VOL. XXL

No. 2

JANUARY, 1917
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Principal’s Letter to the Alumni!— 1
Alumni Association Meetings---- — 2
School N e w s --------- f ---------------- 5
Normal Society —--------— ----------11
Philo S o c ie ty ------- 1— - i -------------12
Y. M. C. A _________________ ____ ^12
Y. W. C. A ----------------------------------- 13
Press C lu b ____________ g|----------14
Football S ea son ________ - — --•— 14
From School S k ein s____ — -------- 16
The Deep Damnation o f His
Taking Off - ........... J-----------— 22

CONTENTS
Library Notes — r ----- £--------------- 24
Library Accessions jj---- - — 1-------- *24
Alumni Personals — -------- r - l — 27
Cupid’s C olum n---------- _------------- -30
___,— -------------- 31Stork Column
Obituary ------- .---------------------------- 32
Exchange — ---------------32
Model School Notes —------------------ 33
To the Classes o f ’77, ’87, ’97, ’07-33
Where thfe Faculty Spent Their
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The Spring'Term at N orm al-------- 35

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C. E. FANNING...........................................Editor
CORA F. M ACY........................ Assistant Editor
A D A V . HORTON, ’88............. Personal Editor
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No. 2.

PRINCIPAL’S LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
Fellow Members o f the Alumni:
The fall term has been a very successful but uneventful period for
us. Our registration continued to grow during the entire term. Our
experience is all the more gratifying to us because, owing to the de­
mand for men and women in various departments o f business life,
many schools fell off rather than increased in attendance. We shall
open the winter term with a still further increase, and, from present
indications, the very large attendance o f last spring will be surpassed
by the attendance during the spring o f 1917.
I have been particularly gratified to note the spirit that ani­
mates our Alumni and former students. It has been my privilege to
meet hundreds o f you during the fall term. The County Alumni As­
sociations are very active and aggressive. In another part o f The
Herald an account is given o f these Alumni meetings. The present
rapid growth o f the school is largely due to the efficient work o f
these organizations.
I am particularly interested in one phase o f the work that be­
longs to the local organizations. In accordance with the resolution
adopted by the general Alumni Association at the June meeting, an
Executive Committee was authorized consisting o f the officers o f the
general Association and a representative to be appointed or elected
from each o f the county organizations. This Executive Committee
can be made a most efficient body. It will hold a meeting on Alumni
Day o f Commencement Week and will consider all matters pertain-

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ing to the good o f the school and the growth o f the Alumni organi­
zation. It will also act as a nominating committee and will makerecommendations regarding legislation affecting teachers and normal
schools. I trust that the members o f this committee may realizethe opportunities open to them.
Elsewhere in The Herald a full statement is made as to the work
to be done during the spring term. As announced there, special ar­
rangements will be made for the teachers whose schools do not close
until the latter part o f April or the first o f May. Special classes
will be organized fo r these teachers so that they can finish part o f
the freshman or sophomore year’s work, or can enter, if they so de­
sire, the special classes that will be organized fo r teachers.
The
summer term will also offer special’ opportunities fo r such persons
to continue their work. Alumni are urged to send us the names o f
teachers who may be interested in this spring term course.
We have begun to register students fo r next year. Alumni are
asked to call the attention o f high school graduates to the fact that
only those who register very early can be admitted to the ladies’
dormitory. All students will be furnished with very good rooms but
present indications point to the conclusion that every room in the
dormitory will be engaged long before the close o f the present school
year.
I again wish to thank all o f you for your continued interest in
your Alma Mater and to assure you that it is most gratifying to us
to realize how deeply you are concerned in all that makes for the
glory o f the Old School.
With best wishes, I am,
Fraternally yours,
EZRA LEHMAN, ’ 89.

THE MEETINGS OF THE COUNTY ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS
The meetings o f the county alumni associations were well at­
tended and showed the interest that the Alumni are taking in every­
thing pertaining to the school. Unfortunately it was not possible
fo r representatives o f the school to be present at all these meetings,
but wherever possible, the school was represented. In a few cases
we have been favored with an account o f the meeting from the sec­
retary or other officer o f the association, but in the majority o f
cases we have had to depend upon the report furnished us by the
members o f the faculty who attended the meeting.

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DAUPHIN COUNTY ALUMNI
The Dauphin County Alumni are noted for the manner in which
they carry through everything they undertake, but they surpassed
all previous records this year. Great things were to be expected o f
Prof. J. E. Kob who was president o f the Association, and when he
appointed Dr. S. Z. Shope chairman o f the Committee o f Arrange­
ments every one knew the meeting was bound to be the most suc­
cessful in the history o f the organization.
But when Dr. Shope announced early in the campaign that it
was to be a dollar banquet and that there would be one hundred pres­
ent, some o f the wiseacres shook their heads.
I f Dr. Shope needed any spur it was the knowledge that a few
persons said “ It can’t be done.” Dr. Shope is used to dealing with
the seemingly impossible. He and his committee with President Kob
got to work,— and they worked. The result was that about 110
persons sat down to the banquet in the Shimmel building in Harris­
burg. An orchestra was present to furnish music for the occasion.
We won’t attempt to describe the dinner. Every course introduced
an innovation o f some kind. Old timers were induced to sing and all
became boys and girls again under the leadership o f Dr. Shope who
has never forgotten that he was once a boy. Miss Jones o f the
normal school faculty sang and was repeatedly encored. A quar­
tette from the school consisting o f Messrs. Cocklin, Lambert, Thrush
and Wink also entertained the diners. Dr. Lehman made a short
address bringing the greetings o f the school and congratulating the
organization upon the splendid meeting. Among the guests present
were Supt. Shambaugh o f Dauphin county and Dr. Burnham o f
Michigan. After the banquet the tables were removed and dancing
followed. The Dauphin County Alumni has set an example fo r eevry
other organization in its manner o f doing things.
HUNTINGDON COUNTY
The Huntingdon county Alumni are not numerically as strong
as those o f some other counties but lack o f numbers is not allowed
to interfere with enthusiasm in that county. Prof. Rife invited the
Alumni and former students o f the school to his house during the
week o f the Huntingdon institute. All had a splendid time socially
and exchanged reminiscences o f the good old days at Normal. Supt.
Rife was elected president and Marguerite Emmert, secretary.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Monday evening, Nov. 20 was given to the Franklin Alumni by
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a successful meeting. All the teachers o f the county were invited
to the high school auditorium where a program w as' rendered by
Miss Stroh o f the department o f reading and public speaking. Miga
Jones o f the department o f vocal music and Miss Gates o f the de­
partment o f instrumental music. The. work o f these ladies deserved
the applause that it received. A quartette from the normal school
consisting o f Messrs. Lambert, Thrush, Wink and Wenger sang a
number o f selections very effectively.
At a business meeting the officers o f the Association were re­
elected for another year.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
A business meeting was held by the Cumberland County Alumni
during institute week at which it was decided to have an oyster
supper on Wednesday evening, December 6. About 65 persons were
present and all had a fine social time. Informal addresses were
made by Prof. H. L. Burkholder, the president o f the Association,
Prof. J. S. Heiges, o f the faculty, and Supts. Greene and Wagner.
The officers elected fo r next year were: President, Wm. Skelly, o f
Boiling Springs, and Secretary, Miss Jane McCullough, o f Newville.
It was determined to give a more elaborate banquet next year.
FULTON COUNTY
During Dr. Lehman’s presence at the Fulton county teachers’
institute a meeting o f the Alumni Association was held. The fo l­
lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Mr.
Roy Matthias; vice president, Mr. Stanley Humbert; secretary, Migg
Martha Kendall.
Dr. Lehman spoke o f the encouraging growth o f the school, and
the splendid work being done. All who.were present signified their
intention o f encouraging pupils who are contemplating a Normal
.course to attend the Cumberland Valley State Normal.
MARTHA G. KENDAL, ’09, Secy.
JUNIATA COUNTY
Juniata County Alumni Association o f C. V. S. N. S. held its
annual meeting during the week o f institute.
The following officers
were re-elected: President, Prof. S. C. Lyter,, ’05; Secretary, M.
Ruth Groninger, ’14; Treasurer, Emily McNeal.
At the suggestion o f Dr. Lehman we include in our organization
former students as well as graduates. We hope to be able to increase
our number each year. We also plan a social affair each year to
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We were very glad indeed to add to our roll, as a charter
member, Miss Harris, from Shippensburg Normal making our enroll­
ment as follow s:
Miss Mary R. Harris, Mrs. Nelle Brindle, ’00,
Miss M. Ruth Groninger, ’14, Prof. G. C. Lyter, ’05, Miss Margaret
Stimmel, Miss Jessie Barton, Miss Beulah Krick, Miss Marie Moyer,
Miss Emily McNeal, Miss Margaret Woodside, Mr. Lloyd Groninger,
Mr. Albert Moyer.
M. RUTH GRONINGER, ’14, Secy.
ADAMS COUNTY
The Adams County Alumni gave a chicken and waffle supper
at the Hotel Altland, Abbottstown. All journeyed to the place in
autos and enjoyed as good a supper as it was possible for any hotel
to provide. The ride whetted the appetites o f the party and every­
body enjoyed the feast. Because o f lack o f time the only speaker
was Dr. Lehman who spoke briefly expressing his delight at the work
o f the Adams county alumni and student body. The officers elected
fo r next year were: Mr. H. W. Meckley, o f Littlestown, Pres., and
Miss Ursula Sterner, o f Idaville, Sec.
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SCHOOL NEWS
ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO HINT
Nov. 4, 5 and 6— Miss Irene Huber o f the Art Department at­
tended a meeting o f the instructors in drawing o f the Normal schools
o f Penna. in Harrisburg. She discussed the topics “ How to Teach
Art History and Picture Study” and “ Shall It Be Taught in the
Sophomore or Senior Y ear?”
At the State Teachers’ Association at Harrisburg, Miss Irene
Huber opened the discussion on “ The Grade Teacher’s Preparation
for Teaching Drawing” at the round table discussion o f the drawing
teachers. Miss Mary R. Harris spoke on “ Child Study in a Model
School” at the child study round table. Dr. Lehman submitted a
report to the college and normal sections on “ Credits to be Given
Normal School Graduates by Colleges.”
Misses Alice Huber and Mary Snively o f the faculty spent the
week end at their respective home in Harrisbug and Greencastle.
Nov. 8— Dr. Lehman was in Harrisburg attending a meeting o f
the Normal school principals. He read a paper on “ College Credits
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Nov. 9-10— Rev. Mr. Ehlers, State Secretary o f the Y. M. C. A.,
spent Thursday and Friday with us. On Friday morning in chapel
he made an address to the students presenting the cause o f the
prison camps in the countries at war. More than one hundred and
twenty-five dollars was raised in the chapel services.
Nov. 11.— Prof. Heiges addressed the local institute in Newville.
The Normal team played its best game against the football team
from our sister Normal school, Millersville. Our boys from the start
showed their determination to win. The whole team played well, but
Cocklin and Shearer performed especially well. On the forward pass
Shearer made a run o f forty yards fo r a touchdown. The Millers­
ville boys seemed much disappointed with the result o f the game,
15-0 in favor o f Shippensburg, as they were confident o f winning.
As this game closed the season the team met and elected Mr. Bolan
as captain for next year. Normal ought to have a good team next
year as there are but three men lost by graduation, Cocklin, Gilbert
and Charles.
Nov. 12.— Rev. Snyder led the first joint meeting o f the Week o f
Prayer in the chapel. On Monday evening Rev. S. N. Good o f the
Bethel church led the Y. M. C. A. meeting. The services, which con­
tinued throughout the week, were in charge o f the various teachers
o r ministers from town.
Nov. 14.-—The first students’ recital was given in the chapel at
7 :30. The school orchestra under the direction o f Miss Gates played
at this recital.
Nov. 15.— Miss Mary Harris went to Mifflintown as one o f the
instructors at the Juniata County Institute.
Nov. 16.— Miss Jones and a quartette o f Normal boys attended
the Alumni banquet given by the Dauphin County Alumni in Harris­
burg. Miss Jones Sang a solo, and the boys gave several selections.
Prof. E. F. Graham went to Basin Hill near Boiling Springs to
■deliver an address at “ An Agricultural Evening” in Miss Annie
Eyster’s school.
Nov. 17-18.-—Miss Pearson, State student secretary o f the Y.
W. C. A., paid a visit to Normal over the week end. She delivered a
very helpful adddess to the girls on Sunday evening.
Nov. 20.— Misses Jones, Stroh and Gates gave a very interesting
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high school auditorium. A quartette o f boys consisting o f Messrs.
Cocklin, Lambert, Thrush and Wink, sang a number o f selections
very pleasingly. The entertainment was given by the Alumni A sso­
ciation o f Franklin county and was well attended.
Dr. George Leslie Omwake, President o f Ursinus College and
Rev. F. S. Fry, o f the Reformed church, were present at chapel ex­
ercises. Rev. Mr. Fry conducted the devotional exercises and Dr.
Omwake delivered a short but inspiring address to the student body.
Dr. Omwake continues to feel a great interest in the school o f which
he is a distinguished Alumnus.
Nov. 22.— Dr. Lehman addressed the Adams county institute
both forenoon and afternoon. In the evening he attended the ban­
quet given by the Adams county Alumni Association.
Nov. 23.— Miss M. Margaret Stroh addressed the same body both
forenoon and afternoon. The subjects o f her addresses were: “ The
Essentials o f Good Reading” and “ Interpretive Readings with
Comment.”
Nov. 28.— The Faculty Club met in the school parlors. An unnsually interesting program was presented. Attention was paid to the
life o f Ibsen and his two symbolic plays “ Brand” and “ Peer Gynt” .
Miss Jones gave several piano selections from Greig’s Peer Gynt
Suite and Miss Sylva Jones gave a violin rendition o f “ Hail to the
Mountain King” .
Prof. E. F. Graham o f the agricultural department addressed
an educational meeting near Carlisle.
Nov. 29. The Model School held its Thanksgiving entertain­
ment in the afternoon. An interesting entertainment was presented.
Nov. 29.— The October Heralds skulk forth. Heedful perscrutation unkennels a quantity o f November jiews items.
See Shakespeare:
There is a history in all men’s lives
Figuring the nature o f the times deceased;
The which observed, a man may prophesy,
With a near aim, o f the main chance o f things
As yet not come to life.
That last phrase is good, considered in connection with the
Herald. The editor beat you to your opinion, troublesome reader.
Nov. 30.— Thanksgiving Day. Rev. Frank S. Fry, o f Grace Re­
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young people in the Normal chapel. The music under the direction
o f Miss Rachel Jones was especially good and the entire service was
most impressive.
The students always look forward to Thanksgiving dinner and
Miss Eppley and her assistants outdid themselves on this occasion.
No one would have thought that the high cost o f living had entered
into the calculations when the Thanksgiving dinner was planned.
The dinner was served in seven courses and no student failed to
show his appreciation o f the opportunity for a good feast.
Mild pedagogues fiercely attacked our national fowl,while dainty
damsels besought them for gizzards. The students about the long
flower-decked tables have a confused recollection o f soup with a
French name, and sherbet, and turkey with melting mashed potatoes,
cranberry jelly, dressing, and a whole table-full o f fixin’s, nuts,
salad, mints, fruit, pie, and say---------- nothing, and very little o f that,
was a great plenty for supper. German grammar and geometry were
forgotten rather more thoroughly than Usual, and ancient conun­
drums, such as “ What part o f the turkey does the farmer like best?’'
and comments on Pollyanna, the glad girl, popped forth gleefully.
In the afternoon somebody played a football game on the Nor­
mal athletic field. Few attended, most being too listless. Some o f
the students played— poor fellows— it was a choice between the din­
ner and the football.
In the evening, the Thanksgiving play, “ A Scrap o f Paper,” was
presented to a large and enthusiastic audience. A valid criticism
usually made in regard to amateur performances is that the work
o f the players lacks finish; that they do not observe the little things
that make so much for naturalness and effectiveness on the stage.
But criticism would find little to object to in the acting o f the boys
and girls that evening. Miss Stroh’s work showed to remarkable
advantage in the finish that characterized the work o f practically
every play and deserved the applause they received. All the char­
acters did well, but Miss Ida Cooke o f Sunbury as Suzanne and
Miss Romaine Nell o f Mt. Holly Springs as Louise de la Glaciere
and Mr. Warren Cocklin as Prosper Couramond probably excelled
in popular estimation. A pleasing feature o f the production was the
acting o f the minor characters. At the end o f the second act Miss
Stroh was called to the stage and presented with a large bouquet o f
chrysanthemums by the east as an appreciation- o f her splendid
work. The playing o f the Normal school orchestra under the direc­
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You have no idea, troublesome reader, how much work it is to
get up a play o f this kind, nor in what unexpected places trouble will
arise. Now there was that matter o f the window which had to be
set up against the wall, and the unavailable mummy, and o f the kiss
between what’s his name and-------oh, that little one in black. Ob­
viously that sort o f thing ought not to be rehearsed too much in such
a typically Mid-Victorian school as our delightful institution. So up
until the dress rehearsal the words were said, but nothing was done
about it. But on that night Miss Stroh told What’s-his-name to dig
his cleats in the carpet, and go to it, or English to that effect. And,
-------would you think it-------the amateur ruffian developed cold feet,
and funked it------ bad. Excused himself on the ground that he had
an ingrowing mouth, and couldn’t-kiss. One o f the .boys out in the
wings got excited and kissed a binding post in the switch Ik, : — ~
there was a short circuit------ he got 120 volts right out o f the
faucet------ knocked out two front teeth------ had to be carriea up to
his room on a shutter.
And yet on the following evening What’s-his-name kissed the
lady with such a resonant smack that all the rafters echoe l. As I
say, unless you have been there, troublesome reader, vou have no
idea how much work and worry it means to train the actors and as­
semble the materials fo r a play like this. A copy o f the program is
appended:
THANKSGIVING PLAY— 1916
Thursday, November 30, 8:00 P. M.
“ A SCRAP OF PAPER ”
A three-act comedy by Victorien Sardou
Cast o f Characters
Prosper Courmont— _-------- .--------------- —— — Mr. Warren Cocklin
Baron de la Glaciere------------------------------------ ------Mr. R oy Burkhart
Brisemouche, landed proprietor and naturalist.Mr. Kenneth Priesler
Anatole, his ward------------- ------------- ---------------------- Mr. Roy Kriner
Baptiste, servant— ------------------------------------------Mr. Frank Carbaugh
Francois, servant o f Prosper--------- .-------------¡» .— Mr. Chas. Taylor
Louises de la Glaciere------ — ------ :--------------------- Miss Romaine Nell
Mile. Suzanne de Ruseville, her cousin_______ .______Miss Ida Cooke
Mathilde, sister to Louise__________ ____________ -Miss Sara Berry
Mile. Zenobie, sister to Brisemouche-_______ ___Miss Anna Stroup
Madame Dupont, housekeeper--------------------------- Miss Susie Martin
Pauline, maid------ —----------- --------— —|l
Miss Margaret Mullin
Act I— A drawing room in a French country house. Time—
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Act II— Room assigned to Prosper in the house o f Brisemouche.
Time— afternoon o f the same day.
Act HI— A conservatory attached to the chateau. Time— even­
ing o f the same day.
Director o f play— Miss M. Margaret Stroh.
Music by the Normal School Orchestra, Miss L. Margaret Gates,,
director.
General Committee— Miss Irene Huber, Mrs. Lehman, Mrs.
Stewart, Miss Quigley, Mary Rudisill, Dorothy Kirk, Frank Carbaugh, Norman Eberly, Harper Wentz.
Prof. Fanning in charge o f lighting.
Dec. 1.— Dr. Lehman was in Harrisburg attending a meeting o f
the State pension committee.
Dec. 2.— The last social o f the school year was held in the school
parlors and the gymnasium. Games were played in the parlor by
those who did not care fo r dancing. This social was attended by a
number o f the Alumni and friends o f the students.
Dec. 4.— Miss Horton attended the Carlisle Institute. Miss Har­
ris spent practically the entire week at the same place.
Dec. 5.— Dr. Lehman was in attendance at the Carlisle Insti­
tute.' He delivered two addresses.
Dec. 7-8.— Dr. Lehman was in attendance at the Fulton County
Institute. He delivered four addresses.
Dec. 9.— The first basketball game o f the season was won by
the Tocarco Club by a score o f 32-24. The game was a close one
throughout, but the fact that the Carlisle boys had been accus­
tomed to playing together fo r years told in their favor and enabled
them to forge ahead in the last few minutes o f the game. The Nor­
mal boys, however, were rounding into shape, and showed excellent
promise o f a good basketball team.
The girls o f the Y. W. C. A. held a Christmas Bazaar in the
school parlors and corridors, which were prettily and tastefully
decorated, charming vendors at parti-colored booths offering fo r sale
candies, cakes, and a fine collection o f fancy work. Japanese art­
icles and other Christmassy matters were also on sale. The girls
were remarkably successful in their venture, clearing in all about
$65, which will go to swell the Eagles Mere fund.
Dec. 10.— Dr. Lehman addressed a large mass meeting held
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Dec. 12. The Faculty Club held its meeting. Ibsen’s four
plays: “ The Feast o f Solhaug” , “ The Vikings” , “ The Pretenders” ,
and “Emperor and Galilean” were discussed.
Dec. 16. The technical high school o f Harrisburg was defeated
in basketball by the Normal team. The game, however, was not a
good one. It was rough, and marred by frequent fouling on both
sides.
Dec. 18. Dr. Lehman read his annual Christmas message to
the students in chapel.
Dec. 19.— Examinations commenced and the Model school closed.
Dec. 21.— Everybody went home to a Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.

NORMAL LITERARY SOCIETY
This year, thus far, has exceeded all other years in both quality
and quantity o f the members fo r “ Old Normal.” The efforts o f the
former members to secure new members have met with the desired
results. The enrollment has so increased that we were forced to
seek new quarters, and society is now held in the chapel o f the
Model school. These quarters are a marked improvement on the
former place o f meeting, both in the seating capacity and in other
accommodations.
The new members, as well as the old, have responded nobly.
The talent o f the young men and women is fa r above the average.
We are gratified to know that we are fulfilling the mission o f our
society in developing this talent, which will some day take its place
in the world. The programs rendered are not only instructive, but
also so pleasing, that every one eagerly looks forward to “ society
night.” Never before in the history o f the society has so much
preparation been made and so much interest taken.
The attendance is very good. Every one placed on the program
has taken part, with few exceptions, in which few cases substitutes
were secured. The order and attention are excellent.
We can truthfully say that we have in the embryo members
who are as mighty as Caruso, as accomplished as Melba, as droll
as Harry Lauder, and as martial as Sousa.
The visiting teachers have had occasion to give us nothing but
commendation. The talks given by them were very beneficial and
entertaining, and were appreciated by all.
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have visited us and they, too, -have had nothing but praise to bestow
upon us.
We have been wonderfully impressed and inspired on account
o f the loyalty and devotion o f each member, and any organization
possessing these attributes must surely succeed.
The Society extends a hearty invitation to all its former mem­
bers to visit them in their new room.
E. MILDRED CROOK, ’18, Secretary.

PHILO LITERARY SOCIETY
The meetings o f the Philo Society are still held in the chapel.
There have been no new members enrolled since the last report, but
the old members take great interest in the programs. The Society
has been complimented by the visiting teachers on its variety o f
programs.
A girls’ chorus and a boys’ chorus have been organized which
make the meetings more interesting. The glee club has been carrying
oh its work most effectively. Many o f the Alumni have been back
this term and are pleased with oiir work.
RUTH W. HARLING.
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Y. M. C. A.
“ Oh, be all the man that is in you to be; only, at the heart o f
all, be God’s man; and then it will be safe and right fo r you to be
all the rest.”
This year we see a vast amount o f work awaiting us.
We are
confident that by putting forth our best efforts we can accomplish
more perhaps than was accomplished last year. We have a larger
membership than ever before and the majority are taking an active
part in the work.
Mr. Ehlers, the State Secretary, has reecntly visited us and
presented to the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. Cabinets an appeal fo r the
Prison Relief Fund in Europe. The cabinets responded by giving
$16.50. He then appealed to the whole student body in chaoel. The
students responded by giving $113.50, making a total o f $130.00.
On Thanksgiving evening the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A . Associations
gave a play entitled “ A Scrap o f Paper.” This was .under the di­
rection o f Miss Stroh, our teacher in reading. The play was an un­
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penses o f delegates to Eagles Mere and East Northfield.
Bible study is a feature o f our work. During the last month,
Dee. 3, all the members o f the Y. M. C. A., with the exception o f one
or two, made a resolution to read the daily readings in the Sunday
School book each day. So far all have kept their resolution.
We have three meetings o f the Y.- M. C. A. each week. On
Sunday evening we often have one o f the Shippensburc preachers
come out to the school and give us a talk. At other times we have
a volunteer program; everybody that wants to takes part. The
last volunteer program we had, we discussed the subject liWhy
Read the Bible.” Everyone was so full o f the subject that they
could hardly wait until the speaker preceding sat down. We find that
volunteer work plays a very important part in our meetings. vYa
have a greater attendance, and it puts lots o f “ pep” into the meet­
ings. Another important feature o f our programs is our student
male quartet, who sing appropriate selections nearly every week.
We hope that each member will continue to put forth his best
efforts in the work o f the Association.
HARRY M. TAYLOR, ’18, Sec.
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Y. W. C. A.
The work o f the Association is upon a firm basis, and all o f the
work going smoothly. The Association as a whole is very much in­
terested and the co-operation o f all the members is truly wonderful.
Partly upon this we are basing our success as an organization.
The meetings are planned so that they will reach and benefit
everyone. A new feature in devotional work was incorporated in
our Thanksgiving service. This was a joint meeting o f the Y. M.
and Y. W. C. A .; the program consisting o f a song service and
Thanksgiving thoughts by students.
Miss Pearson, our visiting secretary to the Association, visited
us during the month o f November. She offered us many suggestions
and proved herself helpful to us in many ways, giving to the Asso­
ciation a very inspiring and interesting address at our regular
meeting on Sunday evening.
The Missionary Department o f the Association sent Miss Maudleen Stevens, as a delegate to the Student Volunteer convention held
in Princeton, New Jersey. Miss Stevens obtained inspiration and
material at this convention that will help and benefit this department
much.
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a great success; the receipts totaling sixty-four dollars. We are
grateful to the students fo r their co-operation and patronage.
During the coming term we hope to make the Association work
as Tital and profitable as possible.
DOROTHY KIRK, ’17, Secy.

THE PRESS CLUB
The work o f the Press Club continues to be very successful.
New members are being received into the club at each meeting. Not
only have their names been placed upon the roll, but they are earnest,
wide awake workers; they are persons who are anxious to do some­
thing fo r the school, their friends and themselves.
Rarely do we find an editor who refuses the school news, most
o f them being very anxious to receive it.
Never since the organization o f the Press Club have we had so
many members corresponding fo r papers. I f we are to judge the
future by the past we can safely predict that still greater things can
be accomplished by the Press Club to bring “ Old Normal” to the
front line.
KATHARINE M. HOOP, ’17, Secretary.

THE FOOT BALL SEASON
The foot ball season just closed has been as successful as
could have been hoped fo r under the conditions. Five out o f the
regular line-up had never played foot ball until this season, and
several othes were only playing their second season. Some o f the
boys on the team had never even seen a football game before coming
to Normal.
e
For these green men, the first game— with Conway Hall— served
as a good initiation. They were beaten, but they took their defeat
■with a good spirit and fought gamely to the last. From this time on
the team showed a marked improvement and were getting into their
best form at the close o f the season. Despite this fact, we lost a
majority o f our games. Our losses, however, do not mean that we
had a weak team. The teams, other than Conway Hall, that defeated
ns, were the reserves o f Gettysburg College, a college whose foot ball
season was one o f the most successful in their history, Mercersburg
Academy and the strong Carlisle Indian Reserves. Not to be beaten
■overwhelmingly by any o f these teams was in itself a victory.
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first was with Dickinson Reserves. It was played on what seemed to
be the most disagreeable day in the year. We had rain, hail, thunder
and mud about a foot deep. But the team, now well organized, did
not mind the weather, and went into the game full o f confidence and
with their minds set on winning and they won. The scoring was done
by Warren and Cocklin, each one crossing the line for a touchdown.
The last and most important game was against our old rival,
Millersville. We got complete satisfaction, winning from them 15-0.
Shearer and Cocklin each made a touchdown and Warren kicked a
field goal. Most o f the playing was done in Millersville territory.
They made first down only a few times during the game and were
on the defensive most o f the time.
Our team consisted o f a heavy line and a light but fast back
field, averaging about 148 pounds. The names o f the regular players
in eaeh position follow:
S. Shearer, le.; C. Myers, It.; Gobrecht, lg.; Baldwin, c ,; Witherow, rg.; Gilbert, rt.; Hubley, Welsh, re.; Charles, lh.; Cocklin, q .;
Bolan, rh.; Warren, f . ; Howe, mgr.
Of our regular men only three, Gilbert, Charles and Cocklin, will
be lost by graduation. Although the team will miss them, there is
some very promising material to take their places. In other respects
the prospects fo r a successful season are bright. Interest in foot
ball at Normal is on the increase; there were this year almost twice
as many candidates fo r positions on the team as last year. I f the
squad continues to grow with such rapidity as that we may assure
Alumni and football friends o f a most successful season next autumn.

Don’t Forget the Day, TUESDAY, JUNE 26

BASKET BALL SCHEDULE
The basketball management has announced the following sched­
ule for this year :
Dec. 9, Tocarco Club
Dec. 16, Hbg. Tech. High Schools
Jan. 6, Open
•Jan. 12, L. V. College Reserves
•Jan. 13, Kutztown Normal.
•Jan. 20, Mont Alto Academy
Jan. 27, Kutztown Normal
‘ Games away.

*Feb. 3, Bloomsburg Normal.
Feb. 10, Bloomsburg Normal.
Feb. 17, Millersville Normal.
®Feb. 24, Indians.
Mar. 3, Mont Alto Academy.
*Mar. 6, Millersville Normal.
Mar. 17, Indians.

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FROM SCHOOL SKEINS
The old times! Well, you’ll have to give me time to think. You
hit me like thunder hit the toad. Suppose I tell you how Philo came
to be founded.
When the school was first organized, there was but one literary
society, known as the Wickersham. It remained that way until the
fall o f 1876, when, after one o f the elections, one part o f the society
said that the election had not been conducted according to the consti­
tution. So a number o f them decided that they would form a new
society, to be known as the Philomathean.
After they had drawn up their constitution, the male portion o f
the school who wished to join the society enrolled as members. ' The
girls were urged to do so, but as the principal o f the school was not
in sympathy with the new movement, they decided not to join until
some o f the daughters o f the trustees became members, and thought
it perfectly safe then, because they thought that the authorities
would not expell any children o f the board o f trustees. Then the
girls commenced to join, and the society flourished like a green bay
tree.
You know how it goes— some years the Normals were ahead,
and some years the others. The difficulties were many and great—
I don’t care if it does sound as if it came out o f a book; they were.
First, we had difficulty in finding a place to meet. Finally we met in
what was called the small chapel— now the Normal Society room,
and as there was no music box— piano— better call it instrument— ,
the boys carried an organ every Friday evening from the third floor
to thé second. When it was found that two societies could flourish,
we were given a room in which we could hold our meetings. Normal?
Oh, that’s what was left o f the old Wickersham Society.
The ridiculous things found on examination papers somewhat
compensate a teacher for the tedious hours spent in their correc­
tion. I have met some rather remarkable statements at one time
and another on examination papers. I have seen the nucleus (the
center o f the cell) thus defined: a secretion; a membrane attached
in the stomach o f a clam; the clear fluid o f the blood; and the se­
cretion which some insects give off at the mouth, as the tobaccocolored substance that the red-legged locust secretes. Poor nucleus.
Fossil lakes are recognized by the quietness and smoothness
to which thep travel.
Ovispositor is the exterior end o f an insect.
Symbioses— the living together o f two animals for the benefit o f

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each. E x .: a herd o f fleas on the dog. (In answer to the natural
question, How does the dog benefit?, perhaps the student was pre­
pared to quote David Harem’s famous statement that perhaps a
reasonable amount o f fleas was good for a dog. They kept him
from thinking about bein’ a dog.)
Canfrissico— can you guess it?
The water table is the upper table o f the zone saturated with
rock.
Isotherms are lines on the Weather Bureau that are equal to
the temperate.
A water shed or divide is a place where ships put in in time o f
Mstorm.
Atoll— a coral reef surround an island within which there is no
land at all.
This occurred some years ago. We were having exercises in
reading class, these arm and hand movements as training for ges­
turing. One o f the students, by the name o f H-----------------, made a
jnovement which his teacher did not understand.'
“ Mr. H.—;--------- ” she said, “ did you expectorate?”
“ Expect what?” Not impertinently, but as one seeking light.
“ Did you expectorate?”
“ Miss W------- :----- , I wasn’t expecting anybody.”
“ Did you spit on the floor?” “ No, ma’am.”
“ I beg your pardon, Mr. H.------------- , if my vocabulary was too
large for you.”
“ It wasn’t that, Miss W.---------- . I just didn’t understand you.”
With the same teacher another episode took place. She said
t o a fellow who had a very high falsetto voice:
“ Mr. M---------- , do you know what sort o f a voice you have?”
“ Yes, ma’ am, They say I have a very fine voice.”
“ What do you mean by a fine voice?”
“ I believe they mean QUALITY.”
This answer was received in an examination in Bible Study not
lo n g ago.
Q.— Who was Enoch?
A.— Enoch translated the Bible.
A recitation in literature is responsible fo r this statement:
“ Henry VHI was a very bold and reckless man. He was married
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In Miss W----------’s class, some years ago, a pupil who was re­
citing used the expression “ And the soldiers were filled with — - -----n
and stopped, puzzled fo r the word.
. “ Give him the word, class,” she said.
“ Ammunition,” they all responded.
A lease is a permission you have to get if you want to hold
anything.
The office has had requests from students who knew that marks
were given in deportment, fo r the text books and information as towhen the course would start. It has also had complaints from stu­
dents on account o f the fact that they were receiving marks in or­
thography when they were not conscious that they were taking any
such subject.
This incident occurred when Prof. B.---------- was teaching English
here. He had the habit o f marking papers with letters instead o f
percentages. He left some o f the papers which had bean marked on
his deck one day, and some o f the boys who happened to see them
lying there decided to alter the marking.
Prof. B.—-------- distributed the papers without noticing that
any changes had been made. He then asked if there were any
questions concerning the markings on the papers. A big heavy-set
fellow who had continually vexed B.---------- by his stupidity, said,
“ Professor, I don’t understand the marks on my paper.”
“ Very likely not. It’s not unusual fo r you not to understand!
things. For you and your like I will explain the meaning o f these
marks again, possibly fo r the twentieth time. E stands fo r excel­
lent. I know you don’t have that on your paper. V. G. stands f o r
▼ery good. I am sure you could never have done as well as that.
G. stands for good. In your wildest moments you could never have
achieved anything like that. F. stands for fair. You could not even
get that. P. stands fo r poor. I doubt if that is your mark. V. P .
stands fo r very poos. Now do you understand?”
“ Yes, but, professor, ’taint none o f them. The letters on my
paper are V. G. D. P.”
The lesson concerned Shakespeare’s Richard Third.
Smart Chap— I notice that Richard asks fo r a horse. Wouldn’t
a jackass have done just as well?
Smarter Teacher— I don’t know. You might have offered your
services if you had been there.
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witted teacher may do in an emergency. It happened when he was.
sitting under Prof. McCreary, who taught rhetoriq in this school at
that time. He had been a captain in the army and was very severein his discipline. He was then teaching in the Philo Society room,
in which at that time there was a large blackboard. On the night
preceding the recitation he had arranged on this board a number o f
sentences to illustrate figures o f speech, leaving certain spaces,
blank for words to be supplied.
I happened in the -evening before the recitation, and acting
on impulse, I filled out each sentence” says Dr. Lehman. “ In every
blank I inserted the word calf or veal, making the sentences read,
*He is like a calf’, ‘He is a calf’, and so on. The next morning
Professor McCreary followed the class in, apparently without notic­
ing what had been done. He called the roll, and then, turning to the
work on the board, read it thru deliberately, in the midst o f a hush
o f expectancy.
“ ‘Some one has been tampering with the work I placed on the
board. Usually guilty people prefer to remain anonymous, but he
has signed his name and character all over his work.’
“ Of course the rest o f the class, knowing that I had done it,,
were all looking around to see how I was taking it. Prof. McCreary*
too, looked at me, and said, witheringly, ‘Is that really your name*
or is it just a characteristic?’ ”
Ridiculous answers and statements are not by any means oonflned to past generations o f students.
Miss W.— — — , in answer to a question concerning Swift’s work
entitled The Modest Proposal, after some hesitation, said that she
thought that he had a number o f admirers.
Prof. L.---------- had dwelt fo r some time oh the law o f gravita­
tion. He explained how a man weighing 150 pounds on the earth
would weigh only 37$ pounds if he were 4000 miles from the earth.
The next day Miss P.---------- held her hand up and said seriously*
“Professor L.—■
------, I can’t get that man who weighs 37$ pounds.”
Mr. K.---------- , when asked who Cyclops was, answered that he
was the man who wrote the encyclopedia.
Mr. G.---------- , a senior, defined a hundred-weight as being 200ft
pounds.
Prof. L.---------- . Why should you keep your feet flat in writing?'
Mr. B.---------- . So that the arches o f the feet will not become
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When Dr. Barton was vice-principal o f the school he was sitting
in the office o f the school with a number o f members o f the faculty,
when a tall, gaunt student from Adams county entered.
When asked if he wanted to see some one, he replied that he
wanted to speak to the professor.
“ Here are a number,” said Dr. Barton, introducing them by
name.
“ No. I want to see Prof. Eckels. I hope you don’t all call
yourselves Professors.”
At one time there was a teacher here who suffered terribly
from melancholia. We thought fo r a time that it was going to take
the form o f violent insanity, and we were keeping watch over her
as best we could. One night three o f us teachers had been in my
room until rather late, and had worked ourselves rather up to a
state o f nerves, talking over her case, and telling o f similar ones o f
which we had known. About twelve o’clock the gym teacher went
home up the corridor, and perhaps a quarter o f an hour later Miss
* * * * * started to her rooms across the court. I had scarcely
closed the door after her, when she came rushing back into the room,
white as a sheet, shaking and trembling, so frightened the she could
not say a word. She could only stare at me and move her lips, but
she could not say a word. When at last she could speak, she told
me that some one in white was lying on one o f the benches in the
court. My mind at once flew to the same thought as hers— the mel­
ancholiac teacher had committed suicide, and a corpse lay upon the
bench in the court. I went to the door o f the room, and took one
look. That one look was enough for me. The slim figure, in its
long white draperies, made me think o f every story o f terror I had
ever read, and o f the awful night-fears o f childhood. We went up
the hall together to the room o f the gym teacher, I carrying the milk
bottle we had used for the cocoa. The gym teacher got her umbrella
as a weapon, and, we three came down the hall together, and in­
spected the strange object from a safe distance. But we did not
dare go near it. Finally, we woke Mr. * * * * *, the steward, who
came with a dark lantern and a revolver to inspect the strange ob­
ject. He discovered that it was one o f the girls who had been
sleep-walking and had lain down upon the bench. When wakened,
she could not tell how she got there.
A favorite trick in the old days, was to inform the new students
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the school, but that she was likely to shirk them if she could. One
big freshman called at the principal’s quarters, which were then inthe building, and delivered his stockings to the principal’s wife to
be darned.
When informed that he had made a mistake, he answered: “ Oh,.
I know all about that. You can’t fool me. I’m onto the rope»
around here.”
The difficulty was solved by requesting him to have the young;
men who put him onto the ropes bring their stockings down too.

There was at one time in this school a Matrimonial Club, com­
posed o f women teachers who were sworn by the oath o f the club,,
which was at that time a secret Society, never to marry. At the
present time every one o f the members o f this club, with the exceptiono f one, writes Mrs. before her name.
This organization might have flourished forever, with its secret
insignia (the dumb bells, if report is not deceiving, signifying, it is
to be supposed, that when a woman marries she is no longer a dumbbelle) and its secret meetings, with their fudge infested rites, had it
not been for the fact that one evening this band o f Amazons becameso hilarious in the prospect o f single blessedness that they kept a
number o f students in the girls’ dormitory awake until the wee sma’
hours, which was promptly reported to the office by the said students,,
and the now tearful and wrathful celibates were, asked by the prin­
cipal why they were carousing aloud until two or three in the morn­
ing. As they were in the rare “ I can’t tell a lie” variety, the whole
secret came out.
In the olden times— this goes back to the fall o f ’ 88— the school
authorities did not give any socials, and the boys had to find their
own means o f entertainment. At that time where the gymnasiumnow stands there was a big pig pen, which contained about 12 pigs
which the steward o f the school was fattening. Hallowe’en night
came and some o f the boys decided to liberate the porkers. The
steward had had some suspicion that some such trick might .be>
played, and he had driven in the bars o f the pen so tight that they
could not be pulled out by hand. When the boys at eleven o’clock
tried to open the pen, they found that they had to get a hammer
and pound the bars loose. Now the noise o f the hammering fell'
upon the sensitive ears o f the steward. He slipped up and discov­
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boys got into the pen and let out the pigs. As they came back out,
-one o f them observed,
"Well, that job’s done, anyway.”
The steward was standing there facing him. “ Is it? ” he asked.
'**1 don’t think it’s more than half done. Your job now is to get
those pigs back into that pen— or, since I know who you all are,
you can pay for them if you like.”
We tried our best to get those pigs back, but at last we had
to hire four darkies fo r the job. That little prank cost us just two
«dollars apiece.

THE DEEP DAMNATION OF HIS TAKING OFF
His many friends and acquaintances among the students and
alumni o f the school will be grieved to hear o f the tragic disappear­
ance and possible death o f one who has fo r many years been most
intimately connected with the life o f the school. When he was six
■weeks old he came from Chambersburg in a shoe box, and after that
time until his death he was almost always to be seen about the cam­
pus or in the treasurer’s chair in the office.
Despite this fact, o f so retiring and unobtrusive a disposition
was he, that our only knowledge o f his life consists o f half-legendary
records o f its greatest events. The first o f these o f which we have
record occurred when he was six months old. He fell out o f or from
something (pantry shelf, milk pitcher, dormitory window?) and
broke something (again the record is vague). So tender was the
love o f his friends about the school that, though he himself could
not pay one penny o f the bill, the best available physicians were
called to his care, and hung with bated breath over his bedside
until his recovery was assured.
Shortly after this time occurred the first o f those incidents
whose continual recurrence proved him o f a shy and retiring disposi­
tion even to the point o f abnormality. It is recorded that a rat or
& mouse entered the room in which he was, upon which he immedi­
ately fled into the wardrobe, from which he did not emerge for sev­
eral hours, even at the urgent request o f his friends. Always there­
a fter it became a fixed idea with him to seek refuge in the wardrobe
whenever he saw a rat or a mouse, o f both o f which animals he had
■a deadly terror.
In spite o f his frailties, never was any individual o f his station
in life loved more whole-heartedly than he. We have the record
that a couple o f students who desired to gain the favor o f Miss
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at either end. Whether or not they succeeded in their attempt to
curry favor is beside the point— their method is enough" to indicate
how well loved he was.
Some inspired maniac had, in his early infancy, labeled him in
a moment o f prophetic phrensy with the congruous cognomen Trouble.
Congruous, for the poor fellow was born to trouble as the sparks
fly upwards. The two events o f his life around which the recollec­
tio n o f his many friends centre most fondly are such as would have
tried the patience o f a saint. Upon one occasion he strayed bare­
footed into the boys’ dormitory. Just what occurred there is to be
guessed only by the record o f frantic yowls for aid and succor.
Forthwith, he burst forth therefrom, like thunder at sea, smiting
the corridor floors with a tumultuous. furry crumple, bearing upon
•each foot a mammoth sheet o f sticky fly paper. For some half hour
it is said he tore about with eager speed and the demoniac obsession
o f pursuit, flip-flapping across the twilight spaces with a continu­
ous rainbow-colored shriek o f rage and wrath, nor was it less than
seven hours before his palpitant heart was stilled in sleep.
The other great event in his life, worthy o f the typewriter o f
him who sung the Trojan war, or o f that other great bard o f old who
delved with fallen angels in a fiery pit, was his continual war with
Tom, who held the same office in the kitchen that Trouble held in
the dormitory. But this contest, too, was clandestine, and its only
evidences were the wounds o f the two heroic combatants and nightly
wails which, smiting upon the ears o f uneasy sleepers, led them halfasleep and wholly frightened, into the undiscovered realm o f nightly
horrors where even the strength o f Samson is shorn by the ninefold
withes o f the Delilah nightmare. Once, and once only, did this war­
fare come to human ken. Trouble and Tom were accidentally shut
up together in the school parlors. One observer says that in the
morning the room was just full o f fuzz. Another, that o f the fur that
was left they took up at least a quart basket full. The sound o f their
conflict smote against the farthest stars, as they waged their warfare
not only in the room, but out in the corridors and clear down the
stairs into the open. The girl who was cleaning the stairs ran when
she heard them coming. Being a negress and superstitious, she had
visions o f the last day, and the prince o f the power o f the air scream­
ing down through the ether to Snatch the souls o f all unfaithful ones.
Can there be anything more tragic than to be continually beaten
in a life-long warfare?
Yes, one. And that, too, was Trouble’s fate. Over his dying
days there rests the tragic suspicion o f foul play and murder.
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the less we understand its cause. At the age o f ten years, on the
tenth o f August, 1916, Trouble disappeared. Over this sole ray o f
light in the gloom rests the cloud o f impenetrable mystery. How did
he meet his death? Did he meet it like a warrior, fighting bravely
to the last, with a glare at the hated foe, and a last sobbing scream
o f defiance. Or did death disgraceful, most foul and unnatural
murder by some strong-armed black man, snatch him away unwilling
and protesting to the Valhalla o f cathood, where there shall be con­
tinual fullness and mice without end? Or did he fall into the sewer?
(Facilis descensus Averni est.) Sweeter by far it is to think that
death came to him quietly and softly, like a fond feline stealing
through the msk, and gathered him, as she gathers aL things mortal,
with cold immortal hands, to an eternal sleep. He is gone. We
shall not see his like again. R. I. P.
(Editor’s Note. With trembling thumb I type these words. They
may be my last public utterance. I fear that Trouble’s friends may
descend upon me in wrath fo r portraying him as he ws, and not as
a seraphic ideal fo r all cathood, and rend me. I f so, troublesome
reader, farewell. I have fearlessly and relentlessly and without re­
luctance followed the truth wherever it might lead.)
HKSE!

LIBRARY NOTES
The class o f 1914, though a very small class, showed their
appreciation o f the use o f the library by the presentation to it o f a
very fine bust o f Longfellow.
It is interesting to note the kinds o f books that are being drawn
from the library. Not all the students are putting their time on the
lighter fiction, by any means. There are a number who read histori­
cal books; there is a considerable demand for fiction, and some fo r
pedagogical books.
The new 0 . Henry works are just at the present time very
popular.
The students do a great deal o f magazine reading. Good House­
keeping, Woman’s Home Companion, The Ladies’ Home Journal,
Current Opinion, Harper’s, Century, Saturday Evening Post, and
Popular Mechanics are the most popular magazines.
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LIBRARY ACCESSIONS
Halstead_______________________ ____ Manual Training in the Grades
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Blackburn_______ ___ .________________ Problems in Farm Woodwork
Murray________________________ _______ Problems in Wood Working
Bennett__________________________ Problems in Mechanical Drawing
Griffith______ _____ ______________ Projects-for Beginning Woodwork
Advanced Projects in Woodwork
giepert______________________ _______..__Bird Houses Boys Can Build
K in g _______________ - ___________________ Elements o f Woodwork
Elements o f Construction
Constructive Carpentry
Inside Finishing
Teacher’s Handbook
Pitman and Howard_________ _____ __The Phonographic Dictionary
Pitman______ _ _ ________ ._____ Life and Labors o f Sir Isaac Pitman
YTajrfl__________________ ;_____;____ _____ ______ .___;______ Dictator
Thome_____________ - ______ Instructor in Practical Court Reporting
Pitman and H ow ard---------------.---------------The Reporter’s Companion
Newmann_________ i ____ - _____________ The Psychology o f Learning
Gwynne.__________ ____ Seven Hundred Stories o f Christian Doctrine
McGlauflers— _____ - ____________ ■
____________ Handicraft for Girls
Kipling R.
_______ — -----------— — — --------------------B oy Stories
On October 18 the following books were added to the school
library:
Marble____________ ___ _____ - _____________ Heralds o f American Lit.
Page__ _____ ____ ____ __________ ______ ______ American Literature
Maxim____ ._______ ____________ i _____________ Defenseless America
___________ ___________ ______________ Ppblic Education in Maryland
___________ ______________Report o f Sec. o f Gen’l Board o f Education
Franzen’s ______ ______ ______________ The Book o f Truth and Facts
Ibsen, H . ________________________ ___ '_____________ Complete Works
Gosse__________________________________ ______ Life o f Henrik Ibsen
The following books were added on November 18:
Porter___________________ ________________ — -Pollyanna
Pollyanna Grows Up
Montgomery________ .__________________________ Anne o f the Island
Porter___________________________________ The Song o f the Cardinal
Price______________________ ___ _______ The Technique o f the Drama
0 . Henry___ ;__________ ._________________________ Complete Works
Foster........ — - _________________________________ Debating fo r Boys
Andrews_________ !________________________ —__Seven Little Sisters
Manly_________ ._________ - _________Selections from English Poetry
Gardned____________________ .____ - ___ _______ Successful Farming
McKenzie____________________ ..Exercise in Education and Medicine
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Wundt---- -------------------------------------------- Elements o f Folk Psychology
Marshall---- ---------------------------------------------------- Instinct and Reason
Tagore-------------------------------------.------------------------- The Crescent Moon
Chitra
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Wilson------------------------------ -— Picture Study in Elementary Schools
Monroe— — ----------------------- Text Book in the History o f Education
Cady and Dewey--------------------Picture Stories from the Great Artists
Calkins— ;— - ----------------------------------------First Book in Psychology
Bailey------ ;-------- ------------- ------------------------ - -------- The Pruning Book
Adams----------- ----------------- ..Exposition and Illustration in Teaching
Anderson— -------- .------------------------------------ The Farmer o f Tomorrow
Youtz--------------------------------- -------- The Enlarging Conception o f God
Pillsbury------------------------------- -----------The Essentials o f Psychology
Lyon----------------..--------------- -Soils— Their Property and Management
Jackson— ------------------------- ------------------- ;------ Social Life in England
Hasbrouck------ ------ — ------ ------------------------------------- -------- La Salle
Masters------ ----------- ------------------------------------ Spoon River Anthology
Cronson__---------------------------- Methods in Elementary School Studies
Kilpatrick— — .---------- Departmental Teaching in Elementary Schools
Wilson— --------- — -----------------Nature Study in Elementary Schools
Vedder— :----- The Gospel o f Jesus and the Problems o f Democracy
MacLean------------------------------------------------------ Wage-Earning Women
Dewey—— —..------------------------------- -— ■;—The School and Society
B enson.------- ---------;------------- ---------------- ,-------------- American Prose
Maupassant— --------- ---------- -— ^_____- __________ The Odd Number
C ooke.----- — — ------- --------------------- .— -------------- Remes to be Read
Impertinent Peoms
Ryan . ¿ . jI — ------------------------------------------------------- --------- - Poems
G eld er----------- -------- .---:_________ ____ __________ __,_____ ____ Poems
Heller----------- — ---- -------------------- Henrik Ibsen, Plays and Problems
Chraters— ------- :—.------------------------ Teaching the Common Branches
Stanwood--------. . . --------------------------------A History o f the Presidency
Angell — ---------------------------------- --------- ------------------------- Psychology
Rolland — ________ ___________ ______________ ____________ Handel
Lanier----- -— — -------------------------- ---------------------Music and Poetry
Poems
Kharbul----------- —;-------------------------------------- How to Listen to Music
Tapper— _— ------------------------------------------------ The Music Supervisor
Creighton----------------------- ;-------------------------Nature Songs and Stories
Needham..----- ;--------------------------------- -------- Nat. History o f the Farm
Clark------------------- -— ----------- -— -------------------------- General Science

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S tev en s--------------------- _ . ------ ------------------ :— --------;---------- Lettering
Albertson_______________________ _________ __________Chapel Talks
Heroic and Patriotic Verse
E uripedes_________________ — ---------------------- •— •---------------- Plays
Aeschylus____..._________________ '----- --------- ----------- Lyrical Dramas
A ristophanes--------------------- --------------------------- — ------------- — .Plays
___________ _____ _______________ Everyman and Eight Miracle Plays
„__________ __________________ .___________Minor Elizabethan Comedy
___________ __ ___ ____________ ___ ______ Minor Elizabethan Tragedy
B jo m s o n _____ — ------------— — — — ------ -----------~ — Comedies
S h elley_____________________________________________ Frankenstein
£ e(j e_________ ________________________ _____ Ecclesiastical History
« o g o l.,.___— _____________ - ..........— ----------------------- Dead Souls
Borrow_______ ,_________ _______________________ The Bible in Spain
Whitman_____ __________r> -----------------------------. — Leaves o f Grass
Sheridan — — ---------------------- — ------------------------- — — — Plays
B jo m s o n ...— ____________ ______ ____________— - Three Dramas
jjbyg________________________________ ____ The New Golden Treasury
Lincoln__________ - ____________ - ________ ___ Speeches and Letters
___________ ______ _______________________ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
A ristophanes------ ---------------------------- - - - ------------------ -----------Plays
Van Dusen______ !______ !________ .Demonstrations in Wood Work
Seashore____________ .______ Elementary Experiments in Psychology
Bryant______________________ - _________ Pictures and Their Painting
•^ratt_______ _____ .___________The Economy and Training o f Memory
Jam es'— — - __ — —
- ______________________ ______ Richelieu
g ey
_______________________ The Torpedo Under the Ark
g each______ ______________ .Princely Men in the Heavenly Kingdom

ALUMNI PERSONALS
*79. Dr. W. L. Delap writes us from Gloucester, N. J., that he is
always glad to hear from the school and to know that we are steadily
increasing in numbers.
’ 88.

Mrs. Emily C. Clever is teaching this year in Shippensburg.

, 92.

Miss Nettie Dunahugh is teaching in Hagerstown, Md.

’ 92.

Mr. A. A. Evans is teaching near Carlisle.

’ 96.

Mr. A. A. Arnold is teaching at Mechanicsburg.

’ 96. Miss Leila Logan is teaching in Carlisle.
170 Pitt street.

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’98. Mr. W. H. Ranck has resigned his position as teacher in
one o f the Fulton county schools to take a position with the Mt.
Union Powder Co.
’99. Mrs. Mabel Eva Black is living at Altoona, Pa. Her ad­
dress is R. R. 2, Altoona. She sends us her contribution to the
Eckels’ Memorial Fund.
’ 01. Mrs. Frances L. Sorber (Frances L. Byers) is a supply
teacher in the Binghamton, N. Y. schools. Her address is 258 Court
street.
’ 01. Miss Florence R. Jordan o f Mercersburg took the steno­
graphic course at the Lancaster Business College last summer. She
is now in York, Pa.
’ 02.

Mr. W. 0 . Bovey is again teaching in Greencastle R. R. 3.-

’02.

Miss Genifrede Walter is teaching at Mechanicsburg.

’ 02.

Miss Alyce Gray is teaching near Carlisle.

’ 05.

Dr. Garry C. Myers is a teacher in the Brooklyn Training

school. We had hoped to have him visit us during the fall term and
give a talk to the students. We trust, however, that his visit is only
postponed until a later time.
’07.

Mrs. Grace Appier (Grace Benner) is teaching in Camp

’ 07.

Mr. J. I. Freet is teaching again at Roxbury.

Hill.

’07. Miss Harriet Shriner is teaching near Shippensburg in
Franklin county.
’07. Prof. Raymond Shank is principal o f the schools o f North
York this year. He taught last year in Mercersburg. His address
is 716 W. Princess St., York.
’08.

Miss Helen Scouller is teaching at Newville again this year.

’09. Mr. Edgar Bowman is attending the University o f Penn­
sylvania this year.
’ 09.

Miss Erma Snyder is teaching in Lemoyne.

’ 09.

Miss Grace Wilson is teaching near Carlisle.

’10. Mr. Harry Doyle is teaching at Doylesburg.
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We are pleased to publish the following letter from Mr. Clyde
Zeigler as we know our readers will be glad to hear o f his work:
New Windsor, Md., Nov. 2, 1916.
Dr Ezra Lehman, Shippensburg, Pa.
Dear Dr. Lehman:— Enclosed find twenty-five cents fo r renewal
o f my Herald subscription. I must have this paper, as it helps me
to keep in touch with the activities o f “ Old Normal” , and I am al­
ways interested in knowing what is happening at the old school on
the hill.
I am enjoying my work here very much. I have plenty o f it to
do too; but when we can see progress on all sides the work is as
nothing. I am teaching Philosophy and Education, and at present
am trying to get control o f the village schools for use as a practice
department in the college. I think we shall be successful in this too,
as the directors seem very much in favor o f the plan. It may end
also in the centralization o f all schools in New Windsor district;
then we would have things as we want them.
We have a fine college here, and a band o f earnest students
who are doing fithful work. We give the A. B., B. S., and A. B. in
education courses, all four years above a first class high school
training. Our work is recognized by Hopkins and other graduate
schools.
Hope all is well with you and the old school. I read that the
enrollment had increased very materially in September, and I trust
that this may be a great year for Shippensburg.
With very best wishes, I remain,
Very sincerely yours,
J. CLYDE ZEIGLER.
’ 07.

Miss Dessie Jones expects to take a course in nursing in

the near future.
’ 10. Miss Mary Jane Johnston is teaching at Canonsburg, Pa.
She has been there fo r several years and likes her work very much.
’10. Miss Laura Daugherty is teaching in Arizona and having
plenty o f exciting experiences, such as having six inch centipedes in
her room, etc. She likes the work and is learning much o f the country.
’ 10.

Miss Helen J. Scott is teaching at Perrysville near Can­

onsburg.
’l l . Miss Clara Spangler is also teaching at Perrysville near
Canonsburg.
’12.

Miss Ella R. Bradley is teaching at Avalon, Pa.

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’l l .

Miss Anna Whitmore is teaching in Hagerstown, Md.

’l l .

Mr. John E. Jones is teaching in Altoona R. R. 2.

’l l .

Miss Fanny Neron is teaching near Shippensburg.

’l l .

Miss Nelly Russell is teaching in Franklin county.

’l l .

Miss Margaret Hubley is teaching in the public schools in

Shippensburg.
'13.

Miss Clara Ausherman is teaching near Chambersburg.

’13.

Miss Belle I. Anthony is teaching fifth grade in York.

’ 13.

Mr. Raymond Stouffer is teaching near Hagerstown, Md»

His address is R. R. 7.
’16. Misses Carrie Anderson and Mabel Good took part in a
concert given in Wellsville on November 4. A Mechanicsburg paper
gives the following favorable comment on their work:
“ Miss Good kept her audience in the utmost good humor by the
able rendition o f her humorous numbers. She is a young elocutionist
with a brilliant future before her. Miss Anderson is a teacher in the
Mechanicsburg public schools, while Miss Good holds a position in
the public schools o f Lykens.

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CUPID’S COLUMN
KRABER— MARCH. At Hampton, Pa., December 22, 1916r
Mr. Roy F. Kraber, ’l l , to Miss Ruth March. Mrs. Kraebr was a
former student at Normal. They reside at Hampton, Pa.
SHEELY— FLINCHBAUGH. A t York, Pa., 'Dec, 25, by Rev.
W. J. Houck, Mr. Clinton C. Sheely, ’ 06, to Miss Esther E. Flinchbaugh. They will reside in Greencastle, Pa., where Mr. Sheely ia
manager o f the Arco Drug Company.
ROGERS— MOUER. A t Chambersburg, Pa., Dec. 27, by Dr.
McAlister, Mr. E. Lloyd Rogers to Miss Verna Mouer, ’12. They
will reside at Williamsport, Pa.
SHANK— KRAMER. At Charlestown, by Rev. C. F. Ottey, Mr.
Walter E. Shank, ’16, to Miss Martha Mae Kramer. They reside at
Camp Hill, Pa. Mr. Shank is principal o f the Adams St. School at
Enola, Pa.
CRUSEY— FULTON. At Walnut Bottom, Nov. 28, by Rev. W.
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■was a former Normal student and would have been a senior this
year. They reside at Lees X Roads, Pa.
NEWMAN— LINN. At Barber, N. Y., Oet. 31, 1916, Mr. Edgar
H. Newman to Miss M. Estella Linn, '10. They reside in Fairfield, Pa.
HERRE— WOLF. At New Oxford, Pa., Dee. 9, by Rev. Walter
E. Garrett, Mr. Paul F. Herre, to Miss Alice C. W olff, ’13. They will
reside on Riverside Drive, Harrisburg, Pa.
GOODFELLOW— HOCKER. At Oberlin, Pa., Sept. 2, 1916, Mr.
Geo. B. Goodfellow, to Miss Florence Hocker, ’05. They reside at
6046 Allman St., Philadelphia.
GRAY— CARL. At New Bloomfield, Pa., Nov 27, by Rev. A. R,
Longenecker, Mr. Winfield Gray, ’04, to Miss Kathryn Carl.
BRETZ— HOFFMAN. At Ambridge, Pa., Dec. 9, by Rev. Mr.
Bittinger, Mr. Chas. D. Bretz, to Miss Grace Hoffman, ’12. They
reside at Ambridge.
REARICK— BENDER. At New York City, Dec. 22, 1916, by
Rev. Howard Duffield, Mr. John Harold Rearick to Miss Huldah
Sheaffer Bender, ’ 09. They reside at Dillsburg, Pa. Mr. Rearick is
in the employ o f the Reading Railroad at Harrisburg.
SMITH— SHERRICK. At the home o f the bride’s parents in
Dallastown, Pa., Dec. 30, 1916, by Dr. G. W. Sherriek, father o f the
bride, Mr. George Crawford Smith o f Rockaway, N. J., to Miss Mar­
garet Sherriek, ’09. They reside at Morris Plains, N. J., where Mr.
Smith is an electrical engineer.
ZEPP— FOLLMAR. At Hanover, Pa., Dec. 24,1916, Mr. Willtam Zepp to Miss Anna G. Follmar, ’08. They reside near Hanover.
ESS&iS

STORK COLUMN
ELDON. At 1741 N. 13th St., Philadelphia, Pa., born to Dr. and
Mrs. James B. Eldon, a son, James B. Eldon, Ja. Dr. Eldon was
graduated in the class o f ’ 05.
SCOTT. At 6934 Estrella Ave., Los Angeles, Calif., bom to
Mr. and Mrs. Scott, a son. Mrs. Scott was Miss Grace Lefevre, ’05.
McCANN. At 109 Marseilles Place, Garfield, N. J., bom to Mr.
and Mrs. McCann, a son. Mrs. McCann was Miss Lenna Squires, ’ 08.
SPANGLER.

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born to Mr. and Mrs. John Spangler, a daughter, Virginia IsabeL
Mrs. Spangler was Miss Alice Hays, ’08.

OBITUARY
SMITH. The Herald is distressed to learn o f the death o f
Donald Lynn, son o f Mr. Portis Smith, ’07, at Wellsville, Pa., Oct.
21, 1916, at the age o f 2 years, 3 months and 20 days. Death was
caused by meningitis. The Herald extends its sympathy to Mr. and
Mrs. Smith.
WESTON
We clip the following from the Shippensburg Chronicle:
Mrs. Caroline Weston, widow o f Walter Weston, died at the
home o f her sister, Mrs. John B. Bratton, in Carlisle, last Thursday
afternoon, aged about 45 years.
Mrs. Weston was a native o f Shippensburg, a daughter o f J. A.
C. and Elizabeth Rankin McCune, and spent her early life in her na­
tive town. She had lived in New York City a number o f years but
recently came to Carlisle and made her home with her sister during
her last illness.
Mrs. Weston was a member o f the Presbyterian church and an
estimable woman. Her husband died a number o f years ago.
She was a graduate o f the Shippensburg Normal school, class o f
’ 88, and a woman o f unusual intelligence.
She is survived by one brother and two sisters: Alexander MoCune and Mrs. T. J. Boswell, o f Somerset county, and Mrs. John B.
Bratton, o f Carlisle.
The funeral was held from the Bratton home Sunday afternoon
at 1 :30 o’clock, the Rev. C. I. Yeakel, o f Carlisle, officiating. Inter­
ment was made in Spring Hill cemetery, the funeral cortege coming
to Shippensburg by automobile.

EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT
The Exohange Department wishes to acknowledge the receipt o f
the following papers:
The Diekinsonian, College News, ,The Susquehanna, The Ursinus
Weekly, The Junto, Easton, Pa., Normal Review, California, Quar­
terly, Bloomsburg S. N. S., The Amulet, West Chester S. N. S.
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MODEL SCHOOL NOTES
INTERESTING INNOVATIONS PROPOSED
There have been 170 children in attendance at the Model school
this term. Of these, 24 have been in the graduating grade, and 21
in the beginning grade. The attendance has been very good, and
the seniors have been as happy as usual in their work. The Thanks­
giving donations were larger this year than usual. Fifteen baskets
were given to various families. For the Thanksgiving entertainment
the seniors o f the different grades taught and had their pupils pre­
sent before the school various games and plays, among which were
Reaping the Flax, I See You, Tailor Dance, Frog Dance, and a
Colonial Minuet in costume.
The Model School closed December 18 with the usual Jack
Homer Christmas party and a Christmas play given by the ninth
grade.
A feature o f the work in English this fall has been a literary
program prepared for alternate Fridays by the ninth and eighth
grades. This work is giving the children poise and ease. They are
regularly organized as a literary society, and their meetings are
carried on according to parliamentary law.
The Christmas handwork was exceptionally fine, consisting o f
latticed window boxes, book racks, key holders, broom holders,
whisk holders, rope halters, necktie holders, etc.
Arithmetic work during the winter term will be based on cement
block-making and construction. The blocks will be made by the chil­
dren, and the house constructed by them. Most o f the work will be
based on practical problems which arise from this work.
Hot lunches will be served to all the children o f the Model school
who come from a distance. The cooking and serving will be in
charge o f a senior and girls from the ninth and eighth grades.

TO THE CLASSES OF 77, ’87, >97 AND 1907
Alumni are urged to make all their plans fo r the big reunion
next Alumni Day, Tuesday, June 26. All who were present last year
enjoyed the day. We appeal especially to the classes o f ’77, ’87,
’ 97and ’07 to arrange for a big turnout at their reunions. You can
have a very successful reunion if you will set to work with that end
in view but no reunion can be successful without work.
The class o f ’77 should have a splendid meeting. All the mem­
bers o f this class will receive personal letters from the principal
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occasion and we are anxious to have every one o f them come back
and note the changes that 40 years have made in the old school.
The class o f ’86 had a splendid time here last year and we are
anxious to welcome the .class o f ’87. Fortunately all o f this class
are in Pennsylvania or Virginia or Maryland. The class sustained a
heavy loss in the death o f its president W. Boyd Morrow, last year,
but we trust the other officers o f the class will take the initiative and
see to it that the class o f ’87 is well represented here next June.
We are interested in noting what the class o f ’ 97 can do to
equal or surpass the records made by the classes o f ’95 and ’96. ’ 97
is a splendid class not only in numbers but in the quality o f the men
and women found in its ranks. We hope to see this class break all
records fo r class reunions but' it will be necessary for its officers to
exert themselves if they wish to do so. Now is the time to begin.
Miss Horton will cheerfully furnish the officers o f the clss all in­
formation possible as to the whereabouts o f their classmates. It is
well fo r the officers o f the various classes to remember that there
are comparatively few places available fo r banquets, consequently
it is none too early to make all needed arrangements.
It goes without saying that we expect the. class o f ’ 07 to come
back in large numbers. We want them to show the other classes just
what the 20th century means in real enthusiasm.
DON’T FORGET THE DAY— TUESDAY, JUNE 26!
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WHERE THE FACULTY SPENT THEIR VACATIONS.
Dr. Lehman, resting and sleeping late in the morning, in Shippensburg, Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
Dr. Eldon, in Shippensburg and Harrisburg.
Prof. Heiges, carefree and smiling, attended the State Teachers’
Association in Harrisburg, and afterwards visited with Mrs. Heiges
at the home o f her mother.
Prof, and Mrs, Stewart spent Christmas at her home and later
visited in Towanda, Pa.
The Misses Huber attended the State Teachers’ Association in
Harrisburg.
Prof. LeVan spent a hilariously restful vacation in Harrisburg
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Mrs. Herr spent her vacation dentally, in Lancaster, Philadel­
phia and Harrisburg.
Miss Macy had a grand, glorious good time at Pulaski, N. Y.
Miss Stroh was at her home in Sunbury.
Miss Jones warbled home to Scranton.
Miss Snively was at her home in Greencastle.
Prof. Low spent most o f his vacation in and around Shippensburg.
Miss Matthews and Miss Gates remained in Shippensburg.
Miss Horton stayed at the school and worked.
Miss Quigley spent the vacation in Shippensburg.
Coach Harbison was somewhere around Pittsburgh.
Prof. Graham buried himself in Unadilla, N. Y.
Prof. Fanning was here and there in New York.

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THE SPRING TERM AT NORMAL
The spring term will open Monday, April 3 and will continue for
13 weeks. Classes will be organized promptly for those students
who can enter at that time. We urge students who have been at­
tending the public school to come at this time rather than to wait
fo r the close o f the schools a few weeks later. We also urge all
students who expect to take the county superintendent’s examination,
but who are not teaching at present, to enter at this time. The work
will be so arranged that students can take exactly the kind o f work
they desire. Those who wish to take first year work will be given
full opportunity to do so and those who wish to enter the special
teachers’ class will be given the same privilege.
Since a large majority o f the public schools will not close before
the last week in April or the first week in May, special arrangements
have been made to meet the needs o f the teachers who will enter at
that time. Special classes will be organized the last week in April
for those who enter then. These classes will meet the needs o f the
following teachers :
1.
Those teachers now holding provisional certificates who wish
to secure higher marks in certain subjects. Such teachers may en­
ter the special teachers’ class and carry just as many subjects as
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completed by such students, they will be given credit fo r the work
in the first year class.
2. Those students who wish to complete all, or a part o f the
freshman class. Such students will be given the opportunity to take
first year work and to complete just as much o f it as they are able to
handle satisfactorily. Credit in the "first year’s work will be given
in all subjects in which the student has received a mark, o f “ 2” , or
better, from the county superintendent.
3. Students who have completed a part o f the work o f the sec­
ond year will be given the opportunity to enter classes looking to the
completion o f the remainder o f the work. Students who have com­
pleted all o f the first year’s work and wish to take up the second
year’s work will be given the opportunity to do so. Such students
will find it to their advantage to remain for the six weeks course in
the summer school, as by so doing, they can probably finish a
large amount or work and receive credit toward the completion o f the
first or second year’s work.
4. Teachers who wish to prepare for professional certificates
will be given opportunity to take the branches that they need. When
the number o f students making application justifies it, special classes
will be organized in certain branches for these students. Those who
wish to take the examination fo r professional certificates are urged
to write to the principal so that arrangements may be made fo r their
classification.
5. Teachers who wish to secure a permanent certificate are re­
minded that they can enter any o f the classes in the various subjects
and secure the training that they need for the examination. Last
year a large number o f such students attended the school and found
the opportunities given very satisfactory.
All students are urged to register just as promptly as possible
fo r the spring term. . Every indication points to very much the
largest enrollment in our history. Last year in spite o f the comple­
tion o f 25 new rooms we were almost taxed to our capacity in our
effort to accommodate the students.
We desire to accommodate all students this spring who may
apply and we can do so if we know o f their coming in advance. For
this reason we strongly urge all prospective students to register fo r
the spring term just as promptly as possible.
Special attention is also directed to the fact that the work for
the spring term will be in charge o f the regular members o f the fa c­
ulty. Dr. Lehman will teach or personally supervise the work o f the
spring term classes in English Grammar and Rural Methods. Prof.
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principal o f the model school, Mrs. Herr, vice principal and Miss
Snively will give special attention to spring term students.
Miss
Stroh will have a special class in reading and expression for those
who are interested in effective methods o f expression. Prof. Fanning,
Miss Macy, Dr. Eldon and Prof. Graham will also have classes o f
spring term students. Prof. Low will meet the spring term people
in penmanship and manual training and Miss Jones will have special
classes in vocal music. In short, the spring term students will come
into personal contact with three fourths o f the regular members o f
the faculty.
We believe our arrangements fo r the spring term will insure
splendid results and we confidently invite all young men and women
who are interested in advancing themselves in teaching to enroll for
the spring term.

PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
Nearly every student who enters Normal school is able to re­
cite with great glibness the three fundamental rules that every sen­
tence must contain a subject and predicate, that every sentence
must begin with a capital letter and end with a period. Yet over
half o f them have not the slightest conception o f what a sentence
really is. What is the matter?
They have been taught theory, theory— which is all very well in
its way—but not practical without practice. Why not make it a
rule in our grammar teaching that every rule shall be considered
as learned only when the student intentionally and intelligently
applies it? Would it not be better to learn those three rules, and
LEARN them, than to be able to recite glibly all the definitions in
the book? No one' can learn to handle the English language, a
piano, a bucking horse, or a sail boat, from a book o f definitions.
Such a book may be helpful, but if we are to be practical, we must
practice.
ÏÏŒB3SS
Life is a senseless school, where we must give
Our lives that we may learn to live.
A dolt is he who memorizes
Lessons that leave not time for prizes.
-T. Hardy.

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COMPOSITION SUBJECTS
Statistics recently gathered among the freshman class at Nor­
mal reveal some startling facts. An astonishingly large percentage
about forty percent, in fact— claim to have no memory o f ever
writing a composistsion. Of the remainder, about half have written
compositions on such subjects as “ The Life o f George Washing­
ton,” “ The Life o f Abraham Lincoln,” “ John Milton,” etc. The lat­
ter are better off than those who have had no training in composi­
tion, but only a little. What an absurdity— to ask a boy or girl
under high school age to write on such a topic as those named!
What an injustice to expect him to produce anything on such a
subject! What an absurdity it would be to ask the average mature
man or woman really to produce anything on these or kindred
themes. Merely to mill over the words and thoughts o f another
may give some training in form, but it can never have the develop­
mental value o f production— o f bringing forth ideas, however crude,
that have their cause and their being in the vivid life o f sensations
and interests. Let those o f us then, who have the high privilege
o f striving to elevate the popular standard o f spoken and written
English bring our work into the vivid, pulsing, NOW, which throbs
with reality, and think less fo r a time o f “ old, forgotten, fa r off
things, and battles long ago.”
What does Johnny Jones have to say about John Milton that
you or any one else wants to hear? Yet Johnny Jones undoubtedly
has interesting and original ideas on a number o f topics, if you
could but find the topics.

esaas
I f my wife taught school like some women do,
And I couldn't earn quite enough fo r us two,

I’d go in the barnyard without any fuss,
And I’d blow out my brains with a big blunderbuss.
I f my wife taught school,
I would, wouldn’t you?
E r wouldn’t yuh?
Enny way, what would you do?
— Ben King.

Don’t Forget the Day, TUESDAY, JUNE 26TH.

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SHE DOES NOT KNOW
Sh-sh-sh-sh-she doesn’t hear the r-r-r-r-robin sing,
Nor f-f-f-fe e l the b-b-b-balmy b-b-breath o f Spring;
Sh-sh-sh-she does not hear the p-p-pelting rain
B-b-beat ta-ta-tat-t-t-toos on the w-w-winder p-p-pane.
Sh-sh-sh-she cuc-cue-cannot see the Autumn s-s-sky,
Nor hear the wild geese s-s-s-stringin’ b-b-bby;
And, ohl how happy t-t-t-’tis to know,
Sh-sh-she never f-f-fe e ls an earthly woe!
I s-s-spoke to her; sh-sh-she would not speak.
I kuk-kuk-kuk-kissed her, but c-e-cold was her cheek.
I could not twine her w-w-wondrous hair—
It w-w-was so wonderf-f-fully rare.
B-b-beside her s-s-stands a v-v-vase o f flowers,
A gilded cu e‘ cuc-cuc-clock that t-t-tells the hours;
And even now the f-f-fir e light f-f-f-fa lls
On her, and d-d-dances on the walls.
Sh-sh-she’s fiving in a p-p-puup-purer life,
Where there’s no tu-tuh-turmoil and no strife;
No t-t-tongue can m-m-mock, no words embarrass
Her, b-b-b-by gosh! she’s p-p-plaster paris.
-Ben King.

A CONFESSION
“ Often in my atrabiliar moods, when I read o f pompous cere­
monials, Frankfort coronations, Royal Drawingrooms, Levees; and
how the ushers and macers and pusuivants are all in waiting; how
Duke this is presented by Archduke that, and Colonel A by General
B, and innumerable Bishops, Admirals, and miscellaneous Function­
aries, are advancing gallantly to the Anointed Presence; and I
strive, in my remote privavy, to. form a clear picture o f that sol­
emnity— on a sudden, as by some enchanter’s wand, the— shall I
speak o f it?— the Clothes fly-off the whole dramatic corps; and
Dukes, Grandees, Bishops, Generals, Anointed Presence itself, every
mother’s son o f them, stand straddling there, not a shirt on them;
and I know not whether to laugh or to weep.
This physical or
psychical infirmity, in which perhaps I am not singular, I have, after
hesitation, thought right to publish, fo r the solace o f those afflicted
with the like.
— Carlyle.

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HERALD

She had studied evolution,
And arrived at the solution
How long our first appendage was; o f course, I didn’t ask her,
- But she said that she’d resolved from
What she knew, that I evolved from
A carrot-haired chimpanzee she had seen in Madagascar.

Flaherty was dying o f small-pox. His friend asked him if he
had any last wish. He asked to have a rabbi. The rabbi was sent
fo r and came.
“ Vy, Meester Flaherty, you don’t vant a rabbi—good Christian
man, like you, huh? Don’t you vant a priest?”
“ D’ you think Oi’d give a priest the small-pox?”

H H
ALMA MATER
In the dear old Cumberland Valley
’Neath the glowing sky,
Proudly stands our Alma Mater,
On the hill top high.
Chorus:—
Swell the chorus ever louder!
We’ll be true to you.
Hail to thee, our Alma Mater,
Dear old “ red and blue” .
Near the waving golden com fields,
Just beyond the town,
Tower the ivy colored buildings
As the sun goes down.
When we leave our Alma Mater
We will praise her name,
Ever live to raise the standard
O f her glorious name.

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie:
The fault which needs it most, grows two thereby.

__Herbert

THE

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HERALD

They were discussing the Impossible PupiL The music teacher
said she had no ear, and her touch was very poor. The drawing
teacher stated that she had no eye, and the literary person claimed
she had no taste. Poor senseless pupil, doomed to go through life
guided by a sense o f smell.

Do not, fo r one repulse, forego the purpose
That you resolved to effect.
— Shakespeare.

NO LIFE
Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife,
And all life not be purer and stronger thereby.
— 0 . Meredith.

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