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P u b l is h e d O c t o b e r , J a n u a r y , A p r i l
and
Ju l y .
S h ip p e n s b u r g , P a .
V oi ,. IX .
O C T O B E R , 1904
No. 1.
TTbe ^Beginning of tbe mew School l^ear.
Possibly no other day of the changing year affects a larger
number of persons than the first day of school. It stirs things up
socially and industrially, to say nothing of the view-point of the
home. Let us deal severally with those to whom this day is
most important; and from the standpoint of numbers the pupils
come first. What does the first day mean to them ? To one class
it means they are going to school for the first time, with shin
ing morning faces we hope, and vague anticipations o f pleas
ure and pain. Some will be taken charge of by a born-and-made
primary teacher, whose pleasant face and sympathetic bearing
will at once win love and confidence; whose firm but gentle
hand will guide the little one along the first easy grade that leads
to learning’s summit proud. Fortunate for all concerned is
the school in which such a teacher is found ; she is worth her
weight in radium, and all the things thou canst desire are not to
be compared with her.
O ye directors, take fast hold upon her ;
keep her ; let her not go, and let her not marry. But the poor
little unfortunate, who at this most critical period of juvenile life
has to come in contact with the teacher of opposite character ! To
him our heart goes out in sympathy. I f she be ignorant,untrained,
unsympathetic, cold, cruel, vindicative, lazy, untidy in person, a
teacher for revenue only, if she will not resign and the Board
will not grant her indefinite leave of absence, may some great
philanthropist come along and marry her, pro bono publico.
And then the pupils that have been to school before; some
must review the work of the previous year because they didn’t
pass. According to the nature of the child it may have aroused
ambition and pride, or it may have resulted in indifference and
discouragement. With whatever spirit they enter school they
must be treated with more tact than those who have been pro-
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moted. The latter ordinarily will enter with high expectations
and strong determination to do a good year’s work. Fortunate
for them if the new teacher with whom they may come in con
tact is worthy of the profession, and in no way lessens the ambi
tion of the pupil, and his fondness for study. Space forbids our
dealing with all the classes of pupils and the varying conditions
they meet in their kbme school. A word concerning those who
are for the first time going away from home. And why do so
many go away, and how can so many schools obtain the patron
age essential to effective work and maintenance ? Some pupils
expect to teach, and so enter a Normal ; some have prepared for
college, and after the study of sundry catalogues, voluminous
correspondence and perhaps a personal visit or two from a repre
sentative, have at last made a choice for the weal or woe of
themselves and college, and now take their places with the Freshies
to be thrashed by the Sophs— perhaps. Some are entering the
high priced, fashionable boarding school, for obvious reasons,
some the techinal or the theological school, while some unfortu
nates are for the first time leaving home to enter a school for deafmutes, for the blind or for the feeble-minded. A critical time for
all of these, and well may the parent breathe a prayer of grati
tude whose son or daughter has sufficient strength of character
to withstand temptation, sufficient common sense to use and not
abuse the alloted personal liberty, who will swallow a little lump
of homesickness and call it good, and who will meet the new
conditions with a level head and a stout heart.
And how about the teachers ? Among the greatly varying
groups, we can deal with only a few representatives. Pardon us
if we indulge a little sentiment over the young teacher going way
back in the country to teach her first school. Conditions are so
different from those in the town school, so unlike just what she
had anticipated' in her experience in the “ Model,” that she is
almost bewildered, just a bit discouraged and several bits home
sick. Poor little girl, we are sorry for you, for we know just
what you will do when Friday night comes and you picture to
yourself the folks at home, your chums in town, and this year’s
Seniors in the Normal or in College, and the good times they are
all having, while you are sitting alone in your room, looking out
at the quiet moonlit landscape and listening to the frogs. You
don’t feel like reading, so you go to bed, and perhaps you have a
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real good cry. Cry away, dear; it won’t destroy your good looks,
and in the morning you will feel so much better. If you are made
of the right material you will take a long tramp all alone and
do some hard thinking. You will resolve to have the best school
in the township, to map out a course of reading and study for your
self, to get close to the people in the community and be a leader
among them, to indulge in no more tears, but for the next seven
months to lead a brave, busy, unselfish life, devoting your ener
gies to those about you, assured that you will earn more than you
will receive, but remembering that the best rewards of the teach
er may not materialize for many years.
And you teachers who have taught before, how are you going
to teach this year? Just as you did last year ? I f so, take Puck’s
advice to those about to marry— “ Don’t .” But if you are full of
new plans, of new aspirations and inspirations, if your summer
trip and summer school have resulted in something educationally
tangible, if you are resolved to do the best year’s work you have
ever done, and will stick to that resolution, examining yourseli
and your methods as often as you examine your pupils and with
as critical an eye, then we say “ Godspeed,” and shall be glad to
shake hands with you when you come down into this neck of the
woods.
Superintendents, a little hard thinking will not hurt you at
this time of the year, no matter how long you may have been in
the profession. You must be wise as serpents and harmless as
doves in dealing with directors, teachers, pupils and patrons.
Your main dealings with the first class lie in securing the adop
tion of a wise and liberal policy toward the school. In meeting
them as with meeting parents, you must employ courtesy, firm
ness, tact, and above all common sense. A compliment now and
then to your teachers will go a great way toward lubricating the
educational machine, and do not destroy all individuality and
initiative on their part by insisting on the adoption of your pet
methods and devices. Your attitude toward your pupils, especi
ally in matters of discipline, must possess one sine qua non,
elasticity.
And now a word to parents. We take it for granted you are
properly ambitious for your children. That though your early
advantages may have been limited you realize that success in the
twentieth century demands adequate preparation, and that the
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basis of this preparation is a liberal education. That it is noth
ing short of criminal to rear a family unless you are willing to
give that family such environment and training as will perfect
them physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. Regardless
of the vocation he selects, it is now an incontrovertible fact that
the college-bred young man, other things being equal, will out
strip his competitors who have not had the culture and training
that can be secured by nothing but a college course. Parents, if
you will do your duty as thus outlined, arousing, inspiring,
encouraging your children, supporting their teachers, and not
criticising them, the teachers will,, immediately, and your chil
dren, at a later time, rise up and call you blessed.
Ube Calendar—1904=1905.
FALL TERM.
Monday, September 5— Fall Term begins.
Thursday, November 24— Thanksgiving.
Friday, December 16— Fall Term closes.
WINTER TERM.
Monday, January 2— Winter Term opens.
Wednesday, February 22— Washington’s Birthday.
Friday, March 24— Winter Term closes.
1 SPRING TERM.
Monday, April 3— Spring Term opens.
Friday, April 28— Anniversary Normal Literary Society.
Friday, May 13— Reunion Philo Literary Society.
Friday, June 23— Model School Commencement.
Sunday, June 25— Baccalaureate Sermon.
Monday, June 26— Musical and Literary Entertainment.
Tuesday, June 27— Class Day and Alumni Reunion.
Wednesday, June 28— Commencement and Alumni Meeting.
...T H E ...
N ormal S chool H erald.
P u b l is h e d O c t o b e r , J a n u a r y , A p r il
S h ip p e n s b u r g , P a .
and
Ju l y .
C. H. G o r d in ie r , Editor.
A d a Y . H o r t o n , ’ 88, Personal Editor.
J. S. H e ig e s , ’ 91, Business Manager.
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O C T O B E R , 1904
Salutatory?.
In accordance with a time honored custom we make our
best Chesterfieldian bow to the public as we assume the editor
ship of the Herald. As all editors know, the position is a sine
cure, though we have an indistinct idea that about twenty-two
such sinecures would tend to prevent undue obesity, and ante
diluvian longevity, if not directly provocative of premature senil
ity. Incidentally we formulate the proposition that we shall not
employ a diction unnecessarily replete with polysyllabic ter
minology.
May the Herald always prove a welcome visitor to the
Alumni of this Institution, and may they show this appreciation
by sending the business editor the small sum of twenty-five cents,
a quarter of a dollar.
We shall always appreciate personal news ; we thank those
who have assisted in getting out this number, and promise, our
best efforts for the Herald and the Cumberland Valley State
Normal School.
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C. H. G o r d i n i e r .
lE&itorlal.
The good effects of the minimum salary law in this state are
already apparent. In many counties the requirements for
teachers’ certificates have been made higher, and many teachers
of inferior qualifications have been weeded out. Consolidation
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of schools has also been effected in many localities, and township
high schools established. While the law affects the rural schools
chiefly, its influence is also felt in the boroughs and cities, in
nearly all of which the scale of salaries has received an upward
impulse, which is bound to result in better schools, better teachers
and a wider recognition of teaching as one of the great profes
sions.
It is unfortunate that the first month’s work in so many high
schools should be interrupted by a one or two days’ vacation for
the county fair. Of course it is advisable to give these days, but
none the less the break is a serious one. Years ago at many of
these fairs space was allotted to school exhibits, a special prize
offered for the best, and frequently several schools competed for
this prize which received a prominent place in the school room,
and for years was an object of interest and pride to the com
munity. We believe this custom has become largely obsolete
and the question arises whether the educational work in the com
munity should not receive the same recognition and encouragement
from the managers of fairs as is given to the person exhibiting the
biggest pumpkin, the finest cattle or the most artistic crazy quilt.
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The foot ball season is again here and the same question
arises among school authorities as to the advisability of allowing
the organization of a school team. We believe in athletics, but
do not echo the statement of President Roosevelt that every boy
should play foot-ball. Cannot the same qualities of mind and
body, for the cultivation of which he advocates the game.be de
veloped with less risk to the individual ? The summary of
casualties at the end of a season is appalling, especially when the
fact is considered that the same amount of vigorous exercise can
be obtained in a game of foot ball in which mass plays are dis
carded. We believe in foot ball if conducted in open play form,
which will be as beneficial to the participant and far more in
teresting to the average observer.
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An interesting study in school economics was offered by the
conditions in Philadelphia when the term opened Sept. 8th.
T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D
According to “ The Press,’ ’ the necessary books and supplies were
wholly inadequate to the demand, while ten thousand children
were turned away for lack of room. Pupils were compelled to
take books which should long ago have been turned over to the
man that cries “ Any R ags?’ ’, or else buy at personal expense.
In the same issue of that paper a statement was made of the
flourishing condition of the leading city banks, showing that they
hold within their vaults more than $23,000,000 of idle money,
which could be obtained at low rates of interest. It looks as
though something is wrong somewhere when a city like Philadel
phia permits its children to suffer the lack of educational facili
ties with millions of dollars lying idle in bank and trust company
vaults. It confirms our previous opinion that the best public
school opportunities are found, not in the rural districts nor in
the great cities, but in the boroughs and towns of from fifteen
hundred to ten thousand people.
The opening of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School
this term has been very encouraging. The attendance is at least
twenty-five percent, greater than the attendance of last Fall Term.
The students are showing an excellent spirit of work and the
teachers have taken hold of their classes with great enthusiasm
and energy. The three years’ course has given a dignity and
completeness to the Normal School work which is very inspiring
to students and teachers. There is no finer educational atmos
phere in the educational institutions of the land than that which
is found in the Normal Schools of Pennsylvania. This atmos
phere gives tone, purpose and character to the students who
graduate from these schools. The President of one of the leading
colleges of our state, in an address given in our Normal chapel,
stated that they had never received at the college over which he
presided an indifferent student from the graduates of the Shippensburg Normal School. We consider this a very high compliment
to the spirit which pervades the instruction and government of
the Cumberland Valley State Normal School.
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The superintendents of our public schools should be on the
lookout for bright and ambitious young men and women in the
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schools under their supervision, and encourage them to continue
their education in higher institutions of learning after they have
finished the course in the public schools. These persons should
be encouraged to take a Normal Course when they have a desire
to become teachers. There is no better plan whereby the super
intendent may raise the qualifications of teachers than to induce
them to take a full course of training in a State Normal School
whenever it is possible for them to do so. Superintendents should
encourage directors to employ Normal graduates in preference to
applicants of equal experience holding lower grade certificates.
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Examinations for provisional certificates should not be held
before July. Many superintendents hold these examinations in
May and June. This results in the withdrawal from the Normal
Schools of the state of hundreds of students who otherwise would
remain until the end of the school term. The student as well as
the school which he attends is injured by this plan. Directors in
many instances are inclined to assign the schools at the same time
that the superintendents hold their examinations for provisional
certificates. Those who are about to graduate from Normal
Schools cannot afford to leave at this time the institutions which
they are attending in order to make personal application for posi
tions and many school boards will not elect teachers without a
personal interview. This works an injustice to the class of
teachers who have the best claim to the full consideration of
school directors for appointment. The young person who has
spent time and money to prepare himself fully for his work is en
titled to better treatment at the hands of the school authorities
than is thus given him. If the young person himself was the
only one who suffered, the loss would not be so great to the state,
but the schools suffer along with the teacher who has thus been
ruled out. By this plan of early appointment the incompetent
teacher often secures a position for which a competent teacher
could have been secured later.
Edith— I believe he only married her for her money.
Edna— Well, he certainly has earned it.
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Blumni personals.
’82— Mrs. Abbie Lamond, who has taught for a number of
years at Lees Cross Roads, Pa., has resigned her position to take
a better one at Morganza in the Reform School.
’91— Mr. Geo. H. Eckels, who has been Principal of Chambersburg Academy for the past two years, has been elected to the
Principalship of the Atlantic City, N. J., Schools. W earesorry
to have Prof. Eckels leave Pennsylvania but we congratulate him
on securing this position.
’91— Miss Minnie G. Eckels, who has been Preceptress for
the past three years at Edinboro, will enter the University of
Pennsylvania this fall to take up a course in English.
’93— Mr. J. B. Eby, of Manheim, Pa., and wife, have been
elected to important positions in the Reform School at Morganza.
They receive snug salaries and the school at Morganza is to be
congratulated on securing their services.
’94— Mr. D. Harper Sibbitt, who has been for three years
located in Manila, P. I., in the Department of Posts, has recently
returned to his native town, Shippensburg, having circumnavi
gated the globe since he left home. He will enter the Law School
of the University of Michigan this fall.
’94— Mr. W . H. Klepper,who for the past two years has been
Principal of the schools of Mt. Carmel, has been elected Super
intendent of schools at Fitzgerald, Ga.
’94— Mr. Ira M. Long has been elected Principal of the public
schools at Bedford, Pa.
’96— Mr. E. M. Gress will return to Nicholson, Pa., the com
ing year after taking a summer course at Ursinus College.
’97— Mr. H. H. Poole, formerly Principal of the schools at
Saxton, Pa., has been elected to the Principalship of the Elk Lick
Schools.
’97— Mr. Ort Eckels has bought the drug store of Mr. A . L.
Metz in Shippensburg and will carry on the business. The
“ Herald” extends best wishes for his success.
’99— Mr. J. E. French will enter the Freshman class at State
College this fall. Mr. James Hippie, who graduated this year at
Pennsylvania College, has been elected Assistant Principal of
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the schools at Mauch Chunk. Prof. John F. Adams, who received
a State Certificate in ’99, has been elected Principal of the schools
of Millersburg, Pa.
’01— Mr. O. L. Underwood, Principal of the schools at New
Hope, graduated this summer in the Chautauqua Course at Mt.
Gretna.
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’02— Miss Isa Stevens will teach at Ft. Washington, Pa.
’03— Miss Maud Fulcher will teach this year in the schools
of Morgantown, W. Va.
mew Treachers.
Every new year in the Normal School is almost certain to
bring one or more new teachers. This year has brought more
than the usual number of new people into the Faculty. Miss
McBride, who came to the Normal School as Principal of the
Model School in the fall of 1896, was not an applicant for
re-election. Miss McBride directed the affairs of the Model
School with ability and carries with her the warm friendship of
many of those who received their Model School training under
her guidance and supervision. Miss Ethel Mina Davie, of DuBois,
Pa., has been called to the position from which Miss McBride has
retired. Miss Davie is well equipped for her new field of labor.
She is a graduate of the West Chester Normal School, was an
assistant teacher in the Model School of that institution for two
years, held an important position in the Atlantic City Schools for
five years, and has recently taken a course in Pedagogy at Ann
Arbor University, Mich. Miss Davie has started out encourag
ingly in her work and will no doubt be successful in her endeavor
to place the Model School of the Cumberland Valley State Nor
mal School in the front rank of the model schools in the United
States.
Miss Rechel at the close of the past year resigned her posi
tion as teacher of drawing. This position Miss Rechel filled for
three years. During this time she showed fine ability as a teacher.
Miss M. Irene Huber, of Harrisburg, Pa., takes her place. Miss
Huber has had several years successful experience as a teacher,
which, combined with her excellent training in art, assures her
success in her new position. She is a graduate of the Pennsyl-
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vania Museum and School of Applied Art in Philadelphia, hav
ing spent three full years in this institution in the completion of
the course. Prior to her course in this school she taught success
fully for seven years in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Miss
Huber will without doubt be a valuable addition to the Faculty
of the C. V . S. N. S.
Miss May Della Cook, of Dillsburg, Pa., becomes assistant
in the Department of Music in place of Miss Duke who takes
charge of the music in the public schools of Tyrone. Miss Duke
was a very efficient teacher in her department and will no doubt
be successful in her new position. Miss Cook is a graduate of
Irving College in both the Scientific and the Musical Course, and
since graduating has taken private instruction in vocal music
from Mrs. Bill of Harrisburg. Miss Cook has taught music for
two years in the public schools. She has entered upon her work
in the Normal School in a very promising way and everything
points to a successful year for her in her new position.
Miss Maud E. Baldwin, of Harrisburg, Pa., has this year
taken charge of the physical culture work. She takes the place
of Miss Ruggles who filled the position temporarily during the
latter part of last year. Miss Baldwin is a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Normal School and of the Anderson School of Gym
nastics. She has taught gymnastics in the Bloomsburg State
Normal School and in the Y . W . C. A . and High School at
Topeka, Kansas. Prior to her experience as a teacher of gym
nastics she was a successful teacher in the public schools of Har
risburg. Miss Baldwin is well prepared for her work and thor
oughly alive to the interests of -her department. We look for
good results this year in this important field of Normal School
education.
Prof. McCrone,who has had charge of the Latin Department
for the past two years,was not an applicant this year for the posi
tion. He has accepted the Principalship of the schools of West
Grove, Pa. Prof. McCrone was a successful teacher in his depart
ment, and by his upright, Christian life exerted a very good
moral and spiritual influence among the boys. Prof. C. H. Gordinier, of Troy, Pa., who takes his place, is a teacher of wide
experience and fine attainments and will no doubt continue the
good work for which this department has been noted for quite a
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number of years. Prof. Gordinier is a graduate of Valparaiso
College in both the classical and scientific courses, afterwards
taking a course in Pedagogy in Alabama State College. Prof.
Gordinier filled a mixed department in the Normal School during
last Spring Term and his work then is a sufficient guarantee of
successful work in the Department of Latin which he now fills.
ZEbe Mew Steward.
Many of the graduates of the Cumberland Valley State Nor
mal School will learn with-pleasure that Mr. J. O. Gray, of the
Class of ’91, has been elected steward of the institution. Mr.
Gray has taken hold of his new position with great earnestness
and energy and is mastering rapidly the difficult problems which
are sure to arise in the conduct of this department. He is well
qualified for his new field of labor and with experience will no
doubt manage this important position to the satisfaction of trus
tees, teachers, and students. Mr. Gray is conscientious, indus
trious, possesses good judgment and is genuinely in love with
the success of his Alma Mater. It is therefore reasonable to
anticipate for him a successful management of the boarding
department of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School.
©bituars.
R a c h e l H u m b e r t , ’92.
D ie d A u g u st 17, 1904.
Miss Humbert had been teaching since her graduation. Her
death was unexpected. She retired the night before apparently
as well as usual but in the morning was found dead by the family.
Death is supposed to have come from heart trouble.
The
“ Herald” wishes to express its sympathy for the bereaved friends.
J oh n D . K e e l , ’99.
D i e d S e p t e m b e r 9, 1904.
Mr. Kell had been an invalid for a year or more. Mr. Kell
taught after leaving Normal for a few years, but finally gave up
on account of ill health. The ‘ ‘Herald’ ’ extends its sympathies to
the friends and relatives.
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D e a t h of a F orm er M o d el S chool P r in c ip a l .
(We clip the following from the Louisville, K y., Herald of
June 6, 1904.)
“ After an illness of six months, Mrs. Francis Hill Carothers,
fifty-two years old, one of the best known women in Parkland,
K y ., died from a complication of diseases yesterday morning. ’ ’
Mrs. Carothers, who was formerly Miss Francis Hill, was
Principal of our Model School during the year ’79-’80. While
at Normal she was regarded as a most excellent teacher. She
had many warm friends in Shippensburg who will be pained to
learn of her death.
D e a t h o f M r s . M. L. D ru m .
No sadder news has come to the ears of the teachers and
students of the Normal School in recent years than the announce
ment of the death of Mrs. M. L. Drum. The news first reached
Shippensburg through the Philadelphia daily papers. So unex
pected was the information of the sad event that at first its correct
ness was doubted, but later news proved that it was all too true.
The Normal School was not alone in its sad distress. Many
homes in Shippensburg shared the common grief. Mrs. Drum,
who was formerly Miss Burns, taught with Prof. Drum for several
years in the Normal School. It was here that their attachment
for each other began and little more than a year ago they were
married at the home of Mrs. Drum, in Geneseo, N. Y . They
had a beautiful home in Lewisburg, Pa., where Prof. Drum holds
a position in the University. Their life together was like a beau
tiful dream and in its duration seemingly as short. Those who
knew Mrs. Drum need not be told of her beautiful character and
sweet disposition. Her pupils in the Model School loved her
dearly and the members of the Faculty admired her greatly,
because of her sincere and genuine womanliness. The home she
adorned with her love and grace has been shattered by her death
like a broken vase and the fragrance of her life ascends to heaven
as a sweet incense. Mrs. Drum leaves a baby boy to the care
of husband and friends. Prof. Drum’s many friends at the Nor
mal and in Shippensburg mourn with him in his deep distress and
commend him to the comfort of Him whose love is stronger than
the love of man. The parents and brother have the sympathy of
all who knew and admired Mrs. Drum during her life at Normal.
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Mbat tbe Class of 1904 Mill 2>o.
The following persons will teach in Cumberland county this
year : Miss Miriam Burkhart near Newville, Miss Gertrude Glessner at West Fairview, Miss Rebecca Klepper at Mt. Holly
Springs, Miss Lydia Smith near Shippensburg, Miss Isabella
Means near Newville, Mr. Harry Evans near Mt. Holly Springs,
Mr. Sharp Hemphill at Mt. Rock, Mr. R. E. McPherson atxOakville, Mr. Earl Reese near Shippensburg, Mr. Mark Ruth at New
Kingston, Mr. Grover Wolfe at Boiling Springs, Mr. J. A . Ward
at Boiling Springs, Mr. Ira Yohe near Shippensburg, Miss Stelle
Gardner near Carlisle, Miss Florence Martin at Barnitz, Miss
Esther Sheaffer at West Fairview and Mr. James Dunlap near
Jacksonville.
Miss Bess Berry will go to Danville, Pa.
Miss Pearl Speck will teach at Barnesboro, Cambria Co., in
a fifth grade and an eight months’ term.
Miss Maude Mason will teach at Revere, Bucks county.
Miss Mary Nickles will also teach in Bucks county near Yardley.
Miss Claire Bingham goes to Eleanor, Jefferson Co., for an
eight months’ term in a third grade.
The following will - teach in Adams county : Miss Anna
Deardorff near Gettysburg, Mr. Roy Starry at York Springs, Mr.
Chas. Frey near his home, Fountaindale, and Mr. John C. Reeder
at Round Hill. Miss Blanche Myers will also teach in Adams
county.
Miss Elizabeth Blair will teach near Pittsburg.
Miss Edith Angle will not teach but remain at her home,
Shippensburg.
Miss Clara Eldon will study music the coming year.
The following will teach in Franklin County: Miss Mary
Reeder, Mr. C. N. Plum and Miss Bertha Sanders in Antrim
township ; Miss Mary Foltz, Miss Annie Reefner, Miss Mabel
Needy and Mr. Frank Adams in Washington township; Miss
Edith Morrison near Greencastle ; Miss Pearl Strohm at Orrstown; Miss Mabel Ruthraff in Waynesboro; Miss Lottie Rey
nolds near Mt. Alto.
Mr. Chas. Ober will go back to Harrison City where he
taught so successfully last year.
Mr. Leslie Stamy will enter Ursinus and Mr. Ralph Jacoby
will enter Dickinson College this fall.
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Miss Donie Miller will remain at her home, Mechanicsburg.
Miss Anna Smith will teach in Reedsville, Mifflin Co.
Mr. Frank Arnold goes to Wolfsburg, Bedford Co. Miss
Minnie Reisner will also teach in Bedford County.
Mr. G. E. Kapp will teach at Highspire.
Mr. Winfield Gray goes to Lancaster County, Miss Jessie
Wright to Steelton, Miss Araminta Manbeck near Cornwall, Miss
Helen Corwin to Catasauqua, Mr. R. G. Bressler to Powls Valley,
Miss Alice Jumper to Steelton, Miss Naomi Dohner toElizabethville, Miss Margie Dengler to Waltonville and Miss Aletha Clegg
to Oberlin.
Miss Edna Baughman will teach near Hanover.
Mr. Edgar Miller will attend Pennsylvania College, GettysMiss Velva Myers will teach in Dickinson township, Cum
berland Co.
politics.
The Cumberland Valley State Normal School is well repre
sented on both the Republican and Democratic tickets of Cum ||
berland county. Both candidates for District Attorney are Nor
mal graduates. Mr. J. L- Young belongs to the Class of ’87 and
Mr. T . R. Jacobs to the Class of ’90. Both these gentlemen are
good attorneys and either one will fill the office of District Attor
ney with ability and to the entire satisfaction of the voters of the
county.
On the Legislative ticket we have Mr. Filmore Maust of the
Class of ’74, Mr. A . J. Beitzel of the Class of ’77, and Mr. S. M.
Kitzmiller of the Class of ’89. None of these men need any
introduction to the voters of Old Mother Cumberland.
Mr.
• Maust has already served one term in the Legislature with signal
ability, Mr. Beitzel was for nine years an efficient Superintendent
of Schools in the county, and Mr. Kitzmiller is one of the most
enterprising and successful business men in the upper end of
Cumberland county. In the event of any two of these three
gentlemen representing the county in the coming Legislature, the
county and the state’s interests will be efficiently and faithfully
served.
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In Franklin county, Mr. D. E. Fong, of the Class of ’gi,
has been nominated by the Republican party for District Attor
ney. Mr. Long has all the qualities necessary to enable him to
discharge successfully the duties belonging to the office to which
he aspires and the chances are altogether in favor of his election.
In York county, Mr. S. U. G. McCreary has been nominated
by the Democratic party for the Legislature. Mr. McCreary
belongs to the Class of ’91. He is well qualified to sit as a mem
ber in the law making body of the Commonwealth and is on the
right ticket to be elected in York county.
/Carriages
H u gh es — H u g h e s .— On Wednesday evening, August 17,
1904, by Rev. H. M. Straub, at Shippensburg, Pa., Mr. John F.
Hughes to Miss Josephine Hughes, ’98. They will reside at
Mannington, W. Va., where Prof. Hughes is Principal of schools.
B a ir — H i l e .— A t Jersey Shore «Wednesday, August 10,
1904, Mr. Joseph Hershey Bair to Miss Elizabeth .B. Hill , ’02.
They will live at Bowlder, Colorado, where Dr. Blair holds a re
sponsible position.
M ic h e n e r — N ic k u m .— August 9, 1904, at the M. E.
Parsonage in Reedsville, Pa., by Rev. W. E. Sheaffer, Mr. A.
D. Michener to Miss Isabel J. Nickum.
E is e n h a r t — G oode (— A t Terre Hill, Pa., Thursday, Aug.
11, 1904, Mr. W . W. Eisenhart, ’97, to Miss Ella Goode.
M e e t c h — D a r e in g t o n .— August 30, 1904, near New
Bloomfield, Mr. Harry W. Meetch to Miss Mary A . Darlington, ’97.
K e g e r r e is — J OHNSTON.^-At Webster Mills, Pa., August 10,
1904, by Rev. W . A . West, Mr. W . W . Kegerreis to Miss Anna
Blanche Johnston, ’00.
T ru scott — C r a ig .— A t Shippensburg, Pa., Wednesday,
September 7, 1904, Mr. Frederick Wilson Truscott to Miss
Georgia Phillips Craig, ’94. Mr. and Mrs. Truscott will reside
at Morgantown, where Mr. Truscott is employed as a member of
the Faculty of the University of Va.
Ma c k e y — H a r m a n .— A t Mt. Holly Springs, Tuesday,
August 23, 1904, Mr. James H. Mackey, ’91, to Miss Bessie W.
Harman, ’92.
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S n o r e — S h e l t o n .— A t Newville, September i, 1904, by
Rev. A . A . Kelley, Mr. J. A . Snoke to Miss Elsie Shelton, ’96.
C l i p p i n g e r — L a n d i s .— A t Union Deposit, August 25, 1904,
by Rev. H. M. Klinger, Mr. C. V . Clippinger, ’94, to Miss
Kathryn M. Landis.
M c C ro n e -W ilso n .— x\t Carlisle, Pa., Wednesday, August
10, 1904, by Rev. W . E- Myers, Mr. A . A . McCrone, ’95, to Miss
Elizabeth Wilson. They will go to West Grove where Prof.
McCrone will teach this year.
N e l l — C r i l l y .— A t Ft. Loudon, Pa., Saturday, September
10, 1904, Mr. William H. Nell to Miss Helen Louise Crilly, ’96.
They will reside at Steelton. Mr. Nell is cashier of one of the
Steelton banks.
D a v i s — W AGNER§ 1- A t Marysville, Pa., July 3 1 , 1904, by
Rev. M. M. Noaker, Mr. W . R. Davis, ’02, to Miss Am y Wagner.
They will reside at Marysville where Mr. Davis teaches.
H a m il — S m it h .— A t Mercersburg, Pa., Tuesday, August 2,
1904, by Rev. B. F. Fetterolf, Mr. R. Curtis Hamil, ’02, to Miss
Viva Smith.
G r if f it h — B l o o d .— A t Batavia, N. Y ., by Rev. G. S.
Robinson, July 27, 1904, Mr. H. M. Griffith, ’97, to Miss Lottie
Blood. They will reside at Wells Tannery where Mr. Griffith
will teach the township high school.
K u n tz — W ie r m a n .— A t Shippensburg, Pa., Tuesday, July
21, 1904, by Rev. G- C. Henry, Mr. Elmer E. Kuntz to Miss
Mary A . Wierman, ’97. They will reside at Lansford where Mr.
Kuntz is Principal of the High School.
M id d l e k a u f f — H a r b a c g h .-^r-At Waynesboro, Pa., Mr. G.
W. Middlekauff, of Washington, D. C.', to Miss Anna M.
Harbaugh, ’95. Mr. Middlekauff was appointed last July to the
position of expert in the National Bureau of Standards in Wash
ington, D. C., where they will reside.
W o l f e — S h a m b e r g e r .— A t Hagerstown, Md., July 1, 1904,
by Rev. R. A . Boyle, Mr. Grover C. Wolfe, ’04, to Miss Gertrude
Shamberger. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe will reside at Boiling Springs
where Mr. Wolfe is teaching.
M il l e r — C r e s s l e r .— A t Hagerstown, Md., July 12, 1904,
by Rev. Keiffer, Mr. George Wm. Miller to Miss Bertie Cressler,
’92. They will reside in Kansas City, Kansas.
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N ycum — M il l e r .— A t Greencastle, Pa., Wednesday, Sep
tember 21, 1904, Mr. J. Marshall Nycum, ’97, to Miss C. Eleanor
Miller, ’97. Mr. and Mrs. Nycum will live at Wilkinsburg; Mr.
Nycum being a book-keeper in Pittsburgh.
F o ster — BASEHORE.gl-At Harrisburg, Pa., September 21,
1904, Dr. Jesse Foster to Miss Elizabeth Basehore, ’97. Dr. and
Mrs. Foster will be at home after November 1st, Newtown, Pa.
% /ID. Cabinet:— W. D on M orton . . . President.
Geo. H. W h e t st o n e . . Vice Pres.
W . M. L o g u e ................Secretary.
E. T. B i t n e r ................ Treasurer.
Regular meeting, six o ’clock every Sunday evening.
A teacher is not fully prepared to lead the minds of children
and those with whom he comes in contact, unless he is developed
spiritually as well as mentally.
It is the aim of the Y . M. C. A . of the C. V . S. N. S. to
develop in young men a strong character, and the only way to do
this is to bring them face to face with the great problem,— that of
accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. East year the
Association was wonderfully blessed. During the fall and winter
terms we had eighteen associate members, and by the personal
work of the active members of the Association fifteen of these
were converted to God, the majority of whom united with the
church of their choice. This is the aim we always keep in the
foreground when we ask a student to become a member of the
Association; for when once in the Association there is more
chance of reaching him for Christ.
The Bible Study Department is one of the important factors
in getting young men to do daily Bible study. Last year we had
two classes; this year we have arranged for two classes, and
shall possibly have three, each of these classes being conducted
by a member of the Faculty. A Mission Study class is also
arranged for this year; we shall use as a text “ The New Era in
the Philippines.” As this is something new, we shall spare no
effort to make it a success. Last year the Association sent two
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men to Northfield, Mass., to the Annual Conference of the Stu
dent Association, Messrs. Shuck and Morton. The delegates had
a pleasant and profitable trip, and received new inspiration for
the work ot the Association for the coming year.
W . D o n M o r t o n .,
30. M . O f f ic e r s
190 4-19 0 5.
E mma H a a r ............................................... President.
J e a n P e a r s o n ............................... Vice President.
A b a g a il T a u g h e n b a u g h . . Recording Secretary.
E l d a S ta m b a u g h . . . Corresponding Secretary.
E th e d E d w a r d s ................................... Treasurer.
The work of the young Women’s Christian Association has
been taken up with renewed vigor. The addition of new students
has extended its field of labor, and opened up new opportunities
for personal work.
The topics as outlined for the meetings have been carefully
selected, and their discussions should do much toward the spir
itual quickening of the lives of our young girls.
In connection with the work, the Association will organize
three Bible classes whose purpose will be to bring the lives of
the girls into a deeper relationship with the Perfect Life, and to
guide them into a fuller knowledge of His character and works.
The Association does not aim to accomplish great results.
Its object is to stimulate to a greater activity the Christian life
of the school, and during these formative years of life, to weave
threads of strength, courage and faith into the fabric of character.
That the influence of the coming year’s work may be to
make each girl a little more earnest, a little more thoughtful, a
little more Christlike, is the fervent hope and prayer of those
most interested in its success.
Je a n E. P earso n .
Cholly— Charming widow isn’t she? They say she is to
marry again.
A lgy— I wouldn’t want to be a widow’s second husband.
Cholly— Well, I ’d rather be a widow’s second husband than
her first, don cher know.
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IReceptions
According to custom the members of the Faculty formally
received the students in the parlors Saturday evening, September
io. After passing down the faculty line and shaking hands, the
student body broke up into groups for social converse, games,
music and other amusements. A ll appeared to have a good time
and the ten o’clock bell seemed to ring a little early.
The Y . W . C. A . and the Y . M. C. A . gave their joint recep
tion to the students Saturday evening, September 17. No pains
had been spared to make the occasion a success. The officers of
the two societies received in the parlors, and after an hour of social
recreation all repaired to the dining hall. Here the preparations
showed a consideration for the aesthetic as well as the gastronomic
taste. The color scheme, green and white, was everywhere in
evidence, and an abundance of festoons, ivy and cut flowers
delighted the eye. Choice refreshments were served, and the
entire affair reflects much credit on the officers and committees in
charge.
IRormal Soviets.
Since the opening of the present school term much interest
has been shown in society w o rk ; this interest is manifested not
only by the continued increase in attendance each week, but by
the careful preparation of every part of the program. The debates
usually constitute the principal' feature of the evening, ands the
general debate excites no little degree of interest . Quite a number
of active workers are interested in music and elocution, and bid
fair to become skilled in these arts. The work of the society in
general has been of a high standard. The newly elected officers
are as follows :—
President . . . ........................ A . I. U n d er w o o d .
V ic e -P r e sid e n t................................... S. B. T
h om as.
S e c r e ta r y ........................................... E mma S l o a n .
Critic.
............................... . L e n a D u n l a p .
Musical Director.......................... ... J e a n P e a r s o n . .
Treasurer...................................... W . D on M o r t o n .
G r a c e H i x o n , S ec’y.
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®>bilo Society.
THe year has opened successfully for Philo. The interest
taken by all is very much appreciated, and each one seems to be
doing all in his power for the good of the society. We have
already taken in quite a number of new members, who have
already shown great pride in Philo. An orchestra has been
started and before long we expect to have some very good music.
Although we miss the old members of the Class of ’04, yet there
are others who can fill their places very well. And we sincerely
hope that the interest which has been manifested thus far will
not become dull, but grow greater as the year advances. The
following officers have just been elected for the ensuing four
weeks :
G. W . T in e ......................................................... President.
E r ro l S n o r e ' ............................................ Vice-President.
E t h e l E dw ards ................................................... Secretary.
F lo r en ce M. B e a r d ................................................ Critic.
H. M. K ir k p a t r ic k . .......................
Treasurer.
E- T . B i t n e r .........................................
Doorkeeper.
E e il a M c C u llo u g h . . . .........................
' E l iz a b e t h B. P h il l ip s
J. M. U h l e r . . . . .
H e d e n G r a y , Secretary.
The vacation schools and the warm weather brought an ob
noxiously odoriferous youngster to the teacher, who sent her home
to be washed. On returning, less aromatic, said the bright
youngster to teacher:
“ Me mudder wants to know if I come here to git teached or
git smelled.”
‘ ‘I say, Teddy,” said one little newsboy to another, ‘ ‘what
are them things those fellows were talking about?— ‘bacteria’ they
call them.” ‘ ‘Them are French things. They come from Paris;
that is why they call them ‘parasites.’ ” ‘ ‘N o,” said another,
‘ ‘they come from Germany; that is why they call them ‘germs.’ ”
‘ ‘Not at a ll,” said a third; ‘ ‘they are Irish; they come from
Ireland, for I heard Dr. White call them ‘Mikerobes.’i” .
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XCbc ffacnlts.
G. M. D. E C K E L S , A. M., Sc. D., P rincipal,
Psychology, Science and Art of Teaching.
JOS. P. B AR TO N , A . M., Sc. D.,
Science.
JA M E S ELDON , A. M., P
Mathematics.
h.
D.,
J. W. HUGHES, A. M.,
German, French.
W. M. R IF E , A. B.,
Rhetoric, Literature, General History.
C. H. GORDINIER, A. M., M. P b d .,
Latin, Greek.
E T H E L M IN A DAVIE,
Principal Model School.
A M Y C. CREW E,
Assistant Principal Model School.
S A R A BRENNER,
Vocal and Instrumental Music.
M A Y D E L L A COOK,
Assistant in Vocal and Instrumental Music.
M. IR E N E HUBER,
Drawing, Penmanship.
J. S. H EIG ES, A. B.,
Arithmetic, Geometry.
M A B E L HARLOW ,
Reading, Elocution.
M AU D E E. BALDW IN,
Director of Physical Training.
A D A V. HORTON, M. E.,
Stenography and Typewriting.
ID A B. Q U IG L E Y , M. E.,
Librarian.
Nurse (to doctor, who had just been called in)— “ It appears
to be a very complicated case, doctor. Can you make anything
out of it?”
Doctor— Well, between you and me, I think I can make a
couple of hundred out of it; they’re very rich.”
P u b l is h e d O c t o b e r , J a n u a r y , A p r i l
and
Ju l y .
S h ip p e n s b u r g , P a .
V oi ,. IX .
O C T O B E R , 1904
No. 1.
TTbe ^Beginning of tbe mew School l^ear.
Possibly no other day of the changing year affects a larger
number of persons than the first day of school. It stirs things up
socially and industrially, to say nothing of the view-point of the
home. Let us deal severally with those to whom this day is
most important; and from the standpoint of numbers the pupils
come first. What does the first day mean to them ? To one class
it means they are going to school for the first time, with shin
ing morning faces we hope, and vague anticipations o f pleas
ure and pain. Some will be taken charge of by a born-and-made
primary teacher, whose pleasant face and sympathetic bearing
will at once win love and confidence; whose firm but gentle
hand will guide the little one along the first easy grade that leads
to learning’s summit proud. Fortunate for all concerned is
the school in which such a teacher is found ; she is worth her
weight in radium, and all the things thou canst desire are not to
be compared with her.
O ye directors, take fast hold upon her ;
keep her ; let her not go, and let her not marry. But the poor
little unfortunate, who at this most critical period of juvenile life
has to come in contact with the teacher of opposite character ! To
him our heart goes out in sympathy. I f she be ignorant,untrained,
unsympathetic, cold, cruel, vindicative, lazy, untidy in person, a
teacher for revenue only, if she will not resign and the Board
will not grant her indefinite leave of absence, may some great
philanthropist come along and marry her, pro bono publico.
And then the pupils that have been to school before; some
must review the work of the previous year because they didn’t
pass. According to the nature of the child it may have aroused
ambition and pride, or it may have resulted in indifference and
discouragement. With whatever spirit they enter school they
must be treated with more tact than those who have been pro-
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moted. The latter ordinarily will enter with high expectations
and strong determination to do a good year’s work. Fortunate
for them if the new teacher with whom they may come in con
tact is worthy of the profession, and in no way lessens the ambi
tion of the pupil, and his fondness for study. Space forbids our
dealing with all the classes of pupils and the varying conditions
they meet in their kbme school. A word concerning those who
are for the first time going away from home. And why do so
many go away, and how can so many schools obtain the patron
age essential to effective work and maintenance ? Some pupils
expect to teach, and so enter a Normal ; some have prepared for
college, and after the study of sundry catalogues, voluminous
correspondence and perhaps a personal visit or two from a repre
sentative, have at last made a choice for the weal or woe of
themselves and college, and now take their places with the Freshies
to be thrashed by the Sophs— perhaps. Some are entering the
high priced, fashionable boarding school, for obvious reasons,
some the techinal or the theological school, while some unfortu
nates are for the first time leaving home to enter a school for deafmutes, for the blind or for the feeble-minded. A critical time for
all of these, and well may the parent breathe a prayer of grati
tude whose son or daughter has sufficient strength of character
to withstand temptation, sufficient common sense to use and not
abuse the alloted personal liberty, who will swallow a little lump
of homesickness and call it good, and who will meet the new
conditions with a level head and a stout heart.
And how about the teachers ? Among the greatly varying
groups, we can deal with only a few representatives. Pardon us
if we indulge a little sentiment over the young teacher going way
back in the country to teach her first school. Conditions are so
different from those in the town school, so unlike just what she
had anticipated' in her experience in the “ Model,” that she is
almost bewildered, just a bit discouraged and several bits home
sick. Poor little girl, we are sorry for you, for we know just
what you will do when Friday night comes and you picture to
yourself the folks at home, your chums in town, and this year’s
Seniors in the Normal or in College, and the good times they are
all having, while you are sitting alone in your room, looking out
at the quiet moonlit landscape and listening to the frogs. You
don’t feel like reading, so you go to bed, and perhaps you have a
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real good cry. Cry away, dear; it won’t destroy your good looks,
and in the morning you will feel so much better. If you are made
of the right material you will take a long tramp all alone and
do some hard thinking. You will resolve to have the best school
in the township, to map out a course of reading and study for your
self, to get close to the people in the community and be a leader
among them, to indulge in no more tears, but for the next seven
months to lead a brave, busy, unselfish life, devoting your ener
gies to those about you, assured that you will earn more than you
will receive, but remembering that the best rewards of the teach
er may not materialize for many years.
And you teachers who have taught before, how are you going
to teach this year? Just as you did last year ? I f so, take Puck’s
advice to those about to marry— “ Don’t .” But if you are full of
new plans, of new aspirations and inspirations, if your summer
trip and summer school have resulted in something educationally
tangible, if you are resolved to do the best year’s work you have
ever done, and will stick to that resolution, examining yourseli
and your methods as often as you examine your pupils and with
as critical an eye, then we say “ Godspeed,” and shall be glad to
shake hands with you when you come down into this neck of the
woods.
Superintendents, a little hard thinking will not hurt you at
this time of the year, no matter how long you may have been in
the profession. You must be wise as serpents and harmless as
doves in dealing with directors, teachers, pupils and patrons.
Your main dealings with the first class lie in securing the adop
tion of a wise and liberal policy toward the school. In meeting
them as with meeting parents, you must employ courtesy, firm
ness, tact, and above all common sense. A compliment now and
then to your teachers will go a great way toward lubricating the
educational machine, and do not destroy all individuality and
initiative on their part by insisting on the adoption of your pet
methods and devices. Your attitude toward your pupils, especi
ally in matters of discipline, must possess one sine qua non,
elasticity.
And now a word to parents. We take it for granted you are
properly ambitious for your children. That though your early
advantages may have been limited you realize that success in the
twentieth century demands adequate preparation, and that the
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basis of this preparation is a liberal education. That it is noth
ing short of criminal to rear a family unless you are willing to
give that family such environment and training as will perfect
them physically, mentally, morally and spiritually. Regardless
of the vocation he selects, it is now an incontrovertible fact that
the college-bred young man, other things being equal, will out
strip his competitors who have not had the culture and training
that can be secured by nothing but a college course. Parents, if
you will do your duty as thus outlined, arousing, inspiring,
encouraging your children, supporting their teachers, and not
criticising them, the teachers will,, immediately, and your chil
dren, at a later time, rise up and call you blessed.
Ube Calendar—1904=1905.
FALL TERM.
Monday, September 5— Fall Term begins.
Thursday, November 24— Thanksgiving.
Friday, December 16— Fall Term closes.
WINTER TERM.
Monday, January 2— Winter Term opens.
Wednesday, February 22— Washington’s Birthday.
Friday, March 24— Winter Term closes.
1 SPRING TERM.
Monday, April 3— Spring Term opens.
Friday, April 28— Anniversary Normal Literary Society.
Friday, May 13— Reunion Philo Literary Society.
Friday, June 23— Model School Commencement.
Sunday, June 25— Baccalaureate Sermon.
Monday, June 26— Musical and Literary Entertainment.
Tuesday, June 27— Class Day and Alumni Reunion.
Wednesday, June 28— Commencement and Alumni Meeting.
...T H E ...
N ormal S chool H erald.
P u b l is h e d O c t o b e r , J a n u a r y , A p r il
S h ip p e n s b u r g , P a .
and
Ju l y .
C. H. G o r d in ie r , Editor.
A d a Y . H o r t o n , ’ 88, Personal Editor.
J. S. H e ig e s , ’ 91, Business Manager.
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O C T O B E R , 1904
Salutatory?.
In accordance with a time honored custom we make our
best Chesterfieldian bow to the public as we assume the editor
ship of the Herald. As all editors know, the position is a sine
cure, though we have an indistinct idea that about twenty-two
such sinecures would tend to prevent undue obesity, and ante
diluvian longevity, if not directly provocative of premature senil
ity. Incidentally we formulate the proposition that we shall not
employ a diction unnecessarily replete with polysyllabic ter
minology.
May the Herald always prove a welcome visitor to the
Alumni of this Institution, and may they show this appreciation
by sending the business editor the small sum of twenty-five cents,
a quarter of a dollar.
We shall always appreciate personal news ; we thank those
who have assisted in getting out this number, and promise, our
best efforts for the Herald and the Cumberland Valley State
Normal School.
,
C. H. G o r d i n i e r .
lE&itorlal.
The good effects of the minimum salary law in this state are
already apparent. In many counties the requirements for
teachers’ certificates have been made higher, and many teachers
of inferior qualifications have been weeded out. Consolidation
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of schools has also been effected in many localities, and township
high schools established. While the law affects the rural schools
chiefly, its influence is also felt in the boroughs and cities, in
nearly all of which the scale of salaries has received an upward
impulse, which is bound to result in better schools, better teachers
and a wider recognition of teaching as one of the great profes
sions.
It is unfortunate that the first month’s work in so many high
schools should be interrupted by a one or two days’ vacation for
the county fair. Of course it is advisable to give these days, but
none the less the break is a serious one. Years ago at many of
these fairs space was allotted to school exhibits, a special prize
offered for the best, and frequently several schools competed for
this prize which received a prominent place in the school room,
and for years was an object of interest and pride to the com
munity. We believe this custom has become largely obsolete
and the question arises whether the educational work in the com
munity should not receive the same recognition and encouragement
from the managers of fairs as is given to the person exhibiting the
biggest pumpkin, the finest cattle or the most artistic crazy quilt.
jt
The foot ball season is again here and the same question
arises among school authorities as to the advisability of allowing
the organization of a school team. We believe in athletics, but
do not echo the statement of President Roosevelt that every boy
should play foot-ball. Cannot the same qualities of mind and
body, for the cultivation of which he advocates the game.be de
veloped with less risk to the individual ? The summary of
casualties at the end of a season is appalling, especially when the
fact is considered that the same amount of vigorous exercise can
be obtained in a game of foot ball in which mass plays are dis
carded. We believe in foot ball if conducted in open play form,
which will be as beneficial to the participant and far more in
teresting to the average observer.
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An interesting study in school economics was offered by the
conditions in Philadelphia when the term opened Sept. 8th.
T H E N O R M A L SC H O O L H E R A L D
According to “ The Press,’ ’ the necessary books and supplies were
wholly inadequate to the demand, while ten thousand children
were turned away for lack of room. Pupils were compelled to
take books which should long ago have been turned over to the
man that cries “ Any R ags?’ ’, or else buy at personal expense.
In the same issue of that paper a statement was made of the
flourishing condition of the leading city banks, showing that they
hold within their vaults more than $23,000,000 of idle money,
which could be obtained at low rates of interest. It looks as
though something is wrong somewhere when a city like Philadel
phia permits its children to suffer the lack of educational facili
ties with millions of dollars lying idle in bank and trust company
vaults. It confirms our previous opinion that the best public
school opportunities are found, not in the rural districts nor in
the great cities, but in the boroughs and towns of from fifteen
hundred to ten thousand people.
The opening of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School
this term has been very encouraging. The attendance is at least
twenty-five percent, greater than the attendance of last Fall Term.
The students are showing an excellent spirit of work and the
teachers have taken hold of their classes with great enthusiasm
and energy. The three years’ course has given a dignity and
completeness to the Normal School work which is very inspiring
to students and teachers. There is no finer educational atmos
phere in the educational institutions of the land than that which
is found in the Normal Schools of Pennsylvania. This atmos
phere gives tone, purpose and character to the students who
graduate from these schools. The President of one of the leading
colleges of our state, in an address given in our Normal chapel,
stated that they had never received at the college over which he
presided an indifferent student from the graduates of the Shippensburg Normal School. We consider this a very high compliment
to the spirit which pervades the instruction and government of
the Cumberland Valley State Normal School.
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The superintendents of our public schools should be on the
lookout for bright and ambitious young men and women in the
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schools under their supervision, and encourage them to continue
their education in higher institutions of learning after they have
finished the course in the public schools. These persons should
be encouraged to take a Normal Course when they have a desire
to become teachers. There is no better plan whereby the super
intendent may raise the qualifications of teachers than to induce
them to take a full course of training in a State Normal School
whenever it is possible for them to do so. Superintendents should
encourage directors to employ Normal graduates in preference to
applicants of equal experience holding lower grade certificates.
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Examinations for provisional certificates should not be held
before July. Many superintendents hold these examinations in
May and June. This results in the withdrawal from the Normal
Schools of the state of hundreds of students who otherwise would
remain until the end of the school term. The student as well as
the school which he attends is injured by this plan. Directors in
many instances are inclined to assign the schools at the same time
that the superintendents hold their examinations for provisional
certificates. Those who are about to graduate from Normal
Schools cannot afford to leave at this time the institutions which
they are attending in order to make personal application for posi
tions and many school boards will not elect teachers without a
personal interview. This works an injustice to the class of
teachers who have the best claim to the full consideration of
school directors for appointment. The young person who has
spent time and money to prepare himself fully for his work is en
titled to better treatment at the hands of the school authorities
than is thus given him. If the young person himself was the
only one who suffered, the loss would not be so great to the state,
but the schools suffer along with the teacher who has thus been
ruled out. By this plan of early appointment the incompetent
teacher often secures a position for which a competent teacher
could have been secured later.
Edith— I believe he only married her for her money.
Edna— Well, he certainly has earned it.
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Blumni personals.
’82— Mrs. Abbie Lamond, who has taught for a number of
years at Lees Cross Roads, Pa., has resigned her position to take
a better one at Morganza in the Reform School.
’91— Mr. Geo. H. Eckels, who has been Principal of Chambersburg Academy for the past two years, has been elected to the
Principalship of the Atlantic City, N. J., Schools. W earesorry
to have Prof. Eckels leave Pennsylvania but we congratulate him
on securing this position.
’91— Miss Minnie G. Eckels, who has been Preceptress for
the past three years at Edinboro, will enter the University of
Pennsylvania this fall to take up a course in English.
’93— Mr. J. B. Eby, of Manheim, Pa., and wife, have been
elected to important positions in the Reform School at Morganza.
They receive snug salaries and the school at Morganza is to be
congratulated on securing their services.
’94— Mr. D. Harper Sibbitt, who has been for three years
located in Manila, P. I., in the Department of Posts, has recently
returned to his native town, Shippensburg, having circumnavi
gated the globe since he left home. He will enter the Law School
of the University of Michigan this fall.
’94— Mr. W . H. Klepper,who for the past two years has been
Principal of the schools of Mt. Carmel, has been elected Super
intendent of schools at Fitzgerald, Ga.
’94— Mr. Ira M. Long has been elected Principal of the public
schools at Bedford, Pa.
’96— Mr. E. M. Gress will return to Nicholson, Pa., the com
ing year after taking a summer course at Ursinus College.
’97— Mr. H. H. Poole, formerly Principal of the schools at
Saxton, Pa., has been elected to the Principalship of the Elk Lick
Schools.
’97— Mr. Ort Eckels has bought the drug store of Mr. A . L.
Metz in Shippensburg and will carry on the business. The
“ Herald” extends best wishes for his success.
’99— Mr. J. E. French will enter the Freshman class at State
College this fall. Mr. James Hippie, who graduated this year at
Pennsylvania College, has been elected Assistant Principal of
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the schools at Mauch Chunk. Prof. John F. Adams, who received
a State Certificate in ’99, has been elected Principal of the schools
of Millersburg, Pa.
’01— Mr. O. L. Underwood, Principal of the schools at New
Hope, graduated this summer in the Chautauqua Course at Mt.
Gretna.
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’02— Miss Isa Stevens will teach at Ft. Washington, Pa.
’03— Miss Maud Fulcher will teach this year in the schools
of Morgantown, W. Va.
mew Treachers.
Every new year in the Normal School is almost certain to
bring one or more new teachers. This year has brought more
than the usual number of new people into the Faculty. Miss
McBride, who came to the Normal School as Principal of the
Model School in the fall of 1896, was not an applicant for
re-election. Miss McBride directed the affairs of the Model
School with ability and carries with her the warm friendship of
many of those who received their Model School training under
her guidance and supervision. Miss Ethel Mina Davie, of DuBois,
Pa., has been called to the position from which Miss McBride has
retired. Miss Davie is well equipped for her new field of labor.
She is a graduate of the West Chester Normal School, was an
assistant teacher in the Model School of that institution for two
years, held an important position in the Atlantic City Schools for
five years, and has recently taken a course in Pedagogy at Ann
Arbor University, Mich. Miss Davie has started out encourag
ingly in her work and will no doubt be successful in her endeavor
to place the Model School of the Cumberland Valley State Nor
mal School in the front rank of the model schools in the United
States.
Miss Rechel at the close of the past year resigned her posi
tion as teacher of drawing. This position Miss Rechel filled for
three years. During this time she showed fine ability as a teacher.
Miss M. Irene Huber, of Harrisburg, Pa., takes her place. Miss
Huber has had several years successful experience as a teacher,
which, combined with her excellent training in art, assures her
success in her new position. She is a graduate of the Pennsyl-
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vania Museum and School of Applied Art in Philadelphia, hav
ing spent three full years in this institution in the completion of
the course. Prior to her course in this school she taught success
fully for seven years in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Miss
Huber will without doubt be a valuable addition to the Faculty
of the C. V . S. N. S.
Miss May Della Cook, of Dillsburg, Pa., becomes assistant
in the Department of Music in place of Miss Duke who takes
charge of the music in the public schools of Tyrone. Miss Duke
was a very efficient teacher in her department and will no doubt
be successful in her new position. Miss Cook is a graduate of
Irving College in both the Scientific and the Musical Course, and
since graduating has taken private instruction in vocal music
from Mrs. Bill of Harrisburg. Miss Cook has taught music for
two years in the public schools. She has entered upon her work
in the Normal School in a very promising way and everything
points to a successful year for her in her new position.
Miss Maud E. Baldwin, of Harrisburg, Pa., has this year
taken charge of the physical culture work. She takes the place
of Miss Ruggles who filled the position temporarily during the
latter part of last year. Miss Baldwin is a graduate of the Bloomsburg State Normal School and of the Anderson School of Gym
nastics. She has taught gymnastics in the Bloomsburg State
Normal School and in the Y . W . C. A . and High School at
Topeka, Kansas. Prior to her experience as a teacher of gym
nastics she was a successful teacher in the public schools of Har
risburg. Miss Baldwin is well prepared for her work and thor
oughly alive to the interests of -her department. We look for
good results this year in this important field of Normal School
education.
Prof. McCrone,who has had charge of the Latin Department
for the past two years,was not an applicant this year for the posi
tion. He has accepted the Principalship of the schools of West
Grove, Pa. Prof. McCrone was a successful teacher in his depart
ment, and by his upright, Christian life exerted a very good
moral and spiritual influence among the boys. Prof. C. H. Gordinier, of Troy, Pa., who takes his place, is a teacher of wide
experience and fine attainments and will no doubt continue the
good work for which this department has been noted for quite a
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number of years. Prof. Gordinier is a graduate of Valparaiso
College in both the classical and scientific courses, afterwards
taking a course in Pedagogy in Alabama State College. Prof.
Gordinier filled a mixed department in the Normal School during
last Spring Term and his work then is a sufficient guarantee of
successful work in the Department of Latin which he now fills.
ZEbe Mew Steward.
Many of the graduates of the Cumberland Valley State Nor
mal School will learn with-pleasure that Mr. J. O. Gray, of the
Class of ’91, has been elected steward of the institution. Mr.
Gray has taken hold of his new position with great earnestness
and energy and is mastering rapidly the difficult problems which
are sure to arise in the conduct of this department. He is well
qualified for his new field of labor and with experience will no
doubt manage this important position to the satisfaction of trus
tees, teachers, and students. Mr. Gray is conscientious, indus
trious, possesses good judgment and is genuinely in love with
the success of his Alma Mater. It is therefore reasonable to
anticipate for him a successful management of the boarding
department of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School.
©bituars.
R a c h e l H u m b e r t , ’92.
D ie d A u g u st 17, 1904.
Miss Humbert had been teaching since her graduation. Her
death was unexpected. She retired the night before apparently
as well as usual but in the morning was found dead by the family.
Death is supposed to have come from heart trouble.
The
“ Herald” wishes to express its sympathy for the bereaved friends.
J oh n D . K e e l , ’99.
D i e d S e p t e m b e r 9, 1904.
Mr. Kell had been an invalid for a year or more. Mr. Kell
taught after leaving Normal for a few years, but finally gave up
on account of ill health. The ‘ ‘Herald’ ’ extends its sympathies to
the friends and relatives.
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D e a t h of a F orm er M o d el S chool P r in c ip a l .
(We clip the following from the Louisville, K y., Herald of
June 6, 1904.)
“ After an illness of six months, Mrs. Francis Hill Carothers,
fifty-two years old, one of the best known women in Parkland,
K y ., died from a complication of diseases yesterday morning. ’ ’
Mrs. Carothers, who was formerly Miss Francis Hill, was
Principal of our Model School during the year ’79-’80. While
at Normal she was regarded as a most excellent teacher. She
had many warm friends in Shippensburg who will be pained to
learn of her death.
D e a t h o f M r s . M. L. D ru m .
No sadder news has come to the ears of the teachers and
students of the Normal School in recent years than the announce
ment of the death of Mrs. M. L. Drum. The news first reached
Shippensburg through the Philadelphia daily papers. So unex
pected was the information of the sad event that at first its correct
ness was doubted, but later news proved that it was all too true.
The Normal School was not alone in its sad distress. Many
homes in Shippensburg shared the common grief. Mrs. Drum,
who was formerly Miss Burns, taught with Prof. Drum for several
years in the Normal School. It was here that their attachment
for each other began and little more than a year ago they were
married at the home of Mrs. Drum, in Geneseo, N. Y . They
had a beautiful home in Lewisburg, Pa., where Prof. Drum holds
a position in the University. Their life together was like a beau
tiful dream and in its duration seemingly as short. Those who
knew Mrs. Drum need not be told of her beautiful character and
sweet disposition. Her pupils in the Model School loved her
dearly and the members of the Faculty admired her greatly,
because of her sincere and genuine womanliness. The home she
adorned with her love and grace has been shattered by her death
like a broken vase and the fragrance of her life ascends to heaven
as a sweet incense. Mrs. Drum leaves a baby boy to the care
of husband and friends. Prof. Drum’s many friends at the Nor
mal and in Shippensburg mourn with him in his deep distress and
commend him to the comfort of Him whose love is stronger than
the love of man. The parents and brother have the sympathy of
all who knew and admired Mrs. Drum during her life at Normal.
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t h e n o r m a l sc h o o l h e r a l d
Mbat tbe Class of 1904 Mill 2>o.
The following persons will teach in Cumberland county this
year : Miss Miriam Burkhart near Newville, Miss Gertrude Glessner at West Fairview, Miss Rebecca Klepper at Mt. Holly
Springs, Miss Lydia Smith near Shippensburg, Miss Isabella
Means near Newville, Mr. Harry Evans near Mt. Holly Springs,
Mr. Sharp Hemphill at Mt. Rock, Mr. R. E. McPherson atxOakville, Mr. Earl Reese near Shippensburg, Mr. Mark Ruth at New
Kingston, Mr. Grover Wolfe at Boiling Springs, Mr. J. A . Ward
at Boiling Springs, Mr. Ira Yohe near Shippensburg, Miss Stelle
Gardner near Carlisle, Miss Florence Martin at Barnitz, Miss
Esther Sheaffer at West Fairview and Mr. James Dunlap near
Jacksonville.
Miss Bess Berry will go to Danville, Pa.
Miss Pearl Speck will teach at Barnesboro, Cambria Co., in
a fifth grade and an eight months’ term.
Miss Maude Mason will teach at Revere, Bucks county.
Miss Mary Nickles will also teach in Bucks county near Yardley.
Miss Claire Bingham goes to Eleanor, Jefferson Co., for an
eight months’ term in a third grade.
The following will - teach in Adams county : Miss Anna
Deardorff near Gettysburg, Mr. Roy Starry at York Springs, Mr.
Chas. Frey near his home, Fountaindale, and Mr. John C. Reeder
at Round Hill. Miss Blanche Myers will also teach in Adams
county.
Miss Elizabeth Blair will teach near Pittsburg.
Miss Edith Angle will not teach but remain at her home,
Shippensburg.
Miss Clara Eldon will study music the coming year.
The following will teach in Franklin County: Miss Mary
Reeder, Mr. C. N. Plum and Miss Bertha Sanders in Antrim
township ; Miss Mary Foltz, Miss Annie Reefner, Miss Mabel
Needy and Mr. Frank Adams in Washington township; Miss
Edith Morrison near Greencastle ; Miss Pearl Strohm at Orrstown; Miss Mabel Ruthraff in Waynesboro; Miss Lottie Rey
nolds near Mt. Alto.
Mr. Chas. Ober will go back to Harrison City where he
taught so successfully last year.
Mr. Leslie Stamy will enter Ursinus and Mr. Ralph Jacoby
will enter Dickinson College this fall.
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Miss Donie Miller will remain at her home, Mechanicsburg.
Miss Anna Smith will teach in Reedsville, Mifflin Co.
Mr. Frank Arnold goes to Wolfsburg, Bedford Co. Miss
Minnie Reisner will also teach in Bedford County.
Mr. G. E. Kapp will teach at Highspire.
Mr. Winfield Gray goes to Lancaster County, Miss Jessie
Wright to Steelton, Miss Araminta Manbeck near Cornwall, Miss
Helen Corwin to Catasauqua, Mr. R. G. Bressler to Powls Valley,
Miss Alice Jumper to Steelton, Miss Naomi Dohner toElizabethville, Miss Margie Dengler to Waltonville and Miss Aletha Clegg
to Oberlin.
Miss Edna Baughman will teach near Hanover.
Mr. Edgar Miller will attend Pennsylvania College, GettysMiss Velva Myers will teach in Dickinson township, Cum
berland Co.
politics.
The Cumberland Valley State Normal School is well repre
sented on both the Republican and Democratic tickets of Cum ||
berland county. Both candidates for District Attorney are Nor
mal graduates. Mr. J. L- Young belongs to the Class of ’87 and
Mr. T . R. Jacobs to the Class of ’90. Both these gentlemen are
good attorneys and either one will fill the office of District Attor
ney with ability and to the entire satisfaction of the voters of the
county.
On the Legislative ticket we have Mr. Filmore Maust of the
Class of ’74, Mr. A . J. Beitzel of the Class of ’77, and Mr. S. M.
Kitzmiller of the Class of ’89. None of these men need any
introduction to the voters of Old Mother Cumberland.
Mr.
• Maust has already served one term in the Legislature with signal
ability, Mr. Beitzel was for nine years an efficient Superintendent
of Schools in the county, and Mr. Kitzmiller is one of the most
enterprising and successful business men in the upper end of
Cumberland county. In the event of any two of these three
gentlemen representing the county in the coming Legislature, the
county and the state’s interests will be efficiently and faithfully
served.
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In Franklin county, Mr. D. E. Fong, of the Class of ’gi,
has been nominated by the Republican party for District Attor
ney. Mr. Long has all the qualities necessary to enable him to
discharge successfully the duties belonging to the office to which
he aspires and the chances are altogether in favor of his election.
In York county, Mr. S. U. G. McCreary has been nominated
by the Democratic party for the Legislature. Mr. McCreary
belongs to the Class of ’91. He is well qualified to sit as a mem
ber in the law making body of the Commonwealth and is on the
right ticket to be elected in York county.
/Carriages
H u gh es — H u g h e s .— On Wednesday evening, August 17,
1904, by Rev. H. M. Straub, at Shippensburg, Pa., Mr. John F.
Hughes to Miss Josephine Hughes, ’98. They will reside at
Mannington, W. Va., where Prof. Hughes is Principal of schools.
B a ir — H i l e .— A t Jersey Shore «Wednesday, August 10,
1904, Mr. Joseph Hershey Bair to Miss Elizabeth .B. Hill , ’02.
They will live at Bowlder, Colorado, where Dr. Blair holds a re
sponsible position.
M ic h e n e r — N ic k u m .— August 9, 1904, at the M. E.
Parsonage in Reedsville, Pa., by Rev. W. E. Sheaffer, Mr. A.
D. Michener to Miss Isabel J. Nickum.
E is e n h a r t — G oode (— A t Terre Hill, Pa., Thursday, Aug.
11, 1904, Mr. W . W. Eisenhart, ’97, to Miss Ella Goode.
M e e t c h — D a r e in g t o n .— August 30, 1904, near New
Bloomfield, Mr. Harry W. Meetch to Miss Mary A . Darlington, ’97.
K e g e r r e is — J OHNSTON.^-At Webster Mills, Pa., August 10,
1904, by Rev. W . A . West, Mr. W . W . Kegerreis to Miss Anna
Blanche Johnston, ’00.
T ru scott — C r a ig .— A t Shippensburg, Pa., Wednesday,
September 7, 1904, Mr. Frederick Wilson Truscott to Miss
Georgia Phillips Craig, ’94. Mr. and Mrs. Truscott will reside
at Morgantown, where Mr. Truscott is employed as a member of
the Faculty of the University of Va.
Ma c k e y — H a r m a n .— A t Mt. Holly Springs, Tuesday,
August 23, 1904, Mr. James H. Mackey, ’91, to Miss Bessie W.
Harman, ’92.
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S n o r e — S h e l t o n .— A t Newville, September i, 1904, by
Rev. A . A . Kelley, Mr. J. A . Snoke to Miss Elsie Shelton, ’96.
C l i p p i n g e r — L a n d i s .— A t Union Deposit, August 25, 1904,
by Rev. H. M. Klinger, Mr. C. V . Clippinger, ’94, to Miss
Kathryn M. Landis.
M c C ro n e -W ilso n .— x\t Carlisle, Pa., Wednesday, August
10, 1904, by Rev. W . E- Myers, Mr. A . A . McCrone, ’95, to Miss
Elizabeth Wilson. They will go to West Grove where Prof.
McCrone will teach this year.
N e l l — C r i l l y .— A t Ft. Loudon, Pa., Saturday, September
10, 1904, Mr. William H. Nell to Miss Helen Louise Crilly, ’96.
They will reside at Steelton. Mr. Nell is cashier of one of the
Steelton banks.
D a v i s — W AGNER§ 1- A t Marysville, Pa., July 3 1 , 1904, by
Rev. M. M. Noaker, Mr. W . R. Davis, ’02, to Miss Am y Wagner.
They will reside at Marysville where Mr. Davis teaches.
H a m il — S m it h .— A t Mercersburg, Pa., Tuesday, August 2,
1904, by Rev. B. F. Fetterolf, Mr. R. Curtis Hamil, ’02, to Miss
Viva Smith.
G r if f it h — B l o o d .— A t Batavia, N. Y ., by Rev. G. S.
Robinson, July 27, 1904, Mr. H. M. Griffith, ’97, to Miss Lottie
Blood. They will reside at Wells Tannery where Mr. Griffith
will teach the township high school.
K u n tz — W ie r m a n .— A t Shippensburg, Pa., Tuesday, July
21, 1904, by Rev. G- C. Henry, Mr. Elmer E. Kuntz to Miss
Mary A . Wierman, ’97. They will reside at Lansford where Mr.
Kuntz is Principal of the High School.
M id d l e k a u f f — H a r b a c g h .-^r-At Waynesboro, Pa., Mr. G.
W. Middlekauff, of Washington, D. C.', to Miss Anna M.
Harbaugh, ’95. Mr. Middlekauff was appointed last July to the
position of expert in the National Bureau of Standards in Wash
ington, D. C., where they will reside.
W o l f e — S h a m b e r g e r .— A t Hagerstown, Md., July 1, 1904,
by Rev. R. A . Boyle, Mr. Grover C. Wolfe, ’04, to Miss Gertrude
Shamberger. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe will reside at Boiling Springs
where Mr. Wolfe is teaching.
M il l e r — C r e s s l e r .— A t Hagerstown, Md., July 12, 1904,
by Rev. Keiffer, Mr. George Wm. Miller to Miss Bertie Cressler,
’92. They will reside in Kansas City, Kansas.
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N ycum — M il l e r .— A t Greencastle, Pa., Wednesday, Sep
tember 21, 1904, Mr. J. Marshall Nycum, ’97, to Miss C. Eleanor
Miller, ’97. Mr. and Mrs. Nycum will live at Wilkinsburg; Mr.
Nycum being a book-keeper in Pittsburgh.
F o ster — BASEHORE.gl-At Harrisburg, Pa., September 21,
1904, Dr. Jesse Foster to Miss Elizabeth Basehore, ’97. Dr. and
Mrs. Foster will be at home after November 1st, Newtown, Pa.
% /ID. Cabinet:— W. D on M orton . . . President.
Geo. H. W h e t st o n e . . Vice Pres.
W . M. L o g u e ................Secretary.
E. T. B i t n e r ................ Treasurer.
Regular meeting, six o ’clock every Sunday evening.
A teacher is not fully prepared to lead the minds of children
and those with whom he comes in contact, unless he is developed
spiritually as well as mentally.
It is the aim of the Y . M. C. A . of the C. V . S. N. S. to
develop in young men a strong character, and the only way to do
this is to bring them face to face with the great problem,— that of
accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. East year the
Association was wonderfully blessed. During the fall and winter
terms we had eighteen associate members, and by the personal
work of the active members of the Association fifteen of these
were converted to God, the majority of whom united with the
church of their choice. This is the aim we always keep in the
foreground when we ask a student to become a member of the
Association; for when once in the Association there is more
chance of reaching him for Christ.
The Bible Study Department is one of the important factors
in getting young men to do daily Bible study. Last year we had
two classes; this year we have arranged for two classes, and
shall possibly have three, each of these classes being conducted
by a member of the Faculty. A Mission Study class is also
arranged for this year; we shall use as a text “ The New Era in
the Philippines.” As this is something new, we shall spare no
effort to make it a success. Last year the Association sent two
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men to Northfield, Mass., to the Annual Conference of the Stu
dent Association, Messrs. Shuck and Morton. The delegates had
a pleasant and profitable trip, and received new inspiration for
the work ot the Association for the coming year.
W . D o n M o r t o n .,
30. M . O f f ic e r s
190 4-19 0 5.
E mma H a a r ............................................... President.
J e a n P e a r s o n ............................... Vice President.
A b a g a il T a u g h e n b a u g h . . Recording Secretary.
E l d a S ta m b a u g h . . . Corresponding Secretary.
E th e d E d w a r d s ................................... Treasurer.
The work of the young Women’s Christian Association has
been taken up with renewed vigor. The addition of new students
has extended its field of labor, and opened up new opportunities
for personal work.
The topics as outlined for the meetings have been carefully
selected, and their discussions should do much toward the spir
itual quickening of the lives of our young girls.
In connection with the work, the Association will organize
three Bible classes whose purpose will be to bring the lives of
the girls into a deeper relationship with the Perfect Life, and to
guide them into a fuller knowledge of His character and works.
The Association does not aim to accomplish great results.
Its object is to stimulate to a greater activity the Christian life
of the school, and during these formative years of life, to weave
threads of strength, courage and faith into the fabric of character.
That the influence of the coming year’s work may be to
make each girl a little more earnest, a little more thoughtful, a
little more Christlike, is the fervent hope and prayer of those
most interested in its success.
Je a n E. P earso n .
Cholly— Charming widow isn’t she? They say she is to
marry again.
A lgy— I wouldn’t want to be a widow’s second husband.
Cholly— Well, I ’d rather be a widow’s second husband than
her first, don cher know.
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IReceptions
According to custom the members of the Faculty formally
received the students in the parlors Saturday evening, September
io. After passing down the faculty line and shaking hands, the
student body broke up into groups for social converse, games,
music and other amusements. A ll appeared to have a good time
and the ten o’clock bell seemed to ring a little early.
The Y . W . C. A . and the Y . M. C. A . gave their joint recep
tion to the students Saturday evening, September 17. No pains
had been spared to make the occasion a success. The officers of
the two societies received in the parlors, and after an hour of social
recreation all repaired to the dining hall. Here the preparations
showed a consideration for the aesthetic as well as the gastronomic
taste. The color scheme, green and white, was everywhere in
evidence, and an abundance of festoons, ivy and cut flowers
delighted the eye. Choice refreshments were served, and the
entire affair reflects much credit on the officers and committees in
charge.
IRormal Soviets.
Since the opening of the present school term much interest
has been shown in society w o rk ; this interest is manifested not
only by the continued increase in attendance each week, but by
the careful preparation of every part of the program. The debates
usually constitute the principal' feature of the evening, ands the
general debate excites no little degree of interest . Quite a number
of active workers are interested in music and elocution, and bid
fair to become skilled in these arts. The work of the society in
general has been of a high standard. The newly elected officers
are as follows :—
President . . . ........................ A . I. U n d er w o o d .
V ic e -P r e sid e n t................................... S. B. T
h om as.
S e c r e ta r y ........................................... E mma S l o a n .
Critic.
............................... . L e n a D u n l a p .
Musical Director.......................... ... J e a n P e a r s o n . .
Treasurer...................................... W . D on M o r t o n .
G r a c e H i x o n , S ec’y.
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®>bilo Society.
THe year has opened successfully for Philo. The interest
taken by all is very much appreciated, and each one seems to be
doing all in his power for the good of the society. We have
already taken in quite a number of new members, who have
already shown great pride in Philo. An orchestra has been
started and before long we expect to have some very good music.
Although we miss the old members of the Class of ’04, yet there
are others who can fill their places very well. And we sincerely
hope that the interest which has been manifested thus far will
not become dull, but grow greater as the year advances. The
following officers have just been elected for the ensuing four
weeks :
G. W . T in e ......................................................... President.
E r ro l S n o r e ' ............................................ Vice-President.
E t h e l E dw ards ................................................... Secretary.
F lo r en ce M. B e a r d ................................................ Critic.
H. M. K ir k p a t r ic k . .......................
Treasurer.
E- T . B i t n e r .........................................
Doorkeeper.
E e il a M c C u llo u g h . . . .........................
' E l iz a b e t h B. P h il l ip s
J. M. U h l e r . . . . .
H e d e n G r a y , Secretary.
The vacation schools and the warm weather brought an ob
noxiously odoriferous youngster to the teacher, who sent her home
to be washed. On returning, less aromatic, said the bright
youngster to teacher:
“ Me mudder wants to know if I come here to git teached or
git smelled.”
‘ ‘I say, Teddy,” said one little newsboy to another, ‘ ‘what
are them things those fellows were talking about?— ‘bacteria’ they
call them.” ‘ ‘Them are French things. They come from Paris;
that is why they call them ‘parasites.’ ” ‘ ‘N o,” said another,
‘ ‘they come from Germany; that is why they call them ‘germs.’ ”
‘ ‘Not at a ll,” said a third; ‘ ‘they are Irish; they come from
Ireland, for I heard Dr. White call them ‘Mikerobes.’i” .
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T H E N ORM AL SCHOOL H E R A L D
XCbc ffacnlts.
G. M. D. E C K E L S , A. M., Sc. D., P rincipal,
Psychology, Science and Art of Teaching.
JOS. P. B AR TO N , A . M., Sc. D.,
Science.
JA M E S ELDON , A. M., P
Mathematics.
h.
D.,
J. W. HUGHES, A. M.,
German, French.
W. M. R IF E , A. B.,
Rhetoric, Literature, General History.
C. H. GORDINIER, A. M., M. P b d .,
Latin, Greek.
E T H E L M IN A DAVIE,
Principal Model School.
A M Y C. CREW E,
Assistant Principal Model School.
S A R A BRENNER,
Vocal and Instrumental Music.
M A Y D E L L A COOK,
Assistant in Vocal and Instrumental Music.
M. IR E N E HUBER,
Drawing, Penmanship.
J. S. H EIG ES, A. B.,
Arithmetic, Geometry.
M A B E L HARLOW ,
Reading, Elocution.
M AU D E E. BALDW IN,
Director of Physical Training.
A D A V. HORTON, M. E.,
Stenography and Typewriting.
ID A B. Q U IG L E Y , M. E.,
Librarian.
Nurse (to doctor, who had just been called in)— “ It appears
to be a very complicated case, doctor. Can you make anything
out of it?”
Doctor— Well, between you and me, I think I can make a
couple of hundred out of it; they’re very rich.”
Media of