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Influence.................................... 1
A Scheme That Failed.............. 1
The Place o f George Eliot........ 6
The Class of ’88.......................... 9
Marriages.................
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Editorial...................................... 14
Football....................................... 16

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Personals....................................
Locals..........................................
The Christian Associations......
Normal Literary Society..........
Philo Literary Society..............
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No. 2

Influence.
A beautiful lily grows hidden away
In a wood where men’s steps seldom stray ;
An artist perchance comes and paints the sweet flower,
E o ! it blesses the world from that hour.
—’91.

H Scheme that tfailefc.
W A S the night before— no, not Christmas, but the mid­
year examinations ; the place, a third-floor room in the
dormitory of Linburn College, situate in a small town of
the same name in the state of — well, say Illinois.
The room was furnished after the usual manner of college
rooms. There was the customary sofa with its gaudy array of
cushions, the little book-case with great gaps in the ranks of the
book-army, the study-table supporting a student-lamp and a con­
fused mass of books— deserters from the forces in the book-case—
pipes, papers, tobacco-pouches, letter-writing materials, et cetera.
The walls were hung with posters, tennis rackets, an old baseball
bat that had won a game against Dover, Linburn’s greatest rival
in sport, two seasons before, and the trophies of many a night’s
maraudings in the village and the surrounding country. Then
there was the usual picture-mat containing the photos of all the
collegian’s girl friends at his home and in Linburn.
In such a room, on this night before the first of the two great
tests of the year, sat the two owners of the room. Owners they
called themselves and right dearly they had paid for their domi­
cile, for the students at Linburn always bought their rooms from

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the former occupants. During Commencement week entrance
examinations were held and many of the applicants secured their
rooms for the next term at this time. And what a speculating
there w as! Each Senior tried' to see how badly he could “ bunco”
some verdant Freshman-to-be. Rooms and furniture were sold
together but a purely imaginary and ever increasing value was
put upon the ownership of the room. Besides the price placed on
the room by the former occupant the student paid a good rent to
the college authorities. How the custom of buying the title of
owner started and what the originators of the scheme paid for the
original title was not known. No one objected however. Each
man waited patiently for his turn to “ stick ” a would-be col­
legian and turn a few honest dollars in the operation.
The owners of this particular room, which was 28 Middle,
may be introduced to the reader as Henry Rogers, who sits at the
table poring over his books, and W ill Keener— that’s he lolling
on the sofa and pulling furiously on a meerschaum pipe. A ll
through the building unusual quiet reigned. (It is remarkable
how studious even the biggest ‘ ‘ sports ’ ’ in college become the
night before a term examination.) Will-Bhe was familiarly
known as “ Senny ” because his father was state senator from the
district in which Linburn was situated— was restless. He paced
the room for a while, then went to the window and shouted to
some of his boon companions in adjoining and even somewhat
remote rooms. But no answers were returned.
“ Everybody’s digging but me,” said Senny in a somewhat
remorseful tone.
“ Y o u ’d better be at it too, my boy,” said Henry, “ or you’ll
have a lot of make-ups.”
“ Oh Hen, you old grin d !” growled easy-going Senny and
then meditatively, “ I believe I could catch up with everything
if I worked all night. And by Jove, Hen old boy, I ’ll do it.”
With a triumphant air he seized a book and began to “ cram”
with all his might. Suddenly a dejected look came over his face.
“ I t’s no use, Hen, I forgot about Trig. I can get everything
else but I can’t do anything with that. It’s too bad. I wanted
to play baseball in the Spring too and here I ’ll be cooped up
with all that stuff to make up.”
“ You go on with your other work and we’ll fix up some
scheme for the Trigonometry,’’ Henry returned.

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Henry, you see, was a wise Senior while Senny was only a
Freshman. Seniors and Freshmen do not usually room together
at college but this was one of the peculiar effects of the system of
buying rooms that was in vogue at Linburn.
“ Well you’re pretty keen, I know, but how it’s to be done I
don’t see.’gH
Henry was plodding away at his International Faw and did
not deign to reply. A t which Senny returned to his books but
still with a dubious air.
After a while the Senior closed his book and sat in his chair
seemingly dozing. But now his face lighted up and he exclaimed:
“ I have it, Freshie, I have it.’ ’
“ Have what?” asked the Freshman, who was almost asleep
over his Fa tin.
“ Why the scheme, you blockhead.”
(Seniors are not always polite in addressing Freshmen.) Senny
was now wide awake and expectant, for he knew Henry Rogers’
reputation as a schemer.
“ Doc Nickerson still holds his exams in his own room ?”
queried Henry very coolly as he lighted a pipe of tobacco.
“ Y es,” answered Senny, eager for the scheme.
“ And that’s on the first floor—
“ Yes, yes, go on.’j§g|;
Senny saw baseball glory looming up ahead.
“ Don’t be in a rush, youngster. It takes time to think out
these schemes. ’ ’
“ But I thought you had it all pat,” sighed Senny.
“ And so I have. When you take your list of questions from
Doc’s desk, be sure you get an extra one, then walk back to your
chair and raise one of the windows— pretend that the room’s too
hot, you know. While you are raising the window, drop your
extra list out and I ’ll be there to get it. Do you see, Senny, my
boy?”
“ Ye-e-s,’’ answered Senny, but he was not quite sure that he
did.
“ I ’ll work those questions in a jiffy— Mathematics is my
hobby, you know— and get the answers to you somehow. You
leave that part to me.”
Having thus disclosed his plan as far as he saw fit, Henry
finished his pipe and retired for the night. Senny pored over his

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books until the early hours of the morning and then caught a lit­
tle sleep on the sofa. On his way to chapel, he was thinking
hard about “ the scheme.”
“ If it was Doctor Harvey,” he soliloquized, ‘ ‘ it wouldn’t
work at all, I ’m sure, but Doc Nickerson is such an innocent old
soul—well, I ’ll. hope for the best.”
The Trigonometry examination came at nine o’clock. Senny
filed in with his classmates and grasped, not two but, in his anx­
iety, a half dozen question-lists from the pile on the Doctor’s desk.
Dr. Nickerson was sitting behind his desk smiling blandly at his
boys. He liked examinations and could afford to smile.
Senny marched back to his accustomed chair and sat down
very quietly. In a few moments he jumped up and passing to a
window raised it a few inches, at the same time innocently allow­
ing several of the lists to drop to the ground below.
“ Shut that window, you bloke. Do you want to freeze us? ”
hoarsely whispered a fellow sitting near.
A t this the Professor looked up with a mildly inquiring glance
and Senny hastily closed the window and returned to his chair.
For the next thirty minutes Senny figured nervously on scraps
of paper, apparently intent on solving the problems before him
but really wondering how Henry was going to get those answers
to him. The minutes slowly passing by seemed whole hours to
him and he was growing anxious.
‘ ‘ If Hen fails me, I ’m gone,” thought poor Senny. He
glanced at the questions for the first time. ‘ ‘ Why I don’t have
the least idea of how to do a single one of these. ’ ’
Just then there was a sharp rap on the door and Senny nearly
jumped from his seat. The Professor opened the door and there
stood Henry Rogers, smiling, with a letter in his hand. In a
voice which could be heard by every boy in the room, he said,
“ Doctor Nickerson, here’s a letter for Keener, my chum. I t’s
marked important and I thought he’d better have it at once.”
Dr. Nickerson looked at the envelope a moment quizzically.
He saw that the letter was postmarked Linburn and that, as
Rogers said, it was marked with the word “ important.” A closer
observer might have been suspicious, but the old Doctor had out­
grown any disposition of this kind that he may ever have had.
He only said, ‘ ‘A ll right, Rogers,” and closed the door on the
smiling Henry.

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Senny was diligently working when the Doctor handed him
the letter and he looked up with affected surprise. As the old
man moved away, Senny opened the envelope and found the
problems all neatly solved on a sheet of paper carefully concealed
among the sheets of a letter that he remembered he had left lying
in his room.
“ Well, wasn’t he keen?” chuckled Senny to himself. “ He
fixed this letter up, mailed it himself, immediately got it out of
our lock-box and delivered it here, in half an hour. There’s
nothing the matter with Hen Rogers, I tell you.”
Everything was now easy. As the Professor came down the
aisle toward his chair, Senny put the letter into his pocket, deftly
slipping the paper with the solutions among the papers on which
he had been pretending to figure.
“ Your letter is not so very important? ” smilingly queried Dr.
Nickerson.
“ Oh it c a n w ait,” replied Senny, and he began to work in­
dustriously.
The Professor moved on and Senny soon had the solutions
to the problems neatly transferred and ready to be handed in.
However he was sharp enough not to hand in his paper just
yet. In fact he remained until the full two hours were up, al­
though it seemed an eternity to him before the clock in the tower
shook the building with eleven ponderous strokes.
Finally passing out of the class-room he ran from the recita­
tion hall to the dormitory, up the stairs three steps at a time to
his own room and grabbing Henry hugged him in a delirium of
joy.
“ Oh you keen old fo x ,’” he shouted, “ I ’ll shine your shoes
all next term for this.”
■
That’s all right, youngster,” said Henry, extricating him­
self from the embrace of his enthusiastic chum.
” I hate to fool the old Doc this w ay,” remarked Senny after
he had quieted down somewhat, “ but father intends me to go into
business and what earthly use will Trigonometry be to a mer­
chant.” '
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As Senny Keener was passing Dr. Nickerson’s house on the
campus that evening on his way to his boarding-house, the little
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“ Keener,She called; ‘ ‘ Keener, come here a minute.”
‘ ‘ This is unusual,” thought Senny, and he felt rather queer
as the Doctor ushered him into his cozy study.
‘ ‘ Keener, ’ ’ said he, clearing his throat, ‘ ‘ your little scheme
has failed. Read th is./ fi
He handed Senny a little scrap of paper. The boy blushed
furiously as he read:
‘ ‘ Isn’t this a good joke on the old Doc? I ’ll bet a house and
lot he’ll never suspect a thing. Have enough sense, Senny, to
leave one or two problems unworked.”
When he finished reading, Senny could not look at the kindly
old man, who sat with a half-smile on his face.
M i l ’ll spare you the mortification of confessing, Keener. I
think I know ail about it. Y o u ’d better not try this again. I t’s
risky. You may tell Rogers that he will be cut twenty-five, and
as for you, KeenerSyou will Come to my house every night at
eight o’clock until you know enough about Trigonometry to pass
an examination fairly. You may go, my boy.||H
Keener never knew how he got Cut of the Professor’s house.
Once outside he sped up to his room. Henry was there just ready
to go up town for supper.
11 H en,” said Senny dolefully, “ kick me, will you? Kick me
good and hard.?b
“ Why, what for, Freshie?” asked Henry in surprise.
“ You remember that little note you put in the letter this
morning. Well I never saw it and somehow it dropped on the
floor and Doc picked it up. I ’ve just come from Doc’s and you
get cut twenty-five. Now will you kick me? ”|||
The Senior fell to with a will.
— G eo rg s h . E ckees,

’91.

Zhc place of (Beorge Eliot.
SH ORT time ago one of the literary magazines contained
an articlejf!“ The Passing of George Eliot,” from the pen
of the Professor of Eiterature in a prominent eastern col­
lege. The following is an extract from the article in question:
“ It is, at first thought, remarkable that so little should be heard
of her (George Eliot’s) writings at the present time, but after all
there is nothing strange about it. She had her day— there is little

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in her work that entitles her to a place among the literary immor­
tals. Her stories are deficient in thought and lack artistic finish.
She is too prosy, too much given to preaching to please the lover
either of romance or of realism, while her religious views and her
tendency to introduce into her books characters who have lapsed
from virtue have long ago alienated those who rigidly^ apply the
ethical test to every literary production.”
The reputation of the author of this attack is sufficient to se­
cure him a respectful hearing, but it is not sufficient to secure the
acceptance of his opinions without question, especially when
much that he has written is almost a perversion of the truth.
Has George Eliot had her day ? To assume that such is the
case because, perchance, we do not hear her name mentioned so
frequently as heretofore is to apply a test that, if universally
adopted, would speedily empty the temple of the immortals. The
fact that the play of a modern French dramatist is more widely
discussed than Hamlet does not prove that Shakespeare will be
forced to resign his throne to the author of Cyrano de Bergerac.
It is undoubtedly true that the works of George Eliot are
“ deficient in plot,” if by plot is meant the unfolding of a series
of events more or less exciting until a climax is reached; but,
with the exception of Shakespeare, she is unsurpassed in her
power to portray character, to trace the development of the pas­
sions. Who has ever shown greater insight into the motives that
influence men and women. It is probable that others have sur­
passed her in artistic finish, but the public, in defiance of the crit­
ics, has forgotten them and remembered the author who never
created an impossible character or invented a single improbable
incident.
Those who cry “ Art for A rt’s sakev have criticised George
Eliot because she is ‘ 1not satisfied to let her readers glean the
moral of her story for themselves but insists upon telling them
what it is.” No one will deny that the gifted English woman
does “ preach” more than most novelists: but what preaching!
Who would not willingly sit in the pew when so great an ex­
pounder of truth and duty is in the pulpit ?
Too prosy indeed! Can any one imagine the creator of Mrs.
Poyser and Bartle Massey a ‘ ‘ prosy ’ ’ writer.
It may be that some persons do not read her works because
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is not the time nor the place to discuss her views as a private in­
dividual, but who can point to a false note in her writings ? Who
has ever paid a nobler tribute to true religion than George Eliot
pays in Adam Bede ? Who has given us a better picture of the
Florentine martyr, Savonarola, or where do we find a truer pic­
ture of ministerial life with its joys and its sorrows that in Scenes
from Clerical Life ?
Our author does treat of fallen humanity but she has not made
vice attractive. Fife is her theme and she has dealt with its
shadow as well as with its sunshine. Those who believe in one
standard of morals for both sexes will find an eloquent advocate
of their cause in George Eliot and none has ever appealed with
more tact than she.
What a lesson is to be found in her contrasts ! If there is a
‘ ‘ Hetty ” there is also a 1' Dinah ” ; a “ Tito ’ ’ is contrasted with
a “ Savonarola ” and so on throughout her works.
George Eliot has not had her day because, like the great Eliz­
abethan, she is “ not for an age but for all time.” As long as
human beings love and hate and experience joy and sorrow, so
long will they read the story of those whose lives are reflections
of their own.
Men and women may find amusement and recreation in im­
possible “ Rudolphs” and “ Flavias,” but they do not make
books that treat of these the serious reading of their lives. The
writer of the popular novel of the season wins the applause of
the public but he makes his bow and disappears among the for­
gotten. Not to these belongs the great English woman, whose
place is assured among the
“ Immortal dead who still live on
In minds made better by their presence; live
In pulses stirred to generosity :
In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars,
And with their mild persistence urge man’s search
To vaster issues.”
— E zra Leh m an ,

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Ube Class of ’88 .
W hat the Members H ave Been D oing in the Last Decade. Extracts from the
Class History Read Before the A lu m n i b y Mrs. G . H . Barnhill.

Aflf ISS M AUDE S. AD DAM S (BARD), Port Allegheny, Pa.,
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did not teach until two years after graduating. During the
winter of 1890-1 she taught the Intermediate school at
Everett, Pa., and the next year the Grammar school at Port A lle­
gheny, Pa. On November 10th, 1892, Miss Addams was married
to Mr. Carlton Bard, of Port Allegheny, and she has been living
there ever since.
Miss Emma C. Allen (Clever), Leesburg, Pa., said in reply to
my letter, “ I taught five years in succession in Southampton, my
home township, and am still teaching, but my pupil is a noisy
boy four years old, and I find frequently that he is harder to con­
trol than thirty boys belonging to some one else. I live on a
farm and can make butter as easily as I could parse a Latin verb
in ’88. I have never lost my love of a ‘trotter’ but my driving
horse is no longer old ‘Sophia’ who took me to and from school
ten years ago.”
Mr. O. M. Grammar taught in Adams county until 1892,
when he was elected Principal of the Summit Hill schools, which
position he held until his death which occurred at the Presbyte­
rian Hospital, Philadelphia, August 30, 1896. Mr. Grammar was
a progressive teacher. He found the schools at Summit H ill in
bad condition but left them flourishing, graduated two classes
and sent a number of pupils to the Shippensburg Normal. One of
the last things which he did while able to hold a pencil was to
write a list of his classmates and to express a desire to be present
at the Commencement of ’96.
Miss Viola M. Arnold (Grammar), Philadelphia, Pa., taught
one year in Delta, York county, and two in Johnstown. Then in
the fall of 1891 she was married to her classmate, Mr. O. M.
Grammar, and began housekeeping in Bendersville. Since the
death of Mr. Grammar she has lived in Philadelphia and at pres­
ent is employed in the office of the Lulh: ran Observer.
Mr. L- Harvey Hatfield after graduating taught successfully
in the schools of his native town, West Fairview, four years as
Principal. A t the time of his death, which occurred at West Fair-

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view, September 29, 1896, he was in the employ of the U. S.
Mail Service, but he had only recently left the school room.
Miss Emma L. Wierman, York Springs, Pa., has taught
eight of the ten years, three in Lancaster county and five in Adams,
her native county. She has served on several examination boards
in the county and in ’95 was appointed by the Governor a mem­
ber of the Examining Board for permanent certificates. Last June
she received a diploma for completing a four years’ Chautauqua
Course.
Miss C. Iva Smith, Bethlehem, Pa., taught a primary school in
Steelton for three years, then an intermediate school in Middletown for the same length of time. The following year she en­
tered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, and was
graduated from the Art Department of that Institution in June,
1897. During the last year she has been teaching in the Mora­
vian town of Bethlehem. I know from the excellent work that
Miss Smith did in my own town that she ranks high as a teacher
and, like her Alma Mater, has looked steadily upward.
Miss Margaret I. Overholtzer, Hampton, Pa., began teaching
in September of ’88, as an assistant in the Union School, Mt.
Joy, Pa. She held that position two years, the next year taught
a country school, and the next three years a primary school at
Strasburg, Pa. Her seventh year’s teaching was in a primary
school at Cornwall, Lebanon county. The next winter she did
not teach but spent the greater part of the time visiting in Mary­
land. In the spring of ’96 she finished the term in the primary
department of the Loysville Orphans’ Home and has not taught
since. Last summer Miss Overholtzer took a five weeks’ trip to
California, Washington State, Oregon and other parts of the West.
Mr. R. C. Spangler, Gettysburg, Pa., for two years after he
left Normal was first assistant in the High School at Wiconisco,
Dauphin county. He was then elected Principal of schools at
Delta, York county. Since then he has lived at Gettysburg and
has been engaged in teaching piano and organ and serving as
church organist, first in the Presbyterian church and now in the
College Lutheran church, where he has charge of the largest pipe
organ in the town.
Miss Minnie E. Reisner, (Marshall), Shippensburg, Pa., did
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to Dr. James B. Marshall, of Shippensburg. We all knew her
husband and were saddened when we learned of his death, which
occurred March 19, 1895. She has one child, Paul, who is a pu­
pil in the Model department of the Shippensburg Normal.
Mr. John J. Repp, the President of the class, has spent his
time since June, 1888, as follows: 1888 to 1891, he taught in the
public schools of Antrim township, Franklin county, the follow­
ing year was spent in a western trip. In ’92—3 was Principal of
the public schools of Starrucca, Wayne county, Pa. From ’93
to ’95 he again taught in Antrim township and for the last four
years has been a student in the department of veterinary medicine
of the University of Pennsylvania.
Miss E. McCune, (Weston), New York, N. Y ., was at home
in Shippensburg the greater part of the time until her marriage.
During the winter of 1889-90 she had charge of a school near
Dillsburg, York county. She was married to Mr. WalterC. Weston,
October 14, 1891, resided at the Bolton House, Harrisburg, for a
year and a half and then removed to the Colonial Hotel, York,
Pa. In the fall of ’94 she went to New York City and at present
is living at 942 Amsterdam Ave.
Mr. J. H. Morrow, Rouzerville, Pa., has been teaching ever
since his graduation. The scene of his labors as a teacher is the
same as his present address.
Miss Lacy E- Williams, Newville, Pa., writes, “ I have been
teaching every year since graduating in Schuylkill and Lacka­
wanna counties. A t present I am teaching near Scranton.
Miss Flora W . Witherow, Fairfield, Pa., has taught seven
years in the schools of Adams county. In the spring of ’93, she
assisted in a ten weeks’ Normal for teachers. She has spent
several vacations in parts of the South, visiting Maryland, V ir­
ginia and the Carolinas.
Miss Martha W. Witherow, Fairfield, Pa., has taught eight
years, seven of these in the Intermediate, school of Fairfield, her
native town. Her vacations have also been spent in the South.
Miss Hypatia B. A . E. Diller, York Springs, Pa., has spent
seven years in the school room. The first two years after gradu­
ating she taught in Adams county. She taught one year in Han­
over, York county, and another at Washington, Lancaster county.
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Miss Annie Irwin, McConnellsburg, Pa., has spent six years
in teaching, four in Lancaster and two in Fulton county. The
■ other four years were passed quietly at home. During the spring
of ’96, she took an extended western trip which she considers the
most pleasant event of her life during the past decade.
Miss Sara R. Biesecker, McKnightstown, Pa., says, “ The
four years immediately after graduating I taught in the schools
of Pottstown, Pa. On account of failing health and the illness of
a sister I remained at home the following year and was then
elected to one of the home schools, where I have been ever since
and expect to remain for at least one year more. A ll things con­
sidered, the world has used me well and I have no desire to quit
for a while yet. I ride a ‘ bike,’ and now I can think of noth­
ing else you would care to know unless it is my age and you all
know that unmarried ladies never get beyond twenty-five. ”
Miss Ada. V . Horton, Shippensburg, Pa., taught for two
years after graduating in Lancaster and Cumberland counties.
She then spent two years in the office of Mr. R. L- Myers, Har­
risburg, Pa., as typewriter. Since the spring term of ’95, Miss
Horton has occupied the position of stenographer in the Cumber­
land Valley State Normal School.
Miss Alice Light, (Hoffeditz), Lehmaster, Pa., spent her first
year teaching in her home township. The next year was spent
quietly at home but the following five years were passed in the
school room. She was married to Mr. Harry H. Hoffeditz, of
Lehmaster, Pa., October 8, 1896. Mrs. Hoffeditz was not at
Commencement, as a little daughter, Sara Cornelia, has the first
claim on her time.
Miss M. Lizzie Lott, (Boyer), Arendtsville, Pa., began teach­
ing in the schools of her native town but before the close of the
term lost her mother. The following year she did not teach on
account of home duties but kept in touch with the work by hear­
ing a class recite at home. During the winter of ’90-1 she taught
her home school, the next two years at Round Top, Pa. A t the
close of the year ’95, she was married to Mr. Boyer and since
then has resided at Arendtsville, Pa. She has a happy home and
a little daughter, Mary Lucile.
Miss Jennie M. Goodhart, (Throne), Mooredale, Pa., taught
for five years and was then married to Mr. John Throne. Since
her marriage she has been living on a farm near Mooredale.

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Miss Minnie Sipes taught several years in Altoona, Pa., and
the last year was spent in Philadelphia as an art teacher. Mr.
Chas. Hykes has taught most of the time since his graduation
and is now Principal of the Grammar school at Newburg, Pa.
Mr. W. H. Pentz is now teaching at Jaretsville, Md. Mr. Charles
T . Rice is in business at Newport, Pa.
My own life since graduating has been very commonplace,
but I have had little sorrow and much sunshine. During the
winter of ’88-9 I taught a primary school in Middletown, my
home, from ’89 to ’91 was an assistant in our High school. June
18, 1891, I was married to Mr. G. H. Barnhill and am still living
at Middletown.
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flDarriages.
RNOLD-SOUDER.— A t the Lutheran parsonage, New
Kingston, Pa., Thursday, November 24, 1898, by Rev.
H- R. Fleck, Albert A . Arnold, ’96, to Miss Cora L.
Souder.
Paul -S trohm .— A t the residence of Mr. John S. Davidson
near Kerrsville, Pa., Thursday evening, November 24, 1898, by
the Rev. Ira F. Brame, Mr. F. M. Paul, ’92, to Miss Ida May
Strolim.
P ease -B ig l e r .— A t Lemoyne, Pa., July 18, 1898, by Rev.
H. F. Lutz, Mr. W. A . M. Pease, ’96, to Miss Annie S. Bigler.
K elly -M cC l a y .— A t the bride’s home, by Rev. S. S. Wylie,
a trustee of the school, December 22, 1898, Miss Jane E. McClay, of Middle Spring, to Mr. John T. Kelly, ’90.
S h aeffer -W id d er .— December 22, 1898, Miss Berdilla
Widder to Mr. William I. Shaeffer, ’97, Huntsdale, Pa.
C ook- E arnshaw .— In the Trinity Reformed church, Gettys­
burg, Pa., Thursday, December 27, 1898, Mr. Albert S. Cook,
’89, to Miss Helen Earnshaw.
R ussell -S m ith .B-On the 27th of December, Mr. J. O. Rus­
sel, ’90, of Steelton, Pa., to Miss Annie E. Smith, of Martinsburg,
Va.
Repp -C olber T.— A t Philadelphia, Pa., January 2, 1899, Mr.
John J. Repp, ’88, to Miss Miriam Colbert.

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...THIS..,

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P u b l is h e d O c t o b e r , J a n u a r y , A p r il
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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 Y . H o r t o n , ’88, Personal Editor.

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H E R A LD thanks all its friends who have complimented
it on its new dress and hopes it may continue to please.
It wishes you a happy New Year.

he

The Editor was in conversation a short time ago with two
members of the Alumni who were not subscribers to the H e r a l d .
One of them said, “ It is pure carelessness on my part. I fully in­
tended to send in my subscription. ’ ’ The other said that the same
thing was true in his case. It is our belief that this is exactly
the reason why our subscription-list does not contain the name of
every Alumnus. The price charged for the H erald is very
small and it must surely be the natural tendency of mortals to
put off until a more convenient time that has hindered many from
sending us their subscriptions. The January H erald will reach
some of the Alumni who are not subscribers. Will you not at
once subscribe ?

Members of the class of ’88, will find sketches of the lives of
their classmates in another part of the H e r a ld . We know
where you are and what you are doing at the present time— now
please keep us informed of all your movements in the future.
In the October and January numbers will be found the “ per­
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class of ’98. With three or four exceptions, when no mention
has been made of a classmate, it simply means that he or she is
not teaching. We have made a special effort to get this informa­
tion about your class and we hope you appreciate it. In return
for this, keep us informed of every change made by any member
of the class.
Has the class of ’79 made any arrangements for celebrating
its twentieth anniversary at the coming Commencement? A re­
union should be held by all means. The class of ’89 is making
active preparations for its decennial. Don’t fall behind, ’79.
In the last issue we asked the Alumni to contribute to the
Personal Department. We believe this to be the most important
part of the paper, since the H e r a l d is the organ of the Alumni
Association. You certainly know of interesting items concern­
ing graduates of the school. Send them in.
The Shippensburg Normal has been very prosperous thus far
in the school year. The attendance has increased materially over
that of last year. We are now looking forward to the Spring Term,
which begins March 27, 1899. Every effort will be made to make
the attendance during that term the largest ever known in the his­
tory of the school. But this can not be done without the assist­
ance of the Alumni. Can’t you spare a little time for personal
work in your neighborhood ? Remember that your Alma Mater’s
prosperity will certainly enhance your chances for success in the
teaching profession.
The work necessary to prepare the new dormitory for occu­
pancy by the lady students is nearing completion. This work in­
cluded the construction of a tunnel from the heating-plant to the
main building, a distance of 591 feet, the plumbing of the Dor­
mitory building for water, steam heat and gas, and the building
of a boiler-house. The tunnel is completed, the largest part of
the plumbing has been finished, and the work on the boiler-house
has been commenced. The furnishings for the rooms and halls
are already in the building. The building will undoubtedly be
ready for the admission of students before the close of the Winter
Term. It will furnish a delightful home for our lady students and
every room in it should be occupied in the Spring Term. Spread

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the news of the early opening of this new building among your
lady friends who expect to take a Normal course.
Send in the names of all persons who are thinking of going
away to school in the Spring and give the principal all the assist­
ance you can in building up the reputation of the Shippensburg
Normal.

jfootball.
H E football season at Shippensburg was not an “ unquali­
fied success,” and yet we feel quite proud of our team for
they had the playing ability and only lacked the opportu­
nity to show it. Everything conspired against them. Practice
was begun late in the season; yet all looked forward confidently
to a victory on the occasion of the first scheduled game, that with
the Chambersburg Academy on October 15th. But the Chambersburgers disappointed us at the last moment, which “ gentle­
manly act ” they repeated on the 12th of November.

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NORMAL S—DICKINSON PREP SCHOOL 0.

The first game of the season was played on the home grounds
on October 22d. The Dickinson Preparatory School was the
opposing team. It was a very interesting and clean contest.
During the first half neither side showed sufficient offensive
strength to score, but in the second half the Normal boys took
courage and went in with a “ do or d ie” spirit, which soon
brought a touchdown. The goal was missed, leaving the score
5 to o. A t the end of the game the score was unchanged.
A ll the Normal men played well. Harman and Faust bucked
the line for large gains. Rice and Singmaster made good gains
aroud the end. Reynolds did excellent work until compelled to
quit on account of a sprained ankle. Sickles, the Indian player,
excelled for the Dickinson team, making one run which would
have resulted in a touchdown had it not been for Singmaster’s
timely tackle. The line-up :
D i c k in s o n .

P o s it io n s .

S h ip p e n s b u r g .

Bruehl..........................................Center............................................. Wills
Toban.....................................Right Guard...................................... Chubb
Bowman................................. Left Guard...............................
Faust
Carroll.................................... Right Tackle..............
Watson

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Heller.......................................Left Tackle....... ....... (Stambaug-h) Heisey
Smith........................................Right End....................(Heisey) Reynolds
Sickles......................................Left End................................. Singmaster
H. Evans................................Quarter-Back.......................................Gettel
C. Evansi.i-.......................... Right Half-Back...................................... Rice
Warren............................... Left H alf-B ack.......................................Kell
Helmboldt................................ Pull Back......................................Harman
Touchdown, Singmaster. Referee, Warren. Umpire, Heckman.
Linesmen, Eckels and Ross. Time, two 20-minute halves.
CHAMBERSBURG 11—NORMAL 5.

On the 5th of November our team weakened by the absence
of four regular players journeyed to Chambersburg. Kell, Wills
and Singmaster were at their homes and Henry was in no condi­
tion to play. Captain Reynolds played a plucky game, although
his ankle still troubled him from the sprain in the Dickinson
game. Yet with our substitute team we would have won handily
had we received fair treatment at the hands of the referee.
We had requested that two of the Chambersburg High School
teachers be secured as officials. The Academy management evi­
dently did not want them, but offered us as referee a Mr. Cham­
pion, who, they stated, hailed from Hagerstown. We afterwards
learned that Mr. C. resided in Chambersburg and that he had
played on the Academy team in a previous game. This explained
some of his otherwise inexplicable decisions.
In the first half Normal pushed the ball down the field to the
Academy 25-yard line. Gettel gained ten yards around the right
end and Rice carried the ball the remaining fifteen yards on a de­
layed pass. The goal was missed.
Jn the second half Chambersburg, aided by some weird deci­
sions on the part of the referee, tied the score. Then Normal
took the ball and, by means of some splendid gains by Heisey
and mass-plays on tackle with Harman carrying the ball, were soon
within a few yards of the goal. Another mass-play was tried and
when Harman was downed a Chambersburg player pretended to
have secured the ball on a fumble. There had not been the least
semblance of a fumble but our “ friend,” the referee, walked over
from the side-lines and gave the ball to Chambersburg. It was a
case of pure robbery, but after appealing in vain to the referee
and the Chambersburg captain, we decided to continue the game
under protest. With but a half minute to play our men were

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fooled by a triple pass and Calvin got around the left end for a
touchdown.
Had the decision referred to not been made against us we
would have scored on the next play, as we had been gaining from
five to ten yards in every play. The Academy could not then
have scored again as the ball would have been in our hands for
the short time remaining. In fact 11 to o in favor of the Normal
would about represent the merits of the teams. The line-up:
Ch am bersbu rg .

P o s it io n s .

......Left End......
Cook...........
... .Left Tackle....
Beeson........
__ Left Guard....
Rutherford..
........ Center........
Snively........
...Right Guard...,
Pairball......
.. Right Tackle...
Taylor........
.....Right E nd__
Foreman.....
,. .Quarter-Back. ...
Walters.......
..Left Half-Back.
W. Fletcher.
Right Half-Back,
Calvin....... ..
......Full Back......
F. Fletcher..
Touchdowns, F. Fletcher, Calvin, Rice.
Champion. Time, two 20-minute halves.

S h ip p e n s b u r g .

........Yost
....Heisey
......Faust
....Coover
.....Chubb
...Watson
Reynolds
....Eckels
.....Gettel
........Rice
. Harman
Goal, Calvin. Referee,

DICKINSON PREP S—NORMAL 0.

Our team played the return game with Dickinson on the 12th
of November. During the first half the game was all in our favor
and we were within a few yards of scoring several times. Once
on their 3-yard line we lost a touchdown on account of a misun­
derstanding of the signals which caused a forward pass. The
half ended without a score on either side.
The second half was very evenly contested. Sickles scored
for Dickinson under peculiar circumstances. He had made a run
and our men had downed him. Thinking that the play had been
stopped they got up and the Indian raced over the goal line. The
touchdown was allowed by the referee but our players claim that
it should not have been. Kell and Henry played especially well
for Shippensburg. Wills accomplished the feat of sending the
ball over Dickinson’s goal line on the kick-off. The line-up:
D i c k in s o n .

P o s it io n s .

S h ip p e n s b u r g .

Bruehl...........................................Center.............................................Wills
Huey.......................................Right Guard...................................... Chubb
Bowman.................................. Left Guard.......................................Faust

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Carroll (Gill)................................ Right Tackle..............................Watson
Heller.......................................Left Tackle.............. (Stambaugh) Heisey
English (Carroll)......................Right E nd...........(Singmaster) Reynolds
Sickles.............................................. Left End....................................Henry
H. Evans................................Quarter-Back...................................... Gettel
Yon......................................Right Half-Back...................................... Rice
C. Evans
.......................Eeft Half-Back.........................................Kell
Helmboldt....................................... Full Back................................Harman
Touchdown, Sickles.Referee, Houston, Dickinson.
Umpire, Rothermel, Eafayette.Linesmen, Ross and Singmaster.Length of halves,
20 and 25 minutes.

The second team played two games during the season, win­
ning from the Scotland Industrial School on October 22d by a
score of 6 to 5 and losing to the Chambersburg High School on
October 31st by 15 to o.
The line-up of the second team was as follows: Center, Ste­
vens; Right Guard, Detweiler; Reft Guard, French, Miller;
Right Tackle, Snyder; Reft Tackle, Hippie; Right End, Baer;
Eeft End, Richards; Quarter-Back, Yost; Right Half-Back,
Zentz; Eeft Half-Back, H enry; Full-Back, Brumbaugh.
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©bituars.
A/r R. E. I. STA U F F E R , ’87, died at the home of his father,
]_ V. Isaac Stauffer, Quincy, P a., Wednesday night, October 5,
1898. He had been ill for five or six weeks with typhoid
fever. When overtaken by illness he was on his way to Nebraska
and was compelled to return home. He had accepted the principalship of a school in that state and had traveled as far west as
Chicago.
Mr. Stauffer had been engaged in teaching almost continuously
since his graduation and had been uniformly successful. His
death occurred at the age of thirty-three years. He was a good
Christian man, a member of the Reformed church at Quincy. He
is survived by father and mother, brothers and sisters, to whom
the H e r a l d extends most sincere sympathy.

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personals.
R. B. M. SH ULL, ’92, has charge of the Grammar school
at Lehighton, Pa.
Mr. D. Edward Long, ’91, and Miss Julia Radie, ’94,
are 011 the Editorial Staff of the Forum, published by the students of
Dickinson Law School. Mr. Long took a prize last year for the
general excellence of his work. He is also president of his class.
Mr. H. H. Crum, ’98, is teaching at North Branch, N. J.
Miss Elsie Peters, ’93, is now teaching at Glen Olden, Pa.
Mr. J. L- Young, Esq., ’87, paid the school a short visit on
the 23rd of October. He was a delegate from Mechanicsburg to
the Y . M. C. A . convention which was being held at that time in
our town.
Mr. B. C. Lamberson and Mr. W . H. Ranck, both of the
class of ’98, are teaching near Hustontown, Fulton county.
Miss Estelle Felton, ’97, is a successful teacher in East
Providence Township, Bedford county.
Miss Francis Geiger, ’97, is a student at Wilson College.
Miss Geiger completed the Regular Normal Course at Shippensburg last year.
Mr. Kerwin Altland, ’97, also a graduate in the Regular Nor­
mal Course, is Principal of schools at Seven Valleys, York Co.
Miss Estelle Logue, ’97, has charge of a school at Daretown,
N. J.
Mr. B. N. Palmer, ’96, is teaching at Orbisonia, Pa.
Mr. W. K. Rhodes, ’98, had the honor of making the closing
speech at the Adams County Institute.
Mr. N. Ort Eckels, ’97, who finished the Regular Normal
Course last year, is now a clerk in the Metz drug store, Shippensburg, Pa.
Mr. A . P. Grove, ’98, is teaching in Cedar county, Iowa, and
reports that the schools of the West are ahead of those of the
East in some particulars.
Mr. Geo. Reynolds, ’98, has been taking special work in the
Art Department during the year. Mr. Reynolds did efficient work
as captain of the football team.

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Mr. Walter E. Reddig, ’98, is in attendance at Mercersburg
College.
The following letter written by Dr. Brooks. Superintendent of
the Philadelphia schools, to the Board of Education has to do
with one of the early giaduates of Shippensburg:
To the Committee on Superintendence : The death of Mr. J.
F. C. Sickel leaves a vacancy in the corps of assistant superin­
tendents. To fill this vacancy I would respectfully submit to the
committee for their consideration the name of Dr. John P. Gar­
ber, supervising principal of the Kenderton Combined Grammar
and Primary school.
Dr. Garber received his early scholastic education at the
Chambersburg Academy, Pa., and subsequently entered the State
Normal School at Shippensburg, from which he graduated in
1879. He was Principal of the public schools at Ridley Park for
two years and principal and superintendent of the public schools
of New Castle, Del., four years.
He came to Philadelphia in the autumn of 1886 and has been
supervising principal of the Kenderton school for the past eleven
years. On the opening of the University of Pennsylvania to the
teachers of the city he was among the first to avail himself of the
privilege of entering upon the course of instruction and was
graduated from that institution in 1897 with the degree of doctor
of philosophy. He spent the last summer vacation of ten weeks
in the celebrated Normal School of Jena, Germany, and in visit­
ing and observing the work of instruction in the German Volk
Schulen. His knowledge of the science and art of pedagogy, his
interest in the work of education and in the means of professional
improvement, and the spirit of devotion which he manifests in
the discharge of his duty as supervising principal enable me to
give him my cordial indorsement for the position of assistant
superintendent.
Very respectfully,
(Signed)
E dward B rooks ,
Superintendent of Public Schools.
It is hardly necessary to state that Dr. Garber received the
appointment.
Mr. J. Allen Altland, ’98, is teaching in Dover township,
York county; Mr. H. C. Brandt, ’98, in Tuscarora township,
Perry county; Mr. J. H. Meredith, ’98, in Madison township,

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Perry county; and Mr. H. E. Fox in Lower Paxton township,
Dauphin county.
Mr. Geo. W. Garber, ’97, is now serving as Principal of the
schools of Lower Duncannon, Pa.
Mr. B. W. Byers, ’98, is teaching in East Huntingdon township,
Westmoreland county.
Mr. Martin Brinton, ’96, has been promoted from the Inter­
mediate to the Grammar grade at West Fairview, Pa. Mr. G.
Warren Martin, ’98, succeeds Mr. Brinton in the Intermediate
grade.
Mr. Emory C. Chenoweth, ’77, 2223 St. Paul St., Baltimore,
Md., is the inventor of an ingenious device by means of which a
public speaker may have his notes always before him. Cheno­
weth’s patent spectacles will no doubt prove a boon to any
afflicted with absentmindedness.
Mr. C. H. Rinesmith, ’98, is teaching in Union Spring town­
ship, Perry county; Mr. D. H. Snyder, ’98, in Manheim township,
York county; and Mr. C. E. Yost, ’98, in Manchester township,
York county.
Miss Mae Miller, ’98, has taken the position vacated by Miss
Alice Hager, ’98. The school is in Antrim township, Franklin
county.
Miss Carrie W . Harper, ’74, was a recent visitor to the school.
Miss Harper’s teaching has not been confined to Pennsylvania but
she has had experience in her chosen profession in several of the
western states. Miss Harper has also spent some time abroad and
expects to make another foreign trip during the Paris Exposition.
Mr. R. L. Myers, ’85, will be one of Cumberland county’s
Representatives in the Legislative Hall during the next session.
Mr. Myers has been very successful as a teacher and business
man and without doubt will serve his constituents faithfully and
well in his new position. Mr. Myers is the third member of the
Alumni of the Shippensburg Normal to be honored with an elec­
tion to the House of Representatives by the voters of Cumberland
county, Mr. Filmore Maust, ’74, and Mr. James L- YoUng, ’87,
having had the same honor.
Mr. Charles M. Means, ’96, is teaching school at Mainsville,
near Shippensburg, Pa.

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Miss Laura Burger, ’98, teaches the Fairview primary school in
Quincy township, Franklin county.
Mr. Jasper Alexander, ’98, is a student at the Dickinson Law
School, Carlisle, Pa.
Mr. Abner Logan, '89, is studying at the Drew Theological
Seminary.
Miss Nellie R. Hayes, ’93, has an excellent article on “ The
Spirit of Christmas” in the Christmas number of the Chambersburg Valley Spirit.
Rev. Noah E. Yeiser and wife have just returned from India,
where for six years they have been missionaries under the Luth­
eran church. They are visiting relatives at Arendtsville, Adams
county. Mrs. Yeiser was Grace B. Spangler of the class of ’89.
Dr. John J. Repp, ’88, has been elected by the State Board of
Trustees of the Iowa State College as Professor of Pathology and
Therapeutics in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, and Vet­
erinarian to the State Experimental Station, Ames, Iowa. His
duties there begin January 15 , 1899. The H e r a l d offers con­
gratulations.
Mr. Ezra Lehman, ’89, a student at Bucknell University, is
one -of the two debaters to represent that institution in her ap­
proaching debate against Franklin and Marshall.
Mr. J. P. Hays, ’76, has been compelled to resign his school
at Mechanicsburg, Pa., on account of ill health.
Prof. Samuel C. Beitzel, Carlisle, Pa., a member of the first
graduating class, formerly a teacher in the boys’ Grammar school
and more recently agent for school supplies, has been appointed
a teacher in the High school.
Mr. Joseph T . Baker, ’97, is teaching the Thorngrove school
in Southampton township, Cumberland county. Mr. Baker is
one of the graduates in the Regular Normal Course.
Miss C. Iva Smith, ’88, has charge of the Art Department in
the Mountain Seminary, located at Birmingham, Huntingdon
county.
Mr. C. H. Hanlin, ’95, is teaching in the La Grange Inde­
pendent district, Westmoreland county.
Miss Mary V . Beltzhoover, ’98, is attending a school of elocu­
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Miss Leota Benner, ’98, is teaching in Providence township,
Bedford county.
Miss Anna Smiley, ’98, is teaching the Keystone school, Rye
township, Perry county.
Miss Rose Martin, ’90, is spending the winter in New Mexico
with her brother, Dr. T . Paul Martin.
Some time ago a prize of $10 was offered to any student of the
art department making the best original design for a book cover.
The design is intended for the cover of the Junior annual, the
‘ ‘ Conococheague, ” to be published in the spring. The drawings
were handed in under fictitious names and submitted to the judg­
ment of Mr. Van Raer, of New York. On Wednesday Mr. Van
Lear returned the designs and pronounced the best piece of
work to be that done by “ Betty Alden.” The happy possessor
of this name proved to be Miss Nellie V. Geiger.— Wilson College
Notes in the Philadelphia Press.
Miss Geiger is a member of the class of ’92.
Mr. John H. Myers, ’89, a graduate of the Jefferson Medical
School, is practicing at Middletown, Pa.
Mr. Geo. Gable, ’91, taught last year at Richland Station,
Lebanon county. This year he is teaching at Fredericksburg, in
the same county.
Miss Vida Wolcott, ’96, is teaching this year at Lykens,
Dauphin county.
Mr. Sherman Jacks, ’97, has changed his teaching-residence
from Londonderry township to Lower Swatara township, Dauphin
county.
Miss Sue M. Karper, ’95, last year a teacher at Wiconisco, is
nowin charge of the primary school at Shiremanstown, Cumber­
land county.
Miss Flla I. Boher, ’94, is teaching in the schools of York,
Pa.
Miss Isabel Pettigrew, ’91, is one of Huntingdon’s teachers
for this year.
Miss Bessie Foust, ’97, is teaching in the borough of Juniata,
Blair county.
Mr. W. H. McGowan, ’94, is principal of Schools at Gaysport, Blair county.

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Mr. D. L- Scott, ’96, has changed his residence from Tarrs to
Alverton, Westmoreland county, where he is engaged in teach­
ing.
Mr. Wilbur A . Creamer, ’96, is enrolled as a student in Dick­
inson College.
Miss Hope Dill, ’95, is now a student at Gettysburg College.
Miss Ella Noftsker, ’83, is teacher of the B Grammar grade
in Shippensburg, Pa.
The following graduates who are teaching in Perry county
have recently changed their positions: Mr. C. I. Raffensperger,
’97, from Mt. Fairview School, Oliver township, to Mannsville,
Center Twp.; Mr. H. H. Kell, ’97, from the Cherry H ill School,
Tyrone Twp., to the High School at Eandisburg; Miss Jessie
Kipp, ’97, from Beaver’s School, Greenwood Twp., to the Inter­
mediate School at Millerstown; Mr. J. M. Smiley, ’91, from the
B Grammar School, at Newport, to the High School in the
same town ; Mr. J. M. Gantt, ’95, from the Rower Ridge School,
Juniata Twp., to the Gravel Hill School, Oliver Twp.; Miss
Mary Gray, ’96, from the Spring Grove School, Ickesburg, to the
High School, Ickesburg.
In Cumberland county the following changes have been no­
ticed: Mr. J. M. Brinton,: ’92, from Camp Hill, to Musser’s,
East Pennsboro Twp.; Mr. Frank Green, ’97, from the Chesnut
Ridge School, Dickinson Twp., to a primary school, Carlisle:
Miss Hope Haskell, ’97, from the Springs School, Dickinson
Twp., to the Sycamore School, South Middleton Twp.j; Miss
Angella Grissinger, ’97, from Pleasant Hall School, North Mid­
dleton Twp., to Basin School in the same township, at an increase
of five dollars per month; Miss Margaret Brandt, ’95, from
Piper’s School in Newton Twp., to the Jacksonville Grammar
School at an increase of five dollars per month; Mr. C. C. Shaeffer, ’94, from the Jacksonville Grammar School to the Newville
Grammar at an increase of twelve dollars per month in salary;
Mr. J. E. Fenton, ’97, from the Jacksonville Primary to the
Locust Grove School at an increase of five dollars per month ;
Mr. Oran Pressel, ’97, from the Boiling Springs Primary to the
graded-school, No. 2, at an increase of five dollars per month.
Mr. B. E. Diller, ’95, is teaching the Oyster’s School, East
Pennsboro Twp., Cumberland county.

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Mr. M. S. Taylor, ’84, Principal of schools at Shiremanstown, Pa., has recently had his salary raised ten dollars per
month.
Miss Mary Meredith, ’96, has charge of the Primary school at
Leesburg, Pa.
Mr. Samuel Warren, ’96, is teaching the Stone Church School,
Frankford Twp., Cumberland county.
Mr. Robert N. Sadler, ’91, was elected president of the Alumni
Association of Cumberland county at the recent session of the
Institute at Carlisle.
Miss Lou Martin, ’96, and Miss Isabel Wagner, ’97, are tak­
ing a course in stenography and typewriting at the Normal.
Miss Laura Staley, ’86, who has charge of music and drawing
in the schools of Lower Merion township, Montgomery county,
had her salary raised this year to $75 per month, not $65 as was
stated in the last issue.
Miss Alice Hager, ’98, is seriously ill at her home at Clay
Hill, Franklin county.

^Locals.
H E Fall Term closed December 15th and the students en­
joyed a Christmas vacation of more than two weeks. The
Winter Term began January 2, 1899.
The annual Hallowe’en taffy-pull was a great success. The
evening’s amusement began with the selection of partners for the
taffy-pull by the gentlemen. This was accomplished by having
them select an apple from a number suspended by means of
strings. Each of the apples contained a slip of paper adorned
with the name of a young lady. The gentlemen were of course
blindfolded, as is the usual custom in Hallowe’en festivities, so
that Dame Chance might have a fair show. After the pulling
and eating of the taffy various amusements were engaged in. The
Virginia Reel proved as popularas ever. Miss Smyser and Mr.
French of the Senior class took the prize in a partnership guess­
ing contest.
Thanksgiving Day was observed according to the time-hon­
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the afternoon the boys further enlivened the occasion with a
fantastic parade and “ horse” speeches. On Friday recitations
were resumed as usual.
Mr. Howard B. Erdman, a student in ’92-3, who has since
graduated from Gettysburg College, has joined a corps of railroad
engineers on the Allegheny and Western Railroad. They are
constructing a new line from Kittanning, Armstrong county, to
Butler Junction.
Prof. Geo. B. Snyder, a graduate of Pennsylvania State Col­
lege in the class of ’95, has been added to the teaching force for
winter term.
Mr. Isaac L. Wingert, Esq., of Chambersburg, Pa., at one
time a student at Normal, was married Wednesday evening, No­
vember 23, 1898, to Miss Florence Souder, Carlisle.
On Saturday evening, December 10th, Miss Barnum’s chorus
class gave a delightful musicale. The class had been practicing
faithfully every Tuesday night of the term and their singing gave
ample evidence of thorough training. The duets and solos were
all pleasing features of the program. After the musicale a gen­
eral sociable was held. This was largely attended both by the
boarding and day students and all reported a very excellent time.
The program of the musicale was as follows:
1. CHORUS—-“ Let Our Voices be Glad,” ...........
2. DUET—“ Sailing- Away,” ..................................
M is s e s O r n d o r f e

and

.......Lecocq
.......Smart

B randt.

SONG—11Asthore, ’ ’ .................. ..........................
Miss H o r t o n .
4. SERENADE,.........................................................

3.

.....Trotére
Marschner

M ade Qu artette.

S. DUET—“ Dichter und Bauer,” ....... . —
M is s e s B r a n d t

6.

7.

and

........Suppe

N i c k i .e s .

SONG—“ Christmas Song,” ................................
Miss O r n d o r e f .
( a Simple A ven ,....................
PIANO S O L O -1 ^ EtJ e........... .......................

......Parker
.....Thomas
..... Ravina

Miss N i c k i .e s .
8. DUET4^‘ In Confidence,” ...................................

........Sudds

M is s B a r n u m , M r . D e t w e i e e r .

9.

SONG— “ Sixteen ” ..............................................
Miss P r r d e w .
10. CHORUS—“ Away to the Fields,” ....................
Accompanist, Miss N i c k i .ES.

.....Viardot
......Wilson

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Miss Olive Mountz, a former student, was married Tuesday
evening, July 12, 1898, to Mr. Wilbur Yingst, of Boiling Springs,
Pa. Miss Hattie Shelly, ’93, and Mr. Oran Pressell, ’97, were
members of the bridal party.
October 22nd was a gala day in football circles, both the first
and second teams winning well played games. Unfortunately
the remainder of the season hardly fulfilled the promise of the
opening games.
In the Central Presbyterian church, Chambersburg, Pa., Mon­
day morning, November 14th, Miss Anna E. Stouffer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Adam R. Stouffer, was united in marriage to Mr.
Harry E. Graham, of Chicago, 111. Miss Stouffer will be remem­
bered by many of the H e r a l d ’ s readers as a former student of
this institution.
Our Faculty was well represented at the various Teachers’ In­
stitutes in the neighboring counties. Dr. Eckels addressed the
teachers in Cumberland, Franklin, York, Perry and Juniata. He
was also engaged for the Bedford Institute but that has been in­
definitely postponed on account of a small-pox scare. Dr. Barton
was an instructor at Adams, Franklin, Dauphin, Fulton, Blair
and Cumberland. Prof. Bieber spoke at Franklin and Prof.
Charles Barton at Fulton. Miss Fitch and Miss Barnum also ap­
peared before the Institutes of Franklin and Cumberland.
In nearly all of these counties our Alumni held meetings and
renewed their allegiance to the “ Old Normal.’’

Cbe Christian Hssociations.
A /f R. E. D. SOPER, the College Secretary of the Y . M. C.
A . , visited our association in October and gave the mem­
bers much encouragement and many helpful suggestions.
Miss Ella Shearer, of Mt. Holly Springs, and Miss Nellie W el­
ker, of Willow Hill, were elected delegates to the State Convention
of the Y . W. C. A ., which is to be held this year in Pittsburg.
The convention was postponed from November to January.
The Seventh District Y . M. C. A . convention was held in
Shippensburg from Friday afternoon, Dec. 2nd, to Sunday even­
ing, Dec. 4th. Among the principal participants in the discussions
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of the convention were Hon. H. M. Hinkley, Mr. Eewis, Profs.
Hoffman and Billet, H. W . Gibson, E. D. Soper and State Secre­
tary S. M. Bard.
One of the special features of the convention was the College
Men’s Conference, which was held in the Normal School Chapel
on Saturday afternoon. The conference was in charge of Secre­
tary Soper and proved to be a very profitable as well as interesting
meeting. Dr. G. M. D. Eckels addressed the conference in words
of welcome and encouraged the young men to continue in the
noble work they have undertaken.
The State Secretary of the Y . W . C. A ., Mrs. Nellie A . Dowry,
visited the Normal in November. She is a woman of great exec­
utive ability, a pleasing speaker and an earnest Christian worker.
Her visit to the school was not only pleasant but most helpful.
She met the various committees, each by itself, and gave them
many points that have proven most beneficial to the association
work.
The Y . M. C. A . observed the Week of Prayer by holding spe­
cial prayer services each evening. These meetings were largely
attended and a general interest in spiritual work has been awakened.
The' Week of Prayer was observed by the ladies as usual.
Meetings were held daily and much spiritual interest shown. By
request of a number the meetings were continued during a second
week and special meetings have been held since.
The regular devotional meetings of the Y . M. C. A . are well
attended and the music and talks are spirited. A number of new
members have joined the association since the opening of the Win­
ter Term.
A few weeks ago a “ leaderless meeting” was held by the Y .
W . C. A . A very large number of those present took part. The
meeting was an unusually interesting one.
A committee consisting of Misses Clark, McKitn and Miller
was appointed to revise the constitution of the Y . W . C. A. They
reported at a subsequent meeting and the constitution as it now
reads is in accordance with the recommendations of the State
Secretary.

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iRormal Xiterar? Society.
[R ep orted b y J. A . H e i s e y , ’ 99.]

H E meetings of the society since the last issue of the H erald
have been well attended and the persons on the programs
have taken especial care to make the meetings interesting
and profitable.
The Dickinson Preparatory School challenged the Normal Lit­
erary Society to a series of debates. The attention of the society
was called to this, and a committee, consisting of Miss Gramm,
Messrs. Detweiler and Lehman, was appointed to confer with the
Dickinson committee.
Quite a number of old Normalites were back to visit us last
term and they gave us some very interesting talks. Among them
were J. W ill Kadel, ’98, who is teaching in Cumberland county;
J. S. Ausherman, ’97, a Franklin county teacher; G. W . Coover,
’95; Miss Blanche Unger, ’98; and Miss Rhoda Peregoy, ’97.
Since the last issue Mr. F. L. Swigert and Mr. W. N. Lehman
have served as President of the Society and Miss Margaret Elliot
and Miss Susie Shorb as Secretary.

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pbilo ftiterarg Society.
[R ep orted b y C. B . N e i l , ’99.]

H E society elected the following editorial staff to edit the
Philo Review for 1899: Editor-in-chief, Mr. V . L. Zentz;
Assistants, Miss Lerch, Mr. Swigert; Alumni Editor, Miss
Shearer; Assistants, Mr. Billow and Miss Burgner; Personal Edi­
tor, Mr. Miller; Assistants, Misses Eppley and Spangler; Exchange
Editor, Miss Miller; Assistants, Mr. Hanlin and Miss Bomberger;
Local Editor, Mr. French; Assistants, Misses Jones and Gray;
Advertiser, Mr. Senseman; Assistants, Messrs. Neil and Rice;
Business Manager, Mr. Reed; Assistant, Mr. Kell. The staff is
endeavoring to make the Review an attractive and interesting paper.
Great interest is manifested in general society work, partic­
ularly in the debates. They show careful preparation, and general
debate does not fail to fill an important part on the program.
Many old members visited Philo during the past term. Among

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them was Prof. M. L. Drum, ’96, a former member of the faculty
of C. V . S. N. S., who gave a very interesting and instructive
address.
The glee club is in a flourishing condition. A number of new
members are expected the coming term. Mr. V . I,. Zentz ten­
dered his resignation as leader owing to his recent election as edi­
tor of the ’99 Review. Mr. C. B. Neil was elected his successor.

Clippings.
E V ID E N C E .

Of all the lines that volumes fill
Since HDsop first his fables told,
The wisest is the proverb old,
That every Jack must have his Jill.
But when the crowd that nightly fills
The down-town places hillward goes,
To hear them sing, one would suppose
That every Jack had several gills.
— Cornell Magazine.

T H E JU N IO R ’ S D IL E M M A .

The Junior uncertainly wavered,
He hardly knew which to do ;
He must settle a weighty question,
And settle it quickly, too.
The bell had rung half-after seven,
And he reached for his paper and pen ;
Then he looked at his new patent-leathers,
And seemed undecided again.
Should he dress and go out for the evening,
On his girl in Carlisle make a call ?
Or sit down and write to the other,
Whom he kissed when he left home this fall.
— The Dickinsonian.
«3»

She said her lover was a dream,
But after they were mated,
She found, alas! unhappy maid,
Her dream was dissipated.
— Yale Record.

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A T T H E GAM E.

Down again! Good gracious ! It must hurt
To be the bottom one. And see the d irt!
Now what’s that he’s calling—can you tell ?
There,—“ fourteen, twelve, Kings, Rex,’ ’ some fool class yell,
I guess. How silly 1 That one’s got his nose
All covered up ; he sunburns, I suppose.
I’m glad I wore their colors, they’re—Oh dear !
I missed that last. What was it ? Shall I cheer ?
Oh ! Did you see that horrid, cruel man ?
The small one had the ball, and he just ran
And knocked him down, deliberately, the beast!
You know I think that big one might at least
Go in and try to help. The rest all work,
And push each other down. He’ s just a shirk !
He’d better be done up in cotton wool.
Well, what excuse is that, to say he’s “ fu ll?”
He ought to be ashamed ! He might Have known
He’d have to play. That poor, poor boy is thrown
Again ! Oh dear, he’s hurt—just see his head !
I know I’ll faint. Oh, goodness ! is he dead ?
There, now ; he’ s better. I’m so glad I came.
Oh, isn’t football just the nicest game !
— The Gettysburg Mercury.

APPLAU SE.

A football game, a happy hit,
An address bright with sparkling wit,
A funny song :—
Our loyalty is roused, or mirth,
And for the one who gave it birth
Loudly we cheer and long.
A masterpiece of song or art,
Or words that springing from the heart
To every soul appeal:—
In admiration deep, untold,
With reverence mixed, our breath we hold,
The silence we can feel.
^ - T h e Mount Holyoke.

“ Every year,” said the professor, “ a sheet of water fourteen
feet thick is raised tp the clouds from the sea.” “ What time of
the year does that happen, professor,” asked the freshman from
the interior, ‘ ‘ I should think it a sight worth going to see. ’ '— E x.