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No. 4.

JULY, 1906

V od. X.

{Teaching as a protession.
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C dass 1906.

Members of the Class o f 1906 : Your class is the 18th graduat­
ing class of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School that I
have addressed on an occasion similar to this one. To select an
appropriate and practical theme becomes more difficult with each
succeeding year. New problems are however coming to the front
with every new year and I have endeavored to seize upon one
that is to-day demanding solution.. A few weeks ago I submitted
to you a number of questions with a view of gaining some infor­
mation concerning your history and to glean some facts in refer­
ence to your future work. The last question I submitted was this:
‘ ‘ Do you expect to make teaching your life work ?” To that ques­
tion I recieved fifty affirmative answers and twenty-eight nega­
tive ones. One of your number was undecided and preferred to
wait a few years before determining finally whether or not he
would continue in the work. Of the 28 members who stated that
they did not expect to make teaching their life work, 23 were
gentlemen, only five men in the entire class are fully determined
to devote their lives to teaching. This is too small.a percentage
of young men looking toward teaching as a life calling. This
disinclination of young men to give their lives to teaching has sug­
gested to me the subject upon which I purpose to address you
this morning.
THE SELECTION OF A LIFE CALLING.

The selection of a life calling is the most important, as well
as the most difficult problem of life. From a multitude of ways
the young man is expected to select the best one when as yet he
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safely in the determination of any of life’s great problems. I f the
individual does not have this experience himself then he should
rely upon the experience of his friends who have traveled over at
least a part of life’s great highway. The young man is, however,
not only destitute of this needed 'experience himself, but his ear is
deaf to the voice of experience. How frequently do we find young
men seeking Counsel of their young friends and ignoring the advice
of their elders. When a father finds his son traveling a way which
is full of peril and tries to persuade him to abandon it, he usually
finds that his influence is battling forsupremacy in the young man’s
life against the influence of some inexperienced companion and the
companion’s counsel usually wins the battle. The young man is
also more frequently guided by his feelings than by his judgment
in the choosing of a life work. The counsel of age and experience
is often disregarded because it runs counter to some anticipated
pleasure of youth. That teacher is most popular with students as
a rule who is most easy with them in the class room. The surest
way to win the friendship of students is to be mild with them in
your instruction and criticism and to be zealous in finding social
pleasures for them. Young men are often made to regret that they
did not heed the advice of father and teacher who were always
sincere, but instead followed the advice of some youth who has
given them the counsel which for the time seemed pleasant to obey.
P R IN C IP L E S GOVER N IN G - T H E S E L E C T IO N O F A L I F E C A L L IN G .

i.
The calling selected must be safe to the individualfrom the
moral standpoint. Other things being equal that calling is best
which is freest from temptation to wrong doing. We have re­
cently had the experience of a noted teacher going astray from the
path of honor, but he fell not from the temptations which came
to him from his legitimate work as a teacher but from the
enticements which came to him as a stock gambler. Thousands
of men go to ruin every year because they have engaged in pur­
suits which open up to them gilded opportunities for wrong doing.
No man knows what temptations he can resist until he has resist­
ed them. Only the fool has the temerity to invite temptation to
do evil. The man who remains away from the edge of the whirl­
pool will never be engulfed in its center.
2. It must afford a decent livelihood. No man has a right to
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ficient to maintain himself and those depending upon him . The
individual who is laboring in a calling which does not afford him
a comfortable living is laying himself open to influences which
will eventually undermine his principles of honesty. Whenever
a man’s expenses become greater than his income he is taking
awful risks with his character. There is no temptation to dis­
honesty greater than that which comes to a high spirited man
when he is confronted with the problem as to how he can keep
his family on a self respecting basis when his salary is insufficient
to make ends meet. Few men can stand a temptation of this sort.
A man has a perfect right to ask himself the question before se­
lecting a life work. “ Will it afford a comfortable living for myself
and those dependent upon me?" A man may starve himself if he
will but he has no right to starve his wife or his children.
3. It must employ a man's best powers. For a man to follow a
low calling when he is fitted by nature for a higher one is criminal.
Some men aim too high. They reach for the sun when they can­
not touch the moon. Most men, however, aim too low. “ Hitch
your wagon to a star” was the advice of Emerson, but he did not
say we should all hitch our wagons to the same star. Stars are of
different magnitudes and they occupy different positions in the
heavens. A man must select the star that is within his reach, but
he must select the highest one he is capable of reaching. “ Not
failure but low aim is crime”
4. It should offer opportunities fo r advancement. When a
man stops growing he has reached the dead line. Any calling
which starts a man at the same point where he finally leaves off is
dangerous because it destroys the conditions essential to growth.
The greater the number of steps between the base and the summit
of a calling the more advantages it offers to the individual enter­
ing it. It is always alarming to see a man at the top o f his calling
because you are anxious to know where he will step if circum­
stances should drive him from his position.
5. Its duty should be fairly congenial. While happiness
may not be the supreme end of life no man has a right to ignore
it as a proper accompaniment of right living. No greater mistake
could be made than to force a young man into a life work unsuited
to his tastes. The struggle of life is severe enough even when we
enjoy the conflict. “ Give me the man who sings at his work, he

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will do more work, and better work,’ ’ says Carlyle. Love of labor
is love of life. No man can enjoy life who does not find pleasure
in the performance of its daily duties. The young man who finds
the duties of his calling irksome and uncongenial has missed the
way which nature designed him to follow.
6. It should conduce in some way to the improvement of
human conditions. Success in life must in the end be measured
by the fact as to whether the world has been made better or worse
because of our having lived in it. The boast of Augustus Caesar
that he found Rome brick and left it marble was not an idle one.
He possibly did not do all he was capable of doing for the welfare
of his country but he did much, and for this we must give him full
credit.
7. It should minister to the supreme interest of mankind.
The work which results only in the material elevation of men does
not meet the highest need of the world. To clothe the soul with
beauty and power is even better than to make the body comfort­
able and secure. To feed the body and starve the soul is the
height of folly. To create in the human mind high ideals of life,
to give to men intellectual power and strength, to elevate the feel­
ings and make forceful the will, is an achievement which challenges
the ambition of the loftiest nature.
IS T E A C H IN G A P R O F E SSIO N ?

The question of whether teaching is a profession or not does
not appear to be definitely settled. It is evident, however, that if
it is a profession that all who are teaching are not members of it.
The professions that have always been recognized are Law, Theol­
ogy, and Medicine. Judged by the standards of these professions
if teaching is a profession it must meet the following requirements:
1.
Its members must be liberally educated. Law, Theology
and Medicine are recognized as professions because the students of
the schools for the special training of those who prepare for these
professions are required to have a liberal education as a basis for
their special training. Teaching has been discounted as a profes­
sion partially for the reason that so many teachers cannot lay claim
to the possession of this liberal education. The State Normal
Schools of the country have endeavored to eliminate this argument
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its members are often not liberally educated persons, by providing
in their courses of study for both academic and professional in­
struction. Any one laying claim to a liberal education should at
least have the breadth of academic instruction provided for in the
courses of study prescribed for our state Normal Schools. Until
this liberal education is in the possession of the teacher he may
follow teaching as a calling but not as a profession.
2. Its members must have a certain amount of technical skill
which has been obtained in schools establishedfo r this purpose. It is
this field of professional instruction and training in the theory and
practice of teaching that distinguishes the Normal School from all
other educational institutions. I f teaching lays claim to be
called a profession then the practice of teaching must rest on a
scientific basis. The teacher lacking this special knowledge and
skill in the science and art of teaching, cannot regard himself as
being eligible to membership in the professional class of teachers.
Teaching is undoubtedly the most difficult of all arts and the man who
has the temerity to engage in its practice without special prepara­
tion is surely not entitled to be classed with those whose education
and training *fit them to rank with the members of the universally
recognized professions.
3. Those who are members must have life certificates of
qualification. Once a physician, always a physician; once a
preacher, always a preacher ; once a lawyer always a lawyer. Many
teachers, however, must renew their claims to eligibility to teach
every year. So long as teachers must undergo these annual exami­
nations in order to teach, they must regard themselves as outside the
pale of teaching as a profession. So long as the superintendent’s ex­
amination stares the teacher in the face every summer he cannot
improve himself in that liberal way which is essential to normal
growth. The stuffing of the mind for the answering of test ques­
tions on facts and definitions is detrimental to sound intellectual
development. The intellectual life which improves the teacher is
obtained by his coming in contact with liberally educated men and
women, by reading and digesting the best books, by familiarizing
himself with the current problems of the times by writing on themes
connected directly and indirectly with education, and by judicious
travel with a view of studying educational policies and processes
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are denied to the teacher whose only thought after he closes his
school is concerned with the best plan of cramming his mind with
enough unrelated and undigested stuff to warrant the superintend­
ent in granting him a new certificate good for one year.
4. It must offer to those who enter it the means of obtaining
a livelihood. No calling can be dignified as a profession when
those who follow it must supplement their earnings by labor in
fields altogether foreign to the regular work they have undertaken.
The supplementary work a teacher is compelled to do in order to
replenish his short bank account is always detrimental to his suc­
cess in teaching. Whenever a lawyer drifts into commercial pur­
suits he suffers as a lawyer; when a physician goes into specula­
tion as a side issue it is at the expense of his practice ; when a
preacher becomes a broker or a life insurance agent he no longer
develops as a preacher ; and when the teacher adds to his duties
those of some other calling he can no longer hope to succeed well
in teaching. Every man has the right to ask himself the question
before entering the calling of teaching, “ Can I live comfortably
by my labor in it?” I f his judgment determines this question in
the negative then he has no right to devote his life to the school
room no matter how noble he may conceive the work to be.
5. The labor of a profession must be mental rather than manual.
The intellectual element must predominate in every profession.
It is this distinction that marks off the trade from the profession.
The tradesman has largely to do with the hand. He is chiefly
directed in his work by mechanical rules. No such clearly defin­
ed directions can be laid down for the teacher. Every teacher
has his own individual problems coming to him for solution and
they must be solved in the light of his own reason and judgment.
If manual training means the training of the pupil for a manual
occupation then it has no place in the curriculum of the public
schools. If, however, its purpose be the education of the mind
through the hand then its place among the branches of education
is undisputed.
D IS A D V A N T A G E S O F T E A C H IN G A S A PR O F E S SIO N .

Every profession has its advantages and disadvantages. No
profession has a monopoly of the advantages. In choosing a profes­
sion we must compare the advantages with the disadvantages. Un­
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would be unwise for us to select the profession of teaching as a life
work. It might do for a stepping stone to something better but it
certainly would not be wise or profitable for us to continue in it
for a life time. That this is the view that many young men take
of teaching is evident from the fact that so many ofthem use teach­
ing as a ladder to climb to what they consider a richer and higher
field of living. To induce the members of this class who view
teaching from this standpoint, to compare more thoughtfully the
advantages of teaching with the disadvantages is largely the pur­
pose of this final address to you. The disadvantages of teaching
may be summed up as follows:
1. Inadequate compensation. It is undoubtedly true that the
wages of teaching are lower than the wages of any other calling
requiring like ability and preparation,unless it be the calling of the
ministry. That we are paying too little for our preaching and
our teaching for the good of our country is an evident and alarm­
ing truth. When ability in the pulpit and in the teacher’s chair is
not remunerated as like ability is remunerated in other callings,
religion and education must both suffer and the country must suffer
with them. When the church and the school fail to invite the best
talent of the land to become preachers and teachers, it becomes a
sad day for the land. The opportunities for young men in com­
mercial lines are becoming so enticing that much of the talent
which has hitherto entered the learned professions is no longer
looking in these directions for a life calling. Public education is
suffering to-day for the want of more strong young men to fill the
more responsible positions in public school work and the cause
lies in inadequate compensation for efficient service. That a new
era is dawning in regard to teachers’ salaries is evident on all sides.
New York city is taking the lead in this movement and the con­
tagion of better compensation for efficient teaching is sure to spread
until it reaches every state in the union. The young men who
are to-day entering teaching with sufficient preparation will reap
the full benefit of this wave of advancement in teachers’ salaries.
2. The overtaxing o f strength necessary to achieve success. It
is claimed by many that the duties of a teacher are so perplex­
ing and exhausting that no one of ordinary strength can perform
them and not fall an early prey to nervous prostration. A ll
mental work which does not require in its performance a certain

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amount of outdoor exercise is fraught with more or less physical
peril to the individual engaged in it. Teaching, of course, is no
exception to this law. Many of the commercial pursuits, how­
ever, which are drawing young persons away from teaching call
for services which are more taxing on the nervous system than
teaching. It is true that some superintendents of despotic tend­
encies impose duties upon their teachers which they themselves
would not touch with one of their little fingers. The day for the
military supervision of schools, however, is destined to be short in
a free country. A teacher who is well prepared for his work can
discharge the duties of the school room without undue strain
upon his nervous system. W e would not, however, advise any
one who is looking for a soft place to eke out his lazy existence
to engage in teaching. I f there is a member of this class who is
afraid of hard work, then I would advise him to enter some other
calling than that of the teacher.
3. Short and uncertain tenure o f position. One of the un­
fortunate circumstances connected with teaching is the fact that
many schools have a new teacher every year. This is bad for the
teacher and worse for the children. Teaching can never be what
it ought to be until measures are taken to make the tenure of the
teacher as certain and continuous as that of the employee engaged
in commercial pursuits. The bank cashier and the superintend­
ent of a manufacturing establishment remain as long as they care
to remain providing they are efficient. In New York City a
teacher is as secure in his position to-day as the man in a com­
mercial pursuit. He need not fear the loss of his position except
for cause. This will come to be the policy everywhere when we
have enough competent teachers to fill all the schools.
4. Lack of opportunity to show skillful work. There is no
doubt of this indictment against teaching being true in too many
cases. The teacher is often accountable to individuals who are
utterly ignorant of the duties of the teacher. Even those who
are appointed to supervise the work of other teachers frequently
know less about the teaching in the grades than the teachers in
these grades themselves. Where a superintendent has measured
properly his own limitations all goes well, but when he attaches
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knowledge of grade teaching it is a dark day for the school and
the teachers entrusted to his supervision.
5. Lack of opportunity for social pleasure. The teacher who
is ambitious to succeed finds but little opportunity for social en­
joyment. It would seem, however, that if any class of persons
would be benefited by mingling freely with society it would be
the teaching class. The teacher owes it to himself and his work
to spend a reasonable amount of time in the society of the com­
munity in which he lives. He cannot, of course, afford to be a
social star devoting all his time and means to the demands of the
social circle in which he moves, but he can well afford to become
interested to a certain extent in the pleasures and functions of the
better class of society in the community in which he renders his
services.
6. F ull preparation and high ability not sufficiently rewarded.
This indictment against teaching is no doubt true to some e x ­
tent in the elementary grades but to a much less extent in the
higher grades. The leaders in education are better paid to-day
proportionately than the teachers in the subordinate positions.
In the lower grades of schools there is often little distinction
made between the salaries of the well qualified and poorly quali­
fied teachers. In the higher grades, however, the well qualified
teacher is more and more coming to have the field to himself and
these are the positions where the best salaries are paid.
7. Denial of the opportunity to exercise fu ll political rights.
The teacher who is anxious to retain his position must remain
silent when political issues are discussed. He cannot enter into
the work of a political campaign without jeopardizing his place.
He cannot publicly- discuss any of the prominent political issues
of the day without inviting the criticisms of his patrons. Any
one else may shout with the victors in a political triumph but the
teacher must restrain his enthusiasm. Every teacher should be
allowed to exercise his full political rights and I am inclined to
think that in most places a teacher will be permitted to do this in
a judicious way without losing the favor of his patrons.
A D V A N T A G E S O F T E A C H IN G A S A l PR O F E S SIO N .

i . The opportunity the profession affords to help a great many
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character and habits of others is confined almost entirely to those
of his own household. The experienced teacher, however,
usually has the opportunity to impress his life upon thousands.
This influence of the teacher is exerted upon those whose minds
are plastic. The man who is ambitious to make his life potent
for good, can find no better field in which to gratify this desire
than in teaching.
'2. The wholesome influence of teaching upon the teacher himself. The atmosphere of the school room is conducive to the
moral as well as the intellectual welfare of the pupils. Many
young men take their first steps downward when they begin
their life work in a calling with an unfavorable environment. A
man’s business has more to do with his character than he usually
concedes. The fact that teaching is conducive to right living,
gives it a strong claim upon the services of every young man
who regards character as the chief element in every successful
life.
3. The opportunity the profession affords to render effective
service to the state. The school houses of the land are better safe­
guards of the state than her fortresses. We must depend upon
the school teachers of the land for our defense of freedom, rather
than upon our standing armies. The man who loves his coun­
try will find no better field for the expression of his patriotism
than the public school. If every teacher does his full duty by
the flag there will be no need of anxiety concerning the future o f
our free institutions. Here is a field broad and fertile enough to
invite the services of every young man whose heart beats high
with love of country. To make good citizens is the task set for
the school teachers of the land, and no grander work can be ac­
complished by any American patriot.
4. Freedom from financial responsibility and temptation.
Many of the most lucrative positions in life are burdened with
the care of large financial interests. Every man who fills a posi­
tion of this character should be doubly paid. The wages he re­
ceives for his responsibility should be greater than the amount he
earns by his labor. To escape such responsibility in the dis­
charge of a man’s duties is a consummation devoutly to be
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5. The opportunity the profession offers fo r promotion. It is
not an unusual thing to find a teacher occupying a high position
who began his career in the little cross roads’ school house. The
public school offers good opportunities for promotion to the
growing teacher. This is a matter of great importance to the
man of ambition. It places before him a goal which demands of
him continued growth and development.
6. The opportunity it offersfo r self-culture. The teacher who is
successful finds his soul expanding with every year of his labor.
No dead line is ever reached by the teacher whose soul responds
to the influences of his work. Teaching not only affords a good
opportunity for self-culture but it induces it in the life of every
genuine teacher. To be a teacher without showing the evidences
of increased culture, is to witness against our own success.
I have now endeavored to show you the gains and the losses
in the school teacher’s life. I f I have enhanced the value of
teaching in your estimation, I shall have accomplished my pur­
pose in speaking to you. The school room is appealing to the
authorities of the land to secure for its masters the best ability of
the country. Every true educator is a mustering officer sound­
ing the call for men and women of true worth to enter the great­
est army ever mustered on the soil of freedom— the army of
schoolteachers. The term of enlistment is for life ; the reward
will be the everlasting gratitude of a free people.
And now a few words which are personal. I would speak
to you as a father speaks to his son or his daughter. I would
speak to you from a heart filled with deep desire for your welfare
and success. The day of instruction is ended. The last recita­
tion bell summoning you to the class room has sounded. In a
few hours you will separate and your pathways will lead you in
many different directions. It is to be hoped that the truths you
have gained from the lips of your instructors and from the ex­
ample of their lives will steady your steps when the path is rough
and perilous, and guide you into the light when the way becomes
dark.
Success in life depends upon the cause we espouse and not
upon the victories we achieve. It is better to fail in a good
cause than to win in a bad one. Many a man’s victory has been
inglorious because it has been won in a doubtful cause. The in-

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dividual who gives his life to the cause of education cannot fail
except he fail through lack of effort. To promote a righteous
cause with the best effort we are capable of putting forth is to
succeed to the extent of our effort.
There are two kinds of pleasure in the world, the one which
remains a pleasure and the other which turns to bitterness with the
memory of it. Pleasures indulged in at the expense of duty are
never profitable. The call of duty is the only call which is im­
perative. To be heedless of her voice is to fill our memories
with the recollections of remorse and shame.
Wisdom consists in giving to everything its proper value.
Young people make so many mistakes in attaching fictitious
values to many of the things of life. A thing of trifling value is
often made to outweigh a thing of real worth. A favor which
has cost the giver but little is sometimes appreciated more highly
than one which has required of the donor great personal sacrifice.
We must learn to put a proper estimate upon the value of persons
and things,— to weigh them justly and fairly. I remember a
teacher who was severe with his criticisms, mercilessly calling at­
tention to our smallest mistakes. We were often offended by his
close strictures and in our short sightedness failed to see the
worth of his instruction. Years of contact with the world and
with its rigid demands upon its servants has altered my notions
of the value of this teacher’s life to his pupils. From occupying
the lowest place in my affections among the teachers who served
with him he has grown steadily in my admiration and love until
he stands at the very head of a long list of noble instructors who
have been connected With my education. The career of this old
teacher is nearing its end, his feet have led him to the very brink
of. the grave. Soon his ear will be deaf to the voice of gratitude,
but I am glad to know that I have often had opportunity to tell
him of the deep feeling of respect I bear him as a man, and of the
love 1 cherish for him as a friend.
Tines will go out from my life to yours. When the mes­
sages come bearing good tidings I shall rejoice and when the
tidings are ill I shall be sad. Who will lead in this class of 1906
is a question that comes to me with great emphasis at this time.
Whose history will make glorious the class to which you belong ?
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ten succeed, or twenty, or will you all suceed? I f one shall fail
who shall it be? There is no need for failure with any of
you. With the opportunities given you for life’s preparation it
would be a great disgrace for any of you not to succeed. In the
language of Horace Mann, America’s greatest educational re­
former, “ May each one of you be ashamed to die before he has
done something worthy of himself.”

Ube /©oral of tbe Xegenb.
Long ere the mists of superstition were dispelled by the sun
of knowledge, there lived a cunning and potent sorceress. To
guard the cornfield against the ebon foe, she determined to place
a scarecrow in the midst of it. She thereupon began to contrive
as life-like a figure as possible, that it might fully perform its
duty. The process of construction was apparently simple. A
broomstick, an old flail and a few indiscriminate sticks from the
wood-pile constituted its skeleton; its viscera were a sack of
straw ; its head a withered and shriveled pumpkin. The sorcer­
ess was not so particular in the construction of this part of her
figure, for the clothes were to be the making of the man. A
richly colored coat, scarlet breeches and silk stockings soon con­
cealed the wooden reality of the body and the extremities.
Lastly a wig and a three-cornered hat covered the pumpkin
head, and behold, there stood the image complete. Scrutinizing
it she soon concluded that such a figure was too good for a scare­
crow. In an instant, by her magic and necromantic powers, she
transformed this mass of sticks and straw into a living human
likeness. This spectral illusion, this cunning effect of light and
shade so colored and contrived as to deceive the eyes of most
men, was named Feathertop. He ventured into the world, there
to associate with the multitude. With only the thinnest vesture
of human similitude he was universally received as one of noble
birth. He became acquainted with a belle of the neighboring
town. S o o n she was enamored by his beauty. During the in­
terview, while speaking words of love, he happened to glance
into a mirror. There he saw, not the shining mockery of his
outside show, but a picture of his real composition. He quickly
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claimed, “ I ’ve seen myself, for the wretched, ragged, empty
thing I am, I 11 exist no longer.’ ’ He sank upon the floor a
medley of straw and tattered garments.
Thus runs Hawthorne’s Feathertop. The world is full of
Feathertops— men and women who, judged by their outward ap­
pearance, are good, noble and great, but in reality they are bad,
ignoble and debased. The corrupt soul, the defiled body and
the empty mind are covered with the brilliant and enticing
cloak of deception. The benefactor and the malefactor, the wise
and the ignorant, the good and the bad, the religious and the
sacrilegious, cannot be easily discriminated in this age of phan­
tasy and sham. On this side and on that side are pomp and
show, and pretension and emptiness. The true and the false are
so intermingled, and so alike to the eye, that one cannot be easily
distinguished from the other. The heart of straw is covered with
a coat of silk, the empty head with a Parisian wig and the black
soul with a white veil of hypocrisy. Things are judged by the
clamor they make or the effulgence which they emit.
In this age of deception, men go mincing and grimacing
with plausible speech and brushed raiment, spectral illusions,
hollow within. How many are there who swagger and stru t;
how few who are natural and walk. While fops simper and fools
chuckle, and- simpletons giggle, how few there are who are nor­
mal and laugh. The libertine and the courtesan go down the
street in beautiful apparel and a manly gait, while within the
heart there are volcanoes of passion, consuming their lives and
jeopardizing the lives of their associates. The moral deceiver
blots out the sun of hope, rolls man up in self and pushes a whole
world toward the doleful caverns of an eternal night. Such a
deceiver was Mohammed, that form of terror which blazed
athwart the moral heavens, consumed the vital atmosphere, and
shrieking with his last breath, “ Oh, G o d ! pardon my s i n s , *
plunged into the awful whirlpool of shoreless remorse.
Fallacy and deception have penetrated all the domains of life,
spiritual and material. Politics and literature, and most odious of
all, philanthropy and religion are infected. The world is changed
into a place of vanity and pomp and many are the snares and death­
traps hidden under the mask of cunning and illusion. The world
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and vain; more reality and less sham, more of the true and less of
the false; more men and women who are what they appear to be.
The time demands a reform and pleads for the transformation
of the empty and the deceitful. Suicide— tearing away the veil
of illusion, cutting the mask of sham and building anew upon a
foundation of integrity and goodness, is the only redemption of a
pompous and showy world. Justice asks the removal of the gloss,
the alloy and the adulteration and the establishing of truth and
reality.
It is fitting and wise that the deceitful reform. Walking in
the old path is death; reformation is life. A life of sham is useless.
Though it exists a century it is of no credit to the world. Not only
useless but harmful is such a life. It, is a moral poison destroying
virtue and chastity. Such a life is dangerous and wicked. He
who finds satisfaction and deiight in the things which glitter and
holds his eye is lost. He sees evil before all else for he himself is
evil. He allures the innocent, entices the weak and is an impreca­
tion to the world. To cross the sea of life safely and successfully
self must be made known. ‘ ‘ Know thyself ’ is an old but excellent
maxim. He who is a pretender, a deluder, cannot know himself,
he has never discovered the reality of his own composition. He
steers blindly in life’s voyage and is a false beacon light to his
fellow travelers He misses the gate of heaven and is lost forever.
Feathertop’scourageiscommendable. Deception and illusion
decreases only as men assume the bravery of Feathertop. They
who see their vanity and emptiness and resolve to “ exist no lon­
ger,’’ have won a great fight. When the old life is destroyed,
like the fabled Phoenix, they will rise from their own remains,
true, modest,, pure and good. Then they cull the flowers and
pluck the fruit of a useful, noble and happy life and are. more
nearly like Him who by precept and example taught His people
to lead lives of purity and holiness.

Cholly— People talk about a “ horse laugh.’ ’ Horses never
laugh while I ’m around.
Miss Pepperly— Then they can’t laugh, that’s all .¡¡¿-Chicago
Daily News.

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JUIyY, 1906.

E M to ria l.
With this issue of the H erald we vacate the editorial chair
which we have been occupying for the past two years. We have
always had a lurking suspicion that we were a size too small for
the chair, or the chair a size too large for us, and we trust our
successor will fill its every nook and corner and that his feet will
touch the floor. In the words of the wise man, there are chairs
and chairs. We shall hold in memory those who have assisted
us, 'as well as those who have refused. Our blessings upon the
former, also the latter. May the H e r a l d continue to disseminate
wit and wisdom and may its arrival be warmly welcomed by
every alumnus and alumna of the C. V . S. N. S.
jf
With the summer elections come the usual number of
changes in the teaching force, due to all sorts of causes. Some
step down and out voluntarily, some involuntarily, some are
promoted, some demoted, if we may use the word. These changes
make plutonic the pocket book of the bureau manager, but do in­
finite harm to the profession. Some changes are necessary, some
are advisable, while for others there is no excuse. No other
organization in the world of equal rank suffers so many losses and
changes as does the teaching profession, and the irresponsible

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children are the ones that have to suffer. School board, if you
have a good teacher, “ grapple him to thy heart with hooks of
steel. ”
In the matter of elections, the ethics of the profession are
often strained to the uttermost by both teacher and school board
and occasionally by intermediate agents. Questions which fre­
quently arise are, “ Is it honorable to be an applicant for several
positions at the same time?“ Answered in the affirmative by
most teachers. The most strenuous opponent of this theory ever
known to the writer, was doing time in a western jail the last he
knew of him. “ Is it right to resign after accepting a position ?’ ’
Is it right to recommend men and women of whom one is not
absolutely sure?’ ’ “ Is it right, because one ‘needs a jo b’ to ac­
cept a position for which he does not feel qualified?” On the
contrary is it right for the secretary of the school board to
ignore all letters of inquiry and put the stamps in his pocket; to
keep a candidate waiting, perhaps weeks, without an intimation
as to his chances of election, and to vote against him for reelection, merely because he thrashed little Jimmy ? Sometimes a
thrashing would do little Jimmy’s papa a whole lot of good.
As the summer days go by and the young graduate does not
land a position, he naturally becomes a little nervous, feeling
that after all his preparation, he will be without an opportunity to
teach. A ll we have to say is, “ don’t worry.” Many unex­
pected vacancies occur in the latter half of August, and then
when teachers are less plentiful, boards are not so independent,
and your chances are correspondingly better. A good agency
is a mighty help in time of trouble, but do not depend upon it too
much. Next year you will be more independent, and when you
shall have achieved such a reputation that positions will begin to
come your way unasked, you will conclude teaching is not all
thorns. There is no dishonor in a lowly position the first year,
nor is there any credit if you remain there very long.
W hy are not more young men entering the teaching profes­
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given and that is “ Because other lines of work are more attrac­
tive.” But why should such be the case? Is it meagreness of
salary ? But salaries are better than ever before. Is it on ac­
count of social position ? But in most communities the best
homes are gladly opened to the public school teachers. Is it due
to the short term— from seven to ten months ? Very largely. Is
it due to the fact that in an age of commercial and industrial pros­
perity such as we are now enjoying, young men find lucrative and
pleasant employment all the year round? Yes, we think so; and
if such be the case, when a period of depression comes, our pro­
fessional schools for teachers will find a much larger per cent, of
young men among the student body. Take it altogether, the much
deplored commercial spirit of the present age is undoubtedly the
cause of the decreasing number of young men entering the ranks of
teachers and still more so, the ministry.

IRormal Botes.
Now the campus, it is quiet,
For the students are not here ;
And to show that we are lonely,
We will shed a big;, fat tear.
Gone the Juniors and the Middlers,
Gone the Seniors, looking wise ;
Gone from dormitory windows
Many pairs of goo-goo eyes.
Some to gather in the harvest,
Some to bake and cook and sew ;
Some to study all the summer !
Do we think so ? Oh, my ! No !
Let them g o ; our blessings on them;
Most of them have earned a rest.
What maintained them through the school year?
Good milk soup and Force and Zest.,
You who come back in the autumn,
Come to work with heart and brain.
Fare you well, young men and maidens,
Farewell, till we meet agane.

I t’s all over.
“ So long, chum ; take care of yourself.”

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Campus looked well all the spring and summer.
“ Dogwood winter” and “ blackberry winter” and “ straw­
berry winter” made good evenings for study.
The new athletic field was formally opened in a rain storm.
Normal has had better base ball seasons.
Tennis contests were a prominent feature of outdoor life
during the spring term. There was talk of a tournament, but it
did not materialize.
“ Well, good-bye, dear. You will write real often, won’t
you? I know I ’ll never get another room-mate I ’ll like half as
well.-” (Kiss-kiss.)
During the spring term Dr. Barton gave an evening to the
Senior class in chapel, illustrating some of the more spectacular
effects of electricity, as seen in a darkened room.
School was in session a half-day only, May 30. Some spent
the afternoon in studying, but the greater number in recreation;
many on the campus, some to the cemetery and a few made the
more pretentious trip to Gettysburg.
The annual trip to Washington was a complete success,
nothing occurring to mar the pleasure of the trip. As an ex­
pression of good-will and appreciation the party presented Dr.
Barton with a gold-headed cane.
Mr. J. O. Gray, who has been filling the position of steward
for the past two years, has resigned to take up work in the fall
at the University of Pennsylvania.

Uwentg H?ears of Service.
This year sees the completion of twenty years service for Dr.
Eckels in the Normal, seventeen of which he has held the office of
principal. During this time the school has undergone a most
satisfactory growth and is now on a firm and thoroughly estab­
lished basis. These results are very largely due to Dr. Eckels,
who has made his influence felt throughout all this part of the
state, and even beyond, and who has by his genial courtesy and
genuine and sterling qualities endeared himself to thousands of
young people.

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jfacults motes.
Dr. Eckels was called to Halifax to give the commencement
address. He also spoke at Mt. Holly on a similar occasion.
Dr. Barton in April lectured at Macungie and gave the com­
mencement address at the Quincy high school exercises.
Prof. Rife gave the cammencement address at Newville in
May. He and Mrs. Rife will spend the summer at his home near
Mechanicsburg.
Prof, and Mrs. Heiges will spend the summer in Shippensburg with an occasional visit to her home in Newport.
Prof. Gordinier gave the commencement address atY oeinlieu
of Dr. Eckels. He also spoke at the Newport high school com­
mencement. Prof. Gordinier severs his connection with Normal,
having accepted the Deanship of Kee Mar College. He will travel
during the summer in the interest of the latter institution.
Miss Davie will spend some time this summer visiting Miss
Crewe at the home of the latter in Sparrow’s Point, Md.
Miss Cook will spend some time at Atlantic City. Another
vacancy is caused by her resignation. Miss Cook has had several
flattering offers for next year, but has not decided whether she will
teach or not.
Prof. G. Charles Clever, who for the past two years has been
identified with the Faculty as a Spring term teacher, has accepted
the chair of science at*Kee Mar College. He will travel for that
institution during the summer.

IResignation of 2>r. Barton.
After nineteen years of continuous service as a member of the
Faculty of the C. V. S. N. S. Dr. Jos. F. Barton surprised his
many friends June 8th, by announcing his resignation. As this
move on the part ot the genial Doctor was entirely unlooked for,
it naturally caused wide comment and general and sincere regret.
During his residence at the Normal, Dr. Barton has made himself
felt not only as a teacher, but as an institute instructor and lecturer,
a citizen of the town, a school director of Shippensburg township ,
a prominent member of several social and fraternal organizations,
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himself of the first graduating class of the school, he has a personal
acquaintance with hundreds of the alumni, all of whom can recall
various ways in which their school life was brightened and bettered
through Dr. Barton’s efforts. But all loss must somewhere find a
corresponding gain, and in this instance it is Hamline University,
Minneapolis, Minn., to which the Doctor has been called to fill a
position in the department of science. He will carry with him the
best wishes of his many friends, that he may be spared to many
more years of usefulness in the cause of teaching to which he has
devoted his best energies during so long and successful a period.

Commencement.
Senior JSanquet.
The banquet given to the Senior class and Faculty by the
Trustees of the Normal Saturday night was one of the most enjoy­
able occasions of this kind in the history of the school. A t 8:30
o’clock the Seniors, preceded by the Faculty, repaired to the din­
ing hall where a very pleasing scene presented itself. The tables
were handsomely decorated, the color scheme being pink and
white. The usual good things to be found at banquets were dis­
pensed with a liberal hand and for some time everyone seemed to
be busy. The confections served at the close were decorated in
blue and white, the class colors. After waiting in vain for Prof.
Clever to satisfy his appetite for pickles, Dr. Eckels was forced
to interrupt, and in his genial way introduced the speakers of the
evening.
Mr. Baish, as president of the class, was first called upon, and
responded in a most creditable manner, touched upon the appre­
ciation of the class at being called upon to sit at meat with the
august members of the Faculty, thanking the latter for past
courtesies and personal interests and expressing good wishes for
the future. He wove in some excellent humor and received well
deserved applause. Mr. Kirkpatrick, as orator of the class, spoke
briefly but well, starting out with a good story, and then dealing
with the pleasant relations of class and Faculty. A departure
from former occasions consisted in the limited number of the
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ing the institution. Dr. Barton, as longest in service, was first
introduced and arose amid tumultous applause. He spoke in his
usual happy vein, referring in a humorous way to some recent
events and then in a more serious strain to his long service at the
Shippensburg Normal nineteen years and three months. A pleas­
ing combination of humor and pathos held the close attention of
all and he took his seat amid more applause. Prof. Gordinier
was next called upon, but his position as editor of these sheets
forbids comment, save that at the close some sympathetic soul
ventured a feeble applause. For this he is profoundly grateful.
Dr. Ezra Lehman, for some years a valued member of the Faculty,
and identified with us during the Springterm, was then introduced,
and though modestly disclaimimg anly ability along that line,
proved conclusively that he is a past master in the art of after
dinner speaking. With wit and wisdom the scholarly gentleman
held the rapt attention of all and at the close was warmly applauded.
Dr. Eckels then as toast-master addressed himself to the class,
complimenting them upon the successful completion of their course
and assuring them of his warm personal interest in them as a class,
and individually. After the banquet all adjourned to the Chapel
where in common with the other students, the time was passed in
social intercourse until the approach of the midnight hour brought
the evening’s pleasure to a close.
jt

Sunbag.
After ten days of continuous showers and sultriness the weather
man got good, and the week opened with clear skies and a bracing
atmosphere. The whole school assembled in chapel ab8:45 a . m .
for the last Sunday School exercises. Although all teachers were
seated upon the platform, only two spoke, Prof. G. Chas. Clever
and Prof. E. M. Gress. Each one brought out clearly some of the
salient features of the lessons of the quarter and their addresses
were well received. A well rendered solo by Miss Cook closed
the last Sunday School of the year.
jt

baccalaureate Sermon.
By six o ’clock Sunday evening the chapel was completely
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baccalaureate sermon.
Dr. Eckels and Dr. Laurie with the
ministers of the town, passed down the main aisle to seats upon
the platform, followed by the class of ’06 in caps and gowns, to
seats seserved in front. The services were opened by a large
mixed chorus rendered in an excellent manner. Congregational
singing was followed by scripture reading by Mr. Brady of the M.
E . church, and prayer by Mr. Henry of the Lutheran church
After another hymn by the congregation, Dr. Eckels introduced
Rev. Dr. Laurie, of Bellefonte, who took as his text Psalm i 44 >
verse 12. “ That our sons may be as plants grown up in their
youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones polished after
the similitude of a palace. ’ ’ Dr. Laurie asked the class the ques­
tion “ What do you mean by God’s grace, to make of yourselves.
Eirst-rate men and women are wanted, not second-rate. Some of
the essential characteristics are force or power, but only where em­
ployed in a proper direction ; common sense not common enough;
intellectual self-respect; truthfulness^ honesty and purity.
Strength should be clothed in beauty. Dr., Laurie spoke from
manuscript; his diction was the purest English and so plain that
a way faring man, though a fool, could not err therein. He em­
phasized the importance of the cardinal virtues by some very beau­
tiful descriptive passages and illustrations from his own extensive
travels. He held easily the attention of the audience and at the
close many words of commendation could be heard. The sermon
was'followed by the chorus, “ Rest,” Rubenstein’s melody in F,
arranged by Veazie, and the benediction pronounced by Rev. Mr.
Gardner of the U. B. church.
£
dBonDa«.
Everyone seemed busy though there was not much in a general
way until 10 A. m ., when Dr. Eckels addressed the class. The
address forms, as usual, the leading article in the commencement
number of the Herald.
a r t Exhibit.
A constant stream of visitors passing through the Art studio
from six to eight in the evening attested the popularity of this
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The room was handsomely decorated for the occasion with ferns
add daisies, and presented to the average layman a bewildering
effect of studies in form and color. The design work in black
and white, as well as in color, was of a high grade, including some
very attractive designs in historic ornament. What proved very
popular and called forth much praise was the original designs in
wall paper, china, stained-glass windows, book-covers and GreekThe exhibit reflects much credit upon the students, and proves the
ability of Miss Irene Huber, who has charge of this department.
Only words of praise were heard from those who viewed the exhibit.
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dftusical anb Xiterare IRecital.
Monday went out in a blaze of glory as a result of the recital
given in the evening by the students who have been taking special
work in the department of music and elocution. That the pro­
gram would be an excellent one was anticipated by the crowds
which gathered at an early hour. Before eight o’clock every seat
in the Chapel was filled and the sign S. R. O. might have been
displayed to advantage. The opening selection on two pianos by
Misses Reba Emmert and Grace Johnson deserved the applause it
received. In interpretation, modulation and technique the young
ladies bore evidence of the careful training received. The read­
ing which followed by Miss Claudia Stambaugh held the close at­
tention of the audience and was well received. Then followed
a piano selection by Mr. Baish, who for three years has closely
identified himself with the musical work of the school, both
vocal and instrumental.
Suffice it to say that Mr. Baish sus­
tained the enviable reputation he has already won. The teach­
ing and training given by Miss Raymond, head of the elocu­
tionary department, showed the work of a master, and no where
more than in the reading by Paul F . Myers, which was one of the
features of the evening. Mr. Myer’s fine voice and pleasing stage
presence easily won for their possessor complimentary expressions
from the entire audience. He received hearty applause. Miss
Lydia Eldon, youngest daughter of Dr. James Eldon, so well
and favorably known throughout this section as an edu­
cator, next favored the audience with a very pleasing piano
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high grade work was rich in future promise. Miss Anna Hartman,
in “ Indian 1,0ve Song,” found opportunity to demonstrate the
possession of an unusually sympathetic voice, and to win hearty
applause. The four-handed selections by Misses Oyler and Myers
and the Misses McClelland were rendered in faultless style and
with a spirit of interpretation which left nothing to be desired.
Then came a selection from Mark Twain by Miss Martha W . Clark,
who during her course at Normal, has shown elocutionary ability
of a high order, and has charmed many an audience before by a
very pleasing simplicity of style. The classical selections by D.
Ralph Starry were rendered in a manner which showed the close
application Mr. Starry has given to work of this kind. He will
be greatly missed in the Normal where he has ever been willing to
use his musical talents for the public good. Too much praise
cannot be given to his work Monday evening. One of the most
popular numbers on the program was the “ Forget-me-not” chorus
by the young ladies whose names appear below in the program.
The careful training of Miss Cook, a favorite both in town and in
the school, never showed to better advantage, and so well was the
selection given that at the close the applause was long and hearty.
The closing number, a garden scene from “ Mary Stuart,” was a
fitting climax to a most successful evening. Miss Winifred Mc­
Clelland as Elizabeth and Miss Robinson as Mary Stuart each
sustained her character with an ability rarely seen in amateurs.
The audience showed keen pleasure and appreciation and after the
entertainment the young ladies were overwhelmed with congratu­
lations. The program in detail was as follows:
PROGRAM.

PART I.
Cachouca Caprice, Op. 79. Two Pianos______________________ J. R aff
Miss Reba Emmert
Miss Grace Johnson
“ Once Bloomed a Rose in Avon-Town” _____ __________________ I/ynes
Miss Claudia Stambaugh
Mazurka in E b, Op. 24, No 2 ___________________________ Leschetizlcy
Mr. Melvin Baish
“ Gentlemen ! The King !” _____________________________ Robert Barr
Mr. Paul E. Myers
Polish Dance in E b, Minor, Op. 3 _________ ______________ Scharwenka
Miss Eydia Eldon

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Indian Love Song, Op, 53, No. 3 --------------------------------- L_i2. DeKoven
Miss Anna Hartman
P A R T II.

Midsummer Night’ s Dream. Two Pianos,______________ Mendelssohn
Nocturne
Wedding March
Miss Winifred McClelland
Miss Eleanor McClelland
Miss Jeannette Oyler
Miss Besse. Myers
Selection---------------------------------------------- ----------------- Mark Twain
Miss Martha W. Clark
j a.

( o.

Valse, Op. 64, No. 2 ----------------------------------------------------- Chopin
Hark Hark I the L a rk ,------------------------------------- -Schubert-Liszt
Hark ! Hark ! the Lark at heaven’s gate sings,
And Phoebus ’gins arise,
His steeds to water at those springs,
On chaliced flowers that lies ;
And winking Mary-buds begin
To ope their golden eyes
With everything that pretty is,
My lady sweet, arise.—Shakespeare Serenade.
Mr. D. Ralph Starry

Forget-Me-Not. Ladies Chorus,--------------------------------- Augusto Rotol
Claudia Stambaugh
Ruth Elliott
Mary McCulloch
Julia Hollar
Ray Hollar
Ruth Kadel
Garden Scene from “ Mary S t u a r t , ___ ________
__ -^ S ch iller
Elizabeth, Queen of England,
Miss Winifred McClelland
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotts, a prisoner in England,
Miss Jean Robinson

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Euesbag.
Tuesday morning old Sol set a bad example to students and
visitors by not getting up on time. But in spite of lowering skies
all seats were early taken in Chapel for Class Day exercises.
For some time before the appointed hour the orchestra discoursed
pleasing strains of music and at ten o ’clock broke into a march
which heralded the entrance of the class in caps and gowns; after
taking their places upon the platform on raised seats and a selec­
tion from “ Bohemian G irl,” Mr. Melvin E. Baish, class president,
gave his address. Following a courteous salutatory, Mr. Baish
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plays'in training the citizen. The student of to-day is the citizen
of to-morrow, and must be a good citizen in spirit, purpose and
hope; must be patriotic and intelligent. Importance of character,
“ good citizen,” the title all men should covet. Space forbids
further mention, but suffice it to say Mr. Baish’s address was well
delivered and highly appreciated. Following the President’s
address came the oration, “ Nature and Men,” by Harry M. K irk­
patrick. The oration was of a flowery nature, containing many
beautiful descriptions of nature through the changing year, and
drawing the analogy as found in the life of man. The subject
matter showed careful preparation, and the delivery was excel­
lent. The next number on the program was the class history
by Miss Mary Craig. Miss Craig took up in a pleasant and in­
teresting way some of the chief events which have marked the
school life of the class, excursions, class-room trials, etc, etc. A t
the close she received merited applause. After a selection by
the orchestra, Mr. D. Ralph Starry delivered the mantle oration
in a dignified and impressive manner. As Caesar cast the die
when he crossed the Rubicon, so the die is cast for those who
have determined to follow teaching as a living. A high tribute
should be paid the profession. Mr. Starry in a humorous way
remarked about the prominent part played by this class in the
history of the school. Then, in behalf of the class, he delivered
the mantle, with best wishes to the representative of the class of
1907. Mr. S. S. Shearer, who received it modestly, expressing in
behalf of his class the congratulations to those o f 06’ and best
wishes for their future usefulness and happiness. Next came a
very interesting feature, the ladies’ class roll by Miss Carrie McNaughton and the gentlemen’s roll by Mr. Paul F. Meyers. As it is
impossible to take these up in detail, we can merely say that never
have better class-rolls been heard by the writer, and rarely so good.
The usual hits and jokes were given and received in the best spirits
imaginable and not only the class, but the entire audience, seemed
to enjoy greatly this part of the program. A t the close of Mr.
Meyers’ roll, he presented in behalf of the entire school, a beautiful
set of the “ Nature Library” to Dr. J. F. Barton, as indicating the
appreciation of Dr. Barton’s efforts as a teacher here for so
long a time. Dr. Barton replied in a feeling manner, express­
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which prompted it. The class song by the entire class followed;
words by Miss Ruth S. Elliott, musical director. This brought to a
close one of the most pleasing and successful Calss Days in the
history of the C. V. S. N. S. The program in full follows :
PROGRAM M E

Music—Selection from the Bohemian Girl...................................... Balfe
o r c h e str a .
P r e s id e n t ’ s A d d r e s s ........................................................... M e l v in E . B a ish
O r a t io n —N ature and M an ..................................H a r r y M. K ir k p a t r ic k

**ISTOEY.......... .....................................................................................M a r y C r a ig
M usic — The Village Blacksmith, (Characteristic}^-...-....'......... Puerner
O r c h e str a
M a n t l e O r a t io n .................................................................d . R a l p h S t a r r y
C lass R o l l I R a d ie s ..................................................... C a r r ie M cN a u g h ton
( G entlem en ..................... « H K , ................ P a u l F. M e y e r s
C lass S o n g .............. ........ ..............................................................Ruth S. Elliott
S un g

by

C lass

Musnfc-Selected.......................................................................... O r c h e s t r a
C lass S ong
( T u n e , “ I n T h e G lo a m in g .’p | |

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’Tis commencement, oh! my classmates,
And the, time has come to part;
Past is past—the future calling,
And the thought makes sad my heart.
Now the busy world is calling,.
There is work for us to do; ,
And we shall succeed, my classmates,
If each one to self be true.
’ Tis commencement, oh! my classmates,
Now begins a broader life;
Though not knowing what awaits us,
We feel eager for the strife.
Shall it be success or failure,
Shall we win or shall we lose?
May we wisdom have, my classmates
Right to know, and right to choose.
’Tis commencement, oh! my classmates,
We may ne’er all meet again;
But fond mem’ries will go with us,
Bringing pleasure—bringing pain.
When the evening shadows lengthen,
And the past comes back to you,
Will you think of me, my classmates,
Will you then to me be true ?

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’ Tis commencement, oh ! my classmates,
Now this parting- song we sing;
And I wish for you, my classmates,
All the triumphs time can bring.
May ad summum spur you onward,
Right to sanction, wrong o’erthrow,
Then life’s blessing yours, my classmates,
As the years shall come and go.
. — R uth S. E l l io t t .
M otto :

Ad summum.

C lass F l o w e r : N eglan tine.
C lass C o lo rs : Blue and W hite.
C lass Y e l l : Hul-loo, bu-lu, bu-la,

Raz-oo, raz-oo,
Hi-ka, pi-ka do ma ni ka.
Sis boom ba ;
Wa hoo, wa hoo,
Rip zip zix,
Shippensburg, Shippensburg, 1906.

IReunioit of Claee of 1904.
About fifty per cent, of the class of 1904 returned to their
alma mater for second diploma and reunion. A business meeting
was held during the day, and in the evening after a half hour
concert by the orchestra, the following programme was rendered
in a most excellent manner. Mr. Gray, in behalf of the class,
presented a sum of money as the foundation of a loan fund for
needy students.
PRO GRAM M E

Music—Starlight, (Medley Overture)........................... ................... Morse
Orch estra
P r e s id e n t ’ s A d d r e s s ...............................................................R . G. B r e s sl e r
P ia n o S olo ..................................................... ..................G e r t r u d e G le ssn er
O r a t io n ........................................................................... ....R o b e rt M cP h erson
V io lin S olo —M a zu rk a D e k o n ze rt ...............................................Musin
P r o p . G e o r g e U pd e g r o v e
O r a t io n ..............................................................................................J o h n M e y e r s
E s sa y ..................................................................................... ....M a r g ie D e n g l e r
S olo ........................................... ;........................ .......,■, > ............. A n n a J ones
P r e s e n t a t io n ......................................................... ........ ....... ..........W . H . G r a y
M usic — C olum bia, th e G em o f the O cea n ....................................O r c h e s t r a
S u n g b y en tire audien ce.

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alumni association.
The Alumni Association held its 32nd annual business meet­
ing Tuesday afternoon in the large chapel. Neither the president
nor the vice-president being present, Dr. Barton called the meeting
to order, after which Henry Baish was elected temporary chair­
man. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year:
President— J. S. Heiges, ’91.
Vice-President-fjrJ. H. McLaughlin, ’05.
Secretary— Ida B. Quigley, 77.
Treasurer— W. M. Rife, ’91.
Executive Committee— Miss Hattie Wylie, ’93, Mrs. Zora
Gettle, ’76.
Dr. Barton was called on for a farewell address. He
responded in a pleasing manner, expressing his regret at leaving
the institution, and his appreciation of the good will shown him
by the association.
Dr. Eckels in a few well chosen words, suggested the idea of
the association establishing a loan fund, with the view of helping
those worthy students who do not see their way clear to fim>b
without help.
The matter was put into the hands of the executive commit­
tee to suggest means to carry out the thought.
Prof. Gress offered the following resolution, which was
adopted:
Resolved, “ That we, as an'association, regret to lose the
assistance of Dr. Barton, and through this means express our
appreciation of the faithfulness which he has always manifested.”
The following obituary committee was appointed for the
following year : Q. T . Mickey, Mrs. S. B. Hockersmith, Miss
Nannie E. Grayson.
I da B. Q u ig l e y , Secretary.

©Wtuarg.
W h e r e a s , In God’s infinite wisdom death has been per­

mitted to enter the ranks of the Alumni of the Cumberland Valley
State Normal School, and to remove therefrom the following
members, viz :

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Carrie M. Foose, ’02, July 12, 1905; Joseph W . Booze, ’99,
August 23, 1905; S. E. McSherry, ’02, August 24, 1905; J- H.
Parrett, ’98, September 10, 1905; Carrie B. Eppley, ’99, October
27, 1905; Clara Wickersham (Garretson) ’94, December24, 1905;
Lloyd Gray, ’00, April 28, 1906; Blanche Reeseman (Leisinger)
’92; W . H. Klepper, ’94, June 1, 1906.
And as the association desires to give expression of its regret
at the loss of these departed friends; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Alumni Association of the school in its
annual session assembled, do bow in submission to the will of
our Divine Father at whose call these devoted sons and daughters
of the association have gone from time to eternity.
That in the death of these friends we as an association have
sustained the loss of nine sincere and able members and our
alma mater a number of ardent supporters.
That our sincere sympathy be extended to the bereaved
families and friends of the deceased members.
That these resolutions be recorded in the minutes of the
Association, and published in the School Herald.
Ge o . H . E ckels,
F lo E . W a l t e r s ,
I d a B. Q u ig l e y .

UOle&nes&aB—Commencement 2>ag.
June, the month of roses, weddings and commencements,
offered one of her most charming days to the C. V . S. N. S.
Wednesday, greeting the early risers with a balmy breeze, blue
skies and here anA there a fleecy cloud. A ll roads led to the
Normal, and graduate and under-classman, teacher, parent,
visitor and others moved over the campus and through the corri­
dors during the early morning hours, while a long line stood in
front of the chapel doors, patiently awaiting the hour for them to
open. When admission had been secured the room, handsomely
decorated as on the preceding day with the class colors, blue and
white, was soon filled and standing room was eagerly sought.
The class entered in cap and gown, preceded by Dr. Eckels
and Rev. J. O. Reagle. After the opening exercises, as outlined
in the program below, the oration was given by Mr. Sam. M.
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lated voice, holding the rapt attention of the audience. Last
year the Herald printed the essay; this year owing to lack of
space, we can again print but one in full, and so will give space
to the oration. It will be found elsewhere.
The next number, a ladies’ trio chorus, Water-lillies, Linders,
was rendered in perfect harmony and proved a very pleasingselection.
King Robert of Sicily,” by Miss Abagail Taughenbaugh,
was rendered very effectively in a pleasing tone of voice and with
charming personality. Miss Taughenbaugh, by her many
delightful qualities, has enjoyed a wide popularity among stu­
dents and teachers, and the school will lose by her departure.
‘ ‘ Living on Credit,” essay by Miss Florence L. Barbour, was
listened to with close attention. It dealt with the early life of
the individual as the credit age, and discussed in an exhaustive
manner the early training of the child by parent, teacher and the
State. Miss Barbour has a wide and intimate knowledge of
children as a result of successful teaching, and also showed close
acquaintance with the best pedagogic thought of the day, as
expressed by well-known educationists.
After a popular fantasia by the orchestra, Dr. Eckels intro­
duced the speaker of the occasion, Prof. Leon C. Prince, of
Dickinson, who took as his topic, “ Paternalism in Government.”
Prof. Prince is so well known throughout this section as a
thinker and orator, that any words of praise would seem super­
fluous. Enough to say that Prof. Prince is a most effective,
powerful and charming speaker, always having something good
to say and then knowing how to say it. He dwelt upon the
p e a t awakening which occurred four hundred years ago, sketch­
ing the downfall of the Latin power and the upgrowth of Teutonic.
The secret of America’s wondrous growth is the universal preva­
lence of opportunity for America, as representing the Teutonic
idea, emphasizes the individual rather than the mass. As regards
paternalism, whether known by that name, by centralization,
imperialism or any other synonym, it is very largely the out­
growth of the Civil War, rapid material progress and high tariff
laws. With too many laws now on our statute books there is
alwayte the temptation and frequently the tendency to enact more
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says all men are born equal; this is the doctrine of socialism. In
no way are they equal except before the law, and not always then.
Nature abhors equality. There has been wonderful growth in
the socialist party and in socialistic thought. Rich and poor are
both becoming richer. Prof. Prince also emphasized the evils of
governmental and municipal ownership, and closed his address
with a magnificent burst of oratory. Roud and continued
applause followed him as he took his seat.
After an orchestral selection, Dr. Eckels as principal con­
ferred eighty diplomas to the graduates and forty-three second
diplomas to those who have successfully taught two years. A
mixed chorus, “ Tripping O’er the H ill,” was up to the usual
high musical standard of the school and was enjoyed by all. Mr.
Baish then, as class president, took a formal farewell of towns­
people, under-graduates, trustees, faculty, Dr. Eckels, and the
class. The benediction by Rev. I. A. MacDannald closed the
exercises and the thirty-third annual commencement of the Cum­
berland Valley State Normal School had passed into history.
The afternoon was spent in social recreation, many attending
the ball games, others packing trunks and saying good-byes. In
the evening the ever-popular alumni gathering drew a large
crowd, and at twelve-thirty the last strains of the orchestra had
died away and it was all over.
PROGRAM M E.

Music— Selection, etc ........................................................................... O r c h e s t r a
P r a y e r .......................................................................................R e v . J. O. R e a g e e
M u sic — Meditation, (M o r r i s o n ...................................... O r c h e s t r a
O r a t io n — The M o ra l o f the Legend ......................... S a m u e e M . N e a g l E y
E a d i e s ’ T r io CH ORtrs-^W ater-lillies
........... ijW B t e A - ......... Linders
R e c it a t io n — K ing- Robert of S ic il y ............A b a g a i e V. T a u g h e n b a u g h
E s s a y — E iv in g on C r e d it............................................F e o r e n c e L . B a r b o u r
M u s ic —Fantasia, (Tone Pictures of the North and South).... O r c h e s t r a
C o m m e n c e m e n t A d d r e s s ............. .............................P r o f . L e o n C. P r in c e
M u sic — Intermezzo Russe, (Franke)...................
Or c h e str a
G r a n t i n g D ip e o m a s ....... ,.....^ ^ g...B y D r . G . M. D. E c k e e s , Principal
M i x e d C h o r u s — Tripping O’er the Hill..... Carl Bohm; Arr. by Wilson
C e a s s P r e s i d e n t ’ s F a r e w e e e ...........................................M e e v i n E . B a is h
B e n e d ic t io n .................................................................r e v . I. A . M a c D a 'n n a e d

In battle or business whatever the game, in Daw or in Dove
it is ever the same in the struggle for power or scramble for pelf,
let this be your motto, rely on yourself.

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tTbe "Oise ant) Bbuse of jfiction.
Delivered before the Philo Literary Society May 11, 1906.

Not more than fifty years ago it was customary for teachers
and critics to discuss the question, whether fiction was a legiti­
mate form of literature, as compared with poetry, the drama, and
the essay. There was something uncanny about a novel in the
minds of many persons, and we know of one pious old lady who
after reading a work of fiction invariably read an entire book of
the Bible as an antidote. But in spite of open opposition or
lurking prejudice, fiction multiplied and flourished until today it
is the one great form of literary expression. Poetry languishes
and the drama has fallen upon evil days, but the printing presses
of the land pour forth a flood of more than 4000 new novels every
year— more than one novel for every working hour. The terms
used in classifying these indicate the range and purpose of modern
fiction. We have the religious, the ethical, the economic, the
socialistic, the individualistic, and the purpose novel— and the list
is not complete by half. The style of these differs as widely as
the subject matter, ranging from serious earnestness to flippant
bantering. I f there is one fact more striking than the rapidity
with which this mass of fiction is produced, it is the rapidity with
which it is forgotten. Publishers estimate that not more than one
novel out of 400 lives five years, hence it follows that of the 4000
produced during the present year only ten will be remembered
five years hence. “ Well,® exclaims one critic, “ what of it!
where will the roses, the violets, and the other flowers that charm
us today, be next year? They give pleasure while they last— so
does the novel; it furnishes entertainment, it helps to pass away
the tedious hour— let it not be condemned because it does not
last.” But the analogy does not hold. The book is not neutral
in its influence— the reader is stronger or weaker intellectually ;
better or worse morally because of what he has read. He who
reads promiscuously or in haphazzard fashion, who goes to a
library for something to read, and having read one book, selects
another at random, is weakening his intellectual faculties by the
process. The mind is not stimulated to healthful, vigorous action,
and ere long it will not be possible to fix the attention upon any
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person of vigorous intellect; he reads to forget and the powers of
the mind become dormant. One of the abuses connected with
modern fiction is the purposeless reading that characterizes so
many persons.
But upon what principle shall a judicious selection from the
mass of fiction be made ? What are the tests of a good novel ?
These are easily stated. In the first place, every good novel must
be a good story well told. It must be a work of art. As such it
has nothing to do with teaching morals or political theories. The
characters in its pages are real men and women, living in a real
world. We are surrounded by and mingle with just such per­
sons, but we are one of the crowd and we cannot see their actions
or understand their motives. The novelist takes us to the sum­
mit of the mount of the imagination and shows us how men and
women look when they are seen clearly. Not only are actions
revealed, but the heart with its motives and impulses is laid bare.
We are enabled to understand the reason for a course of conduct,
to appreciate the beauty of noble and disinterested action, the
baseness of selfishness and the folly of pride and presumption.
Event follows cause in a natural order, and we appreciate the
force and power of the inexorable laws of God and nature as we
see their workings illustrated. Every great work of art is moral
because it represents truthfully the working out of part of a great
divine plan.
How different is the plan of the so-called purpose novel!
The author starts out with a certain preconceived purpose and he
bends all his energies to teaching his doctrines. His characters
are not flesh and blood, but pasteboard figures to be moved about
as the author wishes. He frames their speech for them, for they
must say just what he wishes or he cannot hope to carry convic­
tion. The purpose novel is therefore inane, unreal, lifeless. The
scheme on which all these are constructed is very simple. In the
religious novel the heroine after being subjected to numberless
trials meets the hero who is of an opposite faith. She argues
doctrinal questions so ably that he is vanquished. He speedily
accepts the faith of the heroine who in recognition of the
intellectual and moral worth displayed by the hero, in allowing
himself to be converted by her arguments, gives herself as a
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are legion, from “ Theodosia, the Heroine of the Faith,’’ to
Barrett’s “ Sign of the Cross,-’ Another class is that in which
the unnaturally good boy or girl figures ; the boy who is con­
tinually rescuing distressed dogs and cats from the hands of
his cruel companions, only to be bitten by the unappreciative
animals; the boy who delivers moral lectures to his compan­
ions, and who in spite of cruel treatment by them, goes on
irradiating goodness until they are convinced of the error of
their ways. This class of books with its priggish and unnatural
heroes, still occupies a prominent place in our libraries. The
Socialistic novel, represented by Bellamy’s “ Looking Back­
ward,” with its hundreds of imitations and its individualistic
anti-type, Pary’s “ Scarlet Empire,” of very recent date, ate rep­
resented by an enormous tribe of modern novels. In every case
the characters are wooden, and the only interest is in the dia­
logue the author puts into their mouths. Such works owe
their prominence to the fact that many persons must take their
socialistic or individualistic doctrine in diluted form. The
“ purpose novel ” having for its end the reformation of wrong
has had and still has a wide popularity, but as a class of writing
it is to be vigorously condemned. It exaggerates existing con­
ditions in order to arouse the public, hence it is unreliable and
untrue. It tells but one side of the story, hence it is unfair. It
appeals to the passions and not to the calm, deliberate judgment
of mankind, hence it is dangerous. To this class belongs “ Uncle
Tom ’s Cabin,” a book that, because of the historical interest
centering around it, has attained a prominence far beyond its
merits. To this class also belong most of Dicken’s works,
but so broad is Dicken’s humanity, so rollicking his humor, so
pleasing his caricatures, that they have maintained their hold
upon the public in spite of most glaring faults of plot, construc­
tion, characterization and style. The latest book of this very
numerous class is Upton Sinclair’s “ The Jungle,” concerning
which there can be but one opinion. I f the facts, and it is valu­
able only for the facts— the story is weak— set forth are true, the
packers of Chicago and certain government officials deserve the
severest punishment that can be meted out to them ; if they are
not true, the work in the interest of law and order should be
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The novels belonging to the classes just named are faulty and
defective. They are not true to life as we know it— they are
unhistorical, they color the judgment and appeal to prejudice.
When they are not harmful they are insipid and lifeless, useless—
consuming time that might be spent to better advantage.
Compare with these the work of the masters. America has
given one'great novel to the world, “ The Scarlet Letter.” The
Story is simple; no straining after effect; event follows cause
and all without the slightest improbability. The story once read
lingers with us. There is but one Arthur Dunnesdale, but one
Hester Prynne ; nowhere is there a suggestion of a moral, but
who does not realize that the moral is written in every chapter.
Then, too, the style of Hawthorne is that of the master in words
— not a word too many, not a word too few. His sentences are
clarity itself. His paragraphs are at once the marvel and the
despair of those who desire to cultivate a simple, plain, lucid
style. Read Hawthorne.
W hy concern ourselves about the vagaries of modern writers,
when we have Fielding— strong, vigorous, human, with his immor­
tal creations, ‘ ‘LouJones,” ‘ ‘Parson Adams,” and ‘ ‘Thwackum.”
Jane Austen, neglected by the reading public, slowly emerging from
her undeserved neglect and coming to be recognized as what Ma­
caulay, with that insight that seldom ffeserted him, declared her to
be ‘ ‘the greatest literary artist since Shakespeare.” Thackeray,
whose ‘ ‘Becky Sharpe” is one of the most inimitable creations in
literature stands unapproached. Wouldyouknow how in real life
a spoiled girl may become a noble woman, and a priggish boy a
gentleman, read the story ofEthel Newcome in ‘ ‘The Newcomes,”
and Arthur Pendennis in ‘ ‘Pendennis.” If there be those who
question the intellectual stimulus of a great work of fiction let them
read the ‘ ‘Egoist, ” and if not sufficiently convinced, ‘ ‘ Diana of the
Crossways,” with its brilliant scintillating dialogue, will remove
lingering doubts. It is unfortunate that there are those who do
not know the scene between Richard and Lucy in Richard Fevereal
the finest pastoral picture since Perdita gathered her flowers at
the shearing in the ‘ ‘Winter’s T ale.” The ability to read and
appreciate a work of George Meredith is as much a proof of
intellectual power as is the ability to solve an abstract problem in
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novelist; she knew life and her pictures are true. What a wealth
of humor, pathos and satire her works contain. Her single glar­
ing fault is the tendency to preach— an unwillingness to let her
characters tell their own story. The men and women just named
are great novelists because their characters are modern in all but
the accidental and the unessential. They wear the dress of the
time in which they lived, they speak the speech of their own age,
but they love and hate and are moved by conflicting passions and
ambitions, as are the men and women of this age, as men and
women will be in future ages. The great novelist is not ignorant
of the force of environment in the development of character;
he studies the period of which he writes most carefully. He
describes the dress of his creations minutely and accurately; he
knows what views men and women held on political and religious
questions in those days. Hence his narrative is historically true.
Lauguage is undergoing change— he has made that a study; his
characters speak the language of their time. The pasteboard
characters of the careless author are impossible socially, and his­
torically, often physiologically. Contrast two modern novels
as illustrative of this difference. “ When Knighthood was in
Flower,’ ’ and “ The Chaplain of the Fleet.” The former, ex­
aggerated, unhistoric, unreal, seeking to give an appearance of the
time of which it treats by making its characters utter at frequent
intervals, “ Gadzooks,” “ Sdealh,” ‘.‘Marry,” the latter historically
accurate, convincing, real. Many novels are written apparently
for the sake of a single scene. A notable instance of this kind is
Lew Wallace’s “ Ben H ur.” Strike out the chariot race and there
is nothing left to be remembered a year afterward. The story
is disjointed, the style faulty. A great novel may have one great
striking scene, but it is there because all that goes before has paved
the way for it and made it inevitable.
A large class of novels deal with the problem of sex, and
many well meaning persons condemn all such works indiscrimin­
ately and would forbid their being placed in public and school
libraries. Thomas Hardy is the most distinguished novelist of
this school. His works probably deserve much of the condem­
nation heaped upon them, not because they dare to discuss pro­
blems not usually discussed, but because they select the vile, the
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thought and actions of men and women. These books are there­
fore false and unreal, and as such are to be sharply criticised! A
novel is not to be condemned for treating the problem of sex
openly, boldly, and courageously, as Henry Fielding and George
Eliot have done. It is only when a writer introduces a topic for
no other reason than that it deals with the nasty and the impure,
that we have a right to protest.
One kind of novel yet remains. The child lives in a world
of enchantment, peopled with fairies and creatures that exist not
in earth or sea or air. There are those happy beings who never
outgrow their childish love for him who can wave the enchanter’s
wand and bid this humdrum existence cease, and transport them
into the region of “ The Ought To Be” in ‘ ‘ The Never-NeverLand.” For these came a mighty magician from the north,
steeped in the lore that grandmothers and grandfathers courted
in the days when the earth was young. He waves his wand and
Saxon and Norman, Crusader and Saracen, Cavalier and Puritan,
pass in review. The clash of arms resounds, and the big bow­
wow strain fills the air. And yet Scott has thrown around his
characters such an air of reality as to make them almost flesh and
blood. When he passed away his mantle could be worn by none
of all the crowd that essayed to wear it, and it was not till fifty
years had passed that another came from those self-same hills,
and again romance came into her kingdom. The strain was not
so loud but the touch was surer, and the ‘ ‘ Master of Ballantrae,”
‘ Catriona ’ ’ and ‘ ‘ Kidnapped ” are a heritage that the world will
not let die. And just to show what he could do in other realms
he wrote essays that touch the high-water mark of style. Let
not the student who would improve his language give his days
and nights to Addison, but to Robert Louis Stevenson— the
master stylist of the nineteenth century. But he did not linger
and romance mourned her deserted throne. But another of
Caledonian heritage has arisen who tantalizes us with the promise
of successful achievement, but hesitates in its complete fulfill­
ment. Let us hope that J. M. Barrie will not break the promise
to our hope, but that he may prove a worthy successor to Scott
and Stevenson.
Members of the literary societies, I say to you finally, that
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fiction than of its history and its science. The problems of
life are unfolded to you here as they are no where else. For
the development of the imagination, for the cultivation of the
reasoning faculties, for enriching your minds with facts pertain­
ing to past ages there is nothing superior to good fiction. But
when you read select that which has stood the test of time— the
book of the century— not that of a d ay; the thought of a master
mind, not that of the sensationalist of the moment. Read modern
fiction if you will, but let it be from writers of the class of Conan
Doyle, Walter Besant, and J. M. Barrie, who have sat at the feet
of the great masters. Remember, that it is a far greater shame to
be ignorant of “ Ivanhoe,” “ Pride and Prejudice,” “ Vanity
F a ir ” and “ Adam Bede,” than of “ T he Gambler” and “ The
Pink Typhoon.” Hall Caine, Marie Correlli and Mrs. Thurston
may be immortalized when Fielding, Thackeray and George
Eliot are forgot— but not till then.
Ezra Lehman, Ph. D.

H
jp. to . c. a.
With the opening of the Spring term and the coming of a
large number of new girls, it was necessary for the Association to
take up its work with renewed vigor. On the second Sunday of
the term, Easter Day, the new cabinet officers were installed with
the usual ceremony. On the same night, the new girls, with few
exceptions became active members of the Association. The Bible
study classes of the preceding term were continued, several new
classes being formed for the new members. In like manner, the
Thursday evening prayer meetings were continued.
In the beginning of May, Miss Batty, our State Secretary of
the Y . W . C. A ., made her annual visit to the Association. The
time of her visit was most opportune because the need of inspira­
tion and guidance of the new cabinet in assuming their duties.
The significance of this visit was especially appreciated by the
girls, since it was the last time Miss Batty will come among us as
our secretary. In September Miss Batty will go to Buenos Ayres
to assume her work there in founding a Christian Association
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On June 21, the president and vice-president started for Silver
Bay to attend the annual conference of the College Associations
of the Eastern States.
When we return to our work in the fall, we shall miss the
faces of the senior girls who have rendered such efficient work in
the Association. The prayers of those remaining go with them
to their new fields of work, and we wish for them the highest
success attainable. We know that the Father’s protection and
guidance is with them, wherever they may be.
My r t l e Ma y b e r r y , President,
B ess I rw in , Secretary.

ttbe 13. /id. c. a.
The object of our association is to bring the fellows into a
closer relationship with Jesus Christ. The meetings during the
year were well attended and have proved helpful.
We have been successful in getting nearly all of the men, who
entered the school during the Spring term, to join either as active
or associate members.
The interest shown in the study of the Bible is very
encouraging. More than thirty men studied ‘ ‘ The Fife of Christ
according to St. Mark,” while eight others studied “ Great Men
of Israel.” This study was carried on by the young men separa­
ting into groups of eight or tw elve; the meetings being held in
the fellows’ rooms. Each group elected its own leader and a
member of the faculty gave instruction to the leaders’ class.
The corridor prayer meetings, held on Thursday evenings,
between the first and third bells at the close of study period, were
helpful, and the reverence shown by the ones who attended them
leads us to hope that seed may have been sown which will spring
up and bear fruit for the Master.
We aim to do even better work next year. We desire to
have every young man join the Association; join a Bible study
group, and accept Jesus Christ as a personal Savior. To this end
we pray for guidance.
P ortis A . S m ith , ’07, President.
U. D. R u m b a u g h , ’07, Secretary.

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pbilo.
A t the close of another school term, we are delighted to see
the progress Philo society has made.
The programs of our regular Friday evening meetings have
been of a high order and very entertaining. Each member has
shown a decided interest in the welfare of the society and has
responded promptly to all his duties.
Quite a number of new members have been received during
the term, an indication that Philo is still growing.
The Philo reunion was the most successful ever held in the
history of the Normal. The following was the program :
M u sic .......................................................................................................... O r c h e s t r a
A d d r e s s , (President)..........................................................D r . E z r a L e h m a n
V o c a l D u e t t — Maybell and Flowers.................................
.Mendelsshon
M is s e s S t a m b a u g h a n d B a r r a t t .
R e c i t a l — “ Betsy Hawkins Goes to the City” .................C o r a A . B r u n e r
P ia n o S olo — Valse Arbesque................................................. Theo. Lack
G r a c e J oh n so n .
M u s ic .............................................................................................
Orch estra
D e c l a m a t i o n — “ Penn’ s Monument” ............................................ Burdette
H u g h H. M c C u l l o c k .
M u s ic — “ Blow Soft Winds” ............................................................. Vincent
L a d ie s ’ C h o ru s.
V i o l i n S olo — Spring- Song. Opp. 62. No. 6....................... Mendelsshon
Z o r a M. G ettel.
R e c i t a l — “ The Swan Song” ................. .......... Katherine Ritter Brooks
L iz z ie E . H o e e n e r .
M u s ic ...................................
O rch estra
“ R e v e r i e s o e a B a c h e l o r .”

A Pantomime.
A B a c h e l o r ............................................................ ................ S a m u e l L . D o n e r
r e v e r ie s .

The Belle of the Ball
The College Girl
The Girl Who Jilted Me
The Summer Girl
M u s ic ..

The Girl from Paris
The Colonial Girl
A Memory of Egypt
“ The Coming Woman”
........ .................................. O r c h e s t r a

C lau dia E. S tam baugh , Secretary.
Teacher— Johnny, I don’t believe you’ve studied your geog­
raphy. Johnny— No, mum; I heard pa say the map of the world
was changin’ every day, an’ I thought I ’d wait a few years till
things get settled.— Milwaukee Wisconsin.

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normal.
With the end of this year’s work closes one of the most suc­
cessful years in the history of Normal Society. In the beginning
of the school year the Seniors and Middlers took such a great in­
terest in the work that every one felt success was assured. This
anticipation has been more than realized.
Great advancement has been made in the literary and musical
features. This is partly due to the great interest in the progress
of the society which most of the members manifested by their
willingness to perform the duties allotted to them.
Friday evening, April 29th, the Society held its 33d anniver
sary which was largely attended. The program showed a great
deal of talent and exhibited to some degree the excellent work
being done by the society. The program was rendered as follows:
Music . . . . ______________________ _1 ——
. ¡ ^Orchestra.
President’s Address__________ Mr. John W. Baish.
Piano Solo—Menuet, a 1’ Antique, Op. 14, No. 1---------------- Paderewski
Melvin Baish.
Reading—Experience with European Guides------------------ Mark Twain
Mattie Clark.
Music—Spring Song___________ ----------------------------- Joseph Neutwieh
Glee Club.
M usic_____________________- _________ - ___________________ Orchestra
Oration—“ Mustered Out” ______________________________ Hugh Craig.
Vocal Solo—Dainty Dorothea____________________ Reginald B e Koven
Anna Hartman.
Piano Duet—Valse Caprice in E b______________________ A. Rubinstein
Reba Etnmert
Besse Myers
Sketch____________________________________________ “ A Love Game.”
ch aracters

Jack M ay_____ _________________________________ -Mr. Starry
Rosa Leigh________________________________ ..M issEichinger
M usic___________________________________________________ Orchestra.
L aura K

raber,

Secretary.

Two Germans met in San Francisco. After an affectionate
greeting the following dialogue ensued : “ Fen you said you hev
arrived?” -|Yesterday.” “ You came dot Horn around?” | | ‘N o .”
“ Oh ! I see: you came dot Isthmus across?” “ N o.” “ Oh! den
you come dot land over?” “ N o.” “ Den you hev not arrived?”
“ Oh, yes; I hef arrived. I come dot Mexico thru.”

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Junior Society.
In accordance with the usual custom, the Junior LiterarySociety was organized by Dr. Barton, Friday evening, April 6.
Prof. Gréss was chosen president, and through his co-opera­
tion with the other officers and members of the society, literary
work was soon begun.
A glee club was organized, Miss Stambaugh being the
instructor. This club and a male quartette rendered the music
for the society. Although the members were all new to the
society, and many of them to literary work, yet nearly all of them
took the parts assigned to them, and did their work in a manner
commendable to themselves and to the society.
The attendance was very good, notwithstanding the large
amount of school work each one had to do. Our only regret is
that we cannot meet again as a Junior Society ; but yet we hope
that the training which we have received in it, although brief,
may help us not only in the other literary societies, but also in
that great society, the world.
Maurice A . H ess .

Hlumni Xoan jfunb of tbe C. ID, 5. IR. S.
A t the business meeting of the Alumni Association the ques­
tion of the loan fund to assist worthy students in the payment of
their expenses for the Senior year was presented for consideration
by Principal G. M. D. Bckels. Dr. Eckels spoke of the gener­
osity of the classes in the granting of gifts to the school, and he
thought the time had come in the history of the school when the
establishment oi a loan fund would be a most laudable enterprise
for the Alumni to inaugurate. The members of the Alumni
present took hold of the matter in great earnest and on motion of
one of their number voted unanimously in approval of the pro­
ject. The executive committee was authorized to devise a plan
for the raising of this fund and take such other steps as they
deemed necessary for the promotion of the enterprise. The class
of 1904 has taken the initiative in the movement," and at their
meeting on Tuesday evening Mr. W. H. Gray, on behalf of this
class, presented to the school the funds which they had collected,
amounting to $46, to start the proposed fund. Dr. Eckels
received the fund for the school in a few words of thanks and
earnest appreciation.

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Of the many good things the Alumni has done for the C.
V . S. N. S., this is one of the most worthy. Every year a num­
ber of deserving students are obliged to stop their Normal course
because of lack of funds. In the language of one of our noted
educators “ We have thousands of dollars for buildings, hundreds
of dollars for equipment, and only dollars for brains.” It is time
that attention be given to claims of students needing help in order
that they may complete their Normal preparation for teaching.
Many of our graduates know the privations they have endured in
obtaining a Normal School education, and they no doubt will be
among the first to respond to this call for a loan fund.
The plan of the executive committee will undoubtedly be to
put this matter in the hands of the several classes, and to request
each class to endow a scholarship. This will require under the
new rates about $ 160. It will be a great pleasure for each class
to realize that a worthy student is being permitted to continue
his course through their generosity. The appeal for this fund
will be made some time during the coming year. In the mean­
time it is hoped that the friends of this movement, which we
believe will include every living graduate of the school, will con­
sider the matter carefully and be prepared to give substantial aid
to the plan when the appeal is made.

Banquet of tbe Class of ’96.
The class of ’96 had a very enjoyable time at their banquet
on Tuesday evening of Commencement week. Between thirty
and forty members of the class were present. Among the invited
guests from the Faculty were Dr. Eckels, Dr. Barton, Dr. Eehman, Prof. Hughes, and Prof. Clever. Mr. H. H. Baish, ’95, of
the Altoona high school, was present by special invitation of the
class 1896. The banquet was held in the Sherman House and the
menu was arranged in Mrs. Dunlap’s best style. Dr. Barton, by
request of Mr. Gress, president of the class, acted as toast master.
After acknowledging the honor of being called upon to preside
Dr. Barton called upon Mr. Frank Starry of Atlanta, Ga. Mr.
Starry stated that he had traveled all the way from Atlanta to
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he proposed to do the same thing ten years hence at the twentieth
reunion. Mr. Gress, Mr. Shepp, Mr. Gulden and Mr. Baish
were called upon in turn and each responded in a very pleasant
manner. Dr. Eckels, Dr. Lehman, Prof. Hughes and Prof.
Clever responded in a cheerful manner when their names were
called by the toastmaster. Each expressed himself delighted with
the good cheer of the occasion and the wish was oft expressed
that the class of ’96 might be fortunate enough to enjoy many
similar occasions together. Time has dealt gently with the mem­
bers of this famous class of ’96. A handsomer lot of young men
and women have seldom been permitted to greet each other
around the banquet table. The class of ’96 was distinguished in
many ways while at Normal. It was the largest class in the his­
tory of the school up to the time of graduation and only one class
has exceeded it in number since. The beautiful fountain in front
of the building was the gift of this class. Many members of the
class are holding responsible positions in teaching and in business.
Welcome to the class o f ’96. May the sunshine of prosperity and
joy continue to beam on the pathways of its members.

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©bituarg.
Mr. Lloyd A . Gray, ’00, died April 23, 1906. We print the
following tribute from one of his classmates :
Again the Grim Reaper Death has entered the folds of the
class 1900 and taken our classmate, Mr. Lloyd A . Gray.
During the first week of April Mr. Gray was stricken with
typhoid fever, but no one thought him seriously ill until Sab­
bath, April 22, when he suddenly became worse and gradually
sank until the end came peacefully at eleven o’clock the following
day.
Those who knew Mr. Gray in his school days, remember him
as a hard working, genial student, well liked by all. After gradu­
ating he taught for a year and then went to East Pittsburg,
Pa., entering the employ of the Pittsburg Meter Co., and continu­
ing in their employ until the time of his death.
For two years past Mr. Gray has been an elder in the Calvary
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his pastor, Rev. Miller, paid a glowing tribute to his sterling worth
to his family, to his church, and to the community in which he
lived.
The funeral services were held at his late home, 1221 Mill St.,
Wilkinsburg, on Wednesday evening, April 25, and the body was
buried at Newton Hamilton the following day.
The deceased was 26 years of age, and is survived by an aged
father and mother, his wife, formerly Miss Carrie Hays, of Shippensburg, and his infant son, Melvin.
Mr. J. Albert Baxtresser, ’91, died April 2, 1906. We clip
the following from an Elizabethtown paper:
This community was shocked to learn of the death of Mr. J.
Albert Baxtresser, a yonng attorney-at-law, ot Brooklyn, which
occurred last Sunday, after one week’s illness from pneumonia.
The deceased was born in this place, where he resided until about
ten years ago, when he moved to Brooklyn and practiced law.
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Baxtresser, of this place, who
with one brother, George, of California, survive him. The
deceased was a popular and highly esteemed young man, and
many friends here regret to learn of his death. The remains were
brought to this place and funeral services were held in St. Peter’s
Catholic church at ten o’clock yesterday morning. Interment
was made in the Catholic cemetery.
The daily Brooklyn Citizen says : “ Mr. Baxtresser was an
attorney associated in business with John R. Kuhn, attorney, No.
26 Court street. He had many warm friends and acquaintances
who will be shocked and grieved to learn of his sudden death.”
Mr. W . H. Klepper, ’94, died June 1, 1906.
following from the Carlisle Volunteer:

We print the

DIED IN G EORGIA.

East fall Prof. William H. Klepper, son of William Klepper,
of Mt. Holly, went to Georgia to become principal of the schools
of Fitzgerald, that state. On Friday news came that he was dead.
He was one of a family of teachers, Prof. J. E. Klepper, principal
of the Coalport schools, being a brother, and Miss Rebecca Klep­
per, also a teacher, is a sister. John A . Klepper, of Philadelphia,
is a brother. The deceased was an able teacher and was rapidly
coming to the front. He is survived by a wife.

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H. C. Greenawalt, member of Board of Trustees, died April
22, ’06:
The Board of Trustees at their meeting April 27, 1906,
adopted the following minutes :
Resolved, That in the death of Hon. H. C. Greenawalt, the
Cumberland Valley State Normal School has lost a warm friend ;
his family a kind husband and father; the town of Fayetteville a
useful and respected citizen; and the state an honored and
honest official.
Resolved, That the Board of Trustees of the Cumberland
Valley State Normal School hereby express their feeling of per­
sonal loss that has come to them through the death of Mr. Green­
awalt, and their appreciation of his valuable services as a trustee
of the school.
Resolved, That these resolutions be communicated to the
family of the deceased, and also published in the local papers.
G. R . D y k e m a n ,
G. B. C o le ,
S. S. W y l ie ,
G. M. D. E c k e l s .
Committee.
The Herald wishes to extend its sincere sympathy to all the
friends of these persons who have passed away since the last
issue.

Hlumni personals.
’89-— Dr. Ezra Eehman, who has been with the Lippincott
Publishing Company for a few years, and who this Spring term
taught in the Cumberland Valley Normal School, may go to
Brooklyn where he has been elected as head of the English
Department in the High School.
’91— Prof. George H. Eckels, who has been Principal of the
Atlantic City High school for the past two years, has resigned to
become Principal of the West Jersey Academy at Bridgeton, N. J.
’96— Mr. B. N. Palmer has been elected Principal of Salix
Academy, Johnstown, Pa.

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’99— Mr. G. E. Zimmerman graduated this year at Baltimore
Medical College.
’oi~’o2— Mr. E. H. Reisner won first prize in a recent
Junior Oratorical contest at Ursinus College'and Mr. J. C. Myers
second prize in the same contest.
’02— Mr. J. F. Kob, Principal of the High school at Eliza­
bethtown, graduated a class of six this spring. The school
acknowledges an invitation to the Commencement exercises.
’02— Mr. Charles A . Knupp was one of the Commencement
speakers at the Commencement of Bucknell University.
’05— Mr. Garry Myers is attending a summer session at
Ursinus College.

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Cuptb’s Column.
B runner — E ig h t . Mr. Morris A . Brunner, ’95, was mar­
ried to Miss Eight, of Lebanon, recently. Mr. Brunner is a phy­
sician in Lebanon and they will reside in that town.
A ltlan d — D e c k e r . A t York, Pa., by Rev. Adam Stump,
Mr. K . W. Altland, ’97, a lawyer of York, was married to Miss
Gertrude Decker, of Glen Rock, Pa. They will reside at 345
North Beaver street, York, Pa.
W a lter s — M il l e r . A t Ridge Avenue Methodist parson­
age, Harrisburg, Pa., May 21, Mr. Blaine Walters, of Shippensburg, Pa., to Miss N. Grace Miller, ’02, of Waynesboro. Mr.
and Mrs. Walters will reside in Shippensburg.
Matth ias — H a f e r . A t Shippensburg, Pa., May 24, Mr.
Melville Matthias, of New Cumberland, Pa., and Miss Jane G.
Hafer, ’00, were married by Rev. J. C. Gardner. They will
reside at New Cumberland, Pa.
C ramer II m a c l a y . A t Middle Spring, Pa., June 21, Mr.
Herbert E- Cramer, ’00, to Miss Mary Maclay.
Omwake — G e ig e r . At Shippensburg, June 20, by Rev.
Edgar Heckman, Mr. Howard R. Omwake, ’93', to Miss Frances
Geiger, ’97.

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T roup— D e tw eiler . A t Middletown, Pa., Mr. W . L.
Troup, ’o i, of Newport, Pa., to Miss Lydia B. Detweiler, ’oi.
S tr in e — E h r e n fe lt . A t Greensburg, Pa., April 5, Mr.
Howard F. Strine, ’96, of Brooklyn, N. Y ., to Miss Lorene
Ehrenfelt. Mr. Strine is a surgeon in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
L inn S-B aum y . A t Pittsburg, Pa., Mr. William Arthur G.
Linn, ’01, to Miss Lillie E. Baumy. They will be at home after
July 15 at 112 Beatty street, Pittsburg, Pa.
G re Enaw alt — H o a k .- A t Lucknow, Pa., May 16, Mr.
Louis Philip Greenawalt to Miss Blanche Juliet Hoak, ’02. They
will reside at Lucknow, Pa.
B oots— K y n e r . A t Carlisle, Pa., A p r i l b y Rev. S. S.
Wylie, Mr. Samuel Boots to Miss Eleanor V . Kyner, ’89. They
will reside at Moore, Pa.
P iT T M A N g - B E N N E R .
A t Hopewell, Pa., June 25, Mr.
Howard Pittman to Miss M. Leota Benner, ’98. They will be at
home after July 15, at Latrobe, Pa.

C oble — S p a r r o w . A t West Fairview, Pa., by Rev. C. C.
Gohn, Mr. Earl W . Coble, a former student of the Normal, was
married to Miss Elizabeth O. Sparrow.

Storfe Column
To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fleming, April 17,';a son.
Fleming was Miss Mary T . Wagner, ’92.

Mrs.

To Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Shepp, Millersburg, Pa., twins (son
and daughter.) Mr. Shepp was a member of the class of ’96.
To Mr. and Mrs. W . H. Nell, February, a daughter. Mr.
Nell was once a student of the ‘Normal and Mrs. Nell was Miss
Helen Crilly, ’96.
A t Wheeling, W . Va., September,'’ 1905, to Mr. and Mrs.
Queen, a son. Mrs. Queen was Miss Mame Wetzel, ’96.

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Htbletics.
The baseball team of the C. V . S. N. S. ended its season at
Hagerstown on the 16th of June. The first nine played a sched­
ule of seventeen games. This is the largest schedule ever arrang­
ed for a Shippensburg team and was made possible because of un­
usual strength in the pitching department. Captain Craig opened
the season and for a time alternated with Cowan, who twirled
regularly in the last games. We shall miss Craig and Berry.
They have been star athletes and have frequently turned frequent
defeat into joyous victory. S. Cook goes, too ; but we shall meet
him on the Dickinson team next year. May his fame for two bag­
gers continue. Guyer, J. Cook and Early remain as a nucleus for
the team of 1907.
Prof. Clever had charge of the second team and developed a
strong team. Only four out of the six games scheduled were play­
ed. Two were victories, one a tie and one a defeat.

fllMscellaneous.
“ My son,” said the strict mother at the end of a moral lec­
ture, “ I want you to be exceedingly careful about your conduct.
Never under any circumstances do anything which you would
be ashamed to have the whole world see you do.”
The small
boy turned a handspring with a whoop of delight ‘ ‘What in the
world is the matter with you? Are you crazy?” demanded the
mother. “ N o’m ,” was the answer. “ I ’m je s’ so glad that you
don’t spec me to take no baths never any more.”
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The Rev. Sam Jones, the noted Georgia revivalist preacher, is
at all times very personal in his speech. On one occasion'he had
taken for his text “ vanity,” and for illustration and moral said:
“ Now, if there is a woman in the congregation this morning who
didn’t look into the mirror before coming to the meeting, I want to
see her; I want her to stand up.” A single woman arose and
stood. She was very homely. The Rev. Mr. Jones rested his
eyes upon her. “ Well God bless you, sister,” he said. “ It cer­
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As the young man was taking leave for the night, his voice,
as he stood at the door, rose passionately on the still night air.
“ Just one, ’ ’ he pleaded, ‘ ‘just one. ’ ’ Then the young girl’s mother
interrupted, calling from her bedroom window. “ Just one?” she
cried. “ No it ain’t quite that, but it’s close on to 12, and so I
think you’d better be goin’ just the same.”
A simple-hearted, ingenuous young German, by name Louis
Schultz, living in Hoboken, became engaged after a brief ac­
quaintance to a young maiden whose reputation as a coquette was
well known. One of Louis’s friends on meeting him one day
said: “ You don’t mean to tell me that you are going to marry
Minnie Blacke ?” “ Sure, ’ ’ replied Louis, “ for vy not ?” “ W hy,
she’s been engaged to every young man in Hoboken.” “ V eil,”
slowly answered Louis, “ Hoboken ain’t such a big place.
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a s f ou dfcafte lit.
W e have often heard the ‘ ‘ sweet girl graduate, ’ ’ in her white
slippers and beautiful dress, read long essays on “ Life is what
you make it,” but the following poem which appeared in a recent
issue of the Chicago Record Herald, seems to be about the best
we have heard on that subject :
To the preacher life’s a sermon,
To the joker it’s a jest ;
The miser life is money,
To the loafer life is rest.
To the lawyer life’s a trial,
To thé poet life’s a song ;
To the doctor life’s a patient
That needs treatment right along.
To the soldier life’s a battle,
To the teacher life’ s a school ;
Life’ s a good thing to the grafter,
It’s a failure to the fool.
To the man upon the engine
Life’s a long and heavy grade||||
It’s a gamble to the gambler,
To the merchant life is trade.
Life’ s a picture to the artist,
To the rascal life’s a fraud ;
Life perhaps is but a burden
To the man beneath the hod.

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Life is lovely to the lover,
To the player life’s a play;
Life may be a load of trouble
To the man upon the dray.
Life is but a long vacation
To the man who loves his work;
Life’s an everlasting effort
To shun duty to the shirk.
To the heaven-blest romancer
Life a story ever new ;
Life is what we try to make it—
Brother, what is life to you ?

©ne bB ©tie.
One by one the sands are flowing,
One by one the moments fa ll;
Some are coming, some are going—
Do not strive to grasp them all.
One by one thy duties wait thee,
Let thy whole strength go to each;
Let no future dreams elate thee—
Learn thou first what these can teach.
One by one (bright gifts from heaven)
Joys are sent thee here below ;
Take them readily when given—
Ready too, to let them go.
One by one thy griefs shall meet thee,
Do not fear an armed band ;
One will fade as others greet thee,
Shadows passing through the land.
Do not look at life’s long sorrow,
See how small each moment’ s pain,
God will help thee for tomorrow—
Every day begin again.
Every hour that fleets so slowly,
Has its task to do or bear;
Luminous the crown, and holy,
If thou set each gem with care.
Do not linger with regretting,
Or for passing hours despond;
Nor, the daily toil forgetting,
Look too eagerly beyond.
Hours are golden links—God’ s token—
Reaching heaven, one by one.
Take them, lest the chain be broken
Ere the pilgrimage be done.

—Adelaide Anne Procter.

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