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T eachers
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The

R U R A L NUM BER

STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
SHIPPENSBURG, PENNA.

J . R. K E R R 6c B R O . P r i n t e r s , C

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INDEX

. Principal’s Letter itejihe Alumni............................... .....................

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It Waifs Forty Years Agoib.A ■ ......................................... ...........
Curnherland County A lu m n |-A illlla tio n . . . .

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Huntingdon County Aliunui Association.....................................

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Meeting of Teachers and Alumni 'at State College July 29, 1927...
Alumni Personals ............................................................

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Engagement Announcement! sVA.,. . . . . . . . ..................
^upid?§|p,Column
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ThjY Class'.of

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Stork Column . .. .. .. .. . 1....................... .............
^.Obituary . .. . ’........................................................
Scho|| Discipline ..................

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Rural Training School Center, 1927-1928. ....... ......................... ......

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Rural Group Alumni Survey» A... . A . V . . . . . . . . A ................. j
I\.ur,'i] Group Alumni Questionnaire.................................................

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Drill Suggestions from the 1927-1928 Rural Group Seniors..........

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Handwriting- in Rural Schools,. ,v- •.......... ..................................

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Among the Book Shelves With Two Seniors.. , , ........................

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Providing- Silent Reading in the Rural Schools..............................

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Picturd iSj'udy ............................................ .

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Country Life Club Proceedings Summer, 1927. . ............................

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Country Life Club 1927-1928. ........................................................

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Library Pa;sjte Recipe.......... .............................................

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PageanfsSand Musical Plays in a One-Room Rural School............

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The Teachers College Herald
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, JANUARY, APRIL AND JULY
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office,
Shippensburg, Pa.
MARION H. BLOOD .
ADA V. HORTON, ’88
J. S. HEIGES, ’91

.................... Editor
....Personal Editor
.Business Manager

Subscription Price, 25 cents per year strictly in^advance

Vol. 32

OCTOBER, 1927

Single

No. 1

PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
Dear Alumnus;
The new school year is now fully under way and we are able
to take stock of our equipment for the session. The prospect is
most encouraging. Our faculty has returned to us almost
intact We regret the absence of Miss Lane due to lllnes^ but
Miss Leutsker is filling the position in a manner that Ippeals
alike to students and faculty. Miss Willoughby, _who has taken
Miss Seco||s place in the Training School, is doing a fine piece
of teaching anditgtipervision.
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Misses Snively and Irene Huber, and Messrs. Burkholder and
Bentz have returned to us after a year’sHeave of absence spent^
in study. Professor and Mrs. Stewart devoted the summer to
study and Professor Bye was a member of the Summer School
Faculty of Clark University and Miss Henderson taught at -the
Sfclarion State Normal School.
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■ Our attendance | | almost fifty in advance of last years and
it ¡Icespecially gratifying to note that three-fourtlgj of the
increall a r i men. The four year B. S. course is appealing
stronglylo them, but we must not fail to note that the number
of women in the four year Freshman class? is twice the number
in the Sophomore class. The ^¿student body is becoming more
efficient every year since the four year course ha§£||een added
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l a“ 1 inclined to believe that many of you,are not--fully familiar
with the opportunities/open to Students here. • For this reason
outline them’ .very'briefly. W eB ffer the choice o í ’ the
two-Or tho/four yearffiourse to every student.. -Students in the
two year course may prepare for teghing in the PrimaryKindergarten or Intermediate Grades, or Rural Schools. The
certificate is valid for two years after which, on evidence of
two year|| succegful .teaching, it will be validated S a ‘ perma­
nent diploma. We offer an advanced two year course leading
to the degree of B. S. inMjucation, This is open to all of you
who completed the two year course. '
Therd^re two four year coursesjone fitting the student for a
supervisor’s or, a principal’s pésitioh, in elementary-school^ The
other qualifies for Junior (or Senior! „High School position!Both carry with them the regular collegiate degree of. B. |adn
Education, - In the latter -courlgMstudentp elect two fieldsfechoosing from English, -Science, Social Studies (History),
Geography, Mathematic^ Latin, and Modern LanguageJB
Students in either the •two or the four year course's receive a
Statg. Scholarship (free tuition) and .the entire necessary, ex­
penses* including registration and term fees, board, lodging
laundry^Oolcs* :etc., will range from $330.00 to $340.00 a year!
Gan a finerfer better opportunity for a:high grade education be
found anywhere?
Qur requirements. for admission to all courses are “gradu­
ation from an approved four- year high „school or equivalent
teaming m an approved private secondary school.” Graduates
any hlSh # ;o o l -course-:: classical, general, commercial, voca­
tional,, technical); etc.*/ will be admitted to|fhe two- year course,
jfh e y may also, enter the. four year course, but the selection of
fields will depend upon the branches/studied in high -,school.
I We firitl that the belief is widely prevalent that. students must
boj seventeen or more years of age in order '-to’ receive free
tuition. This is incorrect: Any.;/'student who meets the admission requirements, will be. granted free, tuition.
Home Coming Day-falls on. Saturday,, October 29, and will
probably be an event .of the past when the Herald- reaches you.
Everything points to,, a large attendance, o-f . Alumni, the largest
ever, as this celebration is one of the. most .popular on H i
calendar, I hope that very many of you will be. here, to note
•die newly renovated Main BuildingyGnioderized and beautified.
:/jaon’t forget your .County or C ity Alumni m eeting! Thesel.
mean very much to the-growth-and, prosperity of the old school.
I-hose who take; part in these gatherings tell-us how much-they
enjoy them.

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./Finally, we ask., you to be pn the alert to/line up the-promising
senior or seniors in your local high school. Now that we: are

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a college in name as well as in reality, we need a strong: efficient
studeff body to carry on the traditions of your Alma Mater and
advance Still' farther and higher; itgs& ndards^ It is the personal
word that counts and we feel sure that you will interest yourself
in having the young people from your nqf|hborhood come to us.
Send uSjtheir names and we' will be glad to write' to them and to
furnish them with the school publications;
Fraternally
E zra L eh m a n , ’89.

IT WAS FORTY YEARS AGO
There were, stirring, if not to say exciting, times|in à farm­
house near Chatnbersburg, on Saturday evening, September 1,
1887. For early on the', following Monday morning U
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son now sixteen' and a half years old, would be taken, bag and
baggage to the Cumberland Valley Railroad station, Where he
would hoard —
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for Shippensburg, there to begin .his
career as a student at the Normal School. This was really a
venturing forth into the unkhowrt" for the boy had never had
any other' schooling than that given in the country school near
hiS home. He had never. been away .from home oyer night
except in the company' of » h e r members of the family. In
fact his whole life had. been spent on the farm. He had really
just’ arrived a t “manbSbd’S S ature” for lie “had bound H
s t a t iiS S lft e r t h lflr a k e .pS form reaper|# He could plough,
pitch hay, and do the other farm jobs ashdisfinguished from the
chores that settled the question whether the individual were man
or boy. He hack caught a glimpsè of the ‘Town” world by at­
tending market every Saturday 'pnd . Wednesday where he sola
farm and garden products over the » a l b ” He
PFf °F .r1^ ;
best “bib and tucker*! 0n Saturday even in gs» , go to ChamberSburg. to 'Stroll around with others of his kind to see the gghts.
He never could understand, just how it was that the town boys—and, alasy the girls also-'-spotted .him at once as a country yokel
and' greeted hini witlffHafV-Pumpkin Roller— How re the cows?
or “ Hello, Hay ifeed!§| It seems; like a .l^hi^dy»] I.9P7 ,.Dut ,ln
1887 it w a V n S r tragedy. He did know something^ about the
outside world, - however, for the New York Weekly Tribune—
though licking Greely’s master mimF-was still a power in rural
districts!! H e'read that, journal evèrÿ'week and its: news^and
editorial coiumns'furnished mental pabulum of no mean quality.
The country debating club, even if it did discuss such questions
asVlS'Resblved, that there iSm ore pleasure in the pursuit of
an object than in itS po'fc§sion|f: at times discussed problems
like this : “Resolved, that the southern state's had a constitu-

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tional right to secede.” Doubtless even a second rate attorney
would be amused at the argument^ advanced in these debating
societies, but they had taught this boy and others of his ilk to
think for himself, to speak when standing on his feet and to
read and study textbooks and encyclopedias.
It has been said that Saturday was the day of preparation for
the departure. All clothing had to be packed into the small
leather bound trunk, for in that household Sunday was a day of
church going and rest from “worldly labors and vain pursuits.”
Sunday came and with it the church attendance, with the sermon
— at least an hour in length, with the fifteen minute prayer—
and the hard, uncushioned, uncomfortable pews didn’t become
softer as the service progressed. Relief came after the service
with the opportunity for discussion of crops and gossip under
the trees in the .'church yard. Worldly people sometimes in­
sinuated that the good deacons and even the ministers fixed the
wages to be paid farm laborers at these after church con­
ferences.
The boy was possibly just a little gratified that he was the
center of interest after church, but he might have been ■ inclined
to agree with the old farmer, owner of three fine farms, who
approached him and said— “Waal, I ain’t certain but what your
pap ain’t makin’ a mistake by sendin’ you to school jest when
you’re gettin’ to be a hefty farm hand— I seen many a good
farmer spiled by this here edication.”
But the boy boarded the train on Monday morning, making the
good-byes with father and mother as brief as possble for it
wouldn’t do to show any tears on this occasion. The train
passed through Shippensburg and the conductor called “ Normal
School-BAll out for the Normal School,”— and another proud
moment was vouchsafed to the boy as he went the length of the
train, wondering whether all the passengers saw him. All pas­
senger trains in those obliging times stopped at the “stile” at
the foot, of the Normal School campus to let off passengers. No
one was in sight-git was 7:18 and the boy was the only one to
get off. A feeling of loneliness swept over him, but he noticed
a tall, mustached man coming down the campus. The man
hastened to greet the new arrival, saying “You’re e-e-early. We
a-a-are just at— breakfast. Have you h-had your breakfast?
My name’s B-Bugbee.” Thus began an acquaintance with Pro­
fessor Bugbee that lasted many years. His stammer was good
naturedly mimicked by many a student— but few there were who
were not benefitted by his mathematical ability and helped by his
interest in all his students.
The boy discovered that the work didn’t start at nine o’clock
on the first.- day and that it would not have been necessary for
him to have come so early. He met the faculty: Principal

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Tohn F McCreary, who had distinguished
a gallant
soldier H the Civil War— a man -who as- teacher of literature
was I open the gates of song, drama and romance to the boy
and determine that he should devote years of his later life to
teaching and studying the great masterpieces of English, He
met i i M. D. Eckels who had just finished two terms of service
in the State Legislature and who a little later was to be Prin­
cipal of the Normal School for eighteen years;: and who became
the closest, most intimate %unsellpr that the boy ever had. He
came to know Joseph F. Barton then a young man; Hart Gilbert,
Milly Adams, Susie Jones, Bessie Hope and Mr|v,. Kellog, ■ Prin
cipal of the Model School, m p e , will find them places in a
later article. He met the student body— one of them a red
haired country hoy--LAI” Cook who was later to win honor at
Princeton and then to fill-a s he does now -the position of
Superintendent of Public Instruction in Maryland. He met also
a fair lassie universally popular known by, every one as Ady
Horton, who has entered into the life of the institution as has
no other Alumnus. He met a I& of others who will appear m
other articles.
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The boy remembers the first “ Chapel S e S c e .
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otheriVsat on the long hard bencbes-v-a few of which still
survive in the grand stand on the athletic field. The group was
small, about forty boarders and less than J?}xty day students.
There they sat in the old, grimy, stained Chapel— not even sug­
gestive of the present Auditorium. Along of the sides of the
rostrum were painted in stucco effect figmefeupposed, to represent Stinerva, Diana and other classical ee ebritiesg As the
boy sat there he was^very homesick, but he thought to himself,
“If I live to finish the course here and « s i t on that platform
as a graduate, it will be the proud|| moment of my life,.— and
he his never had occasion to alter that judgment.
(Iri coming numbers of the Herald, the writer will speak of his
student experiences, the faculty, tlih student body, social regula­
tions, e tS of forty years ago.p$

CUMBERLAND COUNTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
S trh e / Cumberland County Alumni Association and former
studentS of the Teachers College met at the Molly Pitcher Hotel
in Carlisle on Wednesday,
The hour was moon till
fwo and eighty-four p e r s o n s ^ » down to pfrtake of an ap
^The^President of the Association, Professor W. M. Rife, after
•a few: introductory remarks, Turned the meeting over to Ira D.
Cope who acted as toastmaster. • The following ¿gave short talks.

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Dr. H, H. Shenk k>t,;:of. Harrisburg, .C. S. Printon, Esq.,fl8s, of
Carlisle, Dr. Ezra Lehman *89, Prof. P. R. Morey,. Supervising
Principal of the Camp Hill Schools and Dr. J. S. Heiges Iqi .
The. addresses dealt with the former days of the school,, its
present growth and future prospects. At the business meeting,
Robert S. Peffer moved the reelection of the officers® President'
W. M. Rife ’c;r; Vice-President, jr a D. Cope ’16'; and Secretary'
Mis.s;. Mary Yeager T6. They were unanimously reelected and
the. Association voted, to" holJja .|anquet next year under . similar
conditions. S h e meeting adjourned with the singing of Alma
Mater.

HUNTINGDON COUNTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Due to the splendid work of Miss Elizabeth McMath, Secretary
of the Association, and' the othCg officers, the meeting o f the
Huntingdon County Alumni ' Association held Thursday evening,
October 13, was “.(me of the most successful m its' history. About
sixty persons sat down to a, banquet in the beautiful dining hall
of the .Mount Union Country Club. The room was tastefully
decorated with autumn leaves and dowers.
After the guests had been welcomed by the Reception Com­
mittee and the banquet" Satisfactorily disposed of, Mr. Swirles
Himes, acting as Master of Ceremones, introduced Miss McMath.
She spoke of the desire of the Asf||iation to have a. ltill larger
and more successful banquet next year. Mr. Himes then intro­
duced Prof.- S. S. Shearer, who spoke of the work of the school
and of itjs growth and development. Dr. Lehman yvrâs then
called upon and explained atj^some length just what the new
course of study meant and the opportunity afforded two. year
graduates to complete the four year course. He also asked; for
the continued cooperation of the Alumni in making the work of
the institution still more effective.. A dance in the large reception
room followed.

MEETING OF TEACHERS AND ALUMNI AT
STATE COLLEGE JULY 29, 1927
The former students pf Shippensburg NormalAvhgare attending the. .summer session at State: College held ,a banquet at the
Country Club, Friday .evening, July 29. Everyone present
relished the excellent chicken dinner. During, the dinner hour
everybody, joined in singing, old familiar songs, closing with the
Alma Mater and Auld Lang. Syne. .
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their appreciation of the old timeBpfrit amohg thó'fse present
and reminded everyone about the various events at Shippensburg'
during theftcoming year, emphasizing “Home Coming” ' Day,
October. 29.
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During the latter part . of the ‘ e v e n i n g 1- everyone visited and
talked with his neighbor now and then joining in the dance.
A good time was echoed as they parted.
Thdse prdiSent were® E r o lp o r and M r|| J. K. Stéwart,
MargaréiÍRSiar, Pauline Stiles, Katharine Main, Lydigg McCul­
loch, Dorothy Hosfield, Arlene Spessard, Kathryn Heefner,
Marga|®-Skinner, Katharine'’ Witmer, Jane Seipf|Margaret
McDowell, Margaretta Snow, Mab'ert Spangler, Evelyn Ickg||
Mary Fortna, Rogé McCann, Roger Jones,Bjohn Neil and :gues1|
Hurn Diller, Ha,rry Smith, and guest, and Mr. BafsiUgton.
“ TfyalcYN M. ICKES;,
1'ySecretary.

ALUMNI PERSONALS
.’¡77 'At a .meeting H
the Perry County HiStorica»|ociety
held at Alfaratta Park, near MillerstoWn, August 18, 1927, the
project to have the state convert the lands at the Western end
Perry County into a great;'park, was forcefully presented in an
addrefi by Mr. John L. McCaskey;now. of Pittsburgh, formerly
of Perry Count® The addrcS is; ’ very much w'orthff|vh.ile and
the Her.M$i&LiA like to print it in, fUllBut wevshall pnnt
one paragraph in Which we. know tM/ Herald readers - will be
interested.
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'"'•-’“ W hat we have to offer is. in thim caf&'real hpp£st, yard-wide
.stuff; all of it f^dd-made and carrying His g u a r a n t ^ lg of it
e f j g y o v e r a nearby i.oooj^ ^ K ’ennglvanians within
t h M compasSf d l Beliefonte, pSunbury, Millgtsburg, Lebafibn,
Lancaster, York, Gettysburg,. Waynesboro, McConnellsburg. and
Huntingdon. ’ i t | them we oft'er-'the best in Penn'^ H oodl; any:
where f o r fl r e if playground,' and in sis, wild a part^of the S ta tg

as may be found.
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’89 % r f f Mary ’M ' Long Fairley hal| rfflently moved from
7027 E. W arren' Ave.. Detroit, M iJL. W an apartment block.
Her address is now Apt. 302, 4847 Baldwin ,Av#| Detroit, Mich.,
where she w ifflb e ® d for any pi her friends to lo ’92 Dr. G. A. Webb 6123 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, Ohio,
m f f l a ‘call at the Normal one fiay this summer. Hgthad not
been here since graduating and was much surprised and pleasea
at the many changes and improvements*'. Said he 'hardly knew
the oid place.
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Department fof S. T. C. recently delivered an address on “The
History of Cumberland County#®., to the; local Rotary Club at
their weekly meeting at Morrison’s restaurant. Mrs;.;. Stewart
is an acknowledgedputhority on historical matters especially of
dur county,
96 Supt. E. M. Balsbaugh who hasjä been superintendent of
the Lebanon City schödls;;ifor a number of years was elected to
the superintendency of Hansford, ;‘-Pa., this year at an increase
in salary..
Dr- 'George Herman F ick e * 8 i6 Porter St./fgaston, Pa.,
is Associate-Professor ini-Religiousipiucation and Director of
Personnel at Lafayette. College.
’99 Mr. A. D. Hoke of whom we had not heard for a long
time w rip i us .that he is located in Seattle,. Wash., 452 Boston
St. He is chief clerk to the General Manager of the North­
western Improvement Company. His niece Miss' Pearl Sterner
of Hanover is now a student with us.
Dr- Charles F. Noll who has mad©;: a remarkable record
as an agricultural scientist at State,; .College has recently been
. appointed Superintendent of the State College Farms. Though
Dr. Noll is probably best known as the developer of the famous
“Pennsylvania 44” wheat he has made-many other notable con­
tributions to agriculture. Dr. Noll is a graduate of the Shippensburg - State Teachers College class of 1900. He was
. formerly a resident of Green Park, Perry County. Mrs. Noll
was Miss Nora. Crilly also of the. class of 1900.
’00 _ Th|^ Personal Editor and the School takes this way of
thanking Mr,: Miles A. Keasey, _M. A., Head of the Department
° f Math., Drexel Institute Evening School, for copies o f'th e
following books: “Mathematical Analysis for Engineers” by
Mr. Keasey - “Engineering Mathematics” and “ Plane Trigonom­
etry,” Mr. Keasey is ,the joint author of the latter; two with Kline
and Mcllhatten.
.. ’02 Mr- W. Sager Fickes,’ Box 750 M anili Philippine^fslands? ■
is the Far East Representative of the MacMillen Book Company
in the Philippines. M r.jFickes has been in the. Islands for a
number of years?* .
’°3 _ Mr. L, Dale Crunkleton of New Jpumberland who has
begn in the: .insurance business for some, time has. been elected to
teach science and mathematics^ in the high school at Bero
Florida-. ’°5 We are indebted to Prof. J. M. Uhler o f Indiana Normal
for a number, of Personals on the class of 1905. In sending out
some matter to his; class recently he asked fliem to send him
any items oUnews .Änd he would paf| it; on to us. We surely
appieciate this courteous act of Mr. Uhler and wish others might
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from his. class and other classes near that time. The Personal
Editor takes'this opportunity to thank Mr Uhler. -Mr. Uhler s
employed in the Extensión Department of the Indiana Normal _
SC,o°01 Mr. Wefster Logue is Superintendent of the New Castle
District of the Prudential Insurance Company. They E gg|fl
recently moved into their own home at 119 Park Ave., New
C ’’o< I Nellie Foreman Enck writes H am living three H | B
north of Mechanicsburg along the creek. My husband rs a miller
so we are kept very busy. W e have three children, May, Anna,
bel and John. All attend School. Am always, glad to hear news
of the class of 1905.” I
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’os >Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Goodfellow (Florence Hocker) have:
moved into, their beautiful new home ea|t; of Highspire. It , is.
situated on an elevation ¡overlooking the Susquehanna River
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Mr and Mrs. Frank KonhausKRuth Bl.essley) B q p k: an
automobile tour Through the New England Stages during the
month of August. Mr. Konhaus graduated in the class of 1902. I
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Mr. Paul A.- Schwartz is living about three miles east ot
York along the Lincoln Highway. His address isr.York, . 7,
Pa. He is a representative of the York Has and Electric Com­
pany at 127 Market- ftreet.
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’oe MisSiGrace Eshenower has recently moved into her newly
home at 1416 Verbeke :St.|Harrisburg, from 240 |
x4th :St: Miss Eshenower is Head Teacher m the Shimmel
Building 17th and Berryhill Sts.
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Mrs:. R. W. Pearson (Helen Wise) wife of Majog|R. W. Pearson
also of the class of ’08.
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“We sail from Ilf:- Y . at ||p§n on October 7th on the^ Army
Transport ‘St. Mihiel’ arriving at Panama October 13th. We
will go through the canal by daylight:- and leave th^:Pacific side
October 14, arriving in San Francis^ October 24th. There w.e
will have an interval of. ten days; i^w hieh to* ¡ | ¡ H | | ¡ g ¡ | a| »,
possible of California.. W e.transfer to a larger boat the H H
Transport ‘Thomas? and sail ‘November 3rd, for our next stop
which H Honolulu, Hawaii. 1 believe we have two days there
. 'before we take the long Simp acroslthe Pacific to Manila where
we will land .November 28th. We will b # » fhe way fifty-two
days from the time we l§|ve :1§| Y . till we land in Manila.
» ‘Qur boys' Billy aged nine and Jack aged|f|even 1-are good
travelers and We should have a nice voyage.
‘‘One thing Worries us—-we will not be able to attend1?..,o.ur.
twentieth class reunion next : June. Wé always., said _we would
...let nothing stand in the way.'of that reunion but this cant be
helped algw e w i l l be stationed ‘oyer there?,; two .yearsgi We

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expect to go to China and Japan before returning to the U. S.”
The personal Editor would like to say that she knows without
askng that letters to Major and Mrs. Pearson from classmates
and normal graduates would be very much appreciated by them.
M is j Edith M. Lichtenwalner of Steelton, Pa., writesLus
that she . will register this fall at Temple College ’ for B. S.
degree. She will major in kindergarten primary course.
io Mrs.#,:Laura Daugherty Higgens. who has been teaching in
- Twm Buttes||Arizpna, fo r^ y e ra l |:ears is now living; .in Iron
Springs, Pa. We have not learned whether she is teaching this
winter or not.
T i We think the .following article taken from the School
paper “The Red and Black” of Washington and Jefferson College
will be of interest td<|our readers, The Herald extends congratu­
lations, to Dr. Walte'rsdorf.
An article'by Dr. M. G, W altersdoJ head of the department
of economics, entitled “ Going Value in Utility Valuation” which
appeared in.the March Review, has been selected by the Presi- dent’s Coil Terence Committee on .'Federal Valuation of Railroads
m the United States as meriting the attention of railroad execup || |a n d . valuation ?|xpert|| Mr. Hale, Vicfc||hairman of the
eastern group of roads and|a member of this committee, is taking
V®I£PS in behalf of the railEpadsj|ÿjhaye this publication repro­
duced for distribution among the various railroad valuation and
executive officers for their use and reference:
The Pres.ident’gji Conference Committee which is desirous, of
making practical use of Dr. Waltersdorf’s contribution cooperates,
with the Bureaii^of Valuation created by the .çommiiion in
fixing the final value of the railroads.
. In addition to the above work which has received the recogni­
tion indicated a number of his publications, during the past year,
hawe appeared in the leading social and economic journals of
Jimglandpnd the United States;'; Recently he was made a Fellow
o^ the Royal Economic Society of Great Britain.,.
Helen Love,.of Oakville, Pa., who has; been in charge
of the ^ tin g h p u | | Lupch Room, Pittsburgh, Pa., for several
yeavShas accepted a position as dietician in the York Y. W.
C. A. for this year.
| l M j j Liberty McClelland;,v^The Terrace” "Sixth and Ferry
bt.reetT Ü K ton’ Pa-> is,-teaching College Hill, SchopSa private
school ^ Miss| McClelland received her M. A. degree from
Columbia in June of this. year.
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Walter E. Shank 2114 Penn Street,. Harrisburg Pa.
is taking a course at Beckley College.
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i l Mr- D - Bruce Lytle of WaverLy; Pa., w hoS'hlpeen M B W
cipal of Abmgtm Township H. S. is attending Susquehanna Uni­
versity this year.

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T6 Rev. George T. EitzKis pastor o£ the Bethany Reformed
Church: at Ephrata, Pa. ' •
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Miss; Helena Charlton is ¿-teaching eighth grade in the
Chester-schools. Her addres^S Y . C%T. U." Chester, Pa.
’17 Mr. Levi Gilbert who has been teacher of science -and
Dean of' Men- at the Xormal for several years is now principal
of the high school at LansdoWne, Pa.
T8 Mis!! Helen M. Woffenden:. i:sE teaching arithmetic and
spelling inteSeventh grades at Atlantic City, N. J. Her address
is 132 Statjl "Ave.
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Ji8 Rev. Lawrence Warren,>son of Mrs. Chas. E. Warren 01
North Priiice Street, Shippensburg, Pa., who has been the pastor
of the Methodist Church at Madison, N. J., for Several years,
has resigned his pastorate and accepted a call to the M. E.
Church, Selma, tpal. He and his wife, who before her marriage
was Mi’ssbClara Hocker.smith, left for their new- ||st of duty in
August.
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Rev. Warren has recently been granted a degree of Doctor ot
Theology .from Drew Seminary«' ■> ’
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T8 Mrs Nellie Boyce Erxleben who has been living m
Denver, ¿Colorado, for the past year or two moved last year to
419 S .'F ifth Street,: Jjbuquerque, N6w Mexico. Nellie writes
that she|fikeS: it very much better than Denver, in fact she S^es
it so well that she would not want to live in the East again.
’19 M ill Reba. Charlton wbfse home is ' in- Hancock,. Md., is
teaching English in. the High School at Hornell, N. Y.
’20 Mr. Harvey S. Bolan who taught last year in Mountaindale, Pa., is teaching at South River, N. j., this. year.
’2® Mr. C. Russell Eurich who has been teacher and coach
in the'Shippensburg High School for Several years goes to New
Cumberland, Pa., as coach and teacher in the high school there.
’21 Mr. W .' Gordon Charlton, 196 Continental Ave., Detroit,
Mich., is manager of the Chrysler Factory at that place.
’21 Miss Arline Spessard 560 Euclid Ave., Greensburg, Pa.,
has recently been elected to the Primary grade a|rHaydenville,
S. Greensburg at an increase in salary. .
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’22 Mr. -Frank D. Workman who has been Supervising Prin­
cipal at Remaster, Pa., goes' this year 4s "Supervising Principal
to Waldwick, N..‘;|wv'
’22 Miss Mary A. Funk of Shippensburg, Pa., has accepted
the position of Assistant Librarian a f The Kutztown Normal
School.
’23 Mr. Theodore Charlton of Hancock, Md., i| teacher and
coach in the'high -school at Patton|jjPa.
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’23 Mr. Ralph E, Heiges who taught at Royersford for the
past two years M d o in g post graduate work in the field of
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24 Miss F. Elizabeth iGantt is teaching,in ITaddonfield, N. J.
24 Mr. W. Walker Nelson is teaching Geography in the
Leonardo school -Atlantic Highlands, N, J. His addrfe^fj'is 46
becond Ave.
’24 Miss Mae Parfet ||f teaching in Fanwood, N. J.
24 Miss- Verna Waybright is teachingüecond grade in the
Meade Building, Gettysburg, Pa., where she has been teaching
since her graduation.
’24 Miss Blanche Straley. is 'teaching at Belvidere, N. J.
. ’25 Miss Nellie Keller, Cashtown, Pa., is teaching’ third grade
in the Meade Building, Gettysburg, Pa.
’25 Miss-Myrtle Eshelman of Shippensburg, Pa., who is with
the firm of Mawson and DeMany^Furriers at 1215 Chestnut
..Philadelphia,- Pa., has recently been made assistant
advertising manager. This firm is spending one and a half million
dollars this year in advertising.
’25 Miss. Esther Straley is teaching a t' Belvidere, N. J. ,
-25 Miss Ruth Keadle is teaching departmental work-'fin
English at Upper Darby, Pa.
’25 Mr. Sherrick Gilbert is attending Temple University.
. ’25 Miss Whrelda J. W rye who taught at Greensburg, last year
is doing missionary work in the Edith McCurdy U. B. Church
School at Santa Cruz, New Mexico, this year.
’25 We are sorry to learn that M rsijulia Hargleroad of ShipRe0if^urSj
had started her school work in Newark, N.
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was °perated|jon for appendicitis-,:recently. We are glad to
report that she is recuperating nicely at her home in Shippensburg.
26 Mr. Robert L. Wasson is teaching in the high school at
Irvington, N. Y. .
¿v’|6 Mrs. Pearl Meredith*$3 teachingfiat Hampton, N. I. Her
address is R. D. 1, care E. Gerard.
’26 M i|| Grace Huntzberger of Harrisburg, Pa., is teaching
at Paulsboro, N. J. Her addresses 309 W. Broad Street.

THE CLASS OF 1927
Where some of the class of ’27 will be located the coming year
MisS Evelyn Angle of Mason and Dixon, Pa., will teach a rural
school in Montgomery Township, Franklin County.
Miss: Kathryn M. Ankeney of Stoyestown, Pa., will teach fourth
grade at Jenners, Pa.
^ Miss Florence Arnold, of Allen, Pa., will teach ä rural school
in Monroe Township, Cumberland County,
Mis|:_ M argaret. Arnold, o f..& e x ico ;-F a ,,i will teach a rural
school in Walker-Township, Juniata County:. ;^

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M isi Helen Barbour, Chambersburg, Pa., will teach in Chambersburg.
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Miss Mary Beasley is teaching in CamdengN. J. Her address
is 1744 N. Lambert St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Helen Bland, Bellwood, Pa., will teach a primary school
in Bellwood, Pa.
Miss Martha: P. Blasser, Millersburg, Pa., will teach primary
grade at Hershey.
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Miss Phyllis Blackburn, Hummelstown, Pa.; will do primary
work in West Fairview, Pa.
Mr. Kenneth Bothwell, Highspire, Pa., will have charge of
seventh and eighth grades in Swatara Township, Dauphin County.
Miss Margaret Botterbusch will teach intermediate grade in
York, Pa.
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M ill Caroline Boltz, of Altoona, Pa., will teach intermediate
grades in Altoona.
M i|f Ruth Bingman, New Kingston, P a g will teach second
grade at Hershey.
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MiSs Helen Briner, Green Park, P aflw ill teach fourth grade
at Loysville.
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Miss Helen Bucher, Carlisle, Pa.§gdes?4o Morrisville, Pa., to
teach English in the High School.
Miss Evelyn Buck, Tyrone, .Pa., will be at her home during the
year.
Mr. Jesse ■ Burkhart® Shippensburg, Pa., will teach a rural
school near Middle Spring.
Miss Mildred Burkholder, Newville, Pa., will return to normal
next year and take work toward the B. S. Degree.
Miss Wilma Burnshire, Altoona, Pa., will teach a rural school
near Warrior’s Mark, Huntingdon County.
Mr. Glenn Bushey, York Springs, Pa., will return to normal to
take the B. S. Course.
Miss Mildred Bushey, Biglerville, Pa., will teach sixth grade
at LittleStown, Pa,
Miss Mary Byer, Hagerstown, Md., will teach elementary
grade in Hagerstown, Md.
v Miss Ruth Clymans, Willow Hill, will have third, fourth and
fifth grades at Fannettsburg.
Mr. John L. Coover,-: Shippensburg, Pa., will teach a rural
school near Oakville.
Miss Margaret Coover, Chambersburg, Pa., will teach a rural
school in Guilford Township, Franklin County.
Miss Helet||Crouse, Fayetteville, Pa., will teach fourth grade
at Vintondale, Pa.
Miss Mildred Crouse> Harrisburg, Pa., will teach primary
grades at Progress, Pa.

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Miss Naomi Conley, New Cumberland, Pa., will -teach Doylestown Intermdiate.
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Misii: Thelma Crusey, Walnut Bottom, Pa., goejlto Halifax
Intermediate.
T 'M i # Dorothy Deardorff, JBiglerville, will teach a ruraflschool
in Franklin Township||Adams County.
M if| Martha Dice Mill: teach primary at her home, Marysville
„ Miss; Evelyn Dively,. Bedford, Pa., will teach primary grades at
Cross Roads School, Bedford County.
Mi^ss Charlotte Soli, Lebanon, Pa., will teach Art and Music
in Independent Borough School, Lebanon.
M iff Ruth Eisenhart, York, Pa., will- teach'-. G arilld Rural
School, Southampton Township, Franklin County.
Miss;. Elizabeth Eisenhower, Shippensburg, Pa., will teach a
rural school in Southampton Township, Franklin: County.
M i^ V irg in ia Elwell, Cape May, N. J., will-iiteach first grade
at Highspire, Pa.
Miss Elizabeth Essick, Shippensburg, Pa., will teach intermediate at Newtown, Pa.
.. ML: 1Toward Etter, Shippensburg, Pa., will-teach in the gram­
mar gralde at Oakville, Pa.
Mr.jjohng&ter, St. Thomas, Pa., will return to normal to take
the B.- S. Course! •
Miss Nell Filler, Bedford, Pa., will teach in the Junior High
School at Altoona, Pa.
Mr. Ray Fisher, Clearville, Pa., goes to the Senior High School
at Saxton.
Mis^iEva Fitzgerald, Carlisle) Pa., will teach primary grade at
home.
Miss .Helen Fodder, Bedford, Pa., goes, to the Junior High
School at Shady: Grove, N. J.
Mi|| Marjf' L. Fortney, York, Pa., will teach primary grade at
home.
M^8|lFiolet freeman, Reading, Pa., will teach In an elementary
School at home.
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Miss^Iuth Garner, James Creek, Pa., will do primary work at
' -Miss1Pearl GardnergYork S p r in g Pa-., . will teach: a rural
Isbhqol in Huntingdon Township, Adams County.
Miss Dorothy Geringer., Fayetteville, Pa., will teach in Mont­
gomery Township, Somerset County, N. J.
M issCaroline Gentzel. Harrisburg, .»Pa., will teach a rural
schgg^in'Upper Allen Township, Cumberland':County.
Miss-Helen Goodhart, Lees-'-X Roads, Pa., will teach Mercers-'
burg: Intermediate.
Mr. Harold Gdttshall, Harrisbhrg, Pa., will return-to normal
to take the B. S. Course.

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Mièli Heien Grissinger, Broad Top, Pa., will teach fifth grade
at Woodvale, Pa.
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MisS'ü§Ethei H ainlef; Hollidaysburg, Pa., will teach fifth and
sixth'g r a d i at home.
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Mils' Ruth Hale, i ShippenshurgiC.-Pa., will teach Stony Point
School, Southampton' Township, Prapklin County.
Miss Alice Hall, Huntingdon, Pa., will teach a rural schocil
nea§ÌMarkleburg Station, Penn Townfhip, Huntingdon fk>up|g|g
Mi|| Ruth Harmony, Chambersburg, Pa.||will teach m Lower
Merion D istrict hear Ardmore.
Mils Mary A. Hays, Chambersburg/ Pa., will teach at Wayne
Heights, near-Waynesboro.
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MiSs. Catherine Helfrich, Shippensburg, Pa., willReach music
in the MorrisvilleÿtPa,, s'chooli||Wa;;*>T£^
Miss Kathleen Helman, Chambers.burg, Pa., will teach a rural;
school in Guilford Township, Franklin County. . .
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Miss Katherine Hershey,. Lancaster, Pa., will teaci| primary
grade’s: at home.
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Miss Josephine Hill, Altoona, Pa., will:teach ihlermediate^grade
at home.
Miss- Vada Hoch, Newburg, Pa., will teach a ruraltechool at
Westfield, Cumberland County.
Mr. Ralph Hoffman, Middletown, Pa., will teach intermediate
grade at home.
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Miséjplorence Horton, Wells Tannery, Pa., will teach a rural
school atfim ei.
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Mr. Ralph Hovis, Chambersburg, Pa., will teach eighth, grade
at Hamburg, Pa.
Miss GraceMohnstoh, Harrisburg, Pa., will return to normal.
Miss Helen Tones, Waynesboro, Pa., will teach llcond grade in
Fairview Schb^l near Waynesboro.
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■ Miss Herthal Kauffman,’ Chambersburg, Pa., will teach a rural
;,schohi nearEhambersburg^'"
MisgiKathryii K a i l Marysville, Pa., will tea|| primary grade
at home.
Miss Helen Kelly, Carlisle, Pa., will teach primary grade at
home.
Miss Ruth K in sigB u rn h am , Pa., will teach the intermediate
grades at Burnham.
Miss Dorol||fea Kirk, Harrisburg, B aB will teach a primary
school in Swatara Township, Da||hih gounty.
rural
. M iss’.Mary Kimmel, Boiling. Springs^ Pa., wilffltgachpchool in S. MiddlfS’on Township, Cumberland County;
Miss--Goldie Kirkpatrick, Scotland, Pa., will teach? ' rural
Ilchopl in Franklin pounty.
Mr. Harold Kline, Mason and Dixon, Pa., will teach a grammerffthHHat Ardmorif|Pa. His i^ d r e ^ is 131 Cricket Ave.

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Mis|| Pauline Kump, Chambersburg, Pa,, goes :to Quakertown,
’ Pa^ first grade.
Miss; Mary Lehman, Newville, Pa., will teach third and fourth
grades at Newville.
Miss Mary Lindsey, Shippensburg, P a^ goes to the primary
pbchopl at Hogestown.
Miss Katherine Lukens, Altoona, Pa., will teach in the Junior
High School at home.
Miss* Catherine McAlicher, Elliottsburg, Pa., goes to a rural
school near home.
Miss;; Ruth McCall, Hummelstown, sjJja., goes to a primary
grade at Hershey.
Miss Martha McCloskey, Juniata, Pa., will teach intermediate
grade at home.
Miss Helen IVfcCune of Shippensburg, will do departmental
work in grades four, five and six at Hummelstown, Pa.
Miss Anna Meglathery, Bethlehem, Pa., will have charge of a
primary grade at home.
Miss Mary L. Mellott, McConnellsburg, P a ll has the inter­
mediate grade at Marion.
Miss Alma Miller, Hampton, Pa., goes to Leraysville Consoli­
dated School,; fi fth and sixth grades.
Miss Gladys Miller, St. Thomas, Pa., teaches the primary grade
at home.
Miss Elizabeth Myers,ijiCarlisle, Pa., has a primary school in
Carlisle.
Mr. Charles Mower, goes to Vintondale, Pa.
Miss Venus Mort, goes to Metal Township, Franklin County.
• Miss Mary Monihen, Port Royal, Pa., will teach primary at
Mt. Union.
Miss . Helen Morrow, Tyrone, Pa., goes to Lower Merion
District in the Junior High.
Miss Adelle Nelson, Carlisle, Pa., will supervise penmanship
and teach fourth grade near Norristown, Pa.
Airs. Sara Nehf, Shippensburg,- Pa., will have charge of a rural
school in Southampton Township.
Miss .Mary Nye, -.Shippensburg, Pa., will have a rural school
near home.
Miss Louise Orr, Progress, Pa., will have intermediate grade
at home.
Miss Katherine Pecht, Milroy, Pa., will teach a rural school
near home.
M is| Olive Peters, Flora Dale, Pa., will teach rural in Allen
Township, Adams County.
Miss’ Miriam Piper, Quentin, Pa., will go to a rural school near-.
Lebanon.

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Mr. Trafford Plasterer, :$hippen#>r|| Pa., will have;, a rural
school in Monroe Township.
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Mr. iu g e n e PlOssinger,'Amaranth, Pa., will be principal of
two room school at Sautertown. The post office
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Miss Margaret Pogueä Pitcairn, Pa., will teach at Milroy, Pa.
Miss I.oretta R aff# perger, Biglerville, Pa., goes t0 the Junior
High School in Lower Merion D i s t r i c t B
Miss Mary Reed, Milroy, will teach primary grade at;-home.
Mr. Harold Reber, Shippensburg, Pa., B 9 B Q E B H H R
Miss Mary Rentier,. Bunkertown, Pa., will have fifth and sixt
p-rades at McAllisterville.
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S M iss‘Evelyn Rex, Slatedale, Pa., will teach a rural^school near
h°Miss Mildred Roth, Biglerville, Pa,, will teach,; primary at
A M i # G lS y s Sheaffer, Harrisburg, Pa., will have .second grade
at Rutherford Heights, near Harrisburg.
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^ Miss Grace Sheerer’ Dry Run, Pa., will teach Music and Art
atS S ° ^ ! f f iS h e n k , Huntsdale, Pa., will teach in the-.Centerville
C' T i i s Gladyst'Smith, Lemaster, Pa,, will teach fifth andgixtli ;
gIMr.S R E^HShank, Greencastler Pa-, will teach a one room
school. Antrim Township.
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Miss Evelyn Smith,-, Harrisburg, Pa., will have; sixth, seventh, ^
“ M S ^ u ^ S d e r ^ Ä b u r g , Pa., will teach intermediate
^MLs^Louise N. Snyder, Gardners, Pa-.,' will teach a rural school
at M °r John Sollenberger, Penbrook, Pa., goes to Morrisville fn-.^ M isaH race Souder, Mcchanicsburg, Pa., will teach ..fifth and
S1?M is?|larth a. Spidel, J^anklintown; Pa., will »each a rural
v ^ M lS ^ ^ a n e k ,

Braddock, P a g will teach intermediate

SrMissatJ.ouise" Stewart, Burnham, Pa;, will have intermediate
grade at home.
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Misly Anna Sutton, Lewisfeerry, Pa.„ w illf e c h i a rural school
near home.
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. Miss-1Frances- Tay, Carlisle, Pa.,•. will teach primary grade at
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Mr. Anson Throne,: Shippensburg, Pa., will teach rural in
Newtown Township.
Mr. Fred Truscott, Shippensburg, Pa., will have seventh and
eighth grades in Toombs School, Baltimore.
' .Mr. Boyd Walters, Akers.villc, Pa., will teach eighth .grade in
Everett.
Miss Mary Waughtel, Red Lion, Pa., will have a rural school
near home.
Miss Jean Weakley, Carlisle, Pa., will have intermediate grade
at home.
Miss Nita Weaner, Betidersville, Pa., will teach a rural school
near home. /
Mr. Harry Weast, Shippensburg, Pa., will teach a rural school
in Somerset County.
Miss Nellie Wiseman, Shippensburg, Pa., will teach a rural
school, Monroe Ijlpwnship.
Miss: Mary Wyant, Chambersburg, Pa., will teach rural school
in Letterkenny township,; Franklin County.
Miss Esther Zepp,.Gettysburg,gPa., will teach rural near home.
Miss Adelaide Zuse,. Wo.rmleysburg, Pa., will teach first and
second grades at home.

ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
¡¡àÉTxe^ engagement is announced of Mjs0 M. Ethyl Varner ’23,
Shippensburg, Pa., to Mr. Edward Kurtz Handshaw of Shippensburg, R;i 6, Pa. We have not learned the date of the wedding.
Announcement is made of the engagement of Miss Ruth
McCurdy '17, Shippensburg, Pa., to Mr. Robert M. Means ’22.
The wedding will take place' in October, at Ardmore, Pa.

CUPID’S COLUMN
Mains -S couller, At Newville, Pa., August 30, 1927, by Rev.
C. Y. Love, Mr. Glenn D. Mains of Newville, R. 1, to Miss
Helen I. Scouller ’08. They reside at Newville, R. D .-i’ Pa.
M oyer-E shenauer. At Harrisburg, Pa.,/September 14,. 1924,
by Rev. Lewis C. Manges, Mr. John Moyer to Miss .Mildred
Eshenauer T9. They reside at 1827 Regina St., Harrisburg, Pa.
R eed Rat 11vcn. Ai- I farrisburg, Pa., August 3, 1927, by Rev.
A. W. Brownmiller, Mr. Chester W. Reed to Miss Erma Rathvon
’26. They reside at 1848 State St., Harrisburg, Pa.
Clippinger-E schenmann . At Morrisville, N. J., September
3> l927>Mr. Hobart G. Clippinger to Miss, Vivian H. Eschenmann
’24. They reside at M/orriSville, N, J.

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. S exeert-D odd. I A t p e a l | M ? Long Island, by Rev. Richard
Hill Mr. William Seibert, 1808 Walnut St., Harrisburg. ;to Mi||J;
E. Irene Dodd ’25, 166 N. 15th St., Harrisburg, Pa.-' They reside
at ¿#07 BridgeSSt., New Cumbfefiland, Pa.,
B aeth -W arren , At Shippensburg, Pa., by Rev« W. H.
Galbreath, September 10, .1927, Mr. Carl Barth of Reading) to
MiiiÍM- Kathryn Warren ’26, of Shippensburg, Pa.: They reside
in Harrisburg, Pa.
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W heeler-H assler . A S York;: :PÍ¡ August 3; 1927, by Rev.Dr: .(leorge S. .Sober, Mr. Russell H. Wheeler to Miss L. Barbara
liaSsler' ’24., They reside near Shippensburg, Pa.
W illis -H oke. A t Shippensburg, Pa.:, Augusi|..23, 1927, Mr.
Philip A. Willis of New Bern, North Carolina, t|| Muss Anna M.
Hoke ’20. They reside at 4017 Xorihminster St.,: Pittsburgh, PaB urkhart -S h am baugh . At the Little Church Around the
Corner, New York. City, A u g u slig , 1927, Mir. J. Paul Burkhart
’23 to Miss. Mildred A. Shambaugh ’23. They reside at Lemaster,
Pa!, where Mr. Burkhart is :Principal of the I ligh , School and
Mrs. Burkhár^is a teacher.
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C arter-W arfield . A t Shippensburg, Pa., October 4, I9^7>
Mr. William Carter to Miss Mary Warfield. They reside m Ship­
pensburg, Pa.
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H ighlands -K endig . At Cumberland, Md., September 24, 1927,
Mr. Edward! TA Highlands, of Leesburg, to M || Edith R. Kendig
’26, of Xewburg. ¡f They reside; at Lees. X Roads, h ’a.
• M cK ee -P lessinger . At Shippensburg, Pa,, June 6, 1927, by
R e v ij| S . Glenn, Mr. James K. McKee to Mis:s Mary Plessinger
’25. Mr. McKee is at present a senior in ij. T. C. and Mrs.
McKee is -teaching at Amaranth, Pa.
K yeE-Allen . At Lebanon, Pa., October 5, 1927, Mr. Richard
C. Kyle to Miss Anna V. Allen ’27. They reside near Marion, Pa.

STORK COLUMN
S quires , At Shippensburg, Pa., A ugust'10, 1927, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Pf-ed,'.Squifes a daughter, Marion Fay. Mr. Squires was
graduated inifhe classjbf 19.14.D u n la p . A t Oakville, Pa.,sS|hptember 7, 1927, born to Mr.
and Mrsffjjames Dunlap a daughter. Mr. Dunlap was graduated
in the cla&fv.of ’04.

F iG K E S f A t , Shippensburg, Pa,,»September 15, 1927, born to
Mr. a n d ' Mrs. Dewey Fickcs a son, Gene Walker. Mrs. Fiekes
was Martha Kope ’ 17, : ,

M eans .. At Shippensburg, August, 26, 1927, born to Mr. and
Mrs. Chalmers MeatisAa daughter, Marjorie Winifred. Mrs.
Means was Elizabeth McCune ’15..

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L ightner . A t Chambersburg, Pa., May 23, 1927, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Monroe C. Lightner a daughter Ida Ann. Mrs.
Lightner was Maeda K. Weicht ’22.
R ice . At the Hanover General Hospital, August 4, 1927, born
to Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. Rice a son. Mrs. Rice was M.
Florence Rife ’18.

OBITUARY
T h o m as.

Dr. S. B. Thomas '05, died August jg 1927.
The friends of Dr. Thomas will appreciate the article printed
below taken from the Waynesboro Press of August 8, 1927:
Waynesboro has suffered a great loss. Death has claimed one
of its leading physicians, the late Dr. S. B. Thomas, No' man
in the community could be more generally missed than the kind
and loving doctor. He was at all times everybody’s friend.
He served in the late World War but he was not an exservice man. His services did not cease with the ''signing of the
Armistice and the laying down of arms. Scarcely a day had
passed since then that he had not helped some veteran “Buddy”
in distress, «the disabled boys at Mont Alto had no truer friend
than Dr. Thomas. He was always doing something to make
their lives a little brighter. They will miss him greatly. He
was. ever willing to serve on the various committees of the
American Legion in its program of welfare work. The good he
did in providing the comforts of life for widows and orphans of
ex-service men will never be fully known.
His generosity knew no bounds. He gave abundantly of all
he had in such a quiet unassuming way that the public knew
little of his benevolences.
Truly a benefactor of mankind has gone to his reward,.
H untzberger

Dr. I. W. Huntzberger ’95, died September 13.
We take the following from the Middletown Press:Dr. I. W. Huntzberger, of 215 Montgomery Street, Friendship
Heights, Maryland, died, at his residence at 4 ¡30 Tuesday after­
noon. He had just returned from his vacation spent at Mont
Alto, on September 13, when he suddenly succombed to a heart
attack dying within a half hour. Dr. Huntzberger was born in
Elizabethtown, on March 26, 1873. About twenty-five years ago
he went to Washington and taught mathematics successively in
the Eastern and Western High Schools. His most recent service
was with the Central High School. He was also for a period
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He was graduated from the State Normal School of Shippensburg, Pa., and from the Lebanon Valley College at Annville, Pa.
Three years ago he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
at American University in Washington, D. C. He was a member
of the Federal Schoolmen’s Club. Dr. Huntzberger was for
several years a member of the official Board of the Foundry
Methodist Episcopal Church and president of the adult Bible
•Class, a worker in the Sunday School andSdsely identified with
the many activities of that church. He is survived by his widow
and two children, a son, Lee, fourteen years of age and a High
school student and a daughter, May, a senior at George Washing­
ton University.
M iller

Kathleen B. Miller died July, 1927.
We learn that Miss Miller died at her home in Chambersburg,
after several monthjgiliness from tuberculosis. We are sorry
not to have any further p a rtic u la r^
E tter

. Cora Miller ’93, (Etter) died September 10, 1927.
We learn that Mrs. Etter died at her home in Hummelstown,
Pa., on the above date but have no further particulars.

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE
Since America no longer follows the methods of travel, living,
work, etc., employed during the earlier period of our national
history, we may reasonably expect and desire corresponding
changes in school^procedure. The individual who wishes^/and
does travel in an up-to-date tiigh power automobile frequently
is not as up-to-date in his interpretation of the meaning of school
discipline. The* school of today represents a group of girls
and boys busily engaged in purposeful activities of various types.
The quiet, suppressed atmosphere of the pioneer period has
been supplanted by' an atmosphere which indicates real interest
in the work, specific aims set and attained, wholesome American
rivalry of various typegi the use of materials of all types in ad­
dition to numerous textbooks, and the spirit: of helpfulness, co­
operation and happiness in constant evidence. In fact each child
is living Chappy and normal life with many opportunities for
creative work. By actually practicing being a good citizen and
an earnest and efficient worker at each age level desirable habits
and attitudes are developed in addition to subject matter learned.
Specific objectives for, each unit of work are clearly formulated
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terestfand also makes; .-SUccesp possible. The assignments for in­
dependent -and unsupervised work are carefully planned f So that
each child can successfully and honestly complete the: tasks.:
Instead of saying “Pay attention” the teacher specifically, directs
and aidis in setting goals and in findingiséfficient ways of reaching
those goals.. The goals ¡must always be,-within the interests and
capacities ■ of the children engaged in the activity.
High
standards and ideals of both workmanship- and conduct are grad­
ually developed and definite goals attained. The members of an
interested-¡group who know definitely what the task is and how
to perform it Usually offer no serious problems/-of discipline.
Children are human beings; and when interested and happy and
working with success,: they wish to achieve until the ultimate
goals have been successfully reached, They are .too busy to cause
difficult problems of discipline.
Some' one has‘¿said “Nature is often véfy kind to the ¡.Medical
Profession.” Nature is equally a§|kind to the Teaching Profes­
sion if ’teacherlgwill study each child and will- us® native in­
terests and capacitiesain developing the acquired habits, abilities,
skills and attitudes. The discipline of the school as- pictured by
those who sat in straight jackets at the command of the birch
rod does not exist in this modern . school group. There Jg,¡ ¡the
noiscjwhich is common to busy life in any human group. There
is freedom under organized control and natural physical activity
is recognized. This setting is characteristic of modern American
life and teachers^ everywhere should encourage patrons, and
friends to visit the schof§B'‘ in order to acquaint them with the
various. types;, of aSvitiqá and to demonstrate results obtained.
Patrons who visit the schools and cooperate with the teachers
soon learn that freedom of activity with constant growth as the
chief aim requires , a fine, type of conduct. Children who mis­
interpret and. misuse these opportunities for growth need ..the
individual at|§ntion of both parents and teachers.. By beginning
this program the first year of school and through immediate
action when difficulties arise, undesirable habits of conduct do
not become established.
Drill projects are a vital part of this program because habits
of all types must be formed; and basic facts- ••and principles
learned for purpo'fskg of retention. But the|feubj§et matter
to be practiced, is meaningful and - the learning ¿pis, properly
motivated -§ó that the children want to learn it. fftheir successes
make them happy, efficient, honest and earnest workers. At the'
end of each- year they have added to their - achievements more
'habitsp-greater skills and abilities^and greatest o;f all, a. desirable
attitude toward work, fellow workers.;, :schobl|§§subjects to be
studied and life as a whole. The leaders of the “gang” who in
the past So frequently held: ¡secretive meetings in obscure places

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have learned the joy of good citizenship by leading the school
groups. In other words, the native capacities for leadership and
group activity have been stimulated, encouraged and directed by
competent teachers. Modern methods of classroom procedure
should unhesitatingly be used and demonstrated. The school
discipline of today will then be more thoroughly understood and
supported by the community and greater success for the boys
and girls of tomorrow will result.
N ora A. K ieffer .

RURAL TRAINING SCHOOL CENTRE 1927-1928.
Pleasant Hill School, Shippensburg Township,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Prof. Ralph Jacoby.............................. . • •County Superintendent
Prof. Wm. M. R ife.....................Assistant County Superintendent
Prof' O. Lee Shulenberger..........Assistant County Superintendent
Mr. Harold Park.......................................... ..Vocational Director
Miss Grace Seyfret, R. N ........................................... County Nurse

Board of Directors
Mr. C. E. Hollinger............................................................ President
Mr. H. B. C ra ig ............................................ .................Secretary
Shippensburg First National Bank---- ............................Treasurer
Prof. J. K. Stewart
Mr. Charles Funk
Mr. J. M. Smith
W. P. Harley, A. M......... .............. .Director of Training Schools

Pleasant Hill School
Pupil Enrollment, 1st to 8th grade inclusive................................ 38
Edna Stamy Fox, B. S . . . . . . . . ............. .................. Room Teacher
Assistant to Rural Director
Hannah A. Kieffer, A. M...................... Director Student Training
Director Rural Education

College Faculty Advisers
Marion A. Blood, A. M..........
H. L. Burkholder, M. A .................. .
Grace E. Kyle, R. N..........................
Nora A. Kieffer, A. M....................
M. Irene Huber, B. S . . .. .................
Claudia Rd|b, B. S-.............. .........
Mrs. J. K. Stewart, A. B ..................
Harriet Tooke, Music B . . . . ...........
Mary A. York, AL; A . . ------- ------ Hannah A. Kieffer, A. M . . . . . . . . .

.................................... English
..................................W riting
........... Professional Services
..........
Arithmetic
. . . . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . -Art
................. Health Education
.................
Social Studies
........ . ......... .................Music
...................................Reading
. . . . . . . . ...Geography

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RURAL GROUP ALUMNI SURVEY
Greetings'To all Rural Alumni:
You will notice that this number of the Rural Herald has puriposefuHy been arranged so that the various articles have been
contributed by different ^faculty members 'associated with the
Rural Department.
:; It is my plan that you shall be given an opportunity to partici­
pate in presenting the October Herald 1928. Will you answer
the questionnaire before December 15th? Those who desire to
contribute additional material by March 15, 1928, please indicate
this oh the questionnaire.
In the cause of rural education,
Faithfully yours,
H a n n a h A, K ieffer .

RURAL GROUP ALUMNI QUESTIONNAIRE
’Name ................. .
Address . . . . , ; . . . . . . . .
Home Address:
iV;.".'
Date ............................
Types of Positions held since graduation:
Type School
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County!.
Years ............... — H .............No. Children
Growth in Service : 1
Married .................
Extension Courses.. .................Place ................
Date 1 . . . . . . 1 . , .
Summer Sessions .. l \
¿Place...................J
Date .........................
Organized Teachers’ Meetings................. Type W ork..........
Have you decided to study for a d e g re e ? ...........
When ? .....................
Have you enrolled with the Pennsylvania Research Bureau?..........
Get in touch at once with your County Superintendent. ,
List the four best books which you have read since graduation.
You are invited to assist assemble the 1928-1929 Rural Herald.
Send outlines of the four best seatwork devices.
Suggest; four best drill devices.
Commercial educational Games,
Name ............... ....................
Publisher ...................................... . . . Cost . , «
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List of.topics you desire discussed in the Herald.
Dues: Have you kept faith with the Country Life Club since
graduation by remitting yearly dues of fifty cents ?
The Seniors have a field service plan. Do you care to know
more about their plan?

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DRILL SUGGESTIONS FROM THE 1927-1928
RURAL GROUP SENIORS
The following rural Seniors : Ruthanna Bair, Mildred Bashore,
Beulah Beam, Ploranna F ox|;fM:ary V . Ç arvSpA tm a Maé Gipe,
C. Ethel Hoffeditz, Ida Krone, Martha Lininger, Beulah M.
Merz, Zora Murray, Gladys McLaughlin, Mary J. L. Preston,
Maude A. Stamey, Joseph H. Knisely||James McKee, Willard
Preston, Linn Shatzer, -Clifford H. jfnyder, and Bruce Stouffer
submit the flo w in g suggestions for use in the rural elementary
schools :
The project idèa can he used in the One-teacher school as
well as in the graded elementary; school; The former has the
eight grades classified into four groups, the periods are short,
the classes are smallj the subject matter is alternated and the
groups may work individually or as a unit in developing the
subject matter in keeping with the besif. educative activities and
directed studjpj:'; L'Lvrv
The graded Schools are larger and are usually organized into
three groups. The types ' ofj. class and seatwork activities are
very similar to those in the one-teâcher school. Both situations
call for drill. Drill which includefïilearning to séÉ„a goal and
then more drill to maintain that goal and form habits, •
This calls for a program which recognizes group drill activities
under pupil leadership taking- place while the teacher instructs
and drills other groupSk ThafiTs the teacher’s time with each
group is limited. The class periods arefshort and the time each
pupil has for oral expression is limited. The drill period under
pupil leadership and indirectly through the guidance of the
teacher has a definite place in the modern school. This drill
may be- given around -a tabic, in a corner of the -classroom, at
the blackboard and sometimes“ at their desks.
The drill may pome through well planned seatwork as sug­
gested in the October, ‘ 1924, Herald (copies available at ten
cents) and through the following :
R eading :

List new words and phrases allthey occur on ilaish cards or
charts and motivate; drill through gameSJ and contèÉ's. Repetfg
tion should vari- from ten to about thirty-five times. Most
teachers fail to provide for repetition.
Groups, of children under pupil leaders may read orally units
of subject matter until errorless goals are established. Definite
aims should be formulated for each practice period.
Primary children may cut pictures of animals, flowers, furni­
ture, etc., from magazines and papers. The same may be
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script or print. Duplicate names- are made and the matching
exercise is a step in drill for learning.
Practically !||I reading systems'have well planned drill and
review devices listed in their manuals,- -.
Teachers organized in township and district groups would find
it profitable to review these manuals and exchange -ideas on
devices..
Turn to the article on silent reading ;by Miss- York for further
suggestions.
A r it h m e tic :

It has been proven through experimentation that the secret
of high speed and accuracy in arithmetic lies in adequate drill.
Also, that drill in arithmetic is more effective when it is applied
at' the point off error, .This-calls for individual records of pupil
difficulties.
One of the best games for drill on addition and subtraction or
multiplication and division may be conducted as follows:
The class selects a captain and two leaders.fffche entire class
is grouped equally with the two leaders. .The captain arranges
at random cards numbered in the centre from o to 9. The entire
group think the same number.
One group decides to add a number to the numbers on the
cards as exposed. The other group subtracts the number from
the sum as given by the first group.
The captain; sees that.scores are kept as well as individual
records of difficulties for individual-drill. Multiplication and
division may be drilled in a similar manner.
Series of charts.; made off kraft paper or cardboard with the
proper distribution of drills may be made by the older pupils with
the help of the teacher. ¡.¡¿The opposite side may have the same
exercises with the answers and in case of doubt, always permit
the child to visualize the correct answer. Require himjgtq fist
that question for individual drill at home an® in school. Aim
to usg the side with answers as few times as possible.
Teachers ishduld plan systematically, time distributions';; for
review. Psychologists seem to agree that a new operation should
be. introduced- with a»ong” drill period, which many of us term
our instruction period. The pupils then need practice to form
habitsif; A fter a period of a week or more another drill'.Should
be” given and from this time on, drill may be shortened and
intervals between drill increased.
The "¡drills devised by specialists; are to be preferred to those
improvised by the teacher. The Compass Diagnostic Tests in
Arithmetic by Ruch, Knight, 'Greene and Studebaker published
by Scott, Foresman and Company, New York illustrate the
modern trend in ' drill devices. Ask your superintendent to
recommend Others for your classes. The modern textbook is rich

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in drift ;exercises'i and the resourceful teacher usqss- these in a
variety of ways.
W riting :

See article by Mrs. Edna «St'amey Fcg§ in this numt^r ';c>| the
Herald.
At all’ times place a premium on .; s# 3od writing in connection
with all school work. gfrhisjjsubjectR g|ld, be ‘corr^ ted with
all the others.
S pelling :

Since the psychologist recommends that oral study rather than
silent, study be used, it ijgladvisable. that study guides in spelling
such aS^listed in the revised edition1 of the Lippincott Speller by
Horn and Ashbaugh, Lippincott M Sfshing Company,. Philadel­
phia, Pa., and ffhe Psychology of' -Elementary' Sfe'h^'.Subjecta
|fiy Reed, Ginn Company, N. Y.,' be used by the pupils at 'Home.
Spelling is a Su||ect that lendsK |elf welWto''home "assign­
ments. If prepared in school, the pupils may work in groups|
under pupil leadership, Anagrams a ré 'suggested for thj|: primary
grades and short blackboard practice at different periods f° r ad
the grades.
G eography :

The pupils.are taught hpw to get ideas from all types of maps:
political, physical^transportation, population, climate, race; vege­
tation, product, manufacturing ■ Vareas; etc, The pupils likewise
should clinch their work in geography by1 expressing different
ideas on outline maps. The slated wall outline map may be
used by many groups and many times in a school year. Every
elementary school • should begin assembling a complete set of
slated outline maps.
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» T h e desk and wall outline maps of paper are of equal ^im­
portance; these mayÉfJ bought, traced or drawn by the gifted
children. They provide onev'of the best- devices for drill in
learning. It is essential that map’s used to express .ideas should
beSgtandard: have a meaningful title, latitude and longitude in­
dicated, directions marked, Jffoundary lines extendedgboundaries
marked, a scale, a key, referencC and date of reference.
Pupils : may make a geography game by using the Twelve
Hundred Selected Place Names by Dr. D .| | | Ridgely listed in
the Journal Of Geography, September, 1926, and associating with
each-name as many facts, a s ' possible. The name of the place
being written On one side of the card and as. many facts as 'pos­
sible on the other side.
'
Pageants, debates,. dramatization, booklets, charts, sandtable
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Review questions asi listed in different editions of the' rural
Herald and in various texts-should receive consideration in well
planned drill activities in geography.
A rt and M u sic: ■
Children enjoy assembling on cards the names of artists and
on the opposite side interesting facts about the artist; these
facts are evaluated to aid in scoring a game.
Cards with the name of the artist is drawn and if the facts
can be given by the player, the scoring is done in proportion.
The assembling of school and individual files in art and music
are worthy and interesting projects;:.’:
H istory :

The State Director of History gave us a minimum list of
dates for drill in history.; Through the use of the law of asso­
ciation a picture or drawing may be associated with each event
and through a well organized game the law of repetition will
become effective.
History calls for a wide range of supplementary reading. A
list of review questions;; will be listed in the next number of the
Herald.
The file, the booklet, charts, maps, debates;' dramatization, etc.,
as well as the project idea in teaching all aid in comprehension
in history.
b C lV IG S ; A N D

A Ji seems -, that this work can be clinched best through club
activities applied to the immediate school, home and community
environments^ the pupils.
L anguage :

Reed tefa us that the most effective way of improving ability
in language is to discover the errors of children :and then give
corrective drill. To that end every teacher should build a file
of corrective devices: and games adapted to the different ages
and: difficulties of children.
Space will not permit detailed suggestions. The January
number of the Herald--is- to be an English number. It will be
rich with suggestions.
At your next teachers’ meeting exchange drill devices with
your coworkersfg; do the same in your ¡¡English classes, next
summer.
N ature S t u d y :

Excellent bird, flower and tree games;’ are now available at
most book stores.
Read nature stories and nature poems to the children with
appreciation as your objective.

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HANDWRITING IN RURAL SCHOOLS
l'tEpÎLA Sta .u y F ox, B. S., Supervisor of Handwriting,
Pleasant Hill Training School.
What' are the possibilities; for improving ■ handwriting ih rural
schools? . How can we achieve the greatest results in the
limited amount of time? What are the big objectives to be
realized ? And how can we best; attain them? These are gome
of the problems upon which we are at work.
No longer can we excuse: ourselves because of lack of time.
The surveys of Thorndike and Freeman fail to show any consistent
relationship between the amount of time a week' ■ given to hand­
writing and the quality of the results obtained. The variation in
results are due largely to the efficiency of the instructor and the
ability of the pupils to learn. The system of penmanship also has
an influence.
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It is our concern then to keep clearly in mind certain wellselected objectives to be reached. The primary aim of hand-'
writing is to develop in the child sufficient skill to record his
idéais and accounts, and to keep his correspondence. In other
words, the primary aim is the attainment of certain, very definite
objectives, among which are the following:
1. Legibility.
a. Uniform slant.
b. Spacing.
c. Good, accurate forms.
d. Uniform ¡sizes and relative heights,
e. Even alignment.
2. Speed. .
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3. H'jSndeavor, the desire td write well in all writing Situations.
4. Arrangement,«the abilityLjtoyiarrrange .¡written ||rofk; ef"ectively.
S„ Interpretation, the ability to interpret script.
6. / Critical knowledge of|basal elements of effective writing
as outlined under legibility.
7. Ease.
8. System, the habitual use of care and system in handling of
writing materials'.v^ij
With the prevalent use of the typewriter in modern lifeSlpeed
is far less'significant than legibility. We seem to attain speed
at the expense of form. What we need is more attention, to
form. We need also to minimize mere movement drills and em­
phasize application to concrete achievements,- There is a big
waste of time in abstract drills thaffead to no immediate goal
We .need to have a definite blocking of our work by units.
This means that letter^ should be taught not i$tr, alphabetical,
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Manual of the System used, l>ut should be grouped into units for
teaching .according to basic movements and ^Similar forms.
Examples to illustrate are the group beginning with the “capital
j? stem” aS^M, N, H, K, X, W and'ithe group having the up under
curve, as e, i, u,. t, w... Numerous needs arise in connection with
the general classroom activities which offer a natural rather than
an artificial incentive for improving a particular difficulty.
’Tests are necepafy to show progreess. -3 §he pupil should be
; CnsouragsM to''’compete with himself.., If he compareSwith his
own work of an earlier date .he can. see his progress and .gain
confidence, and inspiration. For this testing any standardized
scale may be utilized as the Ayres Handwriting Scale, Gettys­
burg Edition, Thorndike’s, Breed and Downs’, freemans’, Johnson
and Stones.
A much worthwhile;;project.; motivating this analytic process
is the construction of a handwriting scale made by the class
with the aid o f ' the .¡^standardized test used in the school.. ' For
details of procedure read “The Attainment of ObjectiveSfjjn Hand­
writing” in the Elementary Scho<5:k|j!ournal, September 1927.
The measurement of ability to . write reveals Situations which
demand; that the teacher be resourceful in finding psychologically
sound remedies and devices to overcome the existing short
comings. Should we teachers be able to motivate tipis work for
all ptjpils through true-to-life situations, or therapy of achieve­
ment, we are fortunate indeed. But we are forced to use tem­
porary devices' to entice children to practice drills which are
in themselves, like dishwashing, uninteresting. We employ in­
direct rather than direct interest. Some interests appealed to
in mpjiyation are:
J. Competition, with self, individuals,, or teams,.
;g,v: I.ove of mastery.
3. Rivalry.
4. ppoye ofpilitauty,
5. Desire for approval.
The following devices are effective:
1. Honor rolls.
2. Badgef*s awards, pins.
3. Certificates of merit.
4. K xcu se from special drills asflsoon as he has achieved a
grade standardly- Record book 6. - Chart.'
l§fiiCf, then, our work -in handwriting .is' sufficiently well motivated,
carefully organized int^units, intelligently planned daily, and if
we insist, upon good writing in all writing situations, we have no
excuse for poor writing, even though' we are limited to fifty
minutes p e r iveek for the instruction Of two groups.

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Some references in handwriting are
^‘ •The Psychology of Elementary School Subjects” by Reed.
’ “Attainment of Objectives in Handwriting”, Fred 0 . .Ayer, in
Elementary School Journal, September, I927“Supervision and Teaching; of Handwriting’! by- Taylor. _MM
“Teachers Handbook of Methods in Penmanship Instruction ,;
P e a r S Mallory.

AMONG THE BOOK SHELVES WITH TWO SENIORS
Teachers who have taught for a year or two and then return
to college to complete their training are keenly interested in the
new books and wealth o j supplementary materials with which
they get in touch through the different departments of the college.
The tallowing list has been compiled for the benefit of teachers
in the field who may be looking for-'suggestions.
We havjplisted the books that seemed new and worthwhile to,
us those which we hope to know better before we leave college.,
We realize that many good bookigare not listed due to jack of
space and perhaps:.because they were^not on the^shelves- for our
review.
Rural Life Books:
Butterworth, Julian E., Principles of Rural School A dm inis­
tration.
1926, Macmillan Company^., New York.
Campbell, Maçy, Rural Life at the Crossroads.
1927, Girin & Company,‘Néw York.
' Hawthorn, H. B., The'SSgology o f Rural Life.
i92®Centur|,i®èmpany,TNew York.
Lundquîÿt and CarveL, Principles b;i Rural Sociology.
192^ Ginn and Company.
Taylor, G. C , RuraE Sociology.
,
1926,- Harper Brothers Publishers, Mew York.
Helpful to Teachers :
American Country Life Association, 1849 Grand Central
B^ferminal||New York,.pity.
.Ninth National Conference Report, Farm Youth.
~ Tenth National ipohferenceg Report, Farm Income and Farm
Life.
J
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J..*'
' Coe, What AilsIOur Youth?
■ Scribner Sous, New York, 1924. .
Coe, Education in Religion and Morals,
: l$ivelt tio., F. IL, New York:
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CollingÉ Ellsworth1,r School. Supervision in Theory and Practice.
Crowell, New York, 1927.

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Children, the Magazine for Parent® !
The.Parents Publishing Association, loci;, 1353 Fourth Ave.,
New York, N. Y.
Buy a copy at a newsstand, then subscribe.
Bensori-Lough-Skinner-West, Psychology for Teachers.
1926, : Ginn and Company, New York.
Mearns, Hughes, Creative Verse.
1925, Doubleday Page and Company, Garden City, N. Y.
News Outline, 1123 Broadway, New York City, 50 centsgL;
Paterson, New Type of Examination.
World Book Company, Yonkerlj; N. Y.
Reed, Psychology of Elementary School Subjects.
igagLGinn and Company, New York.
Shreve, Supervised Study in Teaching.
1927, Johnson Publishing Co., Richmond, Va.
Sloman, Some Primary Methods.
1927, Macmillan 'Company, New York City.
Snedden, What Is Wrong With American Education?
i 927> J- B. Lippencott Company, Philadelphia.
SternsC-Challenge of Youth.
1023, W. A. Wilde Company, Boston.
Thomas, The. Unadjusted Girl.
1927, Little, Brown and Company.
Rodgel^Ientative Habits for Primary Children.
Teachers College Publication Bureau, 525 West 120 St., New
Yo|k City.
Writing,
The A. N. Palmer Co., 55 Fifth Ave., New York City.
Penmanship Stories by Frank Arnold and H. B. McLean, 35c.
Teachers ! Handb;pok of Methods by Pearl Mallory, 35 cents.
Unit Poems at one cent each.,
® The Unit Press, Fitchburg^Mass,
Waples, Problems in Classroom Method.
1927, MacMillan Company, New York City.
Young'. and. Memmott, Methods in Elementary E§iglish.
D. Appleton and Company, New York City.
S uperintendent

of

D ocuments, W ashington , D. C.

Write for latest price list ofJfiFarmer’s Bulletins;' Department
bulletins, Circulars, Agriciiltural Yearbooks, Statistical BulletingBureau of Education Bulletin N o ^ 'l,i927; Bibliography
of Certain Aspects of Rural Education, Bulletin 1927 No. 27,
Bureau of Education, Rural School Supervision.
List of Publications available September, I92^u!;;
Textbooks found on the Training School Library Shelves,
Rural Training School Reference shelf and elsewhere.
Textbooks which we believe rural alumni may want to examine.

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Geography:
Dodge Lackey, Elementary Geography,
Rand McNally Company;' New York City.
Barrows and Parker, Journeys to Distant Lands
Eurasia
United States
World Problems
Silver Burdett Company, New York.
Smith, J. Russell, Home Folksf|For third grade«
Winston and Company, Philadelphia.
Hygiene:
D. C; Heath and Company, New York.
Turner and Collins Series, Cleanliness and Health
Health
Biglow and Broadhurst Series,:,Health in Home and Neighbor­
hood
Health for Everyday
Silver Burdett and Company, Chicago.
History and Civics :
Tyron and Lingley, The American People and Nation.
Ginn and Company, New York City.
Beard and Bagley, Revised Edition,
Book I. First History.
Book II. History , of American People.
King and Barnard, Our Community Life.
J. C. Winston Company, Philadelphia.
Readers:
Child Library Readers (Klson extension Series).
Scott-Foresman and Company.
Nida-Nida Series; Science Readers- for Silent Reading.
D. C. Heath and Company.
McCall and Crabbs, Standard Test Lessons In Reading.
Teachers College Bureau of Publications, Columbia; U n k
versity, New York City, N. Y.
Lewis and Rowland, Silent Readers for Grades I to 8, Revised
Editions.
J. C. Winston Company, Philadelphia.
Arithmetic:
Buckington-Osburn, Search Light Arithmetics:'1, f
Ginn and Brown-Eldridg|;! Arithmetics.
Row Peterson Company, New York, City.
Smith-Burdge Arithmetics.
Ginn and Company, New York City.
' Studebaker, Knight-Ruch, Standard-Service Arithmetics.
Scott, Foresman and Company, New York.

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English:
Beveridge, Ryan, Lewis, English for Use- Books L, II., III.
J. C. Winston Company, Philadelphia.
Denny^;‘Skinner, Skinner, Ourifinglish Series.
D. Appleton and Company, New York.
Nature Study:
Trafton, Nature Study, and Science, for intermediate and upper
grades»»
Macmillan Company, New York City.
t-':M;iLDRED B ashore^.T,
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PROVIDING SILENT READING IN THE
RURAL SCHOOLS
The bulk of our adult reading activities are carried on silently.
This fact together with many scientific reasons, halg brought
about a general agreement thafjilent reading should receive more
emphasis than oral in our schools! '
The purpose o f this article is merely to suggest different types
of silent reading which the rural teacher can use in developing
the habit of Silent reading and the various skills involved in it.
The following are some of the various types of silent reading
skills: .■
H | H D ability to read rapidly narrative unit for the purpose
of enjoyment.
V
T h e t q f . ' s ' c a n . - | 4book or article for the purpose of
determining its general nature.
(c) The ability to read- carefully for information.
Brad) The ability to locate a desired piece of- -information
quickly. I ( f S The ability; to interpret printed commands;! signs, labels,
etc.
See Anderson and Davidson 1925 “Reading Objeetives’yiLaurel
Book Co., New York, for a further discussion of this: topic.
From the administrative standpoint, the rural teacher must
divide her reading activities into those which can be carried on
during, study period without direct supervision, and those which
must be carried on during the recitation. We are listing the
activities under these two heads:
I- Silent Reading Activities for the Primary Grades! ■]:
. ..At T(^ibev|afried onBuring study periodywithout much supvision. ¡“¡These must be; “checked-up” :';|y the teacher, after­
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Matching pictures and labels; E x — Picture of a horse
with the word ‘‘horsfi’b See Harter S ch ^ p SupplySSeat
Work. .
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2. Sorting from a group those words which contain a
certain phonic element. Ex.- —Horse, hilM hat,-..mill, 'Hill.
3. Following direction^ Ex.-gColor the dog black. See
Gist and King, chapter IX.
4. Fitting the proper word into black spaces. Ex.— Fitting
“nests”: into the incomplete sentence, “Birds build . . . . . . . ”
5. Drawing pictures in answer
simple riddles; ■
Ex.— I am Black.
I have ajfhort tail,
have iour le ia B
I say “ Bow wow’'.
. Draw me.
(See Study Period Projects! Laidlaw Bros.Kompany.
6. Rebuilding rhymes or stories which havefteen cut
into \yords and phrases. Ex.— J|mkArhd Jill.
7. Trying to read picture books with some printed ma­
terial accompanying the pictures: Ex.— Peter Rabbit-^Potter.
B. During the recitation, period.
1. Responding to action words, -•andjsbsentences;. Ex.—
“ Smile,” “Run to the door.”
2. Answering printed questions or^ly. Ex.— “How old
. are you?4,'’A r
hT' , v >> ^ - V > f '
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3. Giving answers in his own words to questions which
required the child to rekd printed material silently. Ex.—
T. Read t||find what happened to the dog/ P . : fA fter read­
ing) He found a boy to care for him.
4. Silent reading of a short, unit in preparation for
reading it orally,
(For additional suggestions, see Watkins— How To Teach
Silent Reading To B eginn ers^ .
II. Silent Reading Activities in the IntermediatJIgjid Upper
Grades:^; —
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A. During Study Periods Without Supervision. ¿«These;;
: should be “checked -up” by the teacher afterwards.) <
Reading of Library BookHand Periodicalpffor recrea­
tion.
2. Reading in preparation for oral presentation to an
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3. Reading,- of ;an easy selection in. a;.limited amount of
time to develop rate.
Reading of fact material in order to finf^-answerntO'
questions.
5. Reading ,of a selection/ preferably oij; fact material, in
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6. Reading a selection in order to make a topical outline.
7- Individual reading of a selection, in order to make a
report to the Class
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8. Rereading of a selection in planning for a dramatiza­
tion.
9. Rereading of a selection to determine gain in speed over
the first reading.
10. Rereading to gather data to answer thought questions.
Ex.— Do you think the hero was- justified in his action?
Give proof to support your opinion.
Silent Reading Activities.
B. Silent Reading Activities for the Recitation Period.
■ ,,.1,.. The reading of short selections under a time limit.
2. Nfl'lie reading of short selections for developing skill in
comprehending details. Ex.— Drill with Crabbe-McCall
Practice Lessons in Silent Reading.
3. Finding answers to particular questions in a supervised
studjLlessom
4. Reading to help build a blackboard outline under the
teacher’s .supervision.
5. Responding to flash cards such as No. 2, under B—
Primary Grades.
Excellent suggestions for silent reading activities may be ob­
tained from the following sources:
Gist and King, Teaching and Supervision of Reading.
1927, Chas Scribner’s Sons,.; New York.
Watkins, How to Teach Silent Reading to Beginners.
1922, J. B. Lippincot and Co., Philadelphia.
Smith, One Hundred Ways to Teach Silent Reading.
1925, World Book Co., Yonkers, N. Y.
Stone, Silent and Oral Reading.
Houghton, Mifflin Co., New York.
■ Pennell and Cusack, How to Teach Reading.
I924, Houghton and Mifflin Co,, N. Y.
*Silent Reading Seat Work Materials.
Harter School Supply Ho., Cleveland, Ohio.
*Study Period Projects.
Merton Laidlaw Bros,,' Publishing Co., New York.
Collins and Anderson, Silent Reading Seatwork Pad.
Scott, Foresman and Co., New York City.
*Work and Play With Words.
HajJ|and McCreary Co.gsChicago.
(* The last three are materials to be used by the children.)
M ary K. Y ork.

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PICTURE STUDY
A t least one worth-while picture .should be studied in every
school room every month.
If funds are available for' ihlipurchase, of inexpensive small
pictures^ we suggest the following plan: Mount thd picture in a
folder and on the opposite page write a description of the picture
and something about the artist who painted it. At the end of
the school year these folders may be fastened together into book
form. By the time the children have gone through the grades.
a valuable collection of pictures will be then
The Perry -Pictures Company, Molden, Mass?, print wb.ht are
probably the most inexpensive pictures for public school use.
These are in carbon and sepia, about three inches by four inches
in size and cost One-half cent- apiece.
^
Color adds greatly to the charm of pictures.for children and
there are several firms who print 'colored mittiatures$f about three
inches'by four inches); at reasonable price's. .The following firms
offer these-prints with leaflets containing information and ma­
terial for the teacher’s use:
The Art Extension Society, New York.
F. A. Owen Publishing Compony, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Colonial Art Company, Oklahoma City, Okla.
The Brown Robertson Company:
The Elson Art Publishing Co., Inc., Belmont, Mass,, also supply
material for the use of teachers and also miniature prints but
these are not in color. A helpful series of graded Picture Study
Readers has been published by Miss Flora Carpenter, Rand
McNally Chicago, Quite recently the Mentzer, Bush and Com­
pany, Chicago, has offered a graded series of picture material in
color called Great Pictures and Their Storie|lby Katharine M.
Lester. They have been arranged in the following manner for the
B ook O ne—-First |8rade

Baby Stuart, Van Dyck, Flemish.
Nurse and Child, Ilals^Dutch.
The Calmady Children, JLawrence, English.
Madonna of the Chair, Raphael, Italian.
With Grandma, MacEwen, American.
Children of the Shell, Murillo, Spanish.
Children of the Sea, Israels, Dutch.
Feeding Her BirdgMillet,,,French.
Infanta Margarita Theresia,. Velasquez, Spanish.
The Holy Night, Correggio, Italian.
B ook Two — S econd G rade
The Holiday, Potthast, American.
Artist and Daughter, Vigee-Lebrun, French.

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Boy with Rabbit, Raeburn, English. '
Don Baltasar. ijârlos on Horseback, Velasquez, Spanish.
The Storage Room, Hooch, Dutch.
: The Pastry Eaters','"Murillo, Spanish.,
Age of Innocence, Reynolds, English.
Home Work, Carrière, French.
■ Children Q K ^ arïJfc., Van Dyck,, Flemish.
Sistine Madonna (D etài|| Raphael, Italian,
B ook T hree— T hird G rade--- ,

Angel with Lute (Detail), Carpaccio, Italian.
Dancing in a Ring, Thoma, German.
An Aris|icraHLand||er, English.
Return to the Fold, Mauve, Dutch.
Hearing, Jesse Wilcox Smith, American.
, Miss Bowles,- Gainsborough, English.
Carnation Lily, Lily Rose, Sargent, American.
^Pilgrims: Going- pR Church, Boughton, English.
Going To Church, Moravia, Uprka, Chezko-Slovakian.
:T.he Primitive Sculptor;-Couse, American.
B ook Eotr— F ourth Grade

Aurorq) Guido Reni, Italian.
B fte ,11orse Fair, Bonheur, French.
Behind the Plow, Kemp-Welch, English.
Venetian Waters, Tito, Italian.
The Sheep Fold, Jacque, French.
The Gleaners, Millet, French.
The Solemn Pledge, Ufer, American.
Preparing forigfchurch, Blommers/ Dutch.
Going to Market, Trovon, ¡French.
The Blue Boy, Gainsborough, English.
B ook F ive— F ifth Grade

Spring Dance, Von Stuck, German.
After a Summer Shower, Inness; American.
Russian Winter, Grabar, Russian.
The (Sewing School, Artz, Dutch.
Return of the Fishermen, Sorolla, Spanish.
Song of the Lark, Breton, French.
Appeal to the Great Spirit, Dollin, American.
Lady With Lute, Vermeer, Dutch.
Gallahad the Deliverer, Abbey, American.
Thé Santa Fe Trail, Young-Hunter, English.
B ook S ix — S ixth G rade

The Jester, HalsBDutch.
The Mill, Ruisdael, Dutch.
A Flower Girl in Holland, Hitchcock, American.
Dutch Interior, Hooch, Dutch.

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View oi Ghent, Baertsoen, Belgian.;, ,:
The’ Fog Warning, Homer, American.
Joan of Arc, Lepage, French.
Joan of Arc, Chapu-, French.
The Boy-Christ in the Temple, Hofmann, German.
The Angelus, Millet,, French.
■ BpiOK S even—-S eventh G radeJ||

Moonlight, Wood’s Island Light, Homer, American.
Dance of the Nymphs, Corot, French.
Sir Galahad, Watts,|pnglish.
The Vigil, Peihil;fSnglish.
Icebound, Metcalf, American.
B^he. Concert, Terboch, Dutch.
Frieze of the Prophets (Detail), SargenaAmerican.
Bartolommeo Colleoni, Verocchio, Italian.
King Cophetua and Beggar Maid, Burne-Jones, English.,
Avenue of Trees, Hobbema, Dutch.
B ook E ighJ^AEighth Grade

- George. WashingtonSStUart, American;
On the Stairs;. Torn, Swedish.
;'The Artist’s Mother, Whistler, American.
: 'Cotopaxi, Church, American.
The Syndics, Rembrandt, Dutch.
• The Church at Old (Lyme) ITassam, American.
The Last Supper, Da Vinci,' Italian.
St. Genevieve,(fhlvis De Ghavann||| French.
The Fighting Temerairf, Turner, English.
The Victory of Samothrace,' Sculptor Unknown, Greek.
llp'herif'Are many other helpful and interesting lists available for
the Bifferent grades. -;The Practical Drawing Company of Dallas
and Chicago offer very helpful series- in packet form. These are
inexpensiv® There is- a packet for each grade (f|ut 'the pictures
are' not in color. The State Course of Study' suggests as one
plan, that important pictures related to a single subject be studied
by grades somewhat aW follows)!'"1;*
First Grade— Mother aftd||fifild or Children Pictures.
Second Grade—-Farn-i Life.
Third Grade— Children of Other Lands.
Fourth GradeSLandscape and 'Frees.
Fifth Grade— In d u stry."(
Sixth Grade— Famous Buildings.
Seventh Grade— Famous (Sculpture.
(Eighth Grade— Ageyof Bhivalry.
Ninth Grade-rf-American Pictures*^
The following lesson is merely a suggestion, for a pictureptudy
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The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur.
This picture is sixteen and a. half feet wide by seven feet nine
inches high, and is said to be the largest canvas ever produced
by an animal painter. It hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of
Art in New York, having been purchased fqrt $55,qoôfand pre­
sented to the Museumi!ifiT887.
The scene does not seem so much like a horse fair but more
. like a horse market. The splendid animals pass before us at a
trot, kicking up the dust as they pass. They appear to have just
arrived at thé market and are being taken to a field or perhaps
a running track beyond the trees at the right of the picture. ‘The
horses are neither saddled nor briddled but are controlled by
halters with rope bits. There are fine trees at thé. right, under
which dealers and,. spectator||are taking their places. Far at the
left and in the distance is the dome of a church.
As;.'-you look at the, painting,, or even a copy, one feelssquite
certain that the scene is taken from real life. Notice the different
positions and movements of the horses, There are no two alike
either in color or action, but this variety and contrast are so well
arranged that they prove restful to the eye.
When the painting was exhibited in . Parisian 1853, people
wondered that a woman should possess the skill and power to
accomplish such a vigorous picture, iÿ|j; was thought few men
could have done; it, It was awarded all the honors of the exhibi­
tion.;;' Later Mr. Landseer, the famous English animal painter
made an engraving of it about one quarter ,the size. ’T his en­
graving now hangs in the National Gallery in London. Another
.smaller copy was sold in England for $20,000. This gives. ¡some
idea of the popularity of the. picture. Many engravings, photo­
graphs and painted copies have been made and are still being made
of it.
The iSfirst, Rosa Bonheur, was born in Bordeaux, France» in
1822. Hep| father was: a painter and taught her all he could.
When she was eleven her mother died and she was .sent to. school
for several years with her two sisters. Her father was a poor
man and while Rosa was at boarding school •could not dress her
as well as her wealthy schoolmates. At times this made Rosa
unhappy but she decided she would rather be something than
have ¡something. Her father finally saw how unhappyjsshe was
and decided to take her home and allow her to work in his studio
and help him. She worked and studied and improved so rapidly
that her ¡»father decided to send her to Paris to copy paintings
in the Louvre. These copies were so good as to attract the at­
tention of many people who saw them and naturally pleased Rosa
sq that her love for art and ambition to succeed was stronger
than ever.
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knew she would hive to make her sketches in and about the horse
markets and on step ladders so she decided to wear men’s clothes
for convenience and; not merely to be peculiar or different as
some unkind people said of her.
Her paintings made her famous and wealthy. She purchased
a fine estate and' surrounded herself by animals of many kinds.
She had Newfoundland^; Spaniel^ St. Bernards, sheep, goats,
cowshlipns, boats, rare birds, deer, gazelles, elk, indeed a men­
agerie of animals for models;. Here|§he led a happy life rich
in honors and died at the age of seventy-seven.
M. I rene H uber.

COUNTRY LIFE CLUB PROCEEDINGS
SUMMER, 1927
jslp'hisi; summer fifty "students banded t:Ogether®and formed a
Summer Session Country Life’ Club. One meeting was held
weekly with the exception of July 4th. T h e. following members
headed the club. President, Edgar J. Dillon; Vice President, J.
Walter Barefoot; Secretary, Miss Charlotte Kauffman; Treasurer,
Mervin Baker.
The. aim of the club was to find and suggest ways of bettering
Rural Life. The club had two projects, during the summer:
One was placing playground equipment at Pleasant Hill School,
the other an exhibition of minimum equipment of a one-teacher
rural school.
The club had at its meetings for speakers during the session.
Miss Helena. McCray, Health Department, Harrisburg; Dr. Ezra
Lehman, Miss Hannah A. Kieffer. The club attended a Parent
Teachers’ meeting in the Training .School.
E dgar J. D ilt.a n , Pres.:
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COUNTRY LIFE CLUB 1927-1928
At thepppening of schop thiff! fall, the twenty rural seniors
along with a - few juniors, who have already electe<^|the rural
course, got together and organized the Country Life Club. The
members chose for their officers% Presidentl| Joseph Knisely,
BcdforolCounty; Vice President, Bowers Peters, Adams County;
Treasurer, Floranna Fox, Adams County, and Secretary, Ruthanna Bair, York. (||>unty.
The Club has set very p igh ideals for itself and hopesgo live
up to; them very -faithfully. The big aim of the organizatio||| is
to find suggestions and really decide on ways to better conditions
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Meetings' are to be held regularly every! itwo weeks, at which
times interesting programs., are to be presented. The programs;
are planned by a very capable committee. During the course of
the year many Speakers will be present at the meetings and will
give valuable information. Social meetings' are also, to play a
very important part in the career of the club.
At the first regular meeting the club discussed various phases
of work that would be a benefit to its members and decided for
itgSmain ’dpffectiyes .'throughout the school year the- -following:
1. To finffifactSfemd report on the trend that the. Farm Youth
of today" have taken.
2. To collect materia] of interest and benefit to teachers in the
field, which will be published in the 1928 Rural Herald,
3. To study the current rural life problems,
ggggl To study the rural life pf^preign countries, mainly Euro­
pean and African.
5. To be of any-sgervice to any teacher ;ih the fieldKespecially
the rural.
6. f i f l complete playground equipment in the! rural school.
With these objects in mind the Club hopes to have a very suc­
cessful term.
JdsF.i’ H K nisely , Pres.
R uth an n a B air , Secy.

LIBRARY PASTE RECIPE
Materials : 3 cups cold water, 3 cups, flour, 3 cups boiling
water, 1 teaspoon salicylic acid, 1 tablespoon carbolic acid or
lyson, 1 tablespoon alum and a few drops of wintergreen.
Mix ¡together the: flour and salicylic acid; add cold water and
mix until smooth; add this mixture to boiling water, which is
in the upper part of a double boiler. Cook until the mixture
is clear and ofylhe consistency of cream-j(adding boiling water as
;needed)iij Take fromKhe'. fire, strain through a wire strainer;
add carbolic acid or lysoalartd oil of wintergreen and pour into
glass; containers. This gives. 1 quart, ipf paste which will keep
indefinitely.. .
. Used and redsmmendedS|by the Rural Department.

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PAGEANTS AND MUSICAL PLAYS IN A
ONE-ROOM RURAL SCHOOL
The purpose of this: 'article ijito giy| aS ew suggestion to the
teacher ofi the one-room rural school who is desirous- of giving
a small pageant, or a musical play. In many cases the number of
pupils in one school will noSae enough to give an entire program.
In such a case itB s. suggested that they unite with one or two
other schools, each being ¡assigned a definite part on the program.
There are many musical’; plays and pagMntsfjthat ||ap be’£;so
divided that one main rehearsal before the final performance
will be. sufficient. In such instancefjeveryone must know his or
her part thoroughly.
, , .
.
In giving a program on this order , the teacl|<|r shpuld select
material suitable for her group. Then the. work is carried on
during the regular school hours. The ysonglpare learned,, in the
music periods and the speaking parts are rehearsed during the
English periods. In order to carry- this -out* successfully the
musical iffay or pageant must be ^elected early in the year and
the work made a part of the daily program. At first it is not
necessary to state for what purpose the songs are being learned.
If the children plan on an entertainment for tod long a period,
they are apt to become tired of it. Enthusiasm, must be saved
for the rehearsalliand final performance.
Where two or more schools are participating in the same enter­
tainment all plans in regard to staging should be carefully made.
If it is possible to give the entertaiiiment out-S-doors it would
beBjo an advantage providing thepietting wasKuitable for the
type qf entertainment to be given. . Should weather conditions
prove unfavorable, it is not advisable to postpone -the final per- •
formance more than once. On the second date set, give it either
outside or in the school.
In regard toilgostuming, many mothers would be g-lad to help.
It will create interest among them. The teacher mu.stjfe sure
that alldireetlqns as. tq. costumes are clear and definite. Tms^will
save a great dead of time and energy. .Helpful points may be
obtained not only from costume books bu^from standard histories,
well illustrated*- and 'pattern magazines1||such fi§|the Butterick.
Also i| the back of large dictionarieSare pictures, that will be
o f service. If lidpCsSary, patterns,. may ffie obtained -from the
leading,pattern companies,■
■
Qfe-J o Advertise the ente^iinment it is;; p ||» le for the older
children to make posters during their art periods. They will enjoy
the work and it will add greatly to the enthusiasm. Also ad­
vertise through thelScal papers.
H arriet A. T ooke.

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