Volume 30

OCTOBER, 1925

Number 1

The N orm al
School H erald

RURAL COMMUNITY NUMBER

C um berland V alley S tate
N o rm a l School
SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Principal’s Letter to the Alumni ..........................................
Gifts to the School............ ..................................
Assembly Program Suggestions.................................... ..........
Community Plays and Pageants........................ ..............5
Topics for Community Meetings ..........................................
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Know Pennsylvania and your Community..............
(a) Beautiful Pennsylvania ................................
(b) Historic Pennsylvania ....................
(c) Men and Women from Pennsylvania..........
(d) Art Education in Pennsylvania ..................
(e) The Schools in Pennsylvania........................
(f) Equipment for Schools..................................
(g) Libraries and Reading Circles ....................
(h) Illiteracy in Pennsylvania_________
(i) Consolidation ......................

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II. Study the Taxation Problem in Pennsylvania . . . 12
Rural School Equipment .................................. #................... 14
Department of Public Instruction Bulletin ........................... 16
Pennsylvania Agriculturally and Industrially ........................17-19
References in Studying the Geography of Pennsylvania ....... 19
Review Quèstions in Geography................ .............._• _
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How to Organize a small school L ib ra ry ............................... 25
Rural Training School C en ter................................................. 29
Athletics at N o rm a l........................................ ..............^
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C. V. S. N. S. Grads and Former Students Hold Pow Wow
Alumni Personals..........................
Where a few of the Class of 1925 will be located.......... ...
Cupid’s Column ......................................
Stork C olum n.............................................; ................
Obituary .................................................................................

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MARION H. BLOOD ........................................Editor
ADA V. HORTON, ’8 8 .......................Personal Editor
J. S. HEIGES, ’91 ........... ...........Business Manager
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OCTOBER, 1925

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PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
D ear F r ie n d s :

I received a letter recently from a prominent alumnus in which
he says “A group of us had a meeting recently at which we dis­
cussed the old school and its needs. W e all agreed that we owed
a lot to it and we wanted to do something to help make its work
and influence still more effective. But we found that we didn’t
know just how we could best help. W on’t you tell us what we
can do ?”
After reading this letter I wondered whether there are not a
great many of you who are asking the same question. So I ’m
going to take this opportunity to answer the question “W hat can
I do to help the old school?” just as specifically and definitely as
possible.
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This is the day of “drives for endowments for colleges, tor
“community chests” and other laudable projects. If any of you
have been enrolled in a college for even a single term you have
realized that you were not forgotten when money was needed to
finance the institution.
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The Normal School is a State owned institution, and it is the
duty of the State to finance it properly. The buildings and equip­
ment should be second to none among colleges; the faculty must
be a superior body of men and women if the teachers of the State
are to receive the instruction and inspiration so necessary to their
work. All of the State Normal Schools need additional buildings,

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• more equipment and larger faculties W e must depend ultimately
upon the members of the legislature for the money needed to
H H ■ Pr°PerIy. but many of these men and women are poorly
informed as to the needs of the Normal Schools: they know that
money is needed for highways and if they are not fully informed
in regard to hospitals, they will be enlightened by Chambers of
Commerce Rotary, Kiwanis and other clubs. Unfortunately the
ÜÜM 1M have not been able to call upon organized bodies
of this kind for support: in short the idea of the necessity of well
L T iS h T
Schools (Teachers’ Colleges) has not yet been
H B H pubIlc- ,Herf> ™y fnends, is where you can help. You
know the services that the ISormal Schools are rendering.' Won’t
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organizations of which you are members. Talk to those who expect to be
candidates for the Assembly or Senate next year. Do it now as
well as next year. Impress the public with the necessity of larger
appropriations for the work of training teachers.
Don’t forget that there is strength in organization. Are the
y°ur county organized with good live men and women
at the head. Won t you help effect an organization in your county
or city if one does not already exist? Dq you realize how much
power you can wield if you can say to a candidate or legislator
that you represent an organization with a large membership ? Re­
member we are working for the children, the future citizens' Let
Us J f .
now —organize so that we may work effectively
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which, every almunus and former student
can help along—Won t you do it?
Another way is by interesting yourself personally in some young
man or woman of your acquaintance who ought to attend Normal
School. If you will speak to such person or persons now it will
help very much. Nothing counts so much as the personal touch.
Speak to them now about coming to the old school. Send us their
names and we will be glad to write a personal letter to them and
to put them on our mailing list. This year we have 250 students
in the entering class. W e want 300 next fall-good, active young
men and women. W e are proud of the enrollment of men. We
have almost 150 men énrolled in our Normal (college) department. Almost thirty per cent of our students are men W on’t
you help the old school by interesting yourself now in some one
who ought to be here next year. Speak to him (or her) and send
us the name or names. This is the second way in which all of
you can help us grow.
The State is expected to provide free tuition for all students to
pay the salariés of our faculty, etc, but there are some needs for
which it cannot and ought not to make provision. There are
many students who need financial help in order to finish the course'
lh e Alumni Fund has been established to aid worthy students to

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complete their course. This fund now amounts to $2500 and is
helping many students, but we could use twice that amount. The
need for a larger fund is growing all the time, since so many of
our students are taking the three year course. In the not distant
future we shall also offer a four year course. Four or five of the
alumni have established loan scholarships of $100 each in memory
of a principal or teacher. W hat better way can there be to carry
on the ideal of service represented by one whom we loved and
admired than to perpetuate his name and influence in this way?
Several of the classes have given gifts of scholarships to the
Alumni Fund and the Metropolitan Alumni Association of Phila­
delphia has established loan scholarships in memory of Principals
McCreary and Eckels. Who will be next? W e welcome prizes, .
gifts, donations to various departments of the school. These will
help us to make our work still more attractive. This is the
third, method of helping us grow.
There are other means of helping that will occur to all of you.
After all it is by keeping in personal contact with the school, by
visiting it frequently, and attending your class reunions that you
help the old. school. Remember that we are a big home school:
big enough to have a fine school spirit—to take an active part in
athletics, in debating, in music, dramatics, etc., but at the same
time not so big that the individual is lost in the crowd. An ideal
school is one in which all the students know one another- and in
which the members of the faculty know all the students. That
is the ideal toward which we continue to strive. Under these con­
ditions, though graduation will take our students out of Shippensburg Normal, nothing on earth can take Shippensburg, Normal
out of them.
Fraternally yours,
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E zra L ehmajst, ’89.

GIFTS TO THE SCHOOL
Mrs. Nellie Geiger Kauffman, ’92, Mrs. Mabel Geiger Heck­
man, 93 and Mrs. Frances Geiger Omwake, ’97, have presented
the school with a fine victrola as a memorial to their mother.
The Normal Literary Society has presented two large panel
pictures “The Development of the Book” by the well known artist
C. W . Alexander.
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An annual prize, ten dollars in gold, to be awarded to the
member of the Senior Class who has done the best work in the
Training School has been established by Mrs. Mary Long; Fairley,
class of ’89, of Detroit, Mich. This is the second prize established
by a member of the class of ’89. Mrs. Eleanor Kyner Boots of
Moore, Pa., is the donor of the Distinguished Service Medal.

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ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS
The School Administration students during the summer session
made a careful review of the types of class activities of the ele­
mentary school. The discussion of assembly periods is summarized
by Harling E. Sponseller, ’26, for the H erald.
Aims of Assembly Periods:
To motivate class activities.
To provide rich opportunity for natural expression of the
social traits of children.
To develop leadership.
In graded schools the assembly period serves as a unify. ing factor among the grades.
To acquaint the community with the work of the school.
To develop school spirit.
When held:
Assembly periods may be held once or twice a week,
depending upon the abilities and interests of the pupils
and types of programs, at an hour when patrons can most
conveniently attend.
Types of programs:
a. Music—community, group and individual expression
both vocal and instrumental. Appreciation work should
not be slighted but well planned programs should acquaint
the pupils with the world’s recognized artists both living
and dead.
b. Demonstrations of class 'room projects—Audience
reading of poems, literature and humorous selections.
Contests in Arithmetic and Spelling.
Dramatization of History and Geography projects.
Story telling and book reviews.
Travel talks by members of the community; lantern
slides; exhibits of souvenirs.
c. Guidance course enriched by talks given by men and
women recognized as successful in different occupations.
d. Art exhibits with interpretations by the pupils.
e. Club activities of pupils such as English, Junior Red
Cross, Nature Clubs and Science Clubs, etc.
f. Special Day Assemblies—Arbor Day, Penn Day, Fire
Prevention, Health Day, Thanksgiving and birthdays of
famous men, etc.
Special programs using approved motion pictures on in­
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Bibliography :
W hat to do with the High School Assembly—April,
1923, School Review.
Assembly Programs, Lincoln School, New York City.
The Principal and his School, Cubberley, Houghton,
Mifflin Co., New York City.
The Motivation- of School Work, Wilson, Houghton,
Mifflin Co., N. Y.
The Morning Exercise as a Socializing Influence,
Parker School, Chicago University.
Morning Exercises for all the Year, Lindelar, Mac­
millan Co., N. Y.
An Experiment with a Project Curriculum, Collings,
Macmillan Co., New York.
The Primary School by Annie Moore, Houghton, M if­
flin Co., New York.
Experimental Practice in the City and Country School—
Pratt. E. P. Dutton & Co., New York.
Schools of To-Morrow, Dewey, E. P. Dutton & Co.,
New York.
Successful Teaching in Rural Schools, Pittman, Am.
Book Co., New York.
The'Teacher, the School and the Community, McTee,
Am. Book Co., New York.
New Schools for Old, Dewey, E. P. Dutton Co., New
York.
The Project Curriculum, Wells, J. B. Lippincott Co.,
Philadelphia.

COMMUNITY PLAYS AND PAGEANTS
Community drama has been defined as being a “drama of the
people, by the people, and for the people.” There is a channel
afforded for creative work and self-expression along the line of
things which can be written and produced. Being a community
activity, it will provide an agency to all people who want to ex­
press themselves by means of dramatic art. If the production can
be written by the community, as well as produced by them, we
will have a genuine community play.
The community stage, is. the experimental laboratory for actors
as well as for stage devices. Here you will try out prospective
“stars,” and all sorts of ideas on lighting and scenery and costume.
Where to get suitable plays is no great problem. Probably the
best known sources are i W alter H. Baker & Company, 5 Ham­
ilton Place, Boston, Mass.; and Samuel French, 28 West 38th
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1 Madison Avenue, New York City, are admirably equipt to
answer all kinds of questions as well as give most helpful sug­
gestions. In particular, a booklet published by the Community
Service, called “Community Drama,” will be found very much
worth while by beginning organizations as -well as older ones.
Attention is also called to Robert Withington’s “English Pageant­
ry,” a two volume work giving good information and suggestions
as to community drama.
In developing the Community side of this activity the following
ideas, taken from the “Community Drama” are a good guide:
1. If the desire is not there, it must be created. Do not at­
tempt something requiring an indefinite number of rehearsals. Use
the festival idea rather than the pageant. Read a play to a
group, show a stage model of the play read. Let children drama­
tize a story,
2. Know the resources of your city or town. Make your
survey and interest the other organizations.
3. There must be a trained leader. To really accomplish any
actual good, this is absolutely necessary.
4. The whole organization must be widely representative. Do
not let a single cast give a succession of plays. In the beginning
use two or three one act plays, each with its own cast. If you
find you have a person whose dramatic ability stands out, use him,
but not always in major parts. Use him to support the weaker
members. It is strongly recommended that preparation be made
for. children’s plays, by children, for Saturday. Adult plays belong
to the evening program.
The stage problems, while they seem to be mountains, are not
unsurmountable. There will always be some who ache to give
destructive criticism, don’t worry about them. For building your
scenes, wall board, cheese cloth, wall paper, Canton flannel, and
burlap will be found to be not only cheap but to have a variety
of uses. Wonderful “wood” scenes can be made by pasting wall
paper borders on cheese cloth and cutting out around the leaves.
W all board, painted or burlap on a frame, or wrapping paper,
mottled, will give perfect tree trunks. A long strip of paper with
cheese cloth glued and “billowed” to it, the hollows dyed blue,
makes an excellent cloud effect. A “set” stipled with red, blue
and yellow can serve an infinite number of purposes by changing
the colors of the lights thrown on it. It is true, you never know
the problems of a given stage until you hit them. It is very
difficult to forecast what the problem will be. If you meet a
problem and it does not require an immediate decision or solution,
the author would be only too glad to have you write him and he
will try to help you.
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same time. While one is rehearsing let the other watch recipro­
cate. If your town is large, or your district scattered, you can
put on both easts the same night in different sections. Also, you
have a genuine understudy.
To go into the details of “make-up” and stage technique is
beyond the limits of this paper. As already stated, any questions
will be cheerfully answered. If we do not know the answer, we
will do our best to find out.
E arle J. B. K esten .
TOPICS FOR COMMUNITY MEETINGS
H anna A. K ieffer , A. M., Director of Rural Education

“Needed Re-adjustments in Rural Life Today” is the subject
of discussion at the Eighth National Country Life Conference at
Richmond this October. The rapid strides in agriculture and
rural welfare should be the deep concern of all the citizens in our
great state.
There is slight chance that rural education statewide can be
greatly improved unless rural people will cooperate in securing
educational advantages equivalent to those of the city. The school
lies at the heart of every community. To take people to the school
house is the surest way to convince them of the needs of the school
and the children. Parent-teachers Associations have rendered a
real service in Pennsylvania and other states; the work of The
Service Citizens of Delaware is outstanding.
Teachers .are urged to lead in bringing about such organizations
wherever feasible. Literature can be secured from the National
Secretary, Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins, 1201 16th St. N. W., Wash­
ington, D. C. Penna. Secretary, Mrs. C. F. Saylor, Rockwood,
Pa., and from the President of the Parent Teachers Association of
Pennsylvania, Mrs. Alice E. Kiernan, Somerset, Pa. Whenever a
teacher finds a community well organized, it may be advisable to
work through the Education Committees of the various organiza­
tions.
The writer submits in the following pages a list of topics with
references to aid teachers and communities eager to face the facts
and to cooperate in bringing the best schools to the girls and boys
of their districts.
(Special acknowledgment is due the members of the Depart­
ment of Public Instruction who so kindly assisted the writer with
this issue of the H erald.)
I.

Know Pennsylvania and Your Community.
A. Beautiful Pennsylvania: W rite to the State Chamber of

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Commerce, Harrisburg, Pa., for the pamphlet “Forty Thousand
Square Miles Beautiful.”
Borrow a May, 1925, American Motorist magazine from a
regular subscriber, “Pennsylvania Number.”
Have a “Pennsylvania” meeting when those who travel may
relate experiences and show souvenirs.
Borrow slides on Pennsylvania from Pennsylvania State
Library, Department of Visual Education, Harrisburg, Pa.
Transportation charge only.
B. Historic Pennsylvania: Read “Pennsylvania History told by
Contemporaries” by Martin and Shenk, MacMillan Co., New
York.
W rite to the History Department of your Normal School and
to the State Director of History, Department of Public In­
struction, for help.
Use the Historic Map found in the Pa. State Chamber of
Commerce bulletin on “Forty Thousand Square Miles Beauti­
ful.”
_The map found in the May, 1925, American Motorist maga­
zine is very helpful in locating the historic shrines.
Assist your County Superintendent, teachers and children in
building up community files and booklets on local history. Al­
low them to photograph and copy any unusual material. Insist
upon reference and date of reference being placed on all copies,
since without this it loses all value.
C. Get acquainted with prominent men and women belonging
to Pennsylvania.
Poets, explorers, novelists, musicians, artists, sculptors, edu­
cators, ministers, politicians, captains of industry, etc.
References: Musicians, “Pennsylvania’s Big Four,” Pa. School
Journal, May, 1924.
Scientists from Pennsylvania, by Deputy State Supt., James
N. Rule, Pa. School Journal, Sept., 1922.
Watch forthcoming issues of the Pennsylvania School Journal.
W rite to the State Library, Circulating Division, Harrisburg,
Pa., for books on particular studies.
D. A rt Education in Pennsylvania: Read Purposeful Art Edu­
cation in Pennsylvania, by C. Valentine Kirby, Pennsylvania
School Journal, Dec., 1924.
W rite for the Pennsylvania Number of School Arts Maga­
zine, Mav, 1925. Davis Press Inc., 44 Portland St., Worcester,
Mass., 35 cents.
W rite to the American Art Bureau, 166 W . Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, 111., for information on their offer to clubs.
W rite to the American Federation Art, Washington, D. C.,
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Study and lead your community to appreciate the work of
“Early Pennsylvania Craftsmen.” W rite to the State Librarian
for books.
The Little Red School House when no longer needed to
house the children, might well be turned into a community
museum. Be sure to photograph any antiques in their natural
setting and file copies in the community museum. Remember
reference and date of reference.
The Art Department of your nearest Normal School will be
glad to help you with projects.
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Know your School.
Discuss problems of Health and Sanitation: write for a list
of publications from
American Child Health Association, 370 Seventh Ave., New
York City.
Department of Interior, Bureau of Education, Washington,
D. C.
State Department of Health, Harrisburg, Pa.
Director of Health, Department of Public Instruction, Har­
risburg, Pa.
Assist with the Hot Lunch Projects.
W rite for “The Hot Lunch in Rural Schools,” Pa. State
College, State College, Pa.
The International Harvester Bulletin on Hot Lunches,
International Harvester Co,, Agricultural Extension Dept.,
Chicago, 111.
Farmers’ Bulletin No. 712, United States Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
A Word Picture of the Hot Lunch, Shippensburg H erald,
October, 1923, page 45. Copies available at 10 cents.
Study recent rural experiments in Rural Education.
Read Collings—An Experiment with a Project Curriculum,
published by MacMillan Co.
Rural Schools and the Winnetka Plan, by O. G. Brim,
Journal of Rural Education, May-June, 1925.
An Experiment with a Rural School by Dunn and Everett,
Teachers College Record, Columbia University, New York,
March, 1924.
Schools of Tomorrow and also New Schools for Old by
John Dewey, E. P. Dutton Co., New York City.
Make a study of present day knowledge of Child Nature.
Buy The Child: his nature and his needs, edited by M. V.
O ’Shea, a contribution of The Children’s Foundation, .Valpa­
raiso, Ind.
The Parent-Teachers Association of Dauphin County sub­
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The child’s instincts and impulses.
The active nature and needs of childhood.
The child’s moral equipment and development.
The social traits of childhood and youth.
W hat your child reads.
Art and music in the home.
Nutrition and its relation to mental development.
Nervous and mental hygiene for children.
The child who is different.
The adolescent boy and girl.
Educational and vocational guidance for the adolescent.
Recent developments in school service.

Cooperate with the Junior Home-making Clubs in studying
the rural home, its present condition and future possibilities.
Buy a Manual of Home-making by Van Rensselaer, Rose and
Canon, MacMillan Co., New York City.
W rite to the Director of Home Economics, Department of
Public Instruction, Harrisburg and to State College for help.
See the article in the Shippensburg H erald, Oct., 1924, for
topics for rural schools.
Cooperate with Junior Club Projects in Agriculture.
Consult your County Farm Agent.
State Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg.
State Director of Vocational Education, Department of
Public Instruction.
W rite to the American Country Life Association, 1849
Grand Central Terminal Bldg., New York City, for a
list of publications.
Get acquainted with the problems of the teacher.
Provide for demonstrations as well as regular visiting days.
W rite for a list of publications of the United States Bureau
of Education, compiled by Florence E. Reynolds, Department
of Interior, Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C.|VDec.,
1924; also the March, 1925, list unless there is a more recent
one.
Put your club on the mailing list for the Rural School News
Letter, Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C.
Use a teacher’s or the Board of School Directors’ file of the
Pennsylvania School Journal, National Education Journal, The
Journal of Rural Education and the American School Board
Journal.
Read Rural Education by O. G. Brim, MacMillan Co.,
1924, Successful Teaching in Rural Schools, Marvin Pitman,
American Book Co., Country Life and the Country School by
Mabel Carney Row, Peterson & Co., a 1912 publication.

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Send delegates to visit schools in other parts of the state
and the United States.
Send representatives to teachers meetings and educational
gatherings of different types.
Observe American Education Week sponsored by the United
States Commissioner of Education and the American Legion.
See announcements in the educational journals and the public
press.
F.

Help Provide Equipment for the Schools:
See list submitted to Westmoreland County School Directors
by Deputy State Superintendent of Rural Education, Robert
C. Shaw. Part of the list is reprinted in this issue with the
permission of M r. Shaw.
See Rural School Equipment list for Educative Class Pro­
cedure by Hannah A. Kieffer, October H erald, 1923. W rite
Shippensburg Normal-School, Shippensburg, Pa., 10 cents.
Educative Equipment for Rural Schools, by Fannie Dunn,
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City. 25
cents.
Modern Equipment for One Teacher Schools by Maud New­
bury, Department of Interior, Bureau of Education, Wash­
ington, D. C.
Free Materials on Geography, Mary J. Booth, Eastern State
Normal School, Charleston, 111. 10 cents.
Improvement of Rural Schools by Standardization, Edith
Lathrop, Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C. Bulletin
No. 32.
G. Help Organize Libraries in the Schools:
W rite to the Librarian of the Department of Public Instruct
tion, Harrisburg to come and assist you. Service free.
W rite to the State Librarian, Harrisburg, Pa., for directions
of the Pennsylvania plan of lending circulating libraries to
communities.
Get literature from the American Library Association, 86
Randolph St., Chicago, 111.
Encourage Reading Circle W ork: Example, Penn’a Pupils’
Reading Circle, Supt. Eli Rapp, Reading P a .; President of the
Association, M r. John N. Land, Hamburg, Pa.; and Secretary,
Miss S. Helen Ahren’s, Reading, Pa.
W rite to Miss Mai A. Clinedinst for information concern­
ing the Library W ork in the Public Schools of York, Paf.
Always enclose a stamped envelope when writing for informa­
tion.
H. Make an Effort to Wipe Out Illiteracy in Your District:
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ates among our population. About one-fifth of our illiterates
throughout the nation as a whole are foreign born; four-fifth
of them are American born, the product of inadequate school
systems in the past or pressing economic situations. Pennsyl­
vania’s illiteracy is 312,699 of which number 38,870 are native
white illiterates. See Pennsylvania School Journal, October,
1925. This is a challenge to the citizens of our state for better
rural schools.
U. S. Census, 1920.
W rite to the State Director of Extension Work, Department
of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, Pa., for suggestions.
I.
Cooperate with the School Board and the State Director of
Consolidation in selecting consolidation centres and developing
the same.
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“According to estimates recently made in the Bureau of Educa­
tion of the Department of Interior, approximately 9 million
children of the farm population and 3 million additional rural
children living in small villages and other farm communities, in
all 12 million children, are enrolled in schools which may properly
be called rural. These schools are classified as follows: One
teacher schools of which there were at the close of 1924 about
168,000 enrolling approximately four and three-fourth million
children; two, three and four teacher schools in the open country
enrolling on the same ,date approximately one and a half million
children; schools in villages of 500 and under enrolling approxi­
mately two and one-fourth million children; consolidated schools
enrolling approximately two and three-fourth million children,
and three-fourth of a million rural children enrolled in the schools
of the larger towns and in others not included in above classifica­
tion. It is also estimated that there are approximately 150,000
teachers now employed in 14,000 consolidated schools in the United
States. There is a growing tendency, says the Bureau, to consoli­
date small rural schools.” Rural America, May, 1925, p. 10.
II. Study the Taxation Problem in Pennsylvania.
The following references have been compiled by the writer with
two definite aims in mind, namely: To acquaint teachers and the
community with the biggest problem in education today; to suggest
those references which any community should be able to secure
by using materials on file in the homes of representative citizens.
Special acknowledgment is due Miss Ruth Hull, of the Library
Department, Department of Public Instruction, for the privilege
of using a file of references on taxation. This file is open to any
citizen of the Commonwealth who cares to use it.
Bagley, W . C. “How shall opportunity be equalized?” Taxa-

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tion and federal subsidies for schools. Journal of the National
Education Association, Dec., 1924.
Bruce, W . G. The American School Tax Problem. Articles
in the American School Board Journal each month, Feb. to Sept.
1922; also, Nov., 1924 and Dec., 1924.
Davenport, F. M . Taxation and Education in Pa. Pennsyl­
vania School Journal, Nov., 1923.
Haig, R. M. Available Sources of Additional Support for
Pennsylvania Schools. Educational Review, Oct., 1920; also, in
the Report of Schoolmen’s Week, 1920. A copy is on file in the
office of the County Superintendent.
Jones, R. W . Cost of Collecting School Tax in Pa., School
and Society, July 4, 1925.
King, Clyde L. Sources for Public Revenue and Suggestions
for Re-adjustments of Penn’a State Tax System.
Schoolmen’s Week Proceedings, 1922.
Myers, C. E. Financing Rural Education, Journal of Rural
Education, Nov., 1924.
Pennsylvania League of Women Voters Bulletin, 1725 Spruce
Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
January, 1925-—Comparative table of local taxation.
Feb., 1925—Facts about the Fee System and School Tax Col­
lection; Our County Tax Crazy Quilt.
June, 1925—State-Wide County Tax Survey.
Reese, L. W . Comparative Study of School Tax and special
assessments. American School Board Journal, April, 1923.
Pennsylvania—Educational Surveys Submitted March, 1925.
Report of Committees appointed by Gov. Gifford Pinchot. Read
report of Committee on Appropriations and Subsidies. Copy on
file in office of County Superintendent.
Seligman, E. R. Uniform Taxation. Pennsylvania School
Journal, Mar,, 1924.
W rite for bibliography on Education issued by the American
Council on Education, Washington, D. C. Published by Mac­
Millan Co.
Read the Report of the Penn’a Tax Commission to the General
Assembly. Copies secured from Alton W . Lick, Sec’y, Tele­
graph Building, Harrisburg, Pa.
Get list of references on the Money Value of Education, Library
Leaflet No. 24, Department of Interior, Bureau of Education,
Washington, D. C.
Farm Tenancy in the United States, Supt. of Documents, Govt.
Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Based on the 1920 census.
$i.25 per copy.
Galpin, C. J. U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Spending the Dollar Wisely in Home and Community. Also,
The Country, the Economic Basis of National Life.

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W rite to your nearest Normal School, Department of Rural
Education if you desire help in studying other problems in rural
sociology.
RURAL SCHOOL EQUIPMENT
This list of minimum equipment is part of a discussion on min­
imum equipment given by M r. Robert C. Shaw, now Deputy State
Superintendent of Rural Education, at the request of Superinten­
dent Dugan of Westmoreland County at the time of his County
Directors’ Convention. At the close of the meeting, the Board
asked to have the address printed for distribution among the mem­
bers of the Directors’ Association of the County. It is with Mr.
Shaw’s permission that we reprint part of his address for the
benefit of the readers of this issue of the H erald.
E quipm ent

Individual desks, adjustable and, preferably, movable, suited to
children of different ages. More specific as to sizes perhaps.
A good desk for the teacher—with a lock.
At least two chairs.
At least twenty feet of book shelving in cases with good locks,
such cases preferably built into the wall at the rear or either side
of the room. 17 feet wall space, six shelves high, one thousand
volumes.
At least 25 books suitable for school children, not counting sup­
plementary reading or other books, such as text-books.
At least three good wall pictures.
A thermometer with direct reading.
A set of good maps, including one of the county, one of the
State, one of the United States, one of each of the grand divisions
and one of the world.
A twelve-inch globe.
One large dictionary and two small dictionaries with good print.
One or more sets of supplementary readers, not less than ten
in number.
Dustless crayon, a pointer, a waste basket, a good broom or
brush, no feather duster, a shovel, a poker, a coal hod if coal is
used, and saw dust or other sweeping preparation. Hot lunch
equipment may also be added.
If there is no force pump, there must be a closed tank with
sanitary drinking fountain attached.
Common and individual cups must be abolished.
Paper towels to be furnished, also a washbowl and mirror.
All needed supplies to be on hand on the first day of school in
the ^fall and no delay to be caused by the lack of any supplies
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ESSENTIAL M ATERIALS
Primary
Sand table, ruled and plain paper, scissors, crayons, rulers, paste
and paste brushes, pegs, perforated cards, stencils, pins, sewing
needles, colored yarns, colored paper, colored crayon, foot rule,
toy money.
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Teachers’ Manual for reading course. Materials for play and
recreation for recess periods, both in and out of building teeter
board, sand box, swings, slide, giant stride, bean bag, etc.
Intermediate
Foot rule, yard stick, 16^2 foot tape line, pint and quart meas­
ure—liquid; quart and peck measure—dry; toy money, clock dial,
suggestive books, catalogues and advertising, cut book for scrap
books, pocket envelopes for selected clippings, material for writ­
ing, folding, mailing receiving and filing letters. Playthings—
ball, bat, marbles, teeter board, rope, net, volley ball, basket ball,
giant stride, horizontal bar, etc.
Grammar
Duplicating device and materials. All standards of weights,
measurements, etc. Arithmetical blocks, compass, some simple
tools—saw, hatchet, plane, screw driver, etc. Outlines for maps,
made locally. Small microscope, collection of woods, minerals,
grains, plants, leaves, etc., that may be found locally. First aid
kit. Check books, promissory note books, receipt books. Play­
things—footballs, baseballs, bats, quoits, horizontal bar, parallel
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In addition to the above there should be in every school plant
at least one musical instrument such as a victrola, piano, or reed
organ. Other instruments may be used with these.
A carefully worked out course of study in music should be pro­
vided for every one-teacher school. This course should be very
elementary but should be stressed by the teacher.
Upon the door of every classroom should be posted the daily
program of recitations.
Either the district or the county should provide a course of study
for elementary school branches including civics, course in physical
exercises, a course in morals and manners. Unless the State
course of study is used, a county or district course, based upon the
State course, should be in operation. The course in physical ex­
ercises should be carefully worked out, designating the forms of
exercises that may be used in calisthenic drills and other class­
room exercises, together with lists of games suitable for various
grades.
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records necessary for reporting to the secretary of the school board
and also permanent record-books in which will be kept the record
of every pupil of the school. These records should be preserved
so that they may be referred to in after years when inquiries are
made regarding pupils attending the school. This is a very es­
sential matter.
Every school plant should have a carefully selected list of library
books. These books should be suited to all the grades of the
school. Picture books for the first primary grades* illustrated
story books, hero stories, biographies, adventure, explorations,
travels, select poems, history, fiction, etc., should predominate.
in addition the library should have the very latest and best
books on methods of teaching and other good professional litera­
ture for the teacher. The superintendent should be consulted as
to the selection of these.
The best current literature should also be available to both
teacher and pupils.
The only objection to such equipment that can come to such
recommendations for thè school plant will be the cost. A careful
study will show that all the above can be secured at a small cost,
immeasurably small when compared with the educational value
to our children of the schools.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION COURSES OF
STUDY AND BULLETINS
Available at the Present Time—Edition Limited
One-Teacher Elementary Course of Study.
Course of Study in Mathematics.
Course of Study in English.
Course of Study in Art.
Course of Study in Music
Course of Study in Physical Education,' Grades 1-8.
Course of Study in Hygiene & Physiology, Grades 1-8.
Course of Study in Hygiene & Physiology, Grades 9-12.
Classroom Libraries.
Library Books for a Small Rural School.
Basic Reference Books for High Schools.
Educational Surveys.
School Code, 1923.
Exhausted
Manual & Syllabus for Elementary Schools.
Manual for High Schools.
Course of Study in Foreign Languages.
Course of Study in Commercial Education.
Course of Study in Continuation Schools.

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Course of Study in Physical Education, Grades 9-12.
Course of Study in History & Social Science.
Arbor Day Manual.
Library Books for High Schools.
Library Books for Elementary Schools.
How to Organize a Small School Library.
In Preparation —Now in the Hands of the Printer
Bulletin No. 1__Part Time Cooperative Industrial Education.
Bulletin No. 2— The Illiterary, Non-English Speaking Prob­
lems of Pennsylvania.
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Bulletin No. 3— Continuation Schools.
4—
Industrial
Arts
Education
in
Grades
7-8-9.
Bulletin No.
Bulletin No. 5— Course of Study & Teacher’s Manual for
Evening Classes in Bituminous Coal M in­
ing in Public Schools.
Bulletin No. 6— Organization & Course of Study in Anthra­
cite Coal Mining for a Foreman and As; sistant Mine Foreman.
Bulletin No. . 7__All-Day Vocational Trade or Industrial
Schools and Departments Administration
and Course of Study.
Bulletin No. 9—Home Economics Syllabus.
Bulletin No. 10—Shop Equipment for Vocational All-Day
Trade or Industrial Schools or Depart­
ments.
Bulletin No. 11—Course of Study in Physical Education,
Grades 9-12.
Bulletin No. 12—Course of Study in Physical Education,
Grades 1-8.
Bulletin No. 13—General Bulletin on Guidance.
Bulletin No. 14— Manual for Junior High Schools,
Bulletin No. 15—Agriculture for Rural Schools, Junior High
Schools, and Senior High Schools.
Bulletin No. 16—Manual for High Schools.
Bulletin No. 17—Manual & Syllabus for Elementary Schools.
Bulletin No. 18—Course of Study in History & Social Science.
Bulletin No. 19—Basic Reference Books for High Schools.
School Laws of Penna., 1925.
Oct. 1, 1925.
PENNSYLVANIA—AGRICULTURALLY
Pennsylvania, according to the 1920 census, ranks as follows m
the different agricultural pursuits:
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Population—total, rural, urban; number of farms having
water in home.
Srd-ggalue of live stock, dairy products, greenhouse products;
number of farms having gas and electric lights.
4thg-Number of apple, plum, maple (tapped), trees; grape
vines, celery (acres).
5th—Value of eggs and chickens; acres of potatoes; number of
pear trees; acres of lettuce; expenses for fertilizer.
6th—Acres of sweet corn, green beans, small fruits, crops;
value of cattle; production of tobacco.
7th—Number of dairy cows; acres of tobacco.
8th—Number of all dairy cattle, chickens, all fowls—feed ex­
penses; acres of cucumbers.
; 9th--—
Acres of rye, spinach; value of forest products (from
Bfarms.) ; honey and wax.
10th—Acres of hay, tomatoes; number of pure-bred cattle; pure­
bred horses, pure-bred sheep, area in merchantable timber.
H th Acres of all vegetables, green beans, small fruits, silage
crops, value of all cattle.
12th Value of livestock on farms, swine; acres of strawberries;
green peas; per cent of farm land improved.
13th—Value of horses.
14th—Number of farms; acres of onions.
15th—Acres of wheat, oats.
16th—Value of farm property.
17th—Number of all cattle, horses; value of all cattle, all farm
crops;,, land and buildings, land and buildings per acre;
acres in woodland farms, quarts of blackberries.
18th—Number of tractors, value of wool.
19th—Improved land in farms.
20,th—Number of swine, number of pure bred swine, number of
mules, per cent of farmers having telephones.
Counties in the U. S. leading in the value of crops and live­
stock :
1.
2..
3.
Rank

Los Angeles, Calif.
4. San Joaquin, Calif.
Fresno, Calif.
5. Lancaster, Pa.
Aroostock, Me.
of Pennsylvania counties:
1. Lancaster
4 5th in U. S.)
2. York
(16th in U. S.)
3. Chester
(32nd in U. S.)
4. Berks
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PENNSYLVANIA—INDUSTRIALLY
Submitted through the cooperation of C. B. Hoban, Dept. Public ■
Instruction
Pennsylvania ranks first in:
Anthracite production.
Quarrying limestone.
Quarrying; sandstone.
Quarrying slate.
Clay mining.
Mineral pigments.
Value of mineral products.
Number of mineral enterprises.
Number of persons engaged in mineral enterprises.
We produce:
One-eighth the country’s manufactures.
One-fourth the country’s minerals.
One-sixth the world’s pig iron.
One-sixth the world’s coal.
One-half the country’s cotton lace.
One-third the country’s silk.
One-half the country’s felt hats.
One-third the country’s carpets and rugs.
One-third the country’s chocolates and cocoa.
Pennsylvania has the greatest diversity of industries, forging the
heaviest castings and the most delicate micrometers.
We make more bluing, ice-cream, hammock and leather and
have more asbestos manufacturers than any other state, and
have the largest locomotive, linoleum, umbrella, horse-shoe, pipeorgan, wrought iron pipe, and silk factories in the world.
Allentown as a center and comprising the territory within a
radius of twenty miles is the capital of the cement industry.
Pennsylvania—Seven Leading Industries:
1. Anthracite.
2. Bituminous (1/3 of the U. S. product).
3. Petroleum and natural gas—6th in U. S.
4. Limestone quarrying.
5. Sandstone quarrying.
6. Slate quarrying.
7. Clay mining.
USEFUL REFERENCES IN STUDYING THE GEOGRA­
PHY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The following departments at Harrisburg issue material free
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is approved and submitted with the consent of the State Director
of Geography, Miss Erna Grassmuck.
Board of Game Commissioners:
Several bulletins on game, -wild bird protection and the
crow. Special Bird Bulletin No. 7.
Department of Agriculture:
Pennsylvania Crop and Livestock Report (annual).
Special bulletins on plant and animal diseases, reports on
fertilizer, feeding stuffs, lime, seeds. A list of available
publications can be obtained on request.
Board of Fish Commissioners:
Summary of laws and information governing fishing in
inland waters, „Bulletin No. 1.
W hat an Acre of W ater W ill Do,’’ or Fish Raising by
the Farmer, Bulletin No. 10.
Letters on different species of fish.
Department of Forests and Waters, Harrisburg:
Talks on Forestry, Bulletin 32.
Guide to Forestry, Book 1, Bulletin 26.
The Forest Situation in Pennsylvania, Bulletin 30.
Pennsylvania Trees, Bulletin 11.
How to Know the Common Trees and Shrubs of Penn­
sylvania, Bulletin 33.
In Pennsylvania’s Woods, Bulletin 31.
How to Use the State Forest, Circular 25.
Forest Fires: How to Fight Them, Bulletin 27.
Lessons in Forest Protection, Bulletin 35.
The State Forests of Pennsylvania, Bulletin 37.
Map showing State Forests, State Game Refuges, and
Preserves.
Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey:
Many bulletins on coal, iron, gas, clay and other deposits
or ore bodies dealing with specific areas are available. A
list of publications will be sent upon request,
Department of Highways:
Map showing State highways.
Department of Internal Affairs :
Bureau of Statistics and Information:
Report on Productive Industries 1921 (this also includes
much valuable data on railways, waterways, etc.)
Fourth Industrial Directory—a dissection of industries
in every county in Penna. including a list of every
concern engaged in any form of productive industry.
Department of Labor and Industry:
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Valuable aids are appearing regularly in the Pennsylvania School
Journal, the official monthly publication of the Pennsylvania State
Education Department.
Time tables, folders and other advertising material offered free
by railroads will be useful, and may be secured from Pennsylvania
Railroad, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia; Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad, Reading Terminal, Philadelphia.
Various newspaper and magazine articles offer useful reading
matter and pictures. The National Geographic Magazine, May,
1919, contains an article entitled “The Industrial Titan of Amer­
ica” by J. Ov LaGorce. This article has many splendid pictures,
as well as an abundance of reading material.
« Maps. The following may be obtained free by teachers:
Department of Forests and Waters, Harrisburg:
Map of Pennsylvania State Forests, Game Preserves and
Refuges (write Dept, of Public Instruction).
Individual maps of the following Pennsylvania State
Forests:
Delaware, Karoondinha, Logan, Michaux, Tuscarora,
Sproul, Tioga, Susquehannock, Sinnemahoning, Tiadaghton (eastern section), Tiadaghton (western sec­
tion).
Department of Highways, Harrisburg:
State Highways.
Public Service Commission, Harrisburg:
State Steam Railroads.
State Electric Railroads.
United States Geological Survey, Washington, D. C .:
Index Map of Pennsylvania:
On this map are indicated all places for which topo­
graphic surveys in Pennsylvania have been made.
Hence teachers can see whether or not maps are availble for their local districts. These maps are not free,
but may be purchased at 10 cents each. Every school
should have the local map and every child in the
grade should understand this map.
Soil Surveys:
Bureau of Soils, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash­
ington, D. C .:
Maps for every section of the State are available, al­
though some of them are in preliminary form.
The following maps are not free but may be purchased at a
relatively low price:
U. S. Geological Survey, Washington, D. C .:
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Electric Power Lines and Transmission Centers.
Oil and Gas Fields and Oil Pipe Lines.
N ote : Refer also to forthcoming monthly issue of the Penn­
sylvania School Journal for additional suggestions.
Additional M aterial on Pennsylvania
U. S. Department of Commerce:
State Compendium of Pennsylvania.
Fourteenth Census of the United States.
Statistics of population, occupation, agriculture, manu­
factures, and mines and quarries for the State,
counties and cities.
Price fifty cents, write Supt. of Documents, Wash­
ington, D. C.
U. S. Department of Commerce:
Domestic Commerce Series No. 1.
Commercial Survey of the Philadelphia Marketing Area
by J. Frederic Dewhurst.
Price 20 cents, write Supt. of Documents, Wash­
ington, D. C.
National Geographic Magazine, May, 1919.
The Industrial Titan of America, National Geographic
Society, Washington, D. C., by J. O. LaGorce.
American Motorist, special number, May, 1925, American
Auto Association, Washington, D. C.
Price 35 cents.
“Pennsylvania, Forty Thousand Square Miles Beautiful,
Modern Highways and Historic Byways,” issued by
State Publicity Bureau, Pennsylvania State Chamber
of Commerce, Harrisburg.
Price 20 cents.
County maps:
Pennsylvania Dept, of Highways, Harrisburg, Pa.
Price 50 cents-—some counties have not yet been
printed.
United States Post Office, Washington, D. C.
Price 35 cents—all counties available.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS FOR SEATWORK REVIEW IN
GEOGRAPHY
These questions were summarized in the Rural Department by
the rural seniors, later revised and approved by Miss Erna Grassmuck, State Director of Geography. The October, 1924,
H erald contained a list of seatwork questions for the seventh and
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Fifth Year
1. Why have the people of western Europe led the world in
seafaring occupations?
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2. Why are the people in the low countries of Holland and
Denmark chiefly engaged in producing food supplies?
3. W hat kind of climate exists in the northwest highlands of
Europe and what effect does it have on the inhabitants?
4. Why are sheep raised extensively in England and Scotland ?
5. Compare the occupations of the Swedes with those of the
Norwegians. Why are these occupations followed?
6. Does the rainfall increase or decrease as we go from west
to east across Europe? Why? W hat effect does this have upon
life in the various sections ?
7. W hat important mineral is found extensively in the Ural
Mountains ?
8. W hat are some of the predominating natural resources of
Czechoslovakia ?
9. Why is . Czechoslovakia called a “Keyland” of Central
Europe?
10. Locate the Voges Mountains and determine whether or
not they are forested.
11. Using individual desk outline maps, locate the following
cities: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dubliti, Cork, Belfast,
Liverpool, Hull, Cardiff and London. The leading cities of
Europe may be located in the course of seatwork.
12. Why is Madagascar highly valued by France?
13. Why are the countries now under France’s jurisdiction
of value to her? Can the same be said of Italy’s sphere of in­
fluence?
14. Why is the Sahara a desert?
15. W hy do Germany and France both want the district
known as Alsace-Lorraine? The Saar Basin?
16. Why are the Netherlands and Switzerland the leading
European exporters; of cheese ?
17. Why has Great Britain become one of the leading textile
manufacturing nations?
18. Why is Europe fitted to be the home of so many people?
19. Why do so many people visit Europe? Outline a trip
for yourself. Indicate why you want to go to each place.
20. How does Poland represent our North Central group of
States?
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21. W hy are there great differences in climate within the
Central Plain of Europe? W hat effect do these climatic condi­
tions have upon the vegetation and occupations of the people?
22. Which subtropical fruits are raised in abundance in the
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23. Show how the factors of their natural environment have
determined the occupation of the Swiss.
24. How has Denmark come to be the world’s teacher in the
dairy industry?
25. Are fish more important to the New Englanders than to
the Norwegians? Give definite reasons for your reasons.
Encourage pupils to word similar problems and answer the
same.
Sixth Year
1. W hat are some of the leading products that we send to
South America? Why?
2. W hat are some of the leading commodities that we receive
from South America? Why?
3. Why are there so relatively few long railroads in- South
America ?
4. W hat parts of South America are quite densely populated
and what geographic advantages attract people to these districts?
5. Compare the effects of rainfall conditions in Chile with the
raining season in the Pacific Coast region in North America.
6. Why is Northern Chile especially important today?
7. Why is Southern Brazil more progressive than the section
along the Amazon River?
8. W hat is the southernmost city in the world?- Name its
exports and explain why these commodities are sent out.
9. Using individual desk outline maps locate Lima, Santiago,
Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio De Janerio, Manaos, Quito, Sta.
Marta, Antofagasta and Bahia. Account for the growth of each
of these cities.
10. W hat countries of South America are not independent?
To whom does each belong?
11. How do districts outside of the British Isles but under
British jurisdiction help Great Britain to be a great industrial
and commercial nation?
. 12. Chile has three physiographic divisions. W hat is the ad­
vantage of each of these sections in making her one of the leading
countries of South America?
13. Why did the largest city of Great Britain develop on the
east side of the island?
14. In terms of Geography, what future has China?
15. Study the population map of Asia and explain the distri­
bution of people in that country.
16. Prove that Asia is a land of extremes. .
17. Why is the Yangtze more useful comparatively than the
Mississippi is to the United States ?
18. If you were to travel in Asia what would you like to see
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19. W hat are the commercial relations of the United States
and Japan?
20. Why are there more people living in the southern part of
Asia than in the northern?
21. Account for the occasional famines in India. W hat has
Great Britain done for India? Of what importance to Great
Britain is India?
22. Why is Egypt called “The Gift of the Nile?” How is
it an advantage to Great Britain?
23. Why has Africa been so long a little known continent
although it is close to Europe and was the seat of one of the oldest
civilizations ?
24. W hat did Livingston do for Africa? W hat was Stanley’s
contribution ?
25. Why is there such a variety of products in Mexico ?
Encourage pupils to word similar problems and answer them.
H O W T O ORGANIZE A SMALL SCHOOL LIBRARY
This is a reprint of a Department of Public Instruction
pamphlet with the permission of Miss Adeline Zachert, Librarian.
PREPARATION OF SHELVING
There should be enough shelving to accommodate all the books
belonging to the library and to allow for growth. See plan for
standard shelving in the library manuals. This type of shelving
is so simple of construction that any carpenter or pupils in the
woodworking department can build the necessary shelving at
minimum cost.
ASSEMBLING BOOKS
All books belonging to the school .except texts and supple­
mentary sets should be collected and shelved in the library room.
Library books kept in classrooms are lost to the rest of the school.
SUPPLIES
Standardized library supplies should be used. For a library of
1,000 volumes the following supplies are needed :
Approx. Cost.
Accession book—loose leaf, 2,000 line includ­
ing cover .................................................. •
$2.50
1.000 Book cards. Light weight. Index Bris­
tol—“date due” ........................................
2.55
1.000 catalog cards. Light weight . . . . . . . . .
3.80
1.000 Gummed paper labels ...............................
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1.000 Pocket date slips “date due” J i " ............
3.50
1 Bottle Higgins engrossing ink T................
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Paste, paste brushes, cheesecloth for paste rags
These supplies may be ordered from the following supply firms:
Gaylord Brothers, Syracuse, New York.
Library Bureau, 380 Broadway, New York City
Democrat Printing Company, Madison, Wisconsin.
Catalogs will be sent upon request.
SORTING BOOKS INTO GROUPS
1. Books to be discarded.
°f ,date, books> those too soiled or worn, all books
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Fi n* ' di>posi,ion shonld be
Books of doubtful usefulness, should be removed from the

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B b°Xed
1 ney should
away.and stored if they cannot be sold.

2. Books to be rebound.
A rebound book usually outlasts a new book and the cost of
rebinding is about half the cost of a new book. Books to be rebound should be neatly packed in a wooden box after a typed list
of the books has been made. The box should be sent to the
nearest book bindery It is well to consult the librarian of the
bookbinder™31 SCh°° °r PuUlC Ilbrary for addresses ol reliable
3.

Books to be mended.

H g and cf eiul mending greatly prolongs the usefulness of
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,f°r Catal°?s of. Libm«-y Supply houses and Select
mending materiais. See directions for mending books in School
Library Management by Martha Wilson, published by the H.
P ric e $ lS25 C°mpany’ 958 Umverslty Avenue, New York City.
4.

Books in good condition and known usefulness.

MECHANICAL PREPARATION OF NEW BOOKS
1. Remove old labels by placing small squares of wet blotting
paper over labels.
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2. Paste fresh label. Use marker in order to have labels uni­
form height from bottom.
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4. Paste book plate on front cover or mark ownership with
rubber stamp.
CLASSIFICATION
Use modified Dewey Decimal classification table in Library
Manual for High Schools.
ACCESSIONING,
Loose-leaf accession books are best. For very small school
where typewriter is not available buy 1,000 line board cover ac­
cession book. Follow directions given in the accession book.
WRITING BOOK CARDS
First line: Author’s surname;
Second line: Brief title. Omit initial articles,
Upper right hand corner above author’s surname: Class number.
Upper left hand corner: Accession number._
Class and accession number should appear in same position on
the book pocket. This is an aid in slipping books.
MARKING
Use India ink and ball pointed pen. Figures should be plain
conventional print of uniform size. Avoid shading. See Library
hand card” page 89 in “School Library Management.
VARNISHING
After marking is dry the label is lightly coated with thin white
shellac, to prevent peeling off, or the entire back may be coated.
Varnishing the covers of books prolongs their life and attractive­
ness,
CHARGING SYSTEM
The essentials for a card charging system are:
Book pocket.
Book card.
Dating slip—A combination dating slip and book pocket is;
recommended.
Charging tray with date guides.
SHELF LISTING
A shelf list is a card list of books in the library, the cards being
arranged as the books are arranged on the shelves. See directions
for shelf listing, page 70 in School Library Manual.
CATALOGING
This is technical work and should not be undertaken without
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a waste of time and money for the untrained person to attempt
^3 make a catalog. For the small library the shelf list will suffice,
ih e Library Manual may be used as a substitute for a card
catalogue by checking the titles in the library.
Note: Free reference has been made in this bulletin to practical
suggestions in School Library Management by Martha Wilson.

HOW TO ORDER LIBRARY BOOKS
It is advisable to order library books through the nearest large
book dealer. A discount of at least fifteen per cent of the list
price is usually allowed. Books which are likely to receive hard
usage, such as fiction, should be bought in re-enforced binding.
Ihis m il .result in ultimate saving of rebinding and mending
costs. I Re-enforced or resewed books far outlast those in ordinary
publishers binding and are thus cheaper in the end. The order
list should give author, title and publisher. It is not necessary
to state the price as this changes frequently.

CO N SU LT T H E LOCAL DEALERS FO R PRICES
ADDRESSES O F SOME BOOK DEALERS :
t **a,k. f ,ar?d, T aylor Co., 354 Fourth Aye., New York City.
In jrhiladelphia:
Book Department, John Wanamaker.
Book Department, Strawbridge and Clothier.
Book Department, Gimbel Brothers.
In Pittsburgh:
Davis Book Store.
Book Department, Joseph Horn and Company.
Book Department, Kaufmanns.

ADDRESSES O F FIRM S O FFE R IN G BOOKS IN REENFORCED B IN D IN G :
The H. R. Huntting Company, Springfield, Mass.
Library Book House, Springfield, Mass.
New Method Book Bindery, Inc., Jacksonville, 111.
ADDRESSES O F LIBRARY SU PPLIES:
Democrat Printer Co.;, Madison, Wisconsin.
Gaylord Brothers, Syracuse, New York.
Library Bureau, Philadelphia, Pa.
W rite for catalogs of library supplies such as accession books,
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RURAL TRAINING SCHOOL CENTRE 1925-1926.
Pleasant Hill School, Shippensburg Township,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Prof. Ralph Ja co b y ........ ..........................County Superintendent
Prof. Wm. M. R if e .................. Assistant County Superintendent
Mr. Harold P a r k .................................. H .Vocational Director
Board of Directors
.President
Mr. C. E. H o llin g er...... ..........................
. Secretary
Mr. H. B. Craig .........................................
Treasurer
Shippensburg First National B a n k ..........
Prof. J. K. Stewart
M r. Charles Funk
M r. J. M. Smith
W. P. Harley, A.M. . . .Director of Township Training Schools
Hannah A. Kieffer, A .M ......... . .Director of Rural Education
Normal School Faculty
A. Continuing their supervision in the Rural Training De­
partment.
H. L. Burkeholder.................... Supervisor of Writing
Eleanor Marston, B.S......................... Supervisor of Art
Hannah A. Kieffer, A.M ......... Supervisor of Geography
L. E. Smith, M .E............................. Extension Director
B. Entering upon a cooperative plan with the Rural DepartDorothy C lev er.......... ....................Supervisor of Music
Marion A. Blood, A .M ................. Supervisor of English
Nora A. Kieffer, A.M ............. Supervisor of Arithmetic
L. E. Smith, M .E . ______Supervisor of Social Studies
Evelyn Van Duzer . . . .Supervisor of Health Education
Kathrine Zearfoss .............. ........Supervisor of Rfeading
Pleasant Hill School
Earle J. B.JKeston, B.S......... ..................Room Teacher
Assistant to Rural Director
Pupil enrollment, 1st to 8th grade inclusive.............. 42

WHAT WE ARE DOING IN ATHLETICS
Shippensburg Normal faces one of the hardest football
schedules in the history of the school. Early football camp started
Sept. 8th, with 23 boys answering the call. Among these were
a few old men consisting of Captain Hockersmith, Boots
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Kline and others who were on the squad last year. These with
the new boys made a splendid nucleus with which to formulate
a team.
T 1 1 rh tw0 weeks Practise the first game was with Dickinson
Junior Varsity which we defeated 10-0. The game was one
characteristic of a first game, with fumbling and lack of punch.
Although the team which represented Dickinson was a team of
no little strength as they had seven ineligible transfers who had
played on ^some other college team last year. This game proved
worth while to our boys because of the experience gained in play­
ing against seasoned men.
Our second game was with Sheppardstown College, at Sheppardstown, W . Va., which resulted in another victory for our boys,
even if the game was played under the most unpleasant conditions.’
Luckily the final score was 14-8 our favor. In this game the
hoys had tough sledding to make possible victory for C. V. S. N. S.
W ith the blocking of a punt by Homer Gilbert and the catching of
a forward pass by Gottshall followed by a 50 yard dash for a
touchdown our 14 points were assured.
Mercersburg is our next game and we want to win it. The
boys are working and training hard for this battle. That is what
we have our heart set on doing something for C. V. S. N. S. that
has never been done before, defeating Mercersburg on her own
field. Mercersburg has a strong aggregation this year but we are
going to give them our best.
For the rest of the schedule all the normal school games will be
represented by strong teams from their respective schools. With
both West Chester and Bloomsburg Normals out for revenge from
last years results and with the coming of Indiana Normal from
the western end of the state our schedule has some real hard prob­
lems to solve. But we hope to show them the wise men came
from.the east.
The following is our schedule :
Sept. 1^6.

Dickinson Junior Varsity—0

C. V. S. N. S.

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C. V. S. N. S.— 14
Mercersburg Academy
At Mercersburg
Oct. 17. Gettysburg Junior Varsity
At Shippensburg
Oct. 24. Bloomsburg Normal
At Bloomsburg
Oct. 31. West Chester Normal
At Shippensburg

C. V. S. N. S.
C. V. S. N. S.
C. V. S. N. S.
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At Millersville
Nov. 14. Kutztown Normal
At Shippensburg
Nov. 20. Indiana Normal
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C. V. S. N. S.
C. V. 'S. N. S.

H. N. B e n tz .

C. Y. S. N. S. GRADS AND FORMER STUDENTS HOLD
ANNUAL POW WOW AT PENN A. STATE
As is the usual custom at Penn. State during the Summer Sesion, the various Normal schools represented hold reunions.
On Tuesday, July 28th, a get-together meeting was called for
July 30th, at 4:30 in front of Old Main.
At the appointed time a score or more showed up. It was then
decided to hike to Shingletown Reservoir, about four miles dis­
tant from Penn State and have a Wiener Roast on the following
Monday night, Aug. 3rd, the party to leave Old Main at 5 :30
on the above date.
At the appointed time, for various reasons, the hike idea was
abandoned and auto idea substituted. The designated spot, a
favorite rendezvous for hikers was reached by the caravan.
All hands now set to work, gathering fire-wood, which was not
a light task even tho it was in a State Forest.
When all was ready and the fire about to be started, the very
sad and deplorable fact was discovered by Miss Helen Ausherman
that the supply sergeant, Bill Nenninger, had not included a
quantity of kerosene in the list of supplies and immediately she
suggested that Bill siphon some gasoline from his car. All this
drew a hearty laugh from the backwoods members. No fault to
find with Helen though, she meant well. She was then shown
how to start an outdoor fire without kerosene. A roaring fire
was soon blazing merrily.
While the girls buttered the rolls and prepared the dainties,
the boys began to punish the “dogs” by the yard.
The fragrant pine air of the forest was soon laden with the
appetizing odor of sizzling “hot dogs” and the aroma of boiling
coffee. Here, again the saying that “Necessity is the mother of
invention” was upheld by O. M. Shultz, a former Spring term
student, who wanted to play a uke and punish a dog at the same
time, for he seemed both hungry and romantic at the same time.
He did both admiringly well, singing some of his own composition
all the while.
As lunch was about to be served up, a rattling noise was heard,
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their festivities for a while until it was discovered that the source
of the noise was caused by no less a being than Samuel W . Shearer,
who was going to stage a crossing of the river and charge unsuspectedly on the helpless Wieners, but was discovered in time
to avoid a possible catastrophe. Sam had tire trouble but ar­
rived in time for what he considered important.
After the main feed toasts were served up, with yours truly
suffering as toast master.
All responded nobly with recitations, readings and reminis­
cences of bygone days at C. V. S. N. S.
After the impromtu literary meeting, we closed by singing many
old time songs including many Normal favorites in song, and as
the fire was dying out, which up to now had been kept going by
being fed the toast master’s seat, a soap box, all arose, formed a
circle about the fire and joined in singing most heartily the “Alma
Mater, followed by the S-S yell and three rousing cheers for
Dr. Lehman.
All enjoyed themselves immensely, vowing to have a bigger and
better meeting next summer. The caravan then returned to State.
The following attended the party: Mrs. Mary Hade McGill,
13; Lois McCaleb, ’18; Blanche Heiges, ’18; Helen Ausherman,
’18; William Fenninger, ’18; Irma K. Roller, ’18; Reba Charle­
a n . ’19; Samuel W . Shearer, ’20; M. S. E. Gobrecht, ’20; Grace
Hege, ’21; Mildred Kapp, ’23; Roger Jones, ’23; Mabel Smith,
’24; Guyda Stine, ’24; Margaret McDowell; O. M. Shultz;
Kathryn Cashman; William Wolford; Phil, Anderson.
Signed, M. S. E. G olbrecht .

ALUMNI PERSONALS
75. The Harrisburg Telegraph has the following article
dated October 2d, about Mrs. Sallie Culp (Young).
The H erald congratulates Mrs.. Young on her long service in
the school room.
Shamokin, Oct. 2.—Fifty years of consecutive teaching of school
children is the record of Mrs. Sarah Young, teacher in the Gass
school house of Upper Augusta Township, near Hamilton. The
record is believed to be unmatched in central Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Young is long past the retirement age set by the State.
She is known, throughout the county as one of the most capable
teachers in the district.
Mrs. Young was graduated from the Shippensburg Normal
School with the class of 1875 and taught her first winter in
Lancaster County at the M t. Joy Orphans’ Home. Since then
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for twelve years in Upper Augusta Township, Northumberland
County.
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Mrs. Young says that she can scarcely believe she has taught
fifty years until she gets back into Lancaster County at times and
finds grandchildren of her first pupils attending school there,
Recently she attended a reunion of her old graduating class which
originally numbered twenty-four members, but now has only ten
surviving members and only three of them were able to get to the
reunion.
Mrs. Young is the wife of Justice of the Peace, E. W . Young,
of Hummel’s Wharf, Snyder County.
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’79. Miss Sue Stutenroth who is teaching in Verona, N. J.,
spent part of the summer with her sister, Miss Alice, in Shippensburg, Pa.
’89. Mrs. Edw. W . Fairley (M ary V. Long) who lives at
7027 E. W arren Ave., Detroit, Mich., expects to take up post­
graduate work in the University of Michigan this winter.
’93. Dr. James D. Kennedy who is in the U. S, Indian Field
Service, Dept, of the Interior at Toadlena, N. Mexico, always
keeps up on normal affairs by subscribing for the H erald.
’96. Mrs. Mae Sheets (Miller) is living at 506 Harrison St.,
Pottsville, Pa. W e have not had any address for Mae for some
time and are glad to get in touch with her again.
’00. Mrs. Marietta Menear (Coover) is teaching in Camp
Hill this year. She has for a number of years been connected with
the Beckley Business College, Harrisburg, Pa.
’00. Mrs. Paul B. Rupp (Cora Clever) with her husband
spent their vacation at the home of her mother, Mrs. Leila Clever,
in Shippensburg, Pa. They left recently for Ft. McIntosh,
Loredo, Texas, where M r. Rupp is a Chaplain in the Army. Last
year they were stationed in the Canal Zone.
’01. W e take the following item from the Fulton County
News, McConnellsburg, Pa. The H erald joins Dr. Reisner’s
many friends in wishing him a happy and profitable year abroad.
Dr. Edward H. Reisner and Fam ily Go Abroad
Last week Dr. Edward H. Reisner and family sailed for Europe.
Dr. Reisner is the son of M r. and Mrs. J. G. Reisner of Mc­
Connellsburg. This is Dr. Reisner’s sabbatical year at Columbia
University which entitles him to a year for traveling.
Dr. and Mrs: Reisner will tour the leading countries of Europe
and while touring their two sons will be placed in a private school
in Coppet, Switzerland.
Dr. Reisner will deliver two lectures in Vienna on the fifth
and sixth of September at the Institution of Co-operative Educa­
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from Red Cloud, Nebraska, where she and her husband were in
the Publicity Department for the Brethren Assembly, to 609
Franklin St., Cedar Falls, Iowa. Annie expects to take some post­
graduate work this winter.
’05. We clip the following item from the Johnstown Tribune
of July 7th. The H erald extends congratulations to Prof. Uhler
and wishes him much success in his new field. M r. Uhler was
President of his class and last Commencement time he had a
splendid reunion of the class at the Fort Morris Hotel in
Shippensburg, Pa.
Prof. J. M. Uhler, for 14 years affiliated with the East Cone­
maugh public schools, resigned last night as Superintendent at a
special meeting of the Board of Education to become a membei
of the faculty at Indiana State Normal School. His resignation
was accepted by the School Directors, but no successor was chosen.
His contract would not have expired until 1926.
The Conemaugh man, who is prominent in educational circles
in this part of the State and active in movements for Community
betterment, has accepted a position in the Extension Department
of the Indiana school. During the past four years he was a mem­
ber^ of the summer instructional ptaff of that institution, two
periods of his work being devoted to the extension branch in
Altoona.
Professor Uhler became a member of the faculty of the Cone­
maugh school in the second semester of the 1906-07 term and
continued there for one and one-half years, then going to Cresson
as principal of the schools there. After one and one-half terms at
Cresson he resumed his studies. In 1912 he returned to Cone­
maugh as a member of the high school faculty and the next term
was elected to the principalship, which position he held until seven
years ago when he was made Superintendent of Borough Schools.
During the time he was head of the Conemaugh institution the
high school standard there was raised from second to first class.
The former Conemaugh school head is a graduate of the Uni­
versity of Pittsburgh, from which institution he has also received
his master’s degree. In 1905 he was graduated from Shippens­
burg Normal School and four years later studied at Dickinson
College for two years.
’05. Dr. W . Stuart Watson is practicing in Norristown, Pa.
His address is 606 DeKalb St.
’07. Mrs. Nora Fisher (Dohner) of 11 Johnson St., Salem,
N. J:, visited this summer at the home of her father-in-law Rev.
J. H. Dohner of Shippensburg, Pa.
’07. Dr. P. J. Wiebe who has been Dean of Beulah College,
Upland, California, for a number of years is now President of
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sends best wishes to Dr. Wiebe for a successful year in his new
work.
>09 Mrs. Mary Frantz (Cure) who has been at the Mans­
field Normal School for the past few years where her husband ha>
been Dean of men and Prof, in the Normal Dept, is taking work
at Boston University this year while Prof. Cure is attending
Harvard College. M r. Cure was a former teacher at our normal.
’l l. Misses Alma Coulson and Mabel Myers are teaching in
Camp Hill, Pa.
’l l
M r. H. G. Niesley attended the summer session at the
University of Wisconsin. He is at present connected with State
College as Prof, of Extension W ork in Agriculture and Econo­
mics. His address is The University Club, State College, Pa.
’12 M r John Wampler from whom we have not heard for
a long time, we learn is enrolled in the College of Commerce and
Finance at Youngstown, Ohio. His address is 611 Falls Ave.,
Youngstown, Ohio.
’12 M r Harry H. Foreman is teaching science in the High
School at Osceola Mills, Pa. This is his. fifth year in this posi- ;
tion. His address is 705 Stone St.
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’13. Miss Mary Umberger of Williams GrovegiPa., is teach­
ing at. Camp Hill, Pa.
’13. Miss’ Mildred Freidinger of Shippensburg is teaching in
Chambersburg, Pa.
’13. M r. Joseph C. Hess is a physician in Ocean City, N. J.
His address is 807 Wesley Ave.
x j u ’15. Miss Rhea Squires goes back to Hagerstown, Md., this
year.
’15. M r. Harry R. Frehn of 208 W . 15th St., Kansas City,
Mo., is manager of the Kansas City Branch of the S. E. Massengill Co., Pharmacist.
’15 Miss Naomi Shive is taking work at the Bible Institute
of Los Angeles, Calif. She lives at 558 S. Hope St., Los Angeles,
Calif.
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’16. M r. Howard Etter is teaching again at Rouzerville, Pa.
’17. Miss Anna Stroup is teaching in the Commercial Dept,
of the Swatara High School, Oberlin, Pa.
’17. Miss Dorothy Shive is Art Supervisor in Morrisville
this year.
’17. Miss Orpha Hayes is teaching at Lemoyne, Pa.
’17. Misses Mabel Mellon of ’17, and her sister Zita Mellon,
’20, have sent out cards announcing the opening of The Treasure
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Florida. These announcement cards are very artistic and we hope
the girls may derive much profit from their Art Shop.
’18. Miss Helen Yotter is teaching in Chambersburg, Pa.
’18. M r. William C. Nenninger is teaching at Expedit, Pa.
’18. Miss Myrtle Hege is teaching in Narberth, Pa.
’18. M r. Shriver L. Coover is an instructor in the General
Shop, Beaver Falls, Pa. He has recently won the first prize
$50.00, offered by the Industrial Education Magazine for the best
shop problem. M r. Coover submitted as his project a toy electric
motor. The September number of the above named journal con­
tains illustrations of the toy motor and reproduction of blue
prints. W e congratulate M r. Coover on the honor that has been
won from a list of competitors. His friends will be interested in
knowing that he will receive his baccalaureate degree from Geneva
College in June.
’19. Miss Hermie Roth is teaching in Camp Hill.
’19. Miss Jane Allen is teaching in West Fairview, Pa.
’19. Miss Mary Green is teaching in Scotland, Pa.
’20. M r. Monroe Gobrect took a course at State College dur­
ing the summer. W e thank him for sending us an account of the
normal student’s reunion which you will find elsewhere in the
PIerald.

’20. Miss Catherine Erford is teaching in the consolidated
school at Hershey, Pa.
’20. M r. Harvey Bolan is teaching in the New Cumberland
High School.
’20. Miss Helen Coover is teaching at Pitcairn, Pa.
’20. Miss Pearl Beistle, is a student at Cornell University.
’20. Miss Mary Fortna is teaching in Newark, Del.
’20. M r. G. Herman Thrush is attending Juniata College,
Huntingdon, Pa.
’21. M r. George Epley is a student at Gettysburg College.
’21. Miss Marian Hessler is a student at State College this
year.
’21. Miss Louise Unger of Waynesboro, Pa., spent her vaca­
tion in Canada.
’21. Miss Ruth Burtsfield is teaching in Steel ton, Pa.
’21. M r. Charles Mouer is teaching at Expedit, Pa.
’21. M r. Paul Lehman, who was recently graduated from
LaFayette College, has entered the Law School of the University
of Pennsylvania.
’22. Miss Margaret Rolar is teaching at Camp Hill, Pa.
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’22. Miss: Mary Funk is a student at Simmons College,
Boston.
’22. M r. Roy Dibert is a student at F. & M. College.
’22. Mrs. Edythe Burtsfield (H ill) with her husband is teach­
ing in a Missionary school in North Carolina.
’22. M r. Charles D. Hoerner is a student at Ursinus College.
’22. M r. Frank Workman who graduated last year at Frank­
lin and Marshall College is principal of the Lemaster High School.
’22. M r. Lee Eberly is a student at Franklin & Marshall
College.
’22. M r. Harry W . Schwartz is teaching at Collingwood,
N. J.
’23. M r. Lester Daihl is teaching at Highspire, Pa.
’23. M r. Ralph Heiges, a graduate of Ursinus last June, is
teaching Social Science in the Royersford High School.
’23. Miss- Ruth Bedford goes to Greensburg, Pa.
’23. Miss Alma Crawford is teaching in Steelton, Pa.
’23. Miss Janet Hayes is teaching in Media, Pa.
’23. Miss Irene Bushey is teaching primary grade at Idaville,
Pa.
’23. Miss Ruth Snyder is teaching at Cape Ventnor, N. Y.
’23. M r. Joseph Sheaffer goes to Sinnemahoning, Pa.
’23. Miss Alice Schellhase is Music Supervisor at Oradell,
N. J.
’23. Miss Nellie Lindemuth is teaching third grade in York,
Pa.
’24. Miss Romaine Miller who has been substituting in Harisburg has been elected to third grade in the city.
’24. M r. Wilson Dodd attended the summer session at Bucknell University.
’24. Miss Helen Gordon is teaching a primary school near
Waynesboro, Pa.
’24. Miss Sara Ryder spent her vacation in Cleveland, Ohio.
She is teaching third grade in Waynesboro, Pa.
’24. Miss Martha Mower is teaching in M t. Union, Pa.
W here a Few of the Class of 1925 W ill Be Located
Miss Adeline Crouse will teach fifth and sixth grades at Ambler,
Pa.
Miss Margaret Taylor has third grade at Waynesboro, Pa. Miss
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Miss Ellen Welsh is in fourth grade at Waynesboro, Pa.
Miss Myrtle Statler is teaching primary at Marion.
Miss Sara Coble teaches Guilford Springs Grammar School.
Miss Gertrude Campbell is teaching at Fayetteville, Pa.
Miss Martha Tight has charge of Art and Music in the Mt.
Union Schools.
Miss Kathryn Coffman is teaching in New Jersey. We have not
learned just where.
Miss Drue Keim is teaching Music and Art at Halifax, Pa.
M r. Sherrick Gilbert is teaching science and history in the Mt.
Union High School.
M r. W alter Strike is attending Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.
Miss Retha Mellott is teaching mathematics in the Junior High
School at Conshohocken, near Philadelphia.
M r. Clermont Smith is teaching at Blue Hill Rural School in
York County.
Miss R. Ella Miller is teaching third grade in Plymouth Town­
ship near Norristown, Pa.
Miss Emma Johnston is teaching in Port Deposit, N. J.
M r. William McCulloch will teach mathematics and coach ath­
letics in the Munnhall School, near Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miss Amy Booz is teaching in Vineland, N. J.
Miss Welthy Diller is teaching at Port Norris, N. J.

CUPID’S COLUMN
Snyder-M yers. At Enola, Pa., July 18, 1925, by Rev.
Harry G. Boyer, M r. Jesse H. Snyder, ’23, to Miss Marie Myers
of New Bloomfield, Pa.
T ritch -G rim . At Middletown, Pa., August 19, 1925, by
Rev. John H. Kingsley, M r. Vincent Tritch to Miss Vesta H.
Grim, ’25.
N eeley -B aker . At Beaverdale, Pa., August 4, 1925, M r.
John E. Neeley, ’22 to Miss Hazel Baker. They reside in Beaver­
dale where M r. Neeley is teaching in the high school.
N eeley -C onner . At Gettysburg, Pa,, September, 1925, Mr.
Wimbert Neeley, ’22 to Miss Cleo Conner, ’22. They reside in
Gettysburg, Pa., where M r. Neeley is employed in the bank.
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Wilbur R. Lecron, ’19 to Miss Mildred G. Bossert. They reside
at 246 Broad St., Sewickley, Pa.
Sheard-H arry. At Cardiff, Md., August 8, 1925, M r.
Russell A. Sheard to Miss Edith Harry, ’23. They reside at
Milanville, Pa.
H uber-T yson . In New York City, July 29, 1925, M r.
Samuel F. Huber to Miss Mozelle Tyson. Miss Tyson was a
teacher in the Training School last year. They reside at 60
Lincoln Way West, Chambersburg, Pa.
H oover-D ugan . At York, Pa., July 16, 1925, M r. Samuel
F. Hoover to Miss Pauletta Dugan, Miss Dugan was a student
for two years at normal.
K urokawa-C luck . At the First Methodist Church, Beretania and Victoria Sts., Honolulu, Hawaii, M r. Colbert N.
Kurokawa to Miss Anna Laura Cluck, ’25. They reside at 2032
Kula Road, Alewa Heights, Honolulu. M r. Kurokawa is pastor
of the Palama Mission.
F re h n -B lackwell . At Asheville, N. C., November 8, 1924,
Mr. H. Rankin Frehn, ’15 to Miss Mary B. Blackwell. They
reside at 208 W . 15th St., Kansas City, Mo.
H ege-H uber . At Mercersburg, Pa., M r. Frank Hege, ’l l
to Miss Mae Huber, ’19. They reside at 420 E. Center St.,
Mahanoy City, Pa. M r. Hege is head of .the Social Service Dept,
of the Mahanoy High School.
B eidel-N augle . At W alnut Bottom, Pa., M r. Leonard O.
Beidel, ’25 to Miss Linah Naugle.
C ronk -G reene . At Auburn, N. Y., June 16, 1925, M r.
Corydon P. Cronk to Miss Gertrude Greene. Miss Greene was
connected with the English Dept, of the normal for two years.

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P reston . At 240 N. 2nd St., Harrisburg, Pa., September 13,
1925, born to M r. and Mrs. George W . Preston a son, George
W . Preston. Mrs. Preston was Pauline Reed, ’13, of Lebanon,
Pa.
K itc h en . At 98 N. 17th St., Harrisburg, Pa., born to M r.
and Mrs. Foster Kitchen a son. Mrs. Kitchen was Winifred
Miller, ’20.
G eyer. At the Chambersburg Hospital June 29, 1925, born
to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Geyer a son, Donald Henderson. Mrs.

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