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Cotter’ s Hole,..............................
Woman,.... ..................................
Editorial,....................................
The First Commencement,......
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Marriages, .................................
L ocals,........................................
The Christian Associations,....
The Societies,............................
Clippings,...................................
Advertisements,.........................

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P u b l is h e d Oc t o b e r , Ja n u a r y , A p r il
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Von. III.

APRIL, 1899.

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No 3

Cotter’s iKole.
H E years 1715 and 1745 were memorable ones in Scottish
History. Each saw an uprising in behalf of the Stuarts
and each was followed by a terrible retribution. Old Ian
MacMillan had been “ out in ’ 15’ ’ and had then escaped death or
transportation only by the most strenuous exertions of influential
friends. His estate lay to the north of Inverness and the hot blood
of the Scottish Highlanders ran through his veins, ready at any
moment to be spilled for the restoration of the ‘ ‘good old king. ’ ’
So, when in ’44 mysterious messages were whispered about
and cloaked and booted riders were seen alighting at his door, it
needed no prophet to tell that trouble was brewing and that soon
the motion toward the water-pitcher in drinking the king’s health
would not be needed. Well, with ’45 it came and old Ian, chafing
over every delay or prudential precaution, was one of the first to
don the white cockade and pledge himself heart and soul to Prince
Charlie. Ian’s son, a boy of fifteen, was a worthy scion of this
hothead race, for when the clans had gathered and Edinburgh had
been entered in triumph and all Scotland was ringing with the
cheers of the victorious Jacobites, Jamie slipped the watchful bonds
of the old priest at the castle, to whom he had been entrusted, and
when the camp of the Pretender was in the greatest bustle and
confusion, just on the eve of Preston Pans, rode up to the tent of
his father and alighted. Of course he was soundly rated by old
Ian, but, with the English just before them, this was no time for
unimportant things, so he was allowed to stay. He knew he was
to be sent back as soon as his father could arrange for his escort,
but there was time to strike one blow for the Prince, whom he
loved as earnestly as did old Ian himself. Jamie acted the man
so nobly at Preston Pans that he was allowed to remain with the
army and so it happened that he was with the Scottish forces in

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their march on London. We must imagine his keen delight in
the successes of the Pretender’s forces, old Ian’s rage when Cam­
eron prevailed on the Prince to turn back when so near the goal
of his ambitions, the horrible butchery of Culloden, and Jamie’s
grief and despair when he saw the gray hairs of his father matted
with the blood shed in this vain struggle.
He returned to Inverness, but dared not take up his old life.
True, he was only a boy, but his father’s record was against him,
and the suspicion that he was in some way connected with Prince
Charlie’s flight rendered it impossible that he should escape pun­
ishment. A cousin of Jamie’s, a Robert Ross, had not followed
the Pretender’s fortunes, but seeing the inevitable end of these
efforts to reinstate the Stuarts he had guided his steps in the
strictest line of English loyalty. He had been instrumental in
the punishment of many Scottish nobles who had been unfortu­
nate enough to be true to their convictions, and now came forward
as a claimant of the MacMillan estates at Inverness. He secured
them and Jamie was outlawed and a price put on his head. Sev­
eral years had passed since, a youth, he had fought at the side of
his father at Preston Pans, and now he had grown into a longlimbed', deep-chested giant, whose sandy hair and blue eyes bespoke
the generous, impulsive nature within him. He had not escaped
unmarked from the butchery of Culloden, for while bending over
to catch the last whispered words from Ian’s lips a sword stroke
had laid his cheek open from nose almost to ear, and kindly closed
his eyes in insensibility while the English Soldiery, drunk with
victory, had slashed and stabbed old Ian’s body. How he escaped
he could never understand but in some way he was overlooked
and regained conciousness under a heap of the slain. His wound
was very painful and long in healing and left him easy of recogni­
tion . For scarcely could any one read the descriptions so diligently
scattered by Robert Ross, and not recognize in the sturdy young
man the “ scar, jagged at the edge, extending across the right
cheek from nostril to ear.’’ But Jamie knew the Highlands, and
search for him never so diligently he always escaped. But his
eyes had a hunted look in them, for Ross had sworn that he should
hang and Ross was never known to fail in any of his attempts.
So Jamie MacMillan lived the life of an outcast, hiding in the
recesses of the Scottish Highlands above Ben Lomond, never re­
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pursued by the fear and hate of the man who now dwelt in the old
MacMillan castle near Inverness.
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The sun was setting on a cold day in the early part of the
year 1798. The Pennsylvania hills were golden with light and a
red haze seemed to be resting on the snow. The group of idlers
at the store in the little settlement of Mifflin were just about to go
out into the fastfalling twilight to their homes, where impatient
wives were waiting to clear away the evening meal and end the
work of the day. Aaron Cotter had just been to the little store
and had received a letter which had been left there for him. His
neighbors had regarded him with curious, greedy eyes as he took
up the packet, for tidings of the great outside world was scarce in
the small inland settlements and it was a custom of the Scotch
Irish communities to have all news in common. So the farmers,
as they passed out into the evening sunshine, felt excused for
grumbling at their quiet neighbor, who, on receiving the packet
and glancing at the writing, had slipped it into his pocket without
deigning to satisfy his own, or the more apparent curiosity of his
friends. Outside of the store he pulled his hat down over his eyes
and, with a quick, “ Good night,” strode off up the river in the
direction of his home.
“ Well, ef he aint a strange ’u n !” said one, “ E f I ’d git a letter
from the old country, you wouldn’t find me stickin’ it down in
me pocket, with never a word to me friends about it. Who is
this Cotter, anyway? Where’d he come from ?”
None of his friends seemed in haste to answer, but at last one
said, “ Cotter bes a strange mon. He ’pears not to be happy. They
say he was in the army with Washington all through the late war.
He must ha’ seen some hard raps judgin’ from that scar on his
face. ’ ’
“ W all,” broke in another, “ he haint no call to be onhappy.
A wife and two fine gals snch as hisn and a hundred-and-fifty acres
o ’ the best lan’ in Juniata Valley !”
“ He must ha’ somethin’ on his mind,” spoke up old Sandy
Laird. ‘ ‘ When a mon can’t look ye straight in the ’ee and is always
a shunnin’ his freends and a lookin’ suspeeciously at thim, you
can put it down he’s been into somethin’ .”
“ I don’t care what you fellows say about,» Cotter, I ’m one
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some Tuscaroras last fall. I tell you he’ll stick by his friends.”
‘‘Wall, he mought ha’ told us some o’ the news! I seed his
letter was from Edinboro. Wonder what they’re doin’ over thar
now?”
Meanwhile, the subject of these remarks had been trudging
along toward his home. He was past the prime of life yet his
step was firm and his actions, quick and determined. His blue
eyes were keen and piercing, yet ever on the alert as though fear­
ing danger. As he walked his brow was overclouded and his eyes
did not see the glorious colors on the sunset clouds. Out in the
west the sun was just dipping below the crest of the Tuscarora
Mountain, his rays gilding the clouds all around. Over Cotter’s
home there seemed to rest a halo of ruby light. Cotter’s way lay
along the east bank of the Juniata for nearly two miles above
Mifflin, but his home was on the west bank. The Juniata had
been frozen over for a month back and the ice was thick enough
to make sleighing on the river quite safe. He, however, had
walked to Mifflin and now trudged along the road until opposite
his home, when he descended to the ice and made his way across
its smooth surface. As he neared the west shore he suddenly
stopped and raised his head to look about him. The smoke from
his own hearthfire curled upward toward the rosy cloud, showing
clearly against it. Off to his right stretched the Blacklog Moun­
tains, distinct in the evening light.
The rugged sides seemed
smoothed and rounded by their growth of hemlocks and pines. To
the north stretched the river coming forth seemingly from the very
heart of the mountains and below him it made a bend to the right
until a rocky point, jutting out a barrier to its waves, turned it
back again toward the east. This point was well known to the
settlers of this region for the usually shallow waters of the river
here after swirling against the cliff had broken their way through
and over the ridges of rock jutting out from its base and had swept
out a hole the depth of which had never been determined. The hole
was about a hundred yards long by fifty broad and was never
known to be frozen over. Day and night the white foam and
froth circled and eddied in slow, mysterious motion around and
around the pool. The shadow from the cliff fell across it and
turned the motion of the foam into the eerie whirlings of some
lost Ixion who, chained to his wheel just beneath the surface of
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the bank, when the wind mournfully whispered through its
branches, gave forth the gasping and sighing that burst from his
unwilling lips as his limbs were torn and racked on the wheel.
And the foam whirled on and on. Mysterious, inscrutable, round
and round.
Cotter swept thè whole horizon with his gaze and then, with a
sigh, took out the packet and broke the seal. He seemed to sur­
mise its contents, for when he had unfolded it and its strange,
blank page with the solitary name of “ James MacMillan ’ ’ in
bold characters stood before him, he uttered no exclamation of
surprise, but instead refolded it and thrust it deep into his
pocket. He entered the house.
‘ ‘ We ’lowed you’d be along purty soon and so we got the sup­
per ready to set up to. Any news Aaron ?” His wife anxiously
scanned her husband’s face.
“ N o; none at all,” he answered. They sat up to their
simple meal in silence. A hidden watcher would have noticed
Cotter glancing stealthily at wife and daughters during the meal.
His eyes roamed about the room resting with loving, lingering
gaze on the homely furnishings, the stand he had made for the
family Bible, the rough rugs woven by his wife’s skillful fingers,
chairs and carpet. He seemed as one giving a reluctant farewell
to surroundings that were associated in his mind with happiest
hours. After the supper dishes had been cleared away and the
evening chores finished, the family gathered around the great fire­
place. Within, the logs blazed and crackled merrily ; without,
snow had begun to fall and the cold was very severe. After an
hour passed before the fire, Cotter turned to his wife and said,
“ Yes, there was some news for you ; I had almost forgotten.
Mrs. Tong wanted you to take the girls and go down to spend to­
morrow with her. She is having visitors and wants you to spend
the day with them. She said I should bring you down to-night,
but its awfully dark and snowing. Maybe we had better wait till
morning.”
He walked to the window and looked out at the storm. The
flakes started into being at the top of the window, distinct against
the blackness and passed out of sight when they reached the sill.
They seemed as faces on a crowded city street ; passing, pass­
ing ; each like the other, yet different, but passing, passing. The
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the snow and cold, so the man was sent to prepare the doubleseated sleigh and soon with wraps and robes they had entered the
sleigh and had started down toward the ice of the river.
Next morning the sky was still overcast with clouds but the
snow had ceased falling. Cotter’s hired man, John Horning, had
waited till late the night before for the return of the sleigh and
when at last midnight had come without it, he had decided that
Aaron Cotter had remained in Mifflin. He did the morning
chores but when noon came with no Cotter, he decided to go to
Mifflin and find out what caused the delay. He followed the
sleigh tracks of the night before from the gate down to the river
side, where they had turned on the ice. The tracks were softened
and rounded by the snow that had fallen later in the night but
were still quite easily traced. On he went, down the river. Here
the tracks kept close to the right shore but as they neared the
rocky point they bent away out to the left to escape the eddying
waters of the pool below. But when just opposite the point, they
bent abruptly to the right. Horning traced them to the edge of
the pool and then,— the circling foam flakes met his horrified
gaze. He stood and looked at the water but it kept its secret.
The spruce tree whispered and sighed but he knew not its lan­
guage, and the water as it splashed and tumbled against the cliff
and the rocks at its base, gurgled and sputtered to itself, seeming
to laugh with fiendish glee at his white face. He retraced his
steps to the abrupt turn in the tracks and examined all the traces
carefully. There was some mystery here and he must solve it.
He stood and swept the whole expanse of snow-covered ice. He
saw footsteps stretching away in the direction of Mifflin, rounded
and half obliterated by the snow that had fallen since the feet had
made the imprints. The thought that Cotter, at least, had
escaped entered his mind, for the footsteps were those of a man
and the length of the stride indicated one of Cotter’s height. But
strange to say the steps led up, instead of down the river. He saw
that the man had stood still just a few paces from the abrupt turn,
that he had crossed the intervening space in two quick springs.
He saw footsteps mingled with the hoofmarks leading to the pool
and then, at a few feet from its edge, the footsteps turned aside.
Here the man had stood for some time, for the snow was trampled
down, and then a solitary track led down the river again. He
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from Mifflin and then he lost it. He inquired in the town, but
Cotter had not been seen since the afternoon before. A stranger
had arrived that evening and had asked about Cotter. He had
been directed to his home and had not since been seen. They
searched the country for the stranger but to no purpose. They
determined to drag the pool, but after failing to find bottom with
two double ploughlines joined together, they, with scared faces,
gave up the attempt and left it with its mystery.
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I f you happen to be in Mifflin with a few hours to spare, pass
out of the town toward the north. Walk out along the country
road, bordered in places with its osage-orange hedges, remnants
of bygone days. Y ou will see on the opposite bank a cliff jutting
out into the river, and a bend just below it darkened by the cliff’s
shadow. Take a boat and row across to the pool. They call it
Cotter’s Hole now, and after dark they do not like to go near it.
As you near the pool you see the foam-flakes passing in slow
measured motion up into the cliff’s shadow, out across until the
current turns them down again, down the full length of the pool
and round again. And so they pass round and round, never still,
but ever silent and an old spruce tree on the bank sobs and sighs
as the wind blows. Sometimes it seems to whisper a story to you
and you bend your ear to catch its murmurs, but in vain. The
black water whirls the foam-flakes on and o n ; the waves lap
against the rocky spurs at the foot of the cliff and whisper and
murmur as they enter the pool. Yet they tell you not of that aw­
ful plunge into the icy waters, the struggles of the maddened
horses and the shrieks of drowning women. You see not those
pale faces against the black water nor the strong, manly form
dragged down in the effort to save loved ones. But the foamflakes circle the pool and whirl on and on and round and round.
—M. L. D., ’96.

THUoman,
N the beginning when God created the heaven and the earth ;
when he parted the heavy curtains of darkness and flooded
the world with ligh t; when he gathered together the waters
of the sea, and clothed the earth in the garments!of beauty; when
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stars; then it was that from the dust of the earth he created man
in his own image and gave him dominion over every living thing,
created him with a reasoning mind and an immortal soul, with a
mind capable of delving into the deep things of life and ferreting
out the mysteries of the world, with a soul destined to live on and
on through the whirl of time and the crash of worlds, on through
the ages of eternity, going from glory to glory or from woe to woe,
reaching greater heights of happiness and joy, or sinking into
lower depths of sorrow and misery.
And then looking upon the work of his hands God pronounced
it very good. But placed in the Garden of Eden, planted by the
Master himself, it seemed not good that man should be alone, and
so God took up again the work he had laid down and made a help­
meet for him in his crowning creation— woman. Endowed with a
finer nature, “ a heart more loving, and a soul more true,” she
forms a perfect complement to man; his superior only in gentleness
and love, his inferior in physical strength alone.
Placed by God on the same plane with man she has not always
held that station. Created to be a helper, a counsellor and a
friend to the sterner sex, that has not always been her sphere, for
we find woman in old Greece and Rome occupying a place in her
husband’s household little better than that of the slaves. She
could exert no elevating or refining influence over her home. She
was counted as a cipher intellectually and socially. She was made
to feel her inferiority. Socrates, longing perhaps for the disenthrallment of woman, asks, “ Is there any human being with whom
you talk less than your wife?”
Necessarily nations that so degraded womanhood and womanly
virtue must fall a prey to their own vice, and the glory of ancient
Greece and Rome is gone forever. But as Paganism gave way to
Christianity a mighty transformation was wrought. Woman was
elevated to companionship. She was recognized in the home.
Bible teaching had such a transforming power, that the Pagan Ribanius, the cultured friend of Julian, the Apostate, exclaims, “ What
women there are among the Christians ! ’ ’ And so it came about
that Christian nations became the nations of homes, in which the
wife was the central figure; in which the mother joyfully ruled;
where she trained her children to love the right and hate the evil ;
where she inspired souls to become moral and spiritual giants ;
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as Washington and Gladstone and Bismarck; where she was mon­
arch of the cradle, and, being that, she could leave to others the
“ monarchy of the kingdom and the throne.” Happy the woman
whose mission on earth is to mother homes like these. And in
the words of Tennyson,
“ Happy he
With such a mother ! faith in womankind
Beats with his blood, and trust in all thing's high
Comes easy to him ; and tho’ he trip and fall,
He shall not blind his soul with clay.”

A nobler sphere woman could not ask, and well content was
she with her portion, until duty called her and cries for help
would not be stilled; till every passing breeze bore on its wings
the moans of the dying, and every flash of lightning and roll of
thunder but told over again the horrible story of battlefields all
drenched with blood and ghastly with the dead; then it was that
the women of ’61 and ’63, who with tearless eyes had tied the
warrior’s sash and girded on the sword; who had sent forth father
and brother, husband and lover and son to battle for God and the
rig h t; who with breaking hearts had kissed lips soon to be cold
in death that this country might live on, united and free, that the
stars and stripes might wave from the mast-head of every vessel
and float in the van of all our armies, leading them on to victory
with heroes like Hobson,— then it was that above the demands of
home came the stronger, sterner demands of duty to the helpless
— and away to the battlefields of the Southland, away to Shiloh
and Chattanooga and Antietam, to Chickamauga and Vicksburg
and Gettysburg went bands of brave women, society belles, who
alone on the battlefield with the dead and the dying, alone in the
darkness of the night, hearing only the cries of anguish and de­
spair, stood for the first time face to face with God and death ; un­
lettered women like Mrs. Bickerdyke, who was ever the soldier’s
friend and benefactor; women of culture and refinement, like
Mary J. Safford, that gentle “ Spirit of Shiloh,” Mrs. Jane C.
Hoge who, with Mary A . Livermore, so skilfully engineered the
great Northwestern Sanitary Fair that millions of dollars were
thus collected for the relief of the sick and wounded soldiers. In
this crucial testing-time woman demonstrated her ability to do
and dare for humanity.
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over, then she came gladly, joyfully back to take up again her
humble daily tasks, but with the latent power within awakened
and the dormant faculties aroused, came back to the home which
it is her pride to keep pure and sweet and holy.
But into this stronghold of woman there gradually came
creeping along the avenues that lead to the outside world a pol­
luted atmosphere, vile vapors, and many impurities. Renewed
energy on her part was of small avail against this unchecked evil.
Outside work alone could effect a remedy ; but the outside work
was not done. In spite of her appeals and remonstrances, im­
purity and intemperance grew worse and worse. So to make this
world a safe place for her sons and daughters, to lighten the burben of weary mothers and suffering children, she heeded the
Macedonian cry of “ come over and help us,” and with Mrs.
Judge Thompson at the head began the woman’s crusade against
intemperance. This great movement, which began with an in­
spiration, has now become an education, and its mighty hosts,
whose battle cry is “ for God and home and native land,” are
going on “ conquering and still to conquer,” until all lands shall
be redeemed from the rum curse and around the world there shall
be bands o f ribbon white.
Among the women who h ave, left the hallowed memories of
home, gone out to the battle, braved public opinion, lived down
antagonisms, and done God’s work in the world, who shall say
that the dearly loved and deeply mourned Frances E. Willard
missed her place in life? She who gladdened so many hearts,
who saved so many sons, who helped so many mothers, surely
filled the sphere for which God created her, though that sphere
was outside the home.
Eady Henry Somerset, the daughter of an hundred earls, with
a pedigree seven hundred years long, goes out to service for her
Lord in lowest London and loses none of her womanly dignity,
sweetness of spirit or purity of character.
Mrs. Mary Hunt, the apostle of scientific temperance teaching,
with dauntless courage pleading with legislature after legislature,
until such teaching has become compulsory in all the States but
three or four, never lost her love of home nor her domestic
tastes.
The work is divine, and while it seeks to save our own sons
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out to those who have never known a home nor a mother’s foster­
ing lo ve; out to those who have fallen from their high estate and
are vainly battling with the tempter, out to the boys and girls of
our land, educating them so they will not tamper with the deadly
poison. Shall we then call back these brave women because they
have gotten beyond the four walls of home ? Rather shall not we
‘ ‘Who stand upon the shore,
And see the life-boat speed to save,
Though all too weak to take an oar,
Still send a cheer across the wave ?”

Verily woman’s place in the world is to take her share of
God’s unfinished work, and faithfully doing it, to lift humanity to
higher levels and make the earth purer and sweeter. Has she no
right then to help cleanse the ballot box? No right to say
whether the officeholder shall be honest and upright ? No right
to help frame the laws under which her sons and daughters will
live?
I f we are to live as a nation we must be redeemed from politi­
cal corruption, intemperance, impurity and all the evils that fol­
low in their train, and in this redemption woman has a place out­
side of the home, a place in which she shall help the home, the
state and the nation, and so helping herself by helping others
“ her work shall become ideal, and she however unworthy may
hope to be the humble co-worker with the divine forces.”
— L i w s H o f f m a n M b t z , ’87.

Xullabg.
Sleep, little baby, the still twilight creepeth,
Over the ocean the sun sinks to rest;
Bright from the blue sky the little star peepeth,
Birdie is cuddled, asleep in his n est;
Warm by his mother the little lamb sleepeth.
Rest thee, my little one, rest.
Rest thee, my little one, evening is falling
Over the ocean, dark in the w est;
Sweet winds of summer through tree tops are blowing,
Rocking the birdie, asleep in his nest;
Soft through the darkness the pale moon is glowing.
Rest thee, my little one, rest.
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N ormal S chool H erald.
P u b l is h e d Oc 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 .

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G e o r g e H. E c k e l s , ’91, Editor.
H. M. R o t h , ’89, Business Manager.
A d a V . H o r t o n , ’88, Personal Editor.

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APRIL,, 1899.

jEbitorial.
H E H E R A LD is beginning to congratulate itself on the fact
that it is becoming more and more an Alumni paper. Of
course we always want to be representative of the school
and the undergraduate body, but the crying need is for something
to keep the graduates together— to keep them firm and united in
their devotion to Shippensburg. I f you look over the issues of
the year, you will find contributions from a number of the Alumni
and we have promises of articles from several others. We ear­
nestly hope that by this means the paper will grow more interest­
ing to the Alumni. You will undoubtedly enjoy reading the pro­
ductions of your classmates and of your friends who belong to our
large list of graduates.

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One thing is still sadly lacking. .We do not have a large
enough subscription list— we do not reach enough of the Alumni.
You who are subscribers can do something for us in this direction.
W ill you help ?
In another column we publish the program of the first Com­
mencement. This program will be of especial interest to those
whose names appear upon it. Many of them, no doubt, have for­
gotten by this time the subjects of their Commencement speeches.
Doubtless a glance at the list of names and subjects will revive
many memories— we hope they will all be pleasant.

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This program ought also to be of interest to the more recent
graduates and to the casual reader because of the comparisons
suggested. You will notice that the entire class participated in
the Commencement exercises in ’74. Such a thing would now,
in the nature of the case, be impracticable with our classes of a
hundred and more. The subjects for our Commencement pro
grams in these later years are somewhat more practical also and
somewhat more varied.
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Ube aftrst Commencement.
s a matter of interest to the older members of the Alumni, we
publish the program of the first annual Commencement of
the Shippensburg Normal School. It was held on Friday
morning, July 3rd, 1874, commencing at 9 o’clock. This was
the program :

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SO N G
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O R A T IO N — The Leader,.........................................................J- MooRB
O R A T IO N — The Price o f Success,...............................
S . W . W i Tm a n
E S S A Y —Education and Personal Worth,.......................... A d a K e r s h a w
O R A T IO N —Genius and Culture in the Orator,.................... J. H. B o y e r
O R A T IO N — Will Power.........................................................J- A - G oo d h a rt
E S S A Y — Woman's Work and Education,.................... L iz z ie A . S to u g h

MUSIC :
......................... -............................ Miss E l iz a b e t h B a b b it t
O R A T IO N — Learning and Life-W ork,......................... W . A . A l e x a n d e r
ESSAY — The Crowd and the Cloister,.......................... E s t e l l e J. Co n r a d
OJiKTlOlNsLlntellectual Power............................................. ...
M aust
O R A T IO N — A Future Reputation,............................S a m u e l B e it z BL, J r .
ESSAY — Eyes That See Not................ . . . . . . ............L id a J. R e il l y
O R A T IO N —Self-ReUancf^k^,...... ................................ s - B - M cCl e l l a n d
SONG

MUSIC :
C H O R U S ,........ ....................................................................................... G l e e C lub
E S S A Y — Beckoning Ideals...... ....................................... - .............M a y U h l e r
O Y A T lO S^ T ea ch in g Power,....................................................W oodal
E S S A Y — Will You Pitch a Tent or Build a H o u s e ? . E . S t e w a r t
O R A T IO N — Originality ................................... ................. ....J o h n C. S h a r p e
O R A T IO N — Freehand Drawing, ........................................ ..Jos. F. B a rto n

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M U S IC :
S O N G ,.................................................... ................... M iss E l iz a b e t h B a bb it t
ESSAT|pl:7'fe Golden A g e o f E nglish L itera tu rej...QKR&iB, W . H a r p e r
O R A T IO N — G enius...........................................................................T . b , Noss
E S S A Y —H eaven's Poetry .....................
.... A m a n d a M o r g a n
O R A T IO N — O ur Country, ..................................................... W m . P. H u gh es
E S S A Y — The S ilen t S id e, ................................................. M a g g ie E . B ish op
O R A T IO N — Unfinished Work,................................................. S. B. S h e a r e r
M U SIC :
CH O RU S, .................................................... .......................................... Gl,EE C eub
B A C C A L A U R E A T E A D D R E S S ..................................... B y t h e P r in c ip a l
C O N F E R R IN G D E G R E E S.
M U S IC , .......................................................................................... O r ig in a l H y m n
T u n e — Old Hundred.

Oh, LordI assist us while we raise
To Thee, a grateful song of praise,
Thy goodness crowns this closing year,
With fruits of labor garnered here.
Our gifts and graces now, in youth,
We dedicate to God and truth,
Ourselves, a living offering,
Accept the sacrifice we bring.
Thy guardian favor, Father, give,
And teach us, Savior, how to live,
O, Spirit, lead in light and love,
To realms of bliss, in heaven above.

©bituarp.

prof. jSOtoiri IbowatO JBugbee, Diet» January 16,1890.
T is with the deepest sorrow that we inform the Alumni of the
untimely death of Prof. Bugbee, who was a member of the
faculty from 1885 until 1892. He was ill for several weeks
with the grip and complications resulting therefrom. It was
known that his illness was serious, but hopes were entertained for
his ultimate recovery, so his sudden death was a shock to the com­
munity in which he was living and to all his friends. The last six
years of his life were spent in Port Jervis, N. Y ., where he was
Principal of an Academy.
Prof. Bugbee was born December 11, 1856, in Canton, St.
Lawrence cotmty, N. Y . He graduated from St.-Dawrfence tJfci-

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versity in 1876, and took post-graduate courses in Cornell and
Columbia Universities. He taught in several towns in New York
before he came to Shippensburg. In 1892 he went to Baldwinsville, N. Y ., to take charge of a public school. One year later
he went to Port Jervis.
He was married January 14, 1885, in Lawrence, Mass., to
Miss Bmma A . Bugbee of that place. His wife and three chil­
dren survive him, also a brother, Dr. Percy Bugbee, Principal of
the Oneonta Normal School in New York state, and two sisters.
The classes that were graduated from the Normal during the
time that Prof. Bugbee was teacher of Mathematics will learn of
his death with saddened hearts. He endeared himself to all the
students and many of the Alumni can testify to his excellent
qualities of mind and heart. He was a man of broad education
but excelled particularly in Mathematics and Natural Science.
Not only was he a wonderful scholar, however, but a man of noble
Christian character. Truly a good man has passed away.
The H e r a l d extends most sincere sympathy to the bereaved
family.

J»i06 auce t)agcr/9S, 2>ied January 4,1899.
In the last issue of the H e r a l d we reported with regret the
serious illness of Miss Hager. Now it is our painful duty to tell
you of her death, which occurred at her home in Clay Hill, Frank­
lin county.
Miss Hager’s death was the result of the gradual enlargement
of the jaw bone, and she was in great agony during the last weeks
of her life. It had been known for some time before that there
was no chance of saving her life, for leading specialists in Bal­
timore and New York had refused to operate.
Last fall Miss Hager began her first year in the profession
of teaching, but death took her away at the very beginning of
her life’s work. The hearts of her many friends at Normal went
out to her in loving sympathy during her sickness, and now her
loss is keenly felt, for it seems so short a time since she was a
happy student in our midst.
The H e r a l d sympathizes most sincerely with the bereaved
family and friends.

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p ersonals.
ISS M AE SH E ETS, ’96, has been appointed to a position
as instructress in the Soldiers’ Orphan School at Chester
Springs, Pa. She has resigned her school at Webster Mills,
Fulton county.
Mr. John F. Deardorff, ’93, who has been a substitute railway
postal-clerk has been put on the regular list and vrill run between
New York and Pittsburg. Mr. Deardorff’s average in examination
was a fraction less than one hundred per cent.
Miss Eou Buhrman, ’90, is taking the Library course at Drexel
Institute, Philadelphia.
Mr. C. M. Best, ’94, will graduate from Lafayette College this
spring. He has been elected Presenter by his class.
Mr. A . A . Miller, ’94, has been elected to teach the Grammar
School in Greencastle, Pa. Miss Edith Strite, ’98, succeeds Mr.
Miller in Antrim township.
Mr. C. H. Shull, ’97, is studying law with McPherson &
McPherson, Gettysburg, Pa. He passed a very creditable prelim­
inary examination.
Rev. L-B. Hafer, ’93, has resigned his pastorate at Fort Wash­
ington, Pa., and accepted a call to the Lutheran church at Friesburg, N. J., one of the largest congregations in the East Pennsyl­
vania Synod.
Mr. J. Huston McCullough, ’97, of Middle Spring, Pa., came
home from the West early in March. He had been away from
home for about a year but the last three months were spent in a
hospital at Brainerd, Minnesota, where he underwent a dangerous
operation for appendicitis and was in a critical condition for a long
time. This illness compelled him to give up his work in the West.
His friends among the Alumni will be glad to know that he is
rapidly recovering.
Mr.'Samuel Hetrick, ’90, is very successful in his practice of
law in Philadelphia.
Miss Sallie Dutt, ’75, is teaching at Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Mr. J. S. Moul, ’86, is engaged in the hardware business in
Hanover, Pa. Prof. J. T . Nace, ’86, is in charge of the Gram­
mar school in the same town.

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Mr. A . C. Donnelly, ’93, is now at Kokomo, Indiana.
Miss Sara Stephens, ’91, is teaching at Broomall, Pa.
Mr. John McAllister, ’91, is a mail agent on the P. R. R.
Miss Minnie Lodge, ’96, is a teacher at Morrisdale Mines, Pa.
Miss Bessie Landis, ’93, is a senior at Lebanon Valley Col­
lege.
Mr. James Mackey, ’91, has left Philadelphia where he had a
position in the P. R. R. offices and has gone to Denver, Col., to
take a similar position.
Mr. Harper Sibbett, ’94, is at Manila as a member of the 1st
Tennessee Regiment.
Miss Pauline Wisotzki, ’96, is taking a course in the Presby­
terian Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., preparatory to becoming a
trained nurse.
Mr. W . A . De Lap, ’98, has a position with the R. L. Myers pub­
lication office in Harrisburg, but expects soon to secure a place by
civil service appointment.
Mr. Melvin J. Cook, ’94, is a member of the faculty at Perkiomen Seminary, Pennsburg, Pa.
Miss Gay H. Renshaw, ’97, is a teacher of music in a Blind
Asylum, 63d St. and Lancaster Ave., Philadelphia.
Mr. G. L- Omwake, ’93, recently was awarded a valuable
prize at the Yale Divinity School.
Mr. Ward F. Sprenkle, ’87, is now an instructor in the medi­
cal school of the University of Pennsylvania.
Miss Rose McKinnie, ’93, is teaching near Berwyn, Pa.
Mr. J. M. Hoover, ’91, was promoted this year to the First
Grammar grade at Chambersburg, Pa.
Miss Fannie Gable, ’96, who was a substitute in the Chambers­
burg schools last year, has been promoted to a regular position in
charge of a Primary grade.
Miss Sue Walters, ’91, has just finished a term’s teaching at
Metal, Franklin county.
Mr. C. E. Plasterer, ’93, has charge of a school in Shippensburg township.
Miss Alcesta Sellers, ’96, is teaching at Ft. Loudon, Pa.

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flDarriages.
A S K E L L — N E E L Y .— December i, 1898, at Carlisle, Pa.,
by Rev. H. B. Wile, Mr. Earl F. Haskell, of Uriah, Cum­
berland county, to Miss Mary E. Neely, ’96.
L it t l e — M c M a t h .— January 25, 1899, Mr. Oscar H. Little,
’93, of Concord, Franklin county, to Miss Alva McMath, of
Blairs Mills.
P e t e r s — M y e r s .— January 10, 1899, at York Springs, by
Rev. L. M. Gardner, Chas. H. Peters of Menallen township,
Adams county, to Miss Jennie E. Myers, ’94.
B r in k e r h o f f — M e r e d it h .— March 9, 1899, at Cleversburg,
Pa., Mr. Geo. E. Brinkerhoff of Leesburg to Miss Mary Meredith,
’96.
W e a s t — M c C a e e b .— A t Newville, Pa., March 21, 1899, Mr.
Ervin Horace Weast to Miss Anna May McCaleb, ’96.
K it c h — W il so n .— March 16, 1899, at Carlisle, Pa., Mr. Wm.
P. Kitch of Balfour, Pa., to Miss Artelia L. Wilson, ’95.
S t e p h e n s — D o u g l a s .— Mr. James Stephens, ’92, of Plainfield, Ind., to Miss Mary Douglas of Cannonsburg, Pa., Dec. 1,
1898, by Rev. Smiley of Cannonsburg,

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Xocals.
H E Winter Term came to a close at noon, March 23rd.
The Spring Term opened March 27th with a large increase
in the number of students. The short vacation between terms
was spent by a majority of the students at their homes but a great
many remained at the Normal.
The sociables held during the Winter Term were special
features of Normal life during that period and served to very
pleasantly enliven the somewhat monotonous winter months.
Sociables are held at the school every three weeks and each is in
charge of a committee composed of members of the faculty. The
first sociable of the Winter Term was in charge of Miss McBride,
Miss Mather, Prof. Eckels and Prof. Snyder. Two-minute con­
versations were indulged in first, then a potato race was held. In
this each of the contestants represented one of the prominent
candidates in the senatorial contest at Harrisburg. Two contests
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zell’s colors was a winner. Might this prove to be a correct proph­
ecy? A Floral Love Story was also an interesting feature.
The remainder of the evening was spent in singing college songs
and in pleasant social intercourse.
The next sociable was in charge of Miss Lamb, Miss Horton,
Prof. Barton and Prof. Roth. The evening’s entertainment con­
sisted of a “ bean hunt,” an exhibition of the wonderful “ humaniphone’ ’ and charades. The humaniphone is made by drawing
upon a sheet stretched over a frame a representation of the dia­
tonic scale. In place of the rounded portion of the notes holes
are made in the sheet and a human face appears in each. The
‘ 1Professor’ ’ then tunes up his instrument by having the living
notes sing the scale, after which he entertains the audience with
various selections, classical and otherwise.
Miss Clark, Miss Fitch, Dr. Barton and Prof. Bieber were the
committee for the last sociable of the term. The “ Magic Mir­
ror ” was presented. A young man wishes to take unto himself a
wife and for his benefit many different kinds of maidens are made
to pass over the face of the magic mirror. There is the summer
girl, the winter girl, the society girl, the college girl, the mannish
girl, the domestic girl and so on. The young man chooses the
society girl. Ten years later, having lost his first wife, he ap­
pears again in search of a mate. The same procession is made to
pass over the mirror. This time the young man chooses the
housekeeper, the domestic maiden. The moral is obvious.
Dr. Barton then gave a number of lantern views. Many of
these were of the Gettysburg battle-field. The evening ended with
refreshments, which came in the shape of a treat from the young
men of the school to the young ladies.
Mr. Ben E. Hedding, a student at the Normal in ’91-2, will
graduate this year from the University of Pennsylvania Medical
School. Many of our readers will remember with pleasure Mr.
Hedding’s beautiful bass voice. He is now one of the leading
members of the University Glee Club.
Mr. W ill Brenneman, a former student, recently graduated from
the Jefferson Medical School and is practicing at Saxton, Pa.
We learn that Mr. Brenneman has joined the ranks of the Bene­
dicts.
Several weeks ago a lecture was given in behalf of the Athletic
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subject of the lecture was “ Explosives from my old Knapsack.”
The speaker reviewed many of the incidents of the Civil War and
told some interesting anecdotes.
Many of the students attended the concert given in the opera
house in February by the Glee and Mandolin Clubs of Gettysburg
College. A very enjoyable program was rendered. The college
boys visited our school the next day and we understand were very
much pleased with what they saw.
Capt. Silas A . Wolf, at one time a student of the school, sailed
for Manila with his regiment, the 4th U. S. Infantry, on the 17th
of January.
Master Joseph Cline, of Leesburg, who formerly attended our
Model school, is now a page in the House of Representatives at
Harrisburg.
Mr. W . H. Sprenkel, a former student, who has since grad­
uated from Gettysburg College, was recently elected to the faculty
of the Lock Haven Normal School.
On Saturday evening, March 18th, a Musical and Literary Re­
cital was given in the chapel by the private students of Miss
Fitch and Miss Barnum. This was one of the best entertainments
of the kind that has ever been given at the school. Every part
of the program was thoroughly enjoyable. By special request,
Mr. Herbert L. Barnum, of Potsdam, N. Y ., the father of Miss
Barnum, who has charge of the musical department, sang a bass
solo. He was compelled to respond to an enthusiastic encore.
The program was as follows :
READING—Lilly Servosse’s Ride,................................................Tourgee
M iss M a r y W ib r m a n .

PIANO SOLO—Nocturne,........................................................ Wachtmaun
M r . G orgas B a sh o r b .

DECLAMATION—Spartacus to the Roman Envoys,................ Sargent
M r . L b sw e Z en tz.

DUET—“ I Live and Love Thee,” .................

Campana

M iss L e r c h , M r . D e t w e ie e b .

READING—Sunday Thieves,.................................................. Trowbridge
M iss E d n a H a v e r s t ic k .

SONG— For all Eternity,.......................................................... Mascherom
M iss B essie L e r c h .

DECLAMATION—The Gladiator,...........................................
M r . G u y Z im m e r m a n .

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PIANO SOLO^Eantasie,.................................................... Sydney Smith

Miss N e l l ie

N ic k e e s .

READING—Brier Rose.....................................................................Boysen

Miss

M a r y S choch .

Rev. S. S. Wylie, a member of the Board of Trustees, has se­
cured leave of absence from his pastorate at Middle Spring and is
now on a trip to Egypt and Palestine. Very interesting accounts
of Mr. W ylie’s trip are appearing from time to time in the Shippensburg Chronicle.
The death of Mr. Rufus S. Nolt of Hinkletown, Pa., a former
student, occurred on the n th of January. The death was caused
by pneumonia, after only a few days illness.
Mr. J. B. Reddig of Shippensburg, a member of the Board of
Trustees, died March 31st. Mr. Reddig was a man who had the
respect and confidence of all who knew him. His death will be
a great loss to the town, to the school and to the Lutheran
Church, of which he was an active member.
Prof. C. E. Fleck of New Kingston, Pa., a graduate of Get­
tysburg College in the Class of ’98, has been elected to the
Faculty. Miss Ida B. Quigley of Shippensburg, who has taught
several Spring Terms in the School, is also on the teaching force
for this Spring.
The old baseball diamond on the Himes field was spoiled
when the school purchased the plot of ground on which the heat­
ing plant is being erected. A new diamond, however, is being
scraped and gotten into playing condition, so that the field will
soon be in shape for the preliminary practice of the baseball
team. The outlook for a good team is quite promising. It is
expected that Prof. Bieber will be the regular pitcher. Mr. J. D.
Kell, who caught two years ago, and Mr. Robert Cline, last year’s
catcher, are both in school. Other promising candidates are Carl,
Gettel, Rice, Eckels, Niple, Chubb, Drawbaugh, Henry, and
Crook. Prof. Bieber has been elected captain.
<5^
Ube Christian association s.
M

RS. N E L L IE LO W R Y, state secretary of the Y . W . C. A .,
J V. visited the Association during the last part of the Winter
Term. She was especially welcome, for our members re­
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unfortunate for the association work in the colleges that a change
in the state secretaryship has been necessary almost every year, so
that we have not had two visits from the same state worker since
Miss Dunn left the field. We trust that Mrs. Dowry may return
to us many times, for her charming personality, her tact and cul­
ture, added to a deep spiritual interest in the individual girls, make
her a power for good among those with whom she comes in con­
tact.
During the latter part of the Winter Term prayer-meetings
were held under the auspices of the Y . M. C. A . each evening in
the students’ rooms. These services were largely attended and a
number of students took a stand for Christ.
The place for holding the Sunday evening meetings of the Y .
W . C. A . has been changed from the Chapel to the Reading Room.
The members are quite satisfied with the new quarters, but will
probably have to return to the Chapel on account of the increase
in attendance during the Spring Term. The membership commit­
tee has been quietly at work among the new students and in con­
sequence a large number have joined the association.
A number of the members of the Y . M. C. A . have recently at­
tended some of the meetings of the town association.
The regular devotional meetings of the Men’s association are
usually well attended. In our Christian living it is necessary that
we help one another. The students seem to realize that one of the
greatest aids to such living at Normal is the devotional meeting.
The following officers were elected by the Y . W. C. A . for the
coming year: President, Gertrude Hoke of McConnellsburg, Pa.;
Vice President, Ellen Blessley of Hogestown; Secretary, Nelle
Nipple of Miffiintown; Corresponding Secretary, Mary Cunning­
ham of Fairfield; Treasurer, Phaniah Stephens of Rockey. An in­
stallation service was held, at the close of which the old officers
retired and the new ones took charge. The addresses by the re­
tiring president, Ella Shearer.of Mt. Holly Springs, and by the pres­
ident-elect/ were most impressive. Miss Shearer has made a most
efficient president and the Association has grown stronger in every
way during her administration.
The Y . M. C. A . will elect new officers in a few weeks. They
will take charge of the work June ist.
During the week of prayer for colleges last fall considerable
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series of 9 o’clock meetings which were held in the girls’ rooms.
As a direct result of these little meetings several girls were led to
profess Christ.
The Bible Class will soon be examined in “ The Normal Les­
sons.” After finishing this, the class contemplates taking up
Sallmon’s “ Life of Christ” or McConaughy’s ‘ ‘ Christ Among
Men.”
The annual reception to the new students will be given in a
short time by the members of the Y . M. C. A ., and Y . W. C. A.
These receptions in the past have been regular gala affairs and
this one will be no exception. A committee from each association
will have the affair in charge and no pains will be spared to make
it a brilliant social success.

Ube Societies.
PHILO.
(Reported b y J. E. K l e p p k r , ’99.)

/ ■ VHE close of the school year is approaching; we have made
the last turn and are advancing rapidly toward the goal.
Only a few more meetings before Philo’s Seniors of ’99
must part. Then we too will become part of the Alumni and,
like you, wearers of the blue who have gone before, will wait
patiently for the H e r a l d to learn of the success of Philo and our
Alma Mater.
We Philos, looking back over the term that has passed, wish
that we might again have the opportunity of attending the same
meetings, whether we took an active part or not. The programs
were such that it gave us great pleasure to be silent listeners.
Then again, our Juniors by their willingness to work and the aid
which they gave did much to make Philo’s weekly literary enter­
tainments very enjoyable and instructive. We are not behind the
age but, like the ‘ ‘ big fish ” at Washington, debate on the great
questions of the day, such as, “ Resolved that the Philippines
should be annexed to the United States,” “ Resolved that the
Regular Army should be increased.”
Old Philos are always received with a warm handshake, and
we listen to their speeches with delight. On the 10th of March,
Mr. J. O. Brown, ’97, a teacher of Steelton, Pa., was with us and
made an entertaining speech.

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PMlo was very active at the beginning of this term in securing
new members. The result is that there are many new students
wearing the blue. Philo held her first meeting of the Spring
Term in the large chapel. Her friends in attendance were not
disappointed, for we had a very good program and the different
parts were excellently rendered. The play entitled, “ That Ras­
cal Pat,” was a special feature of the program and was well re­
ceived by the audience.
The Philo Reunion will be held May 19th. A t this time the
Philo Review, our annual, will make its appearance. Mr. Zentz,
editor-in-chief, and his assistants have worked with untiring
energy to make the paper a success. It will in no way be infe­
rior to any of its predecessors. It is always the aim of the editor
to make the Review the best ever published. Every wearer of the
blue should have a ’99 Review. Members of the Alumni, we
solicit your patronage. The Philo seniors of ’99 look forward to
the reunion as a happy event. The occasion will be especially so,
since the services of Col. E. F. Copeland, of Harrisburg, Pa., have
been secured for that night. Mr. Copeland comes to us highly
recommended. Those who have had the privilege of hearing him
cannot say too much in praise of his lectures. Philo congratulates
Mr. Reed, our Business Manager, for having secured the services
of such a man. He has also engaged the Mandolin club of Kee
Mar College, Hagerstown, Md. We are anticipating a great
musical treat on this occasion.
NORMAL.
(Reported by C. E. D e t w e i l e r , ’99.;

Another post is passed, and we are on the home-stretch. The
Winter Term has been a successful term for the Normal Society.
This success was mainly due to the interest manifested by the
members, and the able manner in which the programs were car­
ried out. Normal Society still supports its standard, “ Science,
Virtue and Friendship.’?; ■
A play entitled, “ A Social Outcast,” was given by members
of the society on the evening of April 7th. The play was well
received by the large and attentive audience.
Among the former members of the society who visited us dur­
ing the past term were Mr. W. H. Baish, ’97, and Mr. I. A.
Weisner, ’96. Mr. Weisner very ably recited before the society.

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The outlook for the Spring Term is very encouraging. Many
new members have enlisted under the banner of the white and
more are expected.
Mr. C. S. Forry of Spring Forge, York county, will preside
over the society during the month of April and Miss Ella Smyser
of Dillsburg,-Pa., will act as secretary.
We take pleasure in announcing in this issue of the H e r a l d
the marriage of Dr. H. M. Smiley, ’93, a former member of our
society to Miss Mary McClure. They will make their home at
Landisburg, Pa., where Mr. Smiley is practicing medicine.
The glee club is in a flourishing condition, and it is with feel­
ings of regret that we step aside for the newly formed Junior glee
club.
The Anniversary of our society will be held on Friday eve­
ning, April 2xst. Mr. W. N. Decker, ’95, of Macungie, Pa.,
will preside. Miss Nellie R. Hayes, ’93, of Shippensburg, will be
the secretary. Miss B. Blayne Herring, Elocutionist at Irving
College, Mechanicsburg, Pa., will appear in Readings, Character,
Sketches and Delsartean Pantomime supported by Mr. Walter
Shultz, Violinist, of N. Y . City, and Miss Edna Herring, Pianist,
of Irving College.

Clippings.

Ube Song of Gbe ©gnamo.
With'a hum—hum—hum—hum!
And a long rattling tone like the roll of a drum,
And a zoom—zoom—zoom—zoom !
As I charge full of ozone the dynamo room,
While the workmen move ’round in their denim and jeans,
With oil-can in hand, to feed the machines
As they rattle and roar to the tune of my song,
And respond to the main-shaft, shining and long.
There’s a booming deep bass in the song that I sing,
And a treble, a gnat-like, melodious zing !
And a buzz—buzz, like a myriad beesy-^H
Cantata electric in six minor keys.
So I hum—hum—hum—hum !
While men in my presence stand awe-struck and dumb.
The wife of the foreman is buxom and fair,
And one day I sang her a rollicking air.

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THE NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD.
I whirred and I buzzed an indefinite while,
Till at last I succeeded in gaining- a smile.
And she spoke of my brass-work, admiring my steel,
And watching the belt that embraces my wheel.
Then in triumph I sang till the foreman looked glum,
With my soul-searching boom and my amorous hum.
So I sing and I sing, from morning till night,
If the weather be dull or the weather be bright.
I charm and bewitch till the senses grow numb
With my droning, monotonous, musical hum.
The Amherst Lit.

man's little 1bere JBelow.
A little glade,
A little shade,
A little dear and dimpled maid.
A little brook,
A little book,
A little fishing line and hook.
A little hand,
A little band,
A little pledge—you understand.
A little “ splice,”
A little rice,
A little glimpse of paradise.
Vox Wesleyana.

ßucknell

JOHN HOWARD HARRIS,
President.
College for men and women with over one
hundred courses of study. Academy
prepares thoroughly, for college.and the
best scientific schools. Ladies’ Institute
with graduating courses and school of
music. For catalogue write
WM. C. CRETZINGER, Registrar,
Lewisburg-, Pa.