VOL. Ill

Commencement Number

No. 4

normal School
Herald
JU LY, 1899.

CONTENTS.
Musical and Literary EnterThe Mission of the Public
tainment,........................
24
School,...*..... ..........................
1
Class D ay,...................................... 25
Extract from the President’s
Reunion of Class of ’97,............ 26
Address on Class Day........ 14
Alumni Reunion,......................... 26
Faculty 1898-99, .............................. 17
Commencement,.......................... 26
Editorial,...................... «............... 18
In Memoriam.................................. 19 Honor R oll;.................................... 28
Reunion of Class o f ’89,............ 29
The Society Entertainments,.. 19
Gymnastic Exhibition,............... 20 Alumni Business Meeting-,..,.,.. 29
The Exam inations,...................... 21 Personals,.,,.,*,............................ 30
M arriages,.......................
32
Model School Entertainment... 22
Senior Reception,......................
22 Locals,............................................ 33
Clippings,..............
34
The Exercises of Sunday,........ 23
37
Principal’s A ddress,,.......,......... 24 Advertisements,................

Cumberland Valley State Normal School,
SHIPPENSBURG, PA.

A School Algebra
By FLETCHER DURELL, A. M „ Ph. D., and
EDWARD R. ROBBINS, A. B.
Mathematical Masters, The Lawrenceville School, Eawrenceville, N. J.

THE THREE GREAT POINTS OF SUPERIORITY
1. The General Theory of the Book, which makes evident to the
pupil that new symbols and processes are introduced, not arbitrarily, but
for the sake of the economy or new power which is gained by their use.
2- Clear and Simple Presentation of First Principles. Bright girls
of ten years read the first chapter, and with very little explanation on
three or four points of secondary importance, they understand the chapter
clearly on first reading.
3. Abundance of Practice:' (1) Nearly 4,000 problems and examples—
nearly 1,000 more than in any other book of similar grade. Compare any
chapter with corresponding chapter in any other leading books. (2) Ev­
ery exercise well graded ; easy examples first; hardest examples la st;
work may be limited with any problem. (3) The problems are all sen­
sible : no “ catch
unusual or bizarre examples which have no place in a
text-book.
The Durell and Robbins School Algebras are superior not only in the
development of the theory and in the number and character of the exer­
cises—the main points to be considered in determining the strength of a
text-book on Algebra, but also in modern methods, new treatment of sub­
jects, systematic grouping o f kindred processes, early introduction of
substitution, emphasis placed upon verification of equations, concise
definitions, clear and specific explanations, tactful omissions of a number
of answers, frequent reviews, superior typography, etc., etc.
We, therefore? cordially invite teachers of. Algebra to write to us with a
view to examination and introduction.

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By J. R. FLICKINGER, M. A.
Prin. of State Normal School, Edlnboro, Pa.

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would be a severe criticism on the work of the Normal School
if the teachers being trained in it were permitted to forget the
institution in which they expect to find their life work. It
is to be hoped that your Normal School education has given you
a broader conception of the purpose of the public school and a
deeper interest in its welfare. The theme which I bring before
you in this address ought to have an abiding interest for every
citizen of the Commonwealth, and it should have an especial in­
terest for every one who proposes to teach. No other persons
stand so closely related to the public schools as the teachers.
Parents and children are interested in the results of the public
schools, but the teacher is responsible for its very life. I need,
therefore, make no apology for the selection of “ The Mission of
the Public School” as the subject of my final address to the Class
o f ’99.
In a few months most, if not all, of you will have taken your
places behind a teacher’s desk, and when you enter upon your
duties in the school room you should have a clear conception of
the work of the public school and a strong desire for its improve­
ment. The greatest power for the advancement of public educa­
tion should be the personal force and character of the Normal
School graduate. To this class the state must look for its brightest
examples of power and skill in the profession of teaching. The
right of the Normal School to claim help from the State should
rest wholly upon the efficiency of these schools in preparing teach­
ers who will do superior teaching. The public school and its
mission should be constantly in the mind of the Normal School
student.

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There are two questions that I desire to bring before your
minds at the outset of my discussion of the theme selected for
this occasion.
First. Shall the education in the public school be conducted
on lines leading up to the ideal of a liberal or a technical educa­
tion ? Shall the education look toward culture or commerce?
Shall the education of the public school train the individual to
live a better life or make a better living ? Evidently one or other
of these purposes must predominate in the work of the public
school.
There is but one answer to these questions given by the men
who have given thought to the philosophy of education. “ The
true education strives not merely to make a workman but to make
also a man, whose being shall be touched to finer issues by
spiritual powers, who shall be upheld by faith in the worth and
and sacredness of life. ’ ’ “ Education, ’ ’ says Mill,; “ makes a man
a more intelligent shoemaker, if that be his occupation, but not
by teaching him how to make shoes; it does so by the mental ex­
ercise it gives and the habits it impresses.” It is to be feared,
however, that those having control of public education in many
localities are too largely impressed with a notion that a knowl­
edge of the three “ R ’s ” constitutes about all the knowledge that
is needed for the individual in the ordinary walks of life. Valu­
able as the three “ R ’s” are as instruments of knowledge they
must not by any means be looked upon as the end of even the
the most elementary education. The ability to pronounce words
at sight is of but little value to the individual who has not acquired
a taste for good literature and the power to comprehend its mean­
ing. To have the ability to write will not add much to the in­
dividual’s life unless he has some thoughts to express which the
world is eager to know. To be able to add, subtract||multiply
and divide are only of value to the individual whose mind has
been disciplined by the higher problems involved in a mathe­
matical course. A ll the permanent advances which have been
made in public education have been made along theoretical lines.
The ideal of the liberally ^educated man has been the goal toward
which the advancing column of public education has ever tended.
The second question which must claim our attention at this
point is the problem of whether we shall educate for manhood
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we cannot educate for manhood and citizenship at the same time,
In “ Emile,” he says, “ Compelled to oppose nature or our social
institutions, we must choose between making a man and a citi­
zen for we cannot make both at once.fl I f Rousseau|| view be
correct, then the public schools are not an unmixed blessing, for
evidently the public schools were founded for the purpose of edu­
cating the youth of the Commonwealth for citizenship. Lincoln
wisely declared that “ no government could long endure half
slave and half free” and he might have added with equal truth
that no free government could long exist where half the people
were educated and half were uneducated. It is to be feared that
here in the old Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with a public
school system whose commencement dates back more than half a
century, that more than fifty per cent, of the youth of the state
leave the public schools having in their possession a mere pre­
tense of an education. If the mark of an educated man is the
power “ to see things as they are” then I apprehend that a very
small fragment of the thousands who leave the public schools
every year can lay claim to being educated. I f the schools were
established on the faith of the American people in the doctrine
that the permanency of our free institutions rests upon the virtue
and intelligence of our citizens, then the question may well be
asked, are the public schools serving the purpose foi: which
they were established ? The absence of what is technically called
“ illiteracy,” does not by any means establish a claim to univer­
sal education. Milton defining education from the citizenship
standpoint said: “ I call a complete and generous education that
which fits a man to perform justly, skillfully and magnanimously
all the offices both private and public, of peace and war.
I f public education is to be judged by Milton’s Standard then
most assuredly our public schools are not doing their full duty by
all the children of the Commonwealth. But the problem we
started out to solve has not yet been touched. The question, can
we educate for manhood and citizenship at the same time, is yet
before us for solution. Evidently we can or the public school is
at war with the highest development of the American people.
Education, from the manhood standpoint, looks toward the per­
fection of the individual for its aim. Education for citizenship,
if it be different from education for manhood, must have a lower
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possible. Aristotle says “ Man is by nature a political animalAnd he who by nature and not by mere accident is without a
state, is either above humanity or below it.’ ’ Modern philosophy
will be inclined to accept Aristotle’s views in preference to theviews of Rousseau, and it will endeavor to find common groundon which to rest education for manhood and education for citizen­
ship. From the historical standpoint there can be no question as
to the purpose of the founding of the public school system in this
country. Homer B. Sprague, speaking of New England, saysv
“ Never was machinery more happily devised to accomplish any
result than the public school system of New England to produce
enlightened and conscientious voters. With a few adjustments
easily made, a definite purpose persistently pursued and a period
of instruction reasonably prolonged, the great majority of young
Americans can be made wise and good citizens. And this is, or
ought to be the great object aimed at in the public schools. It is
demonstrable that the founders of New England established its
School system for this very end ; not to enable men to earn a live­
lihood, but to qualify them for citizenship; not to help them to.
make money or shine in the professions or to become skilled me­
chanics, prudent farmers, bold sailors, shrewd lawyers, accurate
accountants, but to be capable and virtuous members of the body
politic, to manage wisely public affairs. I repeat, the great need
.of this country and the fundamental idea of the public school
system are identical,— namely, political education, the training
up of the masses in youth to be intelligent, honest, and patriotic
participators in the public business. ’ ’ These facts of history seem,
to be conclusive that the thought of the American people in
founding the public school was the training of the youth of the
country for enlightened and patriotic citizenship. We believe
that the training for citizenship harmonizes with the training for
manhood, and the conclusion which follows this belief is that the
education required to make the highest type of man, will also be
the education required to make the highest type of citizen.
It is not assumed that the education of the public school is the.
only force that enters into the moral and intellectual development,
of the youth of the state, but it is assumed that for the great ma­
jority of the children of the Commonwealth it is the greatest force.
This position is in accord with the declaration of William Von
Humboldt when he says : “ Whatever you wish to see introduced.

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into the life of a nation must first be introduced into its schools.” .
Having reached the conclusion that our national life is dependent
for its improvement upon influences which have their origin in
the public school, the importance of the ‘ ‘Mission of the Public
School” will readily be conceded. The largest wealth of the na­
tion is not in its material products, nor its greatest strength in its
armies and navies, but in a wise system of public schools. Be­
lieving that to best educate for citizenship our ideal must be true
manhood and true womanhood for each boy and girl in the Com­
monwealth, let us turn our attention to the lines which lead toward
•our cherished aim. What shall be the scope of the education
which is to touch the life of every child of the state and lift it
toward the heights of genuine manhood ? Evidently the scope
must be as broad as the possibilities of the child. Every element
o f true manhood must receive nourishment and strength in the
atmosphere of the school room. The physiological, psychological
and sociological phases of human life must find expression in the
growth and development of each child.
What our country needs most is not more wealth, but more
true manhood, not keener witted statesmen, but a nobler citizen­
ship. It is idle for the nation to deplore the cunning and duplic­
ity of its representatives while refusing to give attention to the
improvement of the sources of power which lie mainly in the
proper education of the youth.
The public school has assumed a mighty task in this great
country of ours. It has undertaken to lay the foundations for the
education of every child in the state, and in most cases to com­
plete the structure. Ninety-five per cent, of all the children of
the Commonwealth receive no other education than that which
is furnished them in the public schools. The men and women
o f the present generation are more largely the product of the
public school than of any other institution in the Commonwealth.
Education existed before the public school, but the public school
“has almost absorbed the primitive forms of education in the state.
In the earlier days of the state’s history the church school was
an important factor in educating the youth of the state. These
schools have been compelled to relinquish their work before the
onward march of public education. The schools having under­
taken such important duties in connection with the welfare of our
beloved nation ought to be good schools. Every poor school in

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the state is not only a menace to the peace and security of the
state, but, also, an indictment of the public school system itself.
Whilst as patriotic citizens it is our duty to sound aloud the
praises of public education, yet we must not be blind to its im­
perfections., nor fail to criticise it where criticism is needed. It
is to be. feared that much of our eulogy of the public school sys­
tem is excessive flattery. The proudest admiration for our public
schools should not prevent us from seeing that our system of state
education must be greatly improved if it is to be the foundation
upon which we expect to rest permanently our structure of free
government and our hopes of American manhood. We must
always as friends of public education be on the alert to discover
any imperfections in the system. Since we have agreed that the
sociological aim and the psychological aim in education are iden­
tical, we are not confronted with the difficulty of a double stan­
dard in measuring the work of our public schools. Man is so
constituted by nature that his highest development is impossible
without society. Society is impossible without government. The
education, therefore, which best fits a man for society will un­
doubtedly best fit him for his duties as a citizen and the educa­
tion which best qualifies him for citizenship will be found to be
identical with that; which best develops his manhood. There
need be no confusion, therefore, of ideals in public education.
The ideal which looks in the direction of perfect manhood, serves
also the purposes of the state,— society— and we may add— the
family.
In the development then of the elements of character to be
found in true and noble manhood is to be found “ The Mission of
the Public School.” Having agreed that the foundations for a
technical education can be laid along lines which lead toward the
aim of a liberal education, and that the education for citizenship
is involved in the education for manhood, let us turn our atten­
tion to some of the special elements involved in an education
which leads toward the completeness of the individual.
Pope has said, “ An honest man is the noblest work of God,”
and he might have added ‘ ‘and the rarest. ’ ’ Shakespeare in Ham­
let says, “ To be honest as the world goes is to be a man picked
out of ten thousand.
Of all the evils which menace the security
of our national life none is so great as dishonesty.
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teration of food and drink, from the booming of towns and lands
to the selling of votes and the buying of office, from the halls of
congress to the policemen’s beat, from the capitalist who controls
trusts and syndicates to the mechanic who does inferior work, the
taint of dishonesty is everywhere. Dishonesty hangs, like me­
phitic air, about our newspapers, our legislative assemblies, the
municipal government of our cities and towns, about our churches
even, since our religion itself seems to lack that highest kind of
honesty, the downright and thorough sincerity which is its life
breath,’ ’ '
If this nation ever fails it will not be because the wits of the
people have not been sharpened sufficiently, but for the reason
that the body politic is wholly dishonest. The crowning need in
the public schools to-day is more men and women as teachers
who are sincerely honest. Honest not from policy but honest
from principle. The teacher must stand as a wall against the
flood tide of dishonesty which is sweeping over the land threaten­
ing to corrupt the voter to such an extent as to make him a dan­
gerous citizen. God save the Commonwealth unless this torrent
of corruption can be checked before it reaches and taints the minds
of the youth of our land. Teachers may say that it is the duty of
the home to teach honesty, and so it is,-but that by no means re­
lieves the school from teaching it also. It is a well ’known
fact that in a great many families the honesty of the child is a
much less consideration with the parent than the lessons in Gram­
mar or Arithmetic. What is to become of the characters of
thousands of our school children who get no moral inspiration
from the home if, perchance, the school neglects its duty in this
regard? The money expended by the state for public education
will bring but poor returns unless honesty be aimed at in every
line of the teacher’s work. In the language of Paul I would e x­
claim, “ Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are hon­
est, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good re­
port, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,, think on
these things.”
Every man who observes carefully current events knows that
the country is suffering more from rascality than from ignorance.
“ The state has far more to fear from the man without honesty
than from the man without learning.” We can afford to look

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with pity upon the ignorant man, but the dishonest man is to be
dreaded.
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In creating an honest citizenship the teacher holds the van­
tage ground. The school is a little world of its own. Hither
come the children from all the homes in the Commonwealth to be
educated. The growth of character which goes on in the school
room is largely the result of the teacher’s influence and inspira­
tion. The motives he places before them, the ideals he creates,
the sympathy he manifests, the justice he establishes, the habits
formed under his guidance, all affect the pupil’s character and
destiny. The teacher’s example has more power with many a
child than that of his father or mother. To realize that you
stand in a more sacred relation to many of your children than
the parents do ought to make you pause to make inquiry as to
what sort of man you are. Day by day the atmosphere of your
own life will fall upon the pathways of the boys and girls under
your tuition to bless or curse them. A ll interest in the welfare of
the child which does not touch the honesty of the child’s life is
only pretended.
The child can afford to have you neglect every other element
of his education rather than to have you indifferent to his moral
interests. I am not speaking now for the individual’s selfish in­
terests. It may be that the shortest and surest road to worldly
success is not along the highway of honesty. Men who have had
their eyes open to the careers of those who have made quick for­
tunes have become skeptical of Cervantes’ maxim, “ that honesty
is the best policy.’ ’ But although “ honesty” may not be the
surest and quickest road to wealth it is nevertheless the “ best
policy” for wealth is not the aim of life. And he who makes it
the aim of his life has not the faintest conception of what life
really means. To live means that your life has gone with its full
force toward the uplifting of mankind. No conception of life
which is lower than this will answer life’s great purpose.
“ Not failure but low aim is crime.” In estimating the worth
of human life man’s opportunities must be taken into account as
well as his capacities. Many teachers think that if they accom­
plish some good in the world they have fulfilled life’s end. They
only hope at best to have a small ledger balance in their favor
when the final reckoning comes. The man who is satisfied with
himself when he is doing less than he has the ability to do is liv-

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ing beneath his privilege. To man has ever been given the op­
portunity to help his fellow man. His obligation to do so is just
as binding as the obligation to help himself. Only the honest
man can be truly helpful to his neighbor. To deal honestly with
your neighbor ofttimes means that you shall deal generously with
him.
In the family and in the school must the foundations for honesty
be laid and I am inclined to think that when the public school
measures up fully to its responsibility in this regard it will give
much more attention to this problem than it is giving to-day. The
teacher who allows no work to pass current in his school but
honest work is laying the foundations for honest citizenship.
The method by which honesty is secured in the daily transactions
of the schoolroom is of more importance than the method by
which number is taught. It is folly to speak of an education
whose aim is not ethical saving a nation from ruin. When Rome
fell more money was being expended in support of schools than
in the most successful period of her history, but the aim of edu­
cation was wrong. The aim was practical and low instead of
being theoretical and high. Such an education hastens rather
than retards decay in a nation. Education could not save Rome
because the education was not of the right kind. It is the “ Mis­
sion of the Public Schools” to develop the American spirit
through the education given in them. It is not of so much im­
portance where an American is born if he has in his heart a love
for America, Americans and American institutions.
The political prophet has been proclaiming the insecurity o f
our republic because of the mixed character of our population.
The problem of nationalities is a great and burning question, and
the public school is the only place where it can be correctly
solved. We have invited to our shores the people of all lands
and offered them a home. W e impose but one condition upon
them and that is that they obey our laws. It is not an unusual
thing to find eight or ten nationalities represented in a single pub­
lic school and all of them of foreign parentage. Can these chil­
dren be educated to become good American citizens ? The Amer­
ican Revolution proves that the spirit of liberty underlying our
American form of Government is universal among civilized na­
tions. The names of Kosciusko and Pulaski of Poland, Kalb and
Steuben of Germany,, Lafayette of France, adorn some of the

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brightest pages of American history. No subsequent deeds of
valor and of devotion to freedom on this American continent can
dim the lustre of the glory which crowns the deeds of these for­
eign officers as they battled for liberty on American soil.
Liberty is a principle dwelling in the minds and hearts of all
children where the sun of civilization has shed its light. It is a
plant which needs only congenial atmosphere to cause it to grow
and become .strong. The strains of liberty are as sweet to the
child of foreign birth as to the child of American birth. The
light of freedom is as beautiful and brilliant to the eyes of the
Polish child as to those of the Anglo-Saxon child. The air of
liberty is laden with a fragrance which gives delight to all who
breathe it. It is the mission of the public school to so direct its
teaching that the germ of liberty may grow as a beautiful and
symmetrical plant in connection with the life of every child
trained and educated within-its province.
The feeling of national prejudice must be banished from, the
school room and the children of all nationalities must be taught
to respect each other. As a nation we must come to realize that
from this mixture of population must come the true type of the
American citizen. The characteristic of the genuine American
is heterogeneity. Theboastof the United States must not be that we
are Anglo-Saxons but that we are Americans. To be known as
an American does not distinguish our national origin. It may be
that our ancestry came from the Rhine, the Seine, the Po, the
Danube or the Thames, but it is most probably true that the blood
of more than one nation flows in our veins. The public schools
must take the children of these various nationalities and fuse them
into a common type of American manhood. Here on this West­
ern Continent is to be developed the grandest type of manhood
which the history of the world can show, and the public school
is to be chief agency in its cultivation.
There must be no class distinctions in the public school. The
child of the poorest man in the district must have the same care­
ful attention of the teacher as the child of the wealthiest. The
public school is not a;charity school. It is not an institution for
the benefit of the poor but for the benefit of the state. The hopes
of the rich man’s son are as much involved in the welfare of pub­
lic education as the hopes of the poor man’s son. In the public
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common ground. Both, are entitled to the same privileges here.
The prejudices of extreme partisanship which often exist be­
tween parents in the same school district must not be fostered
between their children in the public school. On the contrary
the atmosphere of the school room should tend to obliterate these
feelings from the minds of the children where there is a tendency
for them to develop. The teacher himself must never be a violent
partisan. He must be magnanimous so that his eyes may not be
blinded to the virtues'of those who adhere to a different political
faith from his own. His instruction must be free from the bigotry
of fierce partisanship, his discussions of public men must be fair
and just. The facts of history and of public life must speak for
themselves to the child. No teacher, not even a parent, has a right
to distort the facts of history in order to prejudice the minds o f
the young in favor of partisan doctrine.
Religious prejudice must find no encouragement in the public
school. Whilst irréligion cannot be tolerated in public education
yet the teacher must be careful not to thrust any peculiar denom­
inational views of his own upon the minds of his pupils. T he
teacher’s province is to soften all sectarian feeling among those
under his instruction and prevent as far as possible the growth
of religious intolerance. The type of American manhood which
we must seek to develop in the public school will be tolerant o f
religious beliefs. Religious bigotry is the foe of liberty and the
enemy of free government. The public school must,® repeat, be
at war with all forms of prejudice existing among the people o f
the United States. It must direct its influence toward the extin­
guishment of all prejudices arising from national birth, all feeling
having its foundation in class distinction, and all jealousies bom
of religious contentions.
It is the mission of the public school to develop the kind o f
men and women the world needs. We must educate not alone for
country’s sake but for humanity’s sake as well. The truest pa­
triotism rests upon philanthropy as its basis. National boundaries
do not limit man’s relations to his fellowman. The sunshine of
American manhood must be allowed to shed its beams upon every
soil. “ In the end,|| says Ruskin, “ the God of heaven and earth
loves active, modest and kind people and hates idle, proud, greedy
and cruel ones.’ ’
Here then is the “ Mission of the Public School ’ ’ to furnish the

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•world energetic, unassuming, generous men and women. Men
and women who will contribute to the world’s wealth of labor,
refinement, culture and liberality. Men’s misfortunes are not al­
ways due to personal faults. “ Neither hath this man sinned,
nor his parents, but that the works of God might be made mani­
fest in him,!’ ’ was the answer of Christ to his disciples when con­
cerning the blind man they asked him the question, “ Who did sin,
this man or his parents that he was born blind?” The defective
classes, the crowds of homeless, helpless men, women and children
o f the land have claims upon humanity which it dare not refuse to
recognize. The education which makes people kind is the educa­
tion which the world most needs. In many pathways there are
heavy clouds of sorrow hanging which loving words of sympathy
may help to lift. Heavy burdens rest on the shoulders of many
whose bodies are bending beneath the weight and those who carry
the lighter burdens should divide with them. The cry of the suf­
ferer touches the ear of the tender hearted and a helping hand is
extended to give relief. Disappointment darkens the future o f
many an earnest toiler, but the light of a friend’s countenance
clears away the darkness and hope reigns supreme.
It is the mission of the public school to educate for two
worlds instead of one. Man is a sojourner. This earth is not his
abiding place. He looks forward to “ a city which hath founda­
tions whose builder and maker is God.” The real life is the life
o f faith, of hope, of love. The true ideal of manhood fits him for
citizenship in the eternal kingdom as well as for citizenship in the
temporal kingdom. “ Render therefore unto Caesar the things
that be Caesar’s and unto God the things that be God’s ,” is a
command which is as binding now as when it first fell from the
lips of the Savior of men. “ My kingdom is not of this world,”
•was Christ’s answer to Pilate’s question, “ Art thou king of the
Jew s?”
The education which ignores the spiritual side of a man’s life
is defective in its most vital point. Whilst it is true under the
fundamental law of our country that the church and state are
separate, it does not necessarily follow that the cardinal prin­
ciples and truths of Christianity must on this account be excluded
from the teachings of the state’s schools. Since the only ideal of
education against which no objection can be filed is the ethical
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view man’s highest relations in life. “ A man’s life consisted
not in the abundance of the things he possesseth.” By the scrip­
tures a man is regarded as a fool who ‘ ‘layeth up treasures for
himself and is not rich toward God.” W e are not to infer from
this that a man must not save his goods even though they make
him rich, but the plainer teaching is that in laying up treasuresfor ourselves in this life we must, also, become rich toward God.
No harm comes from a man saving his money if at the same time
he is striving to save his soul. That is a false philosophy which
teaches us to exalt the future life and at the same time to belittle
the present life. W e must exalt both remembering this, how­
ever, that the future life is endless, and the present life is but a.
“ narrow span.” The things which are seen are temporal, but
the things which are not seen are eternal. Whilst the public
school is not a place where religious creeds or dogmas can be
safely taught, it is, nevertheless, a place where the child should
be made to know and feel that God is his “ Creator, preserver and
bountiful benefactor,” and that Jesus Christ is the Son of God,
and likewise, the friend and savior of mankind. The essence o f
religion must be taught not only because of the religious element
in Hie man's nature, but, also, because it is the only sound and
effective basis upon which to rest the development of the child’s
moral nature. The spiritual education which the child receives
in the public school must come largely through the power of the
teacher’s life acting upon and influencing the child’s higher life.
Here method fails. No one has yet arranged the formula whereby
the spiritual life of each child may be surely quickened and ener­
gized. In this higher realm of development life must touch lifeThe tuition is unconscious. Christ knew when virtue had gone
out of him, but the finite teacher perceives not the touch of soul
with soul, of life with life. Christ said to the humble fishermen,
“ follow me,” and here is the secret of all success in the develop­
ment of the moral and spiritual life of the child. No one can
certainly point out the way until he has first became familiar with
it himself. ‘ ‘ Follow me ” is the command of every genuine teacher
to those whom he would lead in the walks of the higher life o f
faith and hope and love. And what shall we say of the teacher
who ignores his responsibility for the future life of the pupils en­
trusted to his care. Surely such an one has not been commis­
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College or a Normal School but without the seal of the Master he
cannot hope for success in those things which give inspiration to
life, and nobility to character. “ Men may come and men may
go but ‘work’ goes on forever.” You are to be laborers in the
high and noble profession of teaching. It is your privilege to be­
come bright and shining lights in your chosen occupation. To
become this you must marshal all your strength and center it
upon your life work. I am convinced that few men fail to suc­
ceed who do their best in any calling for which they have ade­
quately prepared themselves. Want of energy accounts for more
failures than want of opportunity. Honor and success are re­
wards which come only to the man who does the very best work
which he is capable of doing.
You go forth from this institution of learning to take your
places in the ranks of the 28,000 teachers of Pennsylvania. To
achieve prominence among so many will demand on your part
no ordinary ability and effort. To be the greatest in this vast
army of educators may be a distinction beyond your power and
skill to obtain, but let your ambition be to get as near the top as
possible.
You are the twenty-sixth in the list of the graduating classes
o f the Cumberland Valley State Normal School. The classes
which have preceded you have won distinction for themselves and
their Alma Mater, and we look to you to add to the reputation
which the former classes have already achieved. We know that
our expectations will be realized and that you will honor your
Alma Mater by distinguished service in the cause of public educa­
tion.

Extract front tbe ipxcsibcnt’s Hbbxcss on Class tDas*
[Delivered b y F. D e s l ie S w i g e r t .]

happy and prosperous year of beneficent and de­
lightful employment for Normal has been recorded in the
annals of the past. Swiftly the days and weeks have
flitted by, bearing on the wings of time our joys and our sorrows,
our difficulties and our final successes, until, when the horologe
of time last tolled his twelve far-sounding tones to sleeping Na-

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ture, we were noiselessly ushered into the twenty-sixth Class Day
of the Cumberland Valley State Normal School.
The glorious triumphs and successes of the past year have
been traced with the unfailing pen of diligence, and now they
adorn and illuminate one more page of the bright history of this
noble institution.
This morning, with the golden cord of good-will clasping our
words, we cheerfully greet you; with the glowing flame.of grati­
tude burning deep in our hearts and with the tide of joy running
high within us, the Class of ’99 welcomes you to the exercises of
this, its own great day.
Year after year are announced the departures of bands of grad­
uates from the many institutions of learning which dot our fair
land. Many go from these adversaries of ignorance to be heard
of no more. The names of others are recorded on the tablets of
fame and honor and are heralded from ocean to ocean.
W hy such a contrast ? Intellectual education has not awak­
ened or created in the breasts of the former an intense desire for
advancement. They have not learned the all-important lesson,
that they must seek earnestly and diligently, if they wish pros­
perity, but within the latter education has originated an eager­
ness for the complete development of those powers, which, when
developed, will enable them to perform the duties of life better;
and to accomplish higher purposes. Having realized this great
‘ truth they decide to become important factors in the world’s on­
ward rush.
How vital is this decision! For by their indifference the
names and usefulness of young men and women are blotted out
from the gaze and conversation of mortal man, while by their
strenuous efforts they may attain that which is truest and noblest.
Lowell says:
“ Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,
In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.”

As soon as one plunges into the battles of active life, the
great questions which come to every young man and woman de-.
mand a decision. Happy is the person who can rightly decide
these questions, but happier still is he who has the vigor and de­
termination to carry his resolutions into effect. The broad avenues
o f life are open to all. Those who tread them with undaunted

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courage and untiring vigor find them roads to success, but to the
indifferent they are but paths to reproach.
Unselfish ambition is one of the great factors of human prog­
ress and is to be coveted by the young. But it must be tempered
by discretion, else it will ultimately defeat its own end. To the
young and ardent, just spreading their sails to the wind, ready to
start out on the eventful journey of life, there is no obstacle so
high that it cannot be surmounted, no goal so distant that it can­
not be reached, if their aspirations are only founded on unselfish
ambition and true fortitude, accompanied by patience and perse­
verance. For the individual in whose nature the elements of
perseverance and inspired zeal reside is less annoyed by petty re­
pulses and hindrances, and by unremitting ardor gains the prize
for which he is striving. The time calls for men of decision, true
aim, dignified knowledge and heroic manner, who can arise from
meditation to action.
When the twilight of youth has faded, when the dawn of man­
hood and womanhood is at hand, and young men and women are
on the verge of marking out their future, their truest and noblest
companion is character. True character helps men to carve their
futures, though they be in rugged places. True character puts a
lofty ideal into the conceptions of men and prompts them to un­
remitted adherence to virtuous principles. The riches of true
character surely are beyond the reach of thief or moth. They
defy fortune and outlive fame.
For a young man who provides himself an enduring equipment
and a strong armor for the lessons and labors of life, who has
rightly decided to travel the path of honesty toward a noble call­
ing, and who goes forth to meet the world with unselfish ambi­
tion, rounded out and crowned with a true character, there is no
such word as “ fail.”

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jfacultg 1898=99.
1.

— G. M. D. E C K E L S, A . M ., Sc. D., Principal.

2.

—JOSEPH F. B AR TO N , A . M ., Sc. D.

Mental Philosophy, Science and Art of Teaching-.

Natural Sciences.

3.

—H. M. ROTH, M. E.

4.

— A D A V . HORTON, M. E.

Arithmetic, Algebra.

Stenography, Typewriting, Orthography.

5.

—J. W . H UGH ES, A . M.
Mathematics.

6.

— CORA B. C LA R K .
Director of Gymnasium.

7.

— GEORGE H. E C K E L S, M. S., A . M.
Latin, Greek.

8.

— C. E . B AR TO N , M. E.
Geography, Grammar.

9.

— A N N A McBRIDE.
Principal Model School.

10.

— EUDORA M A T H E R .
Assistant Principal Model School.

11.

—M. E M IL Y LAMB.
Drawing.

12.

— CORA S T . JOHN FITCH.

13.

— E D IT H LO U ISE BARNUM .

Reading, Elocution.

Vocal and Instrumental Music.

14.

—G. B. SN YD E R , B. S.

15.

—ID A B. Q U IG L E Y , M. E.

Algebra, Physical Geography, Bookkeeping.

Arithmetic, Algebra.

16.

— H. E . F L E C K , A . B.
History, Grammar, Civil Government,

H. W . B IEB ER, A . M.
English.

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A d a Y H o r t o n , ’ 88, Personal Editor.

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JU L Y , 1899.

number closes the third year in the life of T he H e r a l d .
The year has been a prosperous one both for T h e H e r a l d
and the school which it represents, and we look forward
to a still greater degree of prosperity in the coming school year.
It is the dearest hope and fondest ambition of the manager and
the editors that this paper may find a pleased subscriber in every
member of the Alumni Association and that it may be its privi­
lege to do a great deal of good for the Shippensburg Normal.
Tow ftd these ends we shall strive with Volume IV .

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The Commencement of this year was one of the most pleasant
in the history of the school and we wish that we had space to tell
you all about it— the splendid exercises, the joyous reunions on
the campus, the names of the Alumni who were here ; but these
would make a long story. We have, however, given you a brief
account of the exercises, which we trust you will find acceptable.
Many things which might have proven interesting have been
omitted for want of room. This is the one advantage that, the
old form of the H e r a l d had over the present form, but we believe
that the other advantages of the new size far outweigh this one
advantage of the old size.
With this little explanation (we do not call it an apology); we
give to you the Commencement number of Volume III.

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lin /iDentoriam.
The Great Ruler of the Universe has removed
from us during the past year Eugene I. Stouffer, ’87,
Jennie V . MoulL’89, Carrie Davidson, (JeffrielSgjM and
Alice Hager, ’98, and we, the Alumni Association of the Cum­
berland Valley State Normal School, wish to give expression to
our deep regret at the loss of these faithful alumni, therefore be
it
Resolved, That in the death of these our beloved brethren the
Association has lost most worthy members— members who were
always a credit to the institution which we represent, and whose
exemplary Christian lives have served as patterns for many of the
youths of our land.
Resolved, That we most sincerely sympathize' with the be-|
reaved families and friends.
Resolved, That these resolutions be recorded in the minutes of
the Association and published in the N o r m a l S c h o o l H e r a l d .

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Geo . H . E ckels,
I d a B. Qu ig l e y ,
F lo E . W a l t e r s ,

Committee.

tEbe Society Entertainments.
n o r m a l a n n iv e r s a r y .

Normal Literary Society held its Anniversary exercises
Friday evening, March 21st. Mr. W. N. Decker, ’95, of
Macungie, Pa., presided and opened the exercises with a
pleasing address. Miss Nellie Hays, ’93, of Shippensburg, was
Secretary. The entertainment for the occasion was provided by
Miss B. Blayne Herring, teacher of elocution at Irving College,
who appeared in readings and Delsartian pantomime. She was
assisted by her sister, Miss Edna Herring, as pianist, and Mr.
Walter Shultz, violinist, of New York City.
Miss Herring is a graduate of the school in the class of ’91 and
a member of the Normal Society and this added interest to her
appearance on this anniversary occasion. Her readings were cap­
ital® particularly “ The Chariot R ace” from Ben Hur, and the
Delsartian poses delighted the large audience. The changes of

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expression were made with wonderful facility. The musical
numbers on the program were very enjoyable and the Anniver­
sary was voted a great success.
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THE PHILO REUNION.

The Philo Literary Society held its annual Reunion Friday
evening, May 19th. Dr. Eckels and Miss McBride of the faculty
presided. The Ladies’ Glee Club of Kee Mar College furnished
an excellent musical program, consisting of solos, duets and
choruses. Col. L- F. Copeland delivered his famous lecture,
“ The Tribe of Samuel,” or, “ The Future of the Republic.”
Col. Copeland pleased his audience greatly with his wit and elo­
quence. He gave a logical argument to substantiate his statement
that America has a greater destiny than any other nation.
The reunion was highly successful as such and the entertain­
ment was a credit to the management.
The issues of the Normal Gazette and the Philo Review, which
are published at the Anniversary and Reunion respectively, were
this year very creditable productions.

©gmnastic Exhibition.
N Thursday evening, June 8th, the annual exhibition of
gymnastics was given in the Normal Gymnasium under
the direction of the instructor, Miss Clark. Admission
to the entertainment was by invitation and these were limited by
the capacity of the gallery. Those who were fortunate enough
to have invitations enjoyed the exhibition greatly. The work
given was in the main just what the students get in their daily
class drills, and was intended to show the public how valuable
these drills and methods are to those preparing to teach in the
common schools.
The Swedish Gymnastics by the ladies and gentlemen of the
Senior class was work that they had had in class, but they did
not know beforehand the order of the signals. The precision
with which they executed the different figures was therefore all
the more commendable. The Combination Drill by the Junior
men, the Posture Drill by the Junior ladies and the Fancy March

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by the Senior ladies were highly praised. The Military Work by
the Senior men was a feature of the performance. The program
is appended:
March.
Swedish Gymnastics,............. ...............................................
Military Work ..........................................................................
H o o p s , .........................................;.....................................

......... ...60 Seniors
.........Senior Men
..... Senior Ladies

L e d b y M iss P h o r b b R i s s b r .
Combination D r ill, ........ ..... ......................... ,...............TJ
Posture D r i l l , ........ ............ ............................... ........... .......
Bells, ................................... ..;....................................................

......... Junior Men
....Junior Ladies
......... Senior Men

Led b y M r . C. 1<\ S iit: i ,u ì y .
Fancy March,............................... ............................................
Club Sw inging, .....................................................................

.32 Senior Ladies
....32 Senior Men

Accompanist, Miss Lotr M a r t i n .

TIbe Examinations.
Senior class of one hundred and eleven was passed en­
tire by the faculty at their examination held June i6th)
19th, and 20th. Ten Juniors were rejected and one hun­
dred and eight were recommended to the State Board. The Board
passed all the Seniors and all but two of the Juniors. Both of the
unsuccessful ones were men. The following candidates for State
Certificates were passed: Mr. J. F. Adams, Perkasie, Pa.; Mr.
John G. Donaldson, Shrewsbury, Pa.; Mr. Walter I. Ricker, Mt.
Holly Springs, PaJgMr. C. A. Deveney, Seven Valley, Pa. The
weather during the examinations was much cooler than usual and
all concerned were very thankful.
The following composed the State Board this year : Dr. N.
C. Schaeffer, Supt. of Public Instruction; Dr. D. J. Waller, Jr.,
Principal Indiana Normal School; Prof. H . F. Leister, Supt.
Phoenixville, Pa.; Prof. L. F . McGinnes, Supt. Steelton, Pa.;
Prof. D. A . Harman, Supt. Hazleton, Pa.; Prof. James Coughlin,
Supt. W ilk e s-B a rre P ro f. A . G. C. Smith, Supt. Delaware
county; Dr. G. M. D. Eckels, Principal Shippensburg Normal
School. Prof. M. J. Brecht, Supt. Lancaster county, was unable
to be present on account of illness,

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Commencement Meet?.
jflfcoöel School ^Entertainment.

exercises of Commencement Week began with the Model
School Exhibition on Friday evening, June 23rd. The
first part of the program was devoted to the graduation
exercises of the Class of ’99. A ll the parts were rendered in good
style and the performers gave evidence of very careful training.
The second part of the program was given by the younger children
and was very interesting. The Operetta was brilliant in costume
and very bright in speech and song. The choruses were excellent.
The “ Good Night’ ’ by six little folks dressed in their night robes
and carrying candles was an amusing feature. The program:

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P A R T I.
Chorus— “ When the May Is Blooming-,” ,..,..................................... S chool
Salutatory .................................................................... . J o h n D a v j d G o l d s m it h
Class H istory
........................................................ E t h e l ,K i n g M i d d l e c o f e
Oration— “ Pour Naval Heroes,” ..................... L a u r i n J o s e p h H i g h l a n d s

AVcifaf/c«. - “ Elizabeth Zane at the Defense of Port Henry,” ..,,.:...,,.;.,,, :'
[J 1,'n ia H a y s
Piano 5'ci/dS“ Priches Leben,” (Spindler),..... E t h e l K i n g M id d l e c o f f
Recitation— “ The Spelling Bee,” ....................... B e r t h a C a t h a r i n e B a s h
Class Prophecy;.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...C h a r l e s S t o u g h B i t n e r
Vapedifbry................................... ...................................... N a o m i G-e r t r u d e D e c k
Presentation o f Diplomas.

P A R T II.
Boys' CA£>r»sS“ The Farmyard.”
Operetta- -“ Queen Flora’s Day Dream,”
Characters : Queen Flora, J e a n R o b in s o n ; Stella, Queen’s
Attendant, W m e Er e d M c Cl e l l a n d ; Bumble Bee, P a u l
M a r s h a l l ; Chorus of Lillies ; Woodland Fairies; Little

Daisies
‘ ‘ G ood-N ight'’ ........... . . . . . . . . ............ ................................................... S i x C h i l d r e n
C A o rtls B * H e y -h o - h e y S H B ? f c - » .....................*

.............................. S c h o o l

Senior IReception.

On Saturday evening the Senior class was tendered the cus­
tomary reception and banquet by the Board of Trustees. The
banquet provided was an excellent one and the speeches by the
President of the class, the Orator and different members of the
faculty were thoroughly enjoyed. The speech of Prof. H. M.
Roth was listened to with especial interest and feeling, because he
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term of service, to take up his duties as Superintendent of Adams
County. In every respect this year’s reception surpassed all
former lines.
flbe Exercises of Sunbag.
The closing exercises of the Sunday School were held in the
morning. Addresses were made by Prof. Bieber and Prof. Fleck
and music made up the remainder of the program.
In the afternoon at 3.3 Bible Class was held and an interesting program was given.
Rev. Mr. Henry, of the Lutheran Church of Shippensburg, gave a
delightful talk on the perpetuity of the Bible and exhorted the
class to be at all times Bible students. Diplomas were presented
by Prof. Roth, the leader of the class, to those who had completed
and passed the examinations in the N orm g Course of Bible Study
as prescribed by the Pennsylvania Sunday School Association.
After the exercises the class presented Prof. Roth with a beauti­
ful clock as a token of the high esteem in which they hold him.
Program:
March.
Music —Vocal
....................... Miss M a r g a r e t E l l i o t t
Scripture Lesson....... .................................................... :......... P r o k . H . M . R o t h
Prayer .................................................................................. D r . G. M. D . EckBES:
M usic — Quartette, M e s s r s . D e t w b i i .BR, L e h m a n , S h u e e e y and Z e n t z
Address to the Class.:..... ..................................... ............ R e v . G e o . C. H e n r y
^ « m 9 -V o c a l Solo,.........................................................Miss M a r y H a r t m a n s
Presentation o f Diplomas.
M usic: |
Benediction.

The day, which had been gloomy, became brighter toward
evening and when the time came for the Baccalaureate services
the sun was shining in all his glory. The usual large audience was
in attendance when the services were begun with the hymn, “ A ll
Hail the Power.® Misses, Perch and Orudorff then sang a duet,
“ Jesus Lover of my Soul.” Rev. Behney read the Scripture
lesson. The hymn,, “ How Firm a Foundation,” was sung. Rev.
Swartz offered prayer. Mr. Detwiler sang, “ One Sweetly Solemn
Thought,” after which Dr. H. B. Wile, pastor of the Lutheran
church at Carlisle, was introduced and preached the sermon to
the graduating class. He took as his text the eighth verse of the
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good; and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly,
and to loye mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? ”
With this as his text Dr. Wile drew in impressive fashion
three main.lessons. First, he said that the text plainly taught
that we have been told how to be good. This teaching has been
done through the many Bible records of good and evil men and
especially through the ideal life of Christ. The second lesson is
right in the text itself. We a r e ” to do justly, and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with God.” The third lesson is that capa­
bility brings responsibility, and this last lesson the speaker im­
pressed with special earnestness upon the members of the gradu­
ating class, who are soon to go forth as teachers of our youth.
Dr. Wile embellished all of these thoughts with beautiful il­
lustrations. The sermon was a splendid effort in every way—
the thought, the language, the delivery ; all were superb. The
sermon was a series of climaxes. The preacher’s wonderful de­
scription of a storm along the sea-coast and the rescue of a drown­
ing man by the life crew was especially enjoyed. The sermon
will surely have a lasting effect upon the lives of the young grad­
uates to whom it was addressed.
After the sermon prayer was offered by Rev. Hibshman. A
chorus of students then sang splendidly the ‘ 1Gloria ’ ’ from Mo­
zart’s Twelfth Mass. The services closed with the benediction
by Rev. McCarrell.
principal's S&bress.

Monday morning at ten o’clock the Principal, Dr. Eckels,
delivered his annual address to the graduating class. The ad­
dress is printed in full in another part of this issue. It was lis­
tened to with close attention by the members of the class and
many Commencement visitors.
dbusical ant) Xiterarg Entertainment.

Monday evening of Commencement week was occupied by the
Musical and Literary Entertainment. The whole program was
thoroughly enjoyable. It was varied and not too long. Miss
Schoch and Miss Haverstick recited particularly well. The
comediettas and the sketch were excellent. The musical num­
bers, too, were very good, especially the solo by Miss Horton and
the duet by Miss Barnum and Prof, Fleck, The program fol­
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Part Song —Where are You Going- to ? (Emerson
M r . D e t w e i e e r , M i ||e s L e h c h , G r e e n w o o d , P e r d e w .
Piano Solo—Minuet (Motor, Op. 1),...................................... J o h n C o e d s m i T ii
Comedietta—Her Correspondent.

Ethel W ills— E l i z a b e t h H a y s ; Jack Graham—J. W a i .t e r
S i n g m a s t e r . Scene I, Jack’s Room. Scene II, Ethel’s
Parlor.
Song —If Love were what the Rose Is (Cowen)...................Miss P e r d e w
The Tears of 7 » /& ^ (W a r w ic k )............................................... Miss S c h o c h
Piano Solo■—Danse Hon Groise (Bohm),
....,.............. G o r g a S B a Sh o r e
S o n g jf Lullaby (Handley),.......................................................M i l l O r n d o r f f
Sketch—Nobility of Sacrifice.
Roger Burnham— L e n u s |§ a r e ; Bob Canfield—M a i n e N i p e E.
Duet — Excelsior (B alfe)M R L .......................Miss B a r n d m , P r o # F e ECK
Piano Solo—Valse, Op. 20 ( C h o p i n ) , ......................... Miss N ick EES
Reading— Bobbery ................................................................Miss H a v e e s t i c k .
Song — Piddle and I (Goodeve).
Miss H o r t o n . Violin Obligato, M r . D e t w e i e ER.
Comedietta—The Nettle (Warren).
Ralph Carleton— G d y Z i m m e r m a n ; Dulcie Meredith—
E d it h B r a n d t .
Chorus —Let Our Voices be Glad (Lecocq).

Class DaB«p

A t ten o’clock Tuesday morning the Class day exercises were
held. These exercises were above the average in merit and inter­
est. The president of the class, Mr. F . Leslie Swigert, of Frank­
lin county, opened the program with a splendid address, part of
which appears in this issue. The oration of the class orator, Mr.
J. F . Klepper, of Mt. Holly Springs, was on the subject, “ Mak­
ing a Mark.” The oration was delivered in an earnest and im­
pressive manner. Mr. Edgar C. Detweiler, of Middletown, read
a spicy and interesting History. The Class Poem was read by Miss
Gertrude Krall, of York county, and the prophecy by Miss Sarada
McLaughlin, of Perry county. Both were excellent productions.
Mr. C. B. Neil, of Franklin county, then presented gifts to a
large number of his classmates.
Mr. Neil is very witty and
made a capital Presenter. The Class Song completed the pro­
gram.
Besides the officers mentioned above the following held posi­
tions by election; Miss Nellie Nickles, of Shippensburg, as Secreary; Miss Jessie Alexander, of Franklin county, as Musical Direc­
tor; Mr. G. W. Henry, of Dauphin county, as Vice President; Mr.
Guy Zimmerman, of Franklin county, as Treasurer,

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IReunion of Class of ’ 97.

The class of ’97 held its biennial celebration on Tuesday after­
noon. More than fifty members! of the class had returned for this
reunion. An interesting program was rendered after which Mr.
E. M. Sando, on behalf of the class* presented the school with a
set of chairs for the rostrum. The set consists of seven chairs
finely upholstered in leather. This useful gift was received by
Dr. Eckels on behalf of the school. The program was as follows:
Address by President ................................................. \y. w . E i s e n h a r t
Vocal M u sic,................. ............................................. ................... G r r t r u d r C e a r k
R eading,........ .................................................................................... E l iz a b e t h R e e d
History ..................................................................................................... B . R . G r im
M ale QuartetteemC^.,.....................M e s s r s . G r a y , H e n d r i c k s , K e e e , G r im
Reacting,............................................................................. - ................M a r y W i e r m a n
InstYMyiBntcil Soloy.............................................................................. G a y R b n s h a w
Poem ..............................................................................................................M a r y R u e f
R e a d in g ,................................................................................................ E t h e e S m ie e y

alumni IReunion.

Tuesday evening the Alumni Reunion occurred and one of the
best programs ever given on such an occasion was rendered.
Prof. J. C. Wagner, principal of the schools of Newport, Pa.5the
president of the Alumni Association, made the opening address
in his usual impressive fashion. The history of the class of ’79
was a feature. Enthusiastic encores were given Misses Wilbar,
Shelly and Eichelberger. Hon. R. E. Myers, member of the
Legislature from Cumberland county, read an excellent paper
which we hope to publish in some future number. The program:
M usic....... ............................................................................................O r ch estra
P resident's Ä r f f l , v ............................................ P ro *. J. C. W a g n e r , ’92
Instrum ental Solo........................................... M iss F r a n cis È . GEIGER, ’97
H istory WÊs^ o f ’I ç ,............................................... M iss I d a M. N e g e E y , ’ 79
Vocal Solo— Forbidden M u sic,,......................M iss L ie e ie V . W ie b a r , ’90
Recitation— prig-in al);, ..................................... M i | § H a t t ie .S. S h e e e y , ’93
M usic,
...................................................... ............. ........ ,...,.7......O r ch e str a
A d d re ss- JC/vc’^ R aturn ............................................ H o n . R. E . M y e r s , ’85
Vocal D uet......... M iss ! M a r y T . W a g n e r , ’92; M iss M a r y K . H a y s , ’95
R ecitation.............................................. , .......M iss CQr a E ic h e e b e r g e r , ’98
•••••••■ ......................... :..........................................................O r ch e str a

Commencement.

The Commencement exercises on Wednesday morning were
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the graduates. Rev. Swartz, of the Methodist Church of Shippensburg, first offered an earnest prayer for the welfare of the class.
The exercises then began with an oration by Miss Bertha
Gramm entitled, “ Evolution of American Literature.” Miss
Gramm traced the growth and types of American literature from
the time of Jonathan Edwards to the present. The oration was
well written and delivered.
Miss Caroline Eppley read an essay on “ Dri|^|That Bar the
Door. ’ ’ Among the drifts that bar the door of happiness she men­
tioned unnecessary worrying, imaginary troubles, expectation of
impossible things and selfishness.
Mr. J. A . Heisey delivered an oration with the subject, “ Na­
poleon.” He treated the life and qualities of the great general in
a skillful manner.
Miss Nellie Welker recited charmingly “ Bobbitts’ H otel,”
and Miss Jones finished the first division of the program with her
essay, “ A Day in the Life of a Roman G irl.” Miss Jones de­
scribed the doings of a Roman girl beginning with the breakfast
hour and ending with a marriage celebration and feast. This
was done in an interesting manner.
Miss Ella Shearer read an essay on “ Portia.” She gave an
outline of the play itself in which Portia appears and as she pro­
ceeded showed the qualities of Portia’s character,
Miss Jess Spangler recited finely a very humorous selection,
“ The Goblin Gate.”
Mr. Chas. Forry came next with||Education as Related to
Civil Prosperity” as his theme. He claimed that education fos­
ters civil prosperity by giving men definite purposes, teaching
economy and cultivating patriotism.
Miss Susie Shorb gave in a pleasing manner a recitation en­
titled, “ Laddie.”
Miss Ella Smyser made a strong plea for women in her oration,
“ Woman’s Place in our Modern Civilization;;'* She argued
against the stand of the Idealist and Political Economist who
would forbid women to enter the factory and the workshop.
A beautiful part song, “ The Torrent,” was rendered by a
number of the ladies of the class. It was sung without music or
accompaniment and this, added to the delight of the audience and
the merit of the performance.
Part III of the program began with Mr. Samuel Swigart’s ora-

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tion,B‘The Power of Adversity.” Mr. Swigart proved the para­
dox that success comes through failure.
Miss Margaret Elliot entertained the audience well with a reci­
tation entitled, “ Goliath.”
A solo, ‘ ‘A t Night,1’ by Miss Bessie Eerch was greatly enjoyed.
Mr. J. Emerson French gave an oration on “ Silent Influence.”
“ Silent influence,” he said, “ is either a light to illuminate or a
tempest to destroy. ’ ’
Miss Amanda Kerr had “ The Moors in Spain” as the subject
of her oration. She described the achievements of the Moors in
architecture, science and literature.
The last division of the program was introduced by Miss Hes­
ter Downs’ essay, “ The Druids.” Miss Downs represented a
traveler coming upon a band of Druids in the midst of a vast forest
and in this way gave her audience a glimpse of this peculiar sect.
Mr. Willis N. Lehman followed with an oration, “ American
Ideals,” in which he deplored the tendency of America to become
materialistic and said that if it wishes to survive it must also have
an ideal life.
Miss Eleanor Nevin recited beautifully, “ The Swan’s Song.”
Miss Ellen Deardorff in her oration gave a fine eulogy of
“ The Maid of Orleans.’* •
Mr. C. Ernest Yost took for the theme o f his oration,B‘Unremembered Heroes.” He said that private soldiers are often as
heroic as the generals but do not get credit for it. Peace develops
more and better heroes than war.
A chorus was well rendered by members of the class, the usual
degrees were conferred and the exercises were closed with the
benediction by Rev. G. D. Gossard.
Ibonor IRoll.

Hester Downs, Ellen Deardorff, Carrie Eppley, Margaret E lli­
ott, Bertha Gramm, Minnie Jones, Bessie Lerch, Sarada McLaugh­
lin, Ella Shearer, EllaSmyser, Nellie Welker, Mabel Eva, Amanda
Kerr, Jean McCreary, Nellie Nevin, Susie Shorb, Blanche Souser,
Eva Stock, Leila Kremer, Ella McKim, Carrie Reiff, Mabel
Smith, J. A . Heisey, James Hippie, A . D. Hoke, J. E. French,
C. S. Forry, J. E- Klepper, W . N. Lehman, S. W. Swigart, F.
L. Swigert, C, E. Yost.

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IReunion of Class of '89.

Wednesday afternoon at 2.60 o’clock the Class of ’89 held an
informal decennial celebration in one of the class rooms. Those
present were Lillie Funk, Eleanor Kyner, Lillie Kendig (Fegan);,
Ella Powell (Patterson), May Landis, S. M. Kitzmiller, Dr. S. Z.
Shope, A . K . Smith, Prof. Ezra Lehman and Prof. H. M. Roth.
The time was very pleasantly spent in reminiscences. A history
of the class, prepared by Prof. Roth, will be published in the
N o r m a l H e r a l d during the next year,
Blumni EBusiness Meeting.

A t 3.00 o ’clock a business meeting of the Alumni Association
was held with a good attendance. The usual business was trans­
acted and the following officers elected for next year:
President, Prof. W. M. Rife, ’91, Good Hope, Pa.; Vice Pres­
ident, Charles Hykes, ’88, Shippensburg; Secretary, Miss Ada
Horton, ’88, Normal School; Treasurer, Dr. J. F. Barton, ’74,
Normal School; Executive Committee, P. Emerson Taylor, ’91,
Chambersburg, and Prof. G. H. Eckels, ’91, Normal School.
In the evening the annual alumni ball was held and a very
enjoyable time was had by all present. This closed a very pleas­
ant and successful Commencement week. An unusually large
number of graduates and others were present and nearly all in­
spected the new dormitory and expressed themselves as delighted
with it.
This building is now furnished throughout and complete in
every particular, as could be easily seen by all the visitors. It
will be open for the reception of our lady students in the fall and
they will then be quartered in the finest building of the kind in
the state. Each room has a bureau, study table, washstand,
closet, iron bedstead with springs and hair mattress, and brussels
carpet, and is heated by steam and lighted by gas. Hot and cold
water and bath-rooms are found on every floor. Throughout the
building is furnished in handsome style and the reception room
especially is a feast for the eyes.

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personals.

P

ROF. J. H. R e b e r , ’91, who has been Principal of the Hun­

tingdon schools for four years, was recently elected to a
similar position at Waynesboro, Pa.

Mr. Harvey M. Becker, ’92, a recent graduate of the medical
department of the University of Pennsylvania, is now practicing
at Sunbury, Pa.
Prof. H. J. Wickey, ’93, formerly Principal of schools at
Middletown, Pa., has been elected Superintendent at the same
place.
Mr. I,. L- Bomberger, ’94, is studying law in Valparaiso, Ind.
Mr. A . A . McCrone, ’95, was awarded the Walkley oratorical
prize at Dickinson College.
Miss Mary K. Hays, ’95, was awarded an English Essay, one
of the Commencement honors, at Wilson College. Miss Hattie
Wylie, ’93, was the “ Grumbler” at the Class Day Exercises.
Miss Cora O. Eichelberger^’98, won the gold medal at the
oratorical contest recently held at Irving College, Mechanicsburg.
Mr. S. S. Smith, ’85, of Abilene, Kansas, was a Commence­
ment visitor. Mr. Smith is a native of Cumberland county.
Thirteen years ago he emigrated to Kansas, settling at Abilene,
and took to practicing law. He is serving his fourth term as
county attorney. The H e r a l d wishes Mr. Smith continued
prosperity.
Mr. Caleb S. Brinton, ’85, of Carlisle, has been appointed Jus­
tice of the Peace by Governor Stone.
Prof. A. J. Beitzel, ’74, formerly Superintendent of the Cum­
berland county schools, has been elected Supervisory Principal at
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Prof. DeKeller Stamey, ’83, has a well written article on “ In­
terpretation,” in the July number of Werner’s Magazine.
Miss Edith Cole, ’96, will teach next year in the schools of
Waynesboro.
Among the most faithful attendants upon the Commencement
exercises are Mr. F. B. N. Hoffer, ’85, of Mt. Joy, Pa., and Dr.
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two faithful alumni and glad that they are so interested in their
Alma Mater.
Mr. W . A . Nickles, of Shippensburg, and Mrs. Ida A . Singmaster, of Macungie, graduated in the same class, the class of ’76.
In the class of this year were Miss Nellie Nickles, the daughter
of the former, and Mr. Walter Singmaster, the son of the latter.
This is rather a strange coincidence considering the age of the
school.
We notice that the following members of the alumni have
graduated from other institutions : Mr. C. M. Best, ’94, from Lafa­
yette College; Mr. H. H. Shenk, ’94, from Ursinus College; Mr.
D. E. Long, ’91, and Miss Julia Radle, ’94, from the Dickinson
School of Law; from Lebanon Valley College, Mr. I. W. Huntzberger, ’95, Miss Hattie S. Shelley, ’93, Mr. C. V. Clippinger,
’94, and Miss Bessie Landis, ’93; from.Mercersburg College, Mr.
Walter Reddig, ’98, Mr. James Means, ’98, and Mr. Thomas
Gray, ’97; from the Shoemaker School of Oratory, Miss Georgia
Craig, ’94, Miss Susie Briuley, ’96, and Miss Ethel Smiley, ’97;
from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Mr. W. W.
Feidt, ’94.
Mr. W. B. Kirkpatrick, ’97, is a student at the Jefferson Med­
ical School, Philadelphia.
Mr. Walter E. Watson, ’97, has accepted the principalship of
the schools of Morrisville, Pa. He expects to be enrolled as a
special student either in Princeton University or the University of
Pennsylvania.
Mr. Chas. R. ShryockB’92, is at San Juan, Porto Rico, and
writes that he has enlisted in Company B, 5th United States A r ­
tillery.
Mr. Geo. R. Angle, ’91, is at the Loysville Orphan School
instructing the orchestra and baud of that institution.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Geiger, both of th jclass of ’75, of Ida
Grove, Iowa, are visiting in the East. Mr. Geiger is engaged in
managing a farm and a roller flour mill. Mrs. Geiger, was form­
erly Beckie Shearer, of Shippensburg.
Miss Georgia Craig, ’94, was president of the graduating class
of the National School of Elocution and Oratory, Philadelphia.

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A t the graduating exercises she recited “ Sergius to the Lion”
from Lew W allace’s Prince of India.
Miss Nettie Russell, ’91, has been elected to a school in Shippensburg.

/¡Carriages.
A m e r .— O11 Thursday, June 15th, at Neffsville,
Pa., Mr. Chas. Albright, ’95, to Miss Minnie Amer.
G i e s e y — W a l t e r s . — Thursday evening, April 27th, at the
residence of the groom s sister, Mrs. W . Iv. Towson (Mabel
Giesey, ’91), York, Pa., by Rev. Clinton Walter, Mr. Samuel R.
Giesey, of Shrewsbury, Pa., to Miss Lillie B. Walters, ’91.

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l b r ig h t —

M o y e r — W a l t e r s .— Thursday evening, June 29th, at the
home of the bride, Shippensburg, P a., Mr. J. Dyre Moyer, of
Perkasie, to Miss Anna Laura Walters, ’95.
P e t e r s o n — P o t t e r .— Wednesday, April 12th, at Cameron,
Fa., Mr. D. Bruce Peterson, ’96, to Miss Gertrude E. Potter.
S h a n e r — B o w e r .— Thursday, April 27th, at Newville, Pa.,
Mr. Chas. E. Shaner, ’93, of Oakville, to Miss Annie Bower.
K a i n e s — W o l c o t t .— Thursday, June 15th, at Lykens, Pa.,
Dr. Arthur W. Kaines, to Miss Vida Blanche Wolcott, ’96.
M a s o n — P e t e r s .— Thursday evening, June 22nd, at Phil­
adelphia, Pa., Mr. William Mason, of Doylestown, to Miss Myra
Elsie Peters, ’93.
B e l t — M a r k l e y .— On Thursday, June 22nd, at the home of
the bride, Steelton, Pa., M r .----- Belt to Miss Annie Markley,
’ 97E l l i o t — W i n t e r s .— A t Valparaiso, Indiana, Mr. J. Wilson
Elliott, ’93, formerly of Sterrett’s Gap, Pa., to Miss Minnie Win­
ters.
J a c k s — L i n g l E .— Thursday, June 29th, at Philadelphia, Mr.
Sherman S. Jacks, ’97, of Middletown, to Miss Annie Lingle, of
Oberlin, Pa.

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^Locals.
H. M. R o t h , ’89, of the faculty has been elected Super­
intendent of the schools of Adams county aud has already
entered upon his duties. We are very sorry indeed to lose
Prof. Roth from the corps of teachers, but heartily congratulate
him upon securing this much-coveted position. Prof. M. LDrum, ’96, who taught in the school during two Spring Terms,
has been elected to succeed Prof. Roth. Prof. Ezra Lehman§¡89,
who was absent this year pursuing a course of study at Bucknell
University, from which institution he was graduated with high
honors in June, returns to the Chair of English. Prof. H. W.
Bieber, who has filled this position during the year, will enter the
Princeton Theological Seminary. Miss Lamb, teacher of Art,
also retires from the faculty. A ll the other teachers are expected
to be with us during the coming year.
Mr. Benjamin E. Hedding, a former student, was graduated
this spring from the Medical Department of the University of
Pennsylvania.
The Normal baseball team of this year consisted of the follow­
ing: Boher, catcher; Bieber, pitcher; Gettel, short stop; Carl,
first base; Eckels, second base; Warren, third baseJgReynolds,
left field; Niple, center field; Rice, right field; Chubb, substitute.
Three games were played with the Chambersburg team and one
with the Dickinson Preparatory School. The team was not suc­
cessful in winning any of these games but played very good ball
in three of them, losing more because of the strength of their op­
ponents than of any weakness on their own part. In the first
game with Chambersburg at the beginning of the ninth inning the
score was 5 to 4 in our favor, but a bad case of “ rattles” enabled
Chambersburg to win out easily by 16 to 5. The second game at
Chambersburg resulted in a score of 20 to 2, the third at Shippensburg in a score of 6 to 1. Dickinson Preparatory defeated
us 10 to 8 at Carlisle.
Prof. C. E- Fleck, a member of the faculty during the Spring
Term, has been elected assistant principal of the high school at
Waynesboro.
Mr. J. Burr Reddig, a former student, has left Lehigh Univer­
sity to take a position in the Westinghouse Electrical Co. at Pitts­
burg, Pa.

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Many of the teachers and students of the Shippensburg Nor­
mal attended the Convention of the State Teachers* Association
at Gettysburg, July 4-5-6-7.
The initial number of Vol. I l l of The Reporter has been re­
ceived. The Reporter is a weekly newspaper published at Ship­
pensburg. Mr. John Stine and Mr. Gorgas Bashore, both students
at the Normal, are respectively editor and business manager.
The H erald congratulates them on the bright, readable paper
they are printing.
Miss Clark, Director of the Gymnasium, attended the annual
meeting of the Alumnae Association of the Anderson School of
Gymnastics at New Haven, Conn., the early part of May. Miss
Clark is secretary of the Association.
In a former number of the H e r a l d the engagement of Mr.
George S. McClean, a member of the Board of Trustees, to Miss
Bertha Coulter, a member of the Faculty of last year, was an­
nounced. Their marriage took place at Danville, Pa., Thursday,
June 29th.
The Senior class took its annual excursion to Washington,
May 11—13. A great amount of sight seeing was crowded into
these few days. A trip to Mt. Vernon was of course included.
The reception promised them by the President could not be had
because of Mr. McKinley’s visit to Hot Springs for the purpose
of regaining his health. Otherwise the excursion was a very suc­
cessful one and was full of pleasure and profit to all.

Clippings.
1Think you not,” said the Soph to the maiden fair,
“ My mustache is becoming?”
The maiden answered, as his eyes she met,
“ It may be coming but it isn’t here yet.”
-—E x .
T H E T R A IN AM ONG T H E HILLS.
Vast, unrevealed, in silence and the night
Brooding, the ancient hills commune with sleep.
Inviolate the solemn valleys keep
Their contemplation. Soon from height to height
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And lion-footed throng'll the forests creep
Strange mutterings ; till suddenly, with sweep
And shattering thunder of resistless flight
And crash of routed echoes, roars to view,
Down the long mountain gorge the Night Express
Freighted with fears’iand tears and happiness . . . .
The dread form passes ; silence falls anew.
And l o ! I have beheld the thronged, blind world
T o goals unseen from God’s hand onward hurled.

J*
T H E PESSIMIST.
Nothing to do but work,
Nothing to eat but food,
Nothing to wear but clothes,;
To keep one from going nude.
Nothing to breathe but air,
Quick as a flash ’tis gon e;
Nowhere to fall but off,
Nowhere to stand but on.
Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhere to sleep but in bed,
Nothing to weep but tears
Nothing to bury but dead.
Nothing to sing but songs,
Ah, well, alas ! alack I
Nowhere to go but out,
Nowhere to come but back.
Nothing to see but sights,
Nothing to quench but thirst,
Nothing to have but what we’ve g o t ;
Thus thro’ life we are cursed.
Nothing to strike but a g a it;
Everything moves that goes,
Nothing at all but common sense,
Can ever withstand these woes.
— Chicago Journal.

B R A VER Y .
You ought to see him standin’
Unfiinchin’ an’ severe,
A -gazin’ in the muzzle
Without any sign o’ fear;

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One hand inside the collar
Of his han’some low-cut vest,
A s if to still the heavin’
Of his patriotic chest.
His brow is high an’ wrinkled
With a deep, majestic frown.
He knows the aim is steady,
But his courage will not down,
’Cause he feels that fame is waitin’
To extol him in a book,
W hen the artist pulls the trigger
A n ’ he gets his picture took.
S -Washington Star.

A L IT T L E BOY’S SONG.
I smile and then the sun comes out,
He hides away whene’er I pout;
He seems a very funny sun
To do whatever he sees done.
And when it rains he disappears;
Like me, he can’t see through the tears.
Now, isn’t that the reason why
I ought to smile and never cry ?
—E x .

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