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LIB R A R Y NUMBER
C u m b erla n d
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N o r m a l S ch o o l
SHIPPENSBURG, PEN N SYLVAN IA
J. R. K E R R
8t B ’R O ., P R IN T E R S , C H A M B E R S B U R G . P A .
TABLE OP CONTENTS
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Principal’s Letter to the Alumni.........................................................
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The Summer Session........................ ....;........................................... .....
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Advanced Two Y ear Curriculum Leading to B. S. in Education
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Outline of Courses To Be Given During Summer Session .....
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Expenses for the Summer Session..............................
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Students Should A rrange Programs in Advance...............9
Teaching in the Training School:.
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../Rural Demonstration School.............:l...V;J;i::i..v:i3 iK ® i S j | ^ ^ ^ & S ';?>'9
Special Features of the Summer Session...:............................. 1 1
Registration Blank and Frogram..
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Enrollment for the Fall Term.....................................13
Changes in 1Faculty............................................................. 13
“ Newsh” Bentz to Return to Normal in June
/ Class Reunions
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' Alumni
February Graduates of 1927
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Engagement Announcements .
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Cupid’s Column ...................
Sto rk Column
Obituary
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Addresses Wanted
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The Normal School Library.................................................... .
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The Training School Library g
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Wanted—A Library Building.,................................. ;............. • 24
How to use an Elementary School Library.............................. ;.....
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Th e.Library iCouncil ..........-Ir-jRooks at Small Cost....,.,.,....../,..,..::..„:-..,.C..:7^:a^Ji^’^8i^|^^!|^Sg;34
The Normal School Herald
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, JA N U A R Y , APRIL A N D JULY
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office,
Shippensburg, Pa.
MARION H. BLOOD ...................... .................. Editor
A D A V. HORTON, ’88..................... Personal Editor
J. S. HEIGES, ’91.................... .....Business Manager
Subscription Price, 25 cents per year strictly in advance. Single
copies 10 cents each.
Address all communications to THE
NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD, Shippensburg, Pa. Alumni and
former members of the school will favor us by sending any items
that they think would be interesting for publication.
Vol. 31
APRIL, 1927
No. 3
PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
Dear Friends: .
If there i^jbne portion of the .school year that is^jikely to be
uneventful, .it is the first two months of the new ||mester. The
period just closed has been no exception to the general rule; the
opening of the second semester made scarcely affipple on the
surface of. our school work. It is true, that we lost twenty-two
students by graduation (thislargest mid-year class we have ever
graduated), but, their places were filled by other students whose
programs were easily adjusted—and in the course of a few days
everything was moving along smoothly.
We miss- Dr. Ileiges as he is absent on leave to take a post
graduate course at New York University a'nd Mr. Gilbert who
has; accepted a position on the faculty of Girard College. He
will|take post graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania.
As noted elsewhere his- place was filled ,by the selection of Mr.
Grand Beckmyer, head of the science department of the Wayne
High School. ^Miss Ida Brenna of Austin, Texas, also joined the
faculty as an instructor in penmanship.
The outstanding social event of the past three months was the
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reception given by the Trustees to the first year students on
Saturday night, February 19. Though the weather man furnished
■ the worst weather of the year, blocking the roads with eighteen
inches of snow, the reception was largely attended.
The months just ahead will be crowded with interesting events,
Thè first of these will be the Reunion of the Philo Literary
Society on ’¿Friday,. April xScònsiderably earlier than usuati;
Easter Vacation wilSpègin April 8, and will end on the nine
teenth. The Choral Club will give its; annual entertainment on
Thursday evening, April 28, and the Normal Literary Society will
celebrate its fifty-fourth anniversary on Friday evening, May 6.
j§The;;Jhter-County Track and Field meet will be held on Eckels
Field, Saturday, May 14, and then the Commencement Season
opens. The Training School fires the first gun on Thursday
evening, June | | but the Big Day for old Normal follows on
Saturday^-June 4 This will be Cla|s and Alumni Day.
The usual Clas|f!Day Exercises will be held on the Campus at
9:30; lunch follows at 12:00 and at 1:30 the Alumni Procession
will move across the Campus. The Alumni Reunion will be held
at two o’clock and at four o’clock the baseball game between
the Varsity and Alumni teams will be played. Class Reunions will
fill in the time between 5:30 and 8 :oo. Then the Alumni Play
■will hold the boards until 10 :o0 o’clock, after which will follow
the Alumni Reception and Dance. At 11:4 5 the orchestra will
play the finale and the day will be regarded as closed.
The Baccalaureate Services will be held in the Auditorium on
Sunday-evening at 8:00 o’clock and the Commencement Exercises
at 9 :oo o’clock. Monday morning will mark the end of the official
school year.
-. T h e vacation will not be long for on the following Monday the
nine weeks summer session will open and halls and class rooms
will be crowded until August 13.
H f h e perspnnel’iof the summer session student body will differ
rather, markedly from that.' of previous sessions. The majority
of the students! will be men and women of considerable teaching
experience and ability. They will be teachers in service who wish
to secure a renewal of a partial elementary certificate, a state
standard certificate or a Normal School certificate. To these will
be added a large.body of Alumni—graduates of the two and three
year courses...who will return to begin work on the four year
course with the B. S. degree. We* are gratified that so many of
these men and women will return to us. There will be a few
recent graduates of high schools without teaching experience
whose superintendents have requested ¿heir admission because
of the need of their services, but nearly all of these young people
will defer entering until September when they will enroll in
either the two or the four year course.
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The enrollment for the fall is the largest in our history. We
shall not be able to accommodate all of our students in the campus
dormitories. I f any of your friends expect to corné to us have
them register at once so that they may be able to secure pleasantly
located rooms. After our dormitories are filled we shall.,secure
rooms for students in private houses in Shippensburg.
The registration in the four year course is most gratifying.
It has passed all expectations and in the near future we<||hall
have as many in the four year as in the two year course.
We appreciate your aid in helping us secure high grade men
and women in both the two and the four year courses. Last year’s
entering class was the finest in our history.
Finally, don’t forget the class reunions. Elsewhere we have
given a b rie f. statement of the plans of the reunion classes as
far as they have been developed. Let us make the approaching
Commencement Season the biggest and the best in our history.
Fraternally yours,
E zra L eh m a n , '89.
THE SUMMER SESSION
Registrations continue to pour in for the summer session and
we realize that the attendance will be larger than had been antici
pated. Though ninety percent' of the .teachers of our service
area have met the requirements of the State in regard to standard
certification, many of the holders of State Standard-: Certificates
will return to take work necessary for a Normal School Cer
tificate. A still larger group will be composed of graduates of
the two and three year course who wish iff) complete the four year
course leading to the B. S. degree.
Our program will be especially arranged to meet the needs of
these' students for we are particularly gratified at the interest
shown by our Alumni in the advanced courses:. The day is not
far distant, when the teacher who has completed: the four year
course will have a great advantage over those who were satisfied
with the two year course. We receive requests daily for informa
tion in regard to the advanced two year B. S. course from our
Alumni. iF 'o r this reason we reprint ail article that appeared in
the October issue of the Herald. Those who wish to take the
course fitting for Junior (or. Senior) High School teaching should
write indicating in what subjects they wish to major. They
should also give .the following information in casei'Jhey have
attended other institutions since- leaving Normal: School at
tended—date,. branches studied, number of weeks, number of
recitations per week, length of recitation, grade received. I f this
information is given when the student writes to us, it will be pos-
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sible to evaluate the work taken and to inform the student how
long it will take him to complete the'desired -course.
We shall offer the courses- listed on pages 7 and 8. These
coursgl will suit the,:needs of aÌT classes of'students?; those who
wish to renew a partial elementary' certificate,. to secure a state
standard, Normal School certificatefor to: take work leading to
the adyancedytwo^yearffl B. S || course or to the completion of
the four year (B. S.) course.
|viPh|:;lattehtionMf students just completing the four year high
school course is again called to the fact that they can be admitted
to the i|summer -slsffon for the purpose of securing a partial
elementary certificate only when written r e q u ill isT;made by a
superintendent for their admission. Such students should consult
the superintendent of the borough or county in which they expect
to teach before registering and ascertain whether in the judgment
of the superintendent their services will be needed as teachers
next year :
ADVANCED TWO YEAR CURRICULUM LEADING
TO B. S. IN EDUCATION
\*($eprinted frpm the O&goher Issue)
The attention gf-.¡graduates- of the twp year courses in groups
I, II, and IV, is cSled to the faStS that it ist'how possible to com
plete an advanced two year course and receive the B. S. degree
in education.
The conditions; o f entrance to the third year of this four year
curriculum are as follows:
fl A ll persons who have?- completed I, : II, or 'Im B rural,
formerly IV ) are| admitted ;tq third year standing . pro
vided they have prevf!msly§cOmpleteSi the "wdrk of a
four-year high school, and all such person!;; must com
plete 68 hours of work beyond graduation from Groups
I> U or H I -I rural, formerly IV ) as these were, prior
to".-September 1, »26 , organized and administered.
2. All-’credits^ for work le || than that required at a State
¿flljifrmal S c h o S for graduation between September 1920,
and September‘ .1926, shafflbe evaluated by multiplying
the n u m lr of semester hourS-already earned by .85.
3. All- persons who graduated from a'Stkte Normal School
prior to ‘September 1920,-and who have had a four-year
highgchool preparation, cannot |ev award'e|| more than
68 semester hours of credit for their normal school work.
4. Graduates of the State: Normal Schools who have not
had four years of high school preparation may apply to
the .Credentials Bureau, H ^ r i||u r g l|P e n n ^ ^ n ia , for
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a high school equivalent certificate, which, when tissued
by the Credentials Bureau, wiil.be accepted by the State
Normal Schools as equivalent to graduation from a fouryear high school and all credits earned at a State Normal
School prior to September 1926, will be evaluated as in
dicated above.
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5. No credit for public or private school teaching experi
ence previously credited as high school equivalent or as
equivalent professional credit toward graduation, shall
be granted or counted toward meeting the requirements
for entrance to or graduation from the advanced twoyear curriculum.
F irst S em ester :
Opportunity is provided so that a student may complete in
this semester the work of the.first two years in the curricula
which he did not pursue, as follows:
1. Graduates of Group I will take:
Teaching of
Arithmetic............
3
3
3
3
Teaching of
g e o g ra p h y .. , .....
Teaching of
E n glish .. . . .V---3
3
Teaching of
Social Studies.. . . . . 3
3
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2.
Graduates of Group II wilhtake:
Teaching of Primary Reading----'^.Teaching ofi;;Number. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Teaching Primary -Subjects.........
Kindergarten-Primary T h e o r y ....
3
2
4
2
11
3.
GraduateSfof Group III will take:
• ^Teaching of English:.-...............
Teaching of Number.....................
Kindergarten-Primary Theory--Teaching Prim ary Suhjectss.t, . . .
3
2
2
4
12
3
2
4
2
11
3
2
2
4
11
11
Total taken by a Student as above 11 11 or 12 12
Educational Psychology................................ 3
3 33
Econofnic-.' Biology............................
4 3
4
3
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17 or 19
S ixth S emester :
..‘"•jttiâtory &f ^Education.................................
English JBiterature............ • ........................
Descriptive Astronomy .........................
£cohotmesBB|||BPHpp8ys;,Cih
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3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
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Physiography ........................................... ;
Teaching and Supervision of Arithmetic
in Elementary S c h o o l............................
S eventh S em ester :
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Principles of Education......... ................
American Literature
American Government ; . . . . . . ...........■ ,'3
Principles of HumanGeography...............
■ Nutrition’ ..........................
Civic Education in .the Elementary
. School .....................
E ighth S em ester :
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3
3
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17
3
3
4
3
2
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3
2
18
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Advanced Composition . . .....................
History and Appreciation of A r t .................
4
History and Appreciation of Music..........
4
History and Organization of Edu. in Pa.
Practical School ¿Contacts.............................
5
Supervision and Administration of Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
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2
2
2
5
3
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This course does not fit for junior or senior high school teach’Ut, 1 ! , does. flk. io.r supervisory positions and principalships
ot which there ist-an increasingly .large number available every
year.
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Graduatk^jof the. two. or the three year junior , high school
course will naturally find that their work fits, into the four year
junior high school^course":/ Such students should write to the
Dean, Dr. J. S. Heige.s, and have him evaluate the work that th°y
took. Records of credits obtained at Colleges or other normal
school^ should also .be . submitted. Wherever possible original
copies issued by . the registrars of the institution's attended should
be submitted. These should show subjects taken, number of
weeks, number of recitations..each week, length of recitation
period, -and grade. Where, it is not possible to submit a trans
cript of the record, the student should make a definite statement
covering as nearly as possible the data called for above
All of the work given here will be of college; grade and will
e recognized .aMa basis, for post graduate study, in the leading
. The t'esnan<1 tor graduates in the four year course will be far
W 4 l VanC^ 0:f the SuPP!y D years to come as the men and
women completing the B. S. courses will have not only the
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scholastic training required, but a thorough professional course.
an ideal combination for teaching or supervising. I f you are in
terested in any of the advanced courses, don’t fail to writ||to us
for information.
OUTLINE OF COURSES TO BE GIVEN DURING
SUMMER SESSION— June 13 to August 13.
The nine weeks summer segion will open Monday June.'g'3;,:
All indications point to a large enrollment, especially since so
many graduates , of the two year courses will return for: work
leading.to the B. S. degree.
The following courses will be offered during the summer
session. Except where otherwise indicated, each class, will recite
six times;> week and will carry. three: semester hours credit.
(A definite outline of these- will be given in the April H erald).
i. Introduction toÆeaching.
2., Rural School Management (This course may be substi
tuted for No|>i if thè ’student expectsi to teach in a rural
■ school).
3. Teaching of Primary Reading.
4. Teaching of Reading in the Grades,; “
5. Teaching .of Primary Subjects.
, 6. Teaching -of Number.
7. - Children’s Literature and Story Telling.- ;,
8. Juvenile Literature and Silent Reading.
9. Primary Kindergarten Theory.
,10 . Teaching of Arithmetic.
11. Teaching of Geography.
iM' Teaching of Social Studies jÇHistory).
13. Teaching of English.
14. English L?;:
< 15. English II.
16. Oral Expression (4 hrs.—2 S. H. credit).
17. • Art I (8 hrs.—2 S. H. credit).
18. Àrt II (6 hrs.-—1 1-2 S. H. credit).. •
19. Music I (8 hr|pp2 S. II. credit).
20. Music II (6 hrs.---lf;'i-2iiS.>.. H. credit) .
21. Nature-Study (54 hr||iph: S . H.'credit).
22. Handwriting (4 hr»:;;-I S. 11. credit).
23. Physical Education (Women), if elected by ÿufiiçiêrit
number of pupils.
v'Aaa. Health; and 1Jygienc-ÿ ;
.25. Psychology and Childhood.
26. Rural Sociology.
27. Educational Sociology,
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Supervision in 'Elementary Schools.
Principles of Education.
30. History anflOrganization of Education in Pennsylvania.
31. Educational Measurements.
32. Guidance.
33. English Literature (4 hrs.—2 S. H. credit):-.
34. Short Story.
35. A iyancfd Composition.
36. Teaching of Science in Junior High School.
3^Á;:Physiography.
38> P h ysiS’S
39.. . .Economics.
40. American Government.
4^MCourse .College ‘Grade, History.
42.. . Mathematical Analysis’ (Covers work of first semester).
43. Teaching of Algebra and Geometry.
44. Principles: of Human Geography.
45- 11 isftiry and Appreciation of Art (4 hrs,—2 S. II. credit),
i-jf elected by a sufficient number of pupils.
46. . History and Appreciation of Music (4 h r s . » S. H.
credit), if elected by a sufficient number of pupil^K
47- State Course of Study (This is a composite course to be
:given by members of the Department of Public Instrucpgtion. It will ndt duplicate the course given last year,
^^fredit wi||be given- for it in any group)..
EXPENSES FOR THE SUMMER SESSION
I uiti.011 is free to all students who are preparing to teach in
the public scho;o® of Pennsylvania.
The charge! to boarding ffudents is as ^diiows :- :
Registration fee, including free admission to g a m e fB
-lg eju JeS entertainments,* etc....... ............ ............................ $i§do
Boarding,(including furnished room, light,, laundry, etc...
7g.n0
Day Students will pay the regular registration fee..............
10.00
Attention of all stullnttf is Called to the fact that a Special- fee
of $ 2 .5 ^ will be charged all 'studcuts' diiring the summer session.
This covers n u rg ®. and
^ rvicesH f need ariséSCanid. free
gib«ription to; thè; Summer Gampu|§ R eflect» : Books and supat the-Supply Room. AH fees and charges
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room, etc., are due at the opening of the term and
shoul||pe paidaromptly,
Attention is called to the regulation adopted by the Board of
Truste'lp- This r|M || “Students will not be à lM § S 4 to board
outside .the buildml m xfèpt with parents or near relatives” . By
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is meant brother or Sister, uncle or aunt or grand
parents.
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As we shall b.e able to accommodate all students from a distance
with rooms ifif-the dormitories .during-the Summer session this
regulation will., be strictly enforced. No exception will be made
except by action of the Board of Trustees. ..
STUDENTS SHOULD ARRANGE PROGRAMS
IN ADVANCE
As far as pofible students shqfid fill out their . programMn
advance of their arrival' at Normal. Thi^fwilL enable thet schooj
authorities to arrange for the required number of ^classes in ad
vance and thus'avoid overcrowding of classes. It is- ¿specially
desirable that this should be done in the advanced two year course
and the four year, course a|j»;some of th e. sijjject^.w ill un
doubtedly be selected by a large number of students whileTothers
may be taken by . comparatively few. If Dean H sig^ikpow ain.'
advance how many are likely to take these subjects, he can pre
pare a schedule in advance that will meet, the needs of all students..
Of course ..students will have the privilege of changing' th |^
program of subjects after they arrive if such change's|are deemed
advisable. Meanwhile please R n d in your program -when you
register. (Turn to^ 1’age I 2 l k
TEACHING IN THE TRAINING SCHOOL
A limited number, of students can be given opportunity to teach
in the Training. School during the summer se|pion. Only experi
enced teachers will be 'granted this privilege and; thejg|tshould make
application to Prof. W. P. Harley, Director
the Training
School. Specify grade or grades and subject or subjects;;iii whicfi
opportunity to teach is desired. Demonstration lessons open to all
students will be givep from time to time in the Training. Schodk',;.;
RURAL DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL
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Miss Hannah Kieffer, Directdr . of Rura||Education . will, con
duct a one-room rural demonstration school at the ,‘Tleasant Hill
School” • less-Allan ten minutes walk from :;'t-lie '.campus. '^This'
school is a typical one-room country school. The; entire equips
ment is inexpensive and is easily obtainable by any rural teacher.
The school will be in session duringtthe first six weeks of the
summer seSsipiland frequent demonstration lessons:, will be given
to thgvdljidenfS: preparingtpor . rural work. Allrauch stpidents
shoulfi arrange for frequent observation trip j^ B the school.
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SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SUMMER SESSION
Those who are familiar with the location of the Shipgensburg
Normal School? need not be told that its environment is -all that
could be .desired % aSu d en t seeking pleasure apw ell as instruc
tion during the summer session.
The buildings, are elevated above the surrounding country thus ■
affording a fine view of the valley. The North and South moun
tains loom up oil either side of the school.
The rpom pare airy, and comfortable on the hottest days of
midsummer. More than two-thirds of the dormitory rooms have
been modernized, the class rooms have been renovated and the
dining room suggests the comfort and attractiveness of the dining
halls of the best summer hotels. Then too the dining room service
and the food will challenge comparison with the food and service
of institutions whose rates are much higher than those charged
here.
Socialp are provided for the student body,. Vesper services
addressed by outstanding men and women are'held out ofjfjoots
on Sunday evenings'; and four high class entertainments free to
the students are given during the summer session. During the
coming session, V. L. Granville, Gay Zenola McLaren and the
Arion Quartette will., appear. In addition the students willpelect
one number from the .Swarthmore Chautauqua list of entertain
ments'.,.
Students interested in muSic will-have the Opportunity of play
ing in the band or orchestra and enrolling id. the Choral Society.
Membership in any of these organizations insures valuable free
musical training. Students who wish to take special instruction
in voice, piano, or violin can doAso at à moderate cost. . Such
students should indicate in advance of their coming their desire
to take this work.
Students interested in newspaper work will be given the op
portunity to serve on the staff of the Summer Campus Reflector,
the weekly student publication. The Country L ife Club will be
open to all students interested in rural education.
N Tennis courts in sufficient number are available for all students.
Baseball teams will be organized and a series of games played.
The coming summer session bids fair to be one of the most
successful -iii the history of the school.
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REGISTRATION BLANK AND PROGRAM
(Please fill out and send to Prin. Ezra Lehman.)
Enclosed please find ten dollars registration for the.-summer
session. I shall come as a boarding Student and wish a room
reserved.
I wish to room with...................................................
of ........................ .........................................
. ( I f you expect to corne as a day student strike out reference to
room. .¿See page 8).
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take tlie following four subjects :at the‘ Summer SessionflGive number o f course and title as found on pages y and 8).
1
N U M BER OF C O U R SE
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2
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T IT L E OF COURSE.
3 - ........................... ....................................; . . . .......................
4-
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I wish to secure (check the certificate desired).
Renewal of Partial .Elementary Certificate.
State: Standard Certificate.
Normal Certificate (Two year course).
Diploma (Junior High School) B. S. degree.
Diploma (Advanced two year course) B. S. degree.
Special Course.
I have taught........................... ; ......... E . . . . .te rm ||f
I am a ^kduate o f........... ............. ....................... '....High School.
1 have the following credits from (Give name of institutions
attended and if possible number of semester hours credit).
NAM E ...
A D D R E SS
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ENROLLMENT FOR THE FALL TERM
During the past month registration Jfdr the, fall term has been
keeping pace, with that for theKummerpession. . N ever before
have so many firsïjyear students'been enrolled at this season of
the year. Though we shall be able to accommodate thirty more
boarding studentf next year because of the renovations and ad
ditions to the Main Building, we realize that we shall not be
able to accommodate late registrants' with rooms iti the d o rm i
tories. For this reason young men and women who desire rooms
on the campus should register at once. The unexpectedly^ large
registration in the four year course is still further indicative of
the conditions that ,wiif confront us. "Fortunately we can ac
commodate almost five hundred in our dining room. This will
make it possible for us to accommodate a larger group of board
ing students by securing rooms for them in private families and
having them board in the dining room.
We shall continue to offer the two year courses ’ in primarykindergarten, intermediate and rural work. A certificate is issued
at the close of these courses which after'tw o years of successful
teaching is validated as â life diploma.
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The four year courses with the B. S. degree fit for Junior (or
Senior) High School positions or supervisory places.
It ;is interesting to note that the enrollment of men students has
increased materially since the adoption of the four year courses.
The advanced' registration shows the largesjpercèntage of men
we have ever enrolled.
CHANGES IN FACULTY
As noted elsewhere Dr. J.
Hinges is absent on leave during
the second semester at New York University. He ivill return to
take up his work at the beginning of the summer .session.
Mr. Levi Gilbert, who has been dean of men and assistant in
science since 1922, left us on February ifjjto accept a position in
Girard College. He expect|§to be able to take post graduate
work at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Gilber|Jwas ^liked
by the entire student body and all join in best wishes to him in
his new field.
$ « ^ r . Gilbert’s place has been filled by Mr. Grand Beckmyer who
has been ’head o f the science department in the Wayne High
School during the past five years. He has recently received his
Master degree from Gettysburg College and has made a most
favorable imprefslon upon both faculty and students.
M ils Ida Brenna of Austin, Texas, has taken charge o f the
courses in Handwriting during Mr. Burkholder’s absence. She
is a graduate of Iowa State Junior College and has had a success
ful experience as a teacher of handwriting.
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“NEWSH” BENTZ WILL RETURN TO NORMAL
IN JUNE
The many friends of genial and popular Coach Bentz will be
gratified to learn that all arrangements have been completed for
his return to Normal. He will receive his Master degree in edu
cation and has sent word that he expects to find a big group of
men interested in Physical Education at Normal next year. He
believes that the Normal teams will give a good account of them
selves in the three major sports next year.
CLASS REUNIONS
We are looking forward with much interest to the coming
Alumni Day, Saturday, June 4.
Last year the Class of ’96 came back with a rush. They had
their band-—and besides the band they had banners, class songs,
yells,.and a general assortment of “pep” that made the town of
Shippensburg and the Alumni sit up and take notice. The class
was proud of itself and its members freely boasted that they “had
licked all the other ninety’ classes to a frazzle” as far as at
tendance at thirty year reunions was concerned.
We shall all be interested in seeing what answer ’97 makes to
their challenge. Superintendent Eisenhart of Tyrone, President
of that class, is on the job. He has written to all the members of
the class and is stirring them up, not only to equal the attendance
of ’96 but to surpass it. He has a job on his hands but those of
us who know friend Eisenhart know that he will do everything in
his power to put across the biggest thirty year reunion ever cele
brated hergy In the meantime we know that President Gress and
Herman Hege who staged the big come back last year will be on
hand to make comparisons. Go to it, boys!
But why talk about “ infants” wjien we have the class of ’77 on
the job. We recently saw a letter from our friend J. L. McCaskey
the man who put Pittsburgh on the map” in which he is whooping things up for the fiftieth year reunion of his class—and
McCaskey is a hustler. He is planning to round up every living
member of his class for June 4. As usual the fifty and the forty
year classes will be the guests of honor on Alumni Day and one
of the members of ’77 remarked, “ I f ’87 turns out as we are
going to, there’ll be a lot of honoring on that day.” :Well, we
wonder what ’87 will do. We beiieve that Honorable J. L. Young
and Principal C. J. Walter can be depended upon to bring back
the children of ’87 to the fold.
We have heard reports that show that ’92 will be on hand and
we hear ’02 is looking after a place where they may sit down
together at a good meal and talk things over again. We know
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that ’07 has not forgotten its twentieth reunion and we learn that
’12 is marking June 4, on its. calendar. ’ 17 was a good class and
we don’t doubt that, there will be a. big turnout from its member
ship. Though we haven’t heard much about ’22 and 25, we assume
that they’ll be on hand with banners?!songs, and class yells..
Yes, .let us all get back and make it a good day. The Herald
willflbe glad to do all in its1 power to help along with the plans.
The following rooms .have been asigned classes as meeting places
on June 4:
Class of ’77—Reception Room.
' Class of ’87-gRoom 109.
Class of ’92—Room rro.
Class of ’97—Room ii2>. Class of ’02—Room 113..
Class of £07---Room X25.
Class of .’ 12—Room* 120Classtof ’ 17-.-Room 119.
Class of ’22—Room 118.
•Class of ’25---Room 117 .
ALUMNI PERSONALS
’84 Mr. M. S. Taylor who has lived, near Middle Spring ;'iof a
number of years halirecently sold his property at that place and
he and M r& Taylor will move to Shippensburg this spring.
’84 Mrs. L. W. Strunk, 269 Green St., Mifflinburg, Pa., writes
us that she enjoyed the Home Coming Day very much though she
di( ’84 and had not been back to Normal for a number of years. She
is now getting the Herald so that she may “ become more familiar
with normal’’ she says,
’91 Rev, ¡1 . Wm. Millar has entered upon his second year as
pastor of St. Pauls Svangelical Church of Annvilje, Pa. During
his first year 3 ft Annville the membership enrollment was in
creased 25 , per cent. The. work of the past year was. in experi
mental state. More is expected to be accomplished this year.
’96 Mrs. G. L. Hempt (Anna G. Fought) who had been
living in R aym on ® S. D., for a number of years has returned to
Pennsylvania and is living at. Camp Hill, Pa.
’96 Mrs. John S. Snoke who was|jMiss Elsie'iShelton, has'
moved to Bryn Mawr where her husband Dr. Jjijfo'Snoke ha$j
been elected superintendent of the Bryn Mawr Hospital. For the
past few years they have been living in Baltimore, Md., where
Dr. Snoke was assistant Superintendent at Johns Hopkins hospital.
’03 Emily Newton (Mrs. Ja y S
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chatty letter from Owosso, Mich., and we know her friends will
be glad to hear part of it. She says :
“ I have never been Back to a Commencement since graduating,
I taught three years in West Virginia, §lfhen three in Illinois.
Came to Owosso directly ajter my marriage and have been here
ever since; My husband is a train dispatcher for the Ann Arbor
Railroad. 11 have three boys the oldest son, Stuart is sixteen and
is, a junior in high school; Warren 13 enters 8th grade today
(Jan. 23) and Billy just 11 enters 7th grade. All love music and
we have wonderful training in our schools.
We expect to come East this summer and hope to see normal
friends.”
V Jodi Mr. Raymond G. Bressler who has been Vice Dean in
charge of instruction of students in the school of Agriculture at
State College has been appointed Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
in the Fisher administration. Mr. Bressler has written a number
of booffeand bulletins in agricultural economics. The Herald
extends congratulations to Raymond and wishes him much suc
cess in his, new work.
J : ’pg, M rs.' Dr. Reeser of Lititz, Pa., who w a ll MissriCarrie
Gochenour write us that they will move to Lancaster, on April
$5 and her husband will open an office in that place. Her address
is 139 E. Chestnut St...Lancaster, Pa. Dr. arid Mrs. Reeser have
two children Mary Jane aged four years and Robert G. aged two
years. We hope to have them in normal some day.
’og Mr. George C. Lyter supervising principal at Montoursville, Pa., writes us that he receives the Herald regularly and is
always glad when it comes. He is so far away from old normal
friends that the Herald keeps him in touch.
’07 A letter form Levi Wire of Beverly, N, J., to Professor
Shearer gives us some information about himself. He left the
work of teaching several years ago and is employed by the Phila
delphia Saving Fund Society at 700 Walnut St. His work is in
the nature dfjsecretary to the Comptroller and he has charge of
correspondence and banking by mail. He has three children,
Harry, aged 8, Jane aged 6 and Billy aged 4.
Levi and Professor Shearer are starting activities for their
¡ipth reunion next June.
Si$p8 Miss Grace Hempt who taught: in Bryn Mawr for five years
has left the teaching profession and'is employed by the John C.
Winston Company of Philadelphia, Pa. She resides at Camp
Hill, Pa.
’13 . Miss Helen Sue Grove 5507 6th Ave., Altoona, P a p is
working for her degree at State College and expects it to - be
granted, before long.
I|§|j8 Miss Helen Widney is.teaching in Camden, N. J. Her ad
dress is "137 Cooper Ave., Woodlynne, N. J.
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T8 Miss Mary Frantz is-'teaching in Philadelphia. She spent«
the past two summers in England attending school at Oxford.
Her address is 2846 N. 26th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
’21 Miss Alice C. McLean of Shippensburg, has accepted a
position in the commercial research department /Q'f the1 Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
’22 Miss Estella R. Michaels is attending Lebanon Valley Col
lege, Annville, Pa.
’22 Miss Florence K. Billow of Millersburg, writes us from
Woodbridge, N. J. “ At present I am teaching English in' the ¡7th
and 8th grades of Woodbridge public schools. I have five 7th
and two 8th grade classes every day. As soon as the spring term
classes begin I am going to take a course in Library Service at
Columbia. ^?his will require two or three years to finish because.
I expect to keep on teaching until I have completed the course,
but hope to get there eventually.”
The Herald extends best wishes for her success.
’23 Miss Blanche Allen is employed' in the Southern Home for
Destitute Children, Philadelphia. Her address is S. W. Corner
Broad and Moore Sts.
’24 Miss Blanche A. Boyer of Millersburg, Pa., is teaching in
Monroe, N. J.
■ ’23 Miss Geneva Nesbit is teaching in Matawan, N. J. Her
address is 99 Broad St.
’2:3 Miss Virginia Coonfí is a student at Irving College,
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
’23 Miss Eleanor Coons is teaching in Bellefonte, Pa. Her ad
dress is 2t Reynolds Ave.
’25 Miss Isabel Geesaman is teaching at 302 Wood St., Burling
ton, N. J.
’26 Miss Lena Thomas of Hollidaysburg, Pa., writes us from
Cape M ay'C ou rtJ House, N. J,, where she is teaching that she
has charge of fifth grade in a consolidated school,, in Cape May
Court House. She says the community takes deep interest in the
school and the teacher. One fact which she says impresses her
is the free use of libraries for all children. The literature is of
excellent selection. She likes her work very much.
’26 W.e are sorry to learn that Miss Genivieve Koons who has
been teaching in College Park School, Croydon, Pa., has been
taken to the Harriman Hospital in Bristol, Pa., and operated on
for appendicitis. We hope by this time that Miss Koons has re
covered her health.
’26 Mr. Ernest McClain-is teaching in Johnstown, Pa. He is
taking extension work at the University of Pittsburgh, also. His
address is 1045 Franklin St.
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FEBRUARY GRADUATES OF 1927
Miss Jean Weakley is teaching 5th and. 6th grades at Mt, AltoSanitarium.
Miss Ruth Harmony of Waynesboro, Pa.; is teaching 3rd grade
at Ardmore.
Mr. Kenneth Bashore is taking work toward his B. S. degree
at Normal.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
' ( ■ The engagement of Miss: Katherine M. Lehr ’24, of Lykens, to
Mr. Mark Miller of Millersburg, Pa. Miss Lehr is teaching 2nd
grade in Lykens this year.
CUPID’S COLUMN
Crawford-W horley. At Middle Spring, Pa., February 6, 1927,
by Rev. T: McK. Polk, Mr. William W. Crawford to Miss Miriam
Whorley ’27. afflhey reside in Clearfield, Pa.
^^fiwMA^-StrSiTE.i'- At Frederick, Md§| January £7,749^7, Mr.
Harry Newman to Miss Margaret E. Strike ’23. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. -Maxwell of the Methodist Church'. Their
home will be at Wells Tannery, Pa.
W herry -F arry . At Newark, N. J., December, 1926, Mr. Wil
liam D. Wherry 03, to M iss Cora Farry. They reside in. Newark
where M|| Wherry is employed by the Central Stamping Co.
M ac D onald-F u n k . A t New Alexandria, Pa., July 3, 1926, Mr.
Roy MacDonald tf>;' Miss Kathryn E. Funk, ’20. They reside at'
New Alexandria,. Pa.
CROMER-Lohz;- At Altoona, Pa., Mr. Raymond Cromer ’25, to
Miss Annetta J.otz, '25. They reside at 129 Walnut St., Johns
town, Pa., and both .Mr. and Mrs. Cromer are teaching in Johns
town. ■
B owman -W oods:» AtNLemoyne, Pa,, by Rev. J , T. Jenkins, Mr.
Edgar K. Bownwnt’cc), to Miss Esther R. Woods. 'They reside in
ÎJewvilïè' P âv wherèf Mr. Bowman is owner and editor of the
New ville Valley Times-Star..
N a Ügj.e -B jck si .kr. At Loysburg, Pa., January 8, 1927, Mr.
Bruce Nangle ’23, to Miss Ruth L. Bicksler. They reside at 1216
Market St., Harrisburg, Pa,^
1atler -S a p t h . At Mt. Union, Pa., Mr. Henry Tatler to Miss
Mabel A. Smith ’24, They reside in-Trentobj N. J.
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STORK COLUMN
F krgl'SON. At Camp Hill, Ta., February 13, 1927, to Mr. and
Mrs. j . F. Ferguson, a daughter, Nancy Jean. Mrs. Ferguson was
Bertha Spong ’05, and Mr. Ferguson was granted State Certifi
cate ill 1902.
;..A v T / V ’ J.;:;..
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S toner. At Mifflin, Pa., November||6y ,1927, ro.-.Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer C. Stoner/ a son, Robert Elmer. Mrs. Stoner was Mary
Swartz T8.
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B en tz . In the Johnstown hospital, February 22, to Mr. and
Mrs. H. N. Bentz, a son, Harry Newsham, Jr, Mrs. Bentz was a
teacher in the normal school last year and Mr. Bentz was athletic
Coach
. H ess .' At Yeager,stown, Pa., February 7, 1927, to | | r , and Mrs.
Blair, S. Hess, a daughter Virginia Margaret, -Mrs;. Hess: was
Thelma McBride ’23, and Mr. Hess was graduated also in 1923.
S hurtleff . At Sutton, W. Va., March 7, 1927, t° Mr. and Mrs;
Shurtleff, a son, Edgar McCullough. Mrs. Shurtleff was: Mary
D, McCullough ’08.
H empt . At Camp H ill,,P a.jJanu ary 19, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs.
G. T. Hempt, a daughter, Jean Doris. Mrs. Hempt was Anna
Fought ’96.
OBITUARY
Mr. J. P. Hays, C ly, Pa., of the clasMof .J76 has furnished us
with the following article on the dedth of Professor Stebbins a
former teacher of norm al:
P rofessor JGh a n n in g S tebbins
Professor Channing Stebbins teacher of Mathematics and' Book
keeping in the C. V. S. N.. S. from 1874 to 1876, died at his
home'123 Quincy St., Brooklyn, January 27, 1927, in his 83rd year.
Professbj, Stebbins was, born in Kennett Square, Pa. In the
Civil War he served with the Pennsylvania Volunteers.
He entered the New York public school system in 1876, and the
following year went to Brooklyn as,“ head of the Commercial
department of what was regarded the first High School!of
Brooklyn.
Professor Stebbins is. “survived by hip:’, wife, a son and two.
daughters. Mrs, Stebbins was also a teacher in the C. V. S. N.
S. from the opening of the school until 1876, having charge of
the department of Reading ,and Elocution. .
C lever
Mrs, Emily C. Allen ( Clever) ’88, died January 25, 1927.
We copy the following from the Shippensburg News:
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The community was greatly shocked yesterday morning when it
became known that Mrs. Emily C, Clever, one of the best known
teachers in the local Public School®» and otherwise a well known
and much esteemed woman of this community, departed this life
quite'Jtfuddenly at her home, 210 East- Burd street, about 9:30
o’clock, yesterday morning.' Deceased was a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Win. H. Allen and was born in Virginia, February
16th, 1869, and thus was in the 58th year of her life. She was’
a most estimable woman of sterling qualities and for many years
has been one of the very able and efficient teachers in the public
schools of town. She was a confftaint member of the Presby
terian church of town and also of the P. D. of A. of Leesburg,
this county.
i Mrs. Clever, although a sufferer from heart trouble and high
blood pressure, had been ailing for about two weeks but was
not considered critically ill. Her only|pon/ Albert of Lemoyne,
had been coming home every evening to attend to her wants and
yesterday morning departedfefor the pursuance of his; business, in
theElrm belief that his mother was improving, only to be informed
of his mother’s death a few hours-later. ,
The survivors are one -son, Albert, who is in the grocery business
at Lemoyne, three brothers, Albert Allen of Dauphin,, Pa., James
K., o f Detroit, Mich.,--and Clark of New Jersey, also two sisters,
Mrs,, R. H. Burke and Mrs. J. W. Hippensteele of Philadelphia.
The funeral was held from her late home .Friday afternoon at
2 o’clock, her pastor, the Rev. Wm. H. Galbreath, officiating.
Interment was made in Spring Hill cemetery.
B urns -'
J;-ifrs. Claire Noftsker (Burns) ’09, died February 28, 1927.
We are also indebted to the ‘News” for the following:
The community was greatly shocked Monday evening when it
became known that Mrs. Claire Noftsker Burns, daughter of Mr.
George W. and the late Mrs, Noftsker of East Orange street,
Shippensburg, had departed th isE ife at her, home, 321 Third
street, New, Cumberland, sometime during-the evening of that
day, Mrs. Burns, whose husband died only about two months
ago, visiteJBhere last »{Sunday and returnefi* apparently in the best
of health. According to an inquest held by Dr. Wm. S. Ruch of
Carlisle, death was due to heart trouble with which Mrs. Burns
had been afflicted.
Mrs. Burns, apparently - in good health, had attended choir rehearsaMFriday night _and church services Sunday night at the
Baughman Methodist Memorial Church.
Mrs. Burns was one of Shippensburg’s well known and popular
young ladjbilactiye in her church and g lo v e d by all with whom
she came in contact. She was a graduate of the local Normal
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School and for a number of years taught in various schools.
She isMsurvived by her father,, George W. Noftsker and a
brother, P au l/of Shippfilfmrg.
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Funeral services'were held at 2 o’clock Thu^day afternoon,
at the home. The ReJS C. W. Fields, pastor of . the Baughman
Memorial Methodist ^ h u rch , officiated. Burial ¿»a|C made in
Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg.
S adler .
Robert N. Sadler ’91 died December 7, 1926.
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We are grieved to learn that Mr. Sadler committed suicide by
hanging at his home in WormleySburg, P $ | He had been ln ill
health for more than a year and||ecame very despondent.
W agner
Superintendent John C. Wagner ’92, died February 10, 1927.
We have the following account from a Harrisburg paper:
Carlisle, Feb. n.M john C. Wagner, 55, Superintendent of local
public schools for the past twenty-three years, died yesterday in
Philadelphia. Professor Wagner had been a patient in the Meth
odist Hospital since January 15.
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Funeral services were held. Monday afternoon at 2.30 o clock
in the First Reformed Church. The Rev. Roy Linebaugh cdnducted the services. Burial in Westminister Cemetery.
Besides^ being prominently identified as an educator Professor
Wagner was active in civic work. He was born near Ikesburg,
Perry County.
He was graduated from Cumberland Valley
Normal School at Shippensburg, accepting the principals|ip of the
Newport high school upon graduation. He came here in 1904, as
superintendent, a position he held until his death.
He was a member of the First Reformed Church of Carlisle, a
past president of the Carlisle Rotary Club, a trustee o il the
Carlisle Community Chest Association. He was, alpr' active in
Masonic circles, and waM a, trustee of the Masonic/iHome: at
.'¿Elizabethtown.
He was' known throughout the State’ as an’ educator. At the
time oE his death he was treasurer of the Pennsylvania State
Educational Association.
He isPsurvived by his widow, Mrs. Alice'Wagner, Carlisle; two
daughters,, Mr§i Marie Johnson, Cleveland, Ohio; and Mrs. Kath
erine Porter, Mechanicsburg; three grandchildren. His mother,
Mrs. Sarah Wagner, New Bloomfield; a sister Mrs. Clara Metz,
New¿.Bloomfield, and three brothers, the Rev. Scott Wagner,
Hagerstown,' ;M d.; ¿Edward M. Wagner, 415 South Sixteenth
Street, Harrisburg, and Lewis F. Wagner, Lemoyne, also survive.
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B kvan
John T. Bevan ’80, died January 5, 15127.
. We have not learned any particulars of the death of' Mr. Bevan
except that he had been ill for a considerable time. He was living
in Chico, California at the time of his‘ death.
H ammond
Cora Dunbar (Hammond) ’90/died 1926.
i J jMe: are without, particulars other than that Mrs. Hammond
died during the Christmas holidays at her home in Harrisburg, Pa.
R ich
Mrs. Jennie Martin (Rich) ’82, died March 14, 1927.
Mrs. Rich had'been living in Los, Angeles, California, for the
last few years and was living there at the time of her death. She
was formerly from Shippensburg, Pa.
ADDRESSES WANTED
In checking: over the names; of the graduates of the school the
Personal Editor finds that there are a number of graduates whose
addresses she does not have. She would be very grateful to any
readers of the. Herald who are able to give her any information
in regard to any of the followi
1874
May Uhler
E. Ja y Moore
S. W. Witman
1875
Nannie Stiffler (Galloway)
J. R. Ewing
1876
Blanche M. Miller
Kate1 Seidel (Fox)
George King McCormick
1877
Lizzie Long
M. T. Lightner.
Jacob V. Mohr
1878,
Ella Rarey (Heidrick)
Anna J. Steele
John C. McCune
Mary H- Grinrod
E. S. Bolinger
F. W. Dykeman
J. H. Hackenberger
S. B. Huber .
1880
Kate McCalmont (Shrader)
Carondelet B. Palm
1881
Sallie P. Castle
J. L. Potlfeiger
1882
D. A. Fortna
Edward McGeehn
1883
G. A. Weber
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1884
Lottie • R. -Dutton
1885
Frances Hykes,
1887Daisie A. William (Ketterer)
C. C. Balehore
W. F. Sprenkle
1888
C. Iva Smith
W. H. P.entz
1889 .
Grace B. Spangler (Ye'isser)
At C. Logan
A. C. Lackey
' 1890
Mattie Piper
Ella C. Sibbett (Bill); .
Harry D. Brewer
1891
Ella Hoffman (Kauffman) :
Mary B. .Smith
Minnie Snayely (Frissele)
George Gable
James Slaybaugh
1892
,S. F. Gerberich
■ Gedrge Macomber
C. W. Snyder
P. H. Stambaugh
J. A. Stevens
1893
Mrs. Lillian Besore
Edith Getz (Weis.enberger)
Rose McKinnie (Davison)
Harry L. March
C. M. Romberger
1894
Essie Ernest
Ida Frank (Star)
Elizabeth Kisecker (Saiter)
Mary Miller (Mabee) •
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C. M. Best:-J
W. S. Cornman
J. W .'M cC Ïak b
H. A. Reed
C. Cl SheaiTer
B. HBTïrimmer
189S'
Lottie K. Bashpar
Flora A. H. Benner (Babylon)
1896 "
Maggie Dinsmore . (Wheeler)
P. Olive Hixon (May)
Mattie Mathews (Johnson)
Damaris Peters
Alice Shaffner
Mae Sheets (Miller)
Lida Standing ¡(Williams)
J. R. É. Getel
S. J. Lee
O. G. Myers
D. L. Scott
1897
.Mary, Clark
Bessie Foust (Johnson)
Lillian Foust' (Plummer)
Laura Hoch
Gay Renshaw
Ida Rupp
Abel Morris
S. L. Seitz
W. |E;. Watson
§ ® 9'8 R. Mae Anthony , ‘
Mary J. Lear
C. M. Graham
W. K. Stouffer
J. T. Swartz
E. N. Walter
.1899
Carrie Reiff
Phoebe RisSerËHaldeman)
Denton J. Brown
A. D. Hoke
E. R. Wills,
Leslie V, Zentz
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1900
Blanche Greist (Dilmore)
Ida Stoner (Bonda)
Percy A. Hollar
J. A. Hyndman
1902
|<|lare J. Brown
Gwendolyn Downs (Pentz)
Viola Moyer (Hempel)
Clara Potter (Countermine)
Mabel K. Shryock
A. R. M itchfflH
1904
Helen A. Corwin.
Anna M. J one's •
1906
D. Elizabeth Reinecker
J. Frank Daniels
Haul B. Zeigler
1907
Violet Johns (Richter)
“Ella Lay (Adams)
Bertha Longeneeker (Shafer)
Bess Rhodest (Johns)
1908
Elizabeth Houston (Fickes)
-Ijrsula Sterner- JK ojfpJ
Sadie Stumbaugh (Brumbaugh)
Estella Sweigard :(Cleland)
Grace Stumbaugh
Archie Cowan
William I lo o k
1909
Charles R. Jobe
|Rjilph P. Matter .
1910
John B. Hoke
Andrew Witherspoon
1912 I
George Foreman
John Hetrick
James; C. Trostle
1913
Anna Small
Erwin L. Bucher
C. Lester Crunkleton
Earl H. King
T 9I 5
Ella S. Kepler
Margaret A. Lerew
1916
’Ezra Wenger
--ivi 917
Esther Balliet .(Bruner)
I 9t 9
Marguerite Spessard
(Rawlings)
Penelope Witmer (King)
1921
Ethel M. Deardorff (Sleichter)
1922
Helen Fisher (Goode)
WANTED— A LIBRARY BUILDING
Yes, we have one,-but it is part of the Administration Building
and students^who want to see it must first see our Chapel.
Probably the trip through the Chapel is conducive to a proper
frame of mind necessary for effective reading and study,, but Un
fortunately :the Chapel is in use two hours every week during
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school hours-;. It p liin constant demarid for rehearsals, meetings,
lectures, concerts;-: etc. During these times it is of course im
possible for anyone g o use the, .library.
Consequently during
certain hours the library is jammed with a large crowd of students
who 'Mould not Use it during their free periods.
The library H the big laboratory g |f tl|| ¡school and our six
hundred studeng need a much, larger and more commodious build-,
ing for this purpose.
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We have asked the Legislature to appropriate the fundfP § |li
will enable us to house our books so that all will be available to
the students, so that the library can be in use twelve ,hours a day.
Then t<|9 we want our Library to|pe; hotìsed in a building of
which we can all be proud. We have reason to hope that our
request>.for funds will be granted and that next year we may see
a fine library building added to, our campus structures.
THE NORMAL SCHOOL LIBRARY
To show what the library department means to the student
and the teacher is the object of the April number of the Herald.
It is the first number of this school publication devoted wholly
to a discussion ■ oLsuch a topic, and therefore ¡the argument is
clear that a changed attitude exists toward the library. What has
brought it about ?
Nothing more than the usual effect produced by the general
change in educational functioning—an attitude of research,:, of.
delving, of seeking opinions of others, of comparing these opinions,
and forming one-si own. The day o f the carefully. memorized
textbook i l l past, and in its place we are having a richer ex
perience of real study, of careful questioning, and of reasoning
out the reply. We cannot do this unless: we have plenty of
material to work with, and th|| the library must’-supply. It dOe||
so through a larger and larger selection of books and magazines,
both general and special in character, and made more and more
'¿Accessible, in spite of increasingly crowded conditions. The budget, therefore, is increased to meet the need, the hours
of opening are lengthened, so .that all may have time for study,
boobs are placed B n reserve j r a m a k S aMignmeni^ ;:^aflable
promptly, and trained help is constantly seeking more andj-better
ways of getting the right material in the hands of the worker. In
other words, the library is the king-pin of the school machinery,
the working unit which draws all other departments together, and
upon which they muSt; depend.
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There are many ways by which the library .seeks to meet the
need of the student, beside the usual method of circulating books
and magazines both in the room and for home Use; The daily
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routine of charging and discharging books need not be emphasized,
except to say that statistics’of circulation show a constant, steady
increase;/; Some of thé more-popular features may, however, be
properly dwelt upoh) sp? that the: interest of the former graduate
may be aroused to the growth and change that is taking place in
the school.
In the first place, the library is-far from being a dead place—
it is a live center of interest every hour Of the day. The evenings
too, see an even greater patronage, for it is often, crowded to
more: than capacity, and the overflow are obliged tl|É find seats
outside in the chapel.
The big. bookcase in the middle of the room is: one of thé first
objects to draw attention. Here are'shelved all the small books
of reference, such as Who’s Who, World Almanac, Statesman’s
Yearbook, Index to Fairy Tales, Europa Yearbook, etc. Two
largo encyclopedias also find place here, and that best friend and
true, the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature. This central
case' is in order only once a day. The rest of the time it may ap
peal untidy tó the outsider, ..but not to the librarian or teacher
who realizes that a book has a reason for being only when it is
in use. Questions are answered; by the hundred through this
compact collection of general andllpecial reference material, and
students familiarize themselves with the books most necessary in
forming a school library when they go out to teach.
• Another , collection of a current nature, constantly drawn upon,
is the clipping file. Begun a little over three years ago, it has
completely : outgrown the two large Library Bureau filing cases
provided to contain it. Every sort of scrap material from dis
carded magazines and newspapers, as well as free material
obtained from traveler’s agencies, mercantile, corporations» and the
like, is gathered together in folders and arranged alphabetically
'under topic. Already over 400 different subject headings are
represented, and in the course of every day, students may be found
eagerly searching for the latest information on geographical,
historical, political, social and descriptive, subjects..
Two or three times, a year this: file is carefully looked over for
material which has been : superseded by later publications, and
this is discarded. In this way, the collection may be considered
fairly up-to-date, and' savèsi much space in the matter of filing back
numbers of periodicals,—a problem of no little seriousness in our
present limited quarters.
Another collection that affords gratification to all classes of
students, but especially to those who are doing their first teaching,
is the picture file. We have at . present nearly :2piiS§; mounted
pictures, and every day new ones, are being added. These are
taken from só many different sources that it would seem impossible
to believe that anything of a “ visual edücation”jS)rder had been
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allowed to escape the’ vigilant eye of the* librarian doing the
clipping. In spite of that, however, much duplicate matter i s »
turned over to the pupils, who in their, turn add t, collection' of. clippings, and these Ultimately find their way into
booklets and scrap books of their own.
The mount used, for the pictures, is of lightweight chip-board,
neutral in color, and stiff enough to hold itself up without curling
corners, when on exhibition. Fpr the development of letpg| plans
and projects,; this part, of the library equipment seems to .be in
dispensable, and the requests that we have failed to answer by this
means have ’been few. The student helpers take great interest
in watching the growth of the collection, and to their neat-. ?
fingered .diligence in pasting and arranging, the library owes its
rapid increase in thisJiirect.ipn.
Another point, of interest :fsft:the new bulletin board. li'e-retofore we have had a small one, hanging oil the temporary partition,
and used’ largely by teachers'for posting lists of references, and
serving a very urgent need, though b y no means an ornament to
the room. Indeed, so little spacefw.as left.-for making public the
various concerns and influences of the library, that the gift of
money from the Girls’ Student Council last year, was. more than ;
welcome in providing a special bulletin'board for library matters,
alone. It has been placed in the chapel just outside: one o f the
library doors, and with its attractive oak frame and glass- door,
makes an appearance of which we may well be proud. Here
appear lists of new books added to the. shelves from week to week,
special review notices of new titles, pictures suitable to certain
days and seasons, and original posters by the students themselves.
This keeps the library well before the, student body, and She
Library Council Committee who have it in charge are faithful to
its care.
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Aside from the regular course, in the .useg||pthe library, a talk
is given each year to the outgoing students on how to obtain free
material and books at small cost. This is an important topic
with young people who are making..* first start in their profession,
with often very little to help them either in school or out.
Library facilities in the country especially, are very limited, but
the ubiquitous advertisement is always, with us, and the better
firms have learned so: much of the psychology of advertising, that
the artistic sense may thrill at nothing more than a sfe.aming .bowl
of tomato soup, . Companies are also learning the wisdom ^of
taking the public into their confidence, and the art of answering
the child’s question as to how his shoes are-made, or why ink
is black, may easily be left to the manufacturer who knows:; that
truthful, scientific explanation of his product mean|-,: more in
telligent customers in the future. The encouragement of travel,
both by sea and land, has also increased the number o f attractive
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folders issued free by railroad and steamship companies, chambers
of comnjerc|and the like. The clever normal school graduate
¡ ■ H I of a11 these and many other facilities, and by the aid
of a few pamphlet boxés, is ready to ¡start her geography or history
clalS 0n
B Practical road to knowledge.
h j alsfeprepared for distribution this year a mimlist of inexpensive edition^: and series of bookJl and
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ln another part of thisGssue. Tëâchers will find that
the habit of book buying may be made the most satisfying one in
the world, if it is done with caution. To feel that all knowledge
may be obtained for $69 in ten cheaply Bound volumes, isÿfsurely
unworthy of any educator. To build up o n e® own library % no
readj-made” job, but a slow process of absorbing interest to
the owner and brings its own reward. It is hoped that this list
will help the young teacher in making an economical choice of
books.
Another feature within library influence ysffthe Readers’ GluB;
I hig. -organization has flourished for ihore than two years and
t as gradually increased it|;s membership with the passing months.
Its object has been to supply recreational reading for those whose
few hoursjSgf leisure lead them naturally to a book. In an en
vironment wholly jacking in publiqfîibrary opportunity, and very'
little more than an occasional magazine, such a need is keenly
felt. The studentjSthemselves are therefore more than willing
to pay a nominal yearly fee of 50 cents toward the support of
the club, and the faculty members also have the privilege for
y -00' The dues are used to purchase new books for the use of
the members, and the better ;type of fiction, and the finest and
most readable books of non-fiction, argto be found on the shelves.
I he co.lection is given a place by itself, and memberSdo their
■ B l checking out-an »etu rnin g. This club is undoubtedly one
o jth e most popular organizations in the school, and though quiet
m j | s appearance and habitÿ |sd‘an indispensable part of school
.. e; "l he numbeftof books now reacheshinto the first hundred
including everything from “ Microbe hunters” by de K ruif to
Nize Baby” by M ilt Gross.. ■ No one need find a rainy day a
dull one- when just; around the corner lies a Readers’ Club membership.
, I'as(oan been given full- credit as an extra-curricular activity, and between
forty and fiftyggtudents each semester elects to wôrk in s h ift® two
hours a week. Their duties are largely at: the desk and shelves
but they 'learn much that is- practical in the matter of library
m m m m sh° uld give tflem a larger interest in establishing
the School library idea when they go out to teach. All the dif
ferent school collections are available to them in this work. The
Library Council is- an- outgrowth of this-) practice work, and a
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special account of its objectives arertovbe found in another part
of this number
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The library itselfJghen, means a working force, throughout the
school., The foregoing outline merely tries to -give some idea ot
its everyday usefulness to the scholar while in- school,End trusts
that its influence may be taken jjflut wherever the teacher goes; for
service. That it is often remembered by igfaduateg our corre
spondence will amply prove. Questions about peopleMbout t o k ^
about methods* are constantly coming, in from old SriM ds^who
are in the teaching field. They cannot come too* oftengfor it
proves that once the library meant something to |8 growing mind,
and that a desire for. further Contact is alive and eager. Mere
books a n ® pamphlets and even a fine building, desirable as^it may
be, cannJjgtake the place of service. We mustghave a Hverflep«#*
ment, answering questions, helping solve problems, keeping doors
open to new ideas and opinions,,-. This is what We hope the libraiy
means to you.
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' Clara W.«;BragG;
. Librarian.
THE TRAINING SCHOOL LIBRARY
The purpose of a Library is to afford an opportunity to. read
andlftudy for pleasure and profit. 'T he primary function
school library is to establish habits of reading and studying for
pleasure and profit. A Training pffhool Library aims;'to«give
students' practice in using the library in their teaching and to send
them out as missionaries into the much neglected field of library
opportunities o f oür State. ToSrovide for a jjfervice t$cover two
of- these aims, and ultimately the third, requires not only a^ lear
understanding of these purposes and the technique necessary to
realize them, but also an equipment especially selected for 'fl|i:sj
work.
■ t h e changed Conception of teaching from imparting of knowl
edge and imposing of taskSAupon children to thej|fflp|Sjng of
children’s; interests and activities into channels of physical and
intellectual growth has''èreatéd a new Conception of the work of
the library. In-':additionf ffi providing reference materials;, and
supplementary reading, the- library has, become a necessary part
of the teaching equipment. , Formerly, we collected volumes of
bounijfprinted paper, placed them on shelves and called it a library,
now we select books' and m ateria® which bear directly upon the
life and interests of the children! and usé: them a y a part ofqthfe
school program. The class activities' determine "the nature of
the library work and give the children a purpose for choosing
the books desired for reading. This library service ig| demanded
by little children as well as adults. All who seek help by means
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or books, charts and pictures now come to the library to have their
needs supplied.
■ ,. Much attention has. been given to the library needs of adults
but the facilities for little children arei;n.ot Itequately provided
hurmture for children; is gradually:,being made a part of the
library equipment, but . in most cases this’ is adult•iturniture cut
down to the size of children. Our equipment for the children’s
library should make the same appeal as is found in the kinder
garten. While the beginners are being introduced to the fairies
and the familiar personalities in the nursery literatures, there
should be a real fairyland to which they can go to explore these
realms of the imagination. Picture, books, maps of Fairyland
charts and posters of children’s activities are- just as necessary
tor little children as reference books and encyclopedias are for
adults. This type of interest will not only' enlarge and enrich
the experiences of the children, but will at the ' same time
establish habits: of intelligent reference and research necessary
for school work of the higher grades.
This appeal to; satisfy the needs of children in the primary
grades is no less necessary in all of- the grades of the elementary
ooL In m°St of our schools it is not only a matter of selecting
library equipment, but m orP especially to' select iqiripment that
will serve the different grades.rfg. the- pupils’, development,—equip
ment that is suited fe the age and' needs of the children. The
hbrarian and cig||room teacher .must have a common objective,
lh e library and the classroom are means of instruction and serve
cor relatively rather than supplementary.
The Training, School Library is now celebrating its third anni
versary,. Its aim is to afford suitable literature for all children'
of the elementary school, to train teachers to use the library as
a means||if, instruction and to send them out to establish library
opportunities in the communities to which they .go. Our furniture
and equipment have hardly kept pace with our aims and fneeds.
Our latest addition is a reading table containing a map of Fairy-'
land, special picture books, for little children, and appropriate
literature for all grades. Thirteen children’s magazines come
to our shelves, regularly. We have 1500. volumes distributed in
the GampushTraining ;School, the Rural Training- School at
P.easant Hill and the Junior High School of Shippensburg.
Besides the daily readings in the libraries, and the class groups
which have; regular library periods, there is an average circula
tion Of 300 books per month. These, are boilecjjbns of selected
B ^ m M-any '$ther:4 i% m es are. available; and others are con
stantly being recommended- for our shelves but must be rejected
because they do not serve our purpose.
W. P. H a rley ;
Dinebt{$ of Tramin^fSthool.
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HOW TO USE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY
Much has. been written concerning the .pÿganization^^a school
library the selection H material f the furnituie,
lighting, heating, and general equipment. This brief outline
jlegins where the before-mentioned- topic leaves off, and assumes ,
that .everything has been properly prepared,; and that the library
is in action.
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What are some of the uses to which it is. to be put, and how
are we t ® make It do its fullest work with its; constituency.
After all it does not differ from any other .library. It is intended
M meet present need$Jïàs they <|gme up from day Q day,- and
prepare the child for an intelligent use of his. community library
when he is through school. It givey, him a sincere appreciation
of the value of books in his life, and therefore makes him willing
'ftp further‘ the library as. a community project, and give it his
moral and.financial support.
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The following are . some of t ^ w a y s ; tJjS'jtchQflj libraryg i jeqM.
be used by and for the child:
t Its doors' should be open during the entire .school day, so
that teachers, and pupils alike may have access' to the books for
reference. I f the geography class is not quite sure whether dates
are packed before or after ripening,Tsend some representative to
the library to find out, when interest, in the subject is high and
fix the fact once and for all. IPA,pot w ait. unt|; after^chool,
when everyone is eager to see the ball game.
f ' 2. Children should go- to the library to, draw books out tor
home use, and thereby stimulate their habit of reading for pleasure.
This is, of course the main, object 'o f any library, but it is
peculiarly the privilege of the school library to start the child on
the road to a broader acquaintance with the great literature
-written especially for him, and to help the parent 'solve the allimportant. problem of the use of leisure- time.
H The library should be in charge of some one who has a
thorough knowledge of children’s h used with children. A small collection of books will triple m
value if used with intelligence, and a sympathetic effort to get
the right book and the right child together.
4.
The atmosphere of the library should be informal. While,
it should be quiet, i t should not be looked upon as. a study hall,
.and. children should b| permitted to move about as much as they
wish if they are there: for a legitimate purpose. Children .should,
never be sent to the library to study-their regular lessons, or to
puish them for a fault. The child should go to the library because
he wants to, not because he must, and the object of its entire
mission will be lost if it is used for disciplinary purposes,
i. The story hour in the library offers another point of con-
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tact with books.',; Here the teacher troni time to time may gather
her group about her, and the poetry and folk-lore o f the ages
may be made, alive and real. In lour own library, the low; table,
with therirnap of fairy land on top, covered by glas.4, and the
little chairs surrounding; it, offers a charming center for a happv
hour. A well arranged bulletin hoard or a beautiful picture may
also introduce thHtheme òf ' sOmé^pSgial season or holiday, ant
thO|ftory teller need have no fear o f -wandering attention.
6.
Another school problem which the library may have its
part in . solving is thaf. of the-superiorphild. Teâ|hërs know only
too well what it means to have on their hands' ,a boy, who through
superabundance of ability, finishes;: hifèî history-%r . arithmetic long
before^he others, and therefor|| seeks an outlet for hi4§eiiergy
by drawing none too flattering picturèsM l his. teacher for the
entertainment 'of his neighbors! ”; .Permission to go to t$Ê library,
select a bo:pk or magazine: an.®* read quietly there until time for
the,next class period, is a favor eagerly sought Mijljgratefully
acknowledged. The teà'cher’s loadVis lifted- | l r the moment,ìthe
pupil is congenially employed,, and best vlf: all, independent Of
action in chopsing what is interesting ¡¿festered.
The tfibrary may alsofeffer its bestfervices to the child
who fe^naturally ^i^w , especially in reading. The: sympathetic
teacher may realize this by sending the boy or girl Of this type
to the library frequently. In thé. classroom where others may
see and hear deficiencies, the embarrassment of theifsensitive
child is great, but by himself in the quiet of the library, he may
look , .at pictures, browse, through the shelves, anffi rëâd a third
grade, bpok when he belongs in the fifth grade, without any stigma
attaching theretM Gradually he grows more independent in his
rp dinê i!and| f nS - t <? h^s delight that he can readily read without
help, and without hi|j pride ¡being hurt.
: 8, ; The library offers torthe teacher an unusual chance to intro-duc^ the besfe literature to her pupils. Many bcjlfks that lie un
used on the shelves-because of *a Sack 'd ! understanding||>n the
parffef the child, may need only a word of explanation or recom
mendation from the teacher to bring it into the front rank of
popularity. Lucas’ ‘The Slowcoach” truly lived up to its name
until one of our bright jfiudent teacher's; read a chapter of two to
her class. .Since then it has taken on the wornMpok o f a much
loved companion. All books do not make the same appeal, but
here is an opportunity to give the “ wall flowers” o f literature a
chance to he appreciated. • This the intelligent teacher always does.
-Cl a r a W. B ragg ,
Librarian.
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THE LIBRARY COUNCIL
No: longer do stern librarians hold absolute sway over the C. V. ;
S. T. C. Library. Rut rather, the fate, of this “ heart of the
school” , as it has been so aptly called, rests, with the members
of the newly formed- Library Council. It is. from them that^ all
ideas of decoration, publicity, growth and progress shall spring.
And rightly Iso. For, after all, what develops enthusiasm as much
as a personal responsibility and contact, which we hope :thi|| will
prove to be to our students,’ soon teachers and promoters of pro
gressive educational methods,'?.,
The plans and hopes of the Council, though at present rather
nebulous, are broad and well meaning. The membership is com
posed of students who have elected library work as their extra
curricular activity, and hence is an interested group. The officers
chosen are Dr. Lehman, Honorary President; David Brandt, Pres
ident; Helen BarbourÇ Vice-President; Miriam Piper, Secretary;
Ruth Kinsloe, Treasurer, with Miss Y ork,'‘Miss Bragg and Miss
Moore the faculty advisors. An exhaustive constitution has been
adopted, and the various committees are at work. The duties of
the-.executive committee are to aid the officers in carrying out
the aims: of the club; the decoration committee are to keep the
library as attractive as possible with flowers and exhibi||| the
bulletin board committee to keep the library before the public eye
by posting all library news and notes in our own ¡special bulletin
board.
The Council plans one trip a year to a neighboring library, this
year to the State Library at Hargrsburg, in order to enlarge the
field of the members’ library experience and, we trust,¡gheir en
thusiasm. Mr. Bliss- of the State lib rary has spoken to the club
on County libraries, Mis.sl Zachert, director of. the School
Libraries Division has told us about school libraries in Pennsyl
vania. Miss Titcomb of the Hagerstown.Public Library has also
consented- to explain the work and purose of the “book wagon.”
I -But neither is the club to be purely “ professional.” Our first
meeting was of a social nature, when, after everyone wns happily
fed, the idea of the Council was introduced by the librarians. It
was at that time th lf. the possibilities of many good timegjwere
discussed, and various studeriSinclude banquets, parties and even
dances in their vision of “what ap b rary club should do.”
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Doris H. M oore,
Assistant Librarian.
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BOOKS AT SMALL COST
This list makes no pretension of being complete, for the publish
ing world is a rapidly growing and changing field. It tries, how
ever, to include some of the better known editions and series on
the market during the past year. Any publisher will gladly send
lists of his publications upon request.
In regard :to what is sometimes termed “ school” editions,
changes in the original text are occasionally made, especially in
anthologies of poetry. Thist?|thange is generally accounted for
in the preface or introduction, but the teacher is cautioned to
bear this -fact in mind when making a purchase. Untermeyer’s
“ This singing world” is an example; ninety-seven poems that ap
pear in the original printing being omitted in the school edition.
C. W. B.
P R O F E SSIO N A L PU BLIC A T IO N S
Francis W. Parker School,.'Chicago, 111. Year books. 35-50C.
Ethical Culture School, New York. Occasional pubs. 50C-S1.25.
Lincoln Experimental .Schooffl New York.
Occasional pubs.
About Si.00.
Nat. Society for study of educ. Year Books, Nearly all, below
St.50.
Graduate schools of education, e. g.
University of Chicago.
Leland Stanford University,
Harvard school of Education.
Columbia Univ. Teachers' College.
Publications of these schools vary in price, but the majority are
below $1.50. Paper covers.
Have your name put on the register for lists of publications, and
you will receive them free and can make your choice of the
ones you have use for.
IN E X P E N S IV E ED ITIO N S
A. L. BU R T & CO.
The Home Library, 400 titles, S i.25 postpaid'(no discount).
Pocket edition of standard Classics, 115 titles, $1.00 (leather).
New copyright fiction, 300 titles, 75 cents.
This contains some good authors; such as Lincoln, Ibanez,
Johnston, Fafnol, Hall, Caine, etc.
DODD, M EAD & CO.
Astor Library, 12 titles, $1.00 (90c).
Standard fiction, such as Adam Bede, Count of Monte
Cristo> etc.
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GEO. H. DORAN CO.
Modern Readers’ Bookshelf, 16 titles, S t.50 (no discount).
Modern essays, philosophy, history, science, etc.
Humanizing of knowledge ser., 4 titlel, $1.00..
Science—James Harvey Robinson, etc. Excellent.
D O U BLED A Y, P A G E & CO.
Lambskin Library, 55 titles, $ i.i|| (no discount).
Standard works. Excellent type.
DUTTON & CO.
Everyman’s Library, 700' titles, 80c.' (;6oc.)
Inclusive—Biography, fiction, esshysL poetry,, drama,
history, science, etc. Some translations.
Today and Tomorrow ser., 38 tit^^p$i:;fij>^6?:'i).
Modern discussions on the future of intelligehce, defense
, “of chemical warfare, future of law, conqj)Cs|;g)eancer,
etc.
GARDEN C IT Y P U B L IS H IN G CO.
Star Dollar Books, 33 titles, $1.6®. ’
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Series of non-fiction books including travel/ essays/ music
and a good deal of biography.
G R O SSET & DU N LAP.
Popular "copyright fiction, 756 titles, ’75 cents.
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Some good titles among them, such as “ The Bent Twig”
by Dorothy Canfield.
IIA RCO U RT, B R A C E & CO.
•Bohn’s Popular Library, 60 titles^ 8sc||( 75c.)
Ancient and modern standards, essays, fiction, some
poetry.
Untermeyer—Modern American and British poetry ||Text
ed.) Si.20.
Untermeyer—Modern British poetry (Text ed.) S i.00.
Untermeyer—This Singing World ||Text ed.) $1.04.
H A R P E R & BROS.
Harper’s Modern Classics, 12 titles, $i%p JpJC.)/;,
Hardy, Twain, Howells/ Deland, etc.
D. C. H EATH & CO/
Belles lettre.s :ser., 44 titles, 88c. ( 7°c0
English literature—Principally separate plays or essays,
and, selected, poems.
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H E N R Y H O LT & CO.
Home University Library of Modern Knowledge; 116 titles,
$i.oo ;tooY..l||
Variety, of subjects, all modern. No poetry or drama.
Writers of the Day Ser., u titlesjd$i.oo (90c.)
Short biographies of modern writers.
HOUGHTON, M IF F L IN & CO.
Riverside literatu re SerfgUio titles, 28c .-$i .o o .
Contains great variety , .,pf .Standard classics. A good
many nature boobs'JB-Burroughs, Thoreau, Miller, etc.
Riverside College .Classics, 34 titles, 80c.
Al f r e d a . k n o p f .
Berzoi Pocket Books, 42 titles, $1.25 ($ 1.15 ).
' Modern reprints, English and American publications, a
lew translations.
M A C M ILLA N & CO.
Modern Reader’s Ser., 64 titles, 80c. (66c.)
Biography, fiction and poetry—many abridgements and
selections.
M A C RA E SM ITH CO.
The Fairmont Classics, 7 titles, $1.50 (85c.)
Adventure stories, Cooper, Marryat, Bullen and Melville.
MODERN L I B R A R Y . : -
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§¡¡¡¡39 titles,, 95c (8s c | »
Modern repiintjSiifiction, poetry, essays, etc.
« O S . N ELSO N & SONS,
Nelson ClassicS, 153 titles,’ 60c.. (45c.)
Nelson Standard Library, 10 titles, $1.00 (80c.)
Mostly English authors in both these editions.
O XFO RD UNIV. P R E S S .
World’s Classics,.’ 224 titles, 80c. (72c.)
Standard works, fairly well printed.
Standard editions of poetry and prose, 118 titles, $1.50 ($1.35).
.'Unusually well edited. Introductions often by dis
tinguished modern authors.
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Ariel booklets, 200 titles, $1.00 (no discount).
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BOOKS FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS OF LITERATURE
Listed by Mary E. York, Teacher of Reading ^
' Juvenile Liter citure, and Storytelling.
The excellent list for primary teachers has been prepared this
year by our teacher of reading, and is f i | | o | suggestions to
those who wish to purchase something helpful to teacher and child
^ T h e editor of this number gratefully acknowledges M is||^ork’s ;
permission to print it.—C. W. B.
B E S T G E N E R A L CO LLECTIO N .
Juvenile Literature—Curry & Clippinger, $3.50, Rand McNally
& Co., Chicago.
POETRY.
This Singing WofldfpUntermeyer, Lewis, $3.00, Harcourt,
Brace and Co., N. Y .
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■ '•"•(School Edition) $1.04, Harcourt, Brace and 0 % N. Y.
The Home Book of Versé for Young hoiks,— Stevenson, B.,
$3||P1 Henry Holt Co.
*The Posy Ring—Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N., l f e 00>
Houghton, Mifflin Cd?’ N. Y .
xGolden Numbers--Wiggin, K. D .„ and Smith, N., $ 1 -20
Houghton, Mifflin Co., ;N. -Y.
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♦ Peacock Pie—Die L a Mare, W altefi$2.25, Henry Holt Co.,
‘ N. Y .
♦ Sing Song—Rossetti,, Christina, $1.48, MacMillan Go,1, N. Y .
♦ A Child’s Garden of VersésíGStevenson, R. L .,.$ i .75, Cha-.
, Scribner’s S o ris,|l|||Y .
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(Cheaper Edition) .75, Rand, McNally Co., Chicago.
♦ Rhymes of -Childhood—Riley,' J . W., $2.oos BobbgM erril Co.,
Indianapolis.
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M O TH ER GOOSE.
Mother Goose ¿Com plete)—Jessie W. Smith, $3.00, Dodd
. ' Mead and Co., N. Y.
Little Mother Goose—Jessie W. Smith, $1.50, Dodd Mead
and B p , N, Y.
*The R ||l Mother Goose—Wright, B. F., $2.00 Rand
McNally and Co,, Chicago.
: (Cheaper (Edit ion) .75, Rand McNally and Co., Chicago.
Mother Goose—Richardson,, F., $1.55, P. F. Volland Co.
Chicago.
(Larger Edition) $3.00, P. F. Volland Co.
F A IR Y TAT.ES & L E G EN D S. '
Fairy Tales;—Grimm Brothers, $1.75» G. W. Jacobs and Co.
Philadelphia.
xF airy Tales Anderson, H. C., $5.00, E. P. Dutton and Co
n ; y .
English Fairy Tales—Jacobs, Joseph, $1.75, G. P. Putman’s
Sons, N. Y.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon—Thorne-Thomsen,
G., .60, Row, Peterson.
xThe Arabian Night’s. Entertainment—Wiggin and SmithParrish, $2.50, Scribners, :
The Arabian Nights (Riverside Edition) -.56, Houghton
Mifllin Go., N. Y.
xSome Merry Adventures of Robin Hood—Pyle H
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Scribner’s Sons, N. Y .
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xRobin Hood (Complete Edition)—Pyle, H., $3.50, Scribner’s
Sons, N, Y .
Fairy Tales From ..the Far North—Asbiornsen P. C. $1.23
A. ,L. Burt and Co,, N. Y.
Tales of Mother Goose—Perrault, C., .60, D. C. Health and
. Co.^vft Y.
M Y TH S.
xA ge of Fable—Bulfinch, T., $1.75, Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd
Co., Boston.
xHeroes of Greek Fairy Tales—Kingsley, C., $1.00, E. P.
Dutton and Co., N. Y.
(More Complete Edition) Kingsley, C., $3.00, E. P. Dutton
and Coi, N. Y.
xWonder Book and Tanglewood Tales—Hawthorn, N.. $-j.eo
Duffield and Co., N. Y.
xWonder Book and Tanglewood Talesp(Riverside Edition)
$2.00, Houghton, Mifflin Co., N. Y.
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*AeSop’s Fables—Edited by .Jacobs, 4 -, Sf.75, MacMillan Co,
N, Y .
♦Aesop’sYFables—wjcheaper E d itio n ® 75 , Harper and Bros.,
N. Y . '
N A T U R E ST O R IES.
xjungle Book (2 vols,)—Kipling, R., $1.90 (each), Double
day, Page and Co., Garden City, N. Y .
xjust So Stories—Kipling, R., $i-9 °S Doubleday, Page and
Co., Garden City, N. Y .
^ n d e Remus, Songs; and Sayings-AHarris, J. C.,
Appleton and Co., N. Y .
*Peter Rabbit' Series—Potter, Beatrix, 75 (each), Warne,
Frederick and Co., N. Y .
* 0 !d Mother West Wind (Series;)—Burgess, T., $1.00, |each)
Little Brown and Co., Bos.
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Bible Stories to Read and Tell—Olcott, F , J , $2.50, Hough
ton, Mifflin Co., _N. Y.
When the King Came—Hodges, G,, $2.50, Houghton, Mifflin
Co., N. Y .
H O LID A Y ST O R IES.
Dickinson, Asa—Children’s Book of Thanksgiving Stories,
$1.75, Page and Co., Garden City, N. Y .
Dickinson & Skinner—Children’iB o o k of Christmas Stories,
$1.75, Doublesday, Page and Co., Garden City, N ..Y ,
CO LLECTIO N S OF M ODERN W R IT E R S.
' *For the Children's Hour— Bailey, C. S „ and Lewis, $1.75,
Milton, Bradley Co., Philadelphia.
*Best Stories. To Tell To Children—Bryant, S. .C., $1.50
Houghton, Mifflin Co,,. Ni-'^.-;
* For younger children,
x For older children.
FRAN KLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE
LANCASTER, PA.
Standard four-year course of study leading to the degrees of
Bachelor of A rts and Bachelor of Science.
Thorough Pre-medical courses and in preparing teachers for
High Schools and Academies and for service in industrial
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students preparing for a business career.
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TABLE OP CONTENTS
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Principal’s Letter to the Alumni.........................................................
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The Summer Session........................ ....;........................................... .....
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Advanced Two Y ear Curriculum Leading to B. S. in Education
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Outline of Courses To Be Given During Summer Session .....
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Expenses for the Summer Session..............................
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Students Should A rrange Programs in Advance...............9
Teaching in the Training School:.
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../Rural Demonstration School.............:l...V;J;i::i..v:i3 iK ® i S j | ^ ^ ^ & S ';?>'9
Special Features of the Summer Session...:............................. 1 1
Registration Blank and Frogram..
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Enrollment for the Fall Term.....................................13
Changes in 1Faculty............................................................. 13
“ Newsh” Bentz to Return to Normal in June
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February Graduates of 1927
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Engagement Announcements .
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Cupid’s Column ...................
Sto rk Column
Obituary
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The Normal School Herald
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, JA N U A R Y , APRIL A N D JULY
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office,
Shippensburg, Pa.
MARION H. BLOOD ...................... .................. Editor
A D A V. HORTON, ’88..................... Personal Editor
J. S. HEIGES, ’91.................... .....Business Manager
Subscription Price, 25 cents per year strictly in advance. Single
copies 10 cents each.
Address all communications to THE
NORMAL SCHOOL HERALD, Shippensburg, Pa. Alumni and
former members of the school will favor us by sending any items
that they think would be interesting for publication.
Vol. 31
APRIL, 1927
No. 3
PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
Dear Friends: .
If there i^jbne portion of the .school year that is^jikely to be
uneventful, .it is the first two months of the new ||mester. The
period just closed has been no exception to the general rule; the
opening of the second semester made scarcely affipple on the
surface of. our school work. It is true, that we lost twenty-two
students by graduation (thislargest mid-year class we have ever
graduated), but, their places were filled by other students whose
programs were easily adjusted—and in the course of a few days
everything was moving along smoothly.
We miss- Dr. Ileiges as he is absent on leave to take a post
graduate course at New York University a'nd Mr. Gilbert who
has; accepted a position on the faculty of Girard College. He
will|take post graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania.
As noted elsewhere his- place was filled ,by the selection of Mr.
Grand Beckmyer, head of the science department of the Wayne
High School. ^Miss Ida Brenna of Austin, Texas, also joined the
faculty as an instructor in penmanship.
The outstanding social event of the past three months was the
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reception given by the Trustees to the first year students on
Saturday night, February 19. Though the weather man furnished
■ the worst weather of the year, blocking the roads with eighteen
inches of snow, the reception was largely attended.
The months just ahead will be crowded with interesting events,
Thè first of these will be the Reunion of the Philo Literary
Society on ’¿Friday,. April xScònsiderably earlier than usuati;
Easter Vacation wilSpègin April 8, and will end on the nine
teenth. The Choral Club will give its; annual entertainment on
Thursday evening, April 28, and the Normal Literary Society will
celebrate its fifty-fourth anniversary on Friday evening, May 6.
j§The;;Jhter-County Track and Field meet will be held on Eckels
Field, Saturday, May 14, and then the Commencement Season
opens. The Training School fires the first gun on Thursday
evening, June | | but the Big Day for old Normal follows on
Saturday^-June 4 This will be Cla|s and Alumni Day.
The usual Clas|f!Day Exercises will be held on the Campus at
9:30; lunch follows at 12:00 and at 1:30 the Alumni Procession
will move across the Campus. The Alumni Reunion will be held
at two o’clock and at four o’clock the baseball game between
the Varsity and Alumni teams will be played. Class Reunions will
fill in the time between 5:30 and 8 :oo. Then the Alumni Play
■will hold the boards until 10 :o0 o’clock, after which will follow
the Alumni Reception and Dance. At 11:4 5 the orchestra will
play the finale and the day will be regarded as closed.
The Baccalaureate Services will be held in the Auditorium on
Sunday-evening at 8:00 o’clock and the Commencement Exercises
at 9 :oo o’clock. Monday morning will mark the end of the official
school year.
-. T h e vacation will not be long for on the following Monday the
nine weeks summer session will open and halls and class rooms
will be crowded until August 13.
H f h e perspnnel’iof the summer session student body will differ
rather, markedly from that.' of previous sessions. The majority
of the students! will be men and women of considerable teaching
experience and ability. They will be teachers in service who wish
to secure a renewal of a partial elementary certificate, a state
standard certificate or a Normal School certificate. To these will
be added a large.body of Alumni—graduates of the two and three
year courses...who will return to begin work on the four year
course with the B. S. degree. We* are gratified that so many of
these men and women will return to us. There will be a few
recent graduates of high schools without teaching experience
whose superintendents have requested ¿heir admission because
of the need of their services, but nearly all of these young people
will defer entering until September when they will enroll in
either the two or the four year course.
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The enrollment for the fall is the largest in our history. We
shall not be able to accommodate all of our students in the campus
dormitories. I f any of your friends expect to corné to us have
them register at once so that they may be able to secure pleasantly
located rooms. After our dormitories are filled we shall.,secure
rooms for students in private houses in Shippensburg.
The registration in the four year course is most gratifying.
It has passed all expectations and in the near future we<||hall
have as many in the four year as in the two year course.
We appreciate your aid in helping us secure high grade men
and women in both the two and the four year courses. Last year’s
entering class was the finest in our history.
Finally, don’t forget the class reunions. Elsewhere we have
given a b rie f. statement of the plans of the reunion classes as
far as they have been developed. Let us make the approaching
Commencement Season the biggest and the best in our history.
Fraternally yours,
E zra L eh m a n , '89.
THE SUMMER SESSION
Registrations continue to pour in for the summer session and
we realize that the attendance will be larger than had been antici
pated. Though ninety percent' of the .teachers of our service
area have met the requirements of the State in regard to standard
certification, many of the holders of State Standard-: Certificates
will return to take work necessary for a Normal School Cer
tificate. A still larger group will be composed of graduates of
the two and three year course who wish iff) complete the four year
course leading to the B. S. degree.
Our program will be especially arranged to meet the needs of
these' students for we are particularly gratified at the interest
shown by our Alumni in the advanced courses:. The day is not
far distant, when the teacher who has completed: the four year
course will have a great advantage over those who were satisfied
with the two year course. We receive requests daily for informa
tion in regard to the advanced two year B. S. course from our
Alumni. iF 'o r this reason we reprint ail article that appeared in
the October issue of the Herald. Those who wish to take the
course fitting for Junior (or. Senior) High School teaching should
write indicating in what subjects they wish to major. They
should also give .the following information in casei'Jhey have
attended other institutions since- leaving Normal: School at
tended—date,. branches studied, number of weeks, number of
recitations per week, length of recitation, grade received. I f this
information is given when the student writes to us, it will be pos-
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sible to evaluate the work taken and to inform the student how
long it will take him to complete the'desired -course.
We shall offer the courses- listed on pages 7 and 8. These
coursgl will suit the,:needs of aÌT classes of'students?; those who
wish to renew a partial elementary' certificate,. to secure a state
standard, Normal School certificatefor to: take work leading to
the adyancedytwo^yearffl B. S || course or to the completion of
the four year (B. S.) course.
|viPh|:;lattehtionMf students just completing the four year high
school course is again called to the fact that they can be admitted
to the i|summer -slsffon for the purpose of securing a partial
elementary certificate only when written r e q u ill isT;made by a
superintendent for their admission. Such students should consult
the superintendent of the borough or county in which they expect
to teach before registering and ascertain whether in the judgment
of the superintendent their services will be needed as teachers
next year :
ADVANCED TWO YEAR CURRICULUM LEADING
TO B. S. IN EDUCATION
\*($eprinted frpm the O&goher Issue)
The attention gf-.¡graduates- of the twp year courses in groups
I, II, and IV, is cSled to the faStS that it ist'how possible to com
plete an advanced two year course and receive the B. S. degree
in education.
The conditions; o f entrance to the third year of this four year
curriculum are as follows:
fl A ll persons who have?- completed I, : II, or 'Im B rural,
formerly IV ) are| admitted ;tq third year standing . pro
vided they have prevf!msly§cOmpleteSi the "wdrk of a
four-year high school, and all such person!;; must com
plete 68 hours of work beyond graduation from Groups
I> U or H I -I rural, formerly IV ) as these were, prior
to".-September 1, »26 , organized and administered.
2. All-’credits^ for work le || than that required at a State
¿flljifrmal S c h o S for graduation between September 1920,
and September‘ .1926, shafflbe evaluated by multiplying
the n u m lr of semester hourS-already earned by .85.
3. All- persons who graduated from a'Stkte Normal School
prior to ‘September 1920,-and who have had a four-year
highgchool preparation, cannot |ev award'e|| more than
68 semester hours of credit for their normal school work.
4. Graduates of the State: Normal Schools who have not
had four years of high school preparation may apply to
the .Credentials Bureau, H ^ r i||u r g l|P e n n ^ ^ n ia , for
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a high school equivalent certificate, which, when tissued
by the Credentials Bureau, wiil.be accepted by the State
Normal Schools as equivalent to graduation from a fouryear high school and all credits earned at a State Normal
School prior to September 1926, will be evaluated as in
dicated above.
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5. No credit for public or private school teaching experi
ence previously credited as high school equivalent or as
equivalent professional credit toward graduation, shall
be granted or counted toward meeting the requirements
for entrance to or graduation from the advanced twoyear curriculum.
F irst S em ester :
Opportunity is provided so that a student may complete in
this semester the work of the.first two years in the curricula
which he did not pursue, as follows:
1. Graduates of Group I will take:
Teaching of
Arithmetic............
3
3
3
3
Teaching of
g e o g ra p h y .. , .....
Teaching of
E n glish .. . . .V---3
3
Teaching of
Social Studies.. . . . . 3
3
12
2.
Graduates of Group II wilhtake:
Teaching of Primary Reading----'^.Teaching ofi;;Number. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Teaching Primary -Subjects.........
Kindergarten-Primary T h e o r y ....
3
2
4
2
11
3.
GraduateSfof Group III will take:
• ^Teaching of English:.-...............
Teaching of Number.....................
Kindergarten-Primary Theory--Teaching Prim ary Suhjectss.t, . . .
3
2
2
4
12
3
2
4
2
11
3
2
2
4
11
11
Total taken by a Student as above 11 11 or 12 12
Educational Psychology................................ 3
3 33
Econofnic-.' Biology............................
4 3
4
3
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17 or 19
S ixth S emester :
..‘"•jttiâtory &f ^Education.................................
English JBiterature............ • ........................
Descriptive Astronomy .........................
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3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
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Physiography ........................................... ;
Teaching and Supervision of Arithmetic
in Elementary S c h o o l............................
S eventh S em ester :
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Principles of Education......... ................
American Literature
American Government ; . . . . . . ...........■ ,'3
Principles of HumanGeography...............
■ Nutrition’ ..........................
Civic Education in .the Elementary
. School .....................
E ighth S em ester :
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4
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18
17
3
3
4
3
2
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3
2
18
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Advanced Composition . . .....................
History and Appreciation of A r t .................
4
History and Appreciation of Music..........
4
History and Organization of Edu. in Pa.
Practical School ¿Contacts.............................
5
Supervision and Administration of Elementary School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
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5
3
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This course does not fit for junior or senior high school teach’Ut, 1 ! , does. flk. io.r supervisory positions and principalships
ot which there ist-an increasingly .large number available every
year.
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Graduatk^jof the. two. or the three year junior , high school
course will naturally find that their work fits, into the four year
junior high school^course":/ Such students should write to the
Dean, Dr. J. S. Heige.s, and have him evaluate the work that th°y
took. Records of credits obtained at Colleges or other normal
school^ should also .be . submitted. Wherever possible original
copies issued by . the registrars of the institution's attended should
be submitted. These should show subjects taken, number of
weeks, number of recitations..each week, length of recitation
period, -and grade. Where, it is not possible to submit a trans
cript of the record, the student should make a definite statement
covering as nearly as possible the data called for above
All of the work given here will be of college; grade and will
e recognized .aMa basis, for post graduate study, in the leading
. The t'esnan<1 tor graduates in the four year course will be far
W 4 l VanC^ 0:f the SuPP!y D years to come as the men and
women completing the B. S. courses will have not only the
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scholastic training required, but a thorough professional course.
an ideal combination for teaching or supervising. I f you are in
terested in any of the advanced courses, don’t fail to writ||to us
for information.
OUTLINE OF COURSES TO BE GIVEN DURING
SUMMER SESSION— June 13 to August 13.
The nine weeks summer segion will open Monday June.'g'3;,:
All indications point to a large enrollment, especially since so
many graduates , of the two year courses will return for: work
leading.to the B. S. degree.
The following courses will be offered during the summer
session. Except where otherwise indicated, each class, will recite
six times;> week and will carry. three: semester hours credit.
(A definite outline of these- will be given in the April H erald).
i. Introduction toÆeaching.
2., Rural School Management (This course may be substi
tuted for No|>i if thè ’student expectsi to teach in a rural
■ school).
3. Teaching of Primary Reading.
4. Teaching of Reading in the Grades,; “
5. Teaching .of Primary Subjects.
, 6. Teaching -of Number.
7. - Children’s Literature and Story Telling.- ;,
8. Juvenile Literature and Silent Reading.
9. Primary Kindergarten Theory.
,10 . Teaching of Arithmetic.
11. Teaching of Geography.
iM' Teaching of Social Studies jÇHistory).
13. Teaching of English.
14. English L?;:
< 15. English II.
16. Oral Expression (4 hrs.—2 S. H. credit).
17. • Art I (8 hrs.—2 S. H. credit).
18. Àrt II (6 hrs.-—1 1-2 S. H. credit).. •
19. Music I (8 hr|pp2 S. II. credit).
20. Music II (6 hrs.---lf;'i-2iiS.>.. H. credit) .
21. Nature-Study (54 hr||iph: S . H.'credit).
22. Handwriting (4 hr»:;;-I S. 11. credit).
23. Physical Education (Women), if elected by ÿufiiçiêrit
number of pupils.
v'Aaa. Health; and 1Jygienc-ÿ ;
.25. Psychology and Childhood.
26. Rural Sociology.
27. Educational Sociology,
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Supervision in 'Elementary Schools.
Principles of Education.
30. History anflOrganization of Education in Pennsylvania.
31. Educational Measurements.
32. Guidance.
33. English Literature (4 hrs.—2 S. H. credit):-.
34. Short Story.
35. A iyancfd Composition.
36. Teaching of Science in Junior High School.
3^Á;:Physiography.
38> P h ysiS’S
39.. . .Economics.
40. American Government.
4^MCourse .College ‘Grade, History.
42.. . Mathematical Analysis’ (Covers work of first semester).
43. Teaching of Algebra and Geometry.
44. Principles: of Human Geography.
45- 11 isftiry and Appreciation of Art (4 hrs,—2 S. II. credit),
i-jf elected by a sufficient number of pupils.
46. . History and Appreciation of Music (4 h r s . » S. H.
credit), if elected by a sufficient number of pupil^K
47- State Course of Study (This is a composite course to be
:given by members of the Department of Public Instrucpgtion. It will ndt duplicate the course given last year,
^^fredit wi||be given- for it in any group)..
EXPENSES FOR THE SUMMER SESSION
I uiti.011 is free to all students who are preparing to teach in
the public scho;o® of Pennsylvania.
The charge! to boarding ffudents is as ^diiows :- :
Registration fee, including free admission to g a m e fB
-lg eju JeS entertainments,* etc....... ............ ............................ $i§do
Boarding,(including furnished room, light,, laundry, etc...
7g.n0
Day Students will pay the regular registration fee..............
10.00
Attention of all stullnttf is Called to the fact that a Special- fee
of $ 2 .5 ^ will be charged all 'studcuts' diiring the summer session.
This covers n u rg ®. and
^ rvicesH f need ariséSCanid. free
gib«ription to; thè; Summer Gampu|§ R eflect» : Books and supat the-Supply Room. AH fees and charges
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room, etc., are due at the opening of the term and
shoul||pe paidaromptly,
Attention is called to the regulation adopted by the Board of
Truste'lp- This r|M || “Students will not be à lM § S 4 to board
outside .the buildml m xfèpt with parents or near relatives” . By
" ® ar
is meant brother or Sister, uncle or aunt or grand
parents.
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As we shall b.e able to accommodate all students from a distance
with rooms ifif-the dormitories .during-the Summer session this
regulation will., be strictly enforced. No exception will be made
except by action of the Board of Trustees. ..
STUDENTS SHOULD ARRANGE PROGRAMS
IN ADVANCE
As far as pofible students shqfid fill out their . programMn
advance of their arrival' at Normal. Thi^fwilL enable thet schooj
authorities to arrange for the required number of ^classes in ad
vance and thus'avoid overcrowding of classes. It is- ¿specially
desirable that this should be done in the advanced two year course
and the four year, course a|j»;some of th e. sijjject^.w ill un
doubtedly be selected by a large number of students whileTothers
may be taken by . comparatively few. If Dean H sig^ikpow ain.'
advance how many are likely to take these subjects, he can pre
pare a schedule in advance that will meet, the needs of all students..
Of course ..students will have the privilege of changing' th |^
program of subjects after they arrive if such change's|are deemed
advisable. Meanwhile please R n d in your program -when you
register. (Turn to^ 1’age I 2 l k
TEACHING IN THE TRAINING SCHOOL
A limited number, of students can be given opportunity to teach
in the Training. School during the summer se|pion. Only experi
enced teachers will be 'granted this privilege and; thejg|tshould make
application to Prof. W. P. Harley, Director
the Training
School. Specify grade or grades and subject or subjects;;iii whicfi
opportunity to teach is desired. Demonstration lessons open to all
students will be givep from time to time in the Training. Schodk',;.;
RURAL DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL
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Miss Hannah Kieffer, Directdr . of Rura||Education . will, con
duct a one-room rural demonstration school at the ,‘Tleasant Hill
School” • less-Allan ten minutes walk from :;'t-lie '.campus. '^This'
school is a typical one-room country school. The; entire equips
ment is inexpensive and is easily obtainable by any rural teacher.
The school will be in session duringtthe first six weeks of the
summer seSsipiland frequent demonstration lessons:, will be given
to thgvdljidenfS: preparingtpor . rural work. Allrauch stpidents
shoulfi arrange for frequent observation trip j^ B the school.
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SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE SUMMER SESSION
Those who are familiar with the location of the Shipgensburg
Normal School? need not be told that its environment is -all that
could be .desired % aSu d en t seeking pleasure apw ell as instruc
tion during the summer session.
The buildings, are elevated above the surrounding country thus ■
affording a fine view of the valley. The North and South moun
tains loom up oil either side of the school.
The rpom pare airy, and comfortable on the hottest days of
midsummer. More than two-thirds of the dormitory rooms have
been modernized, the class rooms have been renovated and the
dining room suggests the comfort and attractiveness of the dining
halls of the best summer hotels. Then too the dining room service
and the food will challenge comparison with the food and service
of institutions whose rates are much higher than those charged
here.
Socialp are provided for the student body,. Vesper services
addressed by outstanding men and women are'held out ofjfjoots
on Sunday evenings'; and four high class entertainments free to
the students are given during the summer session. During the
coming session, V. L. Granville, Gay Zenola McLaren and the
Arion Quartette will., appear. In addition the students willpelect
one number from the .Swarthmore Chautauqua list of entertain
ments'.,.
Students interested in muSic will-have the Opportunity of play
ing in the band or orchestra and enrolling id. the Choral Society.
Membership in any of these organizations insures valuable free
musical training. Students who wish to take special instruction
in voice, piano, or violin can doAso at à moderate cost. . Such
students should indicate in advance of their coming their desire
to take this work.
Students interested in newspaper work will be given the op
portunity to serve on the staff of the Summer Campus Reflector,
the weekly student publication. The Country L ife Club will be
open to all students interested in rural education.
N Tennis courts in sufficient number are available for all students.
Baseball teams will be organized and a series of games played.
The coming summer session bids fair to be one of the most
successful -iii the history of the school.
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REGISTRATION BLANK AND PROGRAM
(Please fill out and send to Prin. Ezra Lehman.)
Enclosed please find ten dollars registration for the.-summer
session. I shall come as a boarding Student and wish a room
reserved.
I wish to room with...................................................
of ........................ .........................................
. ( I f you expect to corne as a day student strike out reference to
room. .¿See page 8).
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take tlie following four subjects :at the‘ Summer SessionflGive number o f course and title as found on pages y and 8).
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N U M BER OF C O U R SE
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2
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T IT L E OF COURSE.
3 - ........................... ....................................; . . . .......................
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I wish to secure (check the certificate desired).
Renewal of Partial .Elementary Certificate.
State: Standard Certificate.
Normal Certificate (Two year course).
Diploma (Junior High School) B. S. degree.
Diploma (Advanced two year course) B. S. degree.
Special Course.
I have taught........................... ; ......... E . . . . .te rm ||f
I am a ^kduate o f........... ............. ....................... '....High School.
1 have the following credits from (Give name of institutions
attended and if possible number of semester hours credit).
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ENROLLMENT FOR THE FALL TERM
During the past month registration Jfdr the, fall term has been
keeping pace, with that for theKummerpession. . N ever before
have so many firsïjyear students'been enrolled at this season of
the year. Though we shall be able to accommodate thirty more
boarding studentf next year because of the renovations and ad
ditions to the Main Building, we realize that we shall not be
able to accommodate late registrants' with rooms iti the d o rm i
tories. For this reason young men and women who desire rooms
on the campus should register at once. The unexpectedly^ large
registration in the four year course is still further indicative of
the conditions that ,wiif confront us. "Fortunately we can ac
commodate almost five hundred in our dining room. This will
make it possible for us to accommodate a larger group of board
ing students by securing rooms for them in private families and
having them board in the dining room.
We shall continue to offer the two year courses ’ in primarykindergarten, intermediate and rural work. A certificate is issued
at the close of these courses which after'tw o years of successful
teaching is validated as â life diploma.
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The four year courses with the B. S. degree fit for Junior (or
Senior) High School positions or supervisory places.
It ;is interesting to note that the enrollment of men students has
increased materially since the adoption of the four year courses.
The advanced' registration shows the largesjpercèntage of men
we have ever enrolled.
CHANGES IN FACULTY
As noted elsewhere Dr. J.
Hinges is absent on leave during
the second semester at New York University. He ivill return to
take up his work at the beginning of the summer .session.
Mr. Levi Gilbert, who has been dean of men and assistant in
science since 1922, left us on February ifjjto accept a position in
Girard College. He expect|§to be able to take post graduate
work at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Gilber|Jwas ^liked
by the entire student body and all join in best wishes to him in
his new field.
$ « ^ r . Gilbert’s place has been filled by Mr. Grand Beckmyer who
has been ’head o f the science department in the Wayne High
School during the past five years. He has recently received his
Master degree from Gettysburg College and has made a most
favorable imprefslon upon both faculty and students.
M ils Ida Brenna of Austin, Texas, has taken charge o f the
courses in Handwriting during Mr. Burkholder’s absence. She
is a graduate of Iowa State Junior College and has had a success
ful experience as a teacher of handwriting.
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“NEWSH” BENTZ WILL RETURN TO NORMAL
IN JUNE
The many friends of genial and popular Coach Bentz will be
gratified to learn that all arrangements have been completed for
his return to Normal. He will receive his Master degree in edu
cation and has sent word that he expects to find a big group of
men interested in Physical Education at Normal next year. He
believes that the Normal teams will give a good account of them
selves in the three major sports next year.
CLASS REUNIONS
We are looking forward with much interest to the coming
Alumni Day, Saturday, June 4.
Last year the Class of ’96 came back with a rush. They had
their band-—and besides the band they had banners, class songs,
yells,.and a general assortment of “pep” that made the town of
Shippensburg and the Alumni sit up and take notice. The class
was proud of itself and its members freely boasted that they “had
licked all the other ninety’ classes to a frazzle” as far as at
tendance at thirty year reunions was concerned.
We shall all be interested in seeing what answer ’97 makes to
their challenge. Superintendent Eisenhart of Tyrone, President
of that class, is on the job. He has written to all the members of
the class and is stirring them up, not only to equal the attendance
of ’96 but to surpass it. He has a job on his hands but those of
us who know friend Eisenhart know that he will do everything in
his power to put across the biggest thirty year reunion ever cele
brated hergy In the meantime we know that President Gress and
Herman Hege who staged the big come back last year will be on
hand to make comparisons. Go to it, boys!
But why talk about “ infants” wjien we have the class of ’77 on
the job. We recently saw a letter from our friend J. L. McCaskey
the man who put Pittsburgh on the map” in which he is whooping things up for the fiftieth year reunion of his class—and
McCaskey is a hustler. He is planning to round up every living
member of his class for June 4. As usual the fifty and the forty
year classes will be the guests of honor on Alumni Day and one
of the members of ’77 remarked, “ I f ’87 turns out as we are
going to, there’ll be a lot of honoring on that day.” :Well, we
wonder what ’87 will do. We beiieve that Honorable J. L. Young
and Principal C. J. Walter can be depended upon to bring back
the children of ’87 to the fold.
We have heard reports that show that ’92 will be on hand and
we hear ’02 is looking after a place where they may sit down
together at a good meal and talk things over again. We know
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that ’07 has not forgotten its twentieth reunion and we learn that
’12 is marking June 4, on its. calendar. ’ 17 was a good class and
we don’t doubt that, there will be a. big turnout from its member
ship. Though we haven’t heard much about ’22 and 25, we assume
that they’ll be on hand with banners?!songs, and class yells..
Yes, .let us all get back and make it a good day. The Herald
willflbe glad to do all in its1 power to help along with the plans.
The following rooms .have been asigned classes as meeting places
on June 4:
Class of ’77—Reception Room.
' Class of ’87-gRoom 109.
Class of ’92—Room rro.
Class of ’97—Room ii2>. Class of ’02—Room 113..
Class of £07---Room X25.
Class of .’ 12—Room* 120Classtof ’ 17-.-Room 119.
Class of ’22—Room 118.
•Class of ’25---Room 117 .
ALUMNI PERSONALS
’84 Mr. M. S. Taylor who has lived, near Middle Spring ;'iof a
number of years halirecently sold his property at that place and
he and M r& Taylor will move to Shippensburg this spring.
’84 Mrs. L. W. Strunk, 269 Green St., Mifflinburg, Pa., writes
us that she enjoyed the Home Coming Day very much though she
di( ’84 and had not been back to Normal for a number of years. She
is now getting the Herald so that she may “ become more familiar
with normal’’ she says,
’91 Rev, ¡1 . Wm. Millar has entered upon his second year as
pastor of St. Pauls Svangelical Church of Annvilje, Pa. During
his first year 3 ft Annville the membership enrollment was in
creased 25 , per cent. The. work of the past year was. in experi
mental state. More is expected to be accomplished this year.
’96 Mrs. G. L. Hempt (Anna G. Fought) who had been
living in R aym on ® S. D., for a number of years has returned to
Pennsylvania and is living at. Camp Hill, Pa.
’96 Mrs. John S. Snoke who was|jMiss Elsie'iShelton, has'
moved to Bryn Mawr where her husband Dr. Jjijfo'Snoke ha$j
been elected superintendent of the Bryn Mawr Hospital. For the
past few years they have been living in Baltimore, Md., where
Dr. Snoke was assistant Superintendent at Johns Hopkins hospital.
’03 Emily Newton (Mrs. Ja y S
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chatty letter from Owosso, Mich., and we know her friends will
be glad to hear part of it. She says :
“ I have never been Back to a Commencement since graduating,
I taught three years in West Virginia, §lfhen three in Illinois.
Came to Owosso directly ajter my marriage and have been here
ever since; My husband is a train dispatcher for the Ann Arbor
Railroad. 11 have three boys the oldest son, Stuart is sixteen and
is, a junior in high school; Warren 13 enters 8th grade today
(Jan. 23) and Billy just 11 enters 7th grade. All love music and
we have wonderful training in our schools.
We expect to come East this summer and hope to see normal
friends.”
V Jodi Mr. Raymond G. Bressler who has been Vice Dean in
charge of instruction of students in the school of Agriculture at
State College has been appointed Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
in the Fisher administration. Mr. Bressler has written a number
of booffeand bulletins in agricultural economics. The Herald
extends congratulations to Raymond and wishes him much suc
cess in his, new work.
J : ’pg, M rs.' Dr. Reeser of Lititz, Pa., who w a ll MissriCarrie
Gochenour write us that they will move to Lancaster, on April
$5 and her husband will open an office in that place. Her address
is 139 E. Chestnut St...Lancaster, Pa. Dr. arid Mrs. Reeser have
two children Mary Jane aged four years and Robert G. aged two
years. We hope to have them in normal some day.
’og Mr. George C. Lyter supervising principal at Montoursville, Pa., writes us that he receives the Herald regularly and is
always glad when it comes. He is so far away from old normal
friends that the Herald keeps him in touch.
’07 A letter form Levi Wire of Beverly, N, J., to Professor
Shearer gives us some information about himself. He left the
work of teaching several years ago and is employed by the Phila
delphia Saving Fund Society at 700 Walnut St. His work is in
the nature dfjsecretary to the Comptroller and he has charge of
correspondence and banking by mail. He has three children,
Harry, aged 8, Jane aged 6 and Billy aged 4.
Levi and Professor Shearer are starting activities for their
¡ipth reunion next June.
Si$p8 Miss Grace Hempt who taught: in Bryn Mawr for five years
has left the teaching profession and'is employed by the John C.
Winston Company of Philadelphia, Pa. She resides at Camp
Hill, Pa.
’13 . Miss Helen Sue Grove 5507 6th Ave., Altoona, P a p is
working for her degree at State College and expects it to - be
granted, before long.
I|§|j8 Miss Helen Widney is.teaching in Camden, N. J. Her ad
dress is "137 Cooper Ave., Woodlynne, N. J.
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T8 Miss Mary Frantz is-'teaching in Philadelphia. She spent«
the past two summers in England attending school at Oxford.
Her address is 2846 N. 26th St., Philadelphia, Pa.
’21 Miss Alice C. McLean of Shippensburg, has accepted a
position in the commercial research department /Q'f the1 Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
’22 Miss Estella R. Michaels is attending Lebanon Valley Col
lege, Annville, Pa.
’22 Miss Florence K. Billow of Millersburg, writes us from
Woodbridge, N. J. “ At present I am teaching English in' the ¡7th
and 8th grades of Woodbridge public schools. I have five 7th
and two 8th grade classes every day. As soon as the spring term
classes begin I am going to take a course in Library Service at
Columbia. ^?his will require two or three years to finish because.
I expect to keep on teaching until I have completed the course,
but hope to get there eventually.”
The Herald extends best wishes for her success.
’23 Miss Blanche Allen is employed' in the Southern Home for
Destitute Children, Philadelphia. Her address is S. W. Corner
Broad and Moore Sts.
’24 Miss Blanche A. Boyer of Millersburg, Pa., is teaching in
Monroe, N. J.
■ ’23 Miss Geneva Nesbit is teaching in Matawan, N. J. Her
address is 99 Broad St.
’2:3 Miss Virginia Coonfí is a student at Irving College,
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
’23 Miss Eleanor Coons is teaching in Bellefonte, Pa. Her ad
dress is 2t Reynolds Ave.
’25 Miss Isabel Geesaman is teaching at 302 Wood St., Burling
ton, N. J.
’26 Miss Lena Thomas of Hollidaysburg, Pa., writes us from
Cape M ay'C ou rtJ House, N. J,, where she is teaching that she
has charge of fifth grade in a consolidated school,, in Cape May
Court House. She says the community takes deep interest in the
school and the teacher. One fact which she says impresses her
is the free use of libraries for all children. The literature is of
excellent selection. She likes her work very much.
’26 W.e are sorry to learn that Miss Genivieve Koons who has
been teaching in College Park School, Croydon, Pa., has been
taken to the Harriman Hospital in Bristol, Pa., and operated on
for appendicitis. We hope by this time that Miss Koons has re
covered her health.
’26 Mr. Ernest McClain-is teaching in Johnstown, Pa. He is
taking extension work at the University of Pittsburgh, also. His
address is 1045 Franklin St.
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FEBRUARY GRADUATES OF 1927
Miss Jean Weakley is teaching 5th and. 6th grades at Mt, AltoSanitarium.
Miss Ruth Harmony of Waynesboro, Pa.; is teaching 3rd grade
at Ardmore.
Mr. Kenneth Bashore is taking work toward his B. S. degree
at Normal.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
' ( ■ The engagement of Miss: Katherine M. Lehr ’24, of Lykens, to
Mr. Mark Miller of Millersburg, Pa. Miss Lehr is teaching 2nd
grade in Lykens this year.
CUPID’S COLUMN
Crawford-W horley. At Middle Spring, Pa., February 6, 1927,
by Rev. T: McK. Polk, Mr. William W. Crawford to Miss Miriam
Whorley ’27. afflhey reside in Clearfield, Pa.
^^fiwMA^-StrSiTE.i'- At Frederick, Md§| January £7,749^7, Mr.
Harry Newman to Miss Margaret E. Strike ’23. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. -Maxwell of the Methodist Church'. Their
home will be at Wells Tannery, Pa.
W herry -F arry . At Newark, N. J., December, 1926, Mr. Wil
liam D. Wherry 03, to M iss Cora Farry. They reside in. Newark
where M|| Wherry is employed by the Central Stamping Co.
M ac D onald-F u n k . A t New Alexandria, Pa., July 3, 1926, Mr.
Roy MacDonald tf>;' Miss Kathryn E. Funk, ’20. They reside at'
New Alexandria,. Pa.
CROMER-Lohz;- At Altoona, Pa., Mr. Raymond Cromer ’25, to
Miss Annetta J.otz, '25. They reside at 129 Walnut St., Johns
town, Pa., and both .Mr. and Mrs. Cromer are teaching in Johns
town. ■
B owman -W oods:» AtNLemoyne, Pa,, by Rev. J , T. Jenkins, Mr.
Edgar K. Bownwnt’cc), to Miss Esther R. Woods. 'They reside in
ÎJewvilïè' P âv wherèf Mr. Bowman is owner and editor of the
New ville Valley Times-Star..
N a Ügj.e -B jck si .kr. At Loysburg, Pa., January 8, 1927, Mr.
Bruce Nangle ’23, to Miss Ruth L. Bicksler. They reside at 1216
Market St., Harrisburg, Pa,^
1atler -S a p t h . At Mt. Union, Pa., Mr. Henry Tatler to Miss
Mabel A. Smith ’24, They reside in-Trentobj N. J.
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STORK COLUMN
F krgl'SON. At Camp Hill, Ta., February 13, 1927, to Mr. and
Mrs. j . F. Ferguson, a daughter, Nancy Jean. Mrs. Ferguson was
Bertha Spong ’05, and Mr. Ferguson was granted State Certifi
cate ill 1902.
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S toner. At Mifflin, Pa., November||6y ,1927, ro.-.Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer C. Stoner/ a son, Robert Elmer. Mrs. Stoner was Mary
Swartz T8.
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B en tz . In the Johnstown hospital, February 22, to Mr. and
Mrs. H. N. Bentz, a son, Harry Newsham, Jr, Mrs. Bentz was a
teacher in the normal school last year and Mr. Bentz was athletic
Coach
. H ess .' At Yeager,stown, Pa., February 7, 1927, to | | r , and Mrs.
Blair, S. Hess, a daughter Virginia Margaret, -Mrs;. Hess: was
Thelma McBride ’23, and Mr. Hess was graduated also in 1923.
S hurtleff . At Sutton, W. Va., March 7, 1927, t° Mr. and Mrs;
Shurtleff, a son, Edgar McCullough. Mrs. Shurtleff was: Mary
D, McCullough ’08.
H empt . At Camp H ill,,P a.jJanu ary 19, 1927, to Mr. and Mrs.
G. T. Hempt, a daughter, Jean Doris. Mrs. Hempt was Anna
Fought ’96.
OBITUARY
Mr. J. P. Hays, C ly, Pa., of the clasMof .J76 has furnished us
with the following article on the dedth of Professor Stebbins a
former teacher of norm al:
P rofessor JGh a n n in g S tebbins
Professor Channing Stebbins teacher of Mathematics and' Book
keeping in the C. V. S. N.. S. from 1874 to 1876, died at his
home'123 Quincy St., Brooklyn, January 27, 1927, in his 83rd year.
Professbj, Stebbins was, born in Kennett Square, Pa. In the
Civil War he served with the Pennsylvania Volunteers.
He entered the New York public school system in 1876, and the
following year went to Brooklyn as,“ head of the Commercial
department of what was regarded the first High School!of
Brooklyn.
Professor Stebbins is. “survived by hip:’, wife, a son and two.
daughters. Mrs, Stebbins was also a teacher in the C. V. S. N.
S. from the opening of the school until 1876, having charge of
the department of Reading ,and Elocution. .
C lever
Mrs, Emily C. Allen ( Clever) ’88, died January 25, 1927.
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The community was greatly shocked yesterday morning when it
became known that Mrs. Emily C, Clever, one of the best known
teachers in the local Public School®» and otherwise a well known
and much esteemed woman of this community, departed this life
quite'Jtfuddenly at her home, 210 East- Burd street, about 9:30
o’clock, yesterday morning.' Deceased was a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Win. H. Allen and was born in Virginia, February
16th, 1869, and thus was in the 58th year of her life. She was’
a most estimable woman of sterling qualities and for many years
has been one of the very able and efficient teachers in the public
schools of town. She was a confftaint member of the Presby
terian church of town and also of the P. D. of A. of Leesburg,
this county.
i Mrs. Clever, although a sufferer from heart trouble and high
blood pressure, had been ailing for about two weeks but was
not considered critically ill. Her only|pon/ Albert of Lemoyne,
had been coming home every evening to attend to her wants and
yesterday morning departedfefor the pursuance of his; business, in
theElrm belief that his mother was improving, only to be informed
of his mother’s death a few hours-later. ,
The survivors are one -son, Albert, who is in the grocery business
at Lemoyne, three brothers, Albert Allen of Dauphin,, Pa., James
K., o f Detroit, Mich.,--and Clark of New Jersey, also two sisters,
Mrs,, R. H. Burke and Mrs. J. W. Hippensteele of Philadelphia.
The funeral was held from her late home .Friday afternoon at
2 o’clock, her pastor, the Rev. Wm. H. Galbreath, officiating.
Interment was made in Spring Hill cemetery.
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J;-ifrs. Claire Noftsker (Burns) ’09, died February 28, 1927.
We are also indebted to the ‘News” for the following:
The community was greatly shocked Monday evening when it
became known that Mrs. Claire Noftsker Burns, daughter of Mr.
George W. and the late Mrs, Noftsker of East Orange street,
Shippensburg, had departed th isE ife at her, home, 321 Third
street, New, Cumberland, sometime during-the evening of that
day, Mrs. Burns, whose husband died only about two months
ago, visiteJBhere last »{Sunday and returnefi* apparently in the best
of health. According to an inquest held by Dr. Wm. S. Ruch of
Carlisle, death was due to heart trouble with which Mrs. Burns
had been afflicted.
Mrs. Burns, apparently - in good health, had attended choir rehearsaMFriday night _and church services Sunday night at the
Baughman Methodist Memorial Church.
Mrs. Burns was one of Shippensburg’s well known and popular
young ladjbilactiye in her church and g lo v e d by all with whom
she came in contact. She was a graduate of the local Normal
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School and for a number of years taught in various schools.
She isMsurvived by her father,, George W. Noftsker and a
brother, P au l/of Shippfilfmrg.
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Funeral services'were held at 2 o’clock Thu^day afternoon,
at the home. The ReJS C. W. Fields, pastor of . the Baughman
Memorial Methodist ^ h u rch , officiated. Burial ¿»a|C made in
Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg.
S adler .
Robert N. Sadler ’91 died December 7, 1926.
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We are grieved to learn that Mr. Sadler committed suicide by
hanging at his home in WormleySburg, P $ | He had been ln ill
health for more than a year and||ecame very despondent.
W agner
Superintendent John C. Wagner ’92, died February 10, 1927.
We have the following account from a Harrisburg paper:
Carlisle, Feb. n.M john C. Wagner, 55, Superintendent of local
public schools for the past twenty-three years, died yesterday in
Philadelphia. Professor Wagner had been a patient in the Meth
odist Hospital since January 15.
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Funeral services were held. Monday afternoon at 2.30 o clock
in the First Reformed Church. The Rev. Roy Linebaugh cdnducted the services. Burial in Westminister Cemetery.
Besides^ being prominently identified as an educator Professor
Wagner was active in civic work. He was born near Ikesburg,
Perry County.
He was graduated from Cumberland Valley
Normal School at Shippensburg, accepting the principals|ip of the
Newport high school upon graduation. He came here in 1904, as
superintendent, a position he held until his death.
He was a member of the First Reformed Church of Carlisle, a
past president of the Carlisle Rotary Club, a trustee o il the
Carlisle Community Chest Association. He was, alpr' active in
Masonic circles, and waM a, trustee of the Masonic/iHome: at
.'¿Elizabethtown.
He was' known throughout the State’ as an’ educator. At the
time oE his death he was treasurer of the Pennsylvania State
Educational Association.
He isPsurvived by his widow, Mrs. Alice'Wagner, Carlisle; two
daughters,, Mr§i Marie Johnson, Cleveland, Ohio; and Mrs. Kath
erine Porter, Mechanicsburg; three grandchildren. His mother,
Mrs. Sarah Wagner, New Bloomfield; a sister Mrs. Clara Metz,
New¿.Bloomfield, and three brothers, the Rev. Scott Wagner,
Hagerstown,' ;M d.; ¿Edward M. Wagner, 415 South Sixteenth
Street, Harrisburg, and Lewis F. Wagner, Lemoyne, also survive.
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B kvan
John T. Bevan ’80, died January 5, 15127.
. We have not learned any particulars of the death of' Mr. Bevan
except that he had been ill for a considerable time. He was living
in Chico, California at the time of his‘ death.
H ammond
Cora Dunbar (Hammond) ’90/died 1926.
i J jMe: are without, particulars other than that Mrs. Hammond
died during the Christmas holidays at her home in Harrisburg, Pa.
R ich
Mrs. Jennie Martin (Rich) ’82, died March 14, 1927.
Mrs. Rich had'been living in Los, Angeles, California, for the
last few years and was living there at the time of her death. She
was formerly from Shippensburg, Pa.
ADDRESSES WANTED
In checking: over the names; of the graduates of the school the
Personal Editor finds that there are a number of graduates whose
addresses she does not have. She would be very grateful to any
readers of the. Herald who are able to give her any information
in regard to any of the followi
1874
May Uhler
E. Ja y Moore
S. W. Witman
1875
Nannie Stiffler (Galloway)
J. R. Ewing
1876
Blanche M. Miller
Kate1 Seidel (Fox)
George King McCormick
1877
Lizzie Long
M. T. Lightner.
Jacob V. Mohr
1878,
Ella Rarey (Heidrick)
Anna J. Steele
John C. McCune
Mary H- Grinrod
E. S. Bolinger
F. W. Dykeman
J. H. Hackenberger
S. B. Huber .
1880
Kate McCalmont (Shrader)
Carondelet B. Palm
1881
Sallie P. Castle
J. L. Potlfeiger
1882
D. A. Fortna
Edward McGeehn
1883
G. A. Weber
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1884
Lottie • R. -Dutton
1885
Frances Hykes,
1887Daisie A. William (Ketterer)
C. C. Balehore
W. F. Sprenkle
1888
C. Iva Smith
W. H. P.entz
1889 .
Grace B. Spangler (Ye'isser)
At C. Logan
A. C. Lackey
' 1890
Mattie Piper
Ella C. Sibbett (Bill); .
Harry D. Brewer
1891
Ella Hoffman (Kauffman) :
Mary B. .Smith
Minnie Snayely (Frissele)
George Gable
James Slaybaugh
1892
,S. F. Gerberich
■ Gedrge Macomber
C. W. Snyder
P. H. Stambaugh
J. A. Stevens
1893
Mrs. Lillian Besore
Edith Getz (Weis.enberger)
Rose McKinnie (Davison)
Harry L. March
C. M. Romberger
1894
Essie Ernest
Ida Frank (Star)
Elizabeth Kisecker (Saiter)
Mary Miller (Mabee) •
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C. M. Best:-J
W. S. Cornman
J. W .'M cC Ïak b
H. A. Reed
C. Cl SheaiTer
B. HBTïrimmer
189S'
Lottie K. Bashpar
Flora A. H. Benner (Babylon)
1896 "
Maggie Dinsmore . (Wheeler)
P. Olive Hixon (May)
Mattie Mathews (Johnson)
Damaris Peters
Alice Shaffner
Mae Sheets (Miller)
Lida Standing ¡(Williams)
J. R. É. Getel
S. J. Lee
O. G. Myers
D. L. Scott
1897
.Mary, Clark
Bessie Foust (Johnson)
Lillian Foust' (Plummer)
Laura Hoch
Gay Renshaw
Ida Rupp
Abel Morris
S. L. Seitz
W. |E;. Watson
§ ® 9'8 R. Mae Anthony , ‘
Mary J. Lear
C. M. Graham
W. K. Stouffer
J. T. Swartz
E. N. Walter
.1899
Carrie Reiff
Phoebe RisSerËHaldeman)
Denton J. Brown
A. D. Hoke
E. R. Wills,
Leslie V, Zentz
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1900
Blanche Greist (Dilmore)
Ida Stoner (Bonda)
Percy A. Hollar
J. A. Hyndman
1902
|<|lare J. Brown
Gwendolyn Downs (Pentz)
Viola Moyer (Hempel)
Clara Potter (Countermine)
Mabel K. Shryock
A. R. M itchfflH
1904
Helen A. Corwin.
Anna M. J one's •
1906
D. Elizabeth Reinecker
J. Frank Daniels
Haul B. Zeigler
1907
Violet Johns (Richter)
“Ella Lay (Adams)
Bertha Longeneeker (Shafer)
Bess Rhodest (Johns)
1908
Elizabeth Houston (Fickes)
-Ijrsula Sterner- JK ojfpJ
Sadie Stumbaugh (Brumbaugh)
Estella Sweigard :(Cleland)
Grace Stumbaugh
Archie Cowan
William I lo o k
1909
Charles R. Jobe
|Rjilph P. Matter .
1910
John B. Hoke
Andrew Witherspoon
1912 I
George Foreman
John Hetrick
James; C. Trostle
1913
Anna Small
Erwin L. Bucher
C. Lester Crunkleton
Earl H. King
T 9I 5
Ella S. Kepler
Margaret A. Lerew
1916
’Ezra Wenger
--ivi 917
Esther Balliet .(Bruner)
I 9t 9
Marguerite Spessard
(Rawlings)
Penelope Witmer (King)
1921
Ethel M. Deardorff (Sleichter)
1922
Helen Fisher (Goode)
WANTED— A LIBRARY BUILDING
Yes, we have one,-but it is part of the Administration Building
and students^who want to see it must first see our Chapel.
Probably the trip through the Chapel is conducive to a proper
frame of mind necessary for effective reading and study,, but Un
fortunately :the Chapel is in use two hours every week during
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school hours-;. It p liin constant demarid for rehearsals, meetings,
lectures, concerts;-: etc. During these times it is of course im
possible for anyone g o use the, .library.
Consequently during
certain hours the library is jammed with a large crowd of students
who 'Mould not Use it during their free periods.
The library H the big laboratory g |f tl|| ¡school and our six
hundred studeng need a much, larger and more commodious build-,
ing for this purpose.
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We have asked the Legislature to appropriate the fundfP § |li
will enable us to house our books so that all will be available to
the students, so that the library can be in use twelve ,hours a day.
Then t<|9 we want our Library to|pe; hotìsed in a building of
which we can all be proud. We have reason to hope that our
request>.for funds will be granted and that next year we may see
a fine library building added to, our campus structures.
THE NORMAL SCHOOL LIBRARY
To show what the library department means to the student
and the teacher is the object of the April number of the Herald.
It is the first number of this school publication devoted wholly
to a discussion ■ oLsuch a topic, and therefore ¡the argument is
clear that a changed attitude exists toward the library. What has
brought it about ?
Nothing more than the usual effect produced by the general
change in educational functioning—an attitude of research,:, of.
delving, of seeking opinions of others, of comparing these opinions,
and forming one-si own. The day o f the carefully. memorized
textbook i l l past, and in its place we are having a richer ex
perience of real study, of careful questioning, and of reasoning
out the reply. We cannot do this unless: we have plenty of
material to work with, and th|| the library must’-supply. It dOe||
so through a larger and larger selection of books and magazines,
both general and special in character, and made more and more
'¿Accessible, in spite of increasingly crowded conditions. The budget, therefore, is increased to meet the need, the hours
of opening are lengthened, so .that all may have time for study,
boobs are placed B n reserve j r a m a k S aMignmeni^ ;:^aflable
promptly, and trained help is constantly seeking more andj-better
ways of getting the right material in the hands of the worker. In
other words, the library is the king-pin of the school machinery,
the working unit which draws all other departments together, and
upon which they muSt; depend.
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There are many ways by which the library .seeks to meet the
need of the student, beside the usual method of circulating books
and magazines both in the room and for home Use; The daily
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routine of charging and discharging books need not be emphasized,
except to say that statistics’of circulation show a constant, steady
increase;/; Some of thé more-popular features may, however, be
properly dwelt upoh) sp? that the: interest of the former graduate
may be aroused to the growth and change that is taking place in
the school.
In the first place, the library is-far from being a dead place—
it is a live center of interest every hour Of the day. The evenings
too, see an even greater patronage, for it is often, crowded to
more: than capacity, and the overflow are obliged tl|É find seats
outside in the chapel.
The big. bookcase in the middle of the room is: one of thé first
objects to draw attention. Here are'shelved all the small books
of reference, such as Who’s Who, World Almanac, Statesman’s
Yearbook, Index to Fairy Tales, Europa Yearbook, etc. Two
largo encyclopedias also find place here, and that best friend and
true, the Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature. This central
case' is in order only once a day. The rest of the time it may ap
peal untidy tó the outsider, ..but not to the librarian or teacher
who realizes that a book has a reason for being only when it is
in use. Questions are answered; by the hundred through this
compact collection of general andllpecial reference material, and
students familiarize themselves with the books most necessary in
forming a school library when they go out to teach.
• Another , collection of a current nature, constantly drawn upon,
is the clipping file. Begun a little over three years ago, it has
completely : outgrown the two large Library Bureau filing cases
provided to contain it. Every sort of scrap material from dis
carded magazines and newspapers, as well as free material
obtained from traveler’s agencies, mercantile, corporations» and the
like, is gathered together in folders and arranged alphabetically
'under topic. Already over 400 different subject headings are
represented, and in the course of every day, students may be found
eagerly searching for the latest information on geographical,
historical, political, social and descriptive, subjects..
Two or three times, a year this: file is carefully looked over for
material which has been : superseded by later publications, and
this is discarded. In this way, the collection may be considered
fairly up-to-date, and' savèsi much space in the matter of filing back
numbers of periodicals,—a problem of no little seriousness in our
present limited quarters.
Another collection that affords gratification to all classes of
students, but especially to those who are doing their first teaching,
is the picture file. We have at . present nearly :2piiS§; mounted
pictures, and every day new ones, are being added. These are
taken from só many different sources that it would seem impossible
to believe that anything of a “ visual edücation”jS)rder had been
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allowed to escape the’ vigilant eye of the* librarian doing the
clipping. In spite of that, however, much duplicate matter i s »
turned over to the pupils, who in their, turn add t, collection' of. clippings, and these Ultimately find their way into
booklets and scrap books of their own.
The mount used, for the pictures, is of lightweight chip-board,
neutral in color, and stiff enough to hold itself up without curling
corners, when on exhibition. Fpr the development of letpg| plans
and projects,; this part, of the library equipment seems to .be in
dispensable, and the requests that we have failed to answer by this
means have ’been few. The student helpers take great interest
in watching the growth of the collection, and to their neat-. ?
fingered .diligence in pasting and arranging, the library owes its
rapid increase in thisJiirect.ipn.
Another point, of interest :fsft:the new bulletin board. li'e-retofore we have had a small one, hanging oil the temporary partition,
and used’ largely by teachers'for posting lists of references, and
serving a very urgent need, though b y no means an ornament to
the room. Indeed, so little spacefw.as left.-for making public the
various concerns and influences of the library, that the gift of
money from the Girls’ Student Council last year, was. more than ;
welcome in providing a special bulletin'board for library matters,
alone. It has been placed in the chapel just outside: one o f the
library doors, and with its attractive oak frame and glass- door,
makes an appearance of which we may well be proud. Here
appear lists of new books added to the. shelves from week to week,
special review notices of new titles, pictures suitable to certain
days and seasons, and original posters by the students themselves.
This keeps the library well before the, student body, and She
Library Council Committee who have it in charge are faithful to
its care.
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Aside from the regular course, in the .useg||pthe library, a talk
is given each year to the outgoing students on how to obtain free
material and books at small cost. This is an important topic
with young people who are making..* first start in their profession,
with often very little to help them either in school or out.
Library facilities in the country especially, are very limited, but
the ubiquitous advertisement is always, with us, and the better
firms have learned so: much of the psychology of advertising, that
the artistic sense may thrill at nothing more than a sfe.aming .bowl
of tomato soup, . Companies are also learning the wisdom ^of
taking the public into their confidence, and the art of answering
the child’s question as to how his shoes are-made, or why ink
is black, may easily be left to the manufacturer who knows:; that
truthful, scientific explanation of his product mean|-,: more in
telligent customers in the future. The encouragement of travel,
both by sea and land, has also increased the number o f attractive
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folders issued free by railroad and steamship companies, chambers
of comnjerc|and the like. The clever normal school graduate
¡ ■ H I of a11 these and many other facilities, and by the aid
of a few pamphlet boxés, is ready to ¡start her geography or history
clalS 0n
B Practical road to knowledge.
h j alsfeprepared for distribution this year a mimlist of inexpensive edition^: and series of bookJl and
■ ¡ H
ln another part of thisGssue. Tëâchers will find that
the habit of book buying may be made the most satisfying one in
the world, if it is done with caution. To feel that all knowledge
may be obtained for $69 in ten cheaply Bound volumes, isÿfsurely
unworthy of any educator. To build up o n e® own library % no
readj-made” job, but a slow process of absorbing interest to
the owner and brings its own reward. It is hoped that this list
will help the young teacher in making an economical choice of
books.
Another feature within library influence ysffthe Readers’ GluB;
I hig. -organization has flourished for ihore than two years and
t as gradually increased it|;s membership with the passing months.
Its object has been to supply recreational reading for those whose
few hoursjSgf leisure lead them naturally to a book. In an en
vironment wholly jacking in publiqfîibrary opportunity, and very'
little more than an occasional magazine, such a need is keenly
felt. The studentjSthemselves are therefore more than willing
to pay a nominal yearly fee of 50 cents toward the support of
the club, and the faculty members also have the privilege for
y -00' The dues are used to purchase new books for the use of
the members, and the better ;type of fiction, and the finest and
most readable books of non-fiction, argto be found on the shelves.
I he co.lection is given a place by itself, and memberSdo their
■ B l checking out-an »etu rnin g. This club is undoubtedly one
o jth e most popular organizations in the school, and though quiet
m j | s appearance and habitÿ |sd‘an indispensable part of school
.. e; "l he numbeftof books now reacheshinto the first hundred
including everything from “ Microbe hunters” by de K ruif to
Nize Baby” by M ilt Gross.. ■ No one need find a rainy day a
dull one- when just; around the corner lies a Readers’ Club membership.
, I'as(oan been given full- credit as an extra-curricular activity, and between
forty and fiftyggtudents each semester elects to wôrk in s h ift® two
hours a week. Their duties are largely at: the desk and shelves
but they 'learn much that is- practical in the matter of library
m m m m sh° uld give tflem a larger interest in establishing
the School library idea when they go out to teach. All the dif
ferent school collections are available to them in this work. The
Library Council is- an- outgrowth of this-) practice work, and a
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special account of its objectives arertovbe found in another part
of this number
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The library itselfJghen, means a working force, throughout the
school., The foregoing outline merely tries to -give some idea ot
its everyday usefulness to the scholar while in- school,End trusts
that its influence may be taken jjflut wherever the teacher goes; for
service. That it is often remembered by igfaduateg our corre
spondence will amply prove. Questions about peopleMbout t o k ^
about methods* are constantly coming, in from old SriM ds^who
are in the teaching field. They cannot come too* oftengfor it
proves that once the library meant something to |8 growing mind,
and that a desire for. further Contact is alive and eager. Mere
books a n ® pamphlets and even a fine building, desirable as^it may
be, cannJjgtake the place of service. We mustghave a Hverflep«#*
ment, answering questions, helping solve problems, keeping doors
open to new ideas and opinions,,-. This is what We hope the libraiy
means to you.
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' Clara W.«;BragG;
. Librarian.
THE TRAINING SCHOOL LIBRARY
The purpose of a Library is to afford an opportunity to. read
andlftudy for pleasure and profit. 'T he primary function
school library is to establish habits of reading and studying for
pleasure and profit. A Training pffhool Library aims;'to«give
students' practice in using the library in their teaching and to send
them out as missionaries into the much neglected field of library
opportunities o f oür State. ToSrovide for a jjfervice t$cover two
of- these aims, and ultimately the third, requires not only a^ lear
understanding of these purposes and the technique necessary to
realize them, but also an equipment especially selected for 'fl|i:sj
work.
■ t h e changed Conception of teaching from imparting of knowl
edge and imposing of taskSAupon children to thej|fflp|Sjng of
children’s; interests and activities into channels of physical and
intellectual growth has''èreatéd a new Conception of the work of
the library. In-':additionf ffi providing reference materials;, and
supplementary reading, the- library has, become a necessary part
of the teaching equipment. , Formerly, we collected volumes of
bounijfprinted paper, placed them on shelves and called it a library,
now we select books' and m ateria® which bear directly upon the
life and interests of the children! and usé: them a y a part ofqthfe
school program. The class activities' determine "the nature of
the library work and give the children a purpose for choosing
the books desired for reading. This library service ig| demanded
by little children as well as adults. All who seek help by means
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or books, charts and pictures now come to the library to have their
needs supplied.
■ ,. Much attention has. been given to the library needs of adults
but the facilities for little children arei;n.ot Itequately provided
hurmture for children; is gradually:,being made a part of the
library equipment, but . in most cases this’ is adult•iturniture cut
down to the size of children. Our equipment for the children’s
library should make the same appeal as is found in the kinder
garten. While the beginners are being introduced to the fairies
and the familiar personalities in the nursery literatures, there
should be a real fairyland to which they can go to explore these
realms of the imagination. Picture, books, maps of Fairyland
charts and posters of children’s activities are- just as necessary
tor little children as reference books and encyclopedias are for
adults. This type of interest will not only' enlarge and enrich
the experiences of the children, but will at the ' same time
establish habits: of intelligent reference and research necessary
for school work of the higher grades.
This appeal to; satisfy the needs of children in the primary
grades is no less necessary in all of- the grades of the elementary
ooL In m°St of our schools it is not only a matter of selecting
library equipment, but m orP especially to' select iqiripment that
will serve the different grades.rfg. the- pupils’, development,—equip
ment that is suited fe the age and' needs of the children. The
hbrarian and cig||room teacher .must have a common objective,
lh e library and the classroom are means of instruction and serve
cor relatively rather than supplementary.
The Training, School Library is now celebrating its third anni
versary,. Its aim is to afford suitable literature for all children'
of the elementary school, to train teachers to use the library as
a means||if, instruction and to send them out to establish library
opportunities in the communities to which they .go. Our furniture
and equipment have hardly kept pace with our aims and fneeds.
Our latest addition is a reading table containing a map of Fairy-'
land, special picture books, for little children, and appropriate
literature for all grades. Thirteen children’s magazines come
to our shelves, regularly. We have 1500. volumes distributed in
the GampushTraining ;School, the Rural Training- School at
P.easant Hill and the Junior High School of Shippensburg.
Besides the daily readings in the libraries, and the class groups
which have; regular library periods, there is an average circula
tion Of 300 books per month. These, are boilecjjbns of selected
B ^ m M-any '$ther:4 i% m es are. available; and others are con
stantly being recommended- for our shelves but must be rejected
because they do not serve our purpose.
W. P. H a rley ;
Dinebt{$ of Tramin^fSthool.
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HOW TO USE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY
Much has. been written concerning the .pÿganization^^a school
library the selection H material f the furnituie,
lighting, heating, and general equipment. This brief outline
jlegins where the before-mentioned- topic leaves off, and assumes ,
that .everything has been properly prepared,; and that the library
is in action.
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What are some of the uses to which it is. to be put, and how
are we t ® make It do its fullest work with its; constituency.
After all it does not differ from any other .library. It is intended
M meet present need$Jïàs they <|gme up from day Q day,- and
prepare the child for an intelligent use of his. community library
when he is through school. It givey, him a sincere appreciation
of the value of books in his life, and therefore makes him willing
'ftp further‘ the library as. a community project, and give it his
moral and.financial support.
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The following are . some of t ^ w a y s ; tJjS'jtchQflj libraryg i jeqM.
be used by and for the child:
t Its doors' should be open during the entire .school day, so
that teachers, and pupils alike may have access' to the books for
reference. I f the geography class is not quite sure whether dates
are packed before or after ripening,Tsend some representative to
the library to find out, when interest, in the subject is high and
fix the fact once and for all. IPA,pot w ait. unt|; after^chool,
when everyone is eager to see the ball game.
f ' 2. Children should go- to the library to, draw books out tor
home use, and thereby stimulate their habit of reading for pleasure.
This is, of course the main, object 'o f any library, but it is
peculiarly the privilege of the school library to start the child on
the road to a broader acquaintance with the great literature
-written especially for him, and to help the parent 'solve the allimportant. problem of the use of leisure- time.
H The library should be in charge of some one who has a
thorough knowledge of children’s h used with children. A small collection of books will triple m
value if used with intelligence, and a sympathetic effort to get
the right book and the right child together.
4.
The atmosphere of the library should be informal. While,
it should be quiet, i t should not be looked upon as. a study hall,
.and. children should b| permitted to move about as much as they
wish if they are there: for a legitimate purpose. Children .should,
never be sent to the library to study-their regular lessons, or to
puish them for a fault. The child should go to the library because
he wants to, not because he must, and the object of its entire
mission will be lost if it is used for disciplinary purposes,
i. The story hour in the library offers another point of con-
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tact with books.',; Here the teacher troni time to time may gather
her group about her, and the poetry and folk-lore o f the ages
may be made, alive and real. In lour own library, the low; table,
with therirnap of fairy land on top, covered by glas.4, and the
little chairs surrounding; it, offers a charming center for a happv
hour. A well arranged bulletin hoard or a beautiful picture may
also introduce thHtheme òf ' sOmé^pSgial season or holiday, ant
thO|ftory teller need have no fear o f -wandering attention.
6.
Another school problem which the library may have its
part in . solving is thaf. of the-superiorphild. Teâ|hërs know only
too well what it means to have on their hands' ,a boy, who through
superabundance of ability, finishes;: hifèî history-%r . arithmetic long
before^he others, and therefor|| seeks an outlet for hi4§eiiergy
by drawing none too flattering picturèsM l his. teacher for the
entertainment 'of his neighbors! ”; .Permission to go to t$Ê library,
select a bo:pk or magazine: an.®* read quietly there until time for
the,next class period, is a favor eagerly sought Mijljgratefully
acknowledged. The teà'cher’s loadVis lifted- | l r the moment,ìthe
pupil is congenially employed,, and best vlf: all, independent Of
action in chopsing what is interesting ¡¿festered.
The tfibrary may alsofeffer its bestfervices to the child
who fe^naturally ^i^w , especially in reading. The: sympathetic
teacher may realize this by sending the boy or girl Of this type
to the library frequently. In thé. classroom where others may
see and hear deficiencies, the embarrassment of theifsensitive
child is great, but by himself in the quiet of the library, he may
look , .at pictures, browse, through the shelves, anffi rëâd a third
grade, bpok when he belongs in the fifth grade, without any stigma
attaching theretM Gradually he grows more independent in his
rp dinê i!and| f nS - t <? h^s delight that he can readily read without
help, and without hi|j pride ¡being hurt.
: 8, ; The library offers torthe teacher an unusual chance to intro-duc^ the besfe literature to her pupils. Many bcjlfks that lie un
used on the shelves-because of *a Sack 'd ! understanding||>n the
parffef the child, may need only a word of explanation or recom
mendation from the teacher to bring it into the front rank of
popularity. Lucas’ ‘The Slowcoach” truly lived up to its name
until one of our bright jfiudent teacher's; read a chapter of two to
her class. .Since then it has taken on the wornMpok o f a much
loved companion. All books do not make the same appeal, but
here is an opportunity to give the “ wall flowers” o f literature a
chance to he appreciated. • This the intelligent teacher always does.
-Cl a r a W. B ragg ,
Librarian.
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THE LIBRARY COUNCIL
No: longer do stern librarians hold absolute sway over the C. V. ;
S. T. C. Library. Rut rather, the fate, of this “ heart of the
school” , as it has been so aptly called, rests, with the members
of the newly formed- Library Council. It is. from them that^ all
ideas of decoration, publicity, growth and progress shall spring.
And rightly Iso. For, after all, what develops enthusiasm as much
as a personal responsibility and contact, which we hope :thi|| will
prove to be to our students,’ soon teachers and promoters of pro
gressive educational methods,'?.,
The plans and hopes of the Council, though at present rather
nebulous, are broad and well meaning. The membership is com
posed of students who have elected library work as their extra
curricular activity, and hence is an interested group. The officers
chosen are Dr. Lehman, Honorary President; David Brandt, Pres
ident; Helen BarbourÇ Vice-President; Miriam Piper, Secretary;
Ruth Kinsloe, Treasurer, with Miss Y ork,'‘Miss Bragg and Miss
Moore the faculty advisors. An exhaustive constitution has been
adopted, and the various committees are at work. The duties of
the-.executive committee are to aid the officers in carrying out
the aims: of the club; the decoration committee are to keep the
library as attractive as possible with flowers and exhibi||| the
bulletin board committee to keep the library before the public eye
by posting all library news and notes in our own ¡special bulletin
board.
The Council plans one trip a year to a neighboring library, this
year to the State Library at Hargrsburg, in order to enlarge the
field of the members’ library experience and, we trust,¡gheir en
thusiasm. Mr. Bliss- of the State lib rary has spoken to the club
on County libraries, Mis.sl Zachert, director of. the School
Libraries Division has told us about school libraries in Pennsyl
vania. Miss Titcomb of the Hagerstown.Public Library has also
consented- to explain the work and purose of the “book wagon.”
I -But neither is the club to be purely “ professional.” Our first
meeting was of a social nature, when, after everyone wns happily
fed, the idea of the Council was introduced by the librarians. It
was at that time th lf. the possibilities of many good timegjwere
discussed, and various studeriSinclude banquets, parties and even
dances in their vision of “what ap b rary club should do.”
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Doris H. M oore,
Assistant Librarian.
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BOOKS AT SMALL COST
This list makes no pretension of being complete, for the publish
ing world is a rapidly growing and changing field. It tries, how
ever, to include some of the better known editions and series on
the market during the past year. Any publisher will gladly send
lists of his publications upon request.
In regard :to what is sometimes termed “ school” editions,
changes in the original text are occasionally made, especially in
anthologies of poetry. Thist?|thange is generally accounted for
in the preface or introduction, but the teacher is cautioned to
bear this -fact in mind when making a purchase. Untermeyer’s
“ This singing world” is an example; ninety-seven poems that ap
pear in the original printing being omitted in the school edition.
C. W. B.
P R O F E SSIO N A L PU BLIC A T IO N S
Francis W. Parker School,.'Chicago, 111. Year books. 35-50C.
Ethical Culture School, New York. Occasional pubs. 50C-S1.25.
Lincoln Experimental .Schooffl New York.
Occasional pubs.
About Si.00.
Nat. Society for study of educ. Year Books, Nearly all, below
St.50.
Graduate schools of education, e. g.
University of Chicago.
Leland Stanford University,
Harvard school of Education.
Columbia Univ. Teachers' College.
Publications of these schools vary in price, but the majority are
below $1.50. Paper covers.
Have your name put on the register for lists of publications, and
you will receive them free and can make your choice of the
ones you have use for.
IN E X P E N S IV E ED ITIO N S
A. L. BU R T & CO.
The Home Library, 400 titles, S i.25 postpaid'(no discount).
Pocket edition of standard Classics, 115 titles, $1.00 (leather).
New copyright fiction, 300 titles, 75 cents.
This contains some good authors; such as Lincoln, Ibanez,
Johnston, Fafnol, Hall, Caine, etc.
DODD, M EAD & CO.
Astor Library, 12 titles, $1.00 (90c).
Standard fiction, such as Adam Bede, Count of Monte
Cristo> etc.
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GEO. H. DORAN CO.
Modern Readers’ Bookshelf, 16 titles, S t.50 (no discount).
Modern essays, philosophy, history, science, etc.
Humanizing of knowledge ser., 4 titlel, $1.00..
Science—James Harvey Robinson, etc. Excellent.
D O U BLED A Y, P A G E & CO.
Lambskin Library, 55 titles, $ i.i|| (no discount).
Standard works. Excellent type.
DUTTON & CO.
Everyman’s Library, 700' titles, 80c.' (;6oc.)
Inclusive—Biography, fiction, esshysL poetry,, drama,
history, science, etc. Some translations.
Today and Tomorrow ser., 38 tit^^p$i:;fij>^6?:'i).
Modern discussions on the future of intelligehce, defense
, “of chemical warfare, future of law, conqj)Cs|;g)eancer,
etc.
GARDEN C IT Y P U B L IS H IN G CO.
Star Dollar Books, 33 titles, $1.6®. ’
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Series of non-fiction books including travel/ essays/ music
and a good deal of biography.
G R O SSET & DU N LAP.
Popular "copyright fiction, 756 titles, ’75 cents.
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Some good titles among them, such as “ The Bent Twig”
by Dorothy Canfield.
IIA RCO U RT, B R A C E & CO.
•Bohn’s Popular Library, 60 titles^ 8sc||( 75c.)
Ancient and modern standards, essays, fiction, some
poetry.
Untermeyer—Modern American and British poetry ||Text
ed.) Si.20.
Untermeyer—Modern British poetry (Text ed.) S i.00.
Untermeyer—This Singing World ||Text ed.) $1.04.
H A R P E R & BROS.
Harper’s Modern Classics, 12 titles, $i%p JpJC.)/;,
Hardy, Twain, Howells/ Deland, etc.
D. C. H EATH & CO/
Belles lettre.s :ser., 44 titles, 88c. ( 7°c0
English literature—Principally separate plays or essays,
and, selected, poems.
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H E N R Y H O LT & CO.
Home University Library of Modern Knowledge; 116 titles,
$i.oo ;tooY..l||
Variety, of subjects, all modern. No poetry or drama.
Writers of the Day Ser., u titlesjd$i.oo (90c.)
Short biographies of modern writers.
HOUGHTON, M IF F L IN & CO.
Riverside literatu re SerfgUio titles, 28c .-$i .o o .
Contains great variety , .,pf .Standard classics. A good
many nature boobs'JB-Burroughs, Thoreau, Miller, etc.
Riverside College .Classics, 34 titles, 80c.
Al f r e d a . k n o p f .
Berzoi Pocket Books, 42 titles, $1.25 ($ 1.15 ).
' Modern reprints, English and American publications, a
lew translations.
M A C M ILLA N & CO.
Modern Reader’s Ser., 64 titles, 80c. (66c.)
Biography, fiction and poetry—many abridgements and
selections.
M A C RA E SM ITH CO.
The Fairmont Classics, 7 titles, $1.50 (85c.)
Adventure stories, Cooper, Marryat, Bullen and Melville.
MODERN L I B R A R Y . : -
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§¡¡¡¡39 titles,, 95c (8s c | »
Modern repiintjSiifiction, poetry, essays, etc.
« O S . N ELSO N & SONS,
Nelson ClassicS, 153 titles,’ 60c.. (45c.)
Nelson Standard Library, 10 titles, $1.00 (80c.)
Mostly English authors in both these editions.
O XFO RD UNIV. P R E S S .
World’s Classics,.’ 224 titles, 80c. (72c.)
Standard works, fairly well printed.
Standard editions of poetry and prose, 118 titles, $1.50 ($1.35).
.'Unusually well edited. Introductions often by dis
tinguished modern authors.
G. P. PU TN AM ’S SO N SjH
Ariel booklets, 200 titles, $1.00 (no discount).
World classics—small volumes-—-many single poems, such
as Gray’s Elegy, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, etc.
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Modern Student’s Library, 40 titles,
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F, A. ST O K E S CO.
Masterpiecesjiiin colour, 47 titles, $1.25 ¡§$1.00).
A ^Separate artist, in each b o o k A C o lored illMMationsj,
very good for the price.
BOOKS FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS OF LITERATURE
Listed by Mary E. York, Teacher of Reading ^
' Juvenile Liter citure, and Storytelling.
The excellent list for primary teachers has been prepared this
year by our teacher of reading, and is f i | | o | suggestions to
those who wish to purchase something helpful to teacher and child
^ T h e editor of this number gratefully acknowledges M is||^ork’s ;
permission to print it.—C. W. B.
B E S T G E N E R A L CO LLECTIO N .
Juvenile Literature—Curry & Clippinger, $3.50, Rand McNally
& Co., Chicago.
POETRY.
This Singing WofldfpUntermeyer, Lewis, $3.00, Harcourt,
Brace and Co., N. Y .
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■ '•"•(School Edition) $1.04, Harcourt, Brace and 0 % N. Y.
The Home Book of Versé for Young hoiks,— Stevenson, B.,
$3||P1 Henry Holt Co.
*The Posy Ring—Wiggin, K. D., and Smith, N., l f e 00>
Houghton, Mifflin Cd?’ N. Y .
xGolden Numbers--Wiggin, K. D .„ and Smith, N., $ 1 -20
Houghton, Mifflin Co., ;N. -Y.
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♦ Peacock Pie—Die L a Mare, W altefi$2.25, Henry Holt Co.,
‘ N. Y .
♦ Sing Song—Rossetti,, Christina, $1.48, MacMillan Go,1, N. Y .
♦ A Child’s Garden of VersésíGStevenson, R. L .,.$ i .75, Cha-.
, Scribner’s S o ris,|l|||Y .
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(Cheaper Edition) .75, Rand, McNally Co., Chicago.
♦ Rhymes of -Childhood—Riley,' J . W., $2.oos BobbgM erril Co.,
Indianapolis.
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♦ Poems of Childhood—Field, Eugene;t$2.5o, Chas Sons, N. Y .
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M O TH ER GOOSE.
Mother Goose ¿Com plete)—Jessie W. Smith, $3.00, Dodd
. ' Mead and Co., N. Y.
Little Mother Goose—Jessie W. Smith, $1.50, Dodd Mead
and B p , N, Y.
*The R ||l Mother Goose—Wright, B. F., $2.00 Rand
McNally and Co,, Chicago.
: (Cheaper (Edit ion) .75, Rand McNally and Co., Chicago.
Mother Goose—Richardson,, F., $1.55, P. F. Volland Co.
Chicago.
(Larger Edition) $3.00, P. F. Volland Co.
F A IR Y TAT.ES & L E G EN D S. '
Fairy Tales;—Grimm Brothers, $1.75» G. W. Jacobs and Co.
Philadelphia.
xF airy Tales Anderson, H. C., $5.00, E. P. Dutton and Co
n ; y .
English Fairy Tales—Jacobs, Joseph, $1.75, G. P. Putman’s
Sons, N. Y.
East of the Sun and West of the Moon—Thorne-Thomsen,
G., .60, Row, Peterson.
xThe Arabian Night’s. Entertainment—Wiggin and SmithParrish, $2.50, Scribners, :
The Arabian Nights (Riverside Edition) -.56, Houghton
Mifllin Go., N. Y.
xSome Merry Adventures of Robin Hood—Pyle H
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Scribner’s Sons, N. Y .
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xRobin Hood (Complete Edition)—Pyle, H., $3.50, Scribner’s
Sons, N, Y .
Fairy Tales From ..the Far North—Asbiornsen P. C. $1.23
A. ,L. Burt and Co,, N. Y.
Tales of Mother Goose—Perrault, C., .60, D. C. Health and
. Co.^vft Y.
M Y TH S.
xA ge of Fable—Bulfinch, T., $1.75, Lothrop, Lee & Shepherd
Co., Boston.
xHeroes of Greek Fairy Tales—Kingsley, C., $1.00, E. P.
Dutton and Co., N. Y.
(More Complete Edition) Kingsley, C., $3.00, E. P. Dutton
and Coi, N. Y.
xWonder Book and Tanglewood Tales—Hawthorn, N.. $-j.eo
Duffield and Co., N. Y.
xWonder Book and Tanglewood Talesp(Riverside Edition)
$2.00, Houghton, Mifflin Co., N. Y.
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*AeSop’s Fables—Edited by .Jacobs, 4 -, Sf.75, MacMillan Co,
N, Y .
♦Aesop’sYFables—wjcheaper E d itio n ® 75 , Harper and Bros.,
N. Y . '
N A T U R E ST O R IES.
xjungle Book (2 vols,)—Kipling, R., $1.90 (each), Double
day, Page and Co., Garden City, N. Y .
xjust So Stories—Kipling, R., $i-9 °S Doubleday, Page and
Co., Garden City, N. Y .
^ n d e Remus, Songs; and Sayings-AHarris, J. C.,
Appleton and Co., N. Y .
*Peter Rabbit' Series—Potter, Beatrix, 75 (each), Warne,
Frederick and Co., N. Y .
* 0 !d Mother West Wind (Series;)—Burgess, T., $1.00, |each)
Little Brown and Co., Bos.
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Bible Stories to Read and Tell—Olcott, F , J , $2.50, Hough
ton, Mifflin Co., _N. Y.
When the King Came—Hodges, G,, $2.50, Houghton, Mifflin
Co., N. Y .
H O LID A Y ST O R IES.
Dickinson, Asa—Children’s Book of Thanksgiving Stories,
$1.75, Page and Co., Garden City, N. Y .
Dickinson & Skinner—Children’iB o o k of Christmas Stories,
$1.75, Doublesday, Page and Co., Garden City, N ..Y ,
CO LLECTIO N S OF M ODERN W R IT E R S.
' *For the Children's Hour— Bailey, C. S „ and Lewis, $1.75,
Milton, Bradley Co., Philadelphia.
*Best Stories. To Tell To Children—Bryant, S. .C., $1.50
Houghton, Mifflin Co,,. Ni-'^.-;
* For younger children,
x For older children.
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