Ida Wenrich
Address Wanted Mrs.
Bechtel, Whitehall Apts., Haverford, Pa.
Elsie Bogart Fettimer, Mrs. Daisy Boone McCulloch, Edward S.
Byrnes, Mrs. Ella Connelly Grady, Clarence D. Crobaugh, Mrs. Emily
Davies Davenport, Mrs. Mary Davies Williams, Anna M. Gallagher,
Elmer E. Hess, Olive Hunter, Mrs. Sara Junkin Landis, Julia M.
Kennedy, Mrs. Mary Kintner Harris, Mrs. Mai'ie Kschinka Harman,
Mrs. Josephine Leyshon Moyer, Mrs. Elizabeth Linton Derr, Kate
Mawn, Mrs. Anna McAndrews McCormick, Maggie M. Moore, Nora
Myers, Mrs. Mabel Penniman Grauerb, Mrs. Stella Smith Edwards,
Mrs. Eliza Ward Loughran, Mrs. Belle Weil Gratz, Mrs. Mary WheelDeceased Members Margaret FI.
er Levin, Mary B. Williams.
Bynon, Lucy A. Cosper, Mark Creasy, Margaret M. Evans. Reuben
Glick, Zua B. Guie, John G. Harman, R. Harry Hess, Cora Hutchinson, Laura M. Keen. Harry C. McBride, Mary E. McGuiness, Carrie
T. Meyer, Elizabeth G. Richart, Grier Snyder, Mrs. Ida Swartzell
Leonard, Clara B. Teple, Mrs. Elizabeth Thorburn House, Franklin
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CLASS ’92 Caroline Black, Newportville, Pa.; Mrs. Grace Blair
Kerstetter, Milton, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Booth Wragg, 315 Pine Street,
Catawissa, Pa.; Annie Breslin, Pine St., Hazleton, Pa.; L. B. Brodhead, Chula Vista, Calif.; Mrs. Bertha Burrow Martin, 3527 Rutherford St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Kate Cannon Breslin, 246 E. Ave.,
Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Mrs. Myrtle Carey Whatenecht, 1027 Wyoming Ave.,
Kingston, Pa.; Thomas Chrostwaite, Hanover, Pa.; Mrs. Alice Crawford Pierce, Junction City, Kansas; Mrs. Sue Creveling Miller, 315
Second St., Weatherly, Pa.; Mrs. Marie Dempsey Ford, 60 Church
St.. Pittston, Pa.; Ellen Doney, 121 S.
Market St., Shamokin, Pa.;
Mrs. Katie Dougher Fleming, 1240 Wyoming Ave., Pittston, Pa.;
Mrs. Minnie Easton Vaughn, N. Mehoopany, Pa.; Edna L. Fairchild,
3 03
W. Main St., Nanticoke, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Fassett Crosby, Noxen,
Pa.; Lida Frederick, 225 Lee Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Edward F.
Hanlon, N. Wyoming St., Hazleton, Pa.; Cady I. Hawk, 154 Willow
St., Plymouth, Pa.; A. Jerome Hermon, Middleburg, Pa.; Irvin L.
Herman, Northumberland, Pa.; Mrs. Hallie Keffer Hartline, E. 4th
and Spruce Sts., Bloomsburg, Pa.; John A. Kerns, 235 Purchase St.,
Fall River, Mass.; Mrs. Anna Kitchen Creveling, 184 Rockford St.,
Mt. Airy, N. C.; Ella Knittle, Catawissa, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret Lagorce
Streeter, 3615 Edmunds St., N. W., Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Pauline
Lattimore Douden, 409 Hill Bldg., 17th and 1st St., N. W., Washington, D. C.; Nellie T. Lee, Apartado 496, Tampico, Mexico; W.. B
Mausteller, 1422 N. Second St., Harrisburg, Pa.; John McBrearty.
Freeland, Pa.; Harry U. Nyhart, Glen Lyon, Pa.; Lillie A. O’Donnell,
331 Green St., Scranton, Pa.; Nellie L. O'Hara, Shenandoah, Pa.;
Dr. Della P. Wetherby, 69 Union St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Louise
Petty Smith, 215 W. Second St., Berwick, Pa.; Mary K. Pollock,
Houtzdale, Pa.; Flora Ransom, 386 Rutter Ave., Kingston, Pa.; Mrs.
Harriet Ringrose Knies, 40 E. 5th St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Martha E.
Robinson, Higgins, N. C.; Mrs. Eudilia Seiwell Bierly, 613 Fourth St.,
W. Pittston, Pa.; Anna L. Sheehy, Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. May Sherwood Harman, 1461 Alden St., Eugene, Ore.; Mrs. Carrie Spare
Covert, 84 Elizabeth St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; G. W. B. Tiffany, Kingsley, Pa.; Frederick Vincent, 130 W. River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.;
Mrs. Anna Walsh Golden, 2704 36th St. Place, N. W. Washington,
D. C.; Ida M. Walter, Catawissa, Pa.; Mrs. Millie Weldon Nolan, R.
i, Lewistown, Pa.; Mrs. Mabel Westover Huff, Town Hill, Pa.; Mrs.
Mary Wren Gray, Port Carbon, Pa.; Mrs. Louise Young Vanhorne,
Mrs. Katie Becker
81 Dixon Ave., Boonton, N. J. Address Wanted
Read, Jennie G. Benjamin,. Mrs. Bertha Campbell Garrison, Katie A.
Cannon, Eleanor E. Carlston, Mrs. Lena Cole Frankfield, Frances S.

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Mrs. Magie Kostenbauder Wilcox. Mrs. Sadie Kutz Phillips, Katie
A. Lannon, Belinda McDonald, Kate T. McGroarty, Mrs. Laura
Merkel Reynolds, Agnes V. Murray, Mrs. Hattie Poi'ter Newlin, Anna
Stair, Lulu Tweedle, Josephine M. Walsh, Catharine M. Williams,

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Michael L. Willier, Mrs. Mary Worrall Adler. Deceased Members
Mrs. Nellie Baker Adams, Mrs. Ada Beers Lueder, Joseph A. Boyle,
Pierce F. Conner, D. A. Davis, T. L. Deaver, Margaret F. Downing,
Theresa A. Harnett, Charles G. Hendricks, Mrs. Gertrude Hess Jones,
William Hutton, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Tasker, Mame A. Lynch, Mrs.
Grace Neal Hutton, Mrs. Cora Parker Bangs, J. L. Richards, E. W.
Romberger, William A. Shaffer, Carrie M. Taylor, Leola M. Welliver,
E. L. Williams,

Harry

Zieser.

Mrs.

CLASS '93 — Mrs. Maud Atherholt Anderson. R. 3, Wyoming, Pa.;
Maud Baldwin Newman, 537 S. Walnut Street, West Chester,

Pa.;

John

L. Bates, Catawissa, Pa.; Lillie

Bedall,

6-8

N.

Main

St.,

Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Bierman Bogdan, 332 Main St., West
Orange, N. J.; Mrs. Teresa Blewitt Mannion, New St., Scranton. Pa
Margaret M. Bogenrief, 439 Walnut St., Mifflinburg, Pa.; Mrs. Anna
Burke Flanagan, 203 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Maud
Burns Zarr, 287 State St., Nanticoke, Pa.; Mrs. Edna Cole Eschenbach, 514 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Daniel P. Conner, 1209
12th Ave., Moores, Pa.; Rev. Harry E. Crow, Stewartstown, Pa.; Mary
I. Davis, Maple St., Kingston, Pa.; Irvin
A. DeWitt, 1046 Chestnut
St., Sunbury, Pa.; Mrs. Julia Donahue Danks, 28 N. White St.. Shenandoah, Pa.; Philip L. Drum, 415 Warren Ave., Kingston, Pa.; Mrs.
Kate Durkin Tabey, 35 Main St., Inkerman, Pa.; Mrs. Emily Fassett
Rainsford, Indian Head, Md.; Alice Fenner, 2439 Walnut St., Allen;

town, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Fister Mai'tin, 1207 Eldrige, Collinswood, N. J.; Kinney Freas, Forks, Pa.; Mrs. Minnie Gibbons Hosie,
1051 Ocean Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. Irene Girton Johnston, 217
W. 4th St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mercy Gotshall, 458 Mill St., Catawissa,
Pa.; W. J. Guckaven, Hazleton, Pa.; Nellie Hahn, 444 N. 7th St.,
Allentown, Pa.; Mrs. Edith Harden Coon, 42 James St
Kingston,
Pa.; John C. Hart, 538 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Mary
Horn Yarnall, 444 N. Walnut St., West Chester, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth
Hughes Raser, 503 Center St., Ashtabula, Ohio; Jennie Hughes, 231
Montgomery St., W. Pittston, Pa.; Samuel J. Johnson, 217 W. 4th St.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.; Patrick A. Kelley, 214 W. 15th St., Norfolk, Va.;
Mrs. May Learn Buckalew, 912 Tulare Ave., Berkeley, Calif.; Mrs.
Verna Lloyd Santee, Wapwallopen, Pa.; W. H. Lueder, 82 Grove St.,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Katie McNulty Hay, 39 W. 94th St., New
York City; Clarence W. Miller, Seybertsville, Pa.; Julia Miles, Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Lizzie Moran McDonnell, 409 York Road, Jenkintown, Pa.; Mrs. Minnie Mumford Ingham, 211 Ashmore Ave., Clark
Summit, Pa.: Edgar C. Nagle, 21st and Main Sts., Northampton, Pa.;
Mrs. Norma Nichols Davis, 738 Prescott Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Dr.
Charles H. O’Neill, 45 Slocum Ave., Tunkhannock, Pa.; Minnie G.
Penman, 95 Iron St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Powell Whitman, 289 Chenango St., Binghamton. N. Y.; Martha Powell, 111 West
St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Laura Romberger Brower, Herndon. Pa.;
Mrs. Edna Santee Hutzinger. 1905 E. 20th St., Cleveland, Ohio; H.
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Montgomery Smith, Bloomsburg,

Pa.: Mrs. Mary Sullivan Gilmer,
2410 N. 2nd St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Alfred D. Thomas, 585 James St.,
Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Hannah Thomas Morgan, 1130 Hampton St.,
Scranton, Pa.; Eunice Titus, R. D. 4, Sunrise Terrace, Binghamton,
N. Y.; Arthur Walize, 2004 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Jennie
Wendt Shuman, Catawissa, Pa.; Burton Williams, Mehoopany, Pa.;
Mrs. Eleanor Williams Roderick, 362 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Address Wanted Kate S. Bowersox, Laura Buddinger, Kate Connelly, Mrs. Maggie Coughlin O’Neill, Mrs. Eva Dintinger Frick, Mrs.
Effie Fahringer Dennison, Celia Gallagher, Mrs. Effie Heaton Hooks,
Clyde Hirleman, W. M. Houseknecht, Reuben Kline, Ella B. Kurtz,
Mrs. Margaret Lewis Fait, Bridget McLaughlin, Mary Elizabeth MeNinch, Mrs. Louise Moss Benson, Mrs. Kate Peifer Lenhart, Mrs.
Myrtle Snively Hosley, Mrs. Lela Stroud VanLoon, Mrs. Maggie
Thomas Beck, Nettie Walkemeyer. Deceased Members Mrs. May
Blue Hehl. William R. Bray, Harry B. Brubaker, Emma Cadman,
Mary E. Campbell, Julia Creary, W. H. Drumm, Kate Duddy, William D. Edwards, Mrs. Minnie Everett Derby, Mrs. Margaret Eves
Bruner, Bridget Flynn, Charles H. Guscott, W. M. Harder, Mrs.
May Henderson Eddie, Mrs. Lillian John Floyd, William S. Keiter,
Jacob H. Krout, I. H. Mauser, Jennie Miller, John K. Miller, John W.
Miller, John J. O’Donnell, Mary R. Pilkay, Robert R. Potter, Ella
Powell, Mrs. Carrie Redeker Bonsai, William Reice, Mrs. Grace
Shaffer Perham, Mrs. Lillie Shook Mercilliott, Mrs. Gwennie Thomas
Tobias, R. M. Thomas, Frank M. Traub, Mrs. Agnes VanFossen
Evans, Mrs. May Welliver Kahler, J. Calvin Weiss, Clem R. Weiss,
Mrs. Josephine Zarr Hess.

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'94
Mrs. Lulu Appleman Brumstetter, Williamsport,
George H. Bell, R. 4, Springfield, Ohio; Lizzie Beilis, 27 North
Market St., Shenandoah, Pa.; Lizzie G. Booth, Brockton, Pa.; William

Pa.;

Buckwalter, 622 N. Lincoln Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Nettie Cannon
Moore, 74 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Teresa Carr Costello,
418 W.

Oak

St.,

Hazleton, Pa.;

Maude

Carter,

Hazleton,

Pa.;

Peter

Conner, 2756 Livingstone Ave., New Brunswick, N. J.; Mrs. Genevieve Corgan Sheridan, 298 E. Main St., Nanticoke, Pa.; C. D. Crobaugh, Easton, Pa.; Blanche Davenport, 247 E. Main St., Plymouth,
Pa.; Flora Detrick, R. 1, Jerseytown, Pa.; Rev. J. P. Dieffenderfer,
Hummelstown, Pa.; Dr. Adelaide Ellsworth Weston, 413 N. Main St.,
Jamestown, N. Y.; Mrs. Jessie Ent Phillips, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs.
Sara Ernest Snyder, 7824 Kelly St., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Bertha Espy,
C 1 2 Bridge St., Towanda, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Espy Stehle, Towanda, Pa.;
Anna Flanagan, 205 Blackman St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Marcia Foster,
533 S. Main St.. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Frymire Kirk, Main
St., Watsontown, Pa.; Anna Gaffikin, 330 State St., Nanticoke, Pa.;
Margaret Garrahan. College Misericordia, Dallas, Pa.; Minnie Gernon, 1002 Columbia St., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Maude Gibson Diefen-

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Euphemia Green, Englewood, Florida; Byron J.
Grimes, Hagerstown, Md.; David A. Hart, R. 2, Wapwallopen, Pa.;
Mrs. Minnie Hehl Buck, 151 E. First St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Hon. Clinton Hei'ring, Orangeville, Pa.; Mrs. Daisy Hess Kunze, 59 Farley
Ave., Newark, N. J.; Harry C. Hubler, 1652 Monroe Ave., Scranton,
BenPa.; Sarah J. Hughes, 371 Summer Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Rev.
jamin M. Johns, Wilmington, Del.; Hannah Jones, Nanticoke, Pa.;
Mrs. Rose Keiser Ward, 225 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mary
Kline, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Bessie Lynch Redington, Hotel Redington, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Josephine Mahon McGraw, 1718
Jefferson Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Mollie Mandeville Wilsey, 224
N. Elizabeth St., Lima, Ohio; Mrs. Anna McLaughlin Burgin, 622
Fifth, N. E. Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Meda Minnich Smith, Seybertsdorfer, Moosic, Pa.;

Mary Monaghan, Shenandoah,

Pa.; Euphemia Munroe, N.
Hazleton, Pa.; Edith M. Nesbit, R. 1, Milton, Pa.; Maggie Palmer, Shenandoah, Pa.; Dr. George E. Pfahler, 6463 Drexel
Rd., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Bridget Quinn Keough, St. Xavier,
Mont.; Mary Rassier, Shenandoah, Pa.; Lizzie V. Ruddy, Miners
Mills, Pa.; Mrs. Hannah Scanlon Dalton, 335 S. Ferguson St., Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Carrie Schappert Forve, 112 N. Main St., WilkesBarre, Pa.; Bessie Sterling, 113 Brown St., Pittston, Pa.; L. P.
Sterner, 9 Ryers Ave., Cheltenham, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Straw Smith,
733 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, Pa.; D. D. Stroup, Oriental, Pa.; Dr.
Fred Sutliff, 1901 Cayuga St., Philadelphia, Pa.; John J. Thomas,
1214 Floral St., N. W. Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Bess Turner Howell,
237 Mowry St., Danville, Pa.; Mrs. Lizzie Williams Tiffany, 422 S.
River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; S. C. Yocum, 925 Orange St., Shamokin,
Pa. Address Wanted Florence Abbott, Mrs. Mae Acherly Alexander, Louis L. Ansart, Mrs. Nellie Coffman McDermott, Mrs. Essie
Corrigan Barrett, W. Ramsay Darlington, Mrs. Corinda Fisher Mayer,
Mrs. Mary Haggerty Tigue, Mrs. Kate Hardcastle Albertson, Mrs.
Bertha Harris Butts, Aaron B. Hess, Floyd L. Hess, Mrs. Bertha
Huber Cooper, B. R. Johnson, Mrs. Bertha Johnston Kelly, Mrs. Sue
Koons Dodds, Charles L. Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth Martz Dieffenderfer,
M. Elmer Malick, George McLaughlin, Arthur J. Moore, J. Frank
Paul, Mrs. Lea Ruggles Connell, Mrs. Emma Smyth Kreuger, Mrs.
Laura Wenner Smith, Ethel Williams.
Deceased Members Mrs.
Margaret Baylor Ross, Willits K. Beagle, Azro Beddoe, Warren
Beddoe, Mrs. Nellie Belles Heddin, Mrs. Jennie Black Campbell,
Cephas C. Breisch, Belinda Carroll, Martha Conner, Harry G.
Dechant, Mrs. Clara Doebler Erhard, William W. Evans, H. W.
Gregory, Mrs. Lottie Griffith Evans, George H. Keiter, Mrs. Lillian
Koehler Bertels, M. Alice Lehe, Katie McGinty, Mrs. Sarah Masters
Pursel, Mrs. Grace Montgomery Conner, Frank E. Patten, J. Howard
Patterson, J. Boyd Robison, Bessie Rosser, Katie Swank, John F.
Watson, Andrew Weary, Mrs. Mary Whalen O'Hearn, David Wiant,
Mrs. Grace Woodward McHenry.
ville, Pa.;

Church

St.,

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CLASS ’95 Mrs. Margaret Andreas Lindsay, 624 Front St.,
Freeland, Pa.; Frank Beale, 207 High Street, Duncannon, Pa.; Mrs.
Nettie Niemeyer, Mt. Olive, 111.; Mrs. Jennie Blandford Morris, 101
Washington Ave., Edwardsville, Pa.; A. Cameron Bobb, Danville, Pa.;
Katharine Cadow, 430 Catherine St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Bessie Clapp,
522 E. Broadway, Milton, Pa.; Mrs. Elsie Colgate Hensell, 1009 Electric St., Scranton, Pa.; Charles W. Derr, 205 Sunbury St., Riverside,
Pa.; Mrs. Mary Detwiler Bader, 163 Main St., Pheonixville, Pa.;
Katheryn Dolan, Plains, Pa.; Lizzie Dougher, Avoca, Pa.; Julia M.
Durkin, 126 S. Church St., Hazleton, Pa.; Dr. Howard B. Eckroth,
Mill St., Danville, Pa.; Mrs. May Evans John, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs.
Mary Everett Carpenter, 664 Church Lane, Yeadon, Pa.; Fred E.
Fassett, Stevensville, Pa.; Mrs. Marie Ferguson Scott, Mt. Carmel,
Pa.; Mrs. Anna Follmer Hess, Warren St., Taft, Calif.; Amelia Foster,
533 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Will T. Foulke, Collamer, Pa.;
Katherine Gaffikin, Nanticoke, Pa.; Mrs. Laura Gilbert Kline, 347
Pine St., Catawissa, Pa.; Mrs. Theresa Hehl Holmes, 128 W. 4th St.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.; George Hoke, 1260 N. W. Bank Bldg., Minneapolis,
Minn.; Rosa Jacobosky, 211 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs.
Stella Jacobosky Witmer,
24 4th St., Aspinwall, Pa.; Mrs. Ada
Jacobs Colley, 350 Ridge St., Kingston, Pa.; William E. James, 703 E.
Mahanoy Ave., Mahanoy City, Pa.; Mrs. Gertrude Jones Roberts, 87
Second Ave., Kingston, Pa.; Mrs. Hattie Jones Price, 119 N. Jardin
St., Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Edith Kellam Black, Maplewood, Pa.; Mrs.
Mabel Keller Garrahan, 1830 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, Pa.; Merit
L Laubach, 104 S. 21st St., Terra Haute, Ind.; Mrs. Agnes Lenahan
Brown, 191 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Adaline
Lewis Beale, 207 High St., Duncannon, Pa.; Harry J. Lewis, Trevorton, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret Love Brower, 337 E. Main St., Bloomsburg,
Pa.; Hugh McGee, Beaver Meadow, Pa.; Mrs. Lulu McHenry Schlingman, 115 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Alice Mahon McCann,
727 Jefferson Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Lillian Mahon Kellog, Jenkintown, Pa.; Mrs. Bina Malloy Ryan, 438 W. Pine St., Mahanoy City,
Pa.; Nellie R. Meehan, Port Griffith, Pa.; Stella G. Meyers, 553
Locust St., Hazleton, Pa.; Mamie E. Morgan, 503 S. Main Ave.,
Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Sara Moyer Bray, Drums, Pa.; Irvin E. Nagle,
Northampton, Pa.; Mrs. Florence Nichols McGuire, Forest City, Pa.;
George Norman, Box 8, Fairville, Pa.; Dr. Robert S. Patten, Danville,
Pa.; J. B. Patterson, Kuensau, Korea; Mary Pendergast, 918 N. 6th
St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Harry M. Persing, 2166 Cheltenham Rd., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Powell Evans, 361 Ridge St., Kingston, Pa.;
Calvin P. Readier, R. D., Nescopeck, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Richards Isaacs,
317 Clay Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Martha Romberger Fickinger,
Williamstown, Pa.; Edward Roth, 335 W. Main St., Bloomsburg, Pa.;
Jennie Seiler, Northumberland, Pa.; Mrs. Julia Sharpless Fegley, 165
E. Walnut Lane, Germantown, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Sidler Ikeler, Moselle, Miss.; Mrs. Nellie Smith Sweppenheiser, Bloomsburg, Pa.; J.

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Wilson Snyder, Slatington, Pa.; Florence Swalm, 439 Catawissa Ave.,
Su.nbury, Pa.; William W. Swank, 27 Dorrance St., Kingston, Pa.;
John F. Traub, 411 Charles St., Luzerne, Pa.; Howard J. Traub,
Bloomsburg, Pa.; Ada L. Wolfe, 9th St., Wyoming, Pa.; Alfred E.
Yetter, 1538 Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Address Wanted Irvin
A. Bartholomew. Mrs. Sadie Beeber Thomas, Josephine A. Blakeslee,
Nathan W. Bloss, William F. Boyle, Mrs. Mattie Brown Everett,
Alice M. Buck, Kate Burns, Earl M. Creveling, S. H. Dean, Mrs.
Annie Derr Vansant, Marne Downey, Margaret R. Dugan, Margaret
Farrell, Mrs. Minnie Foster Rivenburgh, Patrick J. Gaffikin, Genevieve Gallagher, James U. Gallagher, Mrs. Minnie Goyne Singley,
Mrs. May Griffith Briggs, Alice Haen, Mary Herron, Mrs. Mary
Houtz Anderson, Howard S. Johnson, Katie I. Kearney, George A.
Koeber, Mrs. Elizabeth Lesher Dunham, Mary Lowrie, Katie Manning, Archie W. Marvin, Olive E. Meyer, Eliza Murphy,
Mrs. Irene
Nicholas Eisenman, Patrick F. O'Donnell, Mrs. Bertha Parker Edwards, Bruce E. Shannon, Jr., William Sheivelhood, Mrs. Adaline
Snyder Cobb, Mrs. Alma Spencer Bortree, Mrs. Maine Stair RichEarl, Daniel
ards, Claude M. Stauffer, Mrs. Marne Thomas
V/.
Thomas, Mrs. Flora Tinkham Marvin, Nellie Weeks, Emily A.
Wheeler, Ethel Williams, William R. Worthington, Mrs. Henrietta
Zeiders Shope. Deceased Members Mary Arbogast, Nora Breisch,
Gertrude Briggs, Harry H. Davenport, Mrs. Sara Diseroad Hubbell,
Mrs. Grace Dunston Downing, Mrs. Edna Eves Biddle, Julia H. Furman, Friend Gilpin, Eh P. Heckert, Hermie Jones, Mrs. Ida Jones
Kraft, Nellie R. Kerlin, Anna Krauss, Carrie Lewis, Catherine Lloyd,
Mrs. Ruby Mackie Vanhorn, Boyd F. Maize, Edith Maize, Abel
Price, Katharine Price, Joseph Reilly, Sadie Rentschler, Mrs. Minnie
Riley Mahon, Mrs. Grace Shaffer Perham, Mrs. Mary Shaffer Harter,
Melissa Shaw, William A. Shuping, Harriet Smink, Mrs. Laura
Stearns Tucker, C. Raymond Stecker, Mrs. Nina Tague Frantz, Theo-

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NOTE:

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Corrections to the above will be greatly appreciated. The
Directory will be continued in the next issue of the Quarterly.

The mid-year dance

of the Bloomsburg State Teachsponsored by the Community Government
Association, was held recently in the gymnasium of the
Peggy Johnson, Shamokin, was chairman of
College.
ers College,

the Social Committee in charge.

Volume 40, Number 3

THE ILIIII

State Teachers
College

Bloomsburg, [Pennsylvania

JULY, 1939

’RESIDENT ALBERT REVIEWS THE CENTENNIAL
’HILOS,

CALLIES REVIVE FEUD

• BACCALAUREATE

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TOM
_Messac/e fr

PRESIDENT HAAS
To Alumni:
The Centennial Celebration! - Old friendships were renewed - an opportunity to inspect
the College plant and to witness many of its
activities in actual operation was presented plans for the future were discussed. It was a
privilege and an honor to have a small part on
this important occasion.
I welcome the opportunity to express the thanks of everyone
connected with the College to all who gave
such hearty cooperation and service.
the general opinion that there were
the College on this occasion
than on any single previous occasion in the
history of the institution. The enthusiasm displayed by our Alumni and guests was a real
inspiration to the College community and a
powerful challenge for our future endeavors.
It

more

is

visitors to

Sincerely yours.

Z»

Ov

.

President

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Published by the Alumni Association of the State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Entered as Second-Class Matter, July 1. 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg, Pa.,
Under the Act of July 16, 1804. Published four times a year.

H. F. Fenstemaker,
E. H. Nelson,

’ll

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Editor
Business

Manager

1

PRESIDENT ALBERT

H

es/iews

THE

To All The Alumni:

May

26 and 27, 1939 will certainly go down in the history
of the College as outstanding days.
The Centennial program,
beginning Friday morning at 10:30 and closing Saturday evening at 11:30, was thoroughly enjoyed by those fortunate
enough to be present. Never in the history of the College
were so many graduates and former students here for a college event.
Reunions, either large or small, were in progress
everywhere. Graduates saw classmates and friends who had
not been seen for many years. This added much pleasure to
the entire celebration.
It was a great disappointment that the new buildings were
not available for use and inspection.
Plans were immediately

Everybody
changed and adjusted to meet this situation.
seemed to understand and made the best of it. The program
moved along smoothly and old grads were in a happy and
jovial mood.
It would be impossible to pick out the outstanding event
of the Centennial Celebration.
Each special program seemed
to fit into the spirit of the occasion.
Thanks and appreciation
are extended from the Alumni Association to the Board of
Trustees, Dr. Haas and members of the Faculty, employees
and students for the fine spirit of cooperation manifested everywhere.
Many Alumni expressed their gratitude.
take
this method of expressing to all persons who contributed to

We

the success of the Centennial.

Bloomsburg Teachers College has one hundred years of
wonderful history and tradition filled with devotion and sacrifice for the cause of public education.
are proud to call
her “Alma Mater”. Be a booster always for the College and

We

the

Alumni Association.

The Centennial Student Loan Fund Campaign
great stimulus during the
tion.

received a

two days

Approximately $1,800 was

of the Centennial Celebrasubscribed to the Fund dur-

ing the week of the Centennial.
The Fund has now passed
the $14,000 mark and the end is not in sight.
plan to make
this worthy Fund the objective of the Alumni Association during the five-year period over which many subscriptions have
been made. Subscriptions and contributions are welcome at

We

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any time and we hope

that

many more

will

opportunity for service to deserving boys and

share this fine
girls.

The

next big event during the Centennial year will be
4.
At this time certainly the
new buildings will be in use. It will be worth your time and
effort to see these new buildings and their equipment.
A fine
program is being arranged and there will be something doing
every minute. Plan now to come back for Home-coming Day.

Home-coming Day. November

Hoping

to see

you on November

4,

I

am

Very truly yours,
R. Bruce Albert, President

A

very successful Kindergarten Demonstration and Conwas held Saturday, April 15, at the Benjamin Franklin
School of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. More than
75 people from 20 different towns in the service area of the
college were present.
These included teachers, supervising
principals, and members of Parent-Teacher Associations.
ference

The first part of the Demonstration showed the kindergarten children studying transportation with a train they constructed themselves. This was followed by a language lesson
in which transportation terminology was featured.
Music was
provided for a rhythm lesson by Frederick Worman of Catawissa.
After the kindergarten was dismissed, the conference
continued in charge of Miss Grace Woolworth, Kindergarten
Instructor, at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.

Professor Earl H. Rhodes, Director of the Teachers TrainBloomsburg State Teachers College spoke at the
College and Teacher Training Department meeting of the
Northeastern Convention District of the Pennsylvania State
Education Association, Friday afternoon, April 21. Professor
Rhodes discussed Selective Admissions for Students in Teacher Training Courses.
ing at the

'

Professor S. L. Wilson, Department of English, Bloomsburg State Teachers College participated in a panel discussion
in connection with the English department meeting.
The panel
discussed the organization of the English program in secondary
schools.

lege

Miss Bertha Rich of the Bloomsburg State Teachers Colwas secretary of the Deans and Advisors of Girls Round

Table.

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centennial exercises were fittingly opened by a memProfessor Francis H. Jenkins, former Bursar of
the College, and for several years business manager of the
Alumni Quarterly.
fine framed portrait of Professor Jenkins, presented by his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. McCachran, of Camp Hill, was unveiled, following the
presentation address, delivered by Dr. E. H. Nelson.

The

orial service to

A

R. Bruce Albert, President of the General Alumni Assopresided at the meeting, held in the Alumni Room.
Mr. Albert called upon his father. Professor Charles H. Albert, to give the invocation.
ciation,

In the presentation address which followed the invocation.
Dr. Nelson said:
"We speak affectionately and appropriately
of the men who have done much to build Bloomsburg as the
‘Old Guard’, but truly they would have had little to guard
but for the work of Professor Jenkins.
He was truly the
“watch dog of the school’s treasury ”. Dr. Nelson spoke also
of Prof. Jenkins's devotion to his work and of the educator's
comment at the time he was honored by the faculty upon his
retirement at the age of seventy in 1925.
At that time Professor Jenkins said
I
have spent all of my years here, except
eight, since I was a young man of eighteen.
These years have
meant much to me”. In concluding, Dr. Nelson remarked that
behind the work of this great man was the inspiration of a
fine wife.
As he unveiled the portrait he said "This portrait
reflects a life well lived".

Appreciations were expressed by William B.

ber of the college faculty, and editor of the

formJenkins

Sutliff,

Dean of Instruction, and an associate of Professor
for many years, and also by Howard F. Fenstemaker,

er

a

mem-

Alumni Quarterly.

Dean Sutliff observed that Professor Jenkins handled the
college finances through that period when education was not
on the cash and carry system now in vogue. Mr. Fenstemaker
stated that the rejuvenation of the alumni some years ago was to
a large extent brought about by Professor Jenkins.
He reestablished the Quarterly as an alumni publication in 1926 and
served as its business manager until his death. This work was
carried on by Mrs. Jenkins for the remainder of her life.
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Mr. Fenstemaker made the comment that during the past
been formed at the College a "New Guard."
These teachers have built upon the tradition established by
the "Old Guard ", and it is their hope that they may keep up
to the standards of those who have gone before, and who built
well on the foundation of high ideals and fine scholarship.
ten years there has

Dr. Haas, in accepting the portrait, spoke of the occasion
happy one. He paid a fine tribute to the work
done by Professor Jenkins.
Among those present was John Bittenbender, brother-inlaw and life-long friend of Professor Jenkins. Mr. Bittenbender, who came to the Centennial from Winter Haven, Florida,
is a member of the class of 1874.
He was a student at Bloomsburg at the time of the dedication of Carver Hall, and helped
pull the ropes that raised the bell into the tower.
as a solemn, but

ir

At a college assembly hall Monday, May 1, a program
honor of William B. Sutliff, former Dean of Instruction, was
presented.
The program consisted of scripture reading by
Dean Harvey A. Andruss, following by the reading of "Alma
Mater", a poem by Dean Sutliff. The poem was read by R.
Bruce Albert.
Ray McBride, president of the Community
Government Association, presented to the College a fine portrait of Dean Sutliff. as a gift from the Association to the
College.
Dr. Haas responded in the speech of acceptance.
Prof. D. S. Hartline, for many years an associate of Dean
Suttliff, gave a fine address, in which he paid high tribute to
the work of Dean Sutliff.
The program was closed by the
singing of "Alma Mater" by the student body, led by Miss
Harriet M. Moore.
in

The

following communication was received from Miss
member of the faculty in the seventies,
and with the exception of Dr. Waller, the oldest living former
faculty member:
"Greetings from a former teacher of Bloomsburg State
Normal School and congratulations upon its growth to the
dignity of Teachers College."
Miss Hastings is now living in Hartford, Connecticut.

Mary

L. Hastings, a

One

of the most enjoyed musical programs to be presented
Teachers College in some time was that presented Friday
morning. May 12, by Cecil Leeson, nationally known saxophone recitalist, and Josef Wagner, European pianist-composer.
at the

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•

Sports Program

•

The principal feature of the Friday afternoon program of
the Centennial celebration was the sports program held in the
gymnasium. The original plans had provided that the program
would be given in the new gymnasium, but, owing to the fact
that the new buildings were not available, the program was
transferred to the new gymnasium.
Miss Mary Whitenight, a member of the Department of
Health Education, was in general charge of the demonstration.
Many of the graduates present were reminded of the days
when the gymnasium exhibitions were high lights of the school
year.
The program was opened with a marching demonstration
by a group of college girls, who proved their ability to carry
out the intricate evolutions with speed and precision.
The children of the Kindergarten then presented dramatizations of several Mother Goose melodies, and the first grade
children dramatized
Sing a Song of Sixpence
and "The
Lived in a Shoe.
The children of the second
grade followed with "Itisket-Itasket."
group composed of three college girls and three college
men put on a very interesting rope-jumping act. which drew
applause from the spectators.
Miss Patricia Nelson and Donald Savage, high school
students presented a beautiful adagio dance to the music of
"A Tale from the Vienna Woods."
group of sixty high school girls presented a very colorful
drill called "Ships.
Their presentation was followed by eight
college girls, who gave a group tap dance.
They were followed by nine college men. who gave a fine Indian club drill.

Woman Who
A

A

In "Dance Moderne", Miss Edith Friedberg gave a fine
interpretation of the popular melody "Deep Purple".

No program of this kind would have been complete without some clowns, and the spectators were not disappointed.
Five college boys appeared on the floor, and did all that was
expected of them.
Attired in Scotch costumes, the boys and girls of the fifth
and sixth grades went through the movements of a Scotch
dance to the music of "Loch Lomond."
Miss Arleen Hagenbuch, a college student then appeared
in a solo tap dance.
The boys and girls of the third and fourth grades, attired
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quaint costumes, suggestive of those worn a century ago,
presented a dance with the title "Little Lady Make-Believe.
Fifteen college girls then presented a wand drill, and
fifteen others, attired in beautiful costumes of pastel shades,
in

gave a

“Reverie”, by Claude Debussy.
boys from the Bloomsburg High School
gymnasium team, runner-up in this year’s state championship,
put on a tumbling act that would have done credit to a group
fine interpretation of

A

group of

six

of professionals.
group of eighteen college men and women gave a presentation of
Social Dancing Through the Ages,
in which
they demonstrated the minuet, the fox trot, the square dance,
the Big Apple, and the Lambeth Walk.
The closing number of the program was a fine exhibition of
pyramid-forming bv the boys of the fifth and sixth grades.
The whole exhibition was of a type that has not been
seen at Bloomsburg for a long time, and gives promise of some
very fine ones in the future.

A

DR.

AND

MRS.

F. B.

HAAS ARE GUESTS AT DINNER

Dr. and Mrs. F. B. Haas were guests of honor at a dinner
tendered by the faculty and administrative staff of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College last night at Hotel Berwick.
During the dinner Mrs. Haas was presented with a basket
of red roses.
Dr. Haas was presented with a scrap book containing pages made by each member of the faculty.
The presentations were by John C. Koch, dean of men.
An interesting information game was played. Howard Fenstemaker was in charge and Miss Harriet Moore acted as
judge. Members of each were H. A. Andruss, Miss Lucy MeCammon. Mrs. John C. Koch, Nevin T. Englehart and Samuel
Wilson.
John Koch captained the other team composed of
Miss Edna Hazen, Dr. Nell Maupin, C. M. Hausknecht and
J.

J.

Fisher.

Members of the faculty committee in charge of arrangements were Miss Harriet Moore, Miss Pearl Mason, Miss Lucille Baker, Dr. E. H. Nelson, Howard Fenstemaker, Herbert
McMahan and John C. Koch.
Cards and games concluded the delightful affair.

There has been a request

Ena

J.

quested

Hill.

to

Anyone having

send

it

for the present address of

the

to the Editor.

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1939

desired

information

Miss
is

re-

Alumni Meeting
The Saturday morning program of the Centennial was
opened by a concert given by the Maroon and Gold Band of
fifty-eight pieces, under the direction of H. F. Fenstemaker.
A feature of the program was the rendition of the "B. S. T. C.
Centennial'' March written for the occasion by Mr. Fenstemaker, and dedicated to Dr. D. }. Waller, Jr. The band was
followed by the A Capella Choir, under the direction of Miss
Harriet M. Moore. The choir, attired in the traditional robes
and capes, sang several numbers which were greatly appreciated by the audience.
The musical part of the program was immediately followed
by the business session of the Alumni Association. Every seat
in the auditorium was occupied, and many were standing.

The class of 1939 visited the meeting to join in a body and
The
then make a contribution to the Centennial Loan Fund.
presentation was made by James DeRose, president of the
graduating class, who complimented the Alumni on their spirit
and on their activities to render service to the College. Mr.
DeRose pledged his class to cooperate in the support of the
constructive alumni program. The class sang the college Color
Song and then retired.
R. Bruce Albert and Mrs. C. C. Housenick, of Bloomsburg, and Fred W. Diehl, of Danville, were elected members of
the board of directors of the association for a term of three
years, as a result of the vote to adopt unanimously the report
of the nominating committee of which G. Edward Elwell was
chairman.
According to the constitution and by-laws of the
association, the members of the board of directors will elect
the president and other officers from their own number.

Seated on the platform were Mrs. Elizabeth Coburn MerMiss Helen Carpenter, Prof. C. H. Albert, Mr. and Mrs.
D. S. Hartline, Dean and Mrs. W. B. Sutliff, Miss Bess Hinckley, G. Edward Elwell, Dr. D. J. Waller. Jr., and Arthur CrossThe trustees were
ley, all former members of the faculty.
represented by Dr. H. V. Hower and H. Mont Smith.
cer,

R. Bruce Albert spoke of the alumni objectives and presented Dr. Waller '67, a member of the first class to graduate,
and the only living member of that class. Dr. Waller, who

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1939

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had given the invocation
fine ovation by the class.

to

open the meeting, was given a

Dr. Francis B. Haas extended the official welcome of the
College to the Alumni.
07, of San Juan, Porto Rico, the gradJ. A. E. Rodriguez
uate who came the greatest distance to attend the Centennial,
was called to the platform and spoke of the inspiration that he
had received from “The Old Guard" when he was a student
at Bloomsburg.
Greetings were sent by Mary L. Hastings, Hartford,
Conn. Miss Hastings was a member of the faculty in the seventies and, with the exception of Dr. Waller, is the oldest
former faculty member living.

Obiter,

Yearbook of College Senors, Brings

Wide

Pi•aise

The Centennial of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College forms the basis for one of the most clever issues of the
year book of the graduating class in the history of the institution.
The volume is handsomely bound in red leather and
stamped in the vogue of an album of years ago. The frontispiece of each section is an illustration of the present compared
with that of the past. It is one of the most effecive features
in a book of many fine things.
The volume is dedicated "to the indomitable spirit of the
builders of Bloomsburg State Teachers College.”
Pictures of
many of those men are contained in the front of the book.
Members of the editorial staff were: Miss Annabel Bailey,
Danville, editor: Miss Dorothy Englehart, Bloomsburg, assistant: Miss Bernice Blaine, Berwick: Stewart Yorks; Miss Helen
Brady, Wilkes-Barre: Robert Hopkins, Lost Creek: Miss
Joyce Dessen, Hazleton: James DeRose, Peckville; Ray Zimmerman, Nuremberg: William Yarworth, Centralia; Miss Eleanor Beckley, Bloomsburg: Miss Ruth Dugan, Bloomsburg:
business staff
Miss Abigail Lonergan, Berwick, business manager: Charles Price, Hazleton: Frank Shope, Berwick; Harold
Coblentz, Berwick; Miss Sara Masteller, Pottsville; John Bowers, Berwick: Miss Peggy Lonergan, Berwick; Byron Shiner,
Berwick: Robert Miner, Tunkhannock; William Moratelli,
Kulpmont; Miss Elizabeth Hart, Berwick; Frank Taylor, Berwick: Richard Nolan, Mr. Carmel; Miss Vivian Frey, Mifflinville; Miss Monica Connell, Nanticoke.

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1939

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REUNION OF CLASSES

al

CENTENNIAL

In checking over the registrations and class records of
attendance by graduates during the Centennial Celebration,
these interesting facts are revealed:
Since the year 1867, at
which time the first class was graduated from the College in
its present location, all but three classes were represented on

the campus and had happy reunions.
Several of the earlier
classes have no living graduates. In the case of one class there
is one surviving member for whom we do not have the correct
address.
Obviously no reunions were possible in these situations.

The Class of 1867 leads off with 100% attendance at the
Centennial.
Dr. David J. Waller, Jr., President Emeritus of
the Institution is the only surviving member of his class and he
received an ovation throughout the Centennial program. Other
members of his class were Mr. George E. Elwell and Mr.
Charles Unangst.
The Class of 1924 leads the parade of classes in attendance at the Centennial. There were 90 members of this class
in reunion.
The class of 1929 ranks second with 48 graduates
present.
1919, with 47, is in third place and 1923, with 40 on
the campus holds fourth position.
These figures may not be
accurate, but we based on the registration information available.
The fine representation of classes was a matter of favorable comment on all sides.
Many class officers had sent out
invitations and aroused the interest of their classmates which
was one of the factors in creating a record attendance for
Alumni Days. There were probably between 2.500 and 3,000
graduates present during the Celebration.

Unreserved appreciation

for the rare opportunity presented

community in the joint recital of Jean
Tennyson and William Hain was expressed by the large audience which gathered at the College for the concluding number
to

music lovers of

on

this year's Artists'

The program

this

Course.
featured a number of arias and duets from

familiar and seldom-heard selections.
two groups of solos in addition to the
numbers which they sang together. Brooks Smith was at the

operas, including both
Each singer presented

piano.

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BiHIHIIf/t

-

CLIWAX 0F centennia l

"If we want democracy, we must actively support institutions that are democratic, and that is what you are doing by
your participation in the events of your college this week-end ”,
said Dr. Francis B. Haas in his address at the Centennial

banquet held

May

in

the college dining-room,

Saturday evening.

27.

The dining-room was
Tickets were

filled to

capacity, with 583 in attendat nine

by Saturday morning
o’clock, and had the accommodations been greater, it
bable that at least one thousand would have attended.
ance.

all

sold

is

pro-

With an additional $1,800 given during the Centennial.
R. Bruce Albert, president of the Alumni Association, reported
that the Centennial Loan Fund had reached a total of over
$14,000, and that 463 had made contributions to the fund.
Mr. Albert is confident that by the end of the summer, there
will have been $15,000 given by graduates and friends of the
College to swell the loan fund.
He expressed his confidence
that no worthy student will need be forced to leave college
because of the need of a loan of $100 or $2000.
Dr. E. H. Nelson, who presided at the dinner, took occasion to speak of the exceptional service that Mr. Albert has
given the college and the alumni.
The program consisted of greetings expressed by the representatives of all the various groups who in close contact with
Dr. Carl D. Morthe college The speakers were as follows:
neweck, assistant director of the Bureau of Administration
and Finance, who represented the Department of Public Instruction: Nathan K. Krauss, President of the Bloomsburg
Town Council, who represented the community of Bloomsburg:
Dr. H. V. Hower, of Berwick, President of the Board of
Trustees: Dean of Instruction Harvey A. Andruss, who spoke
for the faculty: Nevin T. Englehart, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, who represented the maintenance staff of
the college; Ray McBride, of Berwick, President of the Community Government Association, who spoke for the student
body: and R. Bruce Albert, who spoke for the Alumni.

Entertainment features during the program were two
soprano solos by Ruth Baird ”42, of Mill City, accompanied
by Frank Kocher ”40. of Espy. Miss Ethel Ruth '41, of Mohnton, played two solos on the xylophone, with H. F. Fenste-

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maker, of the faculty, at the piano. The Maroon and Gold
Orchestra provided dinner music for the occasion, and Miss
Harriet M. Moore led in group singing.
The invocation was given by Dean W. B. Sutliff. Dr.
Morneweck in his greetings spoke of the vital part the alumni
Mr. Krauss spoke of the
play in the life of an institution.
high regard that the town of Bloomsburg has for the College.
The people of Bloomsburg, he said, believe that the College is a
vital and important part of Bloomsburg.
He stated that the
people of Bloomsburg would not want to be without the College.
Dr. Hower, speaking for the trustees, spoke of the proud
history of the institution.
He declared that there have been
many steps in advancement and never a retrograde movement
in the one hundred years.
He lauded the faculty and spoke in
glowing terms of President Haas, whom he described as a
sterling gentleman and a high grade educator”.
Continuing,
he said "Long may he live, and long may we have the privilege
of retaining his services.”

Dean Andruss spoke of the "Old Guard” who have given
generously of themselves. What they gave they have in the
hearts of the Alumni.
He referred to the fact that the present faculty, during the Centennial, had adopted the term "The
New Guard”. They aim to carry the torch of learning into a
new century, ever working to the end that tomorrow may be
better than today.
Nevin T. Englehart, speaking for the members of the maintenance staff, spoke of the part that many played behind the
scenes in order that the life of the college can move smoothly
forward.
Ray McBride, speaking for the student body, said that
the students are proud of the College and its loyal Alumni. He
expressed the hope that the Centennial not only commemorated
a century of progress, but also would mark the start of another
hundred years of educational development.
Mr. Albert declared that the day had been the greatest
and on behalf of the Alumni expressed thanks to all those who had made it possible.
A telegram was read, expressing greetings from Governor
James, who regretted his inability to attend, but was detained
in Harrisburg by the press of business.
For the same reason,
Eckley B. Hoyt, representative from Columbia County in the
General Assembly, was obliged to send his greetings by telegraph.
Dr. Haas, who delivered one of the most inspiring messages of his administration, declared that the College was celebrating what men and women who believed in an ideal of dein the history of the College,

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1939

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mocracy had started a century before.
He referred to the
fact that in the world today, there is a struggle between two
philosophies of government.
He stated further: "You and I
are meeting tonight because we belong to a group that holds as
an ideal that human beings are able to govern themselves, and
that they will be able better to do so in the future, because
opportunity for development are being offered to all through

We

schools maintained at public expense.
belong to a government that says that the individual has the right to self- develop-

ment".

He emphasized
and

ideals, not

the fact that we learn to love democracy
by preaching democracy, but by practicing it.

He said in conclusion "We are going to continue, to the best
of our ability, to develop a democratic institution."
The banquet was followed by dancing in the gymnasium,
and by a program in the auditorium. The first half of the program was a concert by the Maroon and Gold Orchestra, and
the second half was the showing of the college film "Education for Teaching ”, produced by Professor George J. Keller,
of the art department.

A new procedure in handling the returning Alumni on
Alumni Day was initiated this year, when an Alumni booth
was set up in the corridor opposite the Alumni Memorial
Room. Ail files, publications, and other records were centralized in this booth, and clerks were on duty continuously
The booth proved to be the
center of interest for all graduates. Many stopped at the desk
to look at the registry list, to see if any of their friends or classmates had come to Bloomsburg for the occasion. The booth
was the clearing house for all information that concerned the
Centennial program, the Centennial Loan Fund, the payment
of dues to the Alumni Association, and countless other activities in which graduates would be interested.
The plan was so
successful that it will be followed in the future on all Homeon both days of the Centennial.

Coming Days and Alumni Days.
Centennial Committee
Dr. David J. Waller Jr., class of 1867, first to be graduated, and president emeritus of the institution, was honorary

chairman of the centennial.
Dean William B. Stuliff, class of 1891, was the active
chairman.
Vice chairmen were Mrs. Charles C. Housenick,
class of 1905, and County Superintendent Ray M. Cole, class
Grover C. Shoemaker represented the board of stuof 1911.
dents.

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July.

1959

13

There were two faculty, two employee, two student representatives.
Nathan H. Krauss. president of council, and District Attorney Harold G. Teel, are community representatives
while each local unit will have representation on the committee.
Members-at-large were:
Mrs. Myrtle S. Van Wie, 96;
Mrs. Editha Ent Adams. 24; Mrs. Hannah Groner. 18; Mrs.

Norman G.

Cool, '88; Mrs. Margaret J. McCachran, 06; Mrs.
Fred Diehl, ’ll: Miss Helen Keller. 32; Mrs. J. C. Taylor. 89;
Miss Frances Kinner. 19; Benjamin Apple, 89; John Boyer,
04; Samuel Johnston. 93; Judge William R. Lewis, '86; T.
Edison Fischer, 21; Jesse Shambach. 05; William Morgan,
36; Lindley Dennis. 99 and Orval Palsgrove. 31.
.

Club Members

as of

June

1939

8,

The Board of Directors of the Alumni Association, realizing the importance of the Student Loan Fund to worthy students. decided to subscribe $1,000 to be paid as funds are available in the Association treasury.
Miss Minnie L. Gernon. '94. subscribed $300 in the establishment of memorials to her parents and brother.
Three hundred dollars have also been subscribed by Mr.
and Mrs. Harold G. Teel of Bloomsburg. Mr. Teel is a former member of the College faculty and very much interested in
the education of worthy boys and girls.

Two hundred dollars have been subscribed by the loyal
group of Alumni comprising the Philadelphia Club.
Additional members in the Centennial Club since the last
issue of the Quarterly are as follows:
Miss Ida Sitler, 05;
Professor L. P. Sterner. '94 Kappa Delta Pi Fraternity; Dr.
H. Harrison Russell; A. Park Orth; Marion
.Kline, '86;
Bloomsburg Rotary Club: Miss Maude C. Kline; Austin A.
Tate; Mrs. Frank Kirk, 94: Class of 1919.
All club memberships will remain open indefinitely.
believe that many graduates and friends will contribute during
the five-year period of the campaign. Several county organizations have the matter under consideration at the present time.
;

A

We

Recognition will be given

in

succeeding issues of the Quarterly.

Club Membership

-

June 10, 1939
AMOUNTS

MEMBERS

One Thousand

Dollar Club
Three Hundred Dollar Club
Two Hundred Dollar Club
One Hundred Centennial Club
Fifty Dollar Club

1

2
1

76
26

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$

1,000.00

600.00
200.00
7.600.00
1.300.00

July.

1939

14

Twenty-Five Dollar Club
Ten Dollar Club
Dollar per year Club
Miscellaneous Club
Total

65
65
34
203

1.625.00

473

$14,295.70

650.00
518.00
802.70

It is surprising that only 473 subscriptions have been received to date.
had hoped that at least 1,000 graduates
and friends of the Institution would give something to the
Centennial Student Loan Fund.
It is not too late.
Subscriptions may be sent in at any time and for any amount to Mr.
D. D. Wright, Treasurer, Student Loan Fund, State Teachers
College. Bloomsburg, Pa.

We

REPORT OF CAMPAIGN BY CLASSES
Look over the report of classes as recorded below. Are
with the showing of your class, and do you feel
that it accurately expresses your loyalty to the College and
the students? There is still time for you to boost the record of
your class.
you

satisfied

Here

is

the report

by classes on June

10,

1867
1875
1876
1879
1880

1

2
1

1
1

1881

3

1882
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900

1
1

6
13
3

6
4
4
4
5

9

6
7

10
5

9
11

2

9
9

1901

1902
1903
1904

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CONTRIBUTIONS

CLASS

5
10

July,

1939

AMOUNT
100.00
28.00
25.00
100.00
25.00
55.00
50.00
10.00

292.00
567.00
14.00
47.00
50.00
25.00
60.00
157.50
278.00
630.00
135.00
207.00
200.00
114.00
180.00
102.00
272.00
155.50
49.70
191.00

15

1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930

.

.

.

11

11

9
8
10
10

22
9
13
5
5

7

4

1

38
45

3125.00
2365.50

5

6
3
1

6
25
4
5

7
2

4
8
8

1931

4

1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939

3

6
9
7

6
6
1

1941

Non-graduate faculty
Friends

Total

Amount Subscribed

-

184.25
283.25
110.00
52.50
80.50
16.00
129.00
184.50
47.50
117.50
25.00
83.00
210.50
43.50
13.00
32.00
26.00
4.00
58.00
50.50
8.00
21.00
18.50
119.00
29.00
16.50
20.00
100.00
10.00

5

.

542.00
460.00
205.00
297.00
285.00
149.00
655.00

$14,295.70

TESTIMONIALS AND MEMORIALS

A Testimonial to honor their Class Adviser, Professor
Charles Henry Albert, 79. By the Class of 1924.
A

Memorial to honor the memory of Thomas Turner.
the supreme sacrifice in the World War.
By
Mrs. Ruth Turner Martin, 04.

Tom made
sister.

A

Memorial

to

the College, Charles
Miller Melick, '85.

06.
his

honor the memory of a former Trustee of
W. Miller. By his daughter. Mrs. Annie

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July.

1939

16

A
his

Memorial

honor the memory of Lewis K. Yoder.

to

daughter, Mrs. Jennie Yoder Foley,

By

08.

*

A

honor the memory of Professor F. H.
Jenkins, 76, former Faculty Member and Business Manager.
By Mr. and Mrs. Howard F. Fenstemaker, 12.

Memorial

to

*

A

honor the memory of Professor John G.
By Charles H. Albert, ’78 and
Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Albert. 06.

Memorial

to

Cope former Faculty member.

A

Memorial to honor the memory of the Lowenburg
family.
Dr. David Lowenburg, a former Trustee of the College and Mr. William Lowenberg, '88.
This Memorial is
established by Miss Stella Lowenberg. 86 as a gift from the
William Lowenberg

estate.
*

A

Memorial

to

A

Memorial

to

*

honor the memory of Mrs. Kate L. Larrabee, a former member of the College Faculty.
By her daughters, Louise. 01. and Beatrice Albertson Larrabee, 03.

83.

By

honor the memory of Mr.

his son. Elwell P. Dietrich.

Ira C. Dietrich,

06.

A

Memorial to honor the memory of Mrs. Frances H.
For many years Business Manager of the QuartJenkins, 75.
erly and active in the Alumni Association.
By her son-in-law
and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. MacCachran, 06.

A
02.

Memorial

By

A

her

to

sister,

Memorial

honor the memory of Miss Lulu Breisch.

Olive R. Breisch,

to

13.

honor the memory of Miss Virginia DickMember and loyal friend of the Col-

erson, a former Faculty

By

lege.

Ida Sitler, ’05.

A Memorial in loving remembrance of her parents, Emily
and Charles Gernon, and her brother, Schuyler Gernon. By
Minnie L. Gernon, 94
.

A
'95.

Memorial

By

her

to

sister,

honor the memory of Gertrude C. Briggs,
Mrs. Lulu Briggs Grimes, 89.

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July.

1939

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A
By

his

Memorial to honor the memory of
wife, Mrs. Tressie Burgess Nuss.

J.

Frank Nuss,

81.

*

A

Memorial to honor the memory of William Noetling,
Head of the Department of Pedagogy. 1877 to 1900. By the
Class of 1887.
*

The Centennial Student Loan Fund

offers a fine

oppor-

remember and honor former Faculty members, relatives and friends. Class and individuals will be given every
consideration in the establishment of Memorials within the
tunity to

Fund.
Contributions to the Loan Fund will live in the service of
worthy youth through the years. Therefore, they become most
fitting as Testimonials and Memorials.

CORRESPONDENCE
Many interesting letters have been received from graduates and former students regarding the Centennial and the
It is impossible to print these letters.
Student Loan Fund.
We, therefore, give some interesting quotations, as follows:

QUOTATIONS FROM LETTERS
"Enclosed find

my

check for ten dollars as my subscripStudent Loan Fund. Sorry that circumfrom making a larger subscription.’’

tion to the Centennial

stances prevent

me

check for twenty-five dollars. I
I
hope that every class
swell the Loan Fund.

"Enclosed

find

glad to be of some help and

am very
will help

"I am grateful indeed to be able to contribute to the Student Loan Fund. It makes me feel that in a very small measure I am helping someone as I was helped.

My

“It is with a great deal of pleasure that I enclose my check.
only regret is that I am unable to send a greater amount

at this time.

"Find enclosed my check for one hundred dollars for the
I
am very happy to contriCentennial Student Loan Fund.
bute this amount for the education of worthy boys and girls.

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July,

1959

18

Am

enclosing a check for ten dollars for the Centennial
I
hope it will be possible for me to contribute more at a later date.
I think it is a very worthy Alumni

Student Loan Fund.
pioject.”

"Enclosed find check for five dollars for the Student Loan
Regret that it is impossible for me to give a larger

Fund.

amount

at this time.
*

"Enclosed find check for twenty-five dollars for the Loan
dollar for Alumni dues.
Regret that it is
impossible for me to attend the Centennial. Will be thinking
about the College and classmates on the 26 and 2 7 ."
i

und and also one

"Enclosed find my contribution to the Loan Fund. It is
impossible for me to give a large amount, but if every graduate
of Bloomsburg would give something the Fund would be materially enlarged.

COMMENTS ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN
Alumni

county organizations has been
Thirteen meetings were held and
approximately 1,200 persons enjoyed the programs and spirit
of fellowship.
This fine work should be continued. It is very
much worthwhile.
interest

in

local

active during the past year.

The Philadelphia group has paid for a membership in the
Centennial Club and has subscribed for an additional one
dollars. Our hats are off to this
The Luzerne County Club has sent

hundred

loyal club.

We

a check for $25.
understand that this is only a beginning. Many thanks to a
fine crowd of workers in Luzerne county.
Forty-eight members of the Faculty have subscribed to
the Loan Fund.
Of this number thirty-seven have joined the
appreciate this splendid cooperation
Centennial Club.
which indicates the fine interest of the Faculty in the institution and the student body.
The Class of 1911 continues to lead the parade of classes.
This Class has twenty-two subscriptions in the amount of
$655.00. The Class of 1894 is now in second position having
Third position is
six subscriptions in the amount of $630.00.
claimed by the Class of 1886, having thirteen subscriptions in
the amount of $567.00. The Class of 1905 is in fourth position

We

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July,

1959

19

amount

of $542.00.

The

having eleven subscriptions
Class of 1906 is in fifth place with eleven contributions in the
amount of $460.00. The Class of 1924 has the largest number
of subscribers to date, twenty-five members of this Class have
in

the

cooperated.

We

have received in cash to date $6,632.70. Twenty
Several
students were granted loans during the past year.
applications have already been received for the summer sesOnly applicants meeting all the
sion and the fall semester.
scholastic and citizenship requirements and giving proper security will receive the favorable action of the Loan Committee.
Many graduates have hesitated to subscribe to the Loan
are
Fund because they could not give in large amounts.
interested in having a large number of persons contributing
whatever amount their financial circumstances make possible.
It is not too late to share in this fine Alumni Project.

We

BOOSTER CLUB
Four hundred seventy-three graduates and friends have
subscribed $14,295.70 to the Centennial Student Loan Fund.
This is fine as far as it goes but it does not go far enough.

We would like to have at least one thousand loyal friends
and graduates of “Old Bloomsburg" subscribe to the Centennial Student Loan Fund.
Surely that number of former students has employment and sufficient income to subscribe something to this worthy Alumni Project.
A Booster Club is being formed. The purpose of this
Club will be to increase the number of Subscribers to the Fund.
Send your check or subscription in the amount of $10.00,
$5.00 or
Give something. You set the amount and
mail the enclosed card at once.

We

all believe in the education of worthy boys and girls.
believe in the Public Schools and the need for trained
teachers.
believe in Democracy and the future of our
country.
all owe a debt of gratitude to “Old Bloomsburg’’ and all that the institution has meant to us.
Therefore, join the
CLUB. Fill out the enclosed card and mail it today. Subscriptions will be recorded
by classes. Some classes have a good record. Other classes

We

We
We

BOOSTER

have not done their part.
Address all mail to D. D. Wright, Treasurer, Centennial
Student Loan Fund, State Teachers College, Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania.

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July.

1939

20

Baccalaureate

*J

Sermon

I

1

1

I

k

I

The

greatest asset of this institution is not its fine buildample equipment, important as they are, but the
men and women, who in the past hundred years invested their
time, money and talents in the young men and women who
have thronged this institution ”, declared the Rev. E. J. Radcliffe, former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Bloomsburg,
addressing the graduating class of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College at the annual Baccalaureate Service held in the
college auditorium Sunday afternoon. May 28.
The members of the graduating class entered the auditorium to the music of the traditional Ancient of Days ’, used
as a processional for over twenty-five years.
Mrs. John K.
Miller was at the organ, and the singing was led by Miss
Harriet M. Moore, with the assistance of the A. Capella Choir.
After the singing of ‘Faith of Our Fathers ”, Dr. Francis
B. Haas read the Scripture.
The sermon was followed by the
"Cherubim Song,’’ by Tschaikowsky, sung by the
Capella
Choir, under the direction of Miss Moore. John D. Young ’41
is the pianist for the choir.
the benediction had been pronounced, the class
left the auditorium to the music of the hymn “Awake

ings or

its

A

When

My

by Handel.
The sermon by the Rev. Mr. Radcliffe follows in part:
The desire to live, either in the good or in the evil, may
be found in all stages of society. Our purpose is to examine
Soul

’

this desire in its highest phase.

The

people

who

invest their

was this group that
Jesus had in mind when he said “Whosoever will lose his life
for my sake shall find it'.
Here is the mystery of sacrificial
lives in the lives of others live forever.

service.
Illustrations of this principle are

It

found everywhere.

When

the name of Dr. Russel H. Conwell is mentioned, we think of
three great institutions; The Temple Baptist Church, Temple
University, and the Samaritan Hospital, all in Philadelphia.
There is another factor in connection with Dr. Conwell’s life
that is not generally known, and that is the story of the boy
Dr. Conwell was captain in the Union army
Johnnie Ring.
during the Civil War, and Johnnie Ring was his orderly.

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1939

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After the
sword.
Johnnie lost his life saving his
war. Dr. Conwell placed his sword beside his bed and daily
resolved to live two livbs: his own, and that of Johnnie Ring.
captain’s

He

did so by investing his

life in the life of other people.
find a better illustration of this principle
than right here, in the institution that you will be proud to call
your Alma Mater? For the past century, lives have been lost on

Where

shall

we

Men
this hill, lost in the sense in which Jesus used the term.
and women have invested their lives in the lives of the youth
who came to them for instruction. It would be untrue to say
You have
that all the instructors lost their lives in his way.
in the

teaching profession, as

we have

in the ministry, the time-

servers, the people who, when they receive their
give a receipt in full for all services rendered.

compensation

The

people

have in mind never received their full pay for services
rendered, and never can.
But they made an investment that
continues forever to pay dividends.
The words for my sake advance the interpretation of the
text to the maximum.
Here is the real mystery of sacrificial
that

I

Jesus Christ himself offers the perfect illustration. He
mankind, in their eternal salvation. In the days
of Jesus, a young man was invited by our Lord to invest his life
in the salvation of others.
The young man weighed the spiritual value of this invitation in the scale used for material purposes.
He found the proposition light. Jesus weighed the
young man's decision in his spiritual scales and found it light.
was right? This young man is known to the Christian
world as a failure. He might have been a signal success.
The same proposition is presented to you.
favorable
reply to Jesus Christ may not add to your earthly possessions;
He said ‘A man’s life
Jesus never claimed that it would.
consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possessed’.
But in the things that really count, both in this world
and in the next, here is an opportunity to make a real investment.
It is an opportunity to expose the real mysteries of
sacrificial service and to appreciate the real value of the words
service.
lost

His

life in

Who

A

of Jesus:
find it”.

“Whosoever

will

lose

his

life

for

my

sake shall

The programs

printed for each of the events of the Cenin the form that was used fifty years ago.
There are quite a number of these programs left and those who
wish any as souvenirs may obtain them by writing to the editor,
enclosing five cents in stamps to cover the cost of mailing.
tennial

were

set

up

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July,

1939

22

Philos

and

Dallies

The audience

Revive Feud

show at the evening program of
Bloomsburg State Teachers College.

stole the

the centennial of the

Old and young graduates interspersed the

fine presenta-

tion of the college students with a lively interchange of

words anent the

warring

and the Philowell known college organizations that have

relative merit of the Calliepian

logian Societies,
passed out of the picture during the past years.

Long before the program began, the auditorium was
crowded to capacity and, as late-comers arrived, a large group

The graduates, students, friends and relatives who composed the audience lent
their voices to the success of the evening's fun and joined in
with the songs that accompanied the style pageant opening
the program.
swelled the throng standing at the rear.

Directed by Miss Ethel Ranson, the fashion parade traced
the styles of both men and women back through the 100 years
of the college’s existence.
Many of the costumes were in style
familiar to the visiting "grads ” who recalled wearing similar
frock coats
hobble skirts when they were students at
or
the local school.
Fifty-eight

young men and women participated

in

the

pageant, for which the audience expressed enthusiastic appreciation.
The quick laughter which swept the crowd during

many amusing moments of the program proved that the
dimmed their sense of humor. Popular melodies
in which many of them raised their voices included the rollicking "Little Brown Jug," "My Darling Clementine" and "Silver
the

years had not

Threads Among the Gold."

A couple of 1870, Betty Jones and Rutter Ohl, clad in the
height of fashion, won loud acclaim, as they sang a current
melody to each other, the former peeking shyly over her widespread fan and the latter fumbling bashfully with his topper.
The costume worn by Marion Landis, a black skirt with a bulky
tan overcoat and broad-rimmed hat, tickled the funnybone of
the audience, as did the sailor boy, Ray Zimmerman; the Civil
War major, Frank Kocher, and a Civil War private, Alvin
Cook.

A little girl, whose troubles were solved by a sympathetic
policeman, sniffed tearfully into the big white handkerchief of
The
the latter while the spectators chuckled sympathetically.
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July,

1939

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couple in the sketch were Isabelle Olah and Norman Cool.
Dancing and mincing in the manner of the "gay old dogs'
of a day gone by were Clifton Wright and Dale Troy, who
swung their canes to the tune of "While Strolling Through the
Park One Day." One of the evening’s big hits came with the
entrance of Rowena Troy and George Lewis riding a tandem bicycle and looking like something out of the family album.
Swinging merrily along the outside aisles of the auditorium,
the couple stopped in the front of the room to sing appropriately
a few verses of the tune, ‘‘On a Bicycle Built for Two."
By that time, whoever had been trying to hold down Dr.
E. H. Nelson evidently gave up, for the faculty member, who
hinted several times that he himself was a Calliepian and not a
Philologian
heaven forbid! appeared on the stage to lead the
singing of Bloomsburg's old Alma Mater, "Bloomsburg Will

—

—

Shine Tonight."

To

and a little
Nelson made some pungent remarks on the
relative status of the Philos and the Callies in the development
of the college and then conceded to allow Prof. Howard F.
Fenstemaker, a Philologian heaven forbid — to accompany the
singing on the piano. The result was impressive in its volume.
As the grand finale of the fashion parade — Dr. Nelson
was out of breath and sat down for a short time — Miss Harriet
M. Moore led the audience and the cast in the "Alma Mater.”
R. Bruce Albert, president of the Alumni Association,
then presided and the bantering among members of the rival
societies continued in full force (Dr. Nelson was again on his
feet).
Among the Callies presented by Dr. Nelson were J. A.
E. Rodriguez, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who flew to Bloomsburg to attend the centennial, and John Bakeless, of New
York City. A slight disorder at the front of the room occurred
when Mr. Albert enlisted the aid of Dr. Haas to escort the most
talkative Calliepian (mentioned above) to his seat.
A group of seven students directed by Miss Alice Johnston then presented the comedy, "The Romancers,” by Edmond Rostand, given by the Calliepian Literary Society in
the accompaniment of vociferous applause

polite hissing, Dr.

—

The interesting presentation was so well enacted that
easily held the attention of an audience which by that time
had reached a slightly uproarious state.
1911.

it

The Philogians, not to be outdone, were represented by
Prof. Fenstemaker, who introduced two noted Philos, John
Bittenbender, a member of the original group, and L. C. Bierly,
of West Pittston.
Without a trace of bitterness but with an
overflow of confidence, the Philos returned the remarks of the
Callies blow for blow.
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1939

24

Between the Acts," another amusing play, given in 1901
by the Philologian Society, was enacted by a cast of seven
college students, who upheld the standards set by the Philos
for oustanding productions (a standard which any Philo will
be pleased to explain further).
Dr. Haas introduced to the advisers of the program, Miss
Ranson, dean of the Day Women, and Miss Johnston, speech
and dramatic instructor. Reunion of various college organizations followed the program in the auditorium.

Elections at the
sulted as follows:

Bloomsburg State Teachers College

re-

Senior Class Officers — President, Donald Hausknecht,
Muncy; Vice-President, Lorraine Snyder, Bloomsburg; Secretary, Charles Kelchner, Conyngham; Treasurer, Ben Hancock,
Shamokin; Boy Representative, Sam Miller, Hazleton; Girl
Representative, Josephine Brown, Bloomsburg; and Advisor

Mr. Fenstemaker.

—

Junior Class Officers
President, Stuart Edwards, Edwardsville; Vice-President, Helen Johnson, Galeton; Secretary,
June Eaton, Galeton; Treasurer, Florabelle Schrecongost, DuBois; Boy Representative, James Deily, Bloomsburg; Girl Representative, Ruth Brandon, Berwick.
Sophomore Class Officers President, Ralph McCracken,
Allentown; Vice-President, David Nelson, Hazleton; Secre-

—

Mary Davenport, Berwick; Treasurer, Robert Hartman,
Bloomsburg; Boy Representative, Merrill Dietrick, Bloomsburg;

tary,

Girl Representative, Idajane Shipe, Berwick.
Day
Officers
President, Kathryn

—

Women
Walp, Berwick; Vice-President, Barbara Straub, Berwick; Senior Representatives, Mary Stine, Numidia and Josephine Brown, Bloomsburg; Junior Representatives, Elda Henrie, MifFlinville and
Ruth Brandon, Berwick; other representatives, Idajane Shipe,
Berwick and Mary Davenport, Berwick.
Waller Hall Association Officers President, Helen Powell,
Nanticoke; Vice-President, Mary Sweigart, Lancaster;
Secretary, Virginia Hughes, Wilkes-Barre; Treasurer, Helen
Johnson, Galeton; Senior representatives, Eleanor Cooper, Lafiin; Mary Davis, Kingston; Betty Larue, East Berlin; Junior
representatives, Marjorie Young, Kingston; Edith Benninger,
St. Johns; Jessie SchiefFer, Steelton; Sophomore representatives,
Ruth Baird, Mill City; Aleta Stiles, Red Lion; and Ruth James.

—

T aylor.
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July,

1939

25

SENIOR DAY
Seniors “had their day" on the hill, Monday, May 22,
a group of three programs, opening in the
morning with a chapel program and followed in the afternoon
by the traditional Ivy Day exercises of the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College and in the evening by the senior informal

when they sponsored

party.

The highlight of the day’s schedule came in the planting
of the first sprig of ivy against one of the newly erected buildThe
ings on the campus, the junior high school structure.
ceremony was held at the site following the first part of the
program which was staged in the auditorium instead of in the
Willard
college grove because of the afternoon showers.
Christian, of Shamokin, a member of the graduating class, gave
the Ivy Day oration.
Mr. Christian was a member of the following college
groups:
Dramatics Club, Alpha Psi Omega, Business Education Club, of which he was president one year. Inter-fraternity
Council, of which he was treasurer, chairman of the assembly
committee, intramural basketball and chairman of the election
board.
He has served as both president and treasurer of his
class.

The Ivy Day orator was introduced by James DeRose.
president of the senior class, who pointed out the added signiwhich is lent to an institution by its traditions. Miss
M. Moore, of the faculty, directed the seniors in the
opening song, “Maroon and Gold."
Isaiah Bomboy led the procession of seniors, wearing the
academic caps and gowns, to the planting site. Members of
the audience, which included parents, friends, members of the
faculty and undergraduates, followed.
Mr. DeRose, class president, after planting the ivy, proffered the spade to Donald Hausknecht, president-elect of the
class of 1940.
He spoke of the spirit of the builders of the
ficance

Harriet

college, declaring that
of growth.

“The

it

is

“still

with us“ following 100 years

1940 begins another hundred years. It is
maintain the high standards of the past and to
strive to achieve even greater things in the future,” he con-

your duty

class of
to

cluded.

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July,

1959

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Mr. Hausknecht complicontribution to the life of the
members of the group have added
much to the growth of the school. He expressed pleasure on
behalf of his classmates in accepting the spade and the reIn

a

brief

acceptance speech,

mented the

class of 1939 on
institution, declaring that the

sponsibilities that

accompany

its

it.

The ivy was

planted at the west entrance to the junior
high school auditorium and was the first sprig of the plant
which adds so much beauty to the older college buildings to be
planted at either of the two new structures on the campus. The
program closed with the “Alma Mater,’’ led by Miss Moore.
In order to give undergraduates a better opportunity to
attend the Ivy day program, the event was scheduled one week
ahead of the usual date this year.

A

diversified program featured the chapel presentation by
the seniors, which was in charge of Dorothy Englehart, James
DeRose, president, read the Scripture, after which an amusing
one-act play was presented under the direction of Miss Englehart.
Members of the cast were Frank Ferguson, Margaret

Zimmerman and Robert Reim-

Cheponis, Peggy Johnson, Ray
ard.

Miriam Utt played an organ solo, "Marche Brilliante," by
C. Harold Lowden, and Isaiah Bomboy and John Bower enacted a play, "Before the Curtain Rises." Two selections were
sung by William Moratelli, "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life," by
Victor Herbert, and "I Dream Too Much, by Jerome Kern.
John Younq was the accompanist. The colleqe chorus sanq the
"Alma Mater."
Group singing was led by Miss Moore with Miriam Utt
at the console.
The committee in charge of the program included:
Dorothy Englehart, general chairman of senior day
activities and in charge of the chapel program; Isiah Bomboy,
Ivy Day chairman, and Lucille Adams, senior party chairman.
Miss Alice Johnston, of the faculty, assisted with the preparation of the one-act play for the assembly program.
The concluding activity on the day’s program was the
party in the gymnasium, when dancing, cards and refreshments

were enjoyed.
of the Ivy Day orator, who is the son of Mr.
A. Christian, of Shamokin, and has been active

The address
and Mrs.
in

many

W.

college organizations,

is

in part as follows:

Fellow Classmates:
In the twilight hour of this memorable day in the history
we meet to plant the ivy, which shall keep alive
our memory long after the class has departed.
of the class

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1939

27

Ivy Day is a day deep in tradition,
as members
Bloomsburg, but also throughout the world.
of the Class of 1939 should feel proud to have the privilege
But perhaps we
of celebrating such a memorable occasion.
should feel doubly proud, for are not we the Centennial Class?
One hundred years of cooperation; that is the spirit of Bloomsburg.
Fellow Classmates, four years of that one hundred
have been contributed by us, a short space of time, perhaps,
not

only here at

We

but four years profitably spent, four years of cooperation conAnd so in fitting tribute
tributed to the spirit of Bloomsburg.
we wish to leave behind us a fitting symbol of the unity and
large liberty which have been inspired in us by our Alma Mater.
What could be more fitting for this symbol than the Ivy
plant.
The early Christians used the Ivy to symbolize everlasting life. Is that not what we wish to symbolize, everlasting
life, our class, may its life be everlasting!
Perhaps we could better understand the symbolism of
the Ivy were we to compare the growth or the life of the plant
to that of our class.
Let us then go back in our lives several
years, back to the year of 1935, even more definite, let us go
back to Sept. 1935. That day doesn't seem so far back in time
yet history was made that warm September day, when we, the
Class of 1939, entered this institution to further our education. I
doubt that any of us even thought of graduaion at that time,
it seemed too far away.
Yet. that goal has been reached and
out a few hours remain before we say farewell to this College
that

we have known

so well.
that September day a seed was planted, the seed of
the Class of 1939.
But like the newly planted seed that is
covered up and lost so were we, lost in the hustle and bustle
of college life, but gradually we became adjusted to our new
life and new situations, we began to be active and we dropped
that lost and bewildered feeling; like a seed we had begun to

On

germinate.
Horticulturalists tell us that the process of germination is
slow and doubtful, but with good seed, fertile soil and favorable growing conditions, the process is quickened and the
doubtfulness of its future is removed.
So with the Class of
1939.
had good seed with which to plant, the soil on
which we choose to plant our seed was fertile and hence our
growth was rapid. The class of 1939 was soon recognized,
not alone scholastically, but athletically, musically and by its
willingness to cooperate with our overseers.
And so the years passed from freshman to sophomore,
from sophomore to junior and from junior to senior, each year,
each month, each day giving us new activities, new experiences.

We

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1939

28

and new

situations to face, but face them we did.
Gradually,
we pushed forth into the open, slowly
ever so slowly, at first slightly bewildered, but each day gaining additional strength to push us forward into the world that
like the

planted seed,

we must some day face.
And so we take this

sprig of Ivy

its

growth and

up

to the present naturally brings

and plant

to continue

it

behind us a symbol of our unity and
strength. A sprig, whose seed was planted in 1935 germinated
during those years until it finally reached the stage of maturity.
to leave

Going back

to that

September day in 1935 and swinging
back fond memories to us.

We

faintly visualize different events that occurred during our
altogether too brief stay here at “Old Bloomsburg
Now and
then different happenings flash into our minds, events that are
not pleasant to recall, but immediately they are washed aside
and once more the bright side of college life is seen.
can
faintly visualize ourselves wandering through Carver, Noetling,
Waller, Science and North Halls, entering into the thousand
and one events of our college career, classes, conventions,
celebrations, dances, athletic events, events too numerous to
mention.
But now the end has come, no more shall we be
students here at Bloomsburg, no more shall we enter into the
community life, we shall soon be considered Alumni who return on Alumni Day to see their former classmates and to
talk over old times, days when we matriculated at this institution.
Perhaps they can’t take away the rights of our being a
student but be assured they cannot take away our memories,
They will be held precious to us, even more precious than gold.
.

We

We

entered here as an aggregation, but we are going out
The classroom, the table, the campus, the friendly
rivalry has brought us together until like kindred drops we've
mingled together." The attachments formed here no man can
forget, nor can anyone overestimate the worth of such friendship as a preparation for the duties of life. Let us once again
return to the symbol of our class, the ivy. The new growing
springs up as a single shoot, the whole plant seems bound for
one destination, however as time progresses, smaller shoots
spring out from the mother stem and seek new worlds of their
own to conquer. No matter how far from the original shoot
it grows, it is still attached to the mother stem.
How like our
class, we too have sprung up from the original shoot, and have
clung together throughout the four years of our growth. Now
however, we are ready to go out on our own. Each one of us
will seek out different lives in which to live.
But like the Ivy
plant, no matter how far we shall travel, nor how much we
as a unit.

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grow, each and every one of us will be still attached to
the mother stem, our Alma Mater, Bloomsburg.
shall

And

so fellow classmates,

vow

that we shall always
that the ivy plant with its

which continues

let

this

symbol of everlasting

grow always toward

to

make a vow, a
memorable day, and

us silently

remember

life, a plant
the top, shall be our

guide for our future life. And like the Ivy we shall grow, each
seeking out his own course, each carrying his own load.
shall find the road rocky and narrow, but like the Ivy with

We

fertile soil,

good growing conditions, and good seed, we too

shall reach the top.

The world

that we are about to face is not a very rosy
threats of wars, depressions, political unrest, all
wait to greet us.
But remember, fellow classmates, we are
educated to be school teachers and the destiny of America’s
future is in the hands of the school teachers of today and
tomorrow. Let those of us who are fortunate enough to enter
in the field of education teach the real American Way.
Be
proud that we are Americans and teach those younger than
yourselves that they too should be proud.

one.

Wars,

And with this thought in mind allow me to conclude this
occasion with a poem in commemoration of the day, Ivy Day.
Fare thee

well,

dear

Alma Mater,

Parting's hour is drawing nigh.
And with loving thoughts we crown thee

As we say our

We

last

good-bye.

would wreathe thy walls with Ivy.

Which when we

are parted far.
as an emblem
That thy hope may be our star.

Still will flourish

As our

ivy climbeth upward.
Strengthening with the lengthening years.
So our memories cling more firmly
Brighter still thy name appears.
To our hearts, which hold thee ever.
With a reverence tender, warm.
the ways that lie between us.
Bright with sunshine, dark with storm.

Be

We
We

would wreathe thy walls with ivy.
would crown with praise thy name.
Through the garlands we may bring thee.
May not all be plucked by fame.
We would mingle with the laurel
Rose and myrtle bright with bloom.

And

with glory's flame we’d mingle,

The mild radiance

of home.

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Oh! how short are now the seasons.
Fruitful years, and blithely sped.
Here within thy lov'd cloisters.
Bright with dreams that hope has bred.
In the real world we now enter.
we guard thy ideal well,

May

As our ivy be our memory,
Alma Mater, Dear, Farewell.

College Host to High School Students

A

450 high school students were guests at the
Teachers College, Wednesday, May 9,
being shown through the college plant and given an insight
total

Bloomsburg

of

State

into the routine of higher education and campus life.
Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the college, welcomed
the group when it convened in the auditorium early in the
afternoon.
He spoke of general guidance in regard to High

School Seniors Looking Ahead.''
Dean of Men, John Koch, president, introduced Dean of
Women. Marguarite Kerr and Dean Harvey Andruss, who
spoke briefly. The A Capella Choir sang two numbers under
direction of Miss Harriet Moore, of the college faculty, and
Prof. H. F. Fenstemaker, director of the department of
foreign languages, played two numbers on the organ.
Ray McBride, of Berwick, president of the student govern-

ment association, and Miss Sarah Mausteller, Pottsville, vicepresident of the day girl's association spoke briefly as undergraduates. A color film produced on the college campus was
shown. Prof. S. I. Shortess was the projection operator.
The guests were greeted by the co-chairmen of the hospitality committee, Bernard Ziegler, of Ashley, and Miss Kathryn
Oplinger, of Nanticoke, who divided them into small groups
and assigned them to assistants for campus tours to the various
college buildings. Later the group witnessed the tennis matches and the baseball game then in progress.
One hundred students were served luncheon at the college
and four hundred and fifteen were guests at dinner last night.
High Schools sending senior class visitors were: Catawissa thirty-two, Turbotville thirty-two, Bloomsburg 133, Huntington Mills thirty.
Orangeville thirty, Berwick thirty-three,
Benton forty-six, Millville twenty-three, Shickshinny sixty-five,
Dallas fourteen, Beaver Township fifteen. Locust Township
twelve.

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LOOW

BACKWARD

by Dr. Francis B. Haas

years seems a long time to most of us and
occasionally, an incident occurs which brings home the
fact that an event in the present may be connected with an
event one hundred years ago by the memory span of one now
living.
Some years ago, I asked Doctor Waller, President
Emeritus of the College, if he could give me any information
concerning the founder of the Academy from which the present College has been developed.
He gave me the history of
Columbia and Montour counties, published in 1887.

One hundred

yet,

Jewett Waller was born in WilkesPennsylvania, January 18. 1815. was graduated from
Williams College in 1834, and from Princeton Theological
Seminary in 1837. His paternal and maternal ancestors emigrated from England to Massachusetts early in the seventeenth
century and thence into Connecticul. Prior to the Revolutionary War they settled in the Wyoming Valley. Some of them
served in both the French and Indian and the Revolutionary
Wars. Mr. Waller began his first pastorate in the Presbyterian Church of Bloomsburg in 1838 which continued thirtythree years.
He took an active and efficient part in securing
the removal of the county seat from Danville to Bloomsburg.
“In 1839, by the efforts of citizens, his brother Charles P.
Waller, afterward President Judge in the judicial district of
Wayne and Pike counties, was induced to come to Bloomsburg
He also was from Williams College.
to found an academy.

“The Reverend David

Barre,

He

remained two years, and left it in a flourishing condition.
“In 1856, the Reverend D. J. Waller prepared a charter providing for the establishing and maintaining of a school to be
known as the Bloomsburg Literary Institute. The object of
the corporation was defined to be the promotion of education
both in the ordinary and higher branches of English, Literature,
and Science, and in the Ancient and Modern Languages. William Robison and others circulated it and obtained the signatures of twenty-seven other citizens.
It was submitted to the
court at the September term and confirmed.

“The Reverend David

J. Waller, William Robison. LeonRupert, William Snyder, Elisha C. Barton, Joseph
Sharpless, Reverend William Goodrich. John K. Grotz, and I.
Willetts Hartman were made the Board of Trustees.
School
was conducted in the old academy building on Third street
by D. A. Beckley, Henry Rinker and others. There was no

ard

B.

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connected succession of teachers, nor did the board of trustees
exercise control over the management.
When the condition
of affairs had reached its lowest ebb, Henry Carver appeared

upon the scene.

Self-educated, after serving as principal of

an academy in his native state of New York, in which capacity he exhibited marked ability, he was made head of the Preparatory Department of the University of California. While
there he lost his left hand by the explosion of a fowling piece.
After his return to his home in Binghamton in traveling down
the Susquehanna, impressed with the beauty of the environment of Bloomsburg, he spent several days in the village and
made inquiries regarding the condition of the schools.
‘After introduction to the Reverend D. J. Waller, the Reverend ]. R. Dimm, D. A. Beckley, I. W. Hartman and others, he
was persuaded to remain and open school. Its success surpassed the highest expectations. He had an iron will, exceptional executive ability, remarkable success in inspiring pupils
with high ideals, and strength of purpose. At the expiration
of two years he declined to stay longer unless a suitable building should be erected.
The charter of the Literary Institute
was revived May 2. 1866. William Snyder, John K. Grotz,
Leonard B. Rupert, I. W. Hartman, and the Reverend D. }.
Waller met in the residence of the latter in the capacity of
trustees under the charter and reorganized by the election of
D. J. Waller as president, I. W. Hartman as secretary and
John G. Freeze, Robert F. Clark, and William Neal trustees
to fill vacancies caused by the removal of an equal number of
the original board.
Two days later, at a second meeting, a
committee was appointed upon finances and one upon the selection of a site for the building.
June 16. 1866, a meeting of the
stockholders was held in the court house to decide the question
of location.
After some discussion the question was postponed
to the 22nd inst. The vote then for the present site was almost
unanimous, and it was accepted finally in August upon the
assurance that the owners of the Forks Hotel, a solid brick
structure standing across the end of Main Street and facing
down it, would remove it and extend Second or Main Street
to what is now the front of the College grounds.
The cost of
the building was not to exceed $15,000.
This was five times
the amount anyone but Henry Carver had thought of expend-

Though

ing.

contributing liberally to the cost Mr. Waller

soon thereafter resigned the presidency and
in the

his

membership

board.

“On Thursday,

April

3,

1967, the dedicatory exercises of

were opened with prayer by the Reverend D. J.
The first year in the new building was not completed

the building

Waller.

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1939

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when State Superintendent of Public Instruction J. P. Wickersham, when passing on the railroad was so impressed with the
beauty of its location that he suggested to the trustees the erection of an additional building and the establishing of the State
Normal School of the sixth Normal School District in connection with the Institute.
“On March 9, 1868, the Board of Trustees adopted the
suggestion and upon April 18, 1868 because of difficulty in
obtaining subscriptions, a meeting was held in the court room,
and the Reverend D. J. Waller was called to the chair. After
explanations and discussion, it was enthusiastically resolved
that the Trustees of the Bloomsburg Literary Institute be earnestly requested to purchase the necessary grounds and proceed
to make an agreement to carry forward the enterprise of erecting the building required; that the plans submitted by Professor
Carver be recommended to the trustees for adoption; that it
be recommended to let the contract for the building to Professor
Carver at his estimate of $36,000.
June 25, the corner-stone was laid. The exercises began
with prayer by the Reverend D. J. Waller after which Honorable lohn W. Geary, Governor of the Commonwealth, placed
the stone in position.
Honorable William Elwell. presiding
julge of the courts of the county, spoke on behalf of the trusIn the
tees and L. B. Rupert read a history of the institution.
evening Honorable }. P. Wickersham addressed a larger aud-

upon the central idea of a Normal School.
“February 8, 1869, the trustees requested that a committee
be appointed under the act of 1857 to consider the claims of the
institution as a State Normal School.
The committee appointed
consisted of Honorable ]. P. Wickersham, Honorable Wilmer
Worthington, James E. Brown, Honorable George W. Jackson,
Honorable Henry W. Hoyt and the Public School Superintendience

ents of the district.

“On Friday, February 18, 1869, the committee examined
charter deeds, organization, methods of instruction and
other things pertaining to the character of the school.
They
reported favorably on February 19, 1869, which is therefore
the birthday of the State Normal School of the 6th district,
though the proclamation by the State Superintendent was made
three days later.'
Academy, Literary Institute and State
Normal School, and now State Teachers College with a new
gymnasium still a cooperative enterprise and still looking
the

—

forward.

A

few months ago, exercises were held at our new gymat which the corner-stone was placed by Dr. H. V.
Hower of our Board of Trustees. Attending the exercises

nasium

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with Dr. Nelson, head of our Health Education Department,
was his father, L. W. Nelson, who told me that as a young
man, living in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, he had known C. P.
Waller, later President Judge of Wayne county, brother of
the Reverend David Jewett Waller, who, has been urged by his
brother and other citizens in 1938 to found the academy which
introduced the century of cooperation which has resulted in
the State Teachers College of Bloomsburg.

How They
When

Did

folks begin to search

It

In ’64

among

their possessions

end of interesting items out of the past are

likely to

come

no
to

the fore.

Printed below is what was probably one of the last programs ever presented by the old Bloomsburg Academy, the
forerunner of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College of today.
Many family names still well known in the community were
represented in the program, but to our knowledge the only
survivor among the participants of both programs in Nevin U.
Funk, who gave an oration at Normal's first commencement.
The subject of that oration was “The Sinking of the Oneida.”
The heading of the first program reads: “Programme of
the Exhibition of the Bloomsburg Academy in charge of D. A.
Beckley, A. M., and A. E. White, Wednesday evening. May
22, 1864.”

The

events on the program are as follows:

prayer; music.

Heaven Bless Our Boys Tonight”; introductory address, Lily
A. Botner; essay, “Anniversary,” Ata Rupert; dialogue, “All’s
Well,” Lloyd Dillon, Edwin Rawson, Harry Rutter, Charles
Thomas, Michael Casey; declamation, “What Is This Country?” I. B. Mendenhall; dialogue, “Mordant and Lenox,” Horace Lutz, N.

M. Hendershot.

Music “Wait, Love, Until the War Is Over”; dialogue,
“The Quaker and the Robber,” J. W. Heist, Charles Edgar;
essay, "What Is Life?” Hattie Maus; dialogue, “Honesty Without Policy,” N. M. Hendershot, Charles Hendershot and
George Bidleman; declamation, “Love of Country,” William
Moyer.
Music, “Oh, Haste on the Battle”; dialogue (repeated by
request), “The Old Country Aunt’s Visit to the City,” Anna
Barton, Ata Rupert, Hattie M. Boone, Lucy Rupert, and others;
essay, “The Dying Patriot’s Request”, Ellie H. Clark; music.
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"March! The Starry Flag Is O’er Us”; dialogue, "Gossips,
Sophie Knapp, Mary Appleman, G. V. Barkley, Callie Knapp;
William S. Moyer,
dialogue, “Baiting a Live Englishman.”
A. B. Cathcart. R. C. Neal and A. F. Hendershot; declamation,
“The Union of the State, A. B. Cathcart.
Music, The Soldier's Battle Song”; essay, "Nobleness of a
True Life, Hattie M. Bone; dialogue, "Village Squire,'
Heist,
E. Rinker, J. S. Philips, I. B. Mendenhall. J.
Penman; music, “The Liberty Bird”; dialogue, “The Model
"

W.

W.
W. W.

School,” L. John, Anna Hendershot, Eva Rupert, Ada Brower,
L. Rupert. A. Sharpless, Hattie Edgar, Lizzie Garson, Maggie
Garson, Ella Clark, Asenith Smith. Dora Lutz, Emma Shive,
Ella Hower, J. S. Philips; closing address, Ella Clark; music,
"Good Night.”

The evening

following, Thursday, the program was as folprayer; music, “God Bless Columbia”; dialogue, “Shooting of Young Ideas,” Lamartine Ruteer, Frank P. Billmyer.
George Bidleman; declamation, “Freedom the Watchword.”
Charles LInangst; colloquy, "Mr. and Mrs. Candle,” C. C.
Swisher, Anna Hendershott; essay, "The Scholar's Hope,”
Hattie Vanderslice.

lows:

Music, "Just Before the Battle, Mother "; colloquy, “Bro.
Jonathan and John Bull,” J. W. Heist, I. B. Mendenhall; essay,
“Parent’s Influence,” Amelia Armstrong; dialoque,
"Queen
Catharine,” Hattie Dodson, Lucy Rupert, Anna Barton, Laura
Rupert, Ata Rupert, Albert Hendershot, William Moyer, A. B.
Cathcart, C. LInangst; dialogue, “Church Critics,” J. S. Philips,
W. Heist, L. Barton Rupert, E. Rawson, W. Sloin, B. Brad-

J.

shaw.
Music, "We Are Willing to Wait a Little Longer
essay,
"Auld Lang Syne,” Laura A. John; dialogue, "Ladies’ Wreath,"
;

Tillie Barton, Eliza

Appleman, Jennie M. Breece, Hattie DodWerkheiser, Ruth A. Bowen,
Susan Knorr, Ada Brower, L.

Emma Boyer, Amanda
Emma Sterner, Mattie Hicks,

son,

Rupert; declamation.

Music, "The Guiding Star”; dialogue, "Baron. Von Klingenberg,” Laura E. John, Asenith Smith, Amelia Armstrong,
Ella Clark, Lizzie Garson, Lilly A. Botner, Araminta Sharpless, George Bidleman, H. Sloan, T. S. Philips, W. E. Rinker,
W. Heist; essay. "Mother, Idome and Heaven,” J. M.
J.
Breece.
Music,

"My

Hattie Maus,

Native Home”; dialogue, “Bashful Man,”
M. Vanderslice, C. Unangst, William

Hattie

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Moyer, R. C. Neal, Albert Hendershot, W. W. Penman;
dialogue (repeated by request). "Discretion the Better Part of
Valor,' I. B. Mendenhall, W. D. Penman, W. E .Rinker, J.
S. Philips; dialogue and tableau. "Cinderella,” Ellie Clark, A.
Smith, A. Sharpless. A. Brower. L. John, J. W. Heist, J. S.
Philips and others; farewell address. Sennie Smith; music,
"Good Night.”

Academy Program
A

war dance was done by a group of lively Indians, Dotty
Mary Lou Welliver. Laine Rinker, Victor Collen,

Kashner,

Neil Ale, William Davis, Evelyn Wintersteen, Wanda Cox
and Roy Pegg. Jack Horner, in a number by Harold Dillon
and Jimmy Luchs, really "stuck in his thumb and pulled out a
plum," after which Mother Goose and her helpers did a dance.
Those in the number were Miss Elizabeth Hart, Molly Haas,
Sally Derr, Wanda Cox. Harold Dillon and Theresa Guinard.
Four black-birds, with fluttering wings and pointed black
beaks, were featured in the number. "Sing-a-Song of Sixpence. by the first grade. The feathered tribe included Helen
Turner. Ralph Deiterick, Peggy Jane Shingler and Dick Davenport.
Nancy Wendell as "the Old Woman Who Lived in the
Shoe," had trouble keeping her children in line and finally had
to put them in bed.
The first grade was under the direction of Miss Ermine
Stanton, assisted by Miss Beatrice Ludwig.
Wearing costumes of green, yellow and pink in styles
which were in voque a hundred years ago the second grade
played the game of "I-tisket. I-tasket." with Janette Hess as the
solo dancer and Connie Garthwaite as the rope-jumper.
Miss
Mabel Moyer was the director, assisted by Misses Betty M,
MacCarthy and Betty Fritz.
The A Capella Choir, wearing maroon and gold robes,
sang "In These Delightful Groves, by Henry Purcell, under
the direction of Miss Harriet M. Moore.
Jaunty plaid kilties and tarns were worn by the fifth and
sixth grade pupils who did a combination of the fling and
Scottish steps in a Scotch number "Loch Lomond.
Advanced
tumblinq and difficult pyramids were executed by the boys of
these two qrades, directed by Miss Mary Whitenight and
George C. Buchheit.

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An entirely new feature on the program was the esthetic
dance number, “Reverie, a dance composition of a group of
performed by fifteen dancers wearing gossadeep shades of rose, blue, green and yellow.
Those in the number were Misses Johanna Boltz, Erma Wolfgang, Eleanor Conner, Cordelia Taylor and Betty Lou Kepner,
Helen Klingerman, Ruth Jantzen, Emily Williams, Margaret
Tewksbury, Dorothy Lynch, Rachel Yarowsky, Betty Spragle,
Marguerite Barlow, Ruth Sharretts and Dora Taylor, Gowns
were designed by Mrs. Allis Mulford and executed by her
with the help of Mrs. Edward Rinard.
Very grown-ups were the third and fourth grade students
who went promenading in Fifth Avenue style in the number,
The boys wore trim suits, with
“Little Lady Make Believe.
top hats and carried canes while their strolling companions
were attired in long, summer dresses “just like mother wears.”
The training school students and the college women then
wound the seventeen May poles to the accompaniment of gay
folk music, weaving a number of patterns with the long, gracefive college girls,

mer gowns

ful

in

ribbons.

Hats for the third and fourth grade boys and baskets for
the second grade were made by Miss Kern and the special
room. George J. Keller designed and directed the building of
the throne and Gerald Hartman, of Catawissa, played one of
the pianos, this being the ninth college May Day at which he
has been an accompanist.

John Plevyak, Carbondale, was elected president of the

North Hall Student Government Association at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College. The North Hall group composes
boarding students at the College.
Alfred Washeleski,
Simpson, was eleced vice-president; Robert Webb. Pine Grove,
secretary; and Arthur Davis, Taylor, was electer treasurer.
the

Don 9t Forget

.

.

Home-Coming Hay
Saturday 9 November 4
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The 70th annual Commencement Exercises of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College were held in the auditorium in
Carver Hall Monday morning. May 29, at ten o'clock. The
Commencement speaker was Dr. Charles W. Hunt, principal
of the State Normal School at Oneonta, New York.
Dr. Hunt is a graduate of Brown University, where he
received the A. B. degree. At Columbia University he received
his A. M. and Ph. D. degree.
He has a wide background of experience, having taught
at Teachers College, Columbia University, served as dean of
extramural instruction at the University of Pittsburgh, as dean
of the School of Education at Western Reserve University;
since 1933, he has been principal of the Oneonta State Normal
School.

He has served as secretary of the American Association
Teachers Colleges and executive secretary of the accrediting
committee of the Association for eleven years. He is also a
member of the Commission in Teacher Education of the American Council of Education.
The Commencement procession formed in the gymnasium.
The class, led by its officers marched down the campus to the
1912 Memorial Steps, where, following tradition, the members
of the class halted, and formed a double line, permitting the
trustees and members of the faculty to pass through. The procession entered the auditorium to the music of the processional
"March Solonnelle by Edward Lemaigre, played on the organ
by Prof. H. F. Fenstemaker.
As Dr. D. J. Waller, President Emeritus of the College,
of

was unable to attend the service to give the invocation, Dr.
Haas filled that part of the program.
Dr. Haas then introduced the speaker, and spoke of the
prominent part he has taken in the field of teacher education
in the United States.
Following Dr. Hunt’s address. Prof. Fenstemaker played
"Andante Cantabile by Charles M. Widor.
Prof. Harvey A. Andruss, Dean of Instruction, then presented to Dr. Haas the names of the candidates for degrees

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Haas presented

Dr.

the diplomas

to

the

graduates as

they

filed past.

After the singing of the Alma Mater, the members of the
class marched out of the auditorium to the music of the recessional, "Grand Choeur
by Theodore Dubois.
,

The address delivered by Dr. Hunt follows in part:
“We may well celebrate today especially the significance
date for the State Teachers College at Bloomsburg.
are no doubt well aware, it was in 1839 that a private
academy was opened at Bloomsburg by the father of Dr.
Waller. The founding of this institution at this time was a
response to a need for education which was generally felt.
Thirty years later, in 1869, it was recognized by the state as a
Normal School. I can therefore congratulate you on the continuous history of one hundred years as an educational institution, and a history of seventy years of teacher preparation
for the state.
The pattern of private support was followed in
Pennsylvania until 1916. The development of this institution
from a normal school to a teachers college with the improvement of its program follows the general pattern set in other in-

of

this

As you

throughout the United States, and

stitutions
this

more

I

wish

to refer to

in detail a little later.

The second event which we may celebrate here, in common with similar institutions throughout the country, is the
completion of a century of publicly supported teacher education.

It

was on

3, 1839, that Cyrus Peirce and three stuLexington, Massachusetts, to begin the
publicly supported institution for the education

July

dents assembled at

work

of the first
of teachers in the

The

first

fifty

United States.
years after the adoption of the Constitu-

United States was filled with problems for a young
and undeveloped country.
A democratic pattern had been
made in the constitution of the United States and the amendments which were adopted immediately afterward. This pattern was an extraordinarily significant summation of the extion of the

perience of Anglo-Saxon peoples in the management of their
together.
Into this went those qreat basic conceptions
which are to be found in the Magna Charta and in the aspirations of the philosophers of the 18th century.
very much
need to re-create in our own thinking the significance of these
basic notions:
The General Welfare". “Civil Liberty", “The
Consent of the Governed", the "Appeal to Reason", and "The
Pursuit of Happiness".
need to realize that there is almost a thousand years
of continuous experience which emphasizes the value of the
individual
a value which we see ruthlessly disregarded is
life

We

"

We

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cultures which are not like our own. It has been said that the
Constitution was the greatest document ever struck off at a
single time by the hand of man.
But the citizens who lived
under it in the early days, and those who were asked to administer the government, found their task filled with difficulties.
The vision had to be translated into the living of the people.
It became clear that a democracy could not rise above the level
of its citizenship. The voter must be educated. Ignorant men
could not remain free then, nor can they remain free today.
The knowledge required to participate successfully as a citizen
in the United States today is vastly greater, but the principle
is the same.
These men who were thinking in the early days believed
wholeheartedly in the improvability of man. in the rights of
the individual, in the diffusion of education among the masses.
They came to believe in free public schools, good enough for
the richest, open to the poorest, and they began to found
schools for all in the early years of the last century.
They
soon found, however, that there was no virtue in a school
except as it had a real teacher.
I
have given you the background which will suggest the
significance of the normal school and teachers’ college in
American life. The history of these institutions, now spread
devotion to the early ideals. They have been a sturdy plant,
belonging peculiarly to the American scene. They have been
close to the people.
It has been said that they are the poor
man's college. They have always had to struggle for support.
They have been looked down upon by those who did not understand, or were not sympathetic with their democratic purposes.
Despite all inadequacies of direction and support, they have
lived, and are today a very great force for good in the democratic state.
The last twenty years have seen an unparalleled
development throughout the whole United States.
Normal
schools have every generally moved from two-year level to a
four-year level, and have become teachers colleges granting
degrees.
They have united in a national organization, the
American Association of Teachers Colleges, for the exchange
of ideas, and the setting up of standards adequate to meet the
challenge of conditions as they exist today.
Great progress
has been made in the preparation required of those who are to
be admitted to the institution, in the preparation of the faculty
for their work, in the provision for training school and practice
teaching facilities, in the refinement of curricula, in student
health and general living conditions, in library, laboratory, and
shop, in the physical equipment, and of course to some extent in
financial support.
This institution is no exception. For ten

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years

it

has been on the accredited list of the American AssoTeachers Colleges. It has made improvements in all

ciation of

which I have referred.
But much remains to be done

the items to

to

make our

institutions

day and generation. There are inadequacies
in all institutions.
These are due in part to the fact that these
schools have been close to the common people, somewhat isolated historically, although that is now being corrected, and of
course to the inadequacies in imagination and leadership in

really serve this

Our
those who are directly responsible for the institutions.
reference to their past today is not for the purpose merely of
glorifying the achievements, but to call attention to the fact,
amply justified in this historical development, that in the teachers colleges there exists a peculiarly appropriate tool for the
future development of the democratic way of life in the United
States, and to challenge these students who are going out to
become the citizens of the United Staes, and all citizens and
members of the staffs of our institutions to reassess the place
of our institutions. To make them more useful and significant, to
subject them to the hard disciplines of thinking which are required if democracy is to succeed, and to retain that areat aspiration which characterized our forefathers in the founding
of a democracy and the institutions appropriate to it.
The following are the members of the graduating class:
BUSINESS EDUCATION
Sarah Alice Ammerman. Sunbury: Joseph A. Baraniak. Shenandoah: Leonard
E. Barlik, Duryea; Irene F. Boniri, Hazleton: Mary C. Doyle, WilkesBarre; Melva M. Carl. Nescopeck; Willard A. Christian. Jr.. Shamokin:
Harold H. Coblentz. Berwick: Willard J. Davies. Nanticoke: Margaret L.
Deppen, Trevorton: Sara Ellen Dersham. Mifflinburg: Roy Evans, Taylor:
Lois E. Farmer, Bloomsburg: Morgan E. Foose. Sugarloaf: Evelyn L.
Freehafer, Reading; Chester J. Harwood, Plymouth: Lois C. Johnson.
Bloomsburg: Mary Margaret Johnson, Shamokin; Sheldon C. Jones, Nanticoke; Robert James Kantner, Danville; W. Alfred Keibler, Kingston:
Ruth L. Kleffman. York: Harriet L. Kocher. Espy: Alfred P. Koch. Shenandoah; Walter F. Lash, Frackville; Katherine G. Leedom, Southampton; Abigail Marie Lonergan, Berwick: Marguerite M. Lonergan. Berwick; Laura
Mae Maust, Bloomsburg; Ray P. McBride. Jr., Berwick; Helen M. McGrew,
Mahanoy Plane; Ethel May McManniman. Nesquehoning; Clair A. Miller.
Bloomsburg; John Mondschine, Coplay; Richard J. Nolan. Mt. Carmel:
Anna Lydia Orner, Bloomsburg; A. Jane Oswald. Allentown; Glen L.
Rarich, Espy; Eva P. Reichley, Sunbury; Thomas P. Revels, Dickson
City: Vera F. Sheridan, Nanticoke: Eleanor M. Shiffka. Nanticoke; Jean
C. Shuman. Bloomsburg; Donnabelle F. Smith. Sunbury: Benjamin J. Stadt.
Nanticoke; Wanda Marie Stinson. Wilkes-Barre; Jennis E. Tewksbury,
Meshoppen; Philip E. Traupane, Berwick; Miriam L. Utt, Bloomsburg;

George Washinko, Jr., Dunmore; Marvin W. Wehner, West Hazleton:
Walter Woytovitch. Shamokin; Martha C. Wright, Bloomsburg; William
Yates, Ashley.

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ELEMENTARY
Mary

Aikman. Bloomsburg R. D. 5; Fannie Marie Bonham. Berwick;
Virginia R. Burke. Sugar Run; Fanny Hill DeMott, Millville: Helen Mae
Derr. Kingston; Carol Betty Fritz. Orangeville: Deborah Williams Griffith.
Bloomsburg; Elizabeth J. Hart, Berwick Mildred M. Hart. Wapwallopen;
F.

Elizabeth

Mary

Jenkins, Edwardsville; Edith C. Keefer, Danville R. D. 2;

Dorothy E. Long. Berwick: Helen Louise Mayan. Danville: Wilhelmina E.
Peel. Girardville; Winfield R. Potter. Old Forge: Stephina Helen Rasmus,
Glen Lyon; Esther Frances Wright. Berwick.

SECONDARY
Lucille

Eva Adams. Berwick: Annabel

Bailey, Danville; Sterling

J.

Banta.

Adolph R. Boguszewski, WilkesBarre; Isiah D. Bomboy, Bloomsburg; John E. Bower. Jr., Berwick R. D. 1;
Margaret Cheponis, Plymouth: John P. Chowanes Shenandoah Albert A.
Clauser, Kulpmont: Tirzah E. Coppes, Muncy; James V. DeRose, Peckville; Ruth L. Dugan. Bloomsburg; Dorothy M. Englehart. Bloomsburg;
Frank M. Ferguson. Lake Ariel; Victor J. Ferrari. Kulpmont; Andrew J.
Giermak. Edwardsville: Minnie M. Hahn. Wilkes-Barre: Kenneth Edgar
Hawk, Bear Creek; Robert P. Hopkins. Lost Creek: Frederick L. Houck,
Catawissa; Letha E. Hummel. Bloomsburg; Deborah Jones. West Pittston;
Alvin G. Lipfert. Wilkes-Barre; Elmer Lohman. Nanticoke; Emily A. McCall. Kingston; George A. McCutcheon. Miners Mills; Alexander J. McKechnie Jr., Berwick; William R. Moratelli. Kulpmont; Edward J. Mulhern,
Forty Fort; Robert A. Ohl Bloomsburg R. D. 5; Robert H. Parker. Kulpmont; Leonard E. Philo, Kftigston; Charles T. Price, Glen Lyon; Robert
Luzerne;

Helen

B.

Biggar,

Unityville;

Reimard, Benton R. D. 1; Betty Mae Savage. Berwick; Anne M. SeeTower City: John J. Circovics, Berwick: Maclyn P. Smethers, Berwick: Phillip L. Snyder. Wilkes-Barre; Joseph M. Stamer. Warrior Run;
Michael Strahosky, Kulpmont; William S. Strawinski, Harrisburg; Andrew
Strohsky. Excelsior; Dale H. Troy. Nuremberg; Sara E. Tubbs. Bloomsburg: Frank M. VanDevender, Shamokin: Chalmers G. Wenrich. Harrisburg; William J. Yarworth, Centralia: Ray O. Zimmerman. Nuremberg.
J.

sholtz.

COMMERCIAL CONTEST
Bloomsburg High School won the ninth annual Class A
Pennsylvania Commercial Contest held at the College Saturday, April 29, winning fifteen points in competition with fifteen
other high schools.
Berwick High School was second with
eleven points, Ridley Park third with ten, Abington fourth
with five, and Wyoming sixth with two.
Other schools entered were; Sunbury, Sayre, Reading, Lemoyne, Mount Carmel.

Heights, Muhlenberg Township, Kingston, and
Hazleton.
At the close of the contest the 110 students and teachers
participated were entertained at dinner, at which time the
Clifton

West

who

awards were made.

The

dinner

was sponsored by

fraternity.

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Omega

Pi,

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GROWTH OF THE CAMPUS
Many of the "old grads" returning for the centennial of
the Bloomsburg State Teachers College marveled again over
the magnificence of the setting occupied by their Alma Mater.
Many of these coming back will recall it as it extended
eastward as far as the Dillon greenhouses when the latter
were located on the hill. The broad acres on the very summit
of the hill, now occupied by the Benjamin Franklin Training
School, the new junior high school building, the new tennis
courts and the new athletic field, were not in the picture of
‘‘Old Normal" they will bring back with them. They will be
in for a real surprise and will gaze upon a college setting unexcelled in America.
Like all things worthwhile, this did not just happen. Back
of it was a vision, and the vision that had to do with the
acquisition of the eighteen and one-half acres from the Dillon
estate in 1929, goes back to John R. Townsend, for many years
a trustee, and throughout his life one of Bloomsburg’s most
civic-minded citizens.
Many years before the land was finally acquired, and in
the years when the board of trustees had to find the money as
well as make the decision, Mr. Townsend favored the purchase
At
of the entire plot which later came into State ownership.
the time there was purchased the small strip of land which
made possible the erection of North Hall he urged the purchase
of the entire acreage available.
But he could not get the
fellow members on the board to see it as he saw it.
H e was
looking far into the future. At that time land values were low.
But the vision he kept with him, and he passed it on to
his son, Joseph,

who was

for fifteen years or

more.

later to

And

become a member of the board
the son kept the father’s vision

bright in his mind.
There came the time when Dr. John A. H. Keith was
named State Superintendent by his fellow townsman, Governor
Fisher.
It was not long after Dr. Keith took over the office
that he came to Bloomsburg and was escorted thru the buildings by Mr. Townsend.
On the pretext that he wanted to
show him the marvelous view from the Country Club hill he
took him over the land in question, and when they had reached
the very summit, where the new gymnasium building now
stands, he told him of his father’s dream and of the great
possibilities it held for future expansion.
"I have never seen its equal" Dr. Keith remarked.
"The
State of Pennsylvania cannot permit this marvelous expansion

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to escape it.
You go ahead and see what can be done
about it, and 1 11 be back soon with our budget secretary, so that
he has the picture, and there will be no chance of failure at our
site

end.’’

In a few weeks they were back in Bloomsburg, and the
budget secretary was as deeply impressed as his superior. It
was not long until all parties concerned, with their lawyers
gathered together in Harrisburg, and the way had been paved
for the Bloomsburg State Teachers College of today.

Exhibits Feature Centennial
One

of the fine features of the Centennial

which were on display

in

various

rooms

was

set

the exhibits,
aside for the

purpose.

Thousands

showed

of exhibits

the progress of the college

through the century, and revived memories for many. The past
was linked with the present in exhibition of the work of many
of the departments as now carried on at Bloomsburg.
Dr. H. H. Russell was general chairman of this feature,
and had on display a great mass of material of real interest to
all who have attended Bloomsburg.
Prof. John J. Fisher was chairman of the committee which
showed, by means of exhibits, the development of the curriculum since the founding of the college.
Mrs. Etta Keller was chairman of the committee responsible for collecting pictures, which were placed on display in
the Library.

The

display included an exhibit of

by the College or any of
as far as

it

was

its

all publications issued
classes or departments since 1839,

possible to obtain them.

Edition of The Morning Press
Much interest in the Centennial was aroused by

the

Centennial Edition of the Morning Press. It is a large
edition of over a hundred pages, filled with interesting pictures and articles dealing with the past and present of the

Bloomsburg State Teachers College. A limited number of
is still available.
A copy will be mailed by sending
twenty cents to the College Retail Store.
copies

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MAY DAY
The Weather Man needed

to be reminded only once that
the date for the biggest May day event yet to be
staged at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, when a huge
crowd of about 3,500 people assembled for the coronation ceremony and the dances and songs that featured the celebration.
Dark clouds and a chilly breeze subsided for the afternoon
presentation and, when the queen and her cortege made ready
for the grand march down the campus, the blue skies and warm
air were perfect for the spring festival.
For the twelfth year the
gala affair was staged at the college and included a cast of
several hundred students, from the tiniest members of the Benjamin Franklin Training School to the most dignified senior at
the State Teachers College.
Miss Lucy McCammon was the

May

16

was

director.

All types of dancing from the rollicking folk dances of
another era to a ballet performance, a composition of a group
of college girls and an innovation on the program, were included in the fete. Costumes were just as varied, presenting
a colorful contrast to the green lawn which formed a background for the dances.
Lining the terrace of the campus between Noetling Hall
and Science Hall were the seventeen May poles, their streamers, of green, yellow, blue and white fastened to the ground in
a tent formation in readiness for the dancers.
Hundreds of
people wandered about the grounds before and after the presentation snapping pictures and crowding about the queen and
her cortege and begging them to pose.
Center of interest was the lovely queen, Miss Donnabelle
Smith, of Sunbury, who was gowned in white and carried a
bouquet of yellow daisies and red roses. Her attendants were
dressed in attractive, summery frocks and carried arm bouquets
of carnations and stock in one hand, holding the twenty-four
foot train of the queen in the other.
Preceding the queen in the processional,

which formed a

long line from high on the hill down to the bleachers which
lined one side of the Science Hall walk, were the crown bearer,
Johnny Cherrington, and the flower girls, who scattered roses,
lilac and stock blossoms in the pathway of the queen.
The
former wore a white and purple suit and jaunty tarn and carried
the crown on a silk pillow.
The flower girls included Nadia
Lychos, Molly Deiterich, Mary Snyder, Mary R. Dreibelbis,
Sylvia Perrotti, Opal Strausser, Ann Hayhurst, Janet Eifert,

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Luanne Law, Betty Anne Bulla, Jeanne Griffith. Agnes Miller,
Nancy Rinker and June Walter.
Attendants of the queen were the following:
Jane Oswald, Annabel Bailey, Elizabeth Jenkins, Anne Seesholtz, Ruth
Kleffman, Virginia Burke, Jennie Tewskbury, Marguerite Lonergan.

The long line of gaily attired performers followed. The
procession made its way slowly toward the dais, where the
throne had been placed, while the college orchestra, under the
direction of Prof.
anying music.

Howard

F. Fenstemaker, played the

accomp-

The platform for the queen and her attendants occupied
the center of the stage, having been placed on the lowest terrace
in the midst of the Maypoles.
Evergreens framed the dais and
long row of
extended in front into a bower arrangement.
steps led to the platform.

A

The crown, which was of yellow daisies and red roses, was
placed upon the queen’s head by Ray McBride, president of the
Student Council, who made a brief speech of presentation. The
training school students then formed a semi-circle in front of
the bleachers and sang “May Song, by William Luton Wood,
’

May Ramble, by Hollis Dann, a bright and spirited
introduction to the program of songs and dances.

and “A

"St. Martin’s,’’ an old English country dance, and "The
Tideswell Processional, a Morris dance, was presented by a
large group of college women, some wearing print frocks and
others attired in short striped trousers, capes and perky hats.
Mother Goose appeared and brought with her most of her
beloved story book people to "gambol on the green before
the pleased audience.
The kindergarten children directed by
Miss Grace Woolworth and assisted by Miss Elizabeth Hart,
paraded before the audience and proudly took their places in a
semi-circle, looking like a picture page from a first-grade reader.
The audience was especially delighted with the antics of
the eight little sheep, whose fluffy white ears and tails aroused
’

much

laughter.

and a

full skirt

Mother Goose herself wore a tall, peaked hat
and waist of red and black.
Up and down in the manner of a teeter-totter went the
‘See-Saw’’ quartet, Betty Ruth Keller, Marjorie Fay, Molly
Haas and Paul Fornwald, "Lazy Mary" was an amusing little
number done by Sally Derr, Theresa Guinard, Joyce Kramer
and Marjorie May. When the sheep ran and hid, Bo-Peep,
who was Jane Logan, dressed in a long pink and black frock
and carrying a tall, ribboned crook, had a hard time finding
them.

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COLLEGE ATHLETES
The

stage set for a successful evening by outstanding
in the field of sports during the afternoon
when the Husky track and field team won its third consecutive
state title and the nine put on a thrilling finish to conquer Lock
Haven, Bloomsburg State Teachers College staged its ninth
annual athletic dinner Saturday, May 20. in honor of its men

accomplishments

and women

athletes.

W.

Maroney, Teachers College. Columbia Univerthe address of the evening spoke of the value of health
He
and of the positive and negative factors in athletics.
pointed out the value of a good athletic program and said he
would like to see all participate in such a program. Further,
Dr. Maroney urged that college men learn minor as well as
major sports, for in after life it is the minor sports that most
participate in.
Dr. F.

sity, in

W.

B. SutlifF. former

cation

dean of instruction and one of the
real message in the invo-

"Old Guard." composed a
which opened the program. It

institution s

follows:

"Giver of every good and perfect gift,
our grateful hearts we lift
For strong, clean men and women fair
thank Thee, Lord, and in Thy care
place their future and our own.
Nurture, we pray, the seed here sown.
And make this hour and joyous place

To Thee

We
We

Be worthy of Thy name and grace.

Send Back W. C. Laundry Bag
R. Bruce Albert, president of the Alumni Association, was
in charge and the music during the dinner by the Maroon
and Gold Orchestra.
Cheers filled the dining hall when Dr. Francis B. Haas,
president of the college, announced the Huskies had again won
the State track and field title.
The college president took occasion to comment that the
West Chester laundry bag would be returned to that institution with the compliments of the student body.
When the Huskies first won the state crown in 1937, the
trophy sympolic of the title had been held the preceding year
by West Chester. That school brought the trophy to the meet
in a laundry bag.
In turning the trophy over to the Huskies

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they commented that “you might as well take the bag too.
get both back next year.
But Bloomsburg won again
in 1938 and gained permanent possession of the trophy with
Saturday’s victory.

We will

Presentations

Keys and chevrons were presented

to a number of students
outstanding records in athletics, with the presentations by Dr. Haas. Miss Sara Ellen Dersham received a
seventh chevron, the first girl in the college history to have
compiled enough points for that award.
Miss Ruth Baird pleased with two vocal selections and
Miss Ethel Ruth added further delight to the program with

who had made

two xylophone

selections,
“Flight
Refrain.’
Miss Lucy

The Old

of

the

Bumble Bee'' and
announced the

McCammon

girls’ awards and Dr. Nelson those for the men.
added much to the enjoyment of the night.
the alumni who were members of varsity teams
days were among those in attendance.

College songs

A

number

of

in their college

Captains Announced
Sterling

Banta, of Luzerne, a

team throughout

his college career,

captain.
Similar honor

Catawissa,

baseman

was conferred on Fred

who on May

of

the

member of the basketball
was presented as honorary

nine.

“Feg
Houck, of
27 concluded his fourth year as third
Both were outstanding athletes and

popular on the campus.
The track team, returning from Shippensburg, reached
the half just as the address was concluded and was given an
ovation by the banqueters.

Address of Evening
athletics, Dr. Maroney asserted:
our job to see that young people are given something to
This
challenge them in the activities of their social lives.'
challenge he believes can be most capably met by an athletic
program. He spoke of the necessity of building well trained,
right-minded children into the men and women of tomorrow.
He believed every student should have experience in a
sport where team play is required so that each can learn the
value of working together; the necessity of making personal
sacrifice for the good of the whole.
Dr. Maroney condemned the practice of using a boy in
athletics when the lad is not physically fit. Too often, he said,
the demand of the sports public leads a coach to take chances

Speaking of the value of

"It

is

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1939

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with the health of a boy and play him
in such a way as to mar his entire life.

when

he

may be

injured

Miss Harriet A. Levan, of Numidia, and Benjamin Y.
Miller, of Catawissa, were married Saturday morning.
27,
at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Danville, by the pastor of the
church, the Rev. E. L. Leisev. Mrs. Miller has been teaching
in the Beaver Consolidated School.
Mr. Miller, who attended
Pennsylvania State College, is associated with his father in

May

business.

Service keys were awarded to the following members of
the Senior class at the Senior Banquet held at the Hotel Mallow-Sterling Wednesday evening, May 24:
Annabel Bailey,
Danville; Abigail Lonergan, Berwick; Ruth Dugan, Bloomsburq; Ray McBride, Berwick; Alex McKechnie, Berwick; Willard Christian, Shamokin; William Yarworth, Centralia; John
Bower, Berwick; and James DeRose, Peckville.

A

meeting of the Iota chapter Phi Sigma Pi men s fraternBloomsburg State Teachers College, was held at the

ity of the

Rose Tea Room in Light Street.
Fred Houck presided. Officers elected were: President,
Charles Girton; vice-president, James Deilly^ secretary, Don
Hauseknecht, and treasurer, Robert Fisher.
Dr. C. O. Williams, of Harrisburg, member of the department of public instruction, was the principal speaker.
Responses were made by Prof. H. A. Andruss, Dr. T. P. North,
Prof. E. A. Reams and Prof. W. B. Sutliff.

Miss Dorothy Ann Criswell, of Milton, and Fred Eugene
Johnson, of Mazeppa, were married Sunday, May 16.
The
bride has been teaching in the Union County schools, and her
husband is associated with his father in the milling business.

They

are

now

living in

Mazeppa.

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First

Annual Commencement

The first annual commencement program of the Bloomsburg State Normal School was held Thursday, June 23, 1870,
and continued through both the forenoon and the afternoon.
The morning s program was as follows: glee, “I'll Paddle
My Own Canoe,’’ class; declamation, “The Nobility of Labor,”
M. Kinney, composition, “Clouds,” Miss E. J. C. Case; declamation, "Power of Habit,” George W. Barch; composition,
Mistakes in Life,” Mrs. C. W. Welliver; piano duet, “Oxen
Waltz,” Miss Allie Buckalew, Miss A. Buckingham.
Declamation, "Lafayette, William H. Ford; composition,
"The Teacher,” Miss Jennie Barber; declamation, “Security of
American Institutions,” Garry T. Galbraith; composition, “Patriotism,” Miss Mary Snowden; dumb-bell exercise, primary
department.
Declamation. “Ishmael Day,” John M. Garman; German
recitation. "Number Seven,
James R. Schuyler; declamation,
True Reformers, William L. Eyerly; composition, “Mind
Wrecks,” Miss Kate J. Berryhill; declamation, “Integrity, the
Basis of a Decided Character,
D. A. Harman; composition,
Day Dreaming, Mary Elwell; vocal solo, “My Heart Is Fair
for Somebody," Annie Hendershott; declamation, “The Bell,"
Joe

W.

Morgan.

Composition, “Recognition in Heaven,” Miss Perie Kleckner; declamation, "The Libeler,
G. W. Clark; composition.
Looking Through the Mist,” Rettie Funston; piano solo, Eva
Schuyler.

The afternoon program was
The Gypsy Queen,” Miss Jennie

the following: piano solo.
Barber; oration, “The Sinking of the Oneida, Nevin Funk; composition, “Memory,” Sarah Spear; oration, “Our Republic,” M. W. Nuss; composition,
"Influence of Surroundings.” Miss Selina Finch; vocal solo,
'

Questo, Gullivo, Baccio,

Miss Mary McKelvey.

Oration, “Science,” W. N. Ehrhart; composition, “Keys,”
Jennie Breece; oration, “America and Great Brittain,” H. C.
Bittenbender; medley, by nineteen misses; composition, “Necsesity of Exertion,” Miss Amelia Armstrong; singing by primary department; oration, “National Generosity,” A. S. Burrows;
composition, “Self Reverence, Self Knowledge and Self Control,

Elsie

Woolsey.

Oration, "Principle, a Guarantee of Success,” Robert R.
Little; composition, “Life Work,” Miss Lizzie Schuyler; piano

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Miss Rettie Funston and Miss
H. E. Magee; oration. Fi"Success,
Rupert; calisthenics, by model school; valeLeoni Mellick; solo and chorus. "Herdsman's

duet,

"Marche des Tombours,

Mary

Elwell; oration,

nale.'

Miss Eva

dictory.

'"No.”
Elwell

Mary

Horn,"

and

class.

CAMPUS NOTES
Members

Hop

of the Class of

42 held the annual Freshman

Bloomsburg State Teachers College
gymnasium, Saturday evening, April 15. The
are

at the

as

in the college

class officers
president. Shamokin;
Dorothy Lynch, secreSpence, treasurer, Harrisburg.

follows:
Edward Balchunas.
Shope. vice-president, Berwick;

Frank
Ringtown; and Raymond

tary,

Miss Kathryn M. Hagenbuch. of Espy, recently was marHarvey Y. Weiser, of Doylesville, Montgomery County.
The ceremony was performed at the Linfield Reformed Church,
near Philadelphia, by the Rev. Mr. Louchs, pastor of the church.
Mr. and Mrs. Weiser are now living at 412 High Street. Pottsried to

town.

Bloomsburg State Teachers College won the State TeachChampionship for the third consecutive time, thus
gaining permanent possession of the track trophy. Bloomsburg
placed first in half of the fourteen events and built up a total
ers College

of 61 1-3 points. West Chester was second with 52, Shippensburg, third with 16. Lock Haven, 12, and Cheyney, 11.

Of

new

set
state records, the Bloomsburg "huskies
Devender, of Shamokin, concluded a brilliant track
career at Bloomsburg and ran the 100 in 9-7 and the 220 low
hurdles in 24:5 for new records. He was second in high hurdles and the 220 yard dash.
Kemple, Cumbola, broke the 880
yard mark in 2:01. Kemple was also first in the mile and was
fourth in the two mile.
Mulhern, Forty-Fort, won the 1-4 in
six

three.

Van

50.5.

Bonham. Forty-Fort, won

the discus

and Hippensteel.

Bloomsburg, won the two-mile. Kelensky, Frackville. was second in the 880 and 440. Jenkins, Forty-Fort, was second in
the low hurdles and third in the high hurdles: Reed, Shillington.
second in the mile; and Herbert, Forty-Fort, tied for third in
the pole vault.
This year's crop of track “huskies
in addition to winning
the state crown three times have also won 15 straight dual
meets.

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July,

1939

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HOME-COMING DAY - 1939

:

After having had such a wonderful time at the Centennial
Celebration, the graduates of Bloomsburg are now looking forward to the next alumni event: Home-Coming Day, to be
held Saturday, November 4.
Present plans include the dedication of the new buildings,
originally planned for the Centennial, a concert by the Maroon
and Gold Band, a foot-ball game with Kutztown, and a dance
in the new gymnasium.
Alumni who present their dues cards will be admitted free
to the football game, the dedication exercises, the band concert,
and the dance.
The football game always presents a very colorful spectacle, with the hills of the valley of Bloomsburg dressed in their
autumn hues, and with several bands present to add color and
music to the occasion.
The campus and town are always gaily decorated with the
colors of Bloomsburg and the opposing team, and the beautiful
decorations of the gymnasium present a fitting background for
the dance.
Home-Coming Day is the only Alumni event at which
the entire student body is on the campus. It is a project in cooperation in which the entire college community participates.

you have never come to Bloomsburg
you should plan to do so this year.
If

for

Home-Coming Day,

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All Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Dr. E. H. Nelson of all
changes of address.
Many copies of the Alumni Quarterly have been
returned because the subscribers are no longer living at the address on our
files.

GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Board of Directors
R. Bruce Albert

Dr. D.

J.

President

Waller.

Vice-President

Jr.

Mr. C. C. Housenich

Secretary
Treasurer

Harriet Carpenter

Fred W. Diehl
H. Mont Smith

D. D. Wright

E. H. Nelson

Frank Dennis

OFFICERS OF LOCAL BRANCHES
Dauphin-Cumberland Counties
Mrs.

President

J.

F. Schiefer

7 South Fourth Street. Steelton. Pa.

Mary

Vice-President

A.

Meehan

2632 Lexington Street. Harrisburg, Pa.
Elizabeth Clancy

Secretary

436 N. 3rd

Street.

Steelton,

Pa.

Paul H. Englehart

Treasurer
1820 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.

Lackawanna County
President

Herbert S. Jones
70 7 North Rebecca Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

Thomas

Vice-President

R.

Rowland

822 Richmont Street. Scranton, Pa.

Adeline Williams

Secretary

810 Archbald Street. Scranton, Pa.

Lydia A. Bohn

Treasurer
227 Stephen Avenue, Scranton. Pa.

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1939

55

Luzerne County
Ellen Phebey

President

290

New

Hancock

Street.

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Edison Fischer

Vice-President

30 Market Street. Glen Lyon, Pa.
Secretary

Mrs. Ruth Speary Griffith
67 Carlisle Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Treasurer

Mrs. Lester Bennett
402 North River Street Plainsville, Pa.

Montour County
Miss Harriet Fry

President
3

Bloom

Street, Danville, Pa.

David

Vice-President

W.

Foust

Washingtonville, Pa.

Miss Alice Smull

Secretary

312 Church Street. Danville, Pa.

Ralph McCracken

Treasurer
202 Gearhart Street, Riverside. Pa.

Northumberland County
John R. Boyer

President

Herndon, Pa.
Joseph Shovlin

Vice-President

Kulpmont, Pa.

Miss Ethel Fowler

Secretary

Watsontown, Pa.

T reasurer

S.

Curtis

Yocum

Shamokin, Pa.

Philadelphia
President

Mrs.

Norman

G. Cool

112 North 50th Street, Philadelphia. Pa.

Vice-President

Mrs. Jennie Yoder Foley
8134 Hennig Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Corresponding Secretary
736 Washington
Recording Secretary
8062 Crispin
Treasurer

Street,

Street,

Camden,

Mrs.

Lillie

New

Jersey

Hortman

Irish

Mrs. Esther Yeager Castor
Holmesburg, Pa.
Mrs. Nora Woodring Kenney

7011 Erdick Street, Tacony, Philadelphia, Pa.

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1939

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Schuylkill County

Orval Palsgrove

President
Pa.

Frackville,

Ray

Vice President
33 Cresson

Leidich

Tremont, Pa.

St.,

Kathryn M. Spencer

Vice President
113 South

Main

St..

Mahanoy

City, Pa.

Anthony

Vice President

J.

Flennery

Lost Creek. Pa.

A. Symbal

Vice President

Shenandoah, Pa.
Michael Walaconis

Vice President

Ringtown, Pa.
Mrs. Marion T.

Vice President

Adams

Nuremberg. Pa.

George Sharpe

Secretary

414 Center

Street.

Ashland. Pa.

Frank

Treasurer
239

W. Mahanoy

Ave..

Mahanoy

J.

Meenahan

City. Pa.

Snyder-Union Counties
Louis Pursley

President

Lewisburg. Pa.

Helen Keller

Vice-President
Mifflinburg, Pa.

Mary Lodge

Secretary
Mifflinburg, Pa.

Ruth Fairchilds

Treasurer
R. D.

4.

Lewisburg. Pa.

Wyoming-Susquehanna Counties
Susan Jennings Sturman

President

Tunkhannock. Pa.

Eva Lloyd

Vice-President
Secretaries:

Lena

Thompson, Pa.

—
Hillis

Frances

Tunkhannock, Pa.

Marsh

Kinner

Hallstead.

Pa.

Francis Shaughnessy

Treasurer

Tunkhannock. Pa.

Columbia County
Harold Hidlay

President

Orangeville, Pa.

Maurice E. Houck

Vice-President

Berwick, Pa.

Mrs. Grover Shoemaker

Secretary

Bloomsburg, Pa.
Treasurer

Mrs. Harlan R. Snyder
Catawissa, Pa.

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1939

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Philadelphia Alumni
The final luncheon of the season was held in May at
The card
Gimble’s with a goodly number in attendance.
party scheduled for that time was postponed until a later date
on account of too many activities so close together.
are glad to report that Ruth Johnson Garney’s young
son has recovered from a streptococcic infection which kept him
in bed for several weeks.
Our group extends sincere sympathy to Kate Seesholtz
Morris, who buried her father during the first week of April.

We

John Bakeless, editor and professor, son of Prof. O. H.
Bakeless talked at the Contemporary Club at the BellevueStratford Hotel in Phila., the week of April 18th.
Lindley H. Dennis also addressed a gathering at the Vo-

22nd and Lehigh Avenues, Phila.
Banquet time rolled around once more for our annual getto-gether on April 29th. It was held, as has been the custom,
for the past six years, in the beautiful North Garden of the

cational School,

Bellevue Stratford Hotel.
The meeting was opened by the invocation pronounced

by Herman

Fritz.

R. Bruce Albert was the master of ceremonies and kept
things humming.
Song sheets had been distributed and songs led by Esther
Yeager Castor were interspersed with discussions of the evening.

Short addresses were given by Miss Helen Powell. VicePresident of the Woman s Student Government Association
and by Mr. Ray McBride, President of the Community Government Association about their work at the College.
Miss Ruth Baird, a student of B. S. T. C. sang four delightful selections.

Miss Ruth also a student rendered several beautiful xylophone numbers and both young ladies were given a hearty
applause.
R. Bruce Albert gave the program to be followed at the
College during the Centennial Celebration, May 26 and 27th.
Prof. Howard Fnstemaker spoke about the Quarterly and
the
Feud'' between the old “Philo' and “Callie’’ Societies
which was to be dramatized on Friday night, May 26th at
B. S. T. C.
Dr. Haas gave a short address on Democracy and what
it means to us and our institutions.
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July,

1939

58

Two films of College Life
sented and enjoyed by all.

in

technicolor were then pre-

We

are deeply indebted to the college for the splendid
music and to Prof. Howard Fenstemaker and his Maroon and
Gold Orchestra who furnished such excellent music during
the evening and for the dancing.

The annual

election brought with

it

a change of Presidents.

Last year because of long continued ill health, Mrs. Florence Hess Cool retired as president for a year. This year her
health has improved so much and she was urged by a number
of the group to return to the Presidency.

The

following officers were elected:
Mrs. Florence Hess Cool, President; Mrs. Jennie Yoder
Foley, Vice-President; Mrs. Lillie Hortman Irish, Cor. Rec.;
Mrs. Esther Yeager Castor, Rec. Sec.; Mrs. Nora Woodring
Kenney, Treasurer.
To our new president by no means a stranger to a single
one of us, we give our hearty support. She has endeared herself to our members and each of us feels that in her we have a
real friend.

We

are already indebted to her for the many good things
she has done for the association and we would show our
appreciation.
Mrs. Cool as well as our group wish sincerely to thank

Mrs. Foley for taking over the Presidency during the past year;
while Mrs. Cool was making an effort to recover her health,
and for the lovely and prosperous year under her guidance, as
she herself had been in ill health most of the time.

Anna Owen

Brimijoin of the 1906 class is spending the
Maine.
were delighted to see so many of our Phila. group up
at Bloomsburg during the Centennial Celebration at the College.
All report having had a wonderful time.
Irene Hortman of Wilmington Del., is spending her vacation in Berwick, Camden and Cape May, N. J.
Norman Cool Jr., grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Norman G.
Cool, who for the past year has been a student at Bloomsburg
S. T. C. is spending the summer in Culver City, Cal., with his
parents Mr. & Mrs. Harold Cool.

summer

in

We

Florence Hess Cool, President
112 N. 50th St., Phila., Pa.
Lillie

Hortman

Irish,

735 Washington

St.,

Cor. Sec.

Camden, N.

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LACKAWANNA COUNTY
The Lackawanna County Branch
tion held a

luncheon

at the

of the

Hotel Jermyn,

in

Alumni AssociaScranton, Satur-

day, April 22.

Much

interest was shown in the program and the CentenLaurence Savidge, 12, presided as toastmaster. Judge
William R. Lewis and Dr. Haas were speakers.
R. Bruce
Albert, 06, announced the Alumni Day program and spoke
of the Centennial Loan Fund, and invited the large delegation
to return to Bloomsburg.
A motion picture of college life was
shown and group singing was included in the program.
nial.

SUSQUEHANNA-WYOMING COUNTY
The Susquehanna-Wyoming County Branch

of the

Alum-

Association held a dinner party at the Montrose Inn on the
evening of May 11. Dean W. B. Sutliff, Dr. Kimber Kuster,
Howard F. Fenstemaker, R. Bruce Albert, and Dr. Francis B.
Haas, representing the College and the alumni, spoke of the
plans for the Centennial, and invited all to participate in the
ni

program.

Warren

Preston, a member of the class of 1889, and
member, spoke briefly, and recalled his days
spent at the College.
Miss Fern Pritchard, of Scranton,
brought greetings from the Lackawanna County group. Motion pictures in color, showing activities at the College, were an

Dr.

a former faculty

interesting feature of the program.

LUZERNE COUNTY
Bloomsburg Teachers College alumni of Luzerne county
met

at a luncheon at the Hotel Sterling. Wilkes-Barre, Saturday, April 15, with seventy-five attending.
Miss Ellen Phebey, president of the group, presided, and
short talks were given by Dr. E. H. Nelson and Howard F.
Fenstemaker, of the college faculty, and R. Bruce Albert, president of the general Alumni Association.
L. R. Bierly, of the class of 1885, gave a fine talk in which
he recalled the days when he was a student here and emphasized the importance of a student loan fund and declared he
would contribute a dollar for each year since he graduated.
Mr. Bierly, a Philo, started a feud with Dr. E. H. Nelson,
of Callie, and declared he would be on hand for the reunion
on May 26 and 27. Mr. Bierly said he 'had trimmed Callie before and could do it again.’
Edison Fisher led the group singing and there was a vocal
solo by Miss Edith Harris and a piano solo by a WilkesBarre high school student.
In closing, Prof. S. I. Shortess showed the recent motion
picture depicting college life at Bloomsburg.

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-A-

1867
J. Waller. Jr., only surviving member of a class of
three, was very much in evidence at the centennial celebration.
The other two members of the class were the late Charles R.
Unanqst, who practiced law in New York, and the late Georqe

Dr. D.

E. Elwell.

1874
Bittenbender, the only surviving member of his
J.
class, was back to attend the Centennial celebration.
He was
present at the unveiling of the portrait of his brother-in-law.
Professor F. H. Jenkins, and spoke at the Philo-Callie reunion
Friday evening. May 26.

K.

Mr. Bittenbender returned to his home in Florida after
and wrote the following letter back to R. Bruce

the Centennial,

Albert

Winter Park. Florida, June 15, 1939
Mr. R. Bruce Albert
Dear Friend: I certainly enjoyed my brief visit at Bloomsburg, but was sorry that I could not have more time to talk
with you and your father. It seems that the hours were entirely too short, in order to see and talk with all.
You asked for report of classes. In our class only Doctor
and Mrs. George V. Mears, who live at 1611 Ionia Street,
Jacksonville. Florida, and both of whom are ill, besides myself
are remaining.
It

seemed strange

to

me

that besides

Mr. Nevin Funk,

was no other one living who took a part in the first programme of the school. George Waller was on the day programme along with Nevin Funk and myself, and David and
there

Levi Waller on the evening programme.

am the only one left who attended the Old
believe
Academy and marched with the trustees up the hill to the openI

I

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July,

1939

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ing of the Literary Institute.
I
attended the Old Academy in
the years 1865, 1866, and 1867.
I
then attended the Literary
Institute from 1867 to October 1st 1870.
I
can give you the
names of the early teachers. Along with Prof. Carver were
Miss Sarah Carver, Alice Carver, Miss Hastings, Miss Julia
Guest, Prof. Best, Bates, Ludwig, Rice, Ferree.
I
could give
you a lot of incidents occurring those days that now seem to

me

very amusing.

Wishing you

the best of health

and good

luck.

am

I

Yours sincerely
John K. Bittenbender

Box 679, Winter Park, Florida

1879
Miss Hannah Breece, of Bloomsburg, and Prof. C. H. Albert, also of Bloomsburg, were present on Alumni Day, and
renewed acquaintances on the hill with hundreds of students
who knew them both.

1880
Celeste K. Prutzman, of Trucksville,
festivities of the Centennial.

enjoy the
she states:
to

was

in

Bloomsburg

In a recent letter

have been secretary of the class of 1880 since 1900. I
keep in touch with all the members of my class, but some-

“I

try to

times I find it difficult. I lost all trace of Tillie Sterner Young
for several years, but have recently discovered that she is
living in Philadelphia.
Bridget Burns died July 12, 1938.
I
am enclosing an obituary of Laura Wooley Morgan, I should
judge that her death occurred about October 19, 1938. I received a card from her about two weeks before that.
-

the

'

The obituary to which Mrs. Prutzman refers is taken from
Shenandoah Evening Herald of October 21, 1938, and

reads as follows:

“Mrs. Laura Wooley Morgan, widow of Will J. Morgan,
Wednesday in San Francisco, California, according to
word received here today. Mrs. Morgan was the daughter of
James B. Wooley, who was postmaster of Shenandoah for many
years before moving to Philadelphia. Mrs. and Mrs. Morgan
moved to California following his retirement from the Bell
Telephone Company of New Jersey in 1924. Mr. Morgan
died in 1926. A son. Dr. James Wooley Morgan, is practicing
medicine in San Francisco.'

died

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1939

62

1881
Mrs. S. C. Creasy, of Bloomsburg, and H.
Scranton were present to attend the Centennial.

L.

Morgan,

of

1883
John G. Conner

lives at 8

Belmont

Circle, Trenton.

New

Jersey.

1885
Mrs. Elmer E. Melick (Annie Miller) lives at 49 West
44th Street, New York City. Mrs. Melick, past president of
the Delaware County Federation of Women s Clubs, spoke
recently at a luncheon held by the Philadelphia Branch of the
Pennsylvania College for Women Alumnae.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Conner have just returned from a
trip around the world. They visited Honolulu, the South Sea
Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Bali, Java, Sumatra. Ceylon,
India, Egypt, Greece, and Italy.
The QUARTERLY has been informed that Miss Minnie
E. Crocker passed away four years ago.

1887

A

newspaper clipping received by the Quarterly staff has
the following about the recent death of William E. Wagner,
of Gordon.
William E. Wagner, well known merchant of Gordon
died at his home last evening (date not known). Mr. Wagner
had been in failing health for some time, having retired from
the active conduct of his business more than four years ago. He
was confined to his home for the past ten months and was bed'

fast for

seven months.

Wagner was born in Cressona on February 28, 1865.
During his early childhood, the family moved to Mt. Carmel
and later to Gordon. He was a grandson of the late Judge
Peter Kutz of the Circuit Court of Schuylkill County.
"At the age of nine years he worked as a breaker boy during the summer months.
From the age of twelve, he worked
continuously gaining a limited education in night school and
in home study.
In January of 1886, he entered the Bloomsburg
State Normal School, and by means of private tutoring volunteered by members of the faculty, in addition to his class work,
“Mr.

he was able to graduate the following June with honors, thus
establishing a record for scholarship at that institution which
has seldom been equalled.

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1939

63

"In August of 1889, he married Miss F. Gertrude LaShelle, of Catawissa.
At the time of her marriage, she was a
of the faculty of the Bloomsburg State Normal School.
After teaching seven years in the schools of Gordon and Butler
Township, Mr. Wagner relinquished his teaching position and
opened a small store. In connection with the business, he sold
fire insurance, served as a newspaper agency, and was Gordon’s
first Justice of the Peace.

member

"In the earlier years, Mr. Wagner was very active in
church and civic work.
He was a member of the Simpson
Methodist Episcopal Church, and of Camp 62, P. O. S. of A.

"He

is

survived by his wife and four children.

The correct
Howard Avenue.

address of Miss Florence Richards

is

1128

Pottsville, Pa.

the death of Miss
The Quarterly has been informed of
Helen M. Sperring, of Wilkes-Barre. Miss Sperring died in
1937.

Mrs. May Conner Petty, of Madera, California, died in
June, 1935. Her husband, Charles M. Petty, '85, is still living,
but in poor health.

1888
Present at the reunion of the class of 1888, as reported by
the acting secretary, Mrs. Mary Taylor Jones, were the following:
Miss Anna M. Hine, of Conyngham, Mrs. Ella
Kitchen Sands, of Benton, Mrs. Florence Hess Cool, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Annie Supplee Nuss, of Bloomsburg. and Mrs.
Mary Taylor Jones, of Scranton.

1889
Margaret Stevens (Mrs. J. C. Taylor) lives in New London, Connecticut.
Her husband, J. C. Taylor, and her son,
R. N. Taylor, are physicians, with offices at 159 State Street,

New

London.

The

"fifty

year reunion class" was the cynosure of all eyes
in a group most of the

on the campus, for the members stayed

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1939

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time and were easily one of the best known groups before the
day had worn very far along. Many of the members made
distant jaunts to the college reunion and Miss Helen John,
of Bloomsburg, who has been the motivating spirit behind this
particular group movement these many years, said twenty-five
per cent of the class roll answered "present.''
The class received greetings from Florence Irvin Fields, Denver, Colo., and
Melina Rhoads Gabbert, of Mahanoy City.

1893
Eleven members of the class of 1893 were registered as
being present at their class reunion.
Alice Fenner, 2439 Walnut Street, Allentown, Pa., writes
that she has recently returned from a delightful winter in Flori-

1894
Twenty-three members of the

class of

1894 were regis-

tered as present for their class reunion.

Mrs. Corinda Fisher Mayer lives in Sacramento, Schuylkill
County. She has been an invalid for the past thirteen years.

1895
has been informed that Ruby Mackie VanEngle Street, Englewood, New Jersey, and
Keller Garrahan died several years ago.

The Quarterly
Horne lives
that Mabel

at 22

1899
Twenty-four members are recorded as being present

at

their class reunion.

1901
Minnie M. Harrison (Mrs. W. W. Chambers) lives at
116 Ardmore Avenue. Ardmore. She was recently the winner
of a one hundred dollar prize in a contest conducted by the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

1904
Adele

Mead

Kendrick sent the following telegram from
her home in Miami, Florida:
"Greetings from Florida. Wish
I
could be with those old pals of mine at the naught-four reunion.

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1939

65

Anna Goyituey

Canfield,

who

is

teaching at Haskell Inof greeting to her class-

Lawrence, Kansas, sent a letter
mates who were in reunion.
Fourteen members of the class of 1904 were present at their
class reunion, according to the count taken from the register.

stitute,

1906

Ten members

of the class of 1906
present at their class reunion.

were registered as being

1907

home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami,
and making the rest of the trip by motor, J. A. E. Rodriquez was on hand for the Alumni Day festivities in connection
with the Centennial celebration of Bloomsburg State Teachers
College, May 26 and 27.
Mr. Rodriguez, president and general manager of a textile
house in San Juan, has always been interested in the local institution, and he was one of the first contributors to the student
Flying from his

Fla.,

loan fund.

Mr. Albert showed his interest in the celebrathat he delayed writing until he was sure he
could be present. Then he continues, “But now that I have practically finished with all my plans, to the extent that I already
sent my reservation for the Alumni dinner and dance. I am
pleased to inform you that I am flying from Puerto Rico to
His

letter to

and stated

tion

Miami next Monday,

May

15.

you happen to run across Bill Moyer, tell him that I
surely want to see him, and I am very happy to note that he is
the president of the Rotary Club of Bloomsburg.
happen to
I
be the vice-president this year of our town club in San Juan, and
will be the president after July first, as even though I have not
“If

my fellow Rotarians all insist that I
take the job for the next year. In fact, the last two or three
days they have been after me trying to get my points of view
as to whom I want to serve with me on the board next year.
been seeking the position,

“And do

not forget to tell dad (Prof. C. H. Albert) that
want to spend a few minutes with him. If he only
knew what inspiration he has been to me all through these
years, I know he will feel happy, and
want to tell him personI

surely

I

ally."

Blanche M. Westbrook (Mrs. Newton C. Fetter) lives at
335 Harvard Street. Cambridge, Mass. Her son. Edmund W.

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1939

66

completed his
of the Bucknell

Fetter, has

a

member

Freshman year

at Bucknell.

He was

Glee Club, which made an extensive

tour during the past winter.

Fourteen members of the class of 1907 were present at
on Alumni Dav.

their class reunion

1908

Thomas Francis, superintendent of the schools of Lackawanna County, and president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association, has been appointed to the National Committee
on Public Education,
Announcement of the appointment of
Mr. Francis was made this spring by William T. Russell,
Dean of Teachers College, Coumbia University.
Mr. Francis has also been named to the sponsoring committee of the World Congress of Educators, to be held this

summer.
Carol

now

Krum Buck, who

living at

formerly lived in Danville, Pa.,
50 Macaris Street, St. Augustine, Florida.

is

Fourteen members of the class of 1908 were registered as
present on Alumni Day.

The following members of the class of 1908 were back for
Centennial:
Rebecca Appleman, Nellie Bogart, Laura
Boone, Adda Brandon Westfield. Mae Callender Wilson and
her husband, Mabel Clark Pollock, Bessie Dent Holaback, Ida
Dreibelbis DeLong and her husband, Ethel Henrie Stevens,
Martha James, Adda Rhoades Johnson, Laura Morgan Stein
and her son. Hazel Row Creasy and her son, Helen Seasholtz
Burroughs and her sister, Anna Shiffer Peters, Mary Southwood, Jennie Yoder Foley. They began the day by having a
breakfast at the Magee Hotel at nine o clock. Telegrams and
letters were received from many of the members of the class.
the

Nellie Bogart, Secretary

Martha Herring Tomlinson
North,

St.

lives

at

348 Eighth Street

Petersburg, Florida.

1909
Twenty-seven members
to

of the class of

1909 came back

enjoy their thirtieth reunion.

Mrs. Almah Wallace School, who lives in Aztec, Yuma
County, Arizona, has the high distinction of having been named
Arizona’s most outstanding rural teacher by the State Department of Education of Arizona.

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67

1910
Everyone who attended the reunion had to make a speech
and give a brief account of himself. Twenty-five members
were registered as present.
C. Carroll Bailey is now pastor of the Grace Evangelical
Church at Lemoyne, Pa. He served for several years as pastor
of a large church in Baltimore.

1911

The

class of 1911, which heads the parade in subscriptions
Centennial Loan Fund, had a large number present for
their class reunion. Twenty-three members signed the register.

to the

1912
Twenty-five members of the class of 1912 came back to
Bloomsburg on Alumni Day and had a much enjoyed reunion.
The class received a telegram from Harold N. Cool, Irving
Place, Culver City, California, in which he extended greetings
to his classmates.
The class also received a card from Louise
Vetterlein, of Paupack.
Florence Lowry (Mrs. George Pizer) lives in Jermyn, Pa.
Paul D. Womeldorf, of Dodge City, Kansas, has been in
the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church since shortly

World War. He is now District Superintendent, the
responsibility of looking after the welfare of the churches in
eleven counties.
after the

Mrs. Womeldorf was formerly Eudora Walton, of Berwick, a member of the class of 191 1. They have three children
a son who has completed his Freshman year at Southwestern
University, and two daughters in high school.

—

James F. Gearhart, who has been a patient for more than
a year at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, is slowly improving.
He would greatly appreciate hearing from his classmates and friends.

1913

M. Denison is located at the Station Hospital, Fort
York. A recent letter from her contains the follow"I have been in the Army Nurse Corps close to twentyone years, the last year and a half stationed at Fort Jay, N. Y.,
a short distance out in the bay from lower Manhattan, which
Nellie

Jay,
ing:

we

New

see so beautifully lighted at night.

liners

dows.

New York

We

also see

all

the

by our dining-room winThe three previous years were spent in Hawaii, and

coming

in to

slide

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Colonel Idwal Edwards was stationed there

He

is

now

in

at the same time.
usual length of assignment is
hoping to have at least tv/o more here."

Washington.

for four years, so

I

am

Our

Ruth Nicely (Mrs. H. B. Sterner) lives in Dewart, Pa.
Her son George has completed his Sophomore year at Bucknell and her son Robert has finished his Sophomore year in
the Watsontown High School.
The class of 1913 had a fine time renewing friendships.
Fifteen members were registered as present.

1914

Members of the Class of 1914 enjoyed breakfast at the
Magee Coffee Shop on Saturday morning. The group proceded to the College and joined in the celebration there. Many
acquaintances were renewed and a delightful day was spent. A
telegram was received from the former class president, Idwal
Edwards, of Washington, D. C., and Paul Brunstetter, of Catawissa, sending greetings to the class. It was reported that during the quarter century only two members have died.

Mrs. Mary Emanuel Brown, former active president of the
Luzerne County Alumni Association has the sympathy of the
Luzerne County Group and the entire Alumni Association.
After a lengthy illness, the mother of Mrs. Brown passed
away during the early spring. In less than one month her
father was deceased.
Words fail to express our feelings but
are deeply sympathetic to Mrs. Brown and the members
of her family.

we

1916

Twenty members

of the class of 1916

were registered as

present at their reunion on Alumni Day.

1917
Freda A. Turner (Mrs. Forrest Sliker), formerly of Nanticoke, Pa., is now living in Tunkhannock, Pa.
Nellie Papciak Turkiewicz is living in Glen Lyon, Pa.
Nineteen members of the class of 1917 were on the campPlans for the twenty-fifth reunion were
us on Alumni Day.
discussed, and A. L. Cromis, of Bloomsburg, was appointed
chairman of the committee on arrangements for the event in
1942. The officers of the class include Frank Brink, of WilkesBarre, president, and Ruth Smith, Bellefonte, secretary.

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1918
Miss Blanche Gertrude Moore, of Berwick, died at her
home Saturday, April 8. Miss Moore had taught in Berwick
for twenty years, and at the time of her death was a teacher
in the Ferris Heights School in Berwick.
She taught until
Tuesday, April 4. but her condition soon became serious. Miss
Moore was a member of the Bower Memorial Evangelical
Church in Berwick. She is survived by her father and mother,
four brothers, and one sister.
Fourteen members of the class of 1918 came back to attend
the centennial celebration.

1919
Ruth Fletcher Doyle (Mrs. J. W. Moore) lives at 336
Bender Avenue, Roselle Park, New Jersey.
She has three
children.

The
members

1919 was well represented, with forty-nine
registered as present.
class of

Lillian

Corinda Fisher lives
Road, Wayne, Pa.

at

the

Palmer Apartments.

Waynewood

1921

The

reunion of the class of 1921 was held in the college
grove. Plans for the twentieth reunion were discussed. Tentative plans included a get-together meeting on Friday evening
preceding Alumni Day or a breakfast party Saturday morning.
Those attending were:

Mary

E. Brower, Helen Philips White, Olive Scott, Lydia
Lydia Greene Klumpp, May McShae Kester, Clara
Fisher, Helen Welliver Girton, Gladvs Beddel Saul, Alice M.
McDonnell, Ralph G. Shuman. T. Edison Fischer, Anthony

Bohn.

McDonald.
1922
Thirteen members of the class of 1922 were registered as
being present at their class reunion.
Lucille Jury

(Mrs. Earl V. Wise)

Street, Berwick, Pa.

She has

509 East Front
two boys and two

lives at

a family of

her youngest daughter having been born

girls,

November

29,

1938.

Florence

Chapel

Street,

Davenport MacDonald Williams
Canadagua, New York.

lives

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1923
Williams lives at 119 High Street, Hackettstown,
New Jersey. She has been teaching English and Art in the
Hackettstown High School since she received her degree at
Susquehanna University in 1928.
With almost fifty present, the class of 1923 held a luncheon
at the Wimodausis Club as one of the features of their reunion.

Grace

I.

1924
was

that of 1924 with ninety
Festivities began with
luncheon in the grove at noon at which Prof. C. H. Albert,
class advisor, and Prof, and Mrs. D. S. Hartline were guests of
honor. Prof. S. L. Wilson, of the college faculty and who began his service at Bloomsburg the year the class graduated, was
guest speaker at the reunion program during the afternoon.

Largest class

members back

in

reunion

for the fifteenth reunion.

Mrs. Editha Ent Adams, head of the committee in charge
of arrangements, was given a vote of thanks by the class.
Roll
Elias P. Morgan, of Hazleton, president, was in charge.
call of the 330 members of the class showed members now scattered in many states and one residing in Hawaii.
There have been more than ten who have died. The majority of the class is still active in the teaching profession with
many principals of schools.

1928
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Janell live at 14 Harding AvenHatboro, Pa. Mrs. Janell was Dorothy Raup, of the class
1

ue.

of 1927.

Ruth M. Budd (Mrs. Ralph Schweighofer

March

)

died

Wednes-

home near Honesdale.

Before her marriage. Mrs. Schweighofer taught for several years at Landsday,

8, at

her

downe.

1929

The

one
nine

class of 1929. meeting in its ten-year reunion, had
of the largest groups in attendance at the Centennial. Forty

members were

registered as present.

Miss M. Frances Morton lives at 334 Mulberry Street,
Berwick, Pa. She recently attended a concert at the Academy
of Music, Philadelphia, given by Ignace Jan Paderewski.

1932
ley,

Miss Desda E. John, of Bloomsburg. and Richard S. Beckof Lancaster, were married Monday, April 17, at the home

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of the bride. The Rev. Samuel S. Harker, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Bloomsburg, officiated at the ceremony.
Mrs. Beckley has been employed at the office of the Bell Telephone Company in Bloomsburg, and Mr. Beckley is manager
of Fayette Airways at Uniontown.
Henry }. Warman, 1618 Pine Steet. Norristown. Pa., has
been appointed athletic director at Stewart Junior High School,
in Norristown.
He has been teaching geography and mathematics in the Rittenhouse Junior High School in that city since
his graduation.
Mr. Warman has a master s degree from

Temple University.

Mr. and Mrs.

the birth of a son. Frederick Foraker

Warman

have announced

Warman. born May

21.

1934
Twenty-one members

of the class of 1934

met and enjoyed

their fifth-year reunion.

1935

A

daughter was born Saturday, March 25, to Mr. and
Mrs. William I. Reed, of Hamburg. Mrs. Reed will be remembered by her classmates as Miss Betty Row, of Bloomsburg.

The members of the class of 1935 held
Magee Shop on Alumni Day, May

fast at the

were present.
The program of the reunion of the
breakfast at the
signed the register.

a

Magee

a reunion break27. Twenty-one

class of 1935 included

Coffee Shop.

Twenty members

1936

Announcement has been made

of the marriage of Miss
Catherine Tighe, of Centralia, and Peter Oswald, of Girardville, performed at Lancaster Wednesday, April
12, by the
Rev. Anthony Kane, a cousin of the bride.
The bride has
been serving as substitute teacher at the Centralia High School,
and Mr. Oswald is employed at the Packer Colliery in Girardville.

Howard

Bevilacqua, associated with the Keystone Pubof Berwick, is spending the summer at New
York University, where he is working for his doctor s degree.
He is enrolled in the Radio Workshop summer courses, which
are affiliated with the Columbia Broadcasting System and the
United States Office of Education, radio division.
lishing

Company,

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1937
Kenneth Merrill, now teaching at the Turbotville High
School, was director of a male quartette that won first place
in the district eliminations held at Wilkes-Barre, under the
sponsorship of the Pennsylvania Music and Forensic League.

At a luncheon at Berwick, Saturday afternoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank }. Laubach announced the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Anna Jean Laubach, to Earl Gehrig, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Gehrig, of Iron Street, Danville.

The

bride to be

is

a graduate of

Bloomsburg State Teach-

now teaching at the Muncy-Muncy Creek
Consolidated School. The groom-elect is a graduate of Dan-

ers College,

and

is

High School and the Bloomsburg State Teachers College
now employed as a teacher in the commercial department
the Danville High School.

ville

and
of

is

No

date has been announced for the wedding.

Miss Elizabeth Hart, of Berwick, has been elected teacher
schools of Salem Township, Luzerne County.

in the

Miss Jean C. Reese and Robert O. Walton, both of Berwick, were married Tuesday, June 6, at the Bower Memorial
Evangelical Church, in Berwick.

The officiating minister was the Rev. Paul D. Womeldorf,
Dodge City, Kansas, uncle of the groom.
Mrs. Walton has been teaching for the past two years

12, of

Mr.
the schools of Salem Township, near Shickshinny.
Walton, a graduate of Lafayette College, and a member of
Kappa Delta Phi fraternity, is manager of the Berwick plant
of the Multiplex Manufacturing Company.
in

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The Editor regrets that, because of lack of space, it is impossible to print
statistical
the names of all those present at the various class reunions.
study, printed elsewhere in this issue, will show the numerical representation
of each class, from the information on the registry sheets filled out at the
alumni desk.

A

wonders, graphically demonstrated Friday afterthe Traveling Chemistry Show of the Franklin Institute, presented at the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, gave a large audience new insight into the achievements
of the chemist and the part played by this branch of science in
every day life.
Scientific

noon, April

14, in

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ALUMNI DIRECTORY
1896
CLASS
1896

Ida Andrews.
Paxson Ave.,

Stillwater.

Glenside,

1904
Pa.; Jennie Arbogast, 403
Pa.; Mrs. Mary Atherton

Cornell. Shavertown, Pa.; Harry S. Barton. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Mary Bell Ferguson. Scobey, Mont.; Mrs. Rose Benedict Richards, 7 25 N. Main St.. Pittston. Pa.; J. Sluman Best; Idaho Falls. Idaho;
Mrs. Vida Bowman Drum, 415 Warren Ave.. Kingston. Pa.: Mrs. Minnie
Capwell Stark, 821 Bushkill St.. Easton. Pa.: Harriet Carpenter, 404 Centre
St.. Bloomsburg: Helen Carpenter. 404 Centre St. Bloomsburg: Nellie Carter.
Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Tillie Casey Pursell. 20 Lake Morton Drive, Lakeland,
Fla.; Mrs. Marion Chase Neumeyer, New St.. Bethlehem. Pa.; Bridget Clark.
Inkerman, Pa.; Celia Cohen, 76 Carey Ave.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; Mrs. Hettie
Cope Whitney, 305 Light Street Rd., Bloomsburg; Mary Cope. 306 2nd St..
Mt. Carmel. Pa.; Mrs. Geraldine Conner Dennis. 215 Tacoma Ave.. Tacoma
Park. Md.; Arthur L. Crossley. P. O. Box No. 545. Hicksville. L. I.. N. Y.;
Lizzie Culp, Sunbury, Pa.; Nora Drum, Drums. Pa.; Nellie Duggan. Nicholson, Pa.; Mrs. Louise Eason Hefferman. Marion Apts.. N. Franklin St..
Wilkes-Barre. Pa.: Mrs. Margaret Evans Eves. Millville, Pa.; J. Sharpless
Fox, 5617 Dorchester Ave., Chicago. 111.; Anna Fox, Burlington. N. J.:
Harry Gable. Auburn, Pa.; Gertrude Garrison, 108 N. Vaughn St.. Kingston.
Pa.; Mrs. Cora Gernon Wynkoop. 1002 Columbia St.. Scranton. Pa.; Mrs.
Luella Good Polkamus. 85 Dorrance St.. Kingston. Pa.; Amos Hess, 501
Broadway, Nashville, Tenn.; Alfred Houtz. 106 E. Colonial Ave.. Elizabeth
City. N. C.: Edward Hughes, 753 N. Main Ave., Scranton. Pa.; Mrs. Stella
Hughes Davis. 4211 Kissenas Blvd.. Flushing, N. Y.; Bartlett H. Johnson,
2104 Lincoln Ave.. York. Pa.; Mrs. Martha Jones Saums. 118 Warren
Pittston, Pa.; Charles M. Keefer, 816 E. Market St., Sunbury. Pa.;
St.,
Minnie Kisner, Millville, Pa.; Mrs. Charlotte Kistner Ladewick, 16 Wash.
Place. Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Mrs. Florence Kitchen Follmer. Pasco,
Wash.; Rev. John Knittle, E. High St.. Manheim, Pa.; Elizabeth S. Knox.
259 Boas St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Bertha Lamoreaux Anderson, Ashland.
Ore.; Lauretta Latshaw. 543 Walnut St., Mifflinburg. Pa.; Mrs. Florence
Lins Arndt. 202 Madison Ave., Lock Haven. Pa.; Margaret Lodge. Mifflinburg, Pa.; Elizabeth Love, Milton, Pa.: Mary Love. Odd Fellows Home,
Sunbury, Pa.; Frank Lutz, Ramsey. N. J.; Mrs. Marne McCarvill Yetter.
41 N. 17th St.. Harrisburg. Pa.; Grace McLaughlin, 1307 N. Front St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Elizabeth McKane. 241 Wyoming St., Wyoming, Pa.; Mrs.
Anna McNiff Johnson. 197 Smith St., Akron, Ohio; Inez May, 98 S. Main
Mahanoy City, Pa.; Charles W. Miller, 5173 Hailwood Avenue,
St..
Riverside. Calif.; Mrs. Gertrude Miller Postle, 4289 Knobhill Drive. Van
Nuys, Calfi.; Mrs. Ida Miller Masteller. 219 W. 5th St., Boomsburg; Mrs.
Elizabeth Miller Eyer, State St.. Millersburg. Pa.: Rose Monahan. 440
Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mamie V. Moore. 3021 McElderry St.,
Baltimore, Md.; Mrs. Gertrude Morse Strouss, 207 W. 3rd St.. Mt. Carmel.
Pa.: Ezra Moyer, R. D. No. 3. Wapwallopen, Pa.; Mira Moyer. Bloomsburg, Pa.; Rachel Moyer, 160 N. 11th St.. Sunbury. Pa.; Alice Muir, 108
E. Chestnut St.. Shamokin. Pa.; Mrs. Gertrude Muir Ramage. 53 Third
St.. Bluefield, W. Va.; Mrs. Ethel Nance Chambers. 638 E. River St.,

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Anderson. S. C. Fred Nyhart. 9 Oxford St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs.
Gertrude Oliver Saums, 280 E. Northampton St., Wdlkes-Barre, Pa.; Capt.
Charles Oman,
Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y.; Mrs. Gertrude Rees Hartman. 1113 W. Front St., Berwick, Pa.; Mrs. Daisy Reimensnyder Teits1

worth.

Wyoming

Ave., Kingston.

Pa.;

Jennie Rosser,

9

S.

Maple Ave.,

East Orange, N. J.; Mrs. Emma Ruggles Walters, 83 Union St., Kingston,
Mrs. Minnie Seely Thomas, 208 E. 7th St., Berwick, Pa.; Mrs. Julia Sharpless Fagely, 165 E. Walnut Lane, Germantown, Pa.; Mrs. Maude Sherwood Bradley, 2825 N. 2nd St.. Harrisburg, Pa.; Dr. A. L. Smethers, 630 E.
River St., Anderson, S. C.; Crawford C. Smith, 733 Wyoming Ave.,
Dorranceton, Pa.; Mida D. Smith, 743 W. Clinton St., Elmira. N. Y.; Daniel J. Snyder,
124 Williams St., Bradford. Pa.; Charlotte N. Stark, 36 E.
North St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Jennie Sutliff Rush, 505 Washington St.,
Eustis, Fla.; Mrs. Myrtle Swartz VanWie, Burdett, N. Y.; Mrs. Minnie Terwilliger Young, 5923 Latona St.. Philadelphia. Pa.; Mrs. Etta Thielke
Killam. 1081 -71st St., Brooklyn. N. Y.; Maude Thompson, Nanticoke, Pa.;
Mrs. Anna Trevaskis Klinetob. 519 E. 8th St.. Berwick; Mrs. Bessie Vance
DeMott, Millville, Pa.; Lenora VanLoan, 12 Amsby St., Binghamton, N.
Y.: Mrs. Mary Wegge Gillespie, Pittston, Pa.; Anna U. Werst, 122 Cumberland St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Edna Wilson McClintock, 4931 Osage
Ave.. Phila., Pa.; Mrs. Jessie Wilson Stewart, Beirut, Syria; Mrs. Rachael
Winter Pratt, 270 E. Broad St., Nanticoke, Pa.; Mrs. Stella Yohe Gavitte.
R D. No. 5, Elmira, N. Y.; Mrs Mabel Yost Hall, 326 Montgomery Ave.,
W. Pittston, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Zehner Keiper, Rock Glen, Pa. ADDRESS WANTED: Chas. I. Boyer, Mary Gallagher, Nellie Harding,
Mary R. Harris, Rush Hosier, Mrs. Janet Lindsay Glidden, Mrs. Lavina
Lynch Boring, Martha McKinney, Mrs. Julia Moran Gritman, Alvin Moyer,
Mary Mundie, Lizzie Norris. Ella O’Brien, Mrs. Mary O’Malley Sullivan,
Henry Powell, Mrs. Eleanor Quick Walters, Margaret Shea, W. H. Shemorry, Mrs. Bertha Shoemaker Harris, James Teple.— DECEASED MEMBERS: Jeannette Ashton, Harry Barnes, Mrs. Vida Brown Hoagland, Clara
Carr, Fred W. Davenport, Isaiah Detweiler, Mrs. Lizzie Doris Cronin, Delia
Geisinger, Sadie Gribbin, Mary Graver, Peter Hart, Mrs. Lillian Helwig
Kauffman, Boyd Maize. Maude McAlarney W. C. Mauser, Belinda
Malley, Mrs. May O’Malley Smith, Mrs. Mabel Perley Cramton, Mrs. Esther
Powell Williams, Mrs. Salena Robbins Bear, Harman Shuman, Mrs. Millie
Wagner Yost, Georgia Watson, Katharine Zeiders.

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CLASS

Margaret Andreas, Drams, Pa.; Dr. Charles O. Appieman, College Park, Md.; Mrs. Amy Beishline
Thomas. 602 N. Locust St., Hazleton, Pa.; Ella Benedict, 238 Pioneer Ave., Trucksville, Pa.; James J. Bonner, 126 S. Church
St.. Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Susan Bodmer DeMunds, R. D.. Dallas. Pa.; John
S. Brace, Falls, Pa.; Mrs. Milicent Broadbent Sitler. 624 Madison Ave.,
New Castle, Pa.; Dr. Harry A. Brown. Lehman, Pa.; Mrs. Martha Bragler
Creasy, 139 Spring St., Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; W. C. Burns, 145 Orange
St.. Northumberland, Pa.; Mrs. Hettie Cope Whitney, 305 Light Street Rd.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.: Arthur L. Crossley, P. O. Box 545, Hicksville, L. I., N.
Y.; Mrs. Lizzie Dailey Curran, 60 Gaylord Ave., Plymouth, Pa.; Bess Davis 24 S. Wash. St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Flora B. Detrick, R. No. 1, Jerseytown, Pa.; Mrs. Vertie Dix Fuller, 1657 Capouse Ave., Scranton, Pa.; E.
L. Dockey, Walters Park, Walterburg, Pa.; Mrs. May Eckroth Shannon,
Mifflinville, Pa., Mrs. Miriam Edmunds Rohlands, Drifton, Pa.; Mrs. Anna
Edwards Conner, 2756 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, N. J.; J. Sharpless Fox. 5617 Dorchester Ave., Chicago, 111.; Harvey Gelnett, Swineford,
Pa.; Jessie Gilchrist, 108 Roosevelt Place, Atlantic City, N. J.; Mary Good,
231 Lincoln Ave., New Castle. Pa.; Byron J. Grimes, Co. Supt. of Schools,
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Hagerstown. Md.; Mrs. Amy Headings McNitt, Milroy. Pa.; Amos Hess.
501 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn.; Dr. D. M. Hess, Washing tonville, Pa.;
Alfred B. Houtz, Elizabeth City. N. C.: George W. Houck. Ashley. Pa.;
Mrs. Dora Huber Ely, 116 E. Maple St., Hazleton. Pa.; Mrs. Anna James
Clay St., LeRoy. N. Y.; Elizabeth James, The Presbyterian HospiJones.
tal, 51 N. 39th St., Philadelphia. Pa.; Louie H. Johnson. 54 King St., Northumberland Pa.; Mrs. Maude Jones Gird, Clayville, N. Y.; Katie D. Jordan,
1637 N. Main Ave., Scranton. Pa.; Nellie Judge, 109 Broad St., Pittston,
Pa.; Mrs. Maud Keiper Hough, 29 N. West St.. Shenandoah. Pa.; Bertha
Kelly, 911 W. Elm St.. Scranton, Pa.; Jessie Kern, Knapps Road. Clarks
Summit. Pa.; Mary S. Knapp. 239 Iron St., Bloomsburg; C. E. Kreisher,
Catawissa, Pa.; Samuel Kressler, Berwick. Pa.; John B. Landis. 401 S.
Market St.. Mechanicsburg. Pa.; Mrs. Helen Lawall Bentley, Patterson
Heights, Beaver Falls, Pa.; Mrs. Grace Leaw Miller, 5173 Holliwood Drive
Riverside, Calif.: Mrs. Grace Lendrum Coxe ,12 N. Pleasant St.. Norwalk,
Ohio; Dr. Oscar Lindermuth. 623 N. Penn St.. Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs.
Carrie Lloyd Gelatt. 1731 Monsey Ave., Scranton. Pa.: Zerbin Low, Orangeville, Pa.; Blanche Lowrie. Watsontown, Pa.: Eva Martin, 93 N.
Church St., Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Emily McCollough Landis, 401 S. Market
St., Mechanicsburg. Pa.; Mrs. Ada McLinn Clare, 1900 S. Paul St., Baltimore, Md.; John McNertney, Vine St., Hazleton. Pa.: Mae Meixell 125
E. 2nd St., Berwick. Pa.; Mrs. Jean Menzies Scott. 380 S. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Moyer Kreider, 3902 Homewood Ave.,
Toledo. Ohio; Mabel Moyer, 370 W. 3rd St., Bloomsburg; Foster C. Munro,
Latrobe, Pa.; Mrs. Hattie Myers Macomber. Port Dickinson, N. Y.; M.
Ella Nevin. Newfoundland. Pa.: Josephine Nicely, 248 Sunset Ave.. Englewood, N. J.; Mrs. Blanche Nye Kay. Watsontown, Pa.: Rev. Arthur C.
Ohl, 206 Main St.. Trappe, Pa.: Lenora L. Pettibone, 936 Wyoming Ave.,
Forty Foi;t, Pa.; W. A. Price, 3512 - 4th St.. DesMoines, Iowa; Mrs. Minnie
Prutzman Robinson, 634 N. Penn St., Allentown, Pa.; Celia J. Ragan,
Thompsontown. Pa.; Kiler Richards, Alderson. Pa.; Mrs. Bessie Robison
Butzner. 1712 Monroe Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Ora Rollison Sands. 307
Maple Ave., Hawley. Pa.; Richard Rosser, Forty Fort, Pa.; Mrs. Emma
Ruggles Walters. 83 Union St.. Kingston, Pa.; Mrs. Lea Ruggles Connell,
Mountain Top, Pa.; Ralph W. Sands, 307 Maple Ave.. Hawley, Pa.: Mrs.
Mary Savidge Colvin. 4th & Lincoln Sts., Milton, Pa.; Leslie B. Seely,
5918 Pulaski Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mary Seely, 1629 S. Broad St..
Philadelphia, Pa.; J. Harding Shaw, R. No. 3, Dallas, Pa.; Mrs. Bertha
Shortz Campbell. 520 S. 7th Ave., Pocatello, Idaho; Rev. Martin J. Swank.
St. Johns, Pa.; Mrs. Myrtle Swartz Van Wie, Burdett, N. Y.; Mrs. Florence
Taylor Waters, Catawissa. Pa.; Howard J. Traub, Bloomsburg: Mrs. Nora
Umsted Hendrickson, R. D., Danville. Pa.; Helen Vanderslice, 5 E. 3rd St.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.; Herbert R. VonDorster, Sunbury. Pa.; Mrs. Mary Veale
Probert, 334 E. Elm St.. Hazleton. Pa.; William S. Wallize. 15 Shaw Ave.,
Lewistown, Pa.; Curtis Welliver, 230 E. 4th St.. Berwick. Pa.; Mrs. Theodocia Welliver Hackett. 216 Race St.. Sunbury, Pa.; Mrs. Matilda Wetterau
Pennington, 1103 W. State St., Trenton. N. J.; Harry C. Wilbur, 222 W.
Adams St., Chicago. 111.; Mrs. Mary Williams Gething, 139 E. Broad St.,
Nanticoke. Pa.; Mrs. Ruth Williams Henry. 6600 7th St.. Oak Lane. Philadelphia. Pa.: Elsie Wilson, Hartleton, Pa. — ADDRESS WANTED; Ernest
Brown, Mrs. Gertrude Cassidy Ridsdale, S. P. Dietrick. Phoeve Eves, Mrs.
Gertrude Freeman Nuttin, Hattie R. James, Mary E. Jones, Frank Layman,
Mrs. Mary Lechtleitner Barrett Mrs. Anna LeVan Montgomery, Harvey
E. Lyons, Margaret McFarlane, Maude Marsden, Mrs. Mary Milnes Roberts, John Moran, A. B. Oplinger, Judson Rude, H. H. Shultz, Mrs. Isabel
Smith York, Nora M. Stanton, Lottie Stark, Douglas M. Stevens, Mrs.
Ida Walz Washburn, Mrs. Mary Williams Lawrence— DECEASED >IEM1 1

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W.

BERS:

Jonathan E. Bahner, T.
Bevan, Mrs. Ruth Butler Farrell.
Cantlin, Mrs. Jennie Carl Marks. Thomas E. Cule. Will C. Currin.
Eves, Winifred Gelatt, Mrs. Martha Gillaspy Vance, Josiah F.
J.

Agnes
Fred

Johnson,

Mrs.

Anna Kahler Baggarty, Annie Kane, Lee Kauffman,

Dr.

Harvey Klock, James M. Miller, Calvin E. Moyer, Charles A. Oplinger,
May Otto. David Owens, Charles Quick, Mrs. Bess Rawlings Francis,
Marion B Riffo, Mrs. Belle Ruckle Sorber, Annie C. Schlager, Sarah F.
Shultz, W. E. Thompson, Charles W. Traub, David Wiant.

CLASS

Harry E. Aldinger, H.S. of Commerce, Dept, of Phys.
Educ., New York City, N. Y.; Charles O. Appleman,
College Park, Md., Mrs. Margaret Armstrong Parsons, Prospect, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret Armstrong Daniels, 84 Bedford St.,
Forty Fort. Pa.; Florence E. Bachman, 327 Kidder St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.;
1898

Blanche P. Balliett, 310 High St., Williamsport; Margaret Barrett, Carlisle
St., Wilkes-Barre; Nora Barrett, Archibald, Pa.; Katharine I. Bennetts, 418
Bloom St.. Danville; Flora Bell Bentzel, 1009 N. 2nd St., Harrisburg, Pa.; A.
Cameron Bobb, Danville; Mrs. Lausa Brader Shaffer, Light Street, Pa.; Mrs.
Harriet Brenneman Roop. 582 S. State St., Dover, Dela.; Henry Broadbent, 1415 N. Y. Ave., N. W. Washington, D. C.; Ximena E. Brooks,
Sterling Run, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Brown Kenney, 36 Gates St., Wilkes-Barre,
Pa.; Margaret Burke, Supt. Jane Adams Vocational School for Girls, New
York, N. Y.; Henry T. Butts, Plains, Pa.; Ira C. Cherrin;gton, 330 N.
Madison St., Allentown, Pa.; Mrs. Katherine Coleman Anwyll, 1418 N. 2nd
St., Harrisburg. Pa.; Frances R. Conner, Goucher College, Baltimore, Md.;
Mrs. Magdeline Cross Morgan, Wanamie, Pa.; Blanche G. Dawson, 5452
Angora Terrace, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Hannah Davies Hough, 21 W.
Centre St.. Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Bessie Deets Gottshall, 213 Main Rd.,
Lower Askam, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Charles W. Derr, 205 Sunbury St., Riverside, Pa.; Mont Derr, 221 Honeymoon St., Danville, Pa.; D. N. Dieffenbacher, Danville, Pa.; Elizabeth M. Dougherty, Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs.
Edith Eves Biddle, Millville, Pa.; Elizabeth C. Foresman, 87 Wagner Ave.,
Montgomery. Pa.; Jane C. Forsythe, Northumberland, Pa.; J. Sharpless
Fox, 5617 Dorchester Ave., Chicago, 111.; Mrs. Verda Geist Haas, 135
S. Hickory St., Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Maude Giles, 541 Locust St., Hazleton,
Pa.; Jessie Gilchrist, 108 Roosevelt Place, Atlantic City, N. J.; Byron J.
Grimes, Supt. of Schools, Hagerstown, Md.; Mrs. Netta Hagenbuch Grimes,
Hagerstown. Md.; Mrs. Nora Hankee MacGuffie, 104 York Ave., W.
Pittston, Pa.; John C. Hart, 538 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs.
Mabel Hawke Anthony, 42 East Main St., Nanticoke, Pa.; William H.
Hayward, Plymouth. Pa.; Mrs. Mary Heffernon Foley. Box 142 Goldsboro,
Pa.; Thomas G. Herrold. Port Trevorton, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Hill Clark, 614
W. Diamond Ave., Hazleton, Pa.; Dr. John Howarth, 64 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; John S. Hower, 1924 Holland Ave., Utica, N. Y.; Elizabeth E. Jewett, 815 Hepburn St.. Williamsport, Pa.; Mary M. Jordan, 1637
N. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Charles M. Keefer, 816 E. Market St., Sunbury, Pa.; Margaret V. Kelly, Dunmore, Pa.; Mrs. Amelia Kempfer Levan,
17 Louther St.. Carlisle, Pa.; Mrs. Eleanor Kimble Dittrich, 703 Parsons
Ave., Union, N. Y.; Harvey Klock, Herndon, Pa.; Mrs. Daisy Klutz Brown,
619 E. Capitol St., Washington, D. C.; Mary S. Knapp, 239 Iron St.,
Bloomsburg, Pa.: Oren Kreisher, Lewisburg, Pa.; Grace Krum, 530 East
St.. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Louise Lamoreaux Richards, 440 Main Ave., Weston,
W. Va.; Mrs. Laura Landis Behney, R. D. No. 2, Jonestown, Pa.; B.
Grace Lawrence, 117 Chestnut Ave., Narberth, Pa.; Elmer Levan, R. D.
No. 3, Catawissa, Pa.; Gertrude Maue, Hazleton, Pa.; Mary McArt, 300
Philadelphia Ave., W. Pittston. Pa.; Mrs. Edith Miller Crawford, 239 W.
4th St., Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Gertrude Miller Postle, 4289 Knobhill Drive,

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Van Nuys.

Mrs. Sara Moyer Bray. Drums. Pa.: Carrie A. Nichols.
71 Lockhart St.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.: Mrs. Gertrude Noss Austin. 404 Delaware Ave.. W. Pittston. Pa.: Galen L. Oplinger. 634 N. 8th St.. Allentown.
Pa.; Mrs. Anna Poole Low. 306 S. Hyde Park Ave. Scranton. Pa.; Mrs.
Josephine Pursel Conner. Benton. Pa.: Mrs. Lillian Redeker Simmonds. 1206
Rimpau Blvd.. Los Angeles, Calif.: Mrs. Clara Reed Webster. 2450 Overlook Rd.. Cleveland Heights. Ohio: Nellie M. Reynolds. 504 Hazle Ave..
Wilkes-Barre. Pa.: Gertrude M. Rinker. 623 8th Ave.. Prospect Park. Pa.:
Auber J. Robbins. Market St.. Bloomsburg; Martha S. Robison. Higgins.
N. C.: Mary L. Rorer. 4035 Spruce St.. Philadelphia. Pa.: Judson R. Rude.
Honesdale. Pa.; Sarah H. Russell. 16 3rd St.. Watsontown. Pa Anna G.
Seaman. Honesdale. Pa.: Bertha V. Seely. R. D. No. 1, Berwick. Pa.: Mrs.
Sarah Seesholtz Metzger. 411 Gilpin Rd.. Narberth Pa.: Mrs. Minnie
Shepherd Wertman, 1199 Farmington St.. W. Hartford. Conn.: Amos E.
Shipe. Sunbury, Pa.; Dr. Warren Shuman. Jersey Shore. Pa.: Anna Simon.
284 Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn. N. Y.; Stuart S. Smith. 247 2nd St.. Northumberland. Pa.; Catharine A. Stumpf. 529 Church St.. Hazleton. Pa.: Edward S. Taylar. Elizabethville. Pa.; Mrs. Cora Thomas Burgess. 77 James
St.. Hazleton. Pa.: John M. Thomas. 149 Page Ave.. Kingston. Pa.: Charles
H. Weaver. 515 S. River St.. Wilkes-Barre Pa.; Mrs. Henrietta Weir Langan, 384 N. Main St.. Pittston. Pa.: Harry C. Wilbur. 222 W. Adams St..
Chicago. 111.: Mrs. Joyce Williams Evans. Wyoming. Pa.: Watkins H. Williams, c/o Glen Alden Coal Co.. Scranton. Pa.: Samuel C. Withers. Ardsley. N. Y. — ADDRESS WANTED:
Mrs. Maud Barley. Olsen. Charles F.
Bashore. Asa Callender. Margaret Collins. George W. Coxe. Mrs. Bridget
Cunningham Rooney. Mrs. Eudora DeLong Forbes. Frances A. Dillon.
Bessie N. Easton. Mrs. Martha Evans Barrett. Mrs. Emma Forster Sims.
Elam A. Frederickson. Agnes Gibbons. Mrs. Theresa Goodman Southeimer.
Esther M. Graydon. Anna M. Groschke. J. H. Hardenbergh. Elsie E. Hicks.
Fred F. Hilbert. J. M. Hostetter. Mrs. Irma Ikeler Steadman. William Joyce.
Walter M. Knauss. Mrs. Deborah Lewis Reiley, Mrs. Ruth Lynch Ames.
Mrs. Bessie Millington Norton. U. Grant Morgain. Edna A. Munroe. Ralph
A. Nicely. Eva R. Rabinovitch. Mrs. Lillian Rechel Ammerman. Mrs.
Laura Snyder Morgain. Mrs. Mabel Steinbach Kennedy. Benjamin M.
Stevens. Clara M. Swank. Mary B. Tobin. Mary Truckenmiller. Mary R
Whitaker, Howard J. Wilcox. Edith Wolf. Arthur L. Wylie— DECEASED
MEMBERS: Lillian M. Bernhard. Mabel Bevan. Eugene A. Brennan.
William R. Bray. L. B. Broadhead, Mrs. Rachael Corcoran Osier.
Franklin Eroh, Henry L. Harman. Mrs. Mary Hartline Yeager. Charles L. Kass.
Oliver P Miller. Elmer M. Milheim, Mrs. Martha Moyer Altmiller. Daniel
A. Mulherin. Marion Riffo. Oliver A. Parfitt. Samuel R. Pealer. Mrs.
Mary Penman Neely, John H. Richards. Kathleen P. Sheehy. Mrs. Laura
Smith Hess, Harlan R. Snyder. George R. Styer. James C. Tucker. Nancy
Wintersteen.
Calif.;

:

M

CLASS
1899
delphia. Pa.;

Emory

Charles O. Appleman. College Park. Md.: Thomas
E. Armstrong, 1400 Evans Ave., McKeesport, Pa.:
Clarence J. Aunspach. 128 E. Cliveden Ave.. PhilaI.

Bowman. 620 Oglethorpe

St..

N.

W.

Washington.

D. C.: Mrs. Harriet Buckalew Hagenbuch. Benton, Pa.: Benjamin F. Burns.
182 Orange St.. Northumberland. Pa.: Belinda Carroll. 135 Chapel St..
Pittston. Pa.: Mrs. Lillian Church Dearborn. Waverly, Pa.: Henry Clayberger. 1525 W. Arch St.. Shamokin. Pa.: Mrs. Hettie Cope Whitney. 305
Light Street Rd., Bloomsburg: Charles Creasy. Catawissa. Pa.: Bessie
Creveling. 714 E. 3rd St., Bloomsburg: Edith Curtis, 424 Summit Ave..
Westfield. N. J.: Veronica Conlan, 510 Hazle St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.:
Louise Curtis. Susquehanna. Pa.: Lindley H. Dennis. 9 Tacoma Ave., Ta-

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E. Dodson, 106 E. 52nd St„ New York, N. Y.;
Mrs. Elizabeth Doherty McLaughlin, 716 Prescott Ave.. Scranton, Pa.;
Dr. Joseph P. Echtemach, Medical Arts Bldg., Philadelphia. Pa.; Mrs. Emma
Ellsworth Smith, Centermoreland, Pa.; Minnie Ellsworth. Shavertown, Pa.;
Margaret Fineran, Carbondale, Pa.; Mrs. Carrie Flick Redline. R. D. No. 5,
Bloomsburg; Mrs. Margaret Fortune Eves, Millville. Pa.; F. Herman Fritz.
201 E. Avon Rd., Chester. Pa.; E. Prosper Gager. 1430 College St.. Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Hilda Gass Smith. 49 - 10th St.. Sunbury. Pa.; Mrs. Marilla
Gates Emory. 510 Jackson Ave., Susquehanna, Pa.; Maude Giles. 541 Locust St., Hazleton. Pa.; Harry F. Grebey, 127 S. Cedar St.. Hazleton, Pa.;
Florence A. Hadtner, 705 Grace St., Williamsport, Pa;. Mrs. Mae Hankee
Brandon. 30 Luzerne Ave., W. Pittston, Pa.; Mrs. Minnie Harrison Gager,
1430 College St. Scranton, Pa.; Lloyd Hart, 513 E. 4th St.. Berwick, Pa.;
Mrs. Mabel Heist Clayberger, 1525 Arch St., Shamokin. Pa.; Oliver P.
Hess. 415 South St., DuBois. Pa.; Mrs. Gertrude Hewitt Hopkins, 130 W.
Cliff St., Summerville. N. J.; Mrs. Lillian Hidlay Scott. 437 E. 3rd St.,
Bloomsburg, Mrs. Cunia Hollopeter Persing, 2166 Cheltenham Ave.. Philadelphia. Pa.; Freeman Houseknecht. Conyngham, Pa.; Mrs. Lausa Hughes
Lewis. 307 N. Sumner Ave.. Scranton, Pa.; Ray Keeler, Benton, Pa.; Charles
Kiefer, 517 Washington Ave., Walla Walla, Wash.: Mrs. Bessie Kohn Park.
510 Towanda St.. White Haven. Pa.; Emily Latimer, 62 S. Sherman St..
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; John Laubach, Carter, Mont.; Jennie B. Lutz. 133 Herr
St., Harrisburg. Pa.; J. H. Maust, West St.. Bloomsburg; Arthur R. McHenry, 376 Parker Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.: Mrs. Lulu Miller Hower, 1924
Holland Ave.. Utica. N. Y.; Gertrude Morris. 45 Prospect Place. New York,
N. Y.; Mrs. Jennie E. Morton Wildrick, 85 N. Vaughn St.. Kingston. Pa.;
Mrs. Mary Mitchell Vermorel, 690 Summit Ave.. Hackensack. N. J.; Mrs.
Emma Nyce Ellis, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pa.; Sarah E. Oldfield.
Hawley, Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Pettebone Gregory, 166 Linden St.. W. Pittston. Pa.; Mrs. Mary Pfahler Keefer, 223 Catawissa Ave.. Sunbury, Pa.;
Dr. Warren W. Preston. 32 S. Main St., Montrose. Pa.; J. Herbert Price,
210 Browning Road, Collingswood. N. J.; John C. Redline, R. D. No. 5.
Bloomsburg; Michael E. Reilly, 513 S. Centre St.. Pottsville. Pa.: Allie M.
Rohr. 330 Elm St.. Moorestown, N. J.; Bessie Reynolds, South Gibson, Pa;
Mrs. Rav Rhoads Flanagan. 3211 W. Penn St.. Germantown. Pa.: Eugene
K. Richards. Elysburg, Pa.; Gertrude Rinker. 623 8th Ave., Prospect Park.
Pa.: Auber J. Robbins, Market St.. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Emma Roberts Severance, 10734 Lindbrook Drive, Los Angeles, Calif.; Myra Rohr. 330 Elm
St.. Moorestown. N. J.; Mrs. Anna Sandoe Hake,
149 St. James Place,
Apt. 26. Atlantic City, N. J.; Mary N. Scull. 320 Chestnut St.. Peckville.
Pa.; Fred Seely, Beach Haven. Pa.; Rush Shaffer. R. D. 5. Danville, Pa.;
Anna W. Shoemaker, 188 Academy St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Matilda
Shuman Bamdt, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Jennie Smith Guillot. Bushkill, Pa.;
Mrs. Mary Smith Slusser, R. D. No. 1, Nescopeck, Pa.; Joanna Sullivan,
P. O., Scranton. Pa.; D. T. Thomas, 542 N. Bromley Ave.. Scranton. Pa.;
John F. Traub. 411 Charles St., Luzerne. Pa.; Julia H. Vallade. 1102 - 16th
Ave.. Altoona. Pa.: Mrs. Edna Welliver Fortner. 232 Leonard St.. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Irene Williams Evans, 352 N. Hanover St.. Pottstown, Pa.;
Harry F. Yearick. 2419 Herr St.. Penbrook, Pa. ADDRESS
Mrs. Hattie Albertson Evans. Charlotte Beardsley. Perry A. Carpenter.
Mary Connole, Philip Coyle. Arthur Davis. Edna Deitrick. Arthur Fortune.
Mrs. Lillian Fowler Wright. Mrs. Lottie Fowler Best. Elam A. Frederickson. Mrs. Blanche Fry Keiter. D. Eleanor Gill, Guy D. Gold. Lenora Grier,
Essie Griffith, Nellie Griffith. Mrs. Elizabeth Hammond O'Brien, Josie Hammond, Elsie Hicks. Mrs. Belinda Higgins Murphy, Lillian Hines. John S.
Jackson. Margery Jones, Edward E. Kinsman, Mrs. Gertrude Lake Fidler,
Rosanna Lewis, Philip C. Linderman, Marvin G. Mason. Mrs. Gertrude

coma Park, Md.; Martha

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Miller Golenclay, Mrs. Mabel Milsom Stillman, Lawrence C. Moore. William Morton, Beulah Mulliner. A. Esther Oler. Mrs. Grace Oliver Hagersville. James
Pace, William J. Quick, Ira Roberts, Mrs. Bertha Stackhouse Lewis, Mrs. Bertha Stewart DcCoursey, Margaret Wallace. Pierce

W.

Waltz. Mabel A. Williams, Richard M. Williams, Sarah D. Williams
Edward F. Brant L. B. Broadhead. Mrs.
Vernie Confer Sees, A. P. Davison. Nellie Duddy, Mrs. Edna Evans Oswald, Gertrude Frear, Henry L. Harman, Mrs. Marie Harman Schwartz.
Mary S. Jayne, C. Hayes Marks, Harry Maue, Mrs. Ida McCaa Kuschke.
Mrs. Annie McMenamin Mellet, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore Lindner, Fred C.
More, Sadie O’Malley, Francis O’Neill, Mrs. Katherine Sheeperson Buck.
Mrs. Mary Stitzel Palmer. Ira A. Zeigler.

DECEASED MEMBERS:

CLASS
1900

Mrs.

Mary Adams

burg, N.

J.:

Mrs.

Yetter. 222

Chambers

St..

Phillips-

Mary

Albert Glenn, 308 E. Front
Mrs. Edith Alexander Talbott.
Front St., E. Mauch Chunk. Pa.:

St.,
Berwick. Pa.;
Shickshinny, Pa.: Emily Appenzeller, 8 W.
Mrs. Jennie Beagle Leach. 432 S. McArthur St.. Macomb. 111.: Mrs. Minnie
Bciswinger Armstrong, 64 Wood St., Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; Mrs. Maud Belig
Yeutzer, St. Martins. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.: Prudence Blizzard,
351 Mulberry St., Danville, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Bogenrieff Seely, 5918 Pulaski
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mae Boyle, Hazleton, Pa.; W. Clair Brandon.
Stockton, Md.; Mrs. Louisa Buck Lewis, Millport. Pa.; Mrs. Lottie Burgess
Maue, Frobel Training School. New York. N. Y.; Ida Butts, 41 N. Walnut
St., Mt. Carmel. Pa.; Anna Bywater, 254 N. Main St.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.;
George W. Carl, Ashland, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Clark Hunter. R. No. 2. Lambertsville. N. J.; Clyde Confer, Watsontown, Pa.; Stella Connors, 132 Elizabeth St.. Pittston, Pa.; A. P. Cope. Ashley. Pa.; Mrs. Hettie Cope Whitney.
305 Lt St. Rd., Bloomsburg; Lawrence Cortright. 2935 Nicholas St. Philadelphia. Pa.; Michael Costello. 1020 Walnut St.. Shamokin. Pa.; Josephine
M. Cummings, 3652 Brisbane St., Paxtang, Harrisburg, Pa.: Mrs. Bessie
Davis Carson, 812 N. Main Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Charlotte I. Dietrick. 225
S. Maple St.. Mt. Carmel. Pa.; Sallie V. Devers, 223 E. Coal St.. Shenandoah. Pa.; Mrs. Mary Drenna Fox. 118 Belmont St., Carbondale. Pa.; Mrs.
Elizabeth Evans Eves. South Range, Wis.: Mrs. Margaret Evans Eves.
Millville, Pa.; Winifred Evans. 528 E. Front St., Danville, Pa.: Mrs. Grace
Fausold Harner. R. D. No. 2. Latrobe. Pa.: Alice Feidt. Millersburg. Pa.:
Sophia M. Ferry 688 Hazle St.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; Kate I. Finnigan, 20 S.
Gilbert St. Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Jennie Fuller Fullerton. Jay Ave.. Lyndhurst. N. J.; Clora G. Furman, 221 West St., Bloomsburg; Mrs. Ada Geary
Zern, Crafton, Pittsburgh. Pa.; Mrs. Lillian Gordner Baker. 265 W. Main
St., Moorestown, N. J.; Mrs. Katherine Gorrey Carlin. 444 VanBuren St..
Gary, Ind.; Anna M. Greismer. 29 William St. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; Bessie
Griffith. 13 S. Meade St.. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: Frank C. Harris. R. No. 5.
Bloomsburg: Mrs. Sara Harris Chipman. Seaford. Dela.; Mrs. Ellen Harvey
Zimmerman, 576 N. Vine St., Hazleton. Pa.: Mrs. Blanche Hassler Cowell.
16 Mallery Place. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; Claude E. Hausknecht. 329 S. High
St., West Chester. Pa.; Mrs. Carolyn Henderson Hourigan. N. Main St.,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Katharine Howman, 538 N. 9th St., Lebanon. Pa.:
Bertha A. Holderman, Shenandoah. Pa.; Mrs. Grace Housel Church. W.
1st St.. Bloomsburg: Mrs. Mae Hoyt Andress. 480 Elm St.. Kingston. Pa.
Mrs. Mary Hughes Garman, 605 - 4th St.. W. Pittston. Pa.: Albert G.
Isaacs, 317 Clay Ave., Scranton. Pa.: Besse Jones, 178 S. Meade St..
Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; Elsie E. Jones, c /o Talgren, Willow St., Plymouth.
Pa.: Mrs. Helen Jones Mainwaring, 67 E. Pettebone St.. Kingston, Pa.:
Mrs. Mary John Heritage, Mullica Hill, N. J.: Mrs. Anna Johnson Custer.
Neffsville, Pa.; Benjamin F. Kashner, 3820 Meridan Ave., Seattle. Wash.:

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121 E. 2nd St., Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Harry Keifer R. No. 5,
J. Grant Kehler,
Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Kester Shoemaker, Williamstown. N. J.; Miles
Kilmer, 410 W. 24th St., New York, N. Y.; Julia Kirk, 115 W. Coal St..
Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Lena Kitchen Bateman, Elwell, Mich.: Mrs. Bessie
Klinger Hartman, 327 Samuels Ave., Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Emma Kramer
Andrews. 431 E. Washington St., Slatington, Pa.; Branson B. Kuhns, W.
Milton, Pa.; Mrs. Magdaline Lams Fink. Hunlock Creek, Pa.: S. B. Landis,
4912 N. Smedley St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Blanche Letson McAmis,
Tusculum College, Greenville, Tenn.; Mrs. Edna Lewis Jones, 716 S. Main
Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Katharine Lewis Eyer, 32 Park Place, Kingson
Pa.; Olive A. Lins. 1250 Hall Ave., Lakewood, Ohio; Mrs. Anna Lowrie
Wells, 6638 N. 8th St., Oak Lane. Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Louise MacCrory
Corty. 1418 Olive St., Scranton, Pa.; Elsie McConnell. 21 Ross St., Ashley,
Pa.; Mrs. Mary Miller Oliver, 746 Webster Ave., Scranton. Pa.: Samuel L.
Miller, 422 Jefferson St., Bloomsburg; Margaret Monahan, Spring St.. Ashley. Pa.; Nora A. Monahan, 440 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs.
Emily Morgan Wright, Vernon, Pa.; Guy A. Mowery, R. No. 5. Danville,
Pa.; Ulysses A. Moyer. Huntingdon. Pa.; Anna D. O Bren. 93 Dana St..
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Katie O Brien, Exeter, Pa.; W. C. O'Donnell, 2323 N.
17th St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Joseph H. Oliver, 746 Webster Ave., Scranton,

Emma

F. Oplinger, Waycross, Ga.,
Powell, 125 S. West St.,
Pa.; Daniel Rarick, Conyngham. Pa.; Mrs. Ethel Rauch Oehlart. Stroudsburg. Pa.; Edith Reckhow, Great Bend. Pa.; Nellie Ritchie. Cor.
Madison 6 Beaumont Sts., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Jane Robert, 169 E. Broad
Pa.: Mrs.
St.. Nanticoke. Pa.; Mrs. Mary Schmidt Knapp, Shenandoah.
Leona Seesholtz Wenner, Stillwater, Pa.; Mrs. Stella Shuman Swank.
Muncy, Pa.; Laura Smith, 325 South St., Maunch Chunk, Pa.: Mrs. Anna
Solomon Rubrecht. 705 N. 63rd St.. Philadelphia. Pa.; Mrs. Grace Speaker
Wilkinson, Newark, Dela.; Carrie Strawinski. Fitzsimons, General Hospital.
Denver. Colo.: Mrs. Florence Stump Killmer, 410
24th St.,
York,
N. Y.; Carrie Treon, 337
3rd St., Mt. Carmel. Pa.; Raymond B. Tobias,
33-35 E. 3rd St., Mt. Carmel, Pa.; George
Turner, 61 Shoemaker St.,
Forty Fort, Pa.; G. Bernard Vance, 601 2nd St., Berwick, Pa.; Mrs. Carolyn
Wallace Harman, 121
3rd St., Hazleton, Pa.; William H. Watkins,
123 S. Broad St., Philadelphia. Pa.; Irene Welliver. Leonard St.. BloomsAvenue. Mt. Carmel, Pa.;
burg. Pa.; Mrs. Phoebe Wightman John. 221
Harry Wildrick. 85 S. Vaughn St., Kingston. Pa.; Mrs. Mary Williams
Lloyd, 456 Market St., Kingston. Pa.; Samuel C. Withers, Ardsley,
York. N. Y; Mrs. Lydia Zehner Shuman, R. D. 3 Bloomsburg
Mrs. Minnie Armstrong Smith. Mary Bates, Elbert C. Best.
Pa.;

Harry

Shenandoah.

W.

New

W.

W.

W.

W.

New

— ADDRESS

WANTED

Frederica D. Bogart, Mrs. Edna Bontz Hassler. Sadie A. Cardin. Mrs. Bessie
Carr Nelson, Blanche M. Conner, Margaret Corcoran. Thomas H. Edwards.
Mrs. Minnie Ent Marley, Mrs. Martha Franey Vagan. Mrs. Laura Geddes
Weir. J. H. Gernert, Caroline Gloman. Mrs. Elizabeth Hartung Russell. Harry R. Henning, Lillian Hines, J. E. Klingerman, Mrs. Mary MacFarlane Wilcox, M. Alice Miller, Bessie S. Miller. Lawrence C. Moore, Irvin Mowery.
Mrs. Mae Newberry Snowe, Mrs. Bertha Nowhouser Millard. Mrs. Mabel
Plummer Reese, Mabel A. Purdy, Mrs. Edith Saxton Harman, Mrs. Ada Shuman Nelson, Mrs. Ianthe Snyder Wiand. Glenmore N. Snyder, Mrs. Ollie
Snyder Wolfe. Mrs. Lillian Swainbank Powell. Mrs. Nettie Teple Hile.
Mrs. Jean Thompson Houghton. Mrs. Jennie Tierney Devaney. Elizabeth
DECEASED MEMBERS; Mary
L. Vincent, Rae Weil. A. W. White
E. Bell. Robert C. Bird. Annie Burke, Mrs. Sara Burke Berrigan. Mrs.
Anna Burns Aughey, Thomas M. Byron, F. Bliss Carpenter. Mrs. Verna
Carpenter Morse. Elizabeth B. Clark. Verda H. Correll. Bertha M. Crossley.
Anna Cunius, Mrs. Helena Edwards Hoffman. Dr. G. Elmer Follmer. W.
Paul Gallagher. Mrs. Ethel Hartman Landis. Martha J. Hoopes, Z. R. How-

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Walter H.

Emily Kennedy, Milton L.
Kocher. Isaiah Krum, Mrs. Helen Lendrum Mannear, G. Edward Lewis,
Olive Lewis, Mattie M. Lueder, Mrs. Lydia Maust Ludwig, Harry H. McCollum, Ruth McConnell, Nellie B. McDonald, L. E. McHenry, George W.
Michael, Mrs. Gertrude Miller Ditzler, Edna R. Morris, Henry T. Murry,
G. Mord Neuberger. Mrs. Anna Redeker Erisman, Anna B. Walker, James
B. Witaker, Mrs. Bess White Oman. Clay Whitmoyer, G. Elmer Wilbur,
David Williams, Mrs. Frances Wilson Tucker.

ell,

Jones, Mrs. Alice Joseph Jones,

CLASS

Mrs. Esther Abbott Reist, Catawissa, Pa.; H. B. Aikman. Lime Ridge, Pa.; Keller D. Albert, Box 204,
Reading, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Albert Glenn, 308 E. Front
St., Berwick, Pa.; E. Joe Albertson, 504 Nelson Ave., Peekskill, N. Y.. Mrs.
Adele Atllmiller Burkhard, 154 S. Cedar St., Hazleton, Pa.; Gerdon Baker,
1250 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort, Pa.; Harriet Bittenbender, 1308 Market
St., Berwick. Pa.; Mrs. Lucy Brobst Kline, W. Main St., Bloomsburg;
Genevieve Burns, 3216 N. 4th St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Challenger
Griffith, 100
Main St., Nanticoke, Pa.; Regina Collier. 6369 W. Columbia Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mary Conaton, 130 S. Main St., Carbondale,
Pa.; Freda Cook, 1725 Leishman Ave., Arnold ,Pa.; A. P. Cope, Ashley,
Pa.; Mrs. Evelyn Creveling Shuman, Sunbury, Pa.; Clarence J. Davis, Clayton Road, Concord, Calif.; Mrs. Martha Davies Miles, 135 Butler St.,
Kingston, Pa.; Martha Dreisbach. 2711 Oakford Rd.. Ardmore, Pa.; Mrs.
Mary Ebner Groff. 2255 N. 5th St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Daisy F. Eggleston,
264 N. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mary R. Flanagan, 205 Blackman St.. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Dr. Peter E. Fagan, 103 W. Diamond Ave.,
Hazleton. Pa.; Mrs. Gertrude Follmer Lowry, 10 Madison Ave., Port
Washington, L. I., N. Y.; Mrs. Margaret Funk Grant, N. 4th St., Harrisburg, Pa.; N. Elwell Funk, 1520 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Lizzie Gannon, Inkerman, Pa.; Ida Gilbert, 218 W. 5th St., Hazleton, Pa.; Margaret
Gormley, 139 S. Wyoming St.. Hazleton, Pa.; Rebecca Hague. 749 N.
Main Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Sarah Hamlin, Catawissa, Pa.; Mrs. Minnie Harrison Chambers, 216 Crickett Ave., Ardmore, Pa.; Augusta B. Henkleman,
114 Southwick St., Bethesda. Md.; Mary Jacobs, 590 Main St.. Kingston,
Pa.; Martha A. Jones, Farmers Bank Bldg., Bloomsburg; Miles Killmer, 410
W. 24th St.. New York, N. Y.; Mrs. Jeannette Kingsley Lynch. Peckville,
Pa.; William R. Lams, 219 S Madison, St., Allentown, Pa.; Louise Larrabee. 2061 Kakela Dr., Honolulu, Hawaii; Frank C. Laubach, Danalan,
Phillipine Islands; Eva B. Lawrence, 117 Chestnut St., Narberth. Pa.; Mrs.
Helen Lesher Frederick, Montandon, Pa.; Mrs. Blanche Letson McAmis,
Greensville, Tenn.; Mary MacFarlane, 126 W. Magnolia St., Hazleton, Pa.;
Philip Maue. Shamokin, Pa.; J. H. Maust, Bloomsburg, Pa; Mrs. Elizabeth
Mayer Keck, 43 S. Wyoming St.. Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Orabel Mengle Rarick. Barnesville, Pa.; Ernest Merrell. R. No. 2, Bloomsburg; Dr. Stephen
Mitterling. 5731 Baltimore Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa.; Claude L. Moss, 232
Tremont St.. N. Tonawanda, N. Y.; Mrs. Alice Oliver Roderick, 92
Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Minnie Owen Geist. 104 West Ave.,
Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Mrs. Mabel Pennington Wieland, College Heights, State
College, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Reed Strayer, 2150 6th St., LaVeme, Calif.;
Rollin A. Ronemus, 3526 N. 2nd St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Cora M. Shaffer,
Larksville, Pa.: Warren Sharpless, Catawissa. Pa.; Mrs. Lela Shultz Madsen, 1046 Hillside Ave., Plainfield, N. J.; Ralph E. Smith, Hotel Oregon,
El Paso, Texas; Clark Snyder, 111 S. Front St., Lewisburg, Pa.; Elizabeth
Strickland, 2524 N. 6th St., Harrisburg, Pa.; Arthur Templeton, 36 Graham
Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Thomas Joseph, 98 Wyoming St.,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Townsend Mitchell, Pioneer Ave., Dallas,
Pa.; Wflliam O. Trevorrow, 83 - 3rd St., Jeddo, Pa.; Sue Turner, Warbur1901

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ton House, 20th
Pa.;

LeAnna

&>

Mill.

Sanson Sts., Phila., Pa.; Virginia E. Vought, Elysburg,
1725 Leishman Ave., New Kensington, Pa.; Elizabeth

Williams. 1137 Rock St., Scranton, Pa.; Olwen Williams, 231 Rutter St.,
Kingston, Pa.
ADDRESS
Bertha Appleman, Mrs. Odesta Arnold Jones, Mrs. Jennie Bayley Jane, Charles T. Belles, Susan Bravin,
John P. Brennan, Anna Burke, Mrs. Mary Czechowicz Ratajski, John A.
Dennis. Mrs. Maud Dieffenderfer Elder, Mrs. Cora Dunkerly Moachmer,
T. H. Edwards, Charles W. Fourl, Edward Griffith, J R. Hanawalt, Jacob
Harley, Mrs. Nellie Henry McGinley, Mrs. Anna Kastrupps Cassidy,
J.
Mrs. Ruth Kitner Parrack, Elizabeth W. Kurtz, Mrs. Rena Leidy McHenry,
W. J. Lowrie, Kathryn Lynch. Nellie McGourty, Hannah C. McLaughlin,
Charles Merrell, Mrs. Gertrude Morgan Northby. Mrs. Stella Murray
Eckrote, Mrs. Maisy
Donnel Klein, Simon N. Palmer, J. Laul Rearick,
Wm. W. Ridge. Bessie Rugh, Mrs. Nellie Sheriff Dixon, Mrs. Mary Shoemaker Valentine, Mrs. Elizabeth Silverquiet Rubinoff. Mrs. Annie Taylor
Marshall, Mrs. Kathryn Thomas Clouse, Estelle G. White, George W. Williams, J. R. Williams, Mrs. Helen Young Sheilds, Anna L. Zerbe
DECEASED MEMBERS: Mary G. Belig. Herman A. Briggs, John O. Deibler,
W. G. Edwards, Mrs. Rae Everett Lash, Mrs. Emily Hill Wettstine, Mrs.
Edith Keller Ritter. Mrs. Cora Kocher Fenstermaker, C. Zehnder Low. Bert
Marcy. Mrs. Arleine Millette Burdy, Myron D. Mordan, Mrs. Rebecca Moyer Ziegler, F. K. Oberholtzer, A. A. Price, W. A. Sherman, Elizabeth
Smith. Charles H. Thomas, Mrs. Lizzie Weigley Kohr.

WANTED:

O

Edith C. Appenzeller, 8 W. Front St., East Mauch
Chunk, Pa.; Mrs. Blanche Austin Gibbons, 187 Stanton St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Marie Bailey Smith.
R. D. No. 2, Benton, Pa.; George C. Baker, 265 W. Main St.. Moorestown,
N. J.; Mrs. Helen Baldy Bachman. 109 Riverside Drive, Elkhart, Ind.
Hadassa Balliett, 310 High St.. Williamsport, Pa.: Mrs. Lois Boyer Schnell.
34 Church St., Plymouth, Pa.; Mrs. Grace Bradbury Everett, 19 S. 6th St.,
Stroudsburg, Pa.; Agnes V. Brenna, 209 Dundaff St., Carbondale, Pa.;
Genevieve Bubb, 81 Washington St.. Williamsport, Pa.; Mrs. Grace
Cannon Fox. 115 S. Laurel St., Hazleton. Pa.; Mrs. Mame Clark Meyers,
1835 Graham Blvd., Wilkins Branch, Pittsburgh, Pa.; John Collins, 107
Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; David Cotner, 222 New York St., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Croop Fairchild, 1900 Orange St., Berwick. Pa.; Mrs.
Anna Creasy John, 3rd St., Bloomsburg; Mrs. Florence Crow Hebei. Liverpool, Pa.; Mrs. Prethynie Curtis MacIntyre, R. No. 1, Blaine, Wash.;
Helen Czechowicz, 3 Kirmar Terrace, Alden Station. Pa.; Florence Dewey,
174 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Marie L. Diem, 944 Taylor Ave.,
Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Gertrude Dress Jacobs, 157 S. 4th St., Steelton, Pa.;
Mrs. Margaret Edwards Morris, 164 Summit St., Edwardsville, Pa.; Mrs.
Edna Elder Strassner, 48 Burnett Terrace, Maplewood. N. J.; Mrs. Bertha
Fine Gunn, 7 Bennett Ave., Binghamton, N. Y.; Mrs. Mary Frances Gendall,
333 N. Forest Ave., Rockville Center, L. I., N. Y.; Rev. P. F. Fritz, Carrier
Mills, 111.; Harriet E. Fry, 3 Bloom St., Danville, Pa.; Mrs. Martha Frymire

CLASS
1902

2985 Elati St.. Englewood, Colo.; Henry J. Gaughan, Peely, Pa.;
Mrs. Eleanor Gay Northrop, Mehoppany, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Gilden McHugh,
289 Stanton St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Alice Guest, 718 E. Market St., Danville, Pa.; Mrs. Camilla Hadsall Pettebone, 80 Slocum St., Kingston, Pa.:
Mrs. Ruth Hall Harris, 214 E. Bertsch St., Lansford. Pa.; Mrs. Jennie Harris
Young, 3449 Holmes Ave., Minneapolis, Minn.; Charles A. Heiss Little
Brook Farm, Pottersville, N. J.; Charlotte V. Heller. 17 Ross St., Williamsport. Pa.; Mrs. Beth Hiatt Day, 1619 Sparks St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs.
Jennie Hicks Fenstermaker, 1211 S. E. 52nd Ave., Portland, Ore.; Mrs.
Etta Hirlinger Keller, Orangeville, Pa.; Mrs. Margaret Hoffa Henninger
John,

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E.
533 S. Market St., Shamokin, Pa.; Mrs. Essene Hollopeter Martin,
Charles St., Palmyra, N. J.; E. Bruce Hoyt, 601 E. 3rd St., Berwick. Pa.;
Harry M. Jacobs, 18 Washington Road, Scotia, N. Y.; Mrs. Marion Johnson Skeer, 54 King St., Northurberland, Pa.; Helen C. Keating. 353 W.
57th St., New York, N. Y., c /o A. W. A. Club; A. E. Keiber, Prin. High
School, Davenport. Iowa; Mrs. Martha Keim Hartman, 815 High St., Duncannon, Pa.; Mrs. Helen Kisner Woodward, 506 Los Lomas Rd., Alburquerque, N. Mex.; Catherine Krell. 575 N. Church St., Hazleton, Pa.; Edith
Kuntz, 425 Walnut St., Allentown, Pa.; David B. Landis, Covington, Va.;
Louise Larrabee, 2061 Kahela Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii; Mrs. Estella
Leighow Lewis, 505 Brinton, St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lourissa
Leighow, Bellevue Hotel, Washington, D. C.; Bess Long 328 E. 1st St.,
Bloomsburg; Mrs. Anna Lueder Barnes, 514 Spruce St., Trinidad. Colo.;
Mrs. Mary McGourty Roche, 1508 Gibson St., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Alice
Melvin Eicholzer, Forest City, Pa.; Mrs. Grace Menhennett Vorck, Bradley,
St., Hollis, L. I., N. Y.; Mrs. Laura Moyer Clay, Bloomsburg; Sallie Ormsby, Shenandoah, Pa.; Mrs. Blanche Palm Kochenderfer, 637 Valley St.,
Lewistown, Pa.; Mrs. Madge Patterson Rodda, 18 Manchester Terrace,
Springfield, Mass.; Mrs. Elizabeth Pollock Kirkland, 701 Mifflin Rd.. Hays,
Pa.; Gertrude Rawson, 748 Prescott Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Mrs. Helen Reice
Irven, 4035 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.; Mae Richard, 96 Dana St.,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Bessie Rentschler Dresher, Ringtown, Pa.; Mrs.
Evalyn Roberts Johnston Box 64. Maur Vista, Calif.; F. E. Robinson, Bolivar, Pa.; Mrs. Jennie Rosenstock Young, 7JT Albert St., Middletown, N. Y.;
Grace L. Rumbel, Ringtown, Pa.; Leslie B. Seely, 5918 Pulaski Ave., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.; S. J. Seesholtz. R. D. No. 5, Bloomsburg. Pa.;
Catherine Shelhimer, 366 Bennett St., Luzerne. Pa.; Amy B. Smethers, 305
E. 11th St., Berwick, Pa.; Julia Smigelsky, 110 S. Hickory St., Mt. Carmel,
Pa.; Mrs. Rachel Smith Day, 9 S. Phelps Place, Staten Island, N. Y.;
Mary Smoczynski, Catawissa, Pa.; Mrs. Carolyn Space Kearns, 27 E. 7th
St., Wyoming, Pa.; Eunice Spear, 105 Crest Ave., Bethlehem, Pa.; Mrs.
Elsie Streater Crawford, c /o Wyoming Conference Childrens Home
Binghamton, N. Y.; Mrs. Jennie Thomas Smith, 1729 Capouse Ave., Scranton, Pa.; Effe Vance, Orangeville, Pa.; C. C. Wagner, Madison. S. Dak.;
Marv Welsh, 102 Ash St., Danville. Pa.; Mrs. Anna Turner Jones, Blakely
Home, Olyphant, Pa.; Mrs. Jennie Williams Cook, 974 W. 4th St., Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Bessie Yeager Davis, 30 W. Pettebone St., Forty Fort, Pa.-ADDRESS WANTED: Mary A. Close, William Good, Mrs. Bess
Gottfried Seamon. Adah D. Harrison, Mary McCarty, Genevieve Reilly,
Rose I. Shields, Louise Sophia, Henry J. Spencer, W. E. Worthington
DECEASED MEMBERS: Margaret Bradigan,, Lulu Breisch, Edwin E.
Cobleigh, Dr. Joseph Cohen, Thomas Connole. Fred Drumheller, Mrs. Mabel
Dudley Hunt, Maude C. Farr Mrs. Helen Foresman Dietrick. Marne Giles,
Clair N. Graybill, Rebecca A. John. Helen Judge. Margaret Kehoe, Sue M.
Knelly, Elsie Lawrence, Robert B. Leighow, Sallie Leighow. Gertrude Leyshon, Mrs. Mabel Neal Carey, Mrs. Hortense Metcalf Davis, Albert E.
Newton, Byron J. Pickering, Edith Rausch. Mrs. Matilda Regan O'Donnell,
Mrs. Mae Rhodomoyer Klingerman, Luther B. Rissel, Paul C. Snyder,
Gertrude Vought, Mae Walker, Evan J. Williams, LeAnna Will, Mrs.
Bessie Yetter Eckroth.

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CLASS

C.

J.

Adams, 2nd & Chestnut

Sts.,

Bloomsburg; Char-

R. D. 4. Dallas, Pa.; Elmer B. Barnett,
481 Westwood Ave., Long Branch. N. J.; Frank
Berkenstock, Renova, Pa.; Mrs. Delia Burk Lnych, 203 W. Spruce St.,
Mahanoy City, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Correll Keller, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs.
Susie Cooke Morgan, 428 E. Main St., Nanticoke, Pa.; Mrs. Anna Creasy

1903

les L. Albert,

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W.

Bloomsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Davenport Doersam, 236
York. N. Y.; William DeLong. 301 E. 2nd St.. Berwick.
Pa.; Max G. Dillon. 338 Wyoming Ave.. Kingston. Pa.; Mrs. Ora Fleming
Levering, 31 N. 7th St., Stroudsburg. Pa.; Mrs. Gertrude Follmer Lowery.
10 Madison Ave.. Port Washington. L. I.. N. Y.; Mrs. Ella Franey
Gallagher. 129 N. Garden St.. Shenandoah. Pa.; Mary A. Good. 231 E.
Lincoln Ave., New Castle, Pa.; Rae Hagenbuch. Rowland. Nev.; Mrs.
Minnie Harrison Chambers 216 Crickett Ave.. Ardmore, Pa.; Ray Hawk.
156 Willow St.. Plymouth, Pa.; Carrie Hicks, 369 Rutter Ave.. Kingston.
Pa.; Mary Hayes. Freeland, Pa.: Mrs. Elizabeth Hosking Raup. 2726 - 6th
St.,
Port Arthur, Tex.; Mrs. Ellen Hottenstein Schnure. R. D. No. 1.
Milton. Pa.; Mrs. Grace Housel Church. HI W. 1st St.
Bloomsburg:
Howard Houtz. 2412 S. Clinton St.. Sioux City, Iowa: Frank Humphreys,
5705 S. 5th Ave., Birmingham, Ala.; Jessie Ikeler. Millville, Pa.: Harold
Jameison, 1506 Washburn St., Scranton. Pa.; Reginald L. Jordan, 56 W.
Chelton Ave.. Germantown. Philadelphia, Pa.: Mary Kelly. 2327 N. Washington Ave.. Scranton. Pa.; Mrs. Irene Kierstead Ruebenkaum. Jamison.
Pa.; Dora Koerner. Thornhurst. Pa.: Mrs. Mildred Krum Barndt, 421
Larchwood Ave., Upper Darby, Pa.: Mrs. Laura Landis Behney. 434 Park
St.. Freeland,
Pa.: Mrs. Beatrice Larrabee Albertson. 504 Nelson Ave..
Peekskill, N. Y.: Laura MacFarlane. 1561 Sanderson Ave.. Scranton. Pa.;
Mrs. Elizabeth McCullough Morrish. Ill Carrey Ave.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.;
Mrs. Winifred McGowen Gaughan. 180 N. Laurel St.. Hazleton. Pa.: Mrs.
Minerva May Matthews, 43 S. Charles St.. Johnson City, N. Y.: Mrs. Ella
Mengle Heim, Fairmount St.. Schuylkill Haven. Pa.; J. R. Miller. 903 Park
St.. Scranton. Pa.: Thomas Morgans, 30 Grant St.. Newark. N. J.; Edith
Patterson. 148 S. Munn Ave., East Orange. N. J.; Mrs. Carrie Poad Smith.
90 7th Ave., Carbondale. Pa.: Abraham Rarick. 1624 Quincy Ave., Scranton Pa.; Mrs. Jessie Raup Lloyd. Matawan. N. Y.; Mrs. Laura Redeker
Disbrow. 229 Blaine St., Missoula. Mont.: Mrs. Ella Reid Robertson. 66
Main St., Inkerman, Pittston, Pa.; H. Walter Riland, 1280 Pacific St..
Brooklyn. N. Y.; Elbert Roberts. Rupert. Pa.: Mrs. Jean Robinson McLaughlin. Spring Ave.. Fort Washington. Pa.: Mrs. Flossie Rundle Chase,
111 Spring St., Carbondale. Pa.; Mrs. Etta Schatzle Horlacher. 326 2nd St..
Weatherly, Pa.; Mabel Silvius, 38 S. Wells St.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa.; Mrs.
Florence Stump Killmer. 410 W. 24th St.. New York. N. Y.: Mrs. Nellie
Sweppenheiser Worman, 24 Bloom St.. Danville. Pa.: Mrs. Mary Van
Buskirk Troupe, 309 S. Main Ave.. Taylor. Pa.; Mrs. Elizabeth Waring Colvin. 15 James St., Binghamton. N. Y.; Mrs. Mary Wilson Hilburt. 428 N.
Main St., Plains, Pa. — ADDRESS WANTED. Mildred Eves. Mrs. Edith
Gresh Kitt. Florence Hetherington. Kathryn James, Arthur E. Kemmerer.
Mrs. Belle Burr Hastings.
Mollie Moran— DECEASED MEMBERS:
Thomas Dailey. Z. R. Howell, Edith Kaufhold. Rosetta Kramer. Mrs. Emma
Lowe Picket, Mrs. Mabel Neal Carey, Lucy O’Boyle, Anna Patton. W. D.
Snyder, Frederick S. Walsh.
John.

W.

73rd

3rd

St..

St..

New

.

CLASS

Mrs. Elizabeth Albertson Hess, Morrill. Neb.; Albert
Aldinger. 210 E. 68th St.. New York. N. Y.;
Harry E. Aldinger, H. S. of Commerce. Phys. Tr.
Dept.. New York, N. Y.; Mrs Daisy Andres MacBean, 159 Balmoral Ave.,
Hamilton. Ont.: Mrs. Maude Baldwin Newman. 537 S. Walnut St.. West
Chester. Pa.: Mrs. Lucy Baldy Rody. 4th St.. Catawissa. Pa.: Mrs. Emma
Berry Matter. 112 N. 11th St.. Reading, Pa.; Mrs. Jessie Boyer Howell.
32 Carverton Rd.. Trucksville. Pa.: John B. Boyer. Herndon. Pa.: Pearl
E Brandon, 1136 N. 11th St.. Reading. Pa.: Mrs. Edna Briggs O’Reilly.
2833 Greenleaf St.. Allentown. Pa.; Margaret P. Brogan. Shenandoah. Pa.;
Lillian B. Buckalew. Argyle Court Apts.. B. 3, Ardmore. Pa.: Sara E. Budd1904

K.

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Mt. Carmel. Pa.; Margaret A. Burns, 3216 N. 4th St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.; Thomas Carl. Trucksville. Pa.; Irwin Cogswell. R. D. 3,
Montrose, Pa.; Martha Creasy. 60 E. 5th St.. Bloomsburg; Dr Harold
C. Cryder, Stroudsburg. Pa.: Alvirda Davenport. 142 Church St., Plymouth,
Pa.; Mrs. Griselda Davis Jacobus, 40 E. Ross St.. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: Mrs.
Maude Davis Pentecost, 1000 Richmont St.. Scranton. Pa.; Mrs. Bessie Derr
Skedd. 21 E. Franklin Ave.. Pennington. N. J.; Rev. Harry Dollman, Pine
Grove. Pa.: Mrs. Nellie Fetherolf Lesher, 638 Market St., Lewisburg, Pa;
Mrs. Minnie Fineran McDonough. 178 Pike St., Carbondale, Pa.; Mrs.
Esther Fletcher Armitage, Box 1088. Laguna Beach. Calif.; James J.
Gildea, 335 McLean St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Mrs. Aimee Goldsmith Marcus.
2577 Euclid Heights Blvd., Cleveland, Ohio: Mrs. Bessie Goodale Thielman, 429-3 1 st St.. North Bergen. N. J.; Mrs. Anna Goyituey Canfield. Haskell Inst.. Lawrence. Kansas; Emma Halloran, 1024 Plane St.. Avoca, Pa.:
C. N. Hartman. 7 W. Welling Ave., Pennington. N. J.: Mrs. Blanche
Hartzel Barton. 213 W. 4th St.. Bloomsburg: Adda Hayman. Turbotville,
Pa.; W. Ray Helwig. 3709 Pillsburg Ave., Minneapolis. Minn.; Laura Herring, East St.. Bloomsburg; Palmer E .Hess, Wapwallopen. Pa.; Mrs.
Henrietta Hinkel Howell. Cor. Baer Ave. and Pleasant St.. Hanover, Pa.;
Mrs. Emma Hinkley Saylor, 313 Pine St., Tamaqua, Pa.; G. L. Howell,
32 Carverton Rd.. Trucksville, Pa.; Mrs. Irene Ikeler Sloan. 600 Howard St.,
Williamsport, Pa.; Mrs. Mabel Jayne Muir, 832 Green Ridge. Scranton. Pa.;
Mrs. Margaret Jenkins, McCachran, 16 S. 26th St.. Camp Hill. Pa.; R. L.
Jordan. 56 W. Chelten Ave., Germantown. Pa.; Emma Kelminiski. Liberty
Bank Apts.. Mt. Carmel. Pa.; Mrs. Leona Kester Lawton, R. D. 3, Millville, Pa.: Aaron A. Killmer. Stouchsburg. Pa.; Mrs. Helen Kisner Woodward. 506 Los Lomas Rd., Alburquerque. N. Mex.: Clark E. Kitchen, Lancaster. Calif.: Kimber H. Knorr, 339 N. Lewis St.. Staunton, Va.; Mrs.
Malone,
Hattie Lanning Bonham. 617 Bailey St.. Camden. N. J.; James
Shenandoah. Pa.; Mrs. Adela Mead Kendrick. 1453 S. W. 7th St.. Miami,
Fla.: Mrs. Mabel Mertz Dixon. Belle Meade. N. J.; Mrs. Blanche Morris
Mast. 211 E. North St.. Bethlehem, Pa.; Claude L. Moss. N. Tonawanda,
N. Y.; Mary Murrin. 106 River St., Carbondale. Pa.; Mrs. Carrie Muth
Rose. 2324 Ring St.. Little Rock Ark.: Catherine O'Donnell. Laurel St..
Donnell, 24 Columbus Ave., Trenton, N. J.;
Hazleton. Pa.; Daniel L.
Mrs Mabel Parker Kitchen, Lancaster, Calif.; Herbert E. Rawlinson, 715 S.
Parkview St.. Los Angeles, Calif.; Guy H. Rentschler, 837 Dixie Lane, Plainfield, N. J.; Mrs. Bessie Richart Corse, 747 E. 2nd St, Patterson. N. J.;
Harry E Rider. 537 E. 3rd St.. Bloomsburg: Mrs. Mary Robbins Bower.
1215 Market St., Berwick, Pa.; Mrs. Louise Rogers Warren. White Earth,
Minn.; Mrs. Libbie Rosenthal Marks, 548 Centre St., Pottsville, Pa.; Margaret Seely. 135 Prospect Park S. W., Brooklyn, N. Y.: Mrs. Margaret
Smith Witherspoon, 115 S. Clinton St., East Orange, N. J.; Mrs. Elizabeth
Specht Martin, 541 N. Vine St., Hazleton, Pa.; Mrs. Vere Snyder Stebbens.
Wellsboro, Pa.; Harry G. Trathen, 1 Chestnut St., Ashland, Pa.; Mrs.
Ruth Turner Martin, 1724 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, Calif.: Lewis Veith
Ebensburg, Pa.; Mrs. June White Dreibelbis, 404 Park Hill Ave., Yonkers.
N. Y.; Mrs. Martha Wilson Beers, 4303 N. Maryland Ave., Milwaukee,
Wis.; Mrs. Effie Womeldorf Bentz, 1547 W. Princess St.. York. Pa., ADDRESS WANTED: Matilda Black, Mrs. Anna Challis Thompson. Margaret V. Clair, Mrs. Pearl Crossley Pickett. Mrs. Lois DeWitt McBride, Allen B. Eister, Margaret A. Flaherty, Theresa M. Hammond. H. Clare Henrie,
Mrs. Harriet Hitchcock McMurry, Mrs. Rosa John Pursel, N. C. Keely,
Martin Kelley. Mrs. Lulu Krommas Lesse, Palace E. Messersmith, Gertrude M. Miller, William E. Moses, Stewart L. Putnam, Mrs. Tillie Riley
Tigue. William J. Rooke. Wells A. Sholenberger, Eugene R. Stead, Mrs.
Mary Sterner Williams. Mrs. Luzenia Tibbets Isham, Mrs. Virginia Wagner

inger, 17

N.

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Powers, Raymond Wolfe DECEASED MEMBERS:
May Bonham,
Robert Bradbury. Mrs. Edith Cook Fairchilds. Mrs. Ethel Hartman Landis.
Mrs. Emma Maust Hause, Mrs. Bessie Meixell Kirkendall, Mrs. Hannah
Millard Hopkins. Mary C. Orth, Jule S. Reily, Emily Robinson, Clarence E.
Ruloff. Hervey W. Seesholtz, Mrs. Margaret Smethers Williams. Mrs.

Margaret Thomas Edwards.

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Volume 40, Number 4

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Mill

State Teachers
College

Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

OCTOBER, 1939

r.

Haas, State Superintendent • Complete Calendar

ome-Coming Day Nov. 4 • Continuation of Directory

TO ALL ALUMNI
We

all regret the departure of Dr. Haas and his
family from the College and the community. It is a
loss to Bloomsburg.
congratulate Dr. Haas and
the schools of Pennsylvania
Governor James made a
fine selection for the office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
feel sure the Board of Trustees will
select a worthy successor and that the College will
maintain its high standard in the field of education.

We

.

We

Local Alumni Organizations are planning "Get
Together Parties” for the near future.
We hope to
have every local organization active and doing something during this year.
There is one thing every graduate can do to boost
Old Bloomsburg” namely: Join the Alumni Association”.
We cannot do a real job without a larger
membership. Where can you get more for one dollar
that is worthwhile? Have You Joined?
The Centennial Student Loan Fund has now
reached $ 14 009 70
Many more graduates could and
should help in this worthy Alumni Project. It is not
too late. Send subscriptions to D. D. Wright. Treas.
Saturday. November 4 is your Home-coming Day.
We hope to have a fine program of entertainment beginning at 10 a.m .. and continuing until the last waltz,
probably 11:30 p.m. Follow the crowd, come back and
enjoy the day on College Hill. Make the Alumni Room
your place to meet old classmates and friends.
"

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Best Wishes,

Vol. 40

No. 4

THE ALUMNI QUARTERLY

October, 1939

Published by the Altjmnl Association of the State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Entered as Second-Class Matter, July 1, 1909, at the Post Office at Bloomsburg, Pa.,
Under the Act of July 16, 1804. Published four times a year.

H. F. Fenstemaker,
E. H. Nelson, '11

Editor

'12

Business

Manager

1

Dr. Francis B.

Head

Haas appoint^

of State School

System

Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College since 1927, has resigned his position to become the head of Pennsylvania’s public school system.
Dr. Haas, who in his twelve years at Bloomsburg has
played a vital part in the continued growth of the College, has
left Bloomsburg to return to the position which he left to come

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He was head

here.

1927, under the

first

of the state school system from 1925 to
administration of Gifford Pinchot.

Announcement of the appointment came Wednesday, August 23, from the office of Governor James. Harvey A. Andruss,
Dean of Instruction, has been appointed Acting President until
Dr. Haas's successor has been appointed.
A Philadelphian by birth, Dr. Haas has devoted his life
to the furtherance of a well rounded program of education within reach of the masses.
Since coming to Bloomsburg, he and
his family have been active in the community, while the College
has enjoyed an era under his administration which has been one
of the most outstanding in its history.
Succeeding Dr. G. C. L. Riemer, Dr. Haas came to Bloomsburg as principal of the College. He became its first president
when that office was created in 1929 by an act of the legislature.
An able executive, Dr. Haas has, throughout his administration, envisioned greater things
a broader and fuller program of educational service for the College.

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Physical Plant Greatly Increased
The

physical plant has been greatly enlarged during his
administration, which reached its climax in the half-million
dollar General State Authority program, which started in 1938
with the construction of a new gymnasium, a junior high school,
a storage building, and the enlargement of the heating plant.
In 1930, the Benjamin Franklin Training School was placed
into service. Within the past few weeks, the lists of equipment
to put the new buildings into use have gone to the Department
of Public Instruction.
Other projects that have been carried
out during Dr. Haas's administration are construction of two
additions to the old gymnasium, three fire towers in the auditorium, two fire towers in Science Hall, alterations in North
Hall, a new athletic field, numerous sidewalks on the campus,
alterations in the dining room, replastering and redecoration of
the auditorium, reconditioning of the rooms in Waller Hall,
rearrangement and refurnishing of the administrative offices,
the installation of a public address system in the dining room,
the installation of sound movie equipment in the auditorium,
and the installation of an electric organ in the auditorium. It
is impossible to stand at any point on the campus, or in the
buildings, without seeing evidence of improvements made during
the administration of Dr. Haas.
It was early in his administration that the campus was substantially increased by the purchase of a large tract of land.
Many of the new buildings stand on land purchased at that
time.

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One of the outstanding features of the present college curriculum was added since Dr. Haas came to Bloomsburg. This
is the Department of Commerce, a four-year course in commercial teaching.
From the beginning, this department has attracted many students and the demand for such work has caused its
enlargement from time to time.
Since 1927, the nation has been plunged into the worst
depression of its history, but through that trying time, Bloomsburg has been moving steadily forward.

The program has been made

increasingly attractive, both
and those actively
in teaching.
In connection with this program, the
has been offering week-end courses for teachers in
a six-week summer session, and a three-week postHundreds have taken advantage of the opportunities

to students preparing for teaching careers,

engaged
College

service,
session.
thus offered.

One of the fine accomplishments of Dr. Haas has been his
sucessful effort to build an enthusiastic and loyal spirit among
the Alumni. This is made evident by the fine attendance at the
College on

Home-Coming Day, and on Alumni Day.

County

organizations, many years dormant, have been brought to life,
and enthusiastic meetings have been held all over the eastern
part of the state.
Because of the increasing enthusiasm on the part of the
Alumni, two fine projects have been successfully carried out by
the Alumni Association. One was the furnishing of the Bakeless Memorial Room, and the other was the Centennial Student
Loan fund, which has been increased by almost $15,000 during
the past year.

Centennial Celebration ,

An

Achievement

The Centennial celebration, held last May, was on occasion that will not soon be forgotten by those who attended. It
was Dr. Haas who first conceived the idea of visualizing one
hundred years of educational service to the community and the
Commonwealth. It was Dr. Haas who laid the groudwork for
the celebration, and caused the whole affair to move with the
smoothness of a well-oiled machine. It was Dr. Haas who provided the inspiration by which the whole college staff worked
together to make the affair a success.
It was Dr. Haas who
built up enthusiasm among the Alumni, and inspired them to
renew their loyalty to the Alma Mater which has done so much
in shaping the course of their lives.
Dr. Haas has made some fine contributions to the community life of Bloomsburg. He served for a year as president
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4

of the Bloomsburg Rotary Club.
He has been active in the
First Methodist Church.
He has been active in the promotion
of the Boy and Girl Scout program in Bloonsburg.
He has
spoken on many occasions at public gatherings of many groups
in the Bloomsburg area, and always had a message that was

worthwhile.

Born in Philadelphia, the son of Frederick and Emma
Haas, Dr. Haas was graduated from the Central High School
in that city in 1904, and matriculated at the School of Pedagogy there. He later attended Temple University, where he
received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1913, and Doctor
of Pedagogy in 1925.
He received his master’s degree from
the University of Pennsylvania in 1922. He was made Doctor
of Laws at Juniata College in 1934, and was honored by another doctor's degree at Bucknell this year.
Dr. Haas taught in Philadelphia from 1900 to 1920, when
Governor Sproul appointed him assistant director of the TeachHe was
er Bureau in the Department of Public Instruction.
made head of the bureau two years later, and Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1924. Upon the death of J.
George Becht, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Dr. Haas
was named acting superintendent. Governor Pinchot appointed
him as superintendent in 1926. He served in that office until
Dr. John A. H. Keith took office in January, 1927. Dr. Haas
assumed his duties as principal at Bloomsburg at the beginning
of the

summer

session of 1927.

He

served as president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association for two terms.
A precedent was broken
when the assocation elected Dr. Haas to serve a second term.
He served as a vice-president of the National Education Association in 1925, and was given a distinguished service medal

by the

state association in 1928.

The appointment

of Dr. Haas as Superintendent of Public
Instruction has met with the enthusiastic approval of educators

throughout Pennsylvania.
The approval of Dr. Haas’s appointment, and esteem by
which he is held in Bloomsburg is demonstrated by the following editorial from the Bloomsburg Morning Press:
“Bloomsburg and the entire countryside will mingle their
congratulations to Dr. Francis B. Haas upon his second occupancy of the position of State Superintendent of Public Instruction with expressions of sincere regret that he will no longer be
president of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College.
“During the twelve years he has been the directing head
of that institution, he has won the respect of all with whom he
came in contact. His departure will be a distinct loss to Blooms-

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October 1939

5

burg and to those other communities in which the influence of
the Bloomsburg State Teachers College is felt.
“His ability as an organizer was reflected in a faculty spirit
that any institution might envy. That same ability reached out
into all the relations affecting both the college and the community.

“Graduates of the College w;ill miss him, for he had
brought back into the picture the zeal and affection they had
for their Alma Mater.
“Not only was he an organizer, but he was a builder as
well.
Enrollment has been swinging steadily upward, and the
plant improvements have been greater under his administration than in any similar period in the administration’s history.
He leaves
“His activities in the town were numerous.
a place that will be difficult to fill. The regrettable fact is that
Bloomsburg in recent years has seen many of its outstanding
men disappear from the local picture. Happily, Dr. Haas
has been called to a broader field of endeavor, and we doubt not
but that Bloomsburg, his adopted home, will always be close
to his heart.

“The well wishes of everybody will be with Dr. and Mrs.
Haas and family, who will be returning to their former home
when they move to Harrisburg, which in the course of time they
will do.”

The
shows the

following, clipped from the Harrisburg Telegraph,
feelings of the people at the state capital:

“Dr. Francis B. Haas, chosen by Governor James to be
Superintendent of Public Instruction, is known among people
To many
active in educational affairs as a good schoolman.
Harrisburg people he is a progressive and competent man of his
profession.

“Service as deputy superintendent and then as head of
the department to which he has been named again will qualify
Dr. Haas to undertake the big problems now confronting the
chief of our educational system.
His tenure of teaching and
specialized positions, capped by his notable direction of the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College will add to the value of
the new James appointee”.
The following editorial comment was printed in the Williamsport Sun:
“In appointing Dr. Francis B. Haas, president of the
Bloomsburg State Teachers College, to the important position
of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Governor James brings
to the post a man possessing exceptional professional qualifications for

its

responsibilities.

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October 1939

6

“He

is

a native Pennsylvanian, educated in this state,

and

has been in Pennsylvania institutions. He
knows by experience the problems of the teacher and public
school administrator. In addition, he has served in administrative positions in the Department of Public Instruction and has
had a previous term in the position to which the governor now
his teaching career

returns him.

“Dr.

Haas, with

his

background, should take

well aware of Pennsylvania’s needs in
as well, with the necessity of keeping
system up to the needs of the times
ability of the taxpayers to support such

The

his post
education and familiar,
that state’s educational
without exceeding the
a system.

Haas should appeal to Pennsylvanians
commits the management of the common-

selection of Dr.

in general, in that

it

wealth’s educational interests to a man of the highest professional standing, backed by over thirty years of practical
experience.

ni

At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the AlumAssociation, the following resolutions were passed unani-

mously:

Whereas: Dr. Francis B. Haas, President of our College
has been appointed Superintendent of Public Instruction by
the Governor of Pennsylvania.
Be it resolved: That the Board of Directors of the Alumni
Association in behalf of the entire membership express our sincere regret at the departure of Dr. Haas and his family from
the College and community.
Be it further resolved: That we express our hearty thanks
and appreciation to Dr. Haas for his outstanding leadership and
splendid interest in the growth and development of the College
and the Alumni Association.
Be it further resolved: That we extend our hearty congratulations and best wishes for future success to Dr. Haas
upon his reappointment to the office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction and his advancement to a larger sphere of influence
in the field of public education.
Be it further resolved: That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to Dr. Haas, published in the Quarterly, and spread upon
the minutes of the Alumni Association.
Respectfully submitted,
R. Bruce Albert
E. H. Nelson

H. F. Fenstemaker

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October 1939

7

Many graduates of Bloomsburg will recall that when Dr.
Haas made his final address to the graduating class on Commencement Day, he invariably closed by saying “When you
come back to Bloomsburg, remember that the latch string is
always out”. The staff of the Quarterly and the officers of the
Alumni Association cannot improve upon those words. Those
who remain behind to carry on the work now constitute The
Ancient and Honorable Order of Custodians of the Latch
String, and will see that it is always on the outside of the door.
Ave atque vale.

The College

in

Dollars and Cents

$

$-

The significance of the College in dollars and cents was
brought out in an interesting way in a study made this spring
by R. Bruce Albert, president of the General Alumni Association.

The College has

a faculty of forty-five on the regular staff.
addition thirty cooperative teachers within a radius
of forty miles. The non-instructional staff is composed of fortyseven employees. This entire staff receives in salaries $198,400.
02 yearly. In addition, there are one hundred employees on a
per diem or per hour basis, receiving $14,096.44.
and
part-time employees total about one hundred forty, and are paid
Community activities, the college store, the lecture
$8,500.
course, and athletics require a budget of $17,000.
The total
amount involved in the above-named items is $237,996.46.

There are

in

NYA

The enrollment in the College last year was 652 in the
regular college course, 136 teachers in service, and 232 boys
and girls in the training school. The combined enrollment for
the regular year was 1020, giving Bloomsburg third place in the
teachers colleges in Pennsylvania.
It is estimated that the students spend $26,000 per year
the various business places in Bloomsburg.
One hundred
twenty students secured board and lodging in the homes of
Bloomsburg, for which they paid approximately $33,600 per
year.

in

The total administrative expenditures of the College for a
year amount to $307,604.31.
This amount, increased by the
items of board and lodging and daily expenditures of students,
gives a total of $367,204.31 spent during the college year.
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October 1939

8

H.

Montgomery Smith, 1875-191

H. Montgomery Smith, a member of the Board of Trustees
and a member of the Board of Directors of the
Alumni Association, died in the Bloomsburg Hospital Friday
evening, August 4. Stricken two weeks before his death, Mr.
Smith was admitted to the hospital on July 26, and his condition
remained serious despite a valiant attempt to save his life.
Five blood transfusions were given, three of them within
a thirty-six hour period.
On Tuesday, August 1, Dr. Wayne
Babcock, chief surgeon and chief of staff at the Temple University Hospital, came to Bloomsburg from Eagles Mere for a
consultation.
Two trips had been made to Philadelphia, so
of the College,

that Dr. Crocker, clinical pathologist of the Philadelphia
make a study of Mr. Smith’s illness.
physicians were active on the case.
eral Hospital, could

GenFour

Mr. Smith’s condition seemed to be improving, but Mr.
Smith became worse on the day before his death.
Active in his profession from the time of his admission to
the bar in 1899, Mr. Smith was engaged in legal work in the
Bloomsburg area, and frequently appeared before the state
appellate courts and the federal courts.

Mr. Smith was a member of a family of lawyers. His
grandfather and his father were both lawyers.
Both of his
sons, Hervey B. Smith, of Bloomsburg, and M. Paul Smith, of
Norristown, are attorneys.
Mr. Smith was born in Blomsburg July 8, 1875, and resided here throughout his life. He was educated in the public
schools of Bloomsburg, and was graduated from the Bloomsburg
State Normal School in 1893.
He completed a two year course at Dickinson College,
Carlisle, and continued his education at the University of Michigan, graduating with an A. B. degree in 1897, and from the law
school, with the degree of LL. B. in 1899.
Following his graduation, Mr. Smith entered the law
office of the late Charles B. Barkley in Bloomsburg, and was
admitted to practice in Bloomsburg, and was admitted to
practice in Columbia County in September, 1899.
Both

in the practice of

law and

in civic

work outside

of his

he was prominently identified with Bloomsburg.
H e was for many years solicitor for the town, a position now
held by his son, Hervey B. Smith.
He was for many years
solicitor for the Bloomsburg Poor District.
During the years
profession,

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October 1939

9
of the triennial assessment, and during the launching of the
state highway building campaign, he served as solicitor for the

county commissioners.
He took a prominent part in the work of the Columbia
and Montour County Bar Association, serving on a number of
permanent committees, and during his practice was counsel in
many of the major cases in the courts of Columbia and adjoining counties.

Throughout his life he was a Democrat, and in 1927 was
a candidate for his party’s nomination for judge. Early in 1937
he publicly announced that he would not seek his party’s nomination in the judicial campaign of that year, but would support
his friend of long standing, Clinton Herring, who in the fall
of that year was elected judge of the courts of Columbia and
Montour County. In January, 1938, when the members of the
bar of those two counties entertained in honor of retiring Judge
Evans and Judge Herring, Mr. Smith was selected to present
Judge Herring, and did so in a very capable manner.
Mr. Smith never lost his interest in the Bloomsburg State
Teachers College, and at the time of his death was serving as
a member of the Board of Trustees and as a member of the
Board of Directors of the Alumni Association.
It was through his initiative that the Alumni Association
became incorporated.
He made the address launching the
alumni drive which resulted in adding more than $15,000 to
the worthy student loan fund of the College as an Alumni Project of the Centennial last spring.
He was long an active member and past president of the
Bloomsburg Rotary Club, a member of the First Presbyterian
Church, and was affiliated with the various Masonic bodies
and Caldwell Consistory.
Those surviving him are his wife, the former Harriet E.
Bushnell, of Springfield, Ohio, whom he married in 1900; three
children, Mrs. Clair Monroe, of Carlisle; Hervey B. Smith, of
Bloomsburg; M. Paul Smith, of Norristown, four grandchildren,
and a sister, Mrs. Arthur Witherspoon, of East Orange, New
Jersey, and a brother, Ralph Smith, of El Paso, Texas.
On the editorial page of the Bloomsburg Morning Press
appeared the following tribute to Mr. Smith:
"The death of H. Mont. Smith at the Bloomsburg Hospital will come as a great shock to the community.
“Himself the third generation to be presented in the legal
profession, he has for many years been recognized as one of
the leaders of the Columbia County Bar.
"His activities in the community were by no means confined to his profession.
He was given liberally of his time,

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October 1939

10
his

talents,

and

his

means

to

the

community

affairs

through

many years.
“A devoted husband and

these

father, his death removes a comfrom the community and one whose life largely
centered around his home.”
As a meeting held August 22, 1939, the Board of Trustees
adopted the following resolutions:

manding

figure

Upon motion made by Judge Evans, seconded by Mr. Vincent,
and unanimously carried, it was resolved that Dr. Haas, on behalf
of the Board of Trustees, the Faculty, and the Student Body, express to Mrs. H. Mont Smith, and to the members of Mr. Smith’s
family, its deep sympathy with them in their bereavement, and its
deep appreciation for the long-continued interest in the College and
his service as a member of the Board of Trustees.
Mr. Smith
rendered an outstanding and lasting service to the College in the
reorganization of the Alumni Association.
It was
through his
efforts that the Association was chartered and the drive for the
Alumni Load Fund initiated and brought to such a successful
conclusion."

At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of
Alumni Association, Bloomsburg State Teachers College,
following resolutions were passed:
Our Heavenly Father in His Infinite Wisdom has
reward Mr. H. Montgomery Smith, a trustee of the
College and a member of the Board of Directors of the Alumni
Association, and
Whereas:

called to his

Whereas:
vealed

His loyalty and devotion to the College, as reMr. Smith, is a cherished memory in the hearts

in the life of

of the Board of Directors and many
State Teachers College; therefore.

Alumni

of the

Bloomsburg

Be it resolved: That we bow in submission to the Divine Will
and fully realize that the inspiration and influence of his life upon
Graduates who were fortunate to have known
us can never die.
him, will always owe a debt of gratitude and love to our departed
friend.

Be it further resolved: That we extend our deepest sympathy
Mrs. Smith and the members of the family in their hour of
bereavement, and that a copy of these resolutions be published in
the Quarterly, and spread upon the minutes of the Alumni Assoto

ciation.

Respectfully submitted.

Committee
R.

E.

H.

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BRUCE ALBERT
H. NELSON
F. FENSTEMAKER

October 1939

the
the

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THE 1939 SUMMER SESSION
With a total enrollment of 379, consisting of 140 men and
239 women, the 1939 Summer Session came to a successful
The session began Monday, June
close on Saturday, July 29.
Classes be19, with the day devoted entirely to registration.
gan on Tuesday, January 20, part of the morning being devoted
to a convocation held in the gymnasium, at which time a welcome to the students was given by Dr. Haas, and general
announcements were made.
Speakers at
Similar convocations were held each week.
the assemblies were Dr. A. M. Weaver, superintendent of the
schools of Williamsport, and Dr. Henry Klonower, Director
of Teacher Education and Certification, Harrisburg. One program included a demonstration of the equipment used in the
educational

clinic.

As one of the features of
Summer Session, the Jitney

the entertainment course of the
Players presented “Accent on
Youth", a comedy in three acts by Samuel Raphaelson. The
leading roles were taken by Ethel Barrymore Colt and Douglas

Rowland.
Dr. Frank Hare, of the Department of Public Instruction,

was

the speaker at the

Summer School convocation

held in the

gymnasium, Friday morning, July 7. Dr. Hare spoke on “The
School Evaluation Program", upon which the Department has
recently been working in cooperation with local school officials
and teachers.

An

interesting feature of the

summer school entertainment

program was the appearance of the Madrigal Singers, Thursday evening, July 20. Because of alterations in the auditorium,
the program was presented in the gymnasium.
The group,
under the direction of Earl Weidner, presented a fine program
of madrigals and folk-songs of many nations.
Twenty-three demonstrations were given in the training
school during the session. Although the new junior high school
building is not yet ready for use, work was offered during the
summer in grades six, seven, and eight, following a policy
adopted two years ago, providing for instruction in the junior
high school grades during the

summer

session.

added to the interest of the summer session
program, and were participatied in by both training school
pupils and college students.
Students under Dr. Kuster made
Field trips

five trips,

including one of the campus, one to the Catawissa

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October 1939

12

narrows, and a four and one-half hour trip to Catawissa
mountain.
Physical education students under Miss Lucy McCammon
made two trips to Eagles Mere and Whirl's End, and seven
times had parties in nearby
Pupils of Miss Mabel

swimming

Moyer

pools.
visited the

playhouse at the
of Barbara Niesley for the purpose of allowing the class
to secure more accurate ideas of the construction of a proper
setting for the dramatization of a story.
beventy-one under Dr. Nelson visited the airport of Co-

home

Airways, and fifty-eight seventh and eighth grade
and student teachers enjoyed airplane rides.
Students in social studies, under Prof. E. A. Reams,
visited the site of Fort Augusta at Sunbury, the home of Joseph
Priestley in Northumberland, the museum of history at Muncy,
the historical museum at Williamsport, and the Shikillimmy
marker at West Milton.
Students of art under Miss Evelyn Robbins visited St.
Loucuba’s Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and the Friends
meeting house in Catawissa to study architecture.
Dr. Russell’s classes in geography made trips on the campus, to the limestone quarry at Lime Ridge, to the plant of the
Bloomsburg Packing Company, to the dredging operations on
the Susquehanna River, to Fort McClure, to the Bloomsburg
Country Club hill to study soil erosion, to Fishing Creek to
study water power development, to the store of Whitenight and
Sons to study farm implements, to the Magee Carpet Company
for the study of the geography of raw materials, to the Schneidier Brothers wholesale grocery, and to Berwick and Nescopeck
to study glacial topography of the terminal moraine in that
lumbia
pupils

vicinity.

This group also visited the sand and gravel pit west of
Bloomsburg, the Streater truck farm, the Snyder dairy, the

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October 1939

13
plant, at Berwick, and the Lord
Espy.
Students under Prof. S. I. Shortess visited the Priestley
home in Northumberland; those under Mrs. Thomas visited the
railroad station, and saw mail being sorted on the trains; those
Pupils of
of Mrs. Tierney visited the grove to observe plants.
Miss Woolworth visited the airport and the nursery school at
Sunbury.
Graduates of fifteen other colleges took work at the summer session, completing work for the college provisional certificate, permanent certification, or adding subjects to a certificate
already held.
Twenty-two students completed work at the summer session, and were recognized at the summer session banquet held
in the college dining-room Thursday evening,. July 27.
The
speaker of the evening was C. William Duncan, Philadelphia

American Car and Foundry
fertilizer plant at

newspaper columnist.
Prof. E. A. Reams, chairman

of the banquet committee,
presided as toastmaster. With him at the speaker’s table were
Dean W. B. SutlifF, former Dean of Instruction, Mrs. E. A.
Reams, Mr. Duncan, the speaker of the evening, Dr. Francis
B. Haas, Mrs. Haas, and Prof. E. N. Rhodes, Director of
Teacher Training.
The graduates, who were introduced to the audience by
Dr. Haas, were the following:
Margaret A. Cheponis, of
Plymouth; Virginia E. Cruikshank, of Sunbury; Helen M. Derr,
of Kingston; Victor J. Ferrari, of Kulpmont; Thomas A. Fla-

of Wilkes-Barre; Chester J. Harwood, of Plymouth;
Margaret Elizabeth Hines, of Berwick; Robert P. Hopkins, of
Lost Creek; Dorothy K. Johnson, of Bloomsburg; Thomas O.

herty,

M. Lingertot, of Wilkes-Barre;
Michael M. Marshalek, of Keiser; Rachel E. Miller, of Berwick;
William R. Moratelli, of Kulpmont; Pauline E. Nelson, of Starrucca; Dorothy M. Phillips, of Bloomsburg; Winfield R. Potter,
of Old Forge; Pearl E. Poust, of Orangeville; Joseph P. Siesko,
of Excelsior; Chester Frank Wojick, of Wilkes-Barre, and Ray
O. Zimmerman, of Nuremberg. All of the above had completed their work for the bachelor’s degree.
Miss Betty Mae
McCawley, of Old Forge, qualified for the elementary certiLewis, of Nanticoke; Martha

ficate.

The invocation was given by Dean William B. SutlifF.
Dinner music was provided by the Maroon and Gold Orchestra,
under the direction of H. F. Fenstemaker. William Moratelli,
of Kulpmont, contributed greatly to the progrom by giving several tenor solos.
John Young, of Catawissa, was his accompanist.

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October 1939

14

Rapid-fire glimpses of interesting personalities were given
by Mr. Duncan, who, as a veteran columnist, has interviewed

many of the outstanding people in the news.
The dinner was closed with the singing

of 'America", and
gymnasium followed.
The six-week summer session was followed by a threeweek post session, with an enrollment of 138, including 55 men
and 83 women. This was five more than the 1938 enrollment.

a dance in the

A

Real B.

S. T. C.

Family

A

family of seven children, all graduates of Bloomsburg is
that of Sylvester Kitchen, who lived in Mt. Pleasant Township,
his children were
about eight miles from Bloomsburg.
small, he was frequently heard to remark that he hoped to send
them all to Bloomsburg some day.
the first of January 1886,
he took three of them to begin their studies at the Normal
School. They were Ella, now Mrs. H. G. Sands, of Benton,
Pa.; Minnie, now Mrs. G.
Faus, of 815 Crestridge Drive,
Atlanta, Georgia, and William, now deceased. All were members of the class of 1888, but Minnie became ill in the spring of
that year and was obliged to leave school.
Ella and William
were graduated with the class of 1888 and Minnie taught one
year, returning January 1, 1890, and graduating with that class.
Anna (Mrs. C. C. Creveling, Mt. Airy, North Carolina) entered the school with Minnie in 1890, graduating with that class,
class of 1892.
Florence (Mrs. C. G. Fullmer of Pasco, Washington) was graduated with the class of 1896, returning on two
occasions for special work.
Later Lena (Mrs. John R. Bateman, Elwell, Michigan)
entered the school and was graduated with the class of 1900.
Last was Clark E. Kitchen, now living in Lancaster, CaliHe came
fornia, who was graduated with the class of 1904.
His '’fife, Mabelle Parker
back one year for special work.
Kitchen, was a member of the class of 1904.
Mrs. Faus has two sons who are Methodist ministers and
one son who is a secretary in the American Embassy in Paris.

When

On

W.

Dean Harvey A. Andruss was one of the speakers at the
Business Education Conference held at Syracuse University in
July. The conference was held for superintendents, principals,
department heads, graduate students, and commercial teachers
of the state of

New

York.

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October 1939

15

A

Few REMI1SEEIES

JOHN

K.

My

BITTENBENDER

«f

OLD BLOOMSBURG

>74

days take me back
Miss Teresa Vanmy schoolmates I recall George
Edgar, Edward Searles, Peter Knapp, Ida Knorr, Mattie Edgar, Sophia Fry, and ‘‘Sis’’ Croup.
Peter Knapp and I were seatmates.
The teacher was
related to Knapp, so we had special privileges.
were alearliest

recollections

school

of

to the spring of 1865, in the Old
atta was the teacher.
Among

Academy.

We

ways given

the privilege of getting the drinking water.

One

day while slowly walking along Peter stopped and began picking objects off the ground.
They looked to me like pieces of
stone, but peculiar in appearance.
They were cartridges that

probably some soldier had discarded on his return from the war.
returned to our desk, Peter began taking them apart.
After dissecting quite a few, he wrapped the powder in some
paper.
Raising his hand, he asked permission to drop some
paper in the stove. He has scarcely dropped it when a terrific
blast was given and the stove door flew back.
I guess the loose
door is all that prevented serious damage. The teacher said,

When we

Why,

what was

Peter replied, “I don’t know;
paper.”
At the close of that session some time in June, the teacher
gave me a recitation to memorize. It was a new poem written by
some up-to-date author concerning the capture of Jefferson
Davis. I never saw it published, but always remembered it. I
will give it to you from memory.
'

Peter,

that?”

guess someone put some powder

in the

Come!

All ye young Americans,
I'm going now to sing

A

song that will the briny tears

Upon your cheekbones
It

Jeff

bring.

about the president,

is

Davis and his wife,
Jeff put on the petticoats

How
To
The

We

save bis precious
tenth of

life.

May, year

came upon

’65,

D.
Near Irvinsville, Georgia,
An emissary free.
J.

D. was sleeping soundly
dashed into his camp.
His wife did quickly waken him
To start him on a tramp.
J.

When we

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October 1959

16

My

dear!" she cried,
my corset and
underclothes, and balmarol,
Hoop skirts and fan, take all!”

"My

bonnet take,

my

shawl,

My

As quick

as thought, Jeff did the thing,

And now a woman he,
With stalwart frame, majestic
From head down to his knee.
But sad

to say,

J.

D. was

While Mrs. D. was

mien,

tall

not,

And as he ran they saw his boots
And so J. D. was caught.
He brandished a bowie-knife
Of manufacture rare,
And Mrs. D., through loyalty,
Exclaimed: "Oh men! Take care.
I warn you all, you know him not
Take that knife away.
He’ll surely hurt a few of you,
Beware the stag at bay!"

Oh!

They took away that bloodless
Those laughing soldier men,

And

took good care of him,

That

chivalry, the gem.

And now
I

the

can but say

That

rumor swiftly
in

knife,

flies,

mind,

Jefferson in

women's

clothes,

Will shortly be confined.

In the fall of 1865

Carver and

we had

teaching responsibilities.
family of six children,

a

George and

a

new

teacher.

Professor

Henry

fom California and assumed the
Prof. Carver was a widower with

his family arrived

When

Sarah,

Alice,

Elizabeth,

Audella,

Carver took charge of the
school at the Old Academy, he taught the adults on the upper
floor while the two older daughters taught the children on the
lower floor. I was a student in the room taught by Miss Sarah
Etta.

Prof.

Carver.

The next spring, 1866, Prof. Carver notified the Board of
Trustees that he would not remain unless they provided a better
school building.
The Board of Trustees decided to erect a
building at a cost of $15,000. The selection of a location caused
considerable argument and nearly half the trustees resigned and
refused to contribute to the new building. It was at this time
Conrad Bittenbender, my father, came into the picture. He
became a member of the Board the second of May, 1866.
and Mr. John Wolfe, the twelfth of July, 1866. They were
both put on the committee to solicit subscriptions and their efforts were successful, but quite difficult.
They were successful
farmers and knew all the business men in the country and enthat

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October 1939

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deavored to solicit subscriptions for the stock of the original
building costing $15,000.
Many of the more wealthy class
One
refused to subscribe and even laughed at their efforts.
gentleman told my father the sheriff would sell them out before
they had a roof on the building. But they continued and the
erection of the building was their reward.

When

the

first

building

was

dedicated, April 4

,

1867, the

grounds were very rough. Prof. Carver announced a holiday
and asked that everybody should come prepared to grade the
school yard.
It is needless to say that we were on hand and
ready for the work. The ladies furnished drink and sandwiches
and we had a picnic.
The first board of instructors consisted of I. O. Best, Latin
and Greek; J. W. Ferree, higher mathematics and astronomy;
Prof. Rice, mathematics; Prof. Bates, mathematics; Prof. Ludwig, German, French, and Drawing; Aice Carver, piano; Julia
Guest, preceptress; Sarah Carver, assistant preceptress.

George Waller and I were a pair of bad boys. George
usually was caught and I would escape. There were six in the
Latin class. I would prepare the first section then I would sit
at the end of the recitation bench.
If Prof. Best began at the
end where I was sitting, I would have the section all prepared.
If he began at the other end, I would look up the words and
have the last section ready by the time it was my turn. George
would usually be caught. One day Prof. Best told him, that
if he did not have his lesson the next day, he would be kept in
school until he learned it regardless of the hour. The next day,
George missed as usual, and he was told to remain after school.
Prof. Best waited for him to recite. It began to grow dark and
the Professor said to him, "George are you ready? It is getting
dark.’’
George reached in his desk, took out a tallow candle and
handed it to Prof. Bates. That was too much. Prof. said.
"George, what can I do? I have begged, coaxed, and prayed
for you, but you are too much for me.”
I would
was very

listen to the recitation of the class in astronomy.
interesting to me.
One day George Bartch said
to Prof. Ferree, "Professor, does the moon have any influence
over earthly objects?" John Garman, a witty member of the
class, answered, "Yes, it makes people loony sometimes."
Prof.
Ferree replied, "Tut, tut, Mr. Garmen. No personalities, no
personalities."
Another time I was listening to the class in
Latin and I heard Lyold Appleman translate the first lines in
Virgil as follows:
"The man came to Troy with a dog in his
arms.” Prof. Bates was in a fury, but Appleman stuck to it
that was the correct translation.
It

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always disliked participation in the rhetorical exercises
and would dodge them. Prof. Best was determined to train
me and announced that would have a declamation the next
Wednesday. That was in October, 1870. When the next
Tuesday came,
said to him, “Professor,
will not be here
tomorrow, I must help my father take some articles to the fair.”
Professor replied, “All right, next Monday morning you will
I

I

I

1

in chapel.
I
helped my father
take the articles to the fair and that evening while sitting around
the fire, father said to me, “John, how would you like to be a
printer?
Benjamin Franklin, Schuyler Colfax and Simon
Cameron were printers.
I had always wanted to be a carriage
builder, but I said to my father, “Oh. I guess one trade is as
good as another.’
Father said, “How soon would you like to
begin?
You can start next April or next Monday.” I said,
"Oh, I will begin next Monday.
I went to school on Thursday
for my books and I said to Mr. Best, “Well, I guess I will not
speak for you Monday. I am starting to learn the printing trade
on that day.” He said “Well, you are the slickest boy I ever
came across.
That is how I came to learn the printing trade.
After three years at the printing trade I went back to
school and entered the senior class in October 1873, graduated
the next year, 1874. Our teachers at that time were Dr. T. L.
Griswold, Principal; H. E. Barrett, Latin; J. W. Ferree, higher

speak before the entire school

mathematics and astronomy. Prof. Burroughs, mathematics;
Prof. DePilchin, music; Mrs. Dent, elocution.
One Wednesday during rhetorical exercises in Professor
Barrett s room, he asked the class to write an essay on the school
building.
I
began at the foundation and wrote all about the
buildinq.
I
said the timbers were bouqht at the mills in Espy.
Prof. Barrett stopped me and said, “Come, come, we don't

There
want any fiction."
replied, “I am not writinq fiction.
were no lumber mills at Bloomsburg when the first building was
built.
was here at the time.” He said. “All right, go ahead.”
While I was at my printing trade from 1870 to the fall of
There
1873, the school was going through a titanic struggle.
were not enouoh scholars paying tuition to meet the financial
obligations.
The trustees were compelled to borrow upon a
note from the bank. It was at this juncture that John Wolfe
and Conrad Bittenbender were on the Board of Trustees. Notes
were not approved without their signatures and, at one time,
the debt carried was approximately $20,000.
I

1

Few people today realize the struggle required to maintain
Academy and Literary Institute. A debt of gratitude is
owed to the men who were faithful and loyal during the days of
the

growth and development.

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October 1939

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For the convenience of Alumni who are interested in what
be going on at the College during the coming academic
year, the following tentative calendar of evetns is printed in this
issue of the Quarterly:
will

September 12
September 13

Entrance examinations.
Registration and classification of
men.

September

Registration and classification of
classmen.
Classes begin.

14

September 15
September 16
September 26
September 30
October 5
October 7
October
October
October
October
October

all

Fresh-

all

upper-

Faculty and Trustee Reception and Dance
for Students.

Columbia County Fair Day
Football — Millersville (away)
Boston Sinfonietta.

—

Football
Indiana (here)
Business Education Club Dance.
Football
Mansfield (away)

—

14

Freshmen Kid Party
Football — Lock Haven (here)

20
21

27
28

Jim,

Wilson, World Traveler —Assembly
Shippensburg (away)

—
HOMECOMING DAY
Football — Kutztown (here)
Football

November

4

November

1

1

Armistice Day Program.
Speaker: Dr. George E. Raiguel
Football
East Stroudsburg (here)

—

November 20
November 21
November 22
November 27
December 9
December 16
December 20
December 2
January 2
January 5
January 12
January 13
January 19

Columbia County Institute
Columbia County Institute
Thanksgiving Recess Begins.
Thanksgiving Recess Ends.

“Y”

Festival.

Dance.
Concert - Maroon and Gold Band
Christmas Recess Begins.
Christmas Recess Ends.

Senior Informal

— Lock Haven (here)
Miss Parnell, Violinist
Basketball — Shippensburg (here)
Basketball

Mid-Year Commencement
Basketball

January 20

First

— Millersville

(here)

Semester Ends.

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January 24
January 27
February 2
February 3
February 9
February 10
February 16
February 23
February 24

March

1

March
March
March
March
March
March
March

2

8

9
14
15
16
18

Second Semester Begins.
Basketball-East Stroudsburg (here)
Basketball
Shippensburg (away)
Basketball
Millersville (away)
Joseph Wagner, Pianist.
Basketball
Mansfield (here)
Basketball
Indiana (away)
West Chester (here)

—
—
—
—

Sophomore

Cotillion

— Montclair (away)
Fowler-Tamaris Ballet.
Basketball — East Stroudsburg
Basketball

(away)
High School Basketball Tournament
High School Basketball Tournament
Kiwanis-Rotary-College Evening
High School Basketball Tournament
High School Basketball Tournament

Lewis Hoskins, Television Demonstrator

Assembly.

March 21
March 26
March 30
April
April
April
April

May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May
May

12

26
27
30
4
1

1

22
23
25
26
27
28

Easter Recess Begins.
Easter Recess Ends.

Freshman Hop
Mixed Chorus Concert
Hc-She Party
Commercial Contest
Hiqh School Invitation Athletic Program.
Commercial Contest Class B
Junior Prom.

May Day
Class work ends at noon.
Senior Banquet and Dance.

ALUMNI DAY
Baccalaureate Sermon.
Senior Day.

Commencement.

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October 1939

21

NEW FACULTY MEMBERS
Five new members of the college faculty assumed their
duties of the opening of the first semester.- The new members
of the college faculty assumed their duties at the opening of
the first semester. The new members are Miss Violet Simpson,
dietitian; Miss M. Beatrice Mettler, nurse; Miss Mary A. Allen,
instructress in business education; Miss Vivian Johnson, first
grade training teacher, and Miss Thelma Shirk, special class
teacher in the training school.

Miss Simpson
Miss Irma Ward.

will

In

fill the vacancy caused by the death of
two instances, changes have been made

as the result of the granting of leaves of absence to regular
members of the faculty who are taking graduate work at the
University of Pennsylvania. The teachers on leave are Miss

Mabel Oxford and Mrs. Amanda Kern Thomas.

Miss Ermine

who

has taught the first grade in the Benjamin Franklin Training School for the past ten years, has retired, and
will live in Georgia.
Miss Simpson, the new dietitian, has a B. S. degree in home
economics from the University of Colorado, and has had additional work in other institutions, including Cornell College,
Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, the University of Iowa, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, Iowa State
College, Ames, Iowa, and Teachers College, Columbia University.
She has had a wide experience in teaching home conomics,
as well as practical experience in tea-room and cafeteria management.
Stanton,

Miss Mettler, the college nurse, replaces
Kline, who was married during the summer. She
of Bucknell University, with an A. B. degree.

Miss Maude

a graduate
is also a
graduate nurse at John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, and has
been a visitor for the Department of Public Assistance.
At
the time of her appointment to the college staff, she was insructress of nurses at the Bloomsburg Hospital.
is

She

Miss Mary A. Allen, instructress in business education, has
a B. S. degree from Bloomsburg, and an M. A. degree at Bucknell.

Miss Vivian Johnson, first grade training teacher, has a
degree from the University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington, and an A. M. degree from Teachers College,
Miss Johnson has been working exColumbia University.
B.

S.

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October 1939

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perimentally with the diagnosis of reading difficulties of young
children at the Teachers College, Columbia University, and with
the clinical work necessary to remedy such difficulties.

Miss Thelma Shirk, teacher of the special class in the
training school, has a B. S. degree from the State Teachers
College at Kutztown, and comes to Bloomsburg on a year’s
leave of absence from the public schools of Northampton, Pa.,
where she has been engaged for a number of years in teaching
special classes for the mentally retarded.

Old Landmark Gone
As the members of the Alumni Association filed out of the
auditorium after the general meeting on Alumni Day, they did
not realize that they were crossing the bridge to Noetling Hall
for the last time.
Yes, the bridge is gone. The work of dismantling the bridge started the week after Alumni Day, and
in a short time it was no more.
All this

was a

part of an alteration

going on around Carver Hall since
with the state program of removing

program that has been

In accordance
hazards from the buildings of all state institutions, two fire towers had already been
added to Carver Hall during the past ten vears. This year
the porch on the north side of the building was removed, and
a third tower has been built.
this spring.

fire

The new tower provided two fire-proof stairways leading
from the stage of the auditorium. It also provides for a corridor
leading into the hall on the first floor, and for additional space
on the stage. The passageway leading from the bridge to the
auditorium has been raised to the stage level, and a small flight
of steps leads from the auditorium level to the stage level. A
similar stairway has been placed to the left of the stage. These
two

to the fireproof stairways at the
provide additional outlets in case of an

flights of steps, leading

rear of

the stage,

emergency.

The
This

stage

is

will provide

now

almost twice as deep as it formerly was.
for larger productions than has been

room

possible up to this time.
level provide facilities for

Four dressing rooms on the stage
changes of costume.

A large window has replaced the doorway leading from
Noetling Hall to the bridge.
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October 1939

23

Dr. Haas Receives Honorary Degree
Dr. Francis B. Haas, former president of the Bloomsburg
State Teachers College, and now State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, was one of the four to receive honorary degrees
from Bucknell University at the university’s eighty-ninth annual

commencement exercises.
Dr. Haas was presented for the degree of Doctor
by Dr. R. H. Rivenburg, dean of Bucknell University.

of

Laws

He

described Dr. Haas’s career as an educator and referred to him as
"the leader in public education in Pennsylvania
an educational

—

statesman".

As President Arnaud C. Marts conferred the honorary
degree on Dr. Haas, he said:
"A commencement at Bucknell would not seem complete
if we should fail to honor the head of a sister college.
This is
one way we have of saying that the war on ignorance, superstition, and narrowness of spirit is a general war which requires
the friendliest of cooperation between all the agencies dedicated
to that end.
It would be impossible to find a friendlier neighbour than the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, and Bucknell
is happy to have this fine college as a friend and ally.
realize that the chief reason for these cordial relations is to be
found in the mind and spirit of Bloomsburg’s president, and we
are happy today to give this public testimony of our admiration

We

for this college

Dr.

marked

and

its president."
the speaker at the Corporation dinner which
the close of Bucknell’s academic year.

Haas was

Recalls “Old Normal’"

A

recent letter from Celeste Kitchen Prutzman, of Truckscontains the following:
"I have been reading the article entitled "An Old Feud
Revived
I was a Callie.
I was at school, we met on
the ground floor in a room at the left as we went into the dining
room. The Philos met in a room at the right. The Callie
motto at that time was “Semper Paratus". I spent Saturday,
May 27, at Bloomsburg, but was unable to be there Friday
evening. If I live till next year, it will be our class reunion,
and I hope to meet some of my classmates. Ten of the thirty
are still living. Best wishes to "Old Normal”.

ville, Pa.,

When

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October 1939

24

Waller Hall Elections
The women
officers

for

the

of Waller Hall have elected the following
coming year:
President, Helen Powell, of

Nanticoke: Vice-President, Mary Sweigart, of Lancaster;
Treasurer, Helen Johnson, of Galeton; Secretary, Virginia
Hughes, of Wilkes-Barre; Junior representatives, Marjorie
Young, of Kingston; Edith R. Benninger, of St. Johns, and
Jessie Schiefer, of Steelton; sophomore representatives, Ruth
Baird, of Mill City, Aleta Stiles, of Red Lion, and Ruth James,
of Taylor; senior representatives, Eleanor Cooper, of Laflin,
Mary Davis, of Kingston, and Betty Larue, of East Berlin.
Members of the governing board of the Day
for
the coming year are- as follows: President, Kathryn Walp, of
Berwick; Vice-President, Barbara Straub, of Berwick; SecreBerwick; Vice-President, Barbara Straub, of Berwick; senior
representatives, Mary Stine, of Numidia and Josephine Brown,
of Bloomsburg; junior representatives, Elda Henrie, of MifFlinville and Ruth Brandon, of Berwick; sophomore representatives, Idajane Shipe of Berwick and Mary Davenport, of Berwick.

Women

Bloomsburg Graduates Poem Appears In Christian Advocate
Through the kindness of Ernest W. Young 80, of St.

QUARTERLY

Paul. Minnesota, the
has received a copy of
the Christian Advocate dated August 7, 1939.
The issue received contains a poem written by a graduate of Bloomsburg.

The poem appears on page

55.

Alumni Marriages
The marriage of Miss Regina McWilliams, of Danville,
and Paul Hartzel, of Bloomsburg, was announced recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartzel were married July 27, 1938 at Middleburg. by the Rev. M. C. Drumm, pastor of the Emanuel Lutheran ( hurch of Middleburg. They are now living in Bloomsburg.
Miss Winifred Follmer, of Bloomsburg, and William T.
Creasy, of Catawissa, were married during the summer by the
Rev. Herman McKay, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church at Winchester, Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Creasy are
now living in Bloomsburg, where the former is employed by the
Department of Public Assistance.

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October 1939

25

M

Th e Alum ni

All Alumni are earnestly requested to inform Dr. E. H. Nelson of all
changes of address.
Many copies of the Alumni Quarterly have been
returned because the subscribers are no longer living at the address on our
files.

GENERAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Board of Directors
R. Bruce Albert
Dr. D.

J.

President

Waller.

Vice-President

Jr

Mrs. C. C. Housenick

Secretary

Harriet Carpenter

Treasurer

Fred

W.

Hervey

B.

D. D. Wright

E. H. Nelson

Diehl

Frank Dennis

Smith

OFFICERS OF LOCAL BRANCHES
Dauphin-Cumberland Counties
Mrs.

President
7

South Fourth

J.

F. Schiefer

Mary

A. Meehan

Street. Steelton. Pa.

Vice-President

2632 Lexington Street. Harrisburg. Pa.
Elizabeth Clancy

Secretary

436 N. 3rd Street. Steelton. Pa.
Treasurer

Paul H. Englehart
1820 Market Street. Harrisburg. Pa.

Lackawanna County
President

Vice-President

Herbert S. Jones
707 North Rebecca Avenue. Scranton. Pa.

Thomas

R.

Rowland

822 Richmont Street. Scranton. Pa.
Adeline Williams

Secretary

810 Archbald Street. Scranton. Pa.

Lydia A. Bohn

Treasurer
227 Stephen Avenue. Scranton, Pa.

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October 1959

26
Luzerne County
Ellen Phebey

President

290

New

Hancock

Street,

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Edison Fischer

Vice-President
30 Market Street, Glen Lyon, Pa.

Secretary

Mrs. Ruth Speary Griffith
67 Carlisle Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Treasurer

Mrs. Lester Bennett
402 North River Street Plainsville, Pa.

Montour County
Miss Harriet Fry

President
3

Bloom

Street, Danville, Pa.

David

Vice-President

W.

Foust

Washingtonville, Pa.

Miss Alice Smull

Secretary

312 Church Street, Danville, Pa.

Ralph McCracken

Treasurer

202 Gearhart Street, Riverside, Pa.

Northumberland County
John R. Boyer

President

Herndon, Pa.
Joseph Shovlin

Vice-President

Kulpmont, Pa.

Miss Ethel Fowler

Secretary

Watsontown, Pa.
Treasurer

S. Curtis

Yocum

Shamokin, Pa.

Philadelphia
Mrs.

President

Norman G. Cool

112 North 50th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mrs. Jennie Yoder Foley

Vice-President

8134 Hennig

Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Corresponding Secretary
Mrs. Lillie Hortman
736 Washington Street, Camden, New Jersey
Recording Secretary
8062 Crispin
Treasurer

Street,

Irish

Mrs. Esther Yeager Castor
Holmesburg, Pa.

Mrs. Nora Woodring Kenney
7011 Erdick Street, Tacony, Philadelphia, Pa.

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October 1939

27
Schuylkill County

Orval Palsgrove

President
Frackville, Pa.

Ray

Vice President
33 Cresson

Leidich

Tremont, Pa.

St.,

Kathryn M. Spencer

Vice President
113 South

Main

St.,

Mahanoy

Gity, Pa.

Anthony

Vice President

J.

Flennery

Lost Creek, Pa.

A. Symbal

Vice President

Shenandoah, Pa.
Michael Walaconis

Vice President

Ringtown, Pa.

Vice President

Mrs. Marion T.

Adams

Nuremberg, Pa.

George Sharpe

Secretary

4H

Center Street, Ashland, Pa.

Frank

Treasurer

239

W. Mahanoy

Ave.,

Mahanoy

Meenahan

J.

City, Pa.

Snyder-Union Counties
Louis Pursley

President

Lewisburg, Pa.

Helen Keller

Vice-President
Mifflinburg, Pa.

Mary Lodge

Secretary
Mifflinburg, Pa.

Treasurer

Ruth Fairchilds
R. D.

4,

Lewisburg, Pa.

Wyoming-Susquehanna Counties
Susan Jennings Sturman

President

Tunkhannock, Pa.

Eva Lloyd

Vice-President
Secretaries:

Lena

Thompson, Pa.

—
Hillis

Marsh

Tunkhannock, Pa.

Frances Kinner

Hallstead,

Treasurer

Pa.

Francis Shaughnessy

Tunkhannock, Pa.

Columbia County
President

Harold Hidlay
Orangeville, Pa.

Vice-President

Maurice E. Houck
Berwick, Pa.

Secretary

Mrs. Grover Shoemaker

Bloomsburg, Pa.
Treasurer

Mrs. Harlan R. Snyder
Catawissa, Pa.

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October 1939

28

THE PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI

How We Hid It
— in

We

have been asked many times

to tell

"How

We

Did

It

how

the Philadelphia Alumni Association
developed and grew into such a fine organization. Well, we
might say "The most of it was planning and the rest of it was
work."
attribute most of the success to the untiring and
unselfish efforts of our founder and President Mrs. Florence
Hess Cool ’88 and her great love for her Alma Mater and everything Bloomsburg.

other words,

We

full of interesting happenings
personalities that we find it difficult to tell the full story.
are grateful for all the help we have received. Everybody
contacted was so responsive and so generous that the spirit
of Bloomsburg is a great power.
In March, 1931, Willie Morgan Stein and Jennie Yoder
Foley 08, having heard that Mrs. Cool had been working for
some years on the idea of forming an association to bring together the graduates in Philadelphia and vicinity, called upon
Mrs. Cool and offered their assistance.

These years have been so

and

We

The
planned

reunion and banquet was
be held May 6, 1931. At that

first

to

reunion the association was formed and
Mrs.
the following officers were elected:
Florence Hess Cool 88, President; Willie
_
Morgan Stein 08, Vice-President; Jennie
/
J
Yoder Foley 08, Secretary; Julia Sharpless Fegley '95, Treas.
Monthly lunch\ Mp**
eon meetings were arranged for at Gimbel's and held on the second Saturday of
each month from October to April in the
Paul Revere Rom of the seventh floor
JKsk
restaurant.
The meetings have filled a
/jggia
great need.
At these meetings, informal
in character, we come together and visit
over a cup of tea or a full course dinner, as we desire.
renew the old school friendships, and have enjoyed nine years
of communion.
extend a cordial invitation to any and
every alumnus who finds himself or herself in Philadelphia on a

d

We

We

second Saturday to drop
monthly luncheon meeting

in

for

this

a

friendly chat.

Come!
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Our

year will be held October

October 1939

first

14.

29

We

are planning for our tenth annual reunion to be held
Mark
Bellevue-Stratford Saturday, April 28, 1940.
your calendar now. No time like the present. Would you
If you would,
like to see some special friend there that night?
get in touch with that friend now, and plan to meet at the
Bellevue-Stratford, North Garden, Saturday, April 28, 1940.
Every reunion has been a joyful occasion for loyal and enthusare thrilled with pride
iastic Alumni, relatives, and friends.
in a school that can produce such a fine gathering of men and

at

the

We

women.
Bloomsburg has always been known as a character builder.
see for yourself to what a fine group you belong.

Come and

We

are greatly indebted to our beloved President, Dr.
Francis B. Haas, and to our faithful teachers who contributed
are proud of our Alma Mater and
so much to our success.
the men and women who are responsible for its high standing.

We

To them

We

College.
burg, but

all

honor and praise.

are sad right now, because Dr. Haas has left the
You all know the fine record he has made at Blooms-

we probably

never shall

We do

done for our school.
Mater in the front rank

know

just how much he has
that he has placed our Alma

know

of State Teachers Colleges, and we, the
Philadelphia organization, desire to extend to him our very
best wishes, and congratulate him on his appointment to this
very high position to which he has twice been appointed.
Bloomsburg is honored indeed to have had two presidents
like Dr. David j. Waller, Jr., of the Old Regime, and Dr. Francis B. Haas of the New.
Do not forget the luncheon dates: second Saturdays at
Gimbels. The Christmas party will be held on the December
luncheon date, Saturday, December 9. All are invited.

Autumn has come again with a swiftness that we could
hardly realize. Vacation times are over, and we begin once
more our monthly luncheons Saturday, October 14, to continue
on the second Saturday of each month until April. This year
we expect real growth and expansion, and we have some real
surprises for you.
Mrs. Marguerite Nearing, teacher of Domestic Arts in
the schools of Wilmington, Delaware, went to the Pacific
coast this summer for a trip that lasted two months. She took
the northern route to Banff, Lake Louise, Vancouver, Seattle,
Portland, and down to California, where she saw the Redwoods,
World’s Fair, and all points of interest in the Pacific Northwest. She reports that she enjoyed her trip immensely, but was
glad to get back and see the mountains of the East.
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October 1939

30
Irene Hortman ’24, also a teacher in the Wilmington
schools, spent her vacation in Maine, Pennsylvania, Cape May,
Jersey, and from there took a tour through some of the

New

southern states.

The

picnics that
at Willow

September

were scheduled for July, August, and
Grove Park were cancelled because no

reservations had been made.

Last year our organization pledged one hundred dollars
Student Loan Fund as a testimonial to Dr. David J.
Waller, Jr., who has done so much for our college, and who
is beloved by all who know him.
to the

Gertrude Miller Postle, of California, a sister of Mabel
Parker Kitchen, with her son and two daughters, attended the
Kitchen reunion at Benton in July. The Kitchens have been
located in California for a

number

of years.

Maude

Keiper Hough, of Shenandoah, and Mrs. Edward
Shoemaker spent some time during the summer in Eagles Mere,
Pa.,

and

vicinity.

We

were pained to hear of the deaths of John K. Miller
and H. Mont Smith.
Anna Benjamin 06, of Middletown, Delaware, is returning after a summer spent in Maine.
Dr. J. F. McDonnell, of Jenkintown, was the subject of a
very interesting article

in the Jenkintown Times-Chronicle,
printed in the issue of July 7, 1938. Mr. McDonnell operates
a large drug store in Jenkintown, with a staff of five pharmacists
and over half a million prescriptions in its files. Associated
with Dr. McDonnell are his two sons. Dr. J. F. McDonnell, Jr.,
and Dr. John N. McDonnell. Dr. and Mrs. McDonnell, both
Bloomsburg graduates, are very active members of the Philadelphia Alumni Association.
Lillie

Hortman Irish, Corresponding Secretary,
736 Washington Street, Camden, N. J.

Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss
Ruth V. Williams and William H. Young. The marriage
took place April 7, 1939, in the parsonage of the Westminister
Presbyterian Church of Wilkes-Barre. The officiating minister
was the Rev. William Herbert Sugden. Mr. Young is a teacher in the Hanover Township schools.

Miss Marian Bellamy has been elected
Nescopeck schools.

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October 1939

to a position in the

31

1874

The

three surviving member of the class of 1874 are all
living in Florida.
They are Mr. and Mrs. George V. Mears,
1611 Ionia Street, Jacksonville, and J. K. Bittenbender, Box
697, Winter Park.
Mrs. Mears was Lucy E. Perkins before
her marriage. Mr. Bittenbender is the contributor of an interesting article which is printed elsewhere in this issue of the
Quarterly.

18 75

Miss Lorena C. Evans, a teacher of German in the Central
High School in Harrisburg for many years, died Wednesday,
June 28, at the Braker Memorial Home in New York City.
One of the oldest retired teachers of Harrisburg, Miss Evans
taught at Central most of the thirty-five years of her service.
Miss Evans was born January 5, 1851, began teaching in Harrisbug in 1881, and retired in June, 1916.

1876
Miss May Stephenson is living with a friend in Chestertown, Maryland. Her address is Box 222, Chestertown. She
gradually losing her sight because of a cataract, but views her
approaching blindness heroically, saying "I am among friends,
and when it comes I can still knit and listen to the radio.
Don't worry about me".
is

1883

The Quarterly has been informed
Abbie E. Mack. Miss

Mack

of the death of Miss
died last November, the day after

Thanksgiving.

Lizzie

1884
Crago (Mrs. John T. Pethick)

lives at

824 Delaware

Avenue, Scranton, Pa.

1885
Miss Florence Cawley

lives in Milton, Pa.

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October 1939

32

1886

The Quarterly has been informed

Ada Tenbrook

of the death of Mrs.
Russell, of Turbotville, Pa.
Mrs. Russell died

two years ago.

Marion A. Kline. Attorney-at-Law, is located at 507-511
Majestic Building. Cheyenne, Wyoming. In a recent letter he
states:
I am still working every day and have been very
successful in my work. Most of my work at present consists in representing insurance companies as attorney for
the defense, which is at present a very profitable business.
son. M. A. Kline. Jr., who is a graduate of the University of Wyoming, and who was formerly associated
with me in the practice here, is now Assistant Attorney
General of the state.
Cheyenne is on the main transcontinental highway and railroad between New York and
San Francisco, and also has one of the largest airports in
the United States.
The United Air Lines have about five
hundred employees at this point, and also have a north
and south air line with headquarters at Cheyenne.

My

We

would be pleased

have any graduates of Bloomsburg
who have occasion to pass through Cheyenne, to look
to

us up.

1888

Mary Taylor
Scranton, Pa.

Jones lives at 632 North
In a recent letter she states:

Main Avenue,

Three of my four daughters and I were present at the
Centennial.
The fourth daughter was graduated from Columbia University Tuesday, June 4.
went down to attend
th; commencement, and that one made twenty-six commencement- that I have attended. I am willing now to wait a few
years before attending any more.’’

We

1891
Josephine Leyshon (Mrs.
ferson Avenue. Scranton, Pa.

W.

A. Moyer)

lives at

243

Jef-

1892
Katie F. Becker (Mrs. Alvin A. Read) lives at the Alden
Court Apartment, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mrs. Read's name was
printed in the April Quarterly in the list of names of those
whose addresses were unknown.

1893
Edna H. Santee (Mrs. Adam Huntzinger)
East 20th Street, Cleveland, Ohio.

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October 1939

lives at

1905

33

1894
Adelaide Ellsworth Weston,
Main Street, Jamestown, N. Y.

M.

D., lives at

413 North

1901
E. Joe Albertson is Editor of the Peekskill Evening Star,
Peekskill, N. Y,
Donald F. Ikeler 'll is associated with Mr.
Albertson as General Manager.

1902
Edith Curtis

lives at

424 Summit Avenue, Westfield,

New

Jersey.

1903
H. Walter Riland is executive secretary of the Bedfore
Branch of the Y. M. C. A. in Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs.
Riland were recently honored at a luncheon by the members of
the branch board of managers, members of the branch staff, and
wives of the latter.
TV)- occasion marked the completion by Mr. Riland of
twenty-five years of sercive on the staff of the Bedford Y. M.
C. A., first as an associate secretary in charge of program, and
since 1926 as executive secretary.
It was while Mr. Riland was program director that the
Bedfore Branch became nationally known as the place from
which the late Dr. S. Parkes Cadman broadcast the first extensive series of religious addresses to go on the air when radio

was

in its infancy.

1906
principal of the Junior-Senior High
School at Hicksville,
York. Miss Farley attended several
of the summer sessions at the Pennsylvania State College, and
later received her B. S. and M. A. at
York University.
She is National Chairman of the Loan Fund Board of Phi

Mabel R. Farley

is

New

New

Lambda Theta.
1908
Florence G. Beddall lives at Dreycott Apartments, A-l,

1908

1909
Almah Wallace Scholl, of Aztec, Arizona, attended the
summer session of the University of Southern California at Los
Angeles.

The address of Olive A. Major has been changed from
6520 Rogers Avenue, Merchantville, N. J. to 152 Stoneway
Lane, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa.

The

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October 1939

34

1910

The death of Raymond Weaver, a
port, was reported at the class reunion.

dentist in

McKees-

Lois Yost Smith lives at 13837 Ashton Road, Detroit. Her
husband, the Rev. H. G. Weston Smith, is pastor of the Grand
River Baptist Church, in Detroit.

Ida Smith Conrey’s twin daughters have just been graduated from Westhampton College, Virginia. Her son Henry
was recently graduated from Penn State.

He

Robert Metz is superintendent of schools at Ashley, Pa.
has obtained a B. A. and M. S. since his graduation from

Bloomsburg.

Emma

MacFarlane has taught first grade in Hazleton for
She has a Ph. B. from Muhlenberg College.

twenty-nine years.

Bertha Brobst, a teacher in the Berwick schools, has received her backelor’s degree at Temple University.
Lester Burlingame has a plumbing and heating business
Bloomsburg.

Helen Thompson
Kingston High School.
John Skweir

is

is

teaching second year Latin in the

Deputy Attorney General

Bertha Polley Oakes
O.E.S. in Union, N. Y.

in

is

the

new matron

of Pennsylvania.

of

Maine Chapter

Nora Geise spent July and August at the International
Youth Conference at Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Charles Morris has helped to obtain scholaships for over

two hundred young people.

Georgena McHenry Sharadin is 1910’s busiest mother.
She has eleven children six boys and five girls.

—

Jennie

Scott

Herberg

Street, Phoenix, Arizona.

lives at 1216 West Van Buren
She has taught her way across the

United States, and is now tutoring children on Eastern families
who visit the Valley of the Sun.
Elizabeth Reeder Fisher lives on a farm at Frenchtown,
She recently visited Blanche Mertz Bergen at
Jersey.
Belle Mead, New Jersey, who also lives on a farm.

New

Julia

Brill

teaches English Composition at Pennsylvania

State College.

Anita Barletta de Fernandez sailed back to Puerto Rico
on June first with her son Manuel, who has been attending

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October 1939

35
Juniata College.
Rico.

The

Her address

is

Box 1550, San

Juan. Puerto

following attended their twenty-ninth reunion on

May

27:

Hilda Altmiller Taylor, Lester Burlingame, Bertha Brobst.
Louella Burdick Sinquett, Effie Edwards Potter, Agnes Freas
Keiser. Ruby Gearhart, Nora Geise, Grace Gilner Zane. Maurice Houck, Florence Huebner Buckalew, Charles Keeler, Olive
Kresge Montanye, Grace Krumm Savidge, Sara Lewis, Anna
McBride Girton, Emma MacFarlane, Georgena McHenry Sharadin, Robert Metz, Charles Morris, Magaret Oliver Walton,
Bartha Polley Oakes. Charles Potter, Tracy Roberts, Anna
Sachs Allen, John Skweir, Ida Smith Conrey, Mabel Smith

Ward, Enola Snyder Evans, and Helen Thompson.
The class meeting was conducted by the president, Charles
Potter.
A roll call was taken by the secretary, and Enola
Snyder Evans read her
be made

half of the class history.

to obtain the other half, written

An

effort will

by John Steckroth,

deceased, for the 30th reunion in 1940.

Anyone knowing
report

to

the

the addresses of the following will please

secretary,

Avenue, Collingswood,

Agnes Freas

New

Keiser,

123

Haddon

Jersey:

Sara Bond. Margaret Cain. Hubert Gleason. May Klase,
Klopp, Georgia Krepps, Theodore Anna Muir, Ida
Mummey, Florence Pennington, Margaret Ratchford, Josephine
Reynolds, Sarah O’Malley, Abraham Zinkoff, Abraham Zwenigorodsky.

Warren

1911
L.

North

May

Steiner (Mrs. George E.
12th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Ann Williams

lives at

Gamble)

lives at

2811

1950 East 93rd Street, Cleveland,

Ohio.
Dr. Donald B. McHenry, prominent Danville physician,
died at his home Sunday, June 5, after an illness of two years.
He received his education in the school at Stillwater, and
was graduated from Bloomsburg in 1911, and from Jefferson
Medical College in 1915. He served his interneship in Pittsburgh, and later served on the staff of the Wernersville State
Hospital.
When the World War broke out, he enlisted in
the medical corps and served with the English army in France
for two years.
After his return to this country, he opened
an office in Orangeville in 1924.
year later, he moved to
Danville, where he was practicing at the time of his death.

A

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36

He was

a member of the Columbia County Medical AssoAmerican Legion, the Masonic fraternity in Danville, and Caldwell Consistory, and the Methodist Church.
He was a member of the staff of the Bloomsburg Hospital. He
has been vice-president of the Montour County Trust Company
ciation. the

in

Danville since 1932.
He is survived by his wife, a

sister, Miss Marjorie McHenry, of Westbury, N. Y., and a brother, H. Edgar McHenry,
of Bloomsburg. The body was taken to Harrisburg for burial.

1912

Emma

Hartranft (Mrs. C.

L.

Tyler) lives at 413 Fifth

Street. Irwin, Pa.

Charlotte Koehler lives at 31

Cobb Avenue, White

Plains.

N. Y.
(Mrs. Herbert L. McCord) of Chicago, Illinois,
Monday morning, July 10, after an illness of ten months.
Mrs. McCord has for the past nineteen years been a teacher in
the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, where she served as a
Iris Ikeler

died

member of the radio staff and gave programs for shut-ins and
lessons in Bible study. Mrs. McCord was a native of Benton,
Pa., where she taught for several years after her graduation
from Bloomsburg.

She

is

The body was brought

to

Benton

survived by her husband, her mother, and one

for burial.
sister.

1913
Olive R. Breisch has been teaching for several years in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Her address is 7903 East Washington
Street.

Mary

E. Collins died at the Geisinger Hospital in

Dan-

Sunday. June 11, Miss Collins became ill in February, and
had been a patient in the Geisinger Hospital four times. She
was removed to the hospital again when her condition became
ville

serious, but the efforts of the hosptial staff failed to prolong her
life.

Miss Collins was born

in

Shamokin, November

17,

1892.

After her graduation from Bloomsburg. she taught in New
Jersey for two years, after which she returned to Shamokin to
teach in the Washington school, a position which she held
until the time of her death.

Florence Love Lee

lives at

Wyalusing. Pa.

1915
Llerena) lives at 365 Rua
Brazil.
Mrs. Llerena reher son Eduardo, who is a

Alma M. Baer (Mrs. Eduardo

Prudente de Moraes, Rio de Janeiro,
cently

came

to the States to visit

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October 1939

37
student at the Wharton School of Finance and
University of Pennsylvania.

Commerce

at the

Helen E. Harris (Mrs. George W. Aliton) lives at 4 North
She is president of the
Street, Port Jervis, N. Y.
Parent-Teacher Association in that City.

Broome

Helene Mitchell (Mrs. Irwin R. Weaver) lives in New
Holland, Pa. After her graduation she taught for six years
in Kingston, Pa.
She was married in 1920 to Irwin R. Weaver,
assistant cashier of the Farmers’ National Bank of New Holland. She taught fourteen years in Lancaster.
She states that
since then she has been performing the duties of a housewife,
coaching amateur plays, tutoring, and painting.

1916
Blanche Robbins Rishel

lives

at

1145 Highland Street,

Petersburg, Florida, where she is teaching third
grade in the Glen Oak School.
She has been spending the
summer in Pennsylvania.

South,

St.

Helen Hartman (Mrs. John Bradford)
Avenue, Nashville, Tenn.
Lela Drake
East, Charleston,

Hemingway lives
West Virginia.

at

lives

on Draugson

1612 Virginia Street,

1918
Harold

J.

Peqg

is

principal of the Roosevelt Junior

High

School, Altoona, Pa.

1919
Lucia E. Hammond (Mrs. Robert L. Wheeler)
361 Lancaster Acenue, Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Priscilla

Young McDonald

lives

at

169-16

lives at

110th Road,

Jamacia, N. Y.

1920

Mary Mauser (Mrs. Roy Fry)
Street,

lives at

952

West Main

Bloomsburg, Pa.

1921
Miss Hester Henrie and Wilbur Aten, of Mifflinville, were
married Sunday, September 3, in their new home in Mifflinville.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev. George Frownfelter,
pastor of the Mifflinville Methodist Church. Mrs. Aten taught
for some time in the Orchard Street building, in Berwick.
Mr.
Aten has a grocery store in Bloomsburg.
Miss Anna C. Garrison, a member of the faculty
Benjamin Franklin Training School, and Harry W.

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of the
Scott,

October 1939

38

Bloomsburg constractor. were married Wednesday, August 2.
at the St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Williamsport.
The Rev.
Harry W. Miller, brother-in-law of the bride, was the officiating
minister. Mr. and Mrs. Scott are now living in their new home
at 570 East Second Street, Bloomsburg.

1923
Franklin Smith, of Wvoming, died Tuesday, August 8,
at the Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.
He is survived by his
wife and children.
).

F. H. Vanderslice, of Bloomsburg, died in the Bloomsburg
Hospital Tuesday, July 4, from peritonitis, following an operation for appendicitis. At the time of his death, he was employed
in the state treasury department at Harrisburg.
He is survived

by

his wife, three children,

Olwen

and three

E. James lives at 254

sisters.

Church

Street, Edwardsville,

Pa.

Members

of

the

Rural

Group

of

the

class

of

1923 of

Bloomsburg State Teachers College met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Major, Dallas. Pennsylvania, June 24. This
was the sixth basket picnic that this group has held since graduation.
Seven girls of the original eleven were present with
their families.
While the men pitched quoits, the girls talked
over past school days and enjoyed looking through the Obiter.
It was such a delightful occasion that the ladies decided to make
it an annual affair.
Mrs. Leona Williams Moore was chosen
president and Elma Major as secretary.
The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs. Ruth Geary Beagle, Danville.
R. D. 5, sometime in June 1940.
Those present: Mrs. Leona Williams Moore and husband, Howard. Dallas: Mrs. Ruth Geary Beagle, husband,
Ralph, and children. Donald and Anne, Danville: Mrs. Sarah
Levan Leighow, husband, David, son Dale, Catawissa; Miss
Rachael Evans, Orangeville: Mrs. Mary Kline Johnson, husband. Renzie, son Clair, Millville: Miss Emily Craig, Catawissa:
Miss Elma Major, Dallas: Miss Miriam Welliver, Danville:
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sidler, daughter, Joanne, Tunhannock:
Miss Bessie Levan, Catawissa: Roy Reichenback, Danville:
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Beagle, Danville: Mary Ellen and
Patricia Clark, Dallas: Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Major, Dllas.

1924
Bessie Singer Shaffer lives at 824 Cherry Street, Williamsport, Pa.
of

Miss France M. Hahn, West Pittston, and Carl D. Blose,
Allentown, were married in July in the First Methodist

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October 1939

39

Church at West Pittston. Mrs. Blose has for several years
been a teacher in the junior high school at West Pittston, and
Mr. Blose is supervising principal of the Monococy public
schools. Their present address is 431 East First Street, Birdsboro. Pa.

Beulah Deming (Mrs. Willard Gibson)

Alice Budd
Louis, Missouri.

Dwyer

Marjorie Davey
dale,

lives

lives at

at

8956

lives in

Windom

Uniondale,

Avenue,

St.

1414 Westside Avenue, Hones-

Pa.

1927

Mary Twarowski and

Carl Drapiewski, of Nanticoke, were
married Saturday, September 9, at the St. Francis Church in
Nanticoke.

1929
Theodore Davis is Principal of the Lincoln School, Englewood, New Jersey.
Hortense Evans (Mrs. Evan Hagenbuch) lives at 58
East Fourth Street. Berwick, Pa.
Miss Margaret Garvey, of Homesville and Martin McDonald, Jr., of Girardville were married Saturday, July 8, in St.
Joseph’s Church at Girardville, by the Rev. John Griffiths,
assistant rector.
Mrs. McDonald has been teaching in the
Butler Township School at Lavelle, and Mr. McDonald is
employed in the office at Locust Summit Central Breaker.

1930

_

Miss Geraldine Ellen Hess and Clarence A. Ruch, both
of Berwick, were married Saturday, July 8, at the Grace Lutheran Church in Berwick. The Rev. H. R. Shipe officiated at the
marriage.
Mrs. Ruch has been teaching sixth grade in the
Orange Street Building in Berwick, and Mr. Ruch is a member
of the faculty of the Berwick High School.
Miss Dorothy Wilson, of Bolivar, New York, and John
Eroh, also of Bolivar, were married Monday, July 31, in the
They are now
St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Bloomsburg.
living in Bolivar.

Lois

DeMott has

resigned her position in the Millville

High School to accept a similar position at Milford, Delaware.
Seymour Stere has been elected teacher of social studies
and English in the Millville High School. Mr. Stere has been
serving for some time as principal of the Greenwood Township
schools.

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October 1939

40

Miss Antoinette Gentile, of Wilke-Barre, and Maurice
Capablanca, of Yonkers, N. Y., were married Saturday, June
24, at Pittston.
Mrs. Capablanca has been teaching in the

High School.
Miss Helen M. Morgan, of Danville, and Clyde R. Daubert, of Hartleton, were married at Winchester, Virginia, on
Wednesday, April 26. Mrs. Daubert has for the past nine
years been teacher of third grade in the Danville schools.
Pittston

Richard Frymire, of Bloomsburg, and Miss Pauline KelchLime Ridge, were married Saturday, June 17, by the
Rev. D. Lyold Bomboy, pastor of the Buckhorn Lutheran
church. Mr. Frymire is employed by Vaughn’s bakery, Berner, of

wick, and

is

a

member

of the

Bloomsburg

Town

Council.

1931
Miss Kathryn Wenner, of Drums, and Merlyn Tacher, of
Wilkes-Barre, were married Tuesday, August 8, in St. John’s
Reformed Church. St. Johns.

1932
Ivor Robbins has been elected to a position in the Shickshinny High School.

Miss Hazel Small, of Cleveland Township, Columbia
County, and Arthur Rumble, of Numidia, were married Friday,
June 30, in the St. Paul United Brethren Church at Esther
Furnace. The Rev. J. H. Dunham, of Catawissa, officiated.
Mrs. Rumble has for the past seven years been teaching in the
Cleveland Township schools.

Miss Mildred Shiner has been elected teacher of fourth
in the Nescopeck schools.
She has been a substitute
teacher in Nescopeck for the past three years.
grade

Lois M. Heppe (Mrs. Percy M. Rosenberger) lives
Greenwood Street, Harrisbug. She has two sons.

at

2128

1933
Karl Getz is an instructor of music in the Junior High
School at Johnson City, New York.
Miss Mary E. Betterly, of Bloomsburg. received her Master's degree at the close of the summer session at the Pennsylvania State College.

Robert B. Parker, who is teaching in Bellville, New Jersey,
received his Masters’ degree at the close of the summer session
at the Pennsylvania State College.

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October 1939

41

1934
Miss Ruth Welliver, of Berwick, and Robert M. Seely,
formerly of Beach Haven, were married Thursday, August 3
in the First Presbyterian Church in Berwick.
The Rev. Gladstone P. Cooley, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony.
Mrs. Seely has been employed in the Department of Public
Instruction at Harrisburg. Mr. Seely, a graduate of the Pennsylvania State College, is employed by the General Steel Casting Corporation at Essington, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Seely are now
living at 568 Mohawk Avenue, Norwoor, Pa.
Robert M. Hutton, a member of the faculty of the Bloomsburg High School, received his master's degree at New York
University in June.

Alfred L. Vandling, of MifFlinville, received his master
degree at New York University in June.

s

1935

Bowman

(Mrs. V. F. McKelvey) has been
elected president of the Wisconsin Dames Club, an organization composed of mothers and wives of students at the University of Wisconsin.
Mr. McKelvey is assistant professor of
geology at the University, and is working for his doctor’s

Genevieve

degree.

1936
Earl Kershner, of Berwick, has been elected principal of
the Franklin School at Feltonville, Pa. Mr. Kershner has for
the past three years been located in Chester as a salesman for
the Goodrich Tire Company.

Karthryn Brobst, of Bloomsburg,

is

teaching in the schools

of Bethel, Pa.

Miss Beatrice Eisenhauer, of Mifflinville, and the Rev.
William H. Siegel, of Ruffsdale, were married in July at St.
John’s Lutheran Church, Mifflinville. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. H. Young, assisted by the Rev. Arthur
Knoebel.
The Rev. Mr. Siegel is pastor of the Reformed
church at Rulfsdale.

Miss Martha Jean Krick and Adam Yocum, both of Milton,
were married Wednesday, July 26, at the First Evangelical
Church in Milton, by the Rev. William I. Shambaugh, pastor
of the church.

The engagement of Robert W. Savage, of Catawissa, and
Elizabeth C. Naile, of East Norristown, was announced recently.

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October 1939

42

Miss Naile is a graduate of the Norristown High School
and the Montgomery Heights Nurses Training School. Mr.
Savage is employed at the James Lee and Sons Company at
Bridgeport, near Norristown.

1937
Marie Davis and Thomas Davison were married March
1939.

19.

They

are

Beatrice Corle

now
is

living at Arlington, Virginia.

living

at

211

East Park Street, Lock

Haven, Pa.
Miss Anna Jean Laubach, of Berwick, and Earl Gehrig,
were married Saturday, July 15, at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Berwick.
The officiating ministers were
the Rev. A. W. Smith, pastor at Berwick, and the Rev. E. L.
Mrs.
Leisey, pastor of the Lutheran Church at Danville.
Gehrig has for the past two years been teaching in the high
school at Muncy, and Mr. Gehrig is a member of the faculty of
the Danville High School.
of Danville,

Edward Webb and Dolores Clancy were married Monday,
4, at St. Lawrence's Church in Harrisburg. They are

September

now

living

in

Pottsville,

where Mr.

Webb

is

employed with

Unemployment Compensation Bureau.
Miss Ruth Arlyn Kramm, of McEwensville, and Harold

the

T. Moser, of Turbotville, were married

Monday

evening, July

The
and Reformed Church.
ceremony was performed by the Rev. P. A. DeLong, assisted by
the Rev. C. S. Rudisell, of the St. James Lutheran Church at
Turbotville.
Mrs. Moser has been teaching for the past two
years in McEwensville.
Mr. Moser is employed by the Dewart Milk Products Company.
in

24,

St.

John’s

Evangelical

Amanda Babb and Harold

Fagley, both of Summit Station,

were married Easter Sunday, 1939. Glayds Brennan,
was maid of honor.
Pa.,

37,

Lamar K. Blass, who has been teaching in the Catawissa
High School, has resigned to accept a position in the faculty
at

New

Holland, Pa.

Helen Seesholtz, of Lime Ridge, is teaching in the FallOverland Vocational School at Mill City.
Mary Helen Mears is teaching in the commercial department of the Hamburg High School. She has been teaching at
Mountain Top.

Don Ruckle is teaching at Trafford, Pa.
Miss Mary Agnes Trembley, of Lime Ridge,
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43
elected to a position in Staurt Hall, a private school in Staunton, Virginia.
She will teach handwriting and serve as assistant in French.

Aerio Fetterman has been elected to the faculty of the
Locust Eownship High School at Numidia.
He will teach
English and social studies.

1938
Miss Helen Weaver, of Bloomsburg spent the months of
She attended the sessions
July and August touring Europe.
of the World Youth Conference at Amsterdam. Miss Weaver
is a teacher in the Mainville Consolidated School.

Miss Mary McGeehan, and Edward J. Logue, both of
Kingston, were married Satuday, June 24 at the St. Ignatius
Church in Kingston.

1939

Anna Orner

teaching in Appalachia, Virginia.

is

Lois Farmer is teaching commercial subjects in the high
school at Portland, Pa.

Miriam Utt

is

teaching in Phillipsburg, Pa.

Alex McKechnie has been elected
Shickshinny High School.

to

a position

in

the

Donnabelle Smith, of Sunbury, is teaching commercial subRalph Township High School at Elysburg, Pa.

jects in the

Harriet Kocher is teaching social studies
subjects at Souderton, Pa.
Isaiah

Bomboy

is

and commercial

teacher of Latin at Forksville, Pa.

Alvin Lipfert has been elected principal at Forksville, Pa.

Sara Ellen Dersham is
Watsontown High School.
Betty Savage

is

teaching commercial subjects in the

teaching Latin and coaching

girls’ athletics

at Mifflinville, Pa.

Ray McBride

is

teaching commercial subjects in the Ber-

wick High School.
Tirzah Coppes, of Muncy, has been elected teacher of
Latin in the Milton

High School.

1939

Ralph Baker has been elected teacher
Township, Union County.

in the

Cowan

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Miss Marguerite Lonergan, of Berwick, has been elected
teacher of commercial subjects in the Mount Joy High School.
269 Washington Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island.
Miss Jean Haas, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Francis B.
Haas, was graduated from Oberlin College at the commence-

ment held there

in June.

Red
Fred Houck
High School.

education at

Miss Haas

is

now

teaching physical

Lion, Pa.
is

a

member

of the faculty of the Catawissa

Harold Coblentz has been elected head football coach at
Williamstown High School. Mr. Coblentz will also teach
commercial subjects in the high school and assist in coaching
the

other sports besides football.

Charles Rovenolt, of Turbotville, who has been teaching
North Wales, has been elected to teach industrial arts and
direct the band at the Scott Township High School, Espy, Pa.

at

New Poetry Quarterly Magazine

Published

A

new poetry quarterly which critics have rated as containing work of first class literary value has been published
and edited by Miss Eleanor Sands, formerly of Benton, now a
teacher in Bloomfield,
Jersey.
The first issue contains one of Miss Sands' own work, and
the work of two other poets, Mrs. Helen Newman Ash, of
Wheaton, Illinois, and Mrs. Margaret Unbewust Soroka, of
Bradford, Mass.
The three contributors were all born and
reared in Benton. Their interest in poetry has grown with the
years, and through their friendship they have exchanged work
for criticism.
Together, they cherished the idea of a poetry
magazine and found it with the thought in mind that it should
be designed to discover new poets.
The editorial staff, which included Miss Sands as editor,
with Mrs. Seroka and Mrs. Ash as associates, has published
verse frequently in poetry magazines throughout the country.
The associate editors are well-known verse writers for Boston
and Chicago papers.

New

The autumn number will appear in October, and Miss
Sands hopes to print the work of some hitherto unheard-of verse
writers whose poems are fresh and vital.
So far the staff has
received a heterogeneous collection of contributions from all
parts of the country, representing a wide scope of ideas. The
editors wish the magazine to have a cosmopolitan flavor, and to

be open to

all

new

interests in

modern

contributions from competent poets.

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They welcome

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The following
tained

in

list

is recorded from the information conThere are more than HOO graduates for

of graduates

our Alumni

files.

whom we have

no address. Please help us correct the Alumni Direcof graduates will continue serially in the Quarterly
until completed.
Where state is omitted in the address, it is understood
to be Pennsylvania.

The

tory.

list

CLASS OF

Bertha Allen, Assistant Postmaster’s Office, Seattle, Wash.;
Mrs. Edna Arnold Jackson, 711 Peach St., Peckville; George
C. Baker, 213 W. Main St., Moorestown, N. J.; Mrs. Clara
Bergstresser Fox, 808 W. Main St., Norristown; Walter S. Brooke, Greenwich, Conn.; Mrs. Mary Colvin Siptroth, R. D.
No. 3, Clark's Summit;
Mrs. Fannie Comstock Smith, Estancia. N. Mex.; Anna Conlan. 570 Hazle
Ave., Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Emma Cortright Shelly, 17 W. Ross St.. WilkesBarre; Bessie Coughlin. 18 Bedford St.. Forty Fort; Bessie Creveling, 714
East Third St., Sloomsburg; Mrs. Edna Crouse Harrison, Orangeville;
Mary B. Dailey, 547 Carey Ave.. Wilkes-Barre: Luzetta J. Davis. 334 East
4th St., Berwick; G. Edward Elwell, Bloomsburg; Nevin T. Englehart,
Bloomsburg; Mrs. Marguerite Eshleman Sweeten, 6523 E. Maple Ave.,
Merchantsville, N. J.; Anna M. Fagan, 583 N. Church St., Hazleton; Elizabeth B. Fox, 127 N. Jardin St., Shenandoah; Mrs. Martha Francis Prestwood, Taylor; Bessie K. Grimes, 415 Main St, Catawissa; Ezra Gruver,
17 N. Brown St., Lewistown; Mrs. Jean Gunton Alexander, 36 Marian
Highland, Forty Fort; Wm. H. Hagenbuch, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Sarah Harris
Stubbs, 962 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Blanche Hartman
221 Stephen Ave., Scranton; Mrs. Gertrude Hartman Dildine, OrSteinle
angeville; Mrs. Frances Heacock Davis, R. D. No. 3, Bloomsburg; Rowland
Hemingway, Jamieson Apts., 209 4th Ave., Warren; Mrs. Vera Hemingway
Housenick, 364 East Main St.. Bloomsburg; Gregory Higgins, Carbondale;
Julia M. Higgins, 311 W. Cherry St., Shenandoah; Wm. G. Jenkins, 192
Church St., Edwardsville; Arthur E. Keiber, 1128 W. 16th St., Davenport,
Iowa; Mrs. Mary Kirkendall Hagenbuch, Espy; Mrs. Florence Kitchen
Follmer, Rillito, Arizona; Mrs. Kathryn Krumm Twogood, 137 Hastings
Ave., South Ardmore; Mrs. Beatrice Larrabee Albertson, 504 Nelson Ave.,
Peekskill, N. Y.; Mrs. Dora Leidy Fleckenstine, 647 East Third St., Bloomsburg; Mrs. Ethel MacAlpine Spargo, R. D., Dover, N. J.; Mrs. Agnes
Marsden Getchy, Centralia; Mrs. Adelia Mertz Bergen, Harlingen, N. J.;
Mrs. Elizabeth Mertz Lesher, Northumberland; Mrs. Sara Milleisen Elwell,
Bloomsburg; Mrs. Blanche Milled Grimes, 204 N. Second St., Harrisburg;
Mrs. Mary Mitchell Vermorel, 690 Summit Ave., Hackensack, N. J.; Chas.
L. Mowrer, 1014 Oak Hill Ave., Hagerstown, Md.; Irma G. Myers, 24
Regina St., Wilkes-Barre; Kate D. Olmstead. Taylor; Mrs. Mary Ormsby
Reilly, 36 E. Oak St., Shenandoah; Mrs. Clarissa Peacock LeBrou, Langley
Field, Virginia; Anna Phillips, Taylor; Mrs. Caroline Phillips Mulford,
915 Monroe Ave., Scranton; Paul Pooley, 308 Ferry St., Danville; Mrs.

1905

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Belle Ransom Streck, 1509 S. University Ave.. Ann Arbor, Mich; Florence
Redeker, 2103 Medary Ave., Germantown; Mrs. Inez Robbins Wilson, R.
D. Millville; Mrs. LaVere Robbins Brooke. Greenwich, Conn.; Mrs. Myrtle
Robbins Wood, Nescopeck; Mrs. Grace Roberts Miller, 422 Jefferson St.,
Bloomsburg; Gertrude Rowe, 511 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre; Claire E.
Scholvin, 552 Queen St., Northumberland; Jesse Y. Shambach, 2315 Page
Camp Hill; Thomas F. Shambach, Middleburg; Stella M. Shook,
St.,
Noxen; Ida Sitler, Hollins College, Hollins. Va.; Anna E, Smith, 137 W.
Holland St., Summithill; Emma Smith, 13 East Broad St., W. Hazleton;
Mrs. Ida Smith Conrey, 214 E. Mead St.. Philadelphia; Alice L. Smull,
312 Church St., Danville; Mrs. Anna Thomas Thomas, 106 Washington St.,
Edwardsville; Lee J. Tiffany Dimock; Wm. E. Traxler, 237 N. Sprague
Ave., Kingston; Edna L. Walters, 580 N. Wyoming St., Hazleton; Herbert
C. Wenner, Drums; Mrs. Ora White Campbell, Apt. A-43 Hudson View
Gardens, Pinehurst & 183rd St., N. Y. City; Mrs. Katherine Wilkins Pulson,
152 Bradhead Ave., Sugar Notch; Mrs. Maude Williams Hughes, 1819
Tioga Ave., Bethlehem; Mrs. Laura Winter Eroh, West Chester; Mrs.
Eleanor Witman Reiley, 1311 Vernon St., Harrisburg; Mrs. Mae Wolfe
Klegman, Hotel Granada, Sutter & Hyde Sts., San Francisco, Calif.; Mrs.
Agnes Yergey Fry, Port Richmond. L. I., New York; Milton K. Yorks,
259 Market St., Bloomsburg, Pa.
Joseph W.
Armstrong, Lulu C. Brady, Earle W. Brown, Mrs. Carrie Clark Myers,
Mrs. Ana Coughlin Wood, Helene Fahl, Nellie C. Fish, W. Claude Fisher,
Mrs. Anna Ditzler Brumdick, Katharine Frisbie. Mary R. Harris, Mrs. Lulu
Horn Overbeck, Mrs. Margaret Howell Richart, Raymond G. Jolly, Mrs.
Mary Kerrigan Burke, Wm. Kintner, Martha S. Lawrence, Mrs. Helen
Leibensperger Murray. Mrs. Olive Morgan Bowen. Mrs. Lillian Peiffer Mock,
Howard R. Rarig. W. Wayne Shirk, Mrs. Susan Thomas Beaver. DECEASED MEMBERS: Mrs. Madge Bennett Johnson, J. Glenn Blaisdell,
Agnes Bradigan, Lee W. Burgess, Joseph L. Conarton, Nellie Conway,
Warren N. Drum. Wm. Jay Farnsworth, Mrs. Edna Harman Porch, Mrs.
Mae House Knittle, Mrs. Hazel Huber Emet, Nell Imboden, Walter U. Kaji,
Mrs. Sara Laubach Albertson, Lorenzo G. Maurer, Mrs. Dora Roberts
Thomas, Emily Robinson, Mrs. Kathryn Sippel Lewis, Mrs. Ethel Swank
Harder, George H. Webber.

ADDRESS WANTED:

CLASS OF
1906

W.

R. Bruce Albert, 147
4th St.. Bloomsburg; Phoebe Albertson, Morrill. Nebraska; Hazel Allen, 474 Market St.,
Kingston; Otis Allen, Alderson; Warren S. Anstock, Espy;

Laura Aurand Witmer, 178 Main St., Trappe; Mrs. Anna Barr
Schmoll. Box 48. Greene, N. Y.; Anna Bohan c/o Horton, 111 Old River
Road. Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Aleta Bomboy Englehart, Espy; Grace C.
Bonham, 20 Ransom St.. Kingston; Mrs. Maud Boust Shawfield. 1619 Derry
St.. Harrisburg: Nellie Brennan, Pleasant Mount: Mrs. Lulu Buddinger Mershon, 622 N. 2nd St., Pottsville; Mrs. Mary Butt Klase, Benton; Mrs. Abbie
Cantlin Melinsky, 206 N. Main St., Shenandoah; Carrol D. Champlin, State
College; Mrs. Lottie Conrand Ridall, 338 E. Eighth St., Berwick; Mrs.
Clara Coughlin Rozelle, 90 Yeager Ave., Forty Fort; Byron H. Creasy,
520 Miners Bank Building, Wilkes-Barre; Margaret Culkin, 905 Capouse
Ave.. Scranton: Mrs. Mary Demaree VanAlen, Colonial Mansion Apts.,
N. Front St., Harrisburg; Mrs. Helen DeWitt Terwilliger, 217 W. 5th St.,
Bloomsburg; Elwell Dietrick. 829 Richmont St., Scranton: Mrs. Kathryn DeFagan. 103 W. Diamond Ave., Hazleton: Mrs. Nellie Durbin Batey,
62 Gaylord Ave., Plymouth: Florence Erdley, New Berlin; Mrs. Laura L.
Essick Mattson. 2801 Queen Lane, Phila.; Maud Evans, 109 W. Taylor St.,
Taylor; Nellie Evans, 427 Minooka Ave., Moosic; Mrs. Stella Evans Oswald. 436 S. Main St., Scranton; Raymond Evert, Kulpmont; Mabel R.
Mrs.

Wan

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I., N. Y.; Ida M. Fegley, 27 S. Beach St., Mt. Carmel;
Mrs. M. Grace Fenstermacher Frantz, 414 N. Second St., Camden, N. J.;
Mrs. Anna Fortune McHale, 74 N. Main St., Carbondale; Mrs. Winnie A.
Frey Garey, 207 Oakwood Ave., Elmira Heights, N. Y.; Honora M. Gaffney. 114 N. Second St.. Steelton, Raymond Girton, 111 E. Fall St., Ithaca,
N. Y.; Peter J. Gorman, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Marion M. Groff Spangler,
1048 N. 4th St., Reading; Dr. Martin Gruver, 247 N. 5th St.. Reading; Mrs.
Maybel L. Hartzell Zarr, St. Clair; Ethel M. Henry, 250 Chestnut St., Sunbury; Mrs. Helen Hering Griffen. 120 Arbor Drive, Oakland, California;
Mrs. Lillie Hortman Irish, 736 Washington St., Camden, N. J.; Sadie
Hourigan. 361 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Margaret Jenkins MacCachran, 16 S. 26th St., Camp Hill; Rev. W. E. Jones, Waterford, Ohio;
Mary E. Kelley, Parsons; James A. Kinney, 67 E. Market St., Bethlehem;
Mrs. Emma Lempke Moase, Pleasant Mount; Amy Levan, 260 Race St.,
Sunbury; Mrs. Anna Lewis Evans, 714 S. Main Ave., Scranton; Mrs. Myrtle
Longenberger Messersmith, 535 Sherwood Pky., Westfield, N. Y.; Helen
Margerum. Catawissa; Christella F. Masten, 10 Jay St., Binghamton, N. Y.;
Ethel Maxwell, 469 Chestnut St., Kingston; Bessie V. Miles, 31 N. Main St.,
Shenandoah; Mrs. Lillie Miller Parr, Nescopeck; Mrs. Susanna Milnes
White, Briar Creek; Mrs. Mary Mitchell Bean, Riegelsville; Mary O'Donnell, 77 N. Wyoming St., Hazleton, Mrs. Ethel O'Horo Pastorius, Ogontz
School, Rydal; Mrs. Fannie Oliver Nester, Franklin Boro, N. J.; Nina Olmstead. Taylor; Jose Osuna, Univ. of Porto Rico, Rio Piedras, Porto Rico.;
Mrs. Anna Owen Brimijoin, Cass and Cochran Sts., Middletown, Dela.;
Mrs. Cordelia Owen Gordon, 614 Wyoming Ave., Kingston; Gertrude M.
Parry, 3507 Boundary St., Scranton; Mrs. Blanche Pealer Troxell, 355 Wistor Rd., Wynnewood; Mrs. Susie Rayos Marmon, Lagunas, N. Mex.; Mrs.
LaVere Robbins Brooke, Greenwich, Conn.; Mrs. Gladys Ruhl Robbins,
229 Market St., Bloomsburg; Mrs. Margaret Russell MacMillan, 32]/^
Canaan St., Carbondale; Elizabeth U. Ryan, Third and Laurel Sts.,
Hazleton; Mrs. Kathryn Scanlan Cummings, 9741 Yellowstone Ave., Detroit, Mich.; John E. Shambach, Donora; Clyde S. Shuman, Bloomsburg;
Mrs. Edith Shuman Grimes, 415 E. Main St., Catawissa; Homer H. Snyder,
1661 Wyoming Ave., Scranton; Mrs. Zella Thomas Mericle, R. D. No. 2,
Jerseytown; Mrs. Ethel Titus Zecher, 39 Berwyn Park. Lebanon; Mrs. Rose
Vodrath Buckheit, 471 S. 7th St., Indiana; Cottie Weiser, Shamokin Dam;
Laura Weiser, Shamokin Dam; Adeline Williams, 810 Archbald St., Scranton; Myrtle Williams, Shickshinny: Mrs. Mary Witman Ryder, 11 S. Prince
St., Shippensburg.
ADDRESS: Mrs. Caroline Allen Edwards,
Edna H. Averill, Mrs. Mary Becker Behrens, Edwin Booth, Ferdinand C.
Brofee. Leon P. Clever, H. N. Conser, Mrs. Isabel Cosper Kelly, Dr. Raymond C. Creasy, Edith Doty, Mrs. Flossy Edgar Christian, Helen Fenstermacher, Mrs. Grace Franc Sponenberg, Fred C. Gruver, Norma L. Hamlin,
Ila M. Hayman, Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes Swinbank, Mrs. Etta Hunter Florey,
Lulu Jillson. Mrs. Florence Landis Shepherd, Carlotta Moyer, Mrs. Hazel
Owen Schuchart, Mrs. Mary Panco Beach, Margaret H. Ramage, Jennie
Raup, Mrs. Ada Roadarmel Knablauch, Mary G. Ryan, Mrs. Marie Santaella Vargas, Mrs. Elizabeth Stiner Middledorff, Mrs. Margaret Tinker
Young, Grace Wall, Mayme C. Welsh, Mrs. Maude Zehner Paden, Mrs.
Vanda Zemitis Peterson. DECEASED MEMBERS: Harry Andres, Mrs.
Bertha Bacon, Wagner, Robert W. Bradbury, Lulu Breich, George W.
Callender, Catherine Hartline, Mae G. Hindson, Ethel Kelchner Mrs.,
Rennay Kester Cook, Mary Leek, Mrs. Kathryn Mellet Toole, Rose Murphy,
Mrs. Vivian Patterson Watkins, Stanley R. Piszcek, Nellie Stout, Marie
Thompson, Thomas Turner.

Farley, Hickville, L.

WANTED

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CLASS OF

Mrs. Pearl Anstock Holt, 21 Royal Ave., Hawthorne, N. J.;
Mrs. Bessie Baer Doig, 69 Bruce St., Walton, N. Y.: Rose
Barrett, 250 Laurel St.. Archbald; Mrs. Mame Barrow Anderson. 1327 Putnam Ave., Plainfield, N. J.; Edwin M. Barton, 218 Keats Ave.,
Elizabeth. N. J.; Ella A. Best, 527 Eighth St., Irwin; Morton H. Bray,
Teanesville; Margaret C. Brooke, 180 Meigs St., Apt. 15, Rochester, N. Y.;
Mrs. Edna Brundage Pentecost, 826 E. 1 6th St., Chester; Ethel Burrows, 416
Luzerne Ave., West Pittston; Artemesia M. Bush, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Edith
Campsie Dreisbach, 338 Cypress St., Lehighton; Mrs. Anna Chamberlin
Howell. 663 N. Chenango St., Binghamton, N. Y.; Elizabeth V. Clancy, 436
N. Third St.. Steelton; Mrs. Bessie Cogswell Taylor, Cambridge Springs;
Mrs. Helen Conner Vactor, 89 Jackson Ave., Plainfield. N. J.: Mrs. Helen
Conrad Raup, 1337 Court St.. Allentown; Ruth Coolbaugh. 441 N. Main St.,
Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Florence Corby Sippel, 301 N. Washington St., WilkesBarre; Ms. Josephine Cousart Cooper, Union City; Margaret G. Dailey, 19
Walnut St., Steelton; John Dano, 1011 Green Ridge St., Scranton; Nicholas
Dano, Jr., Connell Bldg., Scranton; Mrs. Alice Dean Wetherby, 287 Laurel
St.. Archbald; Kathryn Delaney, Nanticoke; Margaret Dever, c/o Dr. Neil
Dever, Freeland; Harry DeWire, 2230 W. 4th St., Harrisburg; Mrs. Lois
DeWitt McBride, 1644 Guilford Rd., Columbus, O.: Mabel A. Dexter, 726
High St.. Honesdale; Mrs. Edith Doty Hayman, R. D. No. 1. Stillwater;
Mrs. Elizabeth Dreibelbis Orner, 528 E. Third St.. Bloomsburg; Paul H.
Englehart. 1820 Forster St.. Harrisburg: Mrs. Laura Essick Lowrie, 210
Hawkins Ave.. N. Braddock; Virgie Evans, 734 Hazle St., Wilkes-Barre;
Charles C. Fritz. 231 Amalfa Drive, Santa Monica. Cal.; Mrs. Elizabeth
Evans Wilkins, Chinchilla; Elizabeth Gregg, 89 E. Clinton Ave., Tenafly,
N. J.: Mrs. Rae Griffeth Jones. 318 Kentucky Ave., Lorain, Ohio; Mrs.
Gertrude Gross Fleischer. 344 E. Second St.. Bloomsburg: Mrs. Rose Hamlin
Dymond. R. D. No. 2. Falls; Mrs. Grace Harter Klinger. Box 64 Nuremberg;
Deri Hess, 103 S. 11th St., Sunbury; Mrs. Harriet Hess Hess. R. D. No. 1.
Yuma. Arizona; Mary E. Hess, Espy; Marie C. Higgins, Green St., Harrisburg: Mrs. Blanche Hoppe Chisholm. R. D. No. 1. Nicholson; Mae L. Howard 621 Furlong Ave.. Manoa; Mrs. Lysod James Gleason, 934 Ravine Drive,
Cleveland Heights, Ohio; Mrs.. Susan James Snyder, 164 Nottingham St.,
Plymouth; Mrs. Charlotte Jenkins Locke, 332 E. Main St., Nanticoke; Mrs.
Norma Johns Jones, 26 Brislemere Ave., Asbury Park, N. J.; Mrs. Blanche
Jones Lawrence. 239 Carlton Ave., Port Washington, L. I.. N. Y.; Mrs.
Miriam Jones Whitby, 48 Green St.. Edw ardsville; Mary A. Kelley, 214
Ash St.. Scranton; Mrs. Arvilla Kitchen Eunson, 398 Market St.. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Jennie Kline Sitler, 1915 N. Catalina Ave.. Hollywood, Cal.; Mrs.
Pearl Kline Baker, 612 E. Third St., Bloomsburg; Ruth Lamoreaux. Shaverton; Wm. B. Landis, 606 Quincy Ave., Scranton; Murray Laubach, 541 E.
10th St.. Berwick: Edwin M. Barton. 218 Keats Ave.. Elizabeth, N. J.; Geo.
M. Lehman. Brandonville; Mrs. Lulu Lesser Burke, 148-37th St., Union
City, N. J.; Mrs. Nellie Lesser Culp. 25 Mt. Prospect Ave., Verona, N. J.;
Wm. C. Levan, 329 Howard St., Findlay, Ohio; Bertha Lovering, 816
N. Main Ave.. Scranton; Mrs. Helen Masteller Hile. 372- 1 4th Ave.. Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Helen Mauser Roat, 339 W. Main St., Bloomsburg;’
David T. Meisberger, Ranshaw; Ernest Merrill, R. D. No. 2, Bloomsburg;
Mrs. Elda Miller Dutcher, 3157 Crestmont Ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs.
Ada Mitchell Bittenbender, 183 W. River St., Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Helen
Moyer Hemingway, Jamieson Apts., 209 4th Ave.. Warren; Mrs. Sadie
Moyer MacCullough. 178 N. Main St., Lodi, N. J.; William V. Moyer,
356 Centre St.. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Bella Mullahey Reilly, 30 S. White St.,
Shenandoah; Mrs. Alma Noble Leidy, 110 Larchmont Ave., Upper Darby;
Mrs. Margaret O’Brien Henseler, 35-64th St., Weehawken, N. J.; Mrs.
Marjorie Pritchard Roberts. Bramwell. W. Va.; Mrs. Reba Quick Lerch, Jr.,
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Jackson Heights, N. Y.; Mrs. Irene Reimard Cressler, 87
Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Laura Rittenhouse Yohey, 1802 W. Front
P. R.; Mrs Eva
St., Berwick; J. A. E. Rodriguez, Box 708 San Juan,
Schwartman Smith, 2617 Dilland St, Shreveport, La.; Mrs. Bertha Sterner
Richards, 1123 Baldwin St., Williamsport; Mrs. Genevieve Todd Brennan,
47 W. Dorrance St., Kingston; Nellie Tucker. 44 Wheeler St., Deposit,
N. Y.; Gertrude J. Vance, 603 Pacific Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.; Mrs.
Agnes Wallace Dutcher, 265 L St, Livermore, Cal.; Mrs. Myrtle Wanich
Brobst. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Helen Wardell Eister, 129 E, Raymond St., Van
Wert, Ohio; Mrs. Mary Weaver Evans, 648 Wayne Ave., Waynesboro,
Va.; Mrs. Mabel Walsh Breisch, Wakeman, Ohio; Mrs. Lillian Wendt Webber, 507 Hancock St.. Milledgeville, Georgia; Mrs. Blanche Westbrooke
Fetter, 335 Harvard St., Cambridge, Mass.; Joseph White, Light Street;
Mrs. Blanche Wingert Lucas, 236 S. 14th St.. Allentown; Mrs. Anna Wolfe
Magill. Sugarloaf; Mrs. Minnie Zang Sarver, 114 Poplar. Sydney, O. ADDRESS WANTED: C. Millard Allabach, Eusebio S. Aspiazu, Carrie
Brobst Stuart, Stanley Conner, Cora E. Cramer, Harry A. Dodson, Margaret
Farnsworth, Evalyn M. J. Flynn, Mrs. Irene Franey Hackett. Katharine
Frisbie, Helen Gorrey. John Harris. Gussie Henkleman, Dr. E. Louise Jolly,
Daisy Knauss, L. N. Llewellyn, Justin Lloyd, Clarence A. Marcy, Erank
B. McCreary, Mary (Thomas) Morgan, Lulu A. Reigel, Mrs. Helen Roat
Harrison. Eugene Robinson, Mrs. Alice Shaffer Harry, Mrs. Stella Shaw
Keffer, Horton R. Shultz, Mrs. Miriam Smith Walter, Howard L Wells,
Mrs. Florence Whitebread Lyons, Clark Yeager.
DECEASED MEMBERS: Mrs. Bertha Bacon Wagner, Olga L. Buck, Mrs. Hazel Kocher
Rider. Howard N. Marcy, Mae R. Maxey, Mrs. Edith Walters Joel. Emma
D. Wolfert. Esther A. Wolfe.
3405-80th

Hanover

St..

St..

CLASS OF

Rebecca Appleman. Montour Trust Apt., Danville; Ina A.
Arnold. 59 Vaughn St., Dorranceton; Mrs. Sara Baldy
Sharpless, Catawissa; Margaret Barnes, 2 Windy Lane.
Gunarm, Md.; Florence G, Beddall, 361 Lancaster Ave., Haverford; Mrs
Joanna Beddall Walkins, 139 S. San Marino Ave., Pasadena, Calif.; Mrs.
Laura Benscoter Dodson, Shavertown; Ella M. Billings, R. D. No. 1. Nicholson: Nellie Bogart. 203 Gearhart St.. Riverside; Laura E. Boone, 587 James
St., Hazleton; Mrs. Adda Brandon Westfield, 62 Division St., Kingston;
Mrs. Reba Breisch Stethenson, 102 W. Wanola St., Kingsport. Tenn.; Mrs.
Agnes Burke Kinney, 67 E. Market St.. Bethlehem; Mrs. Mae Callender
Wilson, c/o Luzerne Co. Industrial School for Boys, Kis-Lyn; Mrs. Lucretia Christian Wooters, 250 N. 24th St., Camp Hill; Mrs. Stella Churm
Wright, 913 S. Poplar St., Allentown; Mrs. Mabel Clark Pollock, 39 Atherton Ave., Wyoming; Effie M. Conrad. 944 Augusta St., Sunbury; Mertie
M. Cool. Hollis, Long Island, N. Y.; Margaret D. Coyle, 246 Park St., Mt.
Carmel; James E. Cummings, c/o Catholic Welfare Bureau. Washington,
D. C.: Mrs. Bessie Dent Holabaugh, 149 N. Third St.. Catawissa; Mrs. Ida
Dreibelbis DeLong, 301 East Second St., Berwick; Sara C. Faust, 12 E.
Newell Ave., Rutherford, N. J.; Mrs. Ruth Finn Harrington, 44 Amherst
1908

Ave., Wilkes-Barre; Thomas Francis, 1707 Pine St., Scranton; Charlotta
Geisdorf. Pryor, Montana; Dr. Jay H. Grimes, Danville, Ind.; Mrs. Alberta
Handley McGowan, 5521 Glenwood Ave.. Chicago, 111.; Sadie L. Hartman.
614 E. St., N. W., c/o Y.W.C.A., Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Pearl Heberling Jones, 409 Hillside Place, S. Orange, N. J.; Mrs. Ethel Henrie Stevens,
1106 Broadway, McKees Rocks; Mrs. Martha Herring Tomlinson, 348 8th
St., North, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Martha V. James,
1110 West Elm St..
Scranton; Elsie H. James.
E. Main St., Plymouth; Mrs. Stella Kostenbader Weinman, Filer. Idaho; Mrs. Carol Krum Buck, 50 Macaris St.,
St. Augustine, Fla.; Olive A. Major, 152 Stoneway Lane, Bala-Cynwyd;

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Chas. L. Maurer, 1242 Prince Ave., Camden, N. ].; Darwin E. Maurer, 5855
Hazel Ave., Philadelphia; Mrs. Irene Mercer Rainey, Box 104, Martinsville,
N. J.; Mrs. Flora Miller Anderson, 24 Grand St., Erlton, N. J.; Harriet
Miller, Reserve, Wis.; Mary Louise Moore, 421 Vine Street, Scranton;
Mrs. Laura Morgan Stein, Apt. A-l, The Buckingham Apts., 128 S. 36th St.,
Philadelphia; Mrs. Mary Morris Thomas, 108 State St., Larksville; Mrs.
Mary Morrow Worthington, Dry Run; Mayetta Mulligan, 7 Main St.,
Plains; Mrs. Della Oman Mordan, Orangeville; Ernest Oman, Bloomsburg;
M. Evelyn Peck, Sayre; Francesco C. L. Pertilli, 6535 Gesner St. Philadelphia; Mrs. Eleanor Piekarski Micks, Chestnut Knoll, Milford, Delaware;
Eugene W. Piatt, Dallas; John E. Piatt, 48 Breese St., Wyoming; William
Rarick, 250 Wyoming Ave., Audubon, N. J.; Mrs. Adda Rhodes Johnson,
724 W. 4th St., Hazleton; Horace D. Richards, 728 Adams Ave., Scranton;
Olwen Rosser, 385 Rutter St., Kingston; Mrs. Hazel Row Creasy, 324
Centre Street, Bloomsburg; Bessie M. Ruth, 533 W. Diamond Ave., Hazleton; Mrs. Helen Seasholtz Burroughs, Belle Mead, N. J.; Mrs. Anna Shiffer
Peters, 30 Miner St., Hudson; Joseph A. Shovlin, Kulpmont; J. Wesley
Sitler, 1915 N. Catalina Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. A. Louise Slocum
Williams, Taylor; Mrs. Marion C. Smith Moore, 2 Halsey St., Freeport,
Long Island, N. Y.; Bruce Sneidman, Almedia; Mary Southwood, 426
Main St., East Orange, N. J.; Mrs. Edith Sturdevant Leonard, North Miami,
Fla.; Mabel L. Tucker, 44 Wheeler St., Deposit, N. Y.; Frederick Turek,
5925 Northfield Ave., Detroit, Mich.; Julia C. Tusar, Forest City; Mrs. Helen
Warden Garbutt, Dallas; Wm. D. Watkins, 43 Walnut St., Wheeling, W.
Va.; Mrs. Mabel Wilkinson, Walton, 6909 Maple St., Washington, D. C.;
Mae Williams, 126 E. Noble St., Nanticoke; Rhea L. Williams, Factoryville; Mrs. Sarah Williams Orner, R. No. 1, Rockton; Mrs. Jennie Yoder
Foley, 8134 Hennig St., Fox Chase, Philadelphia; Mrs. Elsie Yorks Jones,
Bloomsburg Mrs. Verna Zimmerman Drasher, Ring town.
Nell Cox, Mrs. Anna Deeths Reagan, Margaret J. Johnson,
Ellie Deighmiller Hartman, Mrs. Nellie Deighmiller Stecker, Mrs. Ida
MEMBERS; Mrs. Reba Campion Thomas, Mrs.
Woods.
Ellie Deighmiller Hartman, Mrs. Nellie Dellie Deighmiller Stecker, Mrs. Ida
Dreisbach Long, Mrs. Mary Fegley Dymond, Mrs. Carrie Gray Hurley,
Mrs. Helen Hill Schwartz, Edith A. Hull, Irene G. Kahler, Daniel W.
Morgan, Thomas H. Plank, Elizabeth F. Wallace, Adam Wiegand, Lillian
Yeager.

ADDRESS

WANTED:

DECEASED

CLASS OF

Stewart E. Acor, 31 N. Beaver St., York; Harrison R. Barrow, Ringtown; Fannie May Beddal, 713 Diamond Boulevard, Johnstown; Mrs. Sue Bennett Leathers, Knoxville; Bessie B. Betts, Galiliee; Mary F. Bevan, Mauch Chunk; Mrs. Ethel Bierman
Sommerville, Cumberland, Md.; Jennie Birth, Broad & 4th Sts., Nescopeck;
Martha Black, 436 Julian St., Waukegan. 111.; Leon D. Byrant, Chimes Bldg.,
Syracuse, N. Y.; Chas. E. Burlingame, 339 E. 5th St., Berwick; H. LeRoy
Callender, Millville; Nora D. Carr, 12 Jackson Ave., West Hazleton; Mrs.
Nora Clancy Lavins, 3626 Quesada St., N. W., Chevy Chase, Washington,
D. C.; Mrs. Ethel Creasy Wright, 58 E. 5th St., Bloomsburg; Dr. John
W. Cressler, 87 Hanover St., Wilkes-Barre; J. Atlee Cryder, Bloomsburg;
Fred W. Diehl, 627 Bloom St., Danville; Mrs. Emma Eaton Perrago, R. No.
3, Dallas; Edward R. Eisenhauer, Mifflinville; Mrs. Mary Edwards Shuman,
587 Main St., Edwardsville; Elizabeth Fagan, 583 N. Church St.. Hazleton;
Enola Fairchild, 183 W. Broad St.. Nanticoke; Sadie M. Ferber, 833 Quincy
St., Scranton; Dr. Scott Fisher, 321 Carlton Rd., Syracuse, N. Y.; Mrs.
Hannah Flanagan Callery, 13 Valley St., Silver Creek; Mrs. Jessie Fleckenstine Herring, Orangeville; Mrs. Florence Garrison Danforth, 607 Cabrillo
Ave., Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. Alice Gibbs Burnett, R. D.
1909

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No.

1,

Basking Ridge. N.

Montgomery Ave., West
Willow St.. Carbondale;

J.;

Mrs.

Mary

Gillgallon

Pittston; Joseph B.
Neil S. Harrison,

Rockefeller,

Gordon, c/o Mrs.

B.

Jr.,

305

Kough,

R. D., Orangeville; Alberta
Hart, 10 Scott St.. Carbondale; Mrs. Sarah Hartzell Ogilvie, 1119 Idaho
St., Elko. Nev.; Mrs. Irma Heller Abbott, Espy; H. Gladstone Hemingway,
c/o Housenick Motor Co.. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Geraldine Hess Follmer, R. D.
No. 2, Benton; Bess Hinckley, Danville; Mrs. Gertrude Hobbes Pooley, 14
Academy Rd., Madison, N. J.; Frederick E. Houck, Catawissa; Mrs. Mary
Hughes Lake, 26 Terrace St., Carbondale; Kenneth C. Ikeler, 302 Cecil
Road, University Park, Hyattsville. Md.; Mrs. Harriet Kase Toland, No.
2 Cross Keys, Danville; Mrs. Verna Keller Beyer, R. D. No. 4, Bloom Rd.,
Danville; Mrs. Ethel Kingsbury Mann, 602 Quincy St., N. W., Washington.
D. C.; John E. Klingerman. Mainville; Oliver Klingerman, W. Third St
Bloomsburg; Mrs. Jeannie Knapp Ames, 1921 Reid St., Keyes-Barton,
Raleigh, N. C. L. Thurman Krumm, 291 Grove St., Montclair, N. J.; Anna
Kuschke, 1216 Oram St., Scranton; D. J. Mahoney, 589 Carey Ave.. WilkesBarre; Cora Major, 114 E. Rogers Ave., Marchantville, N. J.; Mrs. Kathleen
Major Brown, Lehman; Estella Marcy, 634 Schuyler Ave., Kingston; Mrs
Eva Marcy Pace, 634 Schuyler Ave., Kingston; Mrs. Katherine Martin
Klinges, 426 W. Maple St., Hazleton; T. Ray Mather, 688 Boylston St.,
Boston, Mass.; Dr. Robert L. Matz, 140 S. Second St., Lewisburg; Charles
L. Maurer, 1242 Prince Ave., Camden, N. J.; Chester E. McAfee, 19 W.
Ashmead Place, Philadelphia; Gertrude M. Meneeley, 745 River St., Peckville; Harold L. Moyer, 740 E. Second St., Bloomsburg; Emma Murrin, 106
River St., Carbondale; Mrs. Marion Parker Fall, 139 Whipple St., Prescott,
Arizona; Mrs. Edith Parks Landis, 606 Quincy Ave., Scranton; Harriet Pitner, Deans. N. J.; Mrs. Reinee Potts Jacob, 573 Swarthmore Ave., Folsom;
Mrs. Florence Priest Cook, Cortez; Mrs. Marjory Reese Penman, 113 N.
Cedar Lane, Highland Park, Upper Darby; Mrs. Jessie Ruhl Reber. Bloomsburg; Alvin L. Rummer, c/o City Schools, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Kate Seasholtz Morris, 7048 Woodland Ave., W. Philadelphia; Dr. George A. Shuman, 587 Main St., Edwardsville; Mrs. Julia Simpler Aurand, 106 A. Market
St., Tamaqua; Mrs. Marion Smith Moore, 2 Halsey St., Freeport, Long
Island, N. Y.; Samuel J. Steiner, 2817 N. Twelfth Street, Philadelphia; Mrs.
Rebecca Stroh Williams, Alderson; Mrs. Mary Thompson Reichley, 37
N. Second St., St. Clair, Mrs. Maude Sutliff Gunter, Danville; Sue E.
Toole, Freeburg; Carrie E. VanCampen, Chinchilla; Sallie Vought, Catawissa; Mrs. Almah Wallace Scholl, Aztec, Arizona; Horace D. Washburn,
R. D. 5, Susquehanna; Walter Welliver, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Bertha Welsh
Conner, Orangeville; Lillian M. Wheeler, Shickshinny; LeRoy White, 181
Madison Ave., Clifton, N. J.; Lydia P. Williams, 28 Atlantic Ave., Edwardsville; Robert F. Wilner, 555 Calle Isaac Perol, Manila, Phillipine
Islands; Mrs. Helen Wilsey Rutledge, Rutledgedale; Mrs. Alice Wilson
Tucker. Morganza; Mrs. Nora Woodring Kenney, 7011 Erdrick St., Tacony,
Philadelphia.
Elmer E. Ash, Mrs. Madeline Bishop
Charles, Francisco H. Clintron, Ruth E. Gleason, Robert L. Johnson, Genevieve Kenna, Eura M. Kester, Sadie Kintner, Mrs. Ethel F. Krepps Brown,
Mrs. Frances O’Neill Donavan, Mrs. Edith Pooley Griffith, Mrs. May Regan
Bume, Mrs. Laura Rogers Ander, Mrs. Emeline Schooley Hazletine, Florence Stroud, Teresa Tobin, Mrs. Agnes White Lamon, George Williams.
Joseph C. Kosczynski, Margaret S. Willits,
Laverne R. Noble.

ADDRESS WANTED:

DECEASED MEMBERS:

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CLASS OF

R Adams, St. Johnsbury, Vt.; Mrs. Hilda Altmiller
Taylor, Rear 598 N. Church St., Hazleton; Mrs Lila Smith
Anvvyl Davis, 73 Worcester Lane, Waltham, Mass.; Mrs.
Ana Barletta DeFernandez, Box 1550, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Mary A. Barrett, 51 Eppert St., E. Orange, N. J.; Mrs. Marie Beach Newman. Mettaline
Falls, Washington, Harold Bomboy, 711 Catawissa Ave., Sunbury; Sara E.
Bond, R. No. 4 Dallas; Harold Chas. Box, South Canaan; Julia G. Brill 8
Heatherbloon Apt,, 126 E. Nittany Ave., State College; Bertha Brobst. 401
E. Fourth St.. Berwick; Blanche Brown. 32 Beck Ave., Akron, Ohio; Fannie
Brown. 52 S. Sherman St., Wilkes-Barre; LaRue E. Brown, R. D. No. 1,
Lewisburg; Mrs. Luella Burdick Sinquet, 539 Woodland Ave., Haddonfield,
N. J.; Lester Burlingame, Almedia; Margaret A. Cain. Centralia; Robert
Cole, 507 Walnut St., Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mrs. Edith Corse Tingley, Harford; Mrs. Irene Curtis Norton, 2307-28th Ave., Meridian, Miss.; Mrs.
Anna Davis Weir. 45 Bedford St., Forty Fort; Fred W. Diehl, Danville;
Anna K. Donovan, 23 Lynde St., Boston, Mass.; Mrs, Effie Edwards Potter,
517 Washington Ave., Jersey Shore; Mrs. Mary Edwards Miles, 294 Charles
St., Luzerne; Michael Egan, Plains; Mrs. Kathryn Evans McGowan, 49
Green St., Ashley; Maude N. Evans, 1215 Oram Boulevard, Scranton;
Howard Fetterolf. 40 N. 27th St., Camp Hill; Mrs. Agnes Freas Keiser, 123
Hadden Ave., Collingswood, N. J.; Ruby M. Gearhart, Newtown Sq.;
Nora Geise, 115 Queen St., Northumberland; Mrs. Grace Gilner Zane, Sterling; Mrs. Anna Hanks Higgins, 619 West 140th St., New York, N. Y.;
Florence Marion Heitsman, Dallas; Mrs. Helen Hess Terhune, Apple Acres,
Newfoundland, N. J.; S. Frank Hess, 330 Vine St., Berwick; Mrs. Josephine
Frank

1910

Holland Greenwood, Tunkhannock; Maurice E. Houck, 606 W. Front St.,
Berwick; Anna M. Hourigan, 361 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Florence
Huebner Buckalew, 17 West 5th St., Bloomsburg; Margaret Jones, 1735
Monsey Ave., Scranton; Bridget N. Jordan, 1637 N. Main Ave., Scranton;
Charles W. Keeler, 124 Centre St., Mauch Chunk; May M. Klase, Snydertown; Mrs. Anna Klinetob Edwards, 251 Smith St., Freeport, N. Y.; Warren
E. Klopp, Stouchsburg; Mrs. Josephine Koser Fairchild. 139 East Main St.
Nanticoke; Mrs. Olive Kresge Montanye, 23 W. Hollenback Ave., WilkesBarre; Mrs. Grace Krumm Savidge, Turbotville; Franklin H. Kurr, Stouchsburg; Earl Laubach, Benton; Vivian Z. Laubach, Vine St., Hazleton; Leila
C. Lehman, Mifflinville; Richard Lewis, 307 N. Sumner Ave., Scranton;
Sara F. Lewis, 26 E. Pettebone St., Forty Fort; Mrs. Hazel Longenberger
Steig, 20-23-29th St., Astoria, L. I., N. Y.; Mrs. Zora M. Low Gemmil,
7th & Schoonmaker Ave., Monessen; Mrs. Mary Lowry Shambach, 2315
Page St., Camp Hill; Chas. L. Maurer, 1242 Prince Avenue. Camden, N. J.;
Mrs. Anna McBride Girton, R. D. No. 4, Dallas; Emma M. MacFarlane,
627 W. Diamond Ave., Hazleton; Rosa A. McGill, 3852 Aspen St., Phila.;
Mrs. Georgena McHenry Sharadin, Danville; Bella McMenamin, 125 West
Elm St., Hazleton; Mrs. Cecelia McMenamin Gilmore, 541 E. Chelton Ave.,
Germantown; Mrs. Gertrude Mackin McHale 657-83rd St., Brooklyn, N. Y.;
Mrs. Mary Maddock Berger, Mt. Carmel; Mrs. Ada Maxwell Weiss, 51
Price St., Kingston; Mrs. Blanche Mertz Bergen, Belle Mead, N. J.; Robert
C. Metz, 23 Manhattan St., Ashley; Rev. Reay W. Milnes, South Gate St.,
Kenwood, N. Y.; Mrs. Anna Monahan Corrigan, 330 W. Broad St., Hazleton; Mrs. Sara Montelius Mitterling, Hollidaysburg; Chas. J. Morris, 5 Olive
St., Lee Park, Wilkes-Barre; David Moses, 481 S. Cottage St., Salem, Oregan; Mrs. Irene Murray O’Brien, 63 Sullivan St., Wilkes-Barre; Marion I.
O Connor, Pottsville; Mrs. Margaret Oliver Walton, 310 E. 2nd St., Berwick; Florence Pennington, R. D. Orangeville; Mrs. Bertha Polley Oakes,
R. D. No. 2, Union Centre. N. Y.; Charles W. Potter, 517 Washington
Ave., Jersey Shore; Obed E. Pursel, Johnstown; Rena H. Pursel, Box 71,
Chalfonte; Emory W. Rarig, R. D. Catawissa; Margaret Ratchford, Shen-

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andoah; Mrs. Ida Rever Otwell, 124 W. Broadway, Maumee, Ohio; Mrs.
Elizabeth Reeder Fisher, Frenchtown. N. J.; Mary E. Robb, 122 E. Water
St., Muncy; S. Tracy Roberts, Clarks Green; Eleanor Ryan, 161 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Anna Sachs Allen, 214 Highland Ave.,
Darby; Mrs. Kate Schooley Stock, Harris Hill Rd., Trucksville; Jennie L.
Scott, 1216 W. Van Buren St., Phoenix, Ariz; Mary C. Shovlin. Washington St., Freeland; John Skweir, 300 S. Tamaqua St.. McAdoo; I. Burton
Sluman, Tyler Hill; Mrs. Ida Smith Conrey, 214 E. Meade St., Chestnut
Hill, Phila.; Mrs. Mabel Smith Ward, West St., Tunkhannock; Mrs. Mildred
Snell Boston, 221 Delaware St., West Pittston; Mrs. Enola Snyder Evans,
1225 Market St., Berwick; Helen H. Thompson. 48 Nafus St.. Pittston;
Jennie Elizabeth Tobin. 832 Stokes Ave., Collingswood. N. J.: Mrs. Laura
Tompkins Cease, Jermyn; Mrs. Hellen Trescott Perry, New Lyme, Ohio;
Mrs. Alma Vetterlein Mansuy, 2014 Capouse Ave., Scranton; Raymond W.
Weaver, 411 Peoples Bank, McKeesport; Ralph I. Wertman, Quakake;
Frank B. White, Almedia; Marion F. Williams, 29 E. Shawnee Ave., Plymouth; Mrs. Lois Yost Smith, 14837 Ashton Rd., Detroit. Mich. ADDRESS
WANTED: Mrs. Beatrice Dunkerly Yoch, Mrs. Belle Eves Bower. Hubert
S. Gleason, Georgia Krepps, Theodore Krum, Ada Lore, Anna C. Muir, Ida
W. Mummey, Sarah O'Malley, Josephine Reynolds, Abraham Zinkoff,
Mrs. Ethel AnAbraham Zvenigorodsky. DECEASED MEMBERS:
drew Rutland, Jule Marie Farrell. L. Orval Fetterman, Mrs. Mary Gearhart
Youngman, Mrs. Elizabeth Gulick Steele, Regina M. Haman, Kimber A.
Hartman, Mrs. Hattie Hawk Walker, Mrs. Alma Jones Griffith, Chas. F.
Mann Jr., Lucy V. Malinowski, Mrs. Mabel Pellett Jones, Leonina Seasholtz, John G. Steckroth, Marie Alice Stohner.

CLASS OF

Mrs. Bessie Ashe Naunas, 390 East St. Bloomsburg; Mrs.
Avery Penerley, 8810 Rosewood Ave., West Hollywood Calif.; Mrs. Iris Avery Armitage Jr., Alderson; Rev.
Carrol C. Bailey, 321 Herman Ave., Lemoyne; Dr. Harold F. Baker, Muncy;
Jennie M. Barklie, 90 Ashley St., Ashley; Jacob J. Becker, 1501 Thayer St..
Los Angeles, Calif.; Harry Morton Bogert, Rohrsburg; C. Merrill Boust,
Sunbury Trust and Safe Deposit Co., Sunbury; Dr. Jacob Ralph Brobst,
Bloomsburg; Mrs. Matilda Bush White, Bloomsburg: Mrs. Irene Campbell
Getty, Riverside; Daniel J. Carr, Seton Hill College, Greensburg; Mrs. Mae
Chamberlain Sherman, 225 Lackawanna Ave., Olyphant; Mrs. Marguerite
Clune Jennings, 41 Flemer Ave., Springfield, N. J.; Lillie F. Cole, 372 Pine
St., Fall River, Mass.: Raymond M. Cole, 710 E. Second St., Bloomsburg;
Mrs. Pauline Coleman Stimpson, 219-8th St. P. O. Box 545, Honesdale;
Anna C. Condron, 1429 N. 15th St., Philadelphia; Mrs. Florence Coolbaugh
Warner, 19365 Canterbury Rd., Detroit, Mich.; Dr. James A. Corrigan, 330
W. Broad St., Hazleton; Carlton T. Creasy, 454 Warren Ave., WilkesBarre; Emma Davis. Forest City; Mrs. Edith DeLong Tyson. Millersburg;
195 Academy St., Wilkes-Barre; Margaret Donahoe, 1419
J. Frank Dennis,
N. 15th St., Phila.; Rosalie Donahoe, 924 West Market St., Scranton; Wm.
Homer Englehart, 1821 Market St., Harrisburg; Mrs. Ethel Faust Hagenbuch, 500 E. 2nd St., Berwick; Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson Lanterman, Bloomsburg; George E. Ferrio Jr., First Nat'l. Bank Bldg., Bridgeport, Conn.;
Mary G. Ferrio, 643 Main St., Dickson City; Mrs. Pearl Fitch Diehl, 627
Bloom St., Danville; Mrs. Margaret Fraser Johnson, New Providence, N. J.;
Mrs. Ella Fritz Buffington, Treverton; Dr. Harry C. Fortner, U. S. Veterans
Sanatorium, San Fernando, Calif.; Mrs. Catharine Gillis Garvey, Birney
Ave., Moosic; Maurice Jacob Girton, Dallas; Eliza J. Goldsworthy, 117 W.
Holly St., Hazleton; Mrs. Pearl Greene Broome, 309 Harrison Ave., N.
Brunswick, N. J.; Merlin S. Gulliver, 71 Carlisle St., Wilkes-Barre; Ruth
Harris, 1324 Market St., Berwick; Harvey W. Harrison, 51 Gates St.,
1911

Ellen

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Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Jennie Harrison Keefer, 210 Parish St., Wikes-Barre;
Mrs. Helen Hartman Harris, Buckhorn; Mrs. Louise Hartman Cortright,
Shickshinny; Mrs. Irene Heimbach Rinehart, 130 E. Mine St., Hazleton;
Mrs. Effie Hendrickson Corbett, 185 Grove St., Plainfield, N. J.; Mrs. Anna
Henrie Miles, 632 Sixteenth Ave., Bethlehem; J. Gilbert Henrie, Bloomsburg;
William H. Henrie, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Miriam Hess McDonald, Towanda;
Paul Z. Hess, 422 West St., Bloomsburg; Edward E. Hippensteel, 3939
Ventnor Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.; Mrs. Cecelia Hofer Bartle, 118 Hamilton
St., Bound Brook, N. J.; Leo J. Hoffman, Almedia; Mrs. Ethel Hower Fairchild, 310 Grove St., Elmira, N. Y.; Donald F. Ikeler, 147 Hudson Ave.,
Peekskill, N. Y.; Mrs. Catherine Jameson Burr, High St., Troy; Grace F.
Johnson, 175 Queen St., Northumberland; Mrs. Laura Johnson Walker,
16-1 5th St., N. E. Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Irene Keeler Oliver, 616 Grove
St., Upper Montclair, N. J.; Thomas H. Keiser, 123 Hadden Ave., Collingswood, N. J.; Hazel D. Kester, 1 California Ave., Hempstead, L. I., N. Y.;
Mrs. Anna Kline Kocher, Espy; Lydia Koehler, 1416 Mulberry St., Scranton;
1

Edgar

B. Landis,

Sugarloaf;

Mrs.

149 Wilmont Rd., Scarsdale, N. Y.; George B. Landis,
Edna Lewis Robinson, 44 Pleasant View Ave., Long

Mass.; Margaret Lynott, 2102 Wayne Ave., Scranton; W. Bruce
Mather, Benton; Mrs. Mina McFee Fisher, 257 Wright Ave., Kingston;
Mrs. Lavona Megargel Richards, 728 Adams Ave., Scranton; Elverta I.
Miller, 934 LaFayette Ave., Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Mrs. Erma Miller Naugle,
119 Dalton St., Roselle Park, N. J.; Geradine A. Mooney, 131 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Florence Morgan Warren, 35 Baldwin Sr.,
Johnston City, N. Y.; Clyde B. Myers, Scipio Center, N. Y.; A. Kenneth
Naugle, 119 Dalton St., Roselle Park, N. J.; Dr. Elna H. Nelson, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Lois Norris Buengle, Overhill Road, Upper Darby; Mrs. Mary
Ohl Crim, R. D. No. 1. Bloomsburg; Mrs. Alice O'Horo Beavers, 1122
Myrtle St., Scranton; Mrs. Annette Osborne Frantz, 294 Bennett St., Luzerne; Ethel J. Paisley, 127 E. Catawissa St., Nesquehoning; Mrs. Minnie
Parke Parry, 1108 Allen St., Allentown; Mrs. Olive Pettes Robinson, R. D.
No. 1, Rummerfield; Miriam A. Reed, 1950 E. 93rd St., Cleveland, Ohio;
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Hasbrouck, Clifford; Mrs. Myrtle Rice Singley, 232
N. Front St., Lewisburg; Mrs. Beatrice Roberts Davies, 613 N. St., Elmo St.,
Allentown; Ruth Ruhl, 111 Juscan Rd., Maplewood, N. J.; Blair G. Shaffer,
Gravity
Abraham J. Sharadin, R. D. 5, Danville; Mrs. Pauline Sharpless
Harper. 51 E. Main St., Bloomsburg; Mrs. Lillie Sheard Newgard, 257 So.
20th St., Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Helen Shew Ferguson, Light Street; Mrs.
Grace Shuman John, R. D. No. 3, Bloomsburg; Mrs. Margaret Simmons
Yost, 607 N. Locust St.. Hazleton; Dr. Harry A. Smith, 15 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Josephine Smoczynski Dlugokecki, 632 Dorchester Ave.,
S .Boston, Mass.: Mrs. Irene Snyder Ranck, 35 Market St., Lewisburg; Mrs.
Lottie Spangler Loose, Verdugo City. Calif.; Mrs. Emily Spring Monahan,
Hawley; Mrs. May Steiner Gamble, Jr., 2811 N. 12th St., Philadelphia;
Mrs. Katherine Stunz Rarick, 301 E. 11th St., Berwick; Mrs. Vida Sturdevant Carter, R. D., Laceyville; Mrs. Loretta Sullivan Swartz, Forest City;
Mrs. Laura Treweek Watkins, Catherine St., Nesquehoning; Mrs. Jennie
Tucker Williams, 367 S. River St., Wilkes-Barre; James Walter Tucker, 319
Chestnut St., Berwick; Peter E. Turek, Glen Lyon; Mrs. Myrtle Turney
Ash, 7162 Pershing Ave., St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Miriam Vannatta Freas,
4035 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia; Mrs. Mabel Van Reed Layton, Franklin,
N. J.; Mrs. Eudora Walton Womeldorf, 1607 2nd St., Dodge City, Kansas;
Clara May Wardan, Dallas; Mrs. Grace Wegge McAleer, 33 Lundy Rd.,
Glen Cove, N. Y.; Captain William P. Weiss; Military Reservation, Colebrook; Elizabeth A. White, 48 E. 5th St., Bloomsburg; Mrs. Jennie Whitmire
Helt, 402 E. 5th St., Berwick; Anna K. Wiant, Hun School, Princeton, N. J.;
Annie C. Williams, 1950 E. 93rd St., Cleveland, Ohio; George D. Wilner.

Meadow,

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N. Holyoke Ave., Witchita, Kansas; Mrs. Elsie Winter Stevens,
St., Tunkhannock; Dennis D. Wright, 58 E. 5th St., Bloomsburg;
ADDRESS WANTED: Mrs. Ethel Adamson Sturgis, Harriet R. Armstrong. Mary Zita Burke, Dr. Loren L. Collins, Mrs. Elmira Guiterman
Lentur, Joy C. Harding, Mrs. Grace Hartman Artley. Mrs. Amanda Knauss
Palmer, Joseph Lorenzetty. Mrs. Marie McGall Drake. F. Marie Metzger,
Mary E. Myers, Gertrude M. Roney. Agnes R. Tigue, Luis G. Vergne, L.
Edwin Yocum. DECEASED MEMBERS: America Ana Bailetta Nellie
C. Barrett. John Joseph Boyle, Mrs. Margaret Gaffney Reagan, Mrs. Carrie
Gray Hurley, Mrs. Creola Harter Rough. Amanda E. Hawk, Lucy M.
Hawk, Mary H. Heller, Cormac F. Kennedy, Dr. Freas B. Klinetob, John
R. Kunkle, Dr. Donald B. McHenry.
1526

Putnam

VACATION THOUGHTS
(While

Out on the
With lurry

M. O. REPLEY
Lake Sunappee, N. H.)

at

hills,

'mid rocks and trees.

and droning bees;
'Mid nature s wilds and shady bowers,
'Mid lonely nooks and fragrant flowers.
Out in the woods by running brooks,
Away from cares and lovely books;
Absent from home and cheery friends.
squirrels

From dawn of day till daylight ends.
Alone with self and verdant beauty.
Alone with God and sense of duty.
Urgent and growing as daylight fades.
To love more truly Him who aids
Both beast and bird, and guides the race
To find, some day. His home and face.

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