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The Normal School Herald
PUBLISHED OCTOBER, JAN U ARY, APRIL A N D JULY
SHIPPENSBURG, PA.
C. E. FANNING................ ...........................Editor
CORA F. MACY................. ........Assistant Editor
A D A V . HORTON, ’88...... ......... Personal Editor
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J U LY, 1917.

No. 4.

PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
"My Fellow Alumni:
I want to express my gratification at your presence in so large
numbers at our recent Commencement. I feared that the attend­
ance at our Alumni Eeunion would fall very fa r short o f the nummer that was present at last year’s meeting. Colleges and normal
schools have reported that the attendance at their closing exercises
had fallen off from a third to a half o f the usual attendance. It
was therefore exceedingly gratifying to note that, in spite o f the
war and the consequent disturbance o f business and the rush o f
work on the farm, owing to the late season, the attendance almost
equalled if it did not entirely equal the splendid outpouring o f last
year. A conservative estimate is that nine hundred o f our Alumni
were present on Tuesday, June 26.
The classes o f ’ 87, ,’ 97 and ’ 07 were present in large numbers
and banqueted at different places in the town. The class o f ‘77
though not equaling the others in numbers, had a fine delegation
present to celebrate its fortieth anniversary. The classes o f 1915
and ’16 held very pleasant reunions.
Not only was the Alumni reunion characterized by the pres­
ence o f large numbers o f former students, but no meeting in re­
cent years showed quite so much enthusiasm and earnestness, as
this one. Every evidence o f progress in and about the School call­
ed forth expressions o f praise.
Elsewhere I have expressed my sincere thanks to the Alumni
fo r their earnest support o f the school. Its present growth is due

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almost entirely to the loyalty and earnest efforts o f the Alumni.
Students come to us from all parts o f the country and we find on
investigation that they were sent to us by some Alumnus who had
remembered what the old school had done for him.
I am especially anxious to have the. continued support o f every
member o f our Alumni body during the coming year. Our educa­
tional system is somewhat disarranged in many places, and there
has been a large falling off in the attendance in boys’ schools and
colleges. We are particularly anxious that our school have a large
delegation o f boys next term. The need fo r strong men in the
teaching profession was never so great as it now is, and no pro­
fession offers greater inducements to young men than does teaching.
There is a natural temptation for boys to leave school and go
to work since wages are high, but the policy is a very short sighted
one as these young men deprive themselves o f the opportunity o f
playing their pa^t in the world later in life. I appeal to you es­
pecially, my fellow Alumni, to use your influence in sending us
young men. We believe we can give them the kind o f training that
will be very helpful to them later in life. We ask your co-opera­
tion to the extent o f actually speaking to the young men o f your
neighborhood who may be induced to 'come to the normal. Send
us their names and addresses and we shall be glad to correspond
with them.
We would not be understood as saying that we don’t want the
girls to come. We have a splendid body o f girls from nearly every
part o f the State and we are anxious fo r still more o f the same
kind. We passed the 600 line during the spring term. We are
anxious to enroll the same number o f students in the fall and win­
ter terms. Won’t you help us bring this about?
We are particularly gratified at the reception that is being
given our recent graduates. Our girls without experience have
been elected to positions with salaries ranging from $50 to $75 a
month. (Remember that this is under the old salary schedule).
The boys have been called to positions at salaries from $60 to $95.
We have been able to help many o f our old graduates to good p o­
sitions and are anxious to do still more along these lines. I f you
want a position notify us o f your desire, indicating clearly the kind
o f work for which you are especially fitted and the lowest salary
you will accept. We shall try to do all that we can to help you.
We are planning to do considerable extension work during the
fall and winter. We shall be glad to have you interest yourself in
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ters if you are not too fa r away from the school. The cost fo r
this work is nominal involving little more than the actual payment
o f expenses. We want to co-operate with you in making our school
a big social center. We invite you to write us concerning the prob ­
lems that engage your attention. We want to make The Herald
more o f an educational journal and shall be glad to discuss educa­
tional topics that are o f interest, to you.
It is very gratifying to all connected with the school to note
the approval o f our work by superintendents and teachers. I f
growth is a criterion o f endorsement, we may justly feel proud o f
our record. In the fall term o f 1913 our attendance numbered 191. In
the spring term just closing in the normal department alone we had
531 students. We must continue to grow and we want you to
share in the growth and prosperity o f the school.
Fraternally yours,
EZRA LEMAN, ’ 89.
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CHANGES IN THE FACULTY
We regret to announce that because o f ill health it is ne )essary for Miss Stroh to withdraw temporarily from her work as
head o f the department o f reading and public speaking. Miss
Stroh has endeared herself to the student body and all connected
with the school by her sincerity and efficiency. She has left a
definite impress fo r good upon all who came in contact with her.
It is confidently hoped that a year’s rest will restore Miss Stroh to
sound health so that she may he able to return to the school and
take up her work again. The best wishes o f The Herald go with
her in her absence from the school.
Miss Lillian Trego o f Swarthmore has been elected to take
charge o f Miss Stroh’s work. The Department o f French has also
been created and Miss Trego will assume charge o f this department
also. Miss Trego is a graduate o f Swarthmore College and made
a remarkable record fo r herself as a student at that institution.
She comes to us with the highest endorsements from all who know
her. We predict that she will be very successful in her work afc
normal.
The Department o f Physical Training has been enlarged so.
as to require the service, o f two teachers. Miss Marion Conover
o f Madison, Wis., a graduate o f Wisconsin University becomes the
head o f the department. Miss Conover is a woman o f wide cul­
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not only take charge o f the girls physical training, but she will or­
ganize and supervise the girls’ games, such as hockey, tennis and
basket ball. We predict fo r Miss Conover a very successful career
at normal.
Mr. Robert L. Myers, Jr., o f Camp Hill, a recent graduate o f
Dickinson College, will come to normal as assistant in the physical
sciences and coach o f boys’ athletics. Mr. Myers made a brilliant
record at Dickinson in his academic work. He took an active part
also in all sports. He was captain o f the Dickinson football team
fo r the season o f 1916. He plays baseball, basketball and has been
active in track and field sports. We predict that Mr. Myers will do
very much to maintain and even increase the efficiency o f the ath­
letic teams at normal.
Prof. Harbison who has been with us fo r two years and has
made a good record for himself as director o f athletic sports has
been elected supervisor o f physical training in the schools o f Bel­
levue, Pa., at a very good salary. Our best wishes go to him in
his new field o f work.
Miss Minerva L. Adams, o f Ocean City, N. J., takes charge o f
the Department o f Vocal Music. Miss Adams has received a thor­
ough training in the School o f Music at Cornell University and
comes very highly recommended by Dr. Dann o f that institution.
She will have charge o f the school orchestra and will probably or­
ganize mandolin and guitar clubs. She is an excellent singer and
has done remarkable work as a teacher. The school will be glad
to welcome her here in the fall.
Miss Louise M. Butts who completed the school year after Miss
Jones withdrew because o f ill health, leaves to continue' her musi­
cal studies. Miss Butts taught successfully and supervised the
work o f the student teachers in the Model School.
As noted elsewhere in our columns we lose one o f our teachers
through the ravages o f matrimony. The best wishes o f The Herald
will go with Miss Gates or more properly Mrs. Meek in her new
home.
Prof. Low who has been with us fo r almost two years leaves
us to accept a position in New York. Prof. Low did excellent work
in the Department o f Manual Training and supervised the teaching
o f penmanship in the Model School very successfully.
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Y. W. C. A.
The spring term has been a bright and prosperous One for the
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and did the work so as to fulfill all expectations.
Some o f the special features o f this term’s work were the re­
ception o f the new girls into our midst, when the newly elected
president took charge o f the meeting; and an open air meeting,
when the girls assembled on the oval directly in front o f the dormi­
tory; and seated themselves so as to form one large group.
We are sending five o f our members to the convention which
is to be held at Eagles’ Mere, beginning June 26 and ending July 7.
Those representing the different branches o f the work a re:—
Miss Secrest, president; Miss Ferguson, treasurer; Miss Heiges,
devotional chairman; Miss Graham, social chairman; Miss Garber,
financial chairman. These people will get inspiration and ideas
which will greatly benefit the work next year. We are planning
great things for the coming school year, and hope, with the help
o f Him who helps and guides all, to make it the best year o f all
years.
OLITIPA KEEBAUGH, ’18, Secretary.
Esassa

THE PRILO LITERARY SOCIETY
The Philomathean Literary Society has surpassed all expecta­
tions in the effort to obtain new members and in the excellence o f
the programs rendered during this year,. especially during the past
term.
The work o f one department o f our society is to be seen by
the success o f our debaters, Harold Welsh, Roy Burkhart, and
Samuel Shearer, in the Intersociety debate. We are also well pleas­
ed with the work done by the other departments, particularly the
fine work o f our Glee Club. The excellence o f our work reached
its height in our last meeting. The splendid efforts made by some
o f the performers shows some o f the talent that exists in Philo.
The visiting member o f the Faculty had nothing but praise to o f­
fer us. That our members have been active in increasing our mem­
bership was shown by the fact that we received twenty-seven new
members.
The majority o f the Senior Class belong to Philo, and their go­
ing will leave a large gap in our number; but, Philo members, con­
tinue in your loyalty and your efforts, and you will soon have a
membership that will excel your present one.
Philo extends a hearty invitation to all its former members to
be present at the meetings o f the society, and assures them o f a
hearty welcome.
DOROTHY E. SHIVE, ’17, Secretary.

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THE NORMAL LITERARY SOCIETY
The Normal Literary Society has never done better work or
made more progress than it has during the past year. The en­
rollment is larger than it ever was before, and many students who
came here during the spring term have been received as members
o f Normal.
Our regular Friday evening meetings were held during the en­
tire year, and the attendance was excellent. During the first few
weeks o f the fall term we received so many new members that it
became impossible to hold our meetings in our regular society room
on account o f lack o f room. We were then granted permission to
use the Model School chapel as a meeting place. This is a most
desirable place fo r society meetings, but if our numbers continue
to increase, as we hope they will, we shall have to seek a still larg­
er hall ; at the last meetings o f this year the chapel was crowded
to its capacity. We received sixty members during the spring term.
Some o f them were former members who came back fo r spring term
work, hut the most o f them were entirely new members.
The success o f Normal is to be seen not in numbers alone, but
also in the quality o f the work done during the entire year. Our
programs have been up-to-date and interesting, as well as beneficial
to all; not only to those who took part. Every one put forth the
greatest effort to make Normal a grand success, and the efforts o f
the members have not been without their expected results. All the
members, from the Seniors to the Freshmen had the spirit o f co ­
operation, and willingly did their part. This is one o f the most
striking characteristics o f the Normal Society.
The Society is the proud possessor o f a Society Song, written
by one o f its talented members. We have also a Society Orchestra,
which furnishes music at each weekly meeting. The front o f our
hall is graced by a maroon-and-white banner, five by eight feet
in size.
Normal Reunion, April 20, was an event o f the year long to be
remembered. Many old Normalités were here fo r the occasion, and
enjoyed with us the splendid program that was given by the mem­
bers. Mr. A. B. Crook, ’93, was the presiding officer, and Mrs. E s­
telle Logue Seylar, ’97, was secretary. The recitation with inci­
dental music by Miss Esta Bream, the impersonation by Mr. Frank
Hare, and the instrumental and vocal music by members o f the so­
ciety showed a marked degree o f talent. The crowning feature o f
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members who had parts in the play were: Misses- Berry, Crook,
and Senseny, and Messrs. Cocklin, Wentz, and Surface.
We are all sorry to see the Seniors leave usy because they
have ben such splendid workers; but we are sure that we have other
members who are capable o f continuing their work fo r the coming
year. The good work which the underclassmen have done during
the past year is ample proof that our society will be just as suc­
cessful next year as was this, and quite possibly, more successful
than ever before.
Alumni and readers o f The Herald, you may be. assured, that
the interest and progress o f Formal is ever on the increase. We
extend a hearty invitation to all old Formalites, and any others
interested in Literary Society work, to come and visit us at any
time, and judge our work fo r yourselves.
RUTH L. EMMERT, ’18, Secretary.

THE ORCHESTRA
The orchestra was organized less than two years ago, but its
membership has so steadily increased that at present we have 21
active young people enrolled, who attend the regular practices
which are held Tuesday and Wednesday evenings o f each week.
Four o f its members are girls.
At the beginning o f the winter term the orchestra formed an
organization and elected officers. The orchestra plays for the pub­
lic recitals and concerts and plays at the school, and plays as well
fo r the morning chapel services.
On the evening o f June 8, the orchestra gave its open-air con­
cert on the veranda o f the school; an event which was enjoyed by
all who were present. After the concert, the members and their
guests went to the gymnasium where a dance and banquet were
held. The music was furnished by a Yictrola.
The orchestra has also played fo r the reunions o f the Formal
and Philo Literary Societies.
An invitation is extended to
o f playing either wind or srting
ments to the school with f hem.
ceive a hearty welcome into the

the new students who are capable
instruments, to bring their instru­
We assure them that they will re­
orchestra.

ESSA R. SMALL, ’18, Secretary.

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SCHOOL NEWS
April 6.— The Senior Class met and elected their class officers.
President, Harold C. Welsh, Greencastle; V. Pres., J. Paul Charles,
Duncannon; Secretary, Susie Martin, Upper Strasburg; Class Or­
ator, Prank Carbaugh, Greencastle; Mantle Orator, Guile Lefever,
Mechanicsburg; Class Will, Ida L. Cooke, Sunbury; Ivy Orator,
R oy Burkhart, Newville;
Historian, Esta M. Bream, Biglerville;
Treasurer, Robert D. Maclay, Shippensburg;
Musician, Vera J.
Long, Shippensburg.
April 8.— The Rev. J. D. Lindsay, o f the Presbyterian church,
conducted the services o f the joint Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A, in
the evening. He made a very practical and inspiring Easter ad­
dress.
April 10.— Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Martin and their two children,
Drew and Elizabeth, were visitors at Normal.
The Faculty Club met and discussed the plays o f Pinero, the
great British dramatist.
April 11.— Because o f illness, Miss Florence V, Corson was
unable to continue her work as teacher in the pedagogicil depart­
ment at Normal. Miss Florence Myers, fo r the last two years a
teacher in the Chambersburg high school, took her place.
April 12— 13.—Dr. Lehman was in Philadelphia attending a
meeting o f the Schoolmen’s Association held at the University o f
Pennsylvania.
April 14.— The first game o f baseball played during this season
by the Normal School was won by them from the Chambersburg
High School by a score o f 6-4.
The game was close, and the
Chambersburg boys proved to be strong opponents.
Lamberson
pitched for the Normal boys and did well, while Clair James caught
a good game.
Miss Florence Myers spent the week-end in Chambersburg and
Greencastle.
Mr. George Baker and his assistants were busily engaged in
preparing all available ground at Normal fo r cultivation.
The
school made a very large planting this year o f potatoes, beans and
tomatoes.
April 15.— The Bible Study Class which had been conducted
by Mrsi Harriet Stewart held its graduation exercises in the chapel.
Prof. Heiges presided and Dr. Lehman delivered the address to the
graduates. The graduates were Miss Chloe Asper, Zola Felten,
Myrle Frankhouse, Ruth Secrest and Messrs. Paul Clugston and
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April 18— 20.— Dr. Lehman was away from the school.
He
visited and inspected the work o f a number o f the schools o f this
district, including York, West York, Middletown and Steelton.
April 20.— The 44th anniversary o f the Normal Literary Soci­
ety was held in the chapel. The main auditorium was filled and
the gallery contained a considerable number.
The exercises began with the president’s address by Mr. A. B.
Crook, ’13, o f Williamstown, Pa. Mr. Crook spoke o f his experi­
ence as a student and o f the benefit he received from his training
in the literary society. Following this came the first musical num­
ber, two pianos, 8 hands. Overture, ( “ Poet and Peasant” ) by
Misses Marjorie Nickles, Ruth Linn, Elizabeth Watkeys and Mil­
dred Crook. A vocal duet “ The Fairy Haunted Spring” was ren­
dered by Misses Vera Long and Irene Farrar.
Mr. Frank Hare pleased the audience with his rendering o f
the “ Champion Checker Player o f Amereky.” He gave as an en­
core “ The Raggety Man.” Miss Marjorie Nickles gave an excellent
rendering o f a pianoforte solo Sherzo by Mendelssohn and Miss
Esta Bream recited with piano accompaniment “ My Ships” by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox and “ The Duel” by Eugene Field.
The Normal
Glee Club under the direction o f Miss Butts sang three selections,
after which Mr. Jo Hays delivered an oration “ Nations and Hu­
manity” by Geo. W. Curtis.
The audience always enjoys the playlet that forms part o f the
anniversary exercises. One o f Sydney Grundy’s comediettes “ The
Head o f Romulus” was very satisfactorily given on this occasion.
Harley Surface and Sara Berry as Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Turnbull
gave a good representation o f the socially ambitious father and
mother who desired that their daughter Dolly, interpreted by Miss
Crook, should marry into the Barnstaple family represented by
Harper Wentz and Warren Cocklin. Miss Ruth Senseny made an
admirable servant. The music furnished by the Normal orchestra
under the leadership o f Miss Gates, was up to the usual standard.
The chapel was very tastefully decorated in the colors o f the
society.
April 21.— The first team journeyed to Carlisle fo r a game
with the strong Conway Hall team. The Conway boys expected an
easy victory and Normal was not at all sanguine as to the result
but the Normal boys won by a score o f 6-4. Lamherson pitched
a steady reliable game and was always master o f the situation.
The Shippensburg High School nine defeated the Normal second
team by a score o f 9-3.
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tended by a large body o f students. The faculty received the stu­
dents and the Carlisle orchestra furnished the music. Games were
provided in the parlors fo r those who did not care to dance.
April 22.— The Y. M. C. A. installed its officers for the com­
ing year in the evening. The following are the officers: President,
Jo Hays, Etters, P a ; Vice Pres., Chester Myers, Siddonsburg;
Rec. Sec., Harry Taylor, Aspers; Cor. See., Harvey Bolan, Bressler; Treas., Harper Wentz, East Berlin.
April 24.— Miss Stroh’s class in public speaking gave another
enjoyable program. The various numbers were all chosen from
American authors. The playlet chosen from Miss Alcott’s works
was especially pleasing.
The Faculty Club met in the evening and considered the
dramatic work o f George Bernard Shaw.
April 25.— Dr. Lehman left in the evening fo r Lykens Valley,
While absent he visited and addressed the high schools at Williamstown, Wiconisco, Lykens, Halifax, and Millersburg.
April 28.— The baseball game between the Normal sehoo. nine
and the Mercersburg Academy Reserves was a rather loosely play­
ed game. Heavy hitting and erros marked the work o f both teams.
The Normal team was handicapped by the absence o f its regular
pitcher and catcher. The game ended in a tie 8-8, as it was neces­
sary fo r the Mercers otrg boys to take a train.
April 30.— On account o f the late opening o f the school last
fall it was impossible fo r many o f the spring term students who
had been teaching to enter before this time. As a result, this day
resembled the opening o f a new term at Normal. All day new
students, both boarding and day, registered, and were assigned to
classes. By evening 88 new students had registered. About 25
new students entered later, making a registration fo r the spring
term o f 510 regular students. The special students in music, art,
and elocution brought the number for the entire year to over 600.
This is very much the largest enrollment in the entire history o f the
school.
Large as was the enrollment, it would have been very much
larger had it not been for the appeal fo r farm labor that has been
sent broadcast. Many young men who expected to enter did not
because o f the demand for their services on the farm. In spite o f
this fact, it was impossible fo r the school t,o accommodate all the
boarding students who registered, and it was necessary fo r many
o f thc X to room in the t ’ wn.
The Normal school faculty were among those who took an ac­
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ham f>rd Prof. Stewart addressed several meetings.
May 3.— The Senior Class left on their annual excursion to
Washington, to return on Saturday evening, May 5. The entire
number o f excursionists numbered more than 100. It included not
only the students and their friends, but also delegates from Mechanicsburg, New Cumberland; and Mifflin High Schools.
P rof.
LeVan and Miss Irene Huber were in charge o f the party.
May 4.— The Clio Literary Society held its first meeting. P rof.
Stewart and his committee had prepared a good program. Ad­
dresses were made by Profs. Stewart and Shearer and Misses
Butts and Myers. Dr. Lehman also addressed the society. Offi­
cers were elected fo r the remainder o f the term.
j^ay s.— The Faculty Club held an interesting meeting. Charles
Rand Kennedy’ s plays “ The Servant in the House,” “ The Winterfeast,” and “ The Terrible Meek” were discussed.
Refreshments
were served.
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May 11.— The Philo Society held its 41st reunion in the Nor­
mal chapel. The anniversary o f the Normal Literary Society and
the reunion o f the Philo are rightly regarded as two o f the big red
letter events o f the school year. The clear weather o f Friday
made it possible fo r a large delegation o f former members from all
parts o f the valley and adjoining counties to be present. Long be­
fore the hour set for the beginning o f the exercises, the main
auditorium and gallery were filled with several hundred standing.
Those who did not arrive before 8 o’clock were unable to get into
the building at all.
The president, Mr. D. Norris Benedict, treasurer o f the Frick
Co., Waynesboro, and a member o f the class o f 1900, delivered a
short address abounding in excellent suggestions to the students.
The Glee Club under the direction o f Miss Louise Butts sang “ Six
O’clock on the Bay” and a little later “ The Miller’s Wooing.” Both
selections were remarkably well rendered. Richard Horton s rend­
ering o f “ Rustle o f Spring” merited the approbation with which it
was received. Because o f illness Mr. Stewart Oyler was unable to
deliver his oration “ Before Dawn” and Edna Spath sang ‘ Carmena” and received a well merited encore. Ida Cooke’s reading
“ Madam Butterfly” showed interpretive powers o f a high order.
The next number on the program was the “ Zampa Overture” ,
two pianos, 8 hands, by Misses Miller, Martin, Zeiders and Hays.
These young ladies were students o f Misses Matthews and Gates,
and performed their parts exceedingly well.
A delightful number followed “ Dance o f the Hours” from La
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Shive, Keek, Mullin, Tack, Nell, Sohland and Bender gave a very
artistic rendering o f the Hours o f Dawn, Day, Evening and Night.
The young ladies were trained by Miss Myers o f the faculty. The
effect o f the dance was much enhanced by the varied lights thrown
upon the stage by Prof. Fanning who had improvised a series o f
color effects that worked out beautifully. The orchestra played a
number o f times during the evening. This organization under the
leadership o f Miss Gates has steadily improved and all were im­
pressed with the type o f music played at Friday evening’s enter­
tainment.
After all “ the play’s the thing” in these society entertain­
ments. Miss Stroh has presented many successful plays but it is
probably not saying too much to say that the little farce presented
on Friday night was one o f the most enjoyable and artistically
rendered that have been presented on the Normal stage. The char­
acters were very well chosen. Kenneth Preisler and Maybelle
Hardy as Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong were a very interesting young
couple, while A. R. Burkhart as William Joice their bachelor friend
and Miss Laura Nonnermacher as Mollie Brown, Mrs. Armstrong’s
aunt, were excellent foils to the first named couple. It is hard to
conceive o f a better French servant than Miss Romaine Nell or a
better chef than Irvin Wenger presented in the play.
Misses Stroh, Myers and B utts' were presented with flowers
■by the cast, the girls in the dance and the Glee Club respectively.
The last number was one o f the most effective on the pro­
gram. The lights were switched off, the curtain rung up and the
spot light turned on the center disclosing a large American flag
suspended aeross the front o f the stage.
Instantly the audience
was on its feet and “ The Star-Spangled Banner” was never sung
with more feeling than it was on this occasion.
May 12.— The uncertainties o f baseball were never better illus­
trated than in the game on Saturday. Conway Hall won from our
boys on Eckels Field by a score o f 4-1. A few weeks earlier our
boys defeated the Conway team in Carlisle by a score just as one
sided. The game on Saturday was lost by Normal boys because
o f their inability to hit when hits counted. A number o f Normal
boys were left on third base because o f the inability o f their team­
mates to bring them home.
May 14.— The moving picture machine, booth, screen, etc., ar­
rived and their installation in the chapel was commenced. Every
one wondered what the little house was for.
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to teach objectively and concretely all subjects that can be thus
presented. It is o f especial value in the sciences and in teaching
o f literature. In addition to this machine, a Bosch and Lomb Balopticon has been installed. Its educational possibilities are prob­
ably even greater than those o f the moving picture machine, as it
is so small that it can be conveniently carried from room to room
and attached to an ordinary electric lighting circuit, yet it throws
a picture eight by eight feet brilliantly illuminated.
It does not
show moving pictures, but it can be used to show any picture not
larger than eight by eight inches, or any such opaque object not.
more than an inch or so thick. Pages from books and magazines,,
themes, and small scientific specimens can be shown as well.
May 15.— Mr. J. D. Robinson attended the funeral o f his cous­
in, Mr. Fleming, in Greencastle today.
May 19.— The baseball game last Saturday was a hotly con­
tested one. The Normal team crossed bats with the Millersville
Normal School team and won by a score o f 5-3.
Both sides
played to win but our boys outplayed their opponents.
Though
Lamberson was batted hard at times he held his opponents when
hits counted fo r mins.
In the evening Prof. J. K. Stewart delivered the commence­
ment address at the East Berlin High School. Three o f the grad­
uates returned with Prof. Stewart to Normal to take up work fo r
the remainder o f the term.
Eight members o f the Normal Y. M. C. A. journeyed to Fay-;,
etteville, and took part in the service in one o f the churches o f
that town. The object o f the visit was to assist in organizing a
local Y. M. C. A. The Franklin county newspapers speak highly o f
the work o f the Normal boys.
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A number o f the faculty spent the week-end away from the
school. Miss Macy visited in Waynesboro; Miss Butts in Mercersburg; Mrs. Herr in Carlisle; Prof. LeVan at his home in Penbrook, and P rof. Shearer at Middletown.
Miss Highley, o f Norristown, visited her friend, Miss Myers,
o f the faculty.
May 22.— The Senior Class under Miss Stroh’s direction, gave
an interesting program in the chapel in the afternoon.
In the evening, the last meeting o f the faculty club fo r the
present year was held. The dramas o f John Galsworthy were dis­
cussed.
The entire year had been devoted to the study o f the
contemporary drama, and an interesting and profitable course had
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May 25.— Dr. Lehman delivered the commencement address at
the Orbisonia High School commencement.
May 26.— The first team in baseball journeyed to Mercersburg
and triumphed over the Mercersburg Academy Reserves 8-2. Com­
ment by the paper: “ The Normal boys have been playing excellent
ball.”
May 29.— P rof. Panning gave an interesting exhibition o f views
from literary New England to the Junior class in the evening. The
balopticon was used fo r the first time, and proved to be very satis­
factory.
May 29.— Dr. Lehman addressed the graduating class o f the
Marysville High School.
May 30.— Memorial Day; the students were given, as usual, a
half-holiday, and participated in the parade and other exercises in
the town. In the evening, Prof. Panning gave the first o f the edu­
cational moving pictures in the school chapel.
May 31.— Prof. Panning delivered the commencement address
to the graduating class o f the Highspire high school.
June 2.— The Normal boys played the Galahad. Club in base­
ball to a score o f 4-4.
June 4.— The first o f the students’ concerts was given on Mon­
d ay afternoon, June 4. The performers were all young and showed
the results o f the careful training o f Misses Matthews and Gates.
June 8.— The orchestra, under the leadership o f Miss Gates,
gave an open air concert in the evening from 6 to 7.
June 9.— The Alpha Club baseball team was not a match for
the Normal team. The game, however, was not so one-sided as
the score, 11-2, might indicate, as the sharp fielding o f the Normal
boys prevented their opponents from scoring.
In the evening, Prof. Panning gave in the school chapel a ser­
ies o f colored views o f the Yellowstone National Park, together
with some moving pictures.
June 11.— In the evening, befóte the beginning o f the study
period, Prof. Panning showed the reels which had not arrived in
time fo r the previous Saturday night’s performance, including a
valuable educational picture on the life o f Joan o f Arc.
June 12.— The game played between the second team o f the
Normal and Shippensburg was a very close and interesting one, the
«core being 2-2. The proceeds o f the game went to the local Red
Cross Society.
June 14.— A canning demonstration was given at the Normal
«chool by Miss Putnam o f the State College under the auspices o f
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June 16.— Dr. Lehman left in the morning fo r Mansfield, where
he examined in psychology, history o f education, ethics, and soci­
ology.
June 18.— The faculty examinations commenced.
June 20.— The State Board examinations commenced.
June 21,— Dr. and Mrs. Lehman gave an informal reception to
the State board. The invited guests were members o f the board o f
trlustees and faculty. As the evening was warm the wide porch
o f the principal’s house furnished a pleasant place fo r the enter­
tainment o f the guests. Refreshments were served.
MODEL SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
The commencement o f the Model School o f the C. V. S. N. Si,
was held in the chapel o f the Model School on Thursday evening,
June 21st, with an exceedingly large crowd in attendance.
The entire program was exceptionally well rendered, and the
audience was impressed by the fact that the great credit due those
in charge o f the Model School was reflected by the ability display­
ed by the students taking part.
The ringing o f the old chapel bell on Friday afternoon
at 5 o’clock was a signal to the seniors and juniors that the work
o f the State Board o f Examiners w a s. completed and the results
would soon be announced and forgetting for the moment the excit­
ing game o f ball in progress on Eckels Field they rushed to the
chapel to learn their fate. How happy they were when they learned
that every senior and junior recommended by the faculty had suc­
cessfully completed the year’s work and feeling free as the air
they breathed, they began at once to turn their attention to the
events marking the closing a f the school year.
The Normal baseball team defeated the Bloomsburg Normal
team by the score o f 4-2.
In the evening, Prof. Fanning showed moving pictures o f Shak­
espeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the school chapel.
CLASS BANQUET
June 23.— The Senior class banquet to which every member of
the class had been looking forward with happy anticipations was
held at 8 o’clock, when the highest expectation o f the class was
fully realized in a social affair heartily enjoyed by all present.
The dining room was tastily decorated with potted plants and
cut flowers and the class colors overhead. An appetizing menu had
been prepared by Miss Eppley and her assistants and no better
evidence o f its quality could be asked than the relish with which
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Dr. Lehman acted as toastmaster. Responses were made by
Miss Irene Huber, one o f the deans o f the class, who spoke on
“ Perspectives” ; Mr. Welsh, president o f the class, whose subject
was “Non Nobis Solis” ; Prof. LeVan, another class dean, who
used “ Something Funny” as his subject; Frank Carbaugh who
spoke on “ The Unturned Leaf” and Miss Stroh, o f the Department
o f Reading and Public Speaking whose subject was “ Beauty o f the
Commonplace.” Each subject was ably handled and the responses
were highly pleasing to the hearers. The affair closed by singing
Auld Lang Syne and Alma Mater in which all the banqueters
joined.
While the banquet was in progress, the underclassmen held a
dance in the gymnasium.
June 24.— Sunday School Closing. Sunday School closed its
work for the year on Sunday morning. Prof. Heiges, the superin­
tendent o f the school presided. Prof. Stewart sang an appropriate
solo “ Face to Face” . Hiss Horton spoke o f the girls’ day school
at Jhansi, India, that is supported by contributions o f this Sunday
School. The school contributed $71.60 during the year. Dr. Leh­
man reviewed briefly the main ideals o f the past quarter and Miss
Stroh read the closing chapter o f Revelation very effectively. Prof.
Heiges closed with an address on the work o f the S. S. and its
significance in the lives o f students.
BACCALAUREATE SERVICE
The Baccalaureate service, the last religious service o f the
school year, was held in the chapel Sunday evening at 8 o’clock.
The town churches were closed in honor o f the event and a
number o f the town ministers participated in the service.
Dr. Morris E. Swartz, District Superintendent o f the Methodist
church, then delivered an eloquent and forceful sermon on “ The
Ultimate Object o f Life” , basing his remarks on John 17: 21.
A fter a few introductory words Mr. Swartz announced as
the theme he would attempt to present: “ The Ultimate Object o f
Life” , basing his discussion on the following words:
“ That they all may be one; as thou Father art in me, and I
in thee, that they also may be one in u s; that the world may be­
lieve that thou hast sent me.” John 17: 21.
The words are a part o f the high-priestly prayer o f Jesus, the
night before his crucifixion— the most exalted and far-visioned in­
tercessory utterance ever lifted to the ear o f God. In his prayer
he first prays for himself, then for the Apostles, and then fo r his
future followers, so that in a real sense, by no means far-fetched,
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I am aware that these are the classic words on church unity;
but it must be admitted that there is no unity worthy the name
which does not take account o f the spirit o f the individuals in­
volved in the organizations seeking a closer union. The individual
must be reached before you. can bind organizions o f which he is a
part, into closer union. Note the efforts o f tjhe Methodist Episcopal
churches north and south now making fo r union.
There is no
question but that God wants it, wisdom demands it, and every ar­
gument seems to compel it, but it halts because the people involv­
ed are not yet o f one mind. What is an obstacle to one man is
not to another and vice versa. I therefore make bold to use these
words in an individual sense. Jesus looked down the eenturies and
in a definite sense prayed for you and me, fo r when that happy
day shall come when the world, redeemed and complete, shall crowd
around his throne to do him the honor worthy his name and ser­
vice, we shall not be there as members o f the united church but as
individuals who have caught his spirit and are like him.
There are two thoughts concerning this text to which I wish to
direct your attention:
1. The oneness that existed between Jesus and the Father.
I f you will turn to any recorded prayer o f our Lord, you will be
impressed, if your attention has not been called to it before, with
this pronounced characteristic o f his praying. He assumes this
oneness invariably as if he and the Father were one and that there
existed a most perfect mutual understanding; in short, a perfect
harmony which Jesus takes fo r granted, and which he never mars
by any confession o f defect, or any petition that would indicate
that there was need for any change in himself, his mental atti­
tudes, his personal practices or his ideals.
God’s thoughts and
purposes and passions were his thoughts and purposes and p a s­
sions. This is true o f no other person the world has ever known.
2. The amazing fact that he prays that you and I may come
into this same oneness. Can you think o f anything that could hap­
pen to you in this world or the world to come, that transcends to the
idea contained in this remarkable petition? To think o f a day, o f
a }ife, in which God and you could enjoy perfect harmony o f
thought, purpose and passion is to hold in thought and sublimest
possibility and the ultimate object o f any life. Most perfect being
is to be found in this oneness with God. There is no higher goal,
no attainment o f any kind possible or conceivable that approaches
it. This is the ultimate object o f being. In its presence, position,
fame, wealth, power and all that men count worth while and hold
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thing is that fo r which the Saviour prayed that memorable night.
It were unspeakable presumption on our part to even think o f it,
but he asked the Father that it might be.
Let us now analyze this petition and try to see just what is
meant by this oneness with God.
1. It will be evident that we cannot be one with God without
sharing his mind— his thinking.
As I meet men today, I discover that they hold opinions, pur­
sue practices, propagate ideas altogether at variance with God’s
revealed will and the highest known standards o f morals and eth­
ics. No man can come to oneness with God until his thinking and
ideals conform to and are one with God’s so far as we know his
mind. No life can come to its largest and fullest possibility until
that life has become one with God in its thinking. When we pray,
we do not try to bring God to our way o f thinking; it is rather the
process by which we attempt to discover the mind o f God and be­
come willing to make him mind our own. I wish I could make you
feel in some adequate measure, how necessary it is fo r you to
have thè mind that was in Jesus Christ on all life’s questions that
have any moral quality attaching to them.
2. We cannot become one with God until we accept and share
his purpose concerning ourselves and society.
We are not now
looking at life and the world from the viewpoint o f the deist, who
thinks o f a Being who saw to it that things were well started and
then straightway forgot that we were. We are now looking at life
from the Christian point o f view and that there is a God who cares
and without whose knowledge not a sparrow falleth— a God who
so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son to die fo r it.
This transcendent being is our Father, and has a profound and
far-reaching interest in us and in what we do, and who, though it
may seem an extreme view to present in this presence and in this
place, has a will and purpose both fo r the individual and the world.
It would seem to be self-evident then that we can not be one
with God without accepting and sharing his purpose. (1) fo r your­
self. No man can attain the heights o f compietesi being who is at
cross-purposes with God. Listen to the one perfect man who says :
“ For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will,but the
will o f him that sent me.“ Not as I will, but as thou wilt.” “ My
meat is to do the will o f him that sent me, and to accomplish this
work.” Jesus would not likely have taught his disciples to pray,
“ Thy will be done on earth as it isin heaven,” if there were not a
particular will o f God fo r each o f them and us, and a universal
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Let me be very direct here: you came here to prepare fo r the
profession o f a teacher than which there is no nobler task. How
many o f you made this a matter o f prayer and honestly sought to
discover what God’s will fo r your life-work was? I f God has a
definite will fo r you, you will find your greatest joy in the doing o f
that will if you are one with him. It may be that there are minis ters and missionaries among you, men and women admirably adap­
ted to and sorely needed by the great field o f Christian work, who
may never come to the place in the world’s work that the Father
has designed you should come, because you have never taken God
into the plan o f your life and have not tried to know his will con­
cerning yourself. No disobedient or willful being can ever come to
fulness o f life; every young person should pause at the threshhold o f his active life and inquire “ Lord, what will thou have me to
d o?”
(2) To be one with God it is self-evident that we must also
accept and share his purposes fo r society. Society includes all
persons outside yourself both in their individual and related capa­
cities. Next to yourself are (a) your friends. To be one with God
we must aecept and share his purpose fo r your friends. It may
be the will o f God that some very dear to you shall live the sacri­
ficial life and go by the way o f the cross. This is very hard some­
times. Many young people have had the call to sacrificial service
and have been robbed o f great careers in fields worthwhile, simply
because some parents thought it impossible to give their sons and
daughters to the service o f mankind in some large and altruistic
way. I f we will come into oneness with God, we will accept and
share his plans and purposes fo r our friends and dear ones.
. (b) Next to your friends in society is your community. In or­
der to get this thought quickly and concretely, let me ask by way
o f illustration “ What think you is the will o f God concerning sa­
loons in Shippensburg?” In all moral questions affecting the com­
munity, no man can be one with God who does not accept and!
share with God his purpose in everything that pertains to the ut­
most good o f the community, and nothing is better fo r any com­
munity than the will o f God. We can not be one with God and be
at cross-purposes with him in community life.
(c) Next to the community in society is the nation. The Bible
is authority fo r the idea that God has some place in his plan fo r
thè unit o f society we call a nation. It would seem that God need­
ed nations to be his instruments to do his will.
So the Kaiser
thinks, but his desecrations o f the idea does not nullify the idea.
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in this crisis and at all times we might look up to the God o f na­
tions and ask him his will fo r us and what his particular mission
fo r us and then give ourselves to the performance o f the task he
assigns us? The part we must play in the work and life o f the
nation as citizens is to see to it that the total power o f our united
personalities is dedicated to the high purpose o f seeking first the
kingdom o f God; then all needful things will be added and what
lustre and glory would transfigure the Stars and Stripes.
(d) Then there is the sum-total o f society— the world, by
which o f course we mean the race. To be one with God we must
accept and share the purpose o f God fo r the race. God thinks and
works in world-terms. He gave his son for “ the world.” The mis­
sionary idea is undoubtedly in the mind o f God fo r the race. To
be one with him, we must aeept and share with him the will to
evangelize the world and help to establish his kingdom over the
whole earth. Objectors to the missionary idea and program should
think this over seriously.
3.
The last element we find in the analysis we are making
o f this oneness with God is the following: We must share his
passion to accomplish his will. Recalling the incident at the well
in Synchar, what did Jesus mean when he said, “ My meat is to do
the will o f him that sent me, and to accomplish his work?” The
thing that was better to him than mere eating was to do the will
o f God. The thing you would rather do than anything else in the
world is your “ meat” . The boy on the common who so loves the
game o f ball, that he would rather stay and play than go home and
eat— that’s his “ meat” — his passion. I think that was what Jesus
meant. That was the passion o f the perfect life. In some sense
and to...some appreciable degree we must share the passion to save
the world and present it to the adorable Lord on high. Numberless
illustrations crowd to the fore, but none are comparable with the
perfect self-devotement that .characterized the career o f Jesus
Ghrist. In some measure and with inexpressible jo y we must follow
in his steps, if we would be one with him and the Father.
As I close some one will say— “ This is too other-worldly.”
Jesus had in mind the world to come when this oneness should be­
come a reality. Why, if that was his thought, did he say in the
last words o f the text,—r-“ that the world may believe that thou hast
sent m e?” When we have reached the world to come, it will be a
little late to make any impressions upon a world that is finished.
No, this ideal o f our Lord is fo r the present world and fo r us who
are now living. I f this be true, what distance we must travel and
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gentlemen, set the ultimate objeet o f life before you and may God
help you to reach the goal.
After the offering had been received Miss Edna Spath snag
‘‘Hark, the Vesper Hymn is Stealing” and the congregation sang
“ How Firm a Foundation.” Rev. J. D. Lindsay pronounced the
benediction and the class filed out singing as a recessional hymn
“ Onward Christian Soldiers” .
June 23.— Address to the Senior Class. The closing chapel
services o f the year were held at 9 :30 o’clock Monday morning.
A fter the usual chapel service Prof. LeVan delivered his address
to the senior class. Prof. LeVan spoke on the necessity o f ideals
to success in life. His address was a practical and helpful one.
At the conclusion o f Prof. LeVan’s address Mr. Welsh, presi­
dent o f the seeior class, stepped forward and presented a beautiful
pin and a fine dressing case to Prof. LeVan as tokens o f the ap­
preciation in which the class held their deans.
ART AND MANUAL TRAINING EXHIBITION
The exhibit o f the work o f Miss Huber’s classes in sewing and
drawing was o f unusual merit this year. Fine as was the work o f
the classes in previous years, this year’s exhibit surpassed all pre­
vious years work. Not only were the most dainty gowns exhibited
but the more commonplace articles o f household utility were on
exhibition. The work o f the drawing classes was also o f a very
high order and showed pleasing variety, consisting o f sketches in
water color, charcoal and poster work.
Prof. Low’s classes in manual training merited the commenda­
tions their work received from visitors. Tables, racks, book cases,
hat trees, etc., showed to marked advantage how successfully the
work o f this department had been managed. Cherry sherbet, tea
and cakes were served to visitors.
April 5.— COMMENCEMENT RECITAL. The musical on Mon­
day night is always one o f the very pleasant features o f Com­
mencement week. This year the program was entirely musical in
its nature and showed to marked advantage the work o f Misses
Matthews, Gates and Butts.
April 26.— CLASS DAY EXERCISES. Tuesday was a great day
at the Normal. The class day exercises and alumni reunions were
events o f primary interest and importance. The weather man
seemed to smile praciously upon these occasions. The overcast in
the sky that appeared in the early morning soon gave place, to an
ethereal blue and the day was perfect.
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begin, Updegrove's orehastra struck up a lively march and
the seniors formed in line and marched down the pathway to
the platform erected nnder the trees on the campus.
President
Welsh called the assemblage to order and delivered an excellent
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He appealed to all members to be loyal to their Alma Mater
and uphold the ideals that had been set before them.
Mr. Frank Carbaugh delivered his oration “ The Mission o f
Man” in splendid style. He dwelt upon the European situation and
voiced the sentiment that the triumph o f Germany would mean to
turn back the clock o f time. He believed that the supreme mission
o f America in this trying hour is to re-establish democracy and to
insure a permanent peace fo r all the world thru the triumph o f
right.
Esta M. Bream, o f Biglerville, read an interesting Class His­
tory. Her material was so arranged as to be interesting not only
to those who were acquainted with the members o f the class but to
those who had little acquaintance with the participants in the
events set forth. Guile Lefever, o f Mechaniesburg, delivered the
Mantle oration “ America in the World's War” . The topic is sug­
gestive o f Mr. Lefever's theme. He showed how important was the
part America was destined to play in the great world combat. At
the close o f his address Mr. Lefever in fitting words bestowed the
mantle o f the senior class upon Mr. Lawrence Warren o f Shippensburg, the representative o f the junior class who pledged himself
and his classmates to a faithful endeavor to keep the mantle un­
sullied and to advance still further because of, education.
Ida
Cooke presented the Class Will. Class Wills are supposed to be
more or less conventional in character but Miss Cooke injected so
much spice into hers that she kept the audience amused from start
to finish as she bestowed the possessions o f the senior class upon
junior, sophomore and freshman and did not omit even the faculty.
The class song, composed by Miss Vera Long, o f Shippensburg, was.
then sung. The class marched to the model school where the ivy
was planted after which Mr. Roy A. Burkhart o f Newville delivered
a fine oration “ Past and Future” . He traced briefly the rise and
development o f the Normal school and predicted that greater things
awaited the Normal.
Those who have attended many class day exercises at Normal
did not hesitate to say that the exercises o f this year surpassed in
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Beginning at one o’clock the first hour, o f the afternoon was
spent in class reunions and the singing o f .the old class songs. At
2 o’clock the alumni procession formed and was marshalled around
the campus by Prof. John C. Wagner, ’ 92, o f Carlisle, with repre­
sentatives o f the classes o f ’ 75 and ’ 76 heading the procession,
marching to music by Updegrove’s orchestra. Alumnus to the num­
ber o f half a thousand or more, with class banners, singing class
songs, circled the campus, finishing the march near the rostrum un­
der the trees, where class yells were given and class songs were
repeated.
The exercises began with a short address by President George
Guyer, ’ 97. He introduced Dr.Lehman who welcomed the assembled
multitude to the exercises o f the afternoon. Dr. Lehman made a
strong appeal to the Alumni to continue their efforts to increase
still further the usefulness o f the old school.
His statement that
the past year showed an enrollment o f more than 600 students was
greeted with approval by the Alumni.
Rev. R. H. Taylor, ’77, o f Hershey, delivered a splendid ad­
dress dealing with what education meant to the boy and the girl
and complimented the normal on the evidence o f its remarkable
progress.
Dr. B. F. Myers, ’ 87, Chambersburg, delivered a humorous ad­
dress dealing with the part that women have played in man’s life.
Prof. S. S. Shearer, ’ 07, o f the Normal faculty, delivered an earnnest address in which he urged the members o f the Alumni to as­
sert their individuality and make themselves felt as forces in the
educational world. President Edgar D. Grove, o f the class o f ’ 15,
delivered an earnest address in which he spoke o f the work o f the
students in various lines o f activity.
The business meeting o f the Alumni followed. The executive
committee made its report nominating the following officers for the
ensuing year : President, Prof. W. K. Rhodes, ’ 98, o f Bucknell Uni­
versity; Y. P., Prof. Roy J. Knouse, ’ 08, Littlestown ; Secretary,
Miss Ida B. Quigley, ’77, o f Shippensburg; and Treasurer, Hon.
Q. T. Mickey, Esq., ’ 83, o f Shippensburg. The class o f 1917 was
then admitted to membership in the organization.
ALUMNI PLAY
The Alumni Play is one o f the most interesting events o f com­
mencement week. This year the play chosen was “ Lady Winder­
mere’s Fan” , by Oscar Wilde. The presentation -of this play was
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o f witty dialogue that must be properly rendered to be appreciat­
ed. It is enough to say that while Miss Stroh has given many good
plays at Normal she surpassed all previous efforts on this occa­
sion. All the performers did their parts very satisfactorily but
Miss Ida Cooke as Lady Windermere, Roy Burkhart as Lord Dar­
lington, Harley Surface as Lord Lorton and Mr. Wink as Cecil
Graham played their parts to the satisfaction o f every one. Miss
Margaretta Gault played the fine part o f Mrs. Erlynne in a con­
scientious and clearsighted way. Miss Genevieve Spangler and Miss
Dorothy Hamil were especially good as Lady Agatha Carlisle and
the Duchess o f Berwick respectively.
The alumni ball concluded the exercises o f the day when all
hastened to the dormitories to get a few hours rest before the final
commencement exercises.
COMMENCEMENT DAY
April 27.— The morning o f commencement day dawned as bright
and clear as could be wished. Nearly an hour before the time set
fo r the beginning o f the exercises parents and friends o f the grad­
uates began to gather, until at the time set the chapel was crowd­
ed again to its capacity. At 9 :45 the orchestra struck up a spirit­
ed march, and the gravely happy black-robed line filed into the
chapel for the last time. The flutter o f fans gave way fo r a mo­
ment to the rustle o f whispers, as each particular group pointed
out to each other the graduate in which they were especially in­
terested. When once the seniors— Seniors fo r the last time— were
in their places on the stage, looking very happy and a little tired,
the exercises were opened by prayer by the Reverend S. N. Good,
invoking the blessing o f God upon those who were about to take up
the responsibilities o f life.
The prayer was followed by a beautiful vocal due, “ Laughter
Wears a Lilied Gown” (Branscombe), rendered by Miss Edna Spath
and Miss Florence Jacobs. Then came the honor oration, “ Dem­
ocracy,” by Mr. Levi F. Gilbert. Mr. Gilbert traeed the history o f
the growth o f democracy, and pointed out the fact that it is a great
world movement which has all the characteristics o f a divine de­
cree, an irristable change in the life o f man, o f which the present
world war is but a part and a sign. He closed with an eloquent
tribute to America as the mother o f democracy, and a call fo r ser­
vice. Equally pleasing, although o f an altogether different nature,
was the reading, “ For Dear Old Yale,” given by Mr. H. Frank Hare.
It was a touching story o f the power and beauty o f a fine school
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to a man. After music by the orchestra, Miss Mary Rudisill read
her honor essay, “ Jack London.”
Miss Rudisill paid the noted
American author a fine tribute, as a strong and virile man, as the
friend and helper o f the poor and oppressed, as a great realistic
writer. After the audience had again been pleased by a selection
by the orchestra, the commencement address, “ The Teacher in the
Present Crisis” , was delivered by Dr. Ezra Lehman. Dr. Lehman
said :
Members o f the Graduating Class, Ladies and Gentlemen:
It has been my privilege during the past four years to speak
to the graduating classes on the questions that were in my humble
judgment, o f importance to them a s . prospective teachers. When
the time came fo r me to choose a theme for' my last message to
these young people who are about to leave us, I found that a new
appraisement o f ideas was necessary on my part. In common with
most men and women I had accustomed myself to think o f all re­
forms or changes in social and educational life as matters o f a
slow, but steady and orderly growth. The time has passed, I as­
sured myself, for abrupt or even radical departures from the slow
moving progress o f the march o f civilization. I saw for the teach­
er a gradually increasing field o f usefulness with increasing respon­
sibilities, it is true, but with so gradual an increase as to give little
cause fo r alarm.
Suddenly three years ago, our complacent attitude was dis­
turbed when marching armies and roaring guns proclaimed that
primeval passions were in the ascendent; that the boasted Ger­
manic Culture o f the last half century was only a thin veneer. As
nation after nation was drawn into the maelstrom o f war, the
world shuddered. As tales o f atrocity on helpless women and chil­
dren reached our ears, our own passions were roused, when every
convention o f civilization was ruthlessly violated, when treaties beeaem scraps o f paper, when all that science had taught man was
used for the destruction o f his fellows, we were strongly moevd—
but we refused to believe that such a contest could be long con­
tinued or that this nation could at any time become involved in the
inhuman struggle. Then war. clouds made their appearance on our
horizon. American lives were lost under the reign o f frightfulness
that dominated Germnay,— but we still hoped that peace might be
preserved.
But at last came the Imperial Edict prescribing the narrow
lanes at sea that our ships must sail, the ports that we might en­
ter and those from which we were debarred. To submit meant the
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for more than a century, the loss o f national prestige— nay, o f
liberty itself. There could be no arbitration because Germany
would allow none to question her policy.
Today in obedience to the call o f the President, the nation
resounds with the tramp o f armed men, the military forces are
mobilizing, young men, the flower o f our manhood, will soon be in
the trenches o f Europe exposed to death and disaster, from the
Are o f the enemy's guns. But why continue to paint the picture.
It' is too terrible to think upon; too awful to gaze upon, even in
imagination.
And yet, shocking as the picture is, there is one still more
shocking; that o f a nation abandoning every principle fo r which
its founders wrought, suffered and died. From that we must be
spared, and I say to you, men and women within the sound o f my
voice, that though I love peace with passionate devotion and abhor
war as the incarnation o f everything that is devilish in man, I am
willing to raise my arm and voice in support o f a loyal, patriotic
and peace loving President when he calls upon the nation to de­
fend its heritage o f liberty and democracy. And we are at war.
We have not yet recognized what war means, but we shall ere long.
As a people we are slow to realize that the counsel o f those in
authority in regard to the conservation o f food, the, avoidance o f
useless expenditure, and the increase in food supply is wise and
necessary if we are to avoid want- and suffering. We have been
profligate o f our resources, we have squandered them as though
they were inexhaustible. Thoughtful men and women have sounded
the note o f warning fo r years, but we have regarded them as pessi­
mists, and croakers, prophets o f evil, whose counsels might prop­
erly be disregarded.
When we wake up to the condition that actually confronts us
as we are now slowly doing, there is danger that a situation bord­
ering on panic may develop. Already legitimate business necessary
to the life o f the ation is alarmed, orders fo r goods are being can­
celled, contracts withheld. Prices are fluctuating and the- markets
o f the world are uncertain. This panic has already made itself felt
in educational affairs. Young men o f our colleges hastened to
leave our colleges, some to enlist, still more to go to their homes
because so many others had left school. Well meaning men and
women sought to enlist the boys and young men from High school
and colleges into an agricultural crusade without considering the
question whether the young people were fitted in any way fo r the
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an efficient helper on the farm without preparation or training
would be ludicrous if it were not so serious in its results. In con­
sequence o f these well meant, but foolishly conceived ideas o f help­
fulness our colleges and high schools were crippled in their work
with but little help to our agricultural communities. Fortunately
wiser counsels prevailed in our normal schools and the young men
continued to apply themselves to the work to which they had dedi­
cated themselves.
Unfortunately, in a crisis such as the nation now faces men
and women cannot be depended upon to do wise things, though they
are ever so anxious to do it. It is a time when we may properly
take counsel together. This opportunity is ripe fo r those who have
elements o f leadership to assert themselves. But where shall lead­
ership be found if not in the ranks o f the teachers. Young men
and women o f the graduating class, I say to you that there has
never been a time in the last forty years when the opportunities
fo r leadership were so numerous as they are now.
You have been trained in the science and art o f teaching in
various academic subjects but if you have not been trained for
leadership, your time has been spent with little profit to yourself or
your state. Just as the great technical schools, West Point and
Annapolis, train fo r leadership in the army and the navy, so should
a normal school train for social leadership.
You will go into communities where the only idea o f service in
times like these is the military one. It must be yours to show that
the man in the workshop, on the farm, and the women in the home,
are doing a patriotic service second to none if their energies are
bent t.o conserve the nation’s resources, to increasing its yield o f
commodities necessary to life. It will be yours to teach men and
women that factory and workshop should resound with the whirr
o f shuttle and clang o f hammer as they did not resound before.
We may rightly expect that luxuries shall give place to necessities,
that the strictest economy may be exercised in the use o f these
necessities, especially food, so that all may have enough and that
we may be able to contribute our share to the nations allied with
us in the struggle fo r the rights o f man.
Nowhere will your opportunities fo r leadership be greater than
in educational matters. You occupy a commanding position here if
you will but assert yourselves. The past three years have been
years o f awakening to the non-Germanic world. We have gone to
school to Germany and after the war ends we shall study the Ger­
man school system fo r years to come. It does not change the
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not made for the higher ideals o f life. The important fact to rec­
ognize is that Germany, the leader o f science and philosophy, prov­
ed to be the servant o f autocracy rather than democracy. When
peace is again restored we shall understand better than we do now
that the efficiency o f Germany in war has been the result o f teach­
ing o f the German schoolmaster. We need to recognize that the
fate o f a nation is in the hands o f the teacher. Statesmen in the
days to come will scrutinize the courses o f study, the qualifications
o f the teacher, and the equipment o f the schools, with a care that
these educational agencies have never before received. But we
need to be watchful that we do not blunder irreparably now. The
schools must be kept open, the number o f their students must not
be allowed to decrease. For every young man or woman, boy or
girl called out o f school because o f absolute need in other lines o f
activity there must be one to take the place thus made vacant. For
we must be training an army o f efficient men and women for the
opportunities that will open to our nation with the coming o f peace.
It is the place o f the teacher to see to it that the boys and
girls do not sell their birthright, the privilege o f securing a good
education, for the mess o f pottage that is offered them in the form
o f attractive wages,in the dearth o f older helpers. There will be
many specious appeals to the patriotism o f our young people which
have their origin in the selfishness or cupidity o f those whose only
aim is to secure their services and make profit out o f it.
I f our schools are to be efficient in the future they must be
taught by men and women who have been trained for the work.
What narrower, more unpatriotic policy could be Conceived than to
counsel young people to enter teaching before they are prepared
to teach effectively. When peace comes the demand fo r men and
women who are trained in the Science and art o f teaching will be
so far beyond the ability o f the state to supply, that salaries com­
mensurate with that paid in other professions will be paid the
teacher.
And so, my young friends I counsel you to see to it that our
boys and girls crowd our high schools, our normal schools and col­
leges, so that this nation may be ready to play its part in the
great social and economic opportunities that will come with peace.
In short, I conceive it to be the duty o f the teacher to stand fo r
those things that make, for material and spiritual advancement, to
be cool and collected when others are excited and unnerved; to look
into the future, while those around him are misled by the will-o-thewisp o f present advantages; to take large views, while others are
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er will not be a narrow partisan; he will not teach the gospel o f
hate, but rather o f love for mankind; he will recognize the truth
o f what President Wilson said when he declared that we made war
not against the German people but against an autocratic govern­
ment that denied its people their just rights.
When peace comes the teacher will be the first to proclaim the
Universal Brotherhood o f Man; he will stand by the side o f the
president in insisting on no territorial advantage; no punitive meas­
ure fo r a conquered people ; but he will demand such restrictions
o f power that will forever prevent one man or set o f men from
calling the people o f a nation from their heaven ordained tasks o f
humanity, to wanton and cruel destruction o f their fellow men. To
this task every teacher should lend himself.
Members o f the Clsas o f 1917; I address you for the last time
as students o f this institution; you are about to go forth bearing
credentials that will give you privileges and opportunities justly
regarded as highly to be desired. Your diplomas attest that you
have completed a four year course in the Cumberland Valley State
Normal School, that you have studied and pasesd certain branches
o f learning, that you have been instructed in the Science o f Edu­
cation and that you are young men and women o f good character.
These diplomas will permit you to teach the branches enumerated
on them without further examination, in the schools o f this and
other commonwealths.
I congratulate you on this evidence o f industry, scholarship
and character, but let me remind you that the possession o f a
Normal school diploma does not mean that you will succeed in your
work. You have been fortunate in completing your school work at
a time when salaries are higher and positions more numerous than
they have been in thq nearly thirty years during which I have been
connected with school work. I f you enter teaching because it has
become fairly remunerative and regard it only or even chiefly as a
means o f earning a livelihood, I warn you that you will not be suc­
cessful as a teacher. You must bring real consecration to your
work as teachers. You must realize that it is indeed the door o f
hope through which you can enter into a world that needs the ser­
vices that you can render.
I f you rejoice in the fact that you are exempt from examina­
tion and cease to study or improve, you will fail to be effective. I
counsel you to continue to study, read good books, know the great
movements that are agitating the educational world. You should
take an active part in the educational meetings o f your country,
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the qualities o f leadership, organize your school as a community
center. Enter actively into the life o f the communities into which
you go, into its social and religious as well as its educational’ life.
I should feel that one o f the ideals o f this school has failed to
make an impression upon you if you do not make use o f the social
training you have received.
You will meet many discouragements, you will make many mis­
takes; but don’t be discouraged, keep your standard high.
Give the best that is in you to your work, do more than is re­
quired o f you. Be courteous, kind, tactful, in your dealing with
your pupils and patrons. Always remember that your school is your
first consideration. Social matters must never be allowed to in­
terfere with school duties. And finally, after you have signed your
contract, forget all about salary as far as your school work is con­
cerned; carry your conscience with you into your school work.
My experience with teachers leads me to the conclusion that
failure or success lies at your own doors. Determine to succeed,
be willing to pay the price o f success in industry, honesty and ef­
fort, and you will succeed.
Care for your health; live clean and pure lives, remembering
that your influence makes or mars the lives o f the boys and girls
who will be under your care and direction.
We shall watch you with jealous care. You are going from
us, but the ties that you have formed with us will not lightly be
sundered. We shall think o f you often and when the world ac­
claims you as it acclaims those who have been true under fire we
shall rejoice to remember that you belong to the household o f the
Old Cumberland Valley School.
As the mother o f old girded the sword around the waist o f
her son as he went forth to do. battle for king and country, so your
foster mother girds you with all that she has been able to give you
and she smiles uon you as you go forth to war against ignorance
and vice, to uphold the banner o f your native land, whether in bat­
tle seamed trench or in factory or home. Go in the name o f the
King o f Kings, emulating his Divine Son, the Teacher o f Teachers.
“ Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are o f good report, if there be any vir­
tue and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Dr. Lehman’s address was followed by a commencement chor­
us, “ Daybreak” , by members o f the graduating and junior classes.
After this chorus, Mr. F. Clark Skelley, speaking fo r his class o f
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purchase o f a drop curtain fo r the back o f the chapel stage, a
much needed present, and one which will be much appreciated by
the school on the occasion o f the presentation o f any plays.
The exercises were concluded by the singing o f “ The StarSpangled Banner” and the benediction by the Rev. J. D. Lindsay.
All was over but the farewells and the hearty “ A uf Weidersehen” and “ Take Keer o f Yourself, Bill.” As the noon trains came
rushing up to the Normal station, not a few saw them blurred and
quivering through the gray mist o f the parting tears that WOULD
come. There were shaky smiles and long handclasps; the trains
went roaring down the track; the forty-fourth commencement o f
the Cumberland Valley State Normal was at an end.
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BASEBALL
Everyone who knew anything about the conditions predicted
that this year’s team would be rotten, and that we wouldn’t win a
game, because we had only two men left from last year’ s team,
Cocklin and Wink, but during the season we ran up a score o f 67
points, while our opponents managed to score but 35 from us.
The scores speak for themselves: Normal 6, Chambersburg 4 ;
Normal 6, Conway 4 ¡Normal 8, Mereersburg Reserves .8 ; Normal 2,
Conway 4 ; Normal 4, Millersville 3;fpNormaI 9, Mereersburg Res.,
1 ; Normal 4, Galahads 4 ; Normal 10, Hick-a-Thrifts 1 ; Alpha
1 ; Normal 4, Galahads 4 ; Normal 10, Hick-a-Thrifts 1; Normal
l l j Alpha Club 2; Normal 3, Millersville 2 ; Normal 4, Bloomsburg
2. Coach Harbis'on deserves great credit fo r a successful season.
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CLASS BANQUETS
At one o’clock Tuesday afternoon the class o f 1907 held its
banquet. A copy o f the program is appended: Address, Simon
S. Shearer; President’s Address, Levi Wire;
Recitation, Zora
May Gettel; Piano Solo, Madiolena, Lulu V. Long; Recitation,
Pearl Speese Dorn; Recitation, Myrtle Mayberry; Class Song, by
the class.
Thirty-two members o f the class o f 1916 assembled in the
New Tea Room, Tuesday, June 26, where an informal luncheon was
enjoyed. The toastmistress, Caroline Sparrow, introduced as first
speaker Mrs. Herr, whose genial personality radiated good cheer
and was a fitting introduction to the toasts which followed. The
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dean, Mr. Stewart. This unique class reunion was fitly closed by a
parting dance and the exchange o f “ Auf Wiedersehen.
The class o f 1897 gathered in large numbers fo r their reunion
at Normal on Tuesday evening o f Commencement Week. A great
many came in on Monday evening and so were ready to meet and
greet the members o f the class coming in during Tuesday.
The reunion and banquet was held in the Reddig building at 5
o ’ clock Tuesday evening. Mr. J. K. Etter was the caterer fo r the
occasion. After the courses were served a number o f members o f
the class were called upon for short informal talks. A number o f
visitors were present including Dr. and Mrs. Lehman, Supt. and
Mrs. Roth, Miss Horton, and wives, husbands and children o f the
•class.

CUPID’S COLUMN
MECK— GATES. At Shippensburg, Pa., Wednesday, June 27,
by Rev. S. N. Good, Mr. Robert S. Meek, o f Harrisburg, to Miss
Margaret L. Gates. Miss Gates has been assistant teacher in in­
strumental music at the Normal for the past two years.
SWEIGARD— FETTERHOFF. At Halifax, Pa., June 19, Mr.
€has. E. Sweigard to Miss Anna Fetterhoff. Miss Fetterhoff was
& former student at Normal. They reside at Halifax, Pa.
YOCUM— COPE. At Philadelphia, April 7, by Rev. Wm. Chalfont, Mr. Robert J. Yocum, to Miss Mary M. Cope, ’13. They re­
side at 58 W. King St., Shippensburg, Pa.
ANDERSON— MOUER. At Grand Rapids, Mich., April 2, Mr.
Arthur I. Anderson to Miss Mildred Mouer. Miss Mouer was a
form er student at Normal.
MATTHEWS— REESE. At the home o f the bride near Walnut
Bottom, April 5, by Rev. Minker, Mr. Robert E. Matthews, ’10, to
Miss Elizabeth Reese.
F A U S T — CLIPPINGER. At Hoboken, April 7, by Rev. C. M.
Dunkle, Mr. Paul B. Faust, ’12, to Miss Ruth Clippinger, ’12. They
reside at Steelton, where Mr. Faust is a teacher in the public schools.

GEYERr—PHILLIPS. At Springfield, Mass., June 16, by Rev.
Niel McPherson, Mr. Roy J. Guyer, ’ 02, to Miss Annie Jane Phillips. They will be in Shippensburg during the summer where Mr.
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COLBERT JOHNSON. At Chambersburg, Rev. J. T. Colbert,
to Miss Clara Johnson, ‘05. They reside at 623 W. Lanvale St.,
Baltimore, Md.
NAGLE— WATTS. At Harrisburg, May 26, by Rev. Amos
Stamets, Mr. Adrian F. Nagle to Miss Ethel R. Watts, ’13. They
reside at Middletown, Pa.
GROVE— MYERS. At Fayetteville, May 5, by Rev. R. L. Markley, Mr. H. Barclay Grove to Miss Elva Myers, ’16. They reside
near Stoufferstown, Pa., where Mr. Grove is in the grocery busi­
ness.
SHOAP— LANDIS. At the “ Little Church Around the Comer”
April 25, by Rev. G. C. Houghton, Mr. Lloyd B. Shoap, ’ 08 to Miss
Zelma B. Landis. They reside at Hershey where Mr. Shoap is em­
ployed by the Hershey Chocolate Co.
STEINER— IRWIN. At Philadelphia, Pa., March 28, Mr. Seth
J. Steiner to Miss Elsie Maria Irwin. Mrs. Steiner was a former
student at Normal. They reside in Aurora, 111., where Mr. Steiner
is a civil engineer.
MCDONALD— MeCLELLAN. At Mifflin, Pa., June 16, Mr.
Reynolds McDonald to Miss May S. McClellan, ’15. They reside
at 1619 11th St., Altoona, Pa.
SMITH— BARNER. At Baltimore, Md., May 31, by Rev. Eyster
Mr. A. L. Smith to Miss Ruth Burner, ’12. The reside at Ft. Lou­
don, Pa.
KOSER— WEBER. At Philadelphia, Pa., June 9, by Rev. J. W.
Francis, Mr. Harry 0 . Koser to Miss Helen F. Weber. Mr. Koser
was a former student at Normal. They reside at Haddon Heights,
N. J., where Mr. Koser is secretary and treasurer o f a large cor­
poration.
TRITT LINN. At Chambersburg, June 23, Mr. Chas. D. Tritt,
’ 07, to Miss Mary Linn. They will reside at Antler, N. Dak.
COPE— JACOBS. At Hagerstown, Md., June 28, Mr. Ira D.
Cope, ’16, to Miss Augusta Jacobs, o f Shippensburg. They reside
at Leesburg, Pa.
WEAVER— MYERS. At Jacksonville, Pa., June 29, Mr. Alvin
L. Weaver to Miss Vera Myers. They reside at Lilly,.Pa., where
Mr. Weaver is principal o f schools.

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STORK COLUMN
KIRKPATRICK. At 1829 Whitehall St., Harrisburg, Pa., to
Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Kirkpatrick, a daughter, Nancy Charlotte. Dr.
Kirkpatrick is a member o f the class o f '06.
DIGGINS. At Johnstown, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Diggins, a
f.on. Mrs. Diggins was Miss Emma Dohner, ’ 07.
GUYER. At Mont Clair, N. J., to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Guyer,
a sop. Mrs. Guyer wass Miss Anna Cope, ’ 08, and Mr. Guyer was
a member o f the class o f ’ 07.
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OBITUARY
We clip the following from The Shippensburg Chronicle:
EARRON. Miss Anna S. Barron, for many years an efficient
teacher in the public schools o f Franklin county, died at the horns
o f Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Rebok, Waynesboro, Monday morning, July
2, at 2:30 o’clock, aged 62 years.
Miss Barron was a native o f Baltimore. Left an orphan at
the age o f nine years she was taken into the family o f J. M.
Paxton at that time a resident o f this vicinity and lived with the
Paxton family until a few years ago when she went to live with
Mrs. Paxton’s daughter, Mrs. Rebok, at whose home she died.
Miss Barron was a graduate o f Shippensburg Normal school,
class o f '82, and began teaching at Roxbury. Her career as a pub­
lic school teacher covered a period o f thirty-four years and was
eminently successful.
She was for some years teacher in the
schools o f Shippensburg and Shippensburg township. She was a
member o f the Lutheran church and an estimable woman o f refined
Christian character.
The funeral was held Wednesday, afternoon, July 4th, at 1:30
o ’clock. Interment was made in Green Hill cemetery, Waynesboro.
KIRKPATRICK, John H. Kirkpatrick, ’ 01, died April 19, ’ 17.
after a brief illness, at his home in Cumbler’s Heights, Steelton,
Pa. The funeral was attended by a great many friends and busi­
ness associates. Private interment was made at Paxtang cemetery.
Mr. Kirkpatrick was graduated from the Shippensburg Normal
School in 1901. He was principal o f the schools at Port Royal, Pa.
fo r three years and for a like period was connected with the Pa.
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the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., and was one o f the most suc­
cessful and best known o f that Company’s agents, being the leader
each year o f one thousand men in the Keystone district. Through
his wonderful enthusiasm and energy he rose steadily, until his rec­
ord last year gave him first place among the fifteen thousand o f
the company’s agents in the country at large. He was a member
o f the Central Pennsylvania Underwriter’s Association, and o f the
Harrisburg Chamber o f Commerce. He was also a member o f the
First Presbyterian church o f Steelton. His clean, upright life and
engaging personality won him many friends who extend their sym­
pathy to the bereaved family.
Mr. Kirkpatrick is survived by his wife, Mary Shockey Kirk­
patrick, ’ 01, and two children, John H., Ja., and Jean.

sææsa
AN INTERESTING LETTER
Dr. Ezra Lehman, Principal, Shippensburg, Pa.
My dear Dr. Lehman:— I f I could write as forcible and clean
cut a letter as you sent out to your clsas, it would be “ Me, for
the magazine-newspaper literary world” . I want to thank you for
the letter and the Commencement invitation.
“ Come back,” you say, “ and tell us how it feels after 40
years, and I can say that during that interval I felt like:
“ It’s a long, long way to Tipperary
But my heart’s right there!” .
Words are not built that permit me to express what I want to
say “ after 40 years on the firing line.” I would come right back
on the platform and speak it if I could find the right words; but
death has cut a tremendously wide swath in a class o f 26 members
and I know these gaps in the ranks would have a depressing e f­
fe ct;
besides, the buildings and equipment o f 1917 are not those
o f forty years ago. Some o f the boys, now, I believe, have grand­
children under your care; the girls, too, at this age, are probably
looking more towards the setting sun or skyward than into their
mirrors, and yet I don’t know o f one who wants to look backward
fo r one o f the leading elements taught at Shippensburg, was to
follow the star ahead. It has been a constant pro and con argu­
ment in my heart as to going back or not going back, since your
letter was received.
Personally, I have interests in Old Shippensburg that others
may not have. As the first president o f one o f your literary soci­
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trial trip in old Shippensburg, are your constant companion and
aid de-camp; they are sold around the entire world, and the.cul­
ture and education o f Shippensburg, through them, have made the
world better.
.
I f I could look into the eyes o f those graduates who go out
this week, and impress them that forty years experience shows
nothing is worth having or living for but service, (achievement),
and nothing is worth working fo r or keeping as a heritage but char­
acter, I would come on the next train for a few hours. Shippens­
burg has much to be proud of, fo r there were “ giants m those
days” - I refer to the classes o f 1874-75-76 and not o f my own
class now. What would you, Doctor, or I, or any o f us be today
had we not seen that Star o f the East blazing forth m the Cum­
berland Valley many year ago? Its beacon light is still unfading,
and if, from weakened eyesight or leak o f proper bearings, some
o f us have fallen by the wayside, we rejoice in the large percentage
o f those who have made good; a man overboard now and then is
not uncommon in a forty year’ s voyage.
.
Another matter, I hope Dr. Lehman, you will burn into the
brain tissues o f the graduating class, who before another six months
will be marshalling armies o f our youth in the educational war, is
that the fires o f patriotism be kept alive in the school rooms, play
grounds, as well as on the hearth stones. The commandant here
has offered me a Captain’s Commission in the Engineer’ s Corps o f
the U. S. A. which I accepted and expect soon to “ do my bit in
Foreign service. There are many going out from Shippensburg
this week, doubtless who will find glory on foreign battlefields, and
it remains for a future historian’ s hand to guide the pen that the
story may be written in truth.
Some are coming back and some are not from this world s
war and the Old Normal will doubtless jealously preserve the
glorious records o f old Shippensburg in “ making this world safe far
democracy,” “ making this world a decent place to live in.
When
peace comes and the victory is ours, as come they will, let the
story be told in the classic halls at Shippensburg, that she did not
hesitate to send forth her volunteer sons to aid in paying the debt
o f honor we owe to the great Republic o f France which is now
bleeding to death. At the annual commencement, let us be remem­
bered as the story is told in your classic halls o f these victories,
fo r her sons shall bring the glory and the honor o f the nations
The future o f the Shippensburg Normal School is safe in the
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speak this from personal knowledge. It is something to have lived
through an age that developed the trolley ear, automobile, the
telephone, electric signalling, (you have this is your electric clock),
the graphophone, radio-telepraphing, submarine, and the aeroplane,
It is even greater to have lived to see the emancipation o f
woman and her transition from a slave to a partner, and see her
take her seat in congress; also, to have seen downtrodden labor
assert itself, now and have a representative in the President's cabi­
net,— and more still, to stand under the open sky and see the
world’s curse o f curses; intoxicate, taking its place on the “ slidingboard” and now comes the supreme Liberty move o f the ages,—
the struggle for a world’s democracy! But it is something greater
to stand where your graduating class o f to-day stands fo r the next
forty years o f uplift fo r mankind, with all o f its greater possibili­
ties is in their hands.
A mighty literary son o f a mighty college on his fortieth
class anniversary said in his poem “We who are about to die, salute
you.” Personally, my sentiments differ; I feel as if there never
was a broader, better, and grander time to live than NOW, RIGHT
NOW. My message is to you and all at Shippensburg “ We who
have just begun to live, salute you.” We know well, that as we ad­
vance further on in life, that one by one our duties end, and one by
one our lights go out and with this in mind, we again salute you,
and cheer you on your way, fo r we know the past and the present
are at least secure and ALL HAIL THE HEREAFTER, and I re­
main as ever a Loyal Son o f Old Shippensburg,
Cordially yours,
J. L. McCASKEY.
Pittsburgh, Pa., June 25, 1917.

ALUMNI PERSONALS
’77. Rev. R. H. Taylor is a minister at Hershey, Pa. He was
present at Normal during Commencement Week and was one o f the
speakers on Alumni Day.
’91. Mr. N. E. M. Hoover o f Hiram, Pa., was elected first vice
president o f the Bedford County Alumni Association organized last
fall at the Bedford Institute.
’ 01. Miss Maude Miller is living at 224 Baltimore St.> Get­
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’ 08. Prof. M. A. Hess will teach next year in the preparatory
school o f Swarthmore, Pa.
’ 09. Sargeant Chas. R. Jobe is stationed at Madison Barracks,
New York, as a member o f Company I.
’ 09.

Mr. Clyde Shive will attend Rutgers College the coming

year.
’10.

Miss Martha Robertson taught last year at Kennett

Square, Pa.
’10.

Miss Annabel Snyder taught last year at Ambler, Pa.

’ l l . Mr. H. M. Arnold, whom our readers will remember as
being one o f our best singers while at Normal, has been keeping
right up with his music. He does quite a bit o f solo singing and
some conducting work. He has sung with the Philadelphia orches­
tra Choral Society which is one o f the leading musical organisa­
tions in America. The Herald wishes Mr. Arnold continued suc­
cess in his musical work.
’12. , Mr. S. M. Stouffer will teach the coming year in the
schools o f California, Pa.
’12. We have the following letter from Mr. James C. Trostle:
“ 1 left Princeton a little over a month ago and have been here
ever since. There are about 2500 here, mostly college men. From
this and thirteen similar, camps the first ten thousand officers will
be selected. Tom Bradley, ’ 13, is the only other C. V. N. man that
is here so fa r as a know. W. R. Jobe, ’12, is with Co. B, 2nd
Washington Infantry located at Seattle, Washington. Omar Hawbaker, ’12, graduated from Phila. College o f Pharmacy this spring.
C. P. Zepp, who is a junior at Cornell this year was substituting
as fullback on the Varsity team and a regular member o f the cham­
pion wrestling team. He won the individual championship in his
class at the intercollegiate meet held last winter at Cornell. I wish
I could be .back this year fo r our fifth reunion but it is not to be.
With best wishes from this land o f everlatsing rain (only once has
there been 48 hours consecutive fair weather since we came),
Sincerely,
JAMES C. TROSTLE, C. V. S. N, S., 1912.
’12.
negie, Pa.

Miss Bertha Myers will teach the coming year at Car­

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’13. Miss Lillian Gibboney was elected treasurer o f the Bed­
ford County Alumni Association last fall.
’13. Miss Marguerite R. Einmert taught at Mt. Union the past
year.
’13.

Miss Florence G. Moore taught in Altoona last year.

’15. Mr. John L. Stock has been elected principal at New
Oxford for the coming year.
16.

Miss Verna Myers goes to Rosenhayn, N. J., next year.

’16. Mr. J. F. Slaybaugh has been re-elected at Orbisonia fo r
another year at an increase o f ten dollars a month in salary.

It is said that one o f the members o f the faculty
came down to the „office looking very ill. He had dark circles under
his eyes; his cheek was pallid; his lips were trembling; he wore a
hunted look.
“ You look ill,” said some one in the group.
“ What is the
matter?”
“Nothing much,” he replied. “ But— I— I had a fearful „dream
last night, and I feel this morning as if I— as if I—•”
It was evident that his nervous system was shattered.
“ What was the dream?”
“ I—-I— dreamed that the trustees required that I should— that
~tbat the trustees required us to pass the State Board examina­
tions.”
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Post G radu ates_________ _________________ ________ __________
Seniors

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J u n iors__ __________________________________ ______ _________

239

S op h om ores___'_______________._____ _________ ______ ___

244

Freshm en_____________ ___ ________________________ _

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Students in Training S c h o o l_________ ________ _____ __________288
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THE WELCOME MAN
The following poem, recited by Prof. LeVan as the close o f his
address to the Senior Class, is worth reading:
There’s1a man in the world who is never turned down
Wherever^ he chances to stray;
He gets the glad hand in the populous town,
Or out where the farmers make hay.
He’s greeted with pleasure on deserts o f sand,
And deep in the aisles o f the woods;
Wherever he goes there’« the welcoming hand—:
He’s the man who delivers the goods.

The failures o f life sit around and complain;
The god’s haven’t"treated them white;
They’ve lost their umbrellas whenever there’s rain,
And they haven’t their lanterns at night;
Men tire o f the failures who fill with their sighs
The air o f their own neighborhoods;
There’s one who is greeted with lovelighted eyes—
He’s the man who delivers the goods.

One fellow is lazy and watches the clock,
" And waits for the whistle to blow;
And one has a hammer with which he will knock,
And one tells a story o f woe;
And one, if requested to travel a mile,
Will measure the perches and roods;
But one does his stunt with a whistle or smile—:
He’s the man who delivers the goods.
One man is afraid that he’ll labor too hard—
The world isn’t yearning fo r such;
And one man is always alert, on his guard,
Lest he put in a minute too much;
And one has a grouch or a temper that’s bad,
And one is a creature o f moods;
So it’s hey fo r the joyous and rollicking lad—
For the one who delivers the goods.

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The calendar fo r the fall term, 1917, is as follows :
Registration D a y _____

Monday, September 10

Organization o f Classes

Tuesday, September 11

Model School Opens

Wednesday, September 12

Thanksgiving D a y ____

Thursday, November 29

Fall Term C lo s e s _____.

Thursday, December 20

The catalogue lists 27 teachers.
held:

Ph. D., 2 ;

M. Pd., 1 ;

M. A., 3 ;

The following degrees are

A. B., B. S., Ph. B., 13;

B. 0., 1 ;

M. E., 5.

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