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APRII,, 1913

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EDITORIAL
Ye Editors owe apology to the young ladies o f the “ Dorm.”
By oversight we omitted from the January Herald the story of
how delightfully these ladies entertained the “ mere males” o f the
faculty and those o f the east end o f “ Main.” Kindly accept our
apology for this omission and believe it the result o f human
frailty and not lack o f proper appreciation o f the very pleasant
evening we spent as your guests.
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_ W e aIso apologize to the Seniors and under Classes for the
omission o f the Arbor Day Program. Because o f lack o f space
in this issue we can do no more than say we are sorry for the
omission o f this excellent program, and the story o f how each
class planted trees for the beautifying o f our campus.
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Eleven out o f fourteen is not so bad, is it? The Herald
congratulates the Coach and the team on the most enviable record
they have made during the Basket Ball season o f 1912-13. Boys
we are your loyal admirers. W e trust that in the game o f life,
into which so many o f you go in the near future you may play as
fairly, earnestly and successfully, as you have done for the honor
o f our school.

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Now for Base B all! Come on everybody, player, fan, and
with the same good team spirit that marked our Basket Ball
season just closed, let’s have a good time on the field this spring.
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H ow do you like our photograph? Other things may be
said o f us in addition to the striking fact that we are a handsome
team.
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
The Student’s Music Club has had regular monthly meetings
at which the pupils gained valuable experience in playing before
others.
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W ork is being done in preparation for the Normal Society
Anniversary and the Philo Reunion. These events take place
early in the Spring Term.
A number o f new pupils have engaged periods for the Spring
Term and a record-breaking class is expected in this department.
Miss Helen Segner, a former music student, has entered the.
Freshman class in the Music Department o f W ilson College.
She was one o f our most popular concert players and her
many friends will be pleased to know she has been selected to
play in chapel in the absence of Dr. Mansfield, dean of the Music
Department.

AMERICAN MUSIC
“Instrumental”
J. W. Moore, an American, in his “ complete encyclopedia
of music” published by Oliver Ditson, in 1854, recognized but
three schools o f music— The Italian, the German, the French.
O f American Music he has this to say:— “ It is impossible that
American music can do more, than reproduce the music o f other
Ages and Nations. W e are too open to the world, too receptive
o f all influences from abroad, too much a Nation made up o f
others, to possess a music o f our own. W e are for a long time
yet to remain in the position o f learners.
Dr. Louis Elson, the distinguished editor-in-chief o f the New
England Conservatory, in his History o f American Music, pub-

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lished in 1904, tells us that it is still a mooted question, as to
whether a distinctively American School can ever arise, “ even
amid a host o f talented native composers, giving practically
the same reason, that as yet American music is but the reflex o f
European culture.
By a school o f music we understand the suggestion o f a
method, by any Nation, universally adopted or works, regarded
as classical. American students, who studied abroad, can tes­
tify to the fact, that American method, was quickly disposed
o f by foreign teachers, and with regard to works, regarded as
classical. John Knowells Paine, who directed his first great
work> a mass in D, at the Sing-Akademie in Berlin in the presence
o f the Royal family, and a large public in 1867, was the first
and only American composer regarded as classical.
It is a well known fact that when the Centennial Exhibition
o f the United States took place in 1876, the only two prominent
Native composers^ whom the Nation could call upon for a lofty
opening hymn were Paine and Dudley Buck. The “ Centennial
Hymn by Paine and the Choral” by Buck, were very successful
compositions, and were sung by a thousand voices, directed by
Theodore Thomas. After Paine, the first musicians to win
trans-atlantic fame were Geo. Whitfield Chadwick born in Dowell,
Mass., 1854, Edward Alexander MacDowell, born in New York,
1861, Arthur Foote, Salem, Mass. Elson says:— “ These five
were the first to write worthy compositions in the classical style
in America.
Four o f the five have been prominent in public
musical education, Paine at the head o f musical training at Harvard, Chadwick at the New England Conservatory, Parker at
Yale, MacDowell at Columbia.
In 1690, the publication o f music from engraved plates, made
in this country, commenced. The first Native American com­
poser was William Billings o f Boston, whose works were much
admired in his day, all sacred compositions, hymns and anthems.
Our early composers were all writers o f sacred music. Dr. Low­
ell Mason, a native o f New England, born 1792, was called the
“ Father o f American Church Music.” » Plis son, Dr. William
Mason, was probably the first American, whose musical talent
attracted attention in Germany, where he frequently appeared
in public while studying in Europe. He became a noted teacher

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in Boston. Am ong his pupils were W m. H. Sherwood, Julia
Rive King and E. M. Bowman.
In 1713, a pipe organ was imported from London, by Mr.
Thomas Brattle and placed in the Episcopal Church in Boston.
So great was the public prejudice then existing, that the organ
remained seven months in the porch of the church, before it was
unpacked. In 1714 it was put up. 1756 was sold to St. Paul’s
Church, Newburyport, Mass., and was used there eighty years, the
original pipes and wind chest were in perfect condition in 1854*
and the organ was exhibited in 1902 by Chickering & Sons by
permission o f the vestry o f the church to whom it now belongs.
A pamphlet was published in Philadelphia in 1763, in which the
author anticipates the complete introduction o f the organ into
all places o f public worship.
In the 17th and 18th centuries,: instrumental music was by
no means so common as vocal. In 1792 we hear o f the piano in
public concerts. According to a Boston paper» Mr. John Harris
of Boston, was the first spinet maker, in 1769. America now
leads the world in the manufacture o f pianos. It is said the
first American piano was made by John Behrent of Philadelphia,
in 1774. It is also recorded that in 1745]jjjjfMr. Edward Bromfield
o f Boston, did with his own hands, make and complete a most
excellent organ with two banks o f keys and several hundred
pipes. This instrument was equal to any that had come over
from England.” The first musical journal was published in
1820. Dr. Elson says :-^ T t gives a good insight into the taste,
or lack o f it, that guided American music at that time.” Dr.
Ritter gives an account o f the mobbing o f a band which at­
tempted to. play a Haydn Symphony at the beginning o f the 19th
century.
The first regular training in music in this country, was in
the Moravian settlements o f Penna., Bethlehem and Ephrata.
They had the first music schools and the great B minor mass-of
Bach was given in Bethlehem for the first time in this country.
The influence o f their work extended over the entire State and
their musicians frequently assisted in the early musical festivals
given in Philadelphia. After an absence o f seven years, Dr.
Frederick Noble was returned to Bethlehem to take up the work
o f the Buch festivals. In 1820 “ The Musical Fund Society o f

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Philadelphia,” founded the first great music school in America,
built a music hall and at its .first concert, given April 24th, 1821,
Beethoven’s first symphony was played, probably for the first
time in America. After losing money steadily for six years, it
was closed. In 1833, The Boston Academy was established.
It was very successful at first, and, through its influence, music
in the public schools was established for the first time in this
country as a regular branch o f study. Lowell Mason worked
long and faithfully to have music introduced into the Boston
schools as a popular branch o f education, and finally had the
satisfaction o f witnessing the complete success o f his undertak­
ing.
In 1867, Dr. Tonryee founded the New England Conserva­
tory o f Music, more nearly resembling the great European
schools than any other. At present we have a number o f large
Conservatories under splendid direction. The Cincinnati, C h il
cago, Peabody Institute o f Baltimore, The National Conservatory
o f New York, founded by Mrs. Jeannette Thurber and having
prominent workers in music, such as Josseffy, Finch and others
and in 1892 “ was under the artistic direction o f Dvovak, the great
Bohemian composer, who has been very active in the field o f
American compositions, notably his symphony from the “ New
W orld.” He remained with the Conservatory 3 years, then re­
turned to Prague. These Conservatories and many others are
bringing into existence hosts o f trained musicians.
Many o f our large colleges have a chair o f music. Dr. Hugh
A. Clarke in 1875, was elected Professor o f Music by the Uni­
versity o f Penna. in Philadelphia.
Until 1860, very little was accomplished in orchestral work.
The Philharmonic” existed in Boston, in connection with the
Academy o f Music. The “ Germania” composed o f about 23 Ger­
mans, gave concerts in different cities, presenting fine programs
But unquestionably the man to whom belongs credit o f having
raised the standard o f music in America more than to any other, is
Theodore Thomas,, conductor o f the Philharmonic orchestra o f
New York. America owes him a great debt o f gratitude for
his courage, patience and perseverence in presenting to unappre­
ciative American audiences great musical works, with true
reading, European technique and ensemble. T o the credit o f Theo.

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Thomas be it said, he did not descend to the taste o f his audi­
ence, and eventually he educated the public to come up to his
standard, and 'at least they listened attentively, if not reverently
as in Germany where music is recognized as a Divine Art. The
family came to New Y ork when he was only ten je a rs old. He
soon joined an orchestra and later-with Dr. Wm. Mason gave
the first-artistic Chamber Concerts ever given in New York, where
Schumann and Brahms were heard for the first time in America,
A t present all the large Conservatories and some o f the
smaller ones, have orchestras o f their ow n; and all the large
cities have their own large orchestras: notable the Boston Sym­
phony Orchestra, Dr. Karl Much, director, New Y ork Phil­
harmonic, leader, Joseph Stransky. The Philadelphia Orchestra,
Leopold Stowkowski. The Theodore Thomas, under the leader­
ship o f Frederick Stock. The Cincinnati, Dr. Ernst Kunwald.
New Y ork Symphony, Walter Damrosch. Minneapolis Sym­
phony, Emil Oberhoffer; and one leader o f an orchestra was
born in America, familiar to all Americans, “ Sousa, born in
W ashington' 1856.
Dr. Elson considers that in the field of orchestra music, we
have at least “ kept abreast with Europe.”
The first artistic organizations o f stringed instruments of
the United States, was the Mendelssohn Quintette Club, founded
1849, whose influence was as marked as that o f the Germania
Orchestra. It was continued for nearly 50 years. The leading
organization o f this kind at present is the Kneisel Quartette of
Boston, which has played in all the principal cities and has
achieved a “ very high standard in the refined school o f string
quartette music.”
W e have many eminent organists in America, and a long list
o f composers o f organ music. In our own State, the late Dr.
D. D. W ood, Henry Gordon Thunder, Dr. Wm. Gelchrist, J.
Frederic and Michael Cross being among the founders o f the
“ American Guild o f Organists,” A. G. O.
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One o f our early composers for the piano was Louis Morean
Gottschalk, born in New Orleans, 1829, sent to Paris to study.
He became a great favorite, and Chopen predicted he would be­
come “ King o f pianists.” In almost every country, he received
orders and decorations from Royalty. None o f his compositions
were in the largest forms.

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Wm. H. Sherwood, a leading American pianist and teacher,
died in Chicago, Jan. 7th, 1911. He appeared as a concert-pianist
after studying in Europe with Kullak, Deppe, Eiszt and other
noted teachers, with great success, and by his death an educa­
tional influence, devoted to the cause o f American music is lost
to this country.
Am ong our very successful composers and musicians are
Mrs. Beach, Miss Margaret Ruthven Bang, the talented pianist
Julia Rive King and the great American artist Laura Bloomfield
Zeisler. Marvelous indeed has been the rapid advance o f music
in America. American composers in European programs are so
frequent as to cause no surprise. England has ordered compo­
sitions from our leading musicians for her chief festivals; and
hundreds o f Americans are writing in the classical forms. Tem­
pleton Strong and Arthur Bird have settled in Europe and a host
o f foreign musicians have made America their homes,’ Charles
Martin Loeffler, Van Der Stucken, Richard Burmeiser, Asger
Hamerik, for a long time director o f Peabody Institute in Balti­
more, and others, who have taught hundreds o f American pupils,
have written works on American subjects and have had all their
works bought out first in America.
No one questions the fact, that in this day a liberal musical
education can be had in America, that it is not necessary to go
abroad to study music. Technique, musical insight and concep­
tion, even concert style can be learned in America. Not so many
years ago, the advantages o f the German school were very clear­
ly defined.
The development o f music in our smaller towns has been so
recent as to be quite within my own recollections. It is not so
many years since it was not expected o f an audience to listen to
a piece o f instrumental music played upon the piano. Certainly
not, if classical. When a fine concert was announced by travel­
ling musicians it was always thought necessary to adopt the pro­
gram to what was supposed to be the taste o f the community and
the most classic number we could expect to hear, was always the
Overture to Wm. Tell. Our country has always been very pro­
lific o f most unmeaning publications; many o f them very popu­
lar with the American taste. But we are improving, and thanks
to Dr. Martin, in this Normal School o f ours, our pupil’s re­
citals are listened to more attentively than were the Theodore
Thomas concerts when I first heard them.
AGNES M. M ATTH EW S.

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ABOUT THE SCHOOL
The famous reformed convict, Tom Trainer, addressed the
school in chapel from 6 to 7 P. M., Jan. 31st. He spoke to the
boys in their dormitory from 8 to 10 on the same evening.
During the Winter Term we had the pleasure o f having one
o f our own boys, class o f 1900, Prof. C. F. Noll, Dept, o f E x ­
perimental Agronomy, o f State College, lecture to us. He gave us
four most excellent lectures as follows : “ Milk Testing by Bab­
cock System;” “ Commercial Fertilizers;” “ Lime and Lim ing;”
“ Farm Weeds.”
Seniors and Juniors are making plans for a delightful excur­
sion to Washington. By the time this Herald reaches you these
plans will likely be experience.
During this spring, Dr. Martin delivered a series o f six lec­
tures on “ Methods o f Teaching,” to the Seniors, Juniors and Eas­
ton Teachers’ Alumni o f Lafayette College. These lectures were
delivered at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. Last year Dr. W al­
ler, Prin. o f Bloomsburg Normal School, delivered a series o f
lectures on the same subject. Lafayette has honored two o f her
sons in inviting them back to her halls to address the students
who intend to teach, and the local alumni who are now teachers.
W e feel proper pride that Dr. Martin has been thus honored and
our school through him.
Mr. Herbert M. Levan, Dept, of Natural Science, addressed
the Christian Endeavor Society o f the Shippensburg Reformed
Church at the anniversary o f the society.
In thè early part o f the Winter Term, Mr. J. K. Stewart,
Dept, o f Latin, delivered a lecture at Upper Strasburg in the
Lutheran Church.
At the Fulton County Directors’ Association Meeting, McConnelsburg, Pa., Mr. Stewart made three addresses before that
body. In the afternoon o f Feb. 27th, he spoke to them on “ What
Constitutes a Good School ;” in the evening he lectured on “ Abra­
ham Lincoln ;” on the 28th he addressed the Association on
“ What a Teacher Has a Right to Expect from a Community.”
On this trip he addressed a Local Institute at Hustontown, Pa.
On the evening o f Feb. 28th he lectured before the teachers and
patrons ; on the morning o f March 1st he addressed the Institute

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on “ What the Community Has a Right to Expect from Its
teachers.
The Pittsburg C. V. S. N. S. Alumni most royally banqueted
and entertained Dr. Martin in Pittsburg on March 1st. W e
h^ d f° r a ful1 rePOrt o f the Banquet from one o f the members
o f the Pittsburg Association and may yet receive it in time for
this number.
The Class o f 1913 elected the following officers: Pres Ray
Stouffer, Hagerstown, M d .; Vice Pres., Chalmers L. Brewbaker
Greencastle, Pa.gjSec’y, Helene Hawk, Shippensburg, Pa. and’
Treas., Ralph Lischy, York Springs, Pa.
On March 13th Miss Helen Lehman, Dept, o f Reading ad­
dressed the Cumberland County Sunday School Association on
Intermediate W ork in Graded Sunday Schools.'”- The Associa­
tion met in Carlisle, Pa.
Miss Helen Dykeman, Asst. Librarian, now occupies a
room in “ Main.”-*'
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Miss Ida Sitler, Dept, o f Biological Science, lectured re­
cently before the Civic Club o f Shippensburg on “ Milk and Its
Relation to Health.”
On Feb. 17th Dr. Martin-attended the/“ Farewell Banquet”
given by the “ Trans Atlantic Society” in honor o f Hon. James
Bryce, retiring Ambassador from England. The banquet was
held in the Bellevue Stratford, Philadelphia.
Mr. George B. Ely, Physical Instructor, addressed the Local
Institute at East Berlin, Adams Co., Pa. on Jan. 10th and 11th
Mr. Ely occupied the pulpit o f the Church o f God, Shippensburg,
Pa. at all the church services on Feb. 16th and 23rd. He also
conducted the Mid-Week Prayer Service during the absence o f
D r . Mac 'Dannald. On March 2nd he preached in the U. B.
Church, Waynesboro, Pa.
Mr. R oy Knouse will again assist us during the Spring
Term. This is good news to both students and faculty W e
will also have to help us, Prof. Cook, an Alumnus o f Gettysburg
and Yale University.
Prospects for a large attendance are most promising at this
time. Our buildings will likely be taxed to accommodate the
Spring Term students.

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During the Winter Term, Mr. A. B. Wallize, Dept, o f En­
glish, addressed the Local Institute at Jacksonville, afternoon and
evening. He also spoke at an Educational Meeting at Plainfield,
Pa.
The readers o f the Herald will have the pleasure o f reading
in this issue two o f the excellent papers read before the Faculty
Chib.
At the Dedicatory Exercises o f the Waynesboro High
School Building, held Friday, Jan. 31, Mr. J. S. Heiges, Dean,
represented our school. and delivered an address entitled
ur
Weapon o f Defense.” Mr. Heiges delivered two addresses be­
fore the Local Institute at Lemaster. This Institute was held
for two days. His first address was “ Common Errors m Teach­
ing o f Arithmetic;” the-second was “ The Center o f Our Schoo
Economy.” At an Educational Meeting held at Boiling Springs,
Pa. on the evening o f March 6, Mr. Heiges lectured on “ Cultural
Education.”

A JAPANESE TEA
One Friday evening, just after the opening o f school, all
the girls in the dormitory were invited to a Japanese tea. It was
held in the court and all guests were in the costume o f the land
o f cherry blossoms, namely kimonos. Two of the girls received
the guests as they descended the stairs and prostrated themselves
to the ground, expressing their welcome, in true oriental manner.
The court was beautifully decorated with screens and Japan­
ese prints. Tiny tables were arranged at either side o f the court,
no chairs were to be seen but cushions were everywhere.
But the girls were most attractive! In dainty rainbow,
hued kimonos, with their hair piled high upon their heads and
ornamented with wee fans and bright pins, their slanting eyes
and brows, cherry lips and cheeks, they looked as though they
might have stepped down from one o f the highly-colored Japan­
ese prints. They were distinctly un-American and most fascina­
tingly Japanese.
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After the guests had assembled, they distributed themselves
about the room on cushions and played games. Tea and rice
cakes were served, Miss Witman and Miss I. Huber poured.

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Everyone stayed until the latest possible moment, and finally
took a reluctant leave at a late hour.
It was a most enjoyable affair. It was given for the benefit
o f the Y. W . C. A. and the committee on finances, as well as .the
girls, voted it a most successful evening.

MID-WINTER RECEPTION
The Mid-Winter Reception of the school was held Friday
evening, February 28th, 1913. This is “ the” social event o f the
winter term and is always anticipated with a great amount o f
pleasure. About four hundred and fifty invitations had been
issued to trustees, their friends, and friends o f the faculty and
Senior class.
At seven-thirty, Dr. and Mrs, Martin, Mr. and Mrs. W . A.
Nickles, Miss Irene Huber, Muss Sitler, and Mrs. Heiges received
in the larger drawing-room. After all the guests had arrived, a
short program was rendered by members o f the faculty. Miss
Wheeler, vocal instructor, sang delightfully; Miss Matthews and
Miss Wise, instructors of piano, played several brilliant selec­
tions ; and Miss Fehman, teacher o f elocution, gave a reading.
Refreshments were served in the dining-room. In the
room were arranged small tables, bearing a center-piece o f either
candles or flowers. Girls in dainty dresses added to the attrac­
tiveness o f the scene and looked after the comfort o f the guests.
Dancing was enjoyed in the gymnasium during the entire
evening. School banners and penants were the onllf decorations
used here. A Chambersburg orchestra furnished the music.
The Reception closed at 11 o ’clock, and everyone agreed
that it had been one o f the most delightful and enjoyable even­
ings ever spent at Normal.

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WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY
Because the “ Father o f Our Country” was an athlete as well
as a man o f letters and a statesman, we remembered his birthday
in a combination o f physical and the mental.

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Mr. Ely and the students entertained and instructed us for
more than two hours with the excellent program which follows :
PROGRAM
Folk Dances
Model School................................ ........................... .. - Virginia Reel
Freshman Girls......................................... ........... Weavers Dance
Sophomore and Junior Girls.......................... Pop Goes the Weasel
Senior Girls.......... ........................................ Highland Schottische
' Contests
Freshmen and Sophomore B oys.......................... Tumbling Relay
Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Girls
Nailing Contest
Senior B oys................ ......................................... Dressing Contest
Drills
Freshmen B o y s ,. ............ .................... ................... Military Drill
Sophomore and Junior B o y s .................................. .. •.W and Drill
Senior B o y s .......... ........................... ................. Indian Club Drill
Musical and Literary
Glee Clubs.......................................... Medley o f American Songs
Miss Elizabeth Krall, T 3 ............................................ •.Recitation
Mr. John Em bick.................... ...................... ............ .. •—•Oration
Awarding of Prizes
The A udience............................. I .......... I ....................... •.America

AMERICAN PAINTERS AND THEIR PICTURES
The first native school o f painting in America, known as The
Hudson River School, was founded by Thomas Cole and Asher
Brown Durand in the second quarter o f the nineteenth century.
Both these were painters o f landscapes, delighting in the bound­
less views o f the Hudson River Valley as seen from the Catskills,
the wilds o f the Rockies and the Yellowstone.
They had many followers and pupils whose works were pop­
ular in their day and some o f which excited the wildest admira­
tion in America and England, but have now became antiquated,
for they lacked that indefinable quantity o f style inseparable from
great painting.

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The old school culminated in the advent o f George Inness,
Wyant and Homer D. Martin. George Inness was born in New­
burgh in 1825. His foreign study and personal genius led him
to an ampler and more complete art than most o f his contempo­
raries. His small canvases sold readily, but he was dissatisfied
with them. He went abroad several times, seeking earnestly
those qualities that make great art great. He did not copy or
imitate but tried to make these qualities his. His art philosophy
was “ the purpose o f the painting was simply to reproduce in
other minds the impression which a scene has made upon the
artist. A work o f art does not appeal to the intellect. It does
not appeal to the moral sense. Its aim is not to instruct, not to
edify but to awaken an emotion. It must be a single emotion if
the work has unity, as every work should have, and the true
beauty o f the work consists in the beauty o f the emotion which it
inspires. It||real greatness consists in the quality force o f this
emotion.” Inness painted both large and small canvases, among
which are the “ Barberini Pines,” “ Delaware Valley” and “ Peace
and Plenty,” all in the Metropolitan Museum. His variety was
great, all seasons o f the year, all times o f the day, all tempers of
the sky, but he preferred the rich tones o f autumn and sunset.
Wyant received his inspiration from Inness, although he
studied abroad, first in German schools and later in English
schools under Constable and Turner. According to some author­
ities, none have equalled Wyant in a certain delicate refinement.
His typical pictures, were a glimpse o f sunny, rolling country
seen between trunks o f tall and slender trees in a wood, usually
birches or maples. A well known one is “ The Broad Silent Valley.”
Homer D. Martin was born in Albany in 1838. He was a
great admirer o f Cort, then hardly beginning to be recognized
in France. This admiration did not lead him to imitation 6ut
served as an inspiration to show how much feeling a landscape
could express. Am ong his best pictures are “ Take Sanford,”
owned by the Century Association, and “ View on the Seine,” in
the Metropolitan Museum.
In the early-seventies, the landscape schbol was divided into
those who painted detail and those who sought for large broad
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preferred winter with the snow showing crisp and dry against
a blue sky. His pictures made the New England winters very
much like those o f Norway and Sweden, if winters can be judged
by pictures. Another o f this class is one o f our best landscapists
o f today, H. Bolton Jones. His preference is for spring and sum­
mer, especially spring with its bright greens and delicate tints
of budding trees. His “ Spring” is in the Metropolitan Museum.
Van Boskerck paints tranquil streams, great trees, white cottages
and calm summer skies in rosy clouds. Louis Tiffany showed
French influence, but his love o f beautiful color diverted his
energies from painting to glass and enamels and fields o f deco­
rative art. Even his pictures and cartoons for stained glass are
infrequent, but in exchange we have the beauties o f Eavrile glass,
admired by art loving people everywhere.
George Inness, Jr., paints much like his father at times.
His a n im a lla r e lo well done that he ranks high as an animal
painter as well as a landscapist. Birge Harrison, Henry B. Snell
and William A. Coffin are among our best present day painters.
Harrison’s snow scenes are softer in their morning and evening
light than those o f Palmer, also less crisp and sparkling. Henry
B. Snell’s marines are misty and gentle, and in Coffin, the Penn­
sylvania landscapist, truthfulness is' manifest.
In the late seventies, the impressionists in France created
quite a furore, and its influence was felt here in America. Some
o f its most prominent exponents, although in much modified form,
are Willard Metcalf, John H. Twachtman, Childe Hassam, Rob­
ert Reid and J. Alden Weir.
Childe Hassam is a robust, vigorous painter o f landscapes
and has an assured place as a modern landscapist. Metcalf is
smooth in his work, almost taking his work out o f the school.
John H. Twachtman is a delicately sensitive painter, varying in
execution, sometimes elaborating and again leaving his canvas
bare in places, but always with a feeling for grace. His work
somewhat resembles Whistler’s in its delicacy and subtlety.
This adaptation o f the new methods culminated in a group
o f men like Tryon, Ochtman and J. Appleton Brown, who now
stand somewhat as did Inness and Homer D. Martin. They are
not such commanding and isolated figures as yet, but it is not
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Tryon is spoken o f as the direct successor o f Inness. He
paints his American landscapes with deep personal feeling and
a technique complete, original and modern. His small canvases
are as fine and complete in sentiment as his larger ones. One
o f his best is “ Early Morning, September.” Leonard Ochtman
it is said, achieves most when he attempts most, and his larger
canvases are more finely balanced in composition, more subtle
and refined in color and more profound in feeling than his smaller
ones.
These men with Mr. Brown, an ardent admirer o f Corot,
whose charm o f misty skies he caught and introduced into his
own pictures,- stand out among our later landscapists, A t pres­
ent the tendency is toward strength o f both conception and exe­
cution. Elmer Schofield and Edward W . Redfield, fond o f paints
ing the Delaware, paint in this manner. In Schofield’s subjects
the line o f foreground trees, through whose interwoven branches
one sees the little towns and' streams beyond, have the quality
o f a tapestry o f delicate gray and soft buff spots.
Redfield’s contrasts are stronger,, though some o f his
stretches o f river have much the same character. Both men are
younger than most o f the other painters and represent a later
form o f French influence and training-.
Our prominent marine painters are Eichelberger whose last '
picture “ Surf and F og” was considered his best.
The marines o f Frederic Kost, it is said, are not excelled by
any painter in the land. T. K. M. Rehn and Charles H. W ood­
bury also belong to this list.
Carlton Chapman records the glories o f the American Navy
from Paul Jones down to the Spanish-American War.
American painters have now acquired considerable skill and
their painting are quickly recognized.
Among the early figure and portrait painters are the follow­
ing: West, Copley, Peale and Stuart, were Trumbull, Jarvis, In­
man, Sully, Harding and Elliott. Elliott was the best o f his time
and is said to have painted over seven hundred heads. Healy and
Huntington followed, both being as prolific in the production o f
heads. Healy in addition to his heads painted two large can­
vases “ Franklin Urging Claims o f American Colonies Before
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ing in Fanuel Hall, Boston, and gaining for him a gold medal
then a rare distinction. One o f Huntington’s best works is his
“ Mercy’s Dream” hanging in the Metropolitan Museum.
John Gadsky Chapman produced pictures o f merit. His
“ Hagar and Ishmael” executed at twenty-one being , much ad­
mired. His “ Baptism o f Pocahontas” decorates one o f the pan­
els in the Rotunda o f the Capitol at Washington.
Emanuel Lentze was a German born but is counted an Amer­
ican artist. He has painted many historical compositions among
which are “ The Landing o f the Norsemen in America,” “ Colum­
bus before the Council” and “ Washington Crossing the Dela­
ware.” He was commissioned to decorate a stairway in the
National Capitol, which he did with his “ Star o f Empire.’* “ The
Settlement o f Maryland” and “ The First Landing o f Colum­
bus” followed. From some o f his American historical composi­
tions a generation o f youth largely formed their ideas o f history
and one at least “ Washington Crossing the Delaware” has fairly
entered into national consciousness. . It has taught to successive
generations o f school childreri, as, text books could not have, the
fortitude and faith o f Washington, his discouragements and dan­
gers. There is something German rather than American in the
faces, showing where his models were obtained, just as the ice
filled rivers was painted not from the Delaware but from the
Rhine. This picture succeeds by its story telling rather than
artistic side, but it is still the most successful o f Lentze’s work.
Lentze represents the culmination o f a certain type o f historical
painting, and was followed by another set o f men whose work is
living and modern today, men like Eugene Benson, Elihu Ved­
der and C. C. Coleman.
The most important o f these men is Elihu Vedder, born in
New York City in 1836.
In 1884, he published his illustrations to the Rubaiyat o f
Omar Khayya’m, which was his most important work up to this
time and revealed him to the world. He has been called a liter­
ary painter and more frankly an idealist than any other American
painter. His. “ Minerva,” in mosaics at the head o f the main
stairway in the Congressional Library, is a masterpiece in con­
ception, design and coloring. Charles Caryl Coleman has some­
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liest pictures was a study o f Vedder’s Studio with the artist in it.
He has painted a number o f figure pieces and portraits, but o f
late he has turned to landscapes and architectural subjects which
he treats in charming decorative style. One o f his best known
pictures is Twilight and Poppies.” Edward Harrison May and
William Morris Hunt did excellent work. May’s reputation was
established with his large figure pieces, among which are “ The
Death o f the Brigand,” “ The Magadalen” and “ Jewish Captives
at Babylon.” William H. Hunt is perhaps best known by his
Flight o f Night, . which with the “ Discoverer” was one o f a
series o f compositions for the Capitol at Albany. The original
pictures were painted on the stone o f the building, and, owing to
repairs on that portion o f the building, have now been lost.
French influence culminated in two artists exactly contem­
poraries, dissimilar in character and training and yet approxi­
mately equal in achievement.
John FaFarge and James McNeil Whistler. John FaFarge
was born in 1835 and was a year younger than Whistler. His
career is in a large part o f the intellectual development o f Amer­
ica, yet he is o f undiluted French blood and training. His
father was a French marine and married a compatriot, an emi­
grant o f the Revolution. FaFarge had all the advantages o f
wealth; refined surroundings, access to the best books, good pic­
tures, and his grandfather Monsieur St. Victor taught him draw­
ing early in life. After completing his studies here he visited
Paris, where his father wished him to take up painting as an ac­
complishment. It is said he owes much to Hunt, with whom he
was great friends. FaFarge had a tendency towards overestima­
ting detail which Hunt modified by his own simplicity and bold­
ness. His easel work is admirable resembling the work o f the
old masters, but the larger opportunity he needed came with the
commission for mural painting which began with Trinity Church,
Boston and later the Church o f the Ascension, New York, con­
taining his “ Ascension o f Christ” on the chancel wall. It is said
his ripest and most complete productions are the decorations for
Bowdoin College and St. Paul Court House. Mr. Isham in his
History o f American Painting says “ in justice it should be point­
ed out that there is no living mural painter in Europe with the
high aspirations o f John FaFarge and that justice demands the
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The work o f Mr. LaFarge is great in quality and varied in
subject. It is said o f him that with opalescent glass he may be
said to have given to the world a new and splendid art, for his
windows are not among the least of his works o f art.
James McNeil Whistler was born in Lowell, Mass, and is o f
Irish descent. The imaginative, combative, Celtic strain, passion­
ate, warmhearted, illogical was with him to the last making his
manners those of a fascinating but thoroughly spoiled child. Ear­
ly in life he painted a portrait o f himself in a broad brimed hat,
which is very familiar. He frequently called his pictures, Har­
monies Symphonies and Arrangements. While he spent most of
his life in England, where he found his patrons,, the English crit­
ics for a long time gave him little but ridicule. He stood alone
in his art, he had no rival. Those who knew him personally
never could judge him harshly. The portrait of his mother, that
o f Thomas Carlyle and Miss Alexander are usually considered
the height o f his achievement. There is in Whistler’s work a
sentiment o f beauty most delicate, subtle, rare like that o f no
other m an; his painting is elusive not readily yielding its secret.
He is Said to have been understood by few, and his paintings are
largely not understood. There is little work by Whistler o f the
first importance on public exhibition anywhere in America, al­
though we are soon to have the pleasure o f seeing his decorations
for the famous “ Peacock Room,” for Mr. Freer o f Detroit has
purchased them and is having them placed in the Smithsonian In­
stitute.
Eastman Johnson, who was offered the position o f court
painter at The Hague if he would remain there, has given us
some good pictures; probably his most familiar one is his “ Old
Kentucky Home,” which portrays the easier, pleasant side of
slave life in the South. Joseph Seymour Guy is best known as
a painter o f childhood. J. G. Brown is a painter of boyhood.
He took for his subjects newsboys, bootblacks and street ur­
chins, which instantly suited the popular taste and inextricably
Connected his reputation with such subjects. His “ Sympathy”
is among his most popular pictures. George H. Boughton has
given us the Puritan and Pilgrim pictures which are pleasing to
so many .
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standing in the artists’ world. The former is one o f the decora­
tors o f the Rotunda o f the National Capitol. “ Forging the
Shaft” by the son is in the Metropolitan Museum.
Winslow Homer some think has not yet found his real place
in American art, that he is a great painter is admitted. He lived
the life o f a recluse off the coast o f Maine and was a strong man
o f unusual originality. With the strength o f his convictions he
has caught old ocean at the height o f his fury and with few de­
tails has stated boldly what he has seen. Some o f his best as
well as most familiar pictures are “ Prisoners from the Front,«
“ A ll’s W ell,” “ Fog Warning,” “ Winter” andJjThe Rife Line.”
So long as the world stands, the picture that appeals to the
heart, even if it does tell a story, will hold the interest o f human­
ity, and be a power for good in its influence. When Henry Mosler exhibited his picture to the old, old story of “ The Prodigal’s
Return” the public quickly recognized that a master mind had
guided the hand in portraying the pathetic scene. Henry Mosler was born in New Y ork City but spent his boyhood in Cincin­
nati. He studied much abroad where his work is greatly appre­
ciated, having received many medals and honors from the art
societies o f both Europe and America.
Carl Marr, whose native city is Milwaukee, was long unrecog­
nized at home, so went abroad where he has made a name for
himself. One o f his first pictures to win a medal by the art crit­
ics o f Germany was “ Ahasuerus, the Wandering Jew,” now own­
ed by the Metropolitan Museum. What a world o f despair that
crouching figure o f the old Jew represents! Since he refused
rest to the Savior when He was bearing His cross, he has wan­
dered over the earth, even seeking death, but never finding it;
and yet the woman, so beautiful and so perfect in her young ma­
turity, has been found and snatched from life and all its prom­
ises.
Among the many exhibitors o f today are David Neal, Ros­
enthal, Shirlaw and Duveneck. Among Shirlaw’s well known
pictures are “ Tuning the Bell,” “ Sheep Shearing in the Bavar­
ian Highlands” and the||‘Marble Quarry.”
Duveneck not only painted well but gave much attention to
sculpture and made a noble monument to his wife. William M.
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his teaching and example. He paints a variety o f subjects,
everything made its appeal to him, clouds, sand dunes, children
at play, pots, pans and old stuffs in the studio. He painted good
portraits but the criticism on. some o f them is that he treated his
sitters much as if they were bits o f still life. As a painter o f
still life he is our greatest artist.
Francis Lathrop, a Pennsylvanian, studied much in England,
was the friend o f Whistler and associate o f Burne Jones. His
works show English influence. George Fuller meets with much
success, some of his best pieces are “ Turkey Pasture,” “ She was
a W itch,” and “ Winifred Dysart.” These are said to be o f the
greatest distinction, the latter especially, making a personal ap­
peal like some o f the portraits o f Gainsborough. A few well
known pictures by other frequent exhibitors are the “ Hunt Ball”
by Julius S. Stewart, “ Call to the Ferryman” by Ridgway
Knight. This picture was voted by visitors to the annual exhi­
bition o f the Pennsylvania Academy a few years ago, to be the
most popular picture on the walls o f the Academy.
George Hitchcock, Frederic A. Bridgman with Gari Mel.chers are familiar names. Mr. Melchers is fond o f painting seafar­
ing folk with their simple life.- Bridgman i$ a painter o f the
Mediterranean, Algiers especially making him famous. Alex­
ander Harrison has given us marines in which we delight, and
which have assured him his place in American art.
Francis D. Millet, director o f the Columbian Exhibition in
1893, and who perished in the Titanic disaster, is perhaps best
mural decorator o f standing. His close friend and neighbor,
known by his picture'“ Between two Fires,” was Edwin A. Abbey,
a Philadelphian by birth. Mr. Abbey began his career as an il­
lustrator for the monthly magazines, thousands o f people watch­
ing eagerly for the publications from month to month. He
went to England to illustrate Herrick’s poems, then was persua­
ded to illustrate Shakespeare, many o f which he did in oil. His
first successful oil painting was “ Richard, the third and Lady
Anne.” One o f his latest achievements in England is the “ Coro­
nation o f King Edward the seventh.” Mr. Abbey is best known
by his mural paintings; his latest of which are those done for
the Capitol at Harrisburg, the unfinished ones o f which Miss
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John Singer Sargent, the greatest living portrait painter,
was born in Florence, Italy, o f American parents. He studied
in Paris and lived in England but America claims him. His pic­
tures are to be seen wherever pictures are exhibited, and for them
he has received all the honors a painter can receive. Not only
as a portrait painter does he stand first, but as a mural decorator
he ranks with the highest LaFarge and Abbey. His frieze for
the Boston Public Library alone would make him famous
Abbott H. Thayer is a painter o f ideal women. He spirit­
ualizes his woman making her almost a sacred being. His “ Caritas” in the Museum o f Fine Arts, Boston, is an example. Van
Dyke says o f him:— “ Thayer is fond o f large canvases, a man
o f earnestness, sincerity and imagination but not a good draughts­
man, not a good colorist and a clumsy brushman, he has, how­
ever, something to say and in a large sense is an artist o f uncom­
mon ability. Another critic says:— “ A wonderful restfulness
pervades all the work o f this artist, one o f the most noble pro­
ducts o f American culture at its best.
It is said almost the only man to paint the nude as it is un­
derstood abroad is Kenyon Cox. He does it with a rhythm of
line and mass rendering o f form in accord with old traditions.
Elliott Dangerfield shows some o f this breath o f the inspiration
o f the sixteenth century. His mural painting||for the church
o f St. Mary, New Y ork are among his best productions. “ Hope
and Memory” is one o f Mr. Cox’s best known pictures. Mr.
C ox is well known as a writer and mural painter also.
George DeForest Brush stands among the first when the
standing o f our artists is in question. His “ Mother and Child”
is considered his masterpiece and will bear comparison with the
best pictures o f the world. Mr. Caffin says|H“ Wherever his
pictures appear they create for themselves an atmosphere o f
grave distinction.” Among his Indian pictures are two that have
won him marked distinction, “ The Silence Broken” and “ The
Sculpture of the King.” , His “ Indian Hunter” and “ Indian Ca­
noeist” are by many considered the most artistic representation
the Red Man has yet found.
It is as a painter o f maternity and childhood that Mr. Brush
won permanent distinction. Like Abbott Thayer he chooses
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is the spirit o f reverent devotion that characterized all the ma­
donnas o f the old masters. It is to be seen in the Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston.
John W . Alexander, born at Allegheny, Pa., is another to
achieve fame both as a figure painter and mural decorator, al­
though his best work is said to be done in portrait painting.
His “ Pot o f Basil” is probably his best known picture, although
to Pennsylvanians his mural decorations in the Harrisburg Cap­
itol, together with those o f Mr. Abbey and Miss Violet Oakley
should be equally familiar.
Other prominent exhibitors o f today are Benson, Tarbell
and Reid who are painters o f American women but make her
less celestial than those o f Mr. Thayer. Mr. Anschutz, who died
recently and Thomas Eakins are Pennsylvanians, much o f whose
work is found in the Pennsylvania Academy. “ Mending the
Net” and “ Chess Players” are among the works o f Mr. Eakins.
Thomas Hovenden and his “ Breaking Home Ties” might be
mentioned, for it is by this picture if by no other he will always
be remembered, for it breathes the kindly spirit o f the artist who
lost his life saving that o f a child on the railroad. Among the
many others who exhibit at all our large exhibitions are Wilton
Lockwood, Benjamin C. Porter and Irving R. W iles.'
Among our best known women painters are Miss Lydia
Field Emmett, Mary J. Cassett, Cecelia Beaux, Violet Oakley,
Elizabeth Shippen Green, Jessie W ilcox Smith and Clara McChesney.
M. IREN E H U BER
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SHIPPENSBURG CIVIC CLUB
Mrs. Scott
An interesting cooking lecture was held in the Normal
School Chapel, Friday afternoon, Feb. 7 at two o ’clock, under
the auspices of the Shippensburg Civic Club. Mrs. Anna B.
Scott o f “ North American” fame, entertained the large and en­
thusiastic audience of students and town “ home makers” for
three hours, in the art o f preparing and serving a course dinner
for four people at a minimum cost.

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Mrs. Scott in her lecture advocated and emphasized economy
o f materials, the conservation o f personal energy and daintiness
in serving. In this particular lecture she. also advertised “ W il­
burs Cocoa” and distributed booklets o f recipes entitled “ Cooks
Tours through Wilburland” and emphasized the modern advan­
tage to home makers o f the “ Casserole Cooking.” W ith the help
o f her niece, “ Anna,” Mrs. Scott prepared an evening dinner.
The following was the menu :
1. Clear Tomato Soup.
2. Eggs a la Japan with Rice— (a substitute for fish).
3. A Stew— (carrots, potatoes, onions, cheap grade of
meat, casserole pot).
4. Baked Bananas— (casserole dish).
5. Salad-lettucé— (shredded).
6. Dessert-Tapioca pudding with fruit juice.
7. Wilbur’s Cocoa Cake.
8. Coffee.
Mrs. Scott invited her audience, while in Phila., to visit her
model kitchen at Overbrook Heights, which is always open for
inspection.
W e hope the ladies o f the Civic Club will again secure the
services o f Mrs. Scott and we may have the pleasure o f hearing
her in our Normal Chapel.

PHILO
The members of the class o f 1913, were indeed sorry to lose
their competent president, just at this time, but to the victor be­
longs the spoils, and Philo is victor this year. The president,
vice-president, secretary, class-will and class-historian are the
officers o f the class of 1913 from Philo literary society.
The membership o f this year has far exceeded that o f last.
The new members are the “ true blue” and together with the old
ones are booming the society greatly.
A new movement has been installed— that o f forming clubs
in the society. These clubs are formed principally for the pur­
pose o f improving the debating, as well as for the general interest
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ing his name for debates, orations, essays, recitations, readings,
vocal and instrumental music. A number o f splendid subjects
for debates have been chosen and form these debaters are allowed
to choose their own subjects. This has been an aid fo the cura­
tors, and has given a greater variety to the programmes. There
is not a member who has not given his name to one club— the
majority joined several.
Instructors and students are already preparing for the re­
union to be held May second, 1913. The present members are
anxious to see a large number o f former Philos attend and show
their loyalty to the literary society o f their Alma Mater. W e
are hoping to hold firm the standard of. “ Blue Ribbon Day.”
Although 1913 has a majority o f Philos, the under classes
have also a fine showing. The ability and genius o f the under
classmen will by no means allow the society to weaken. Its
work will continue for its coming workers are talented and are
all striving to live up to the fine old motto o f the “ True Blue.”
S Y L V IA B. CO V E R

NORMAL
W e are pleased to say that the work done by the Normal
Literary Society during the term, ’which is now drawing to a
close, has been quite encouraging.
Although a lively interest has been displayed by a majority
of the members, there are a few who' have not come up to
the standard. Some o f the more enthusiastic members have been
working hard to have each one do his part every time.
Preparation is now being made for the annual reunion and
every “ Normalité” seems to be interested and putting forth his
best effort for its success. ’
The people belonging to the glee club have shown interest
by being faithful in their attendance at all the practices and meet­
ings.
Some o f the former members o f Normal have visited us
during the term and praised our work highly. Among them we
are pleased to mention the following names S -M r. Weaver, ’09 ;
Mr. Hale, TO and Miss Mary Johnson, TO.

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W e hope all the members will co-operate in the future work
as they have done in the past, so that the work during the re­
mainder o f the year may prove as successful, and even more so,
than that o f the past term.
A U C E E. W O LF, ’ 13, Sec’y

Y, W. C, A.
With the completion o f the past school term the present
Cabinet o f the Young Women’s' Christian Association realizes
that its term o f office has virtually closed as we are already pre­
paring to turn over our duties to a new cabinet for the next year.
The Thursday evening prayer-meetings o f the Cabinet have
been a source o f great blessing. Our Sunday evening meetings
have been well attended and our leaders have been willing and
enthusiastic. Having completed a course o f study on “ Parables
o f Jesus” we are taking up a very interesting and instructive
course on “ Women o f Ancient Israel.” Our music committee
has been helpful in making the meetings interesting by providing
special music.
In order to promote a social spirit among our members, a
Japanese Tea was given in the court one Friday evening at which
our treasurer gave out membership cards and received the fees
for the term. After spending a merry hour trying to imitate
our cousins across the sea, we turned our minds to a thoughtful
consideration o f missionary needs,. It was suggested that each
student pledge herself to give two cents a week— a paltry post­
age stamp— for the cause o f the missions. The suggestion was
eagerly taken up and practically all o f our girls took the pledge.
During the term Miss Sittler completed her excellent lec­
ture course on the Moslem W orld and gave a very interesting
illustrated lecture on the subject to both Y . M. and Y. W . C. A.
The first examination on Dr. Hurlbut’s Teacher T raining
Lessons has been successfully passed by all the members o f the
Bible Study Class who took the examination.
In order to get suggestions for work for the coming year,
three o f our members went to the Williamsport Cabinet Council
and brought back many interesting and helpful ideas for the fu­
ture Cabinet.
D O R O T H Y W O LFF, Corresponding Secretary.

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Y. M. C. A.
The work o f the past term on the whole has been satisfac­
tory. Although there were times when we could have done bet­
ter yet even the greatest o f men make mistakes so ours can be
pardoned. W e hope that we shall profit in the future by our
mistakes in the past;
The meetings have been well attended during the term and
the leaders gave splendid talks. A Mission Study Class has
been organized and meets every Sunday afternoon. The sub­
ject is “ India” and is very interesting and instructive.
“ Tom ” Farmer, who is known by nearly every college stu­
dent in the United States and elsewhere, visited us in the middle
o f the term and gave two very interesting talks. The first one
was given in the Chapel to both girls and boys, and the second
one for the boys only.
The special work o f the term, and that which required seri­
ous thought and consideration, was the selection of the new Cabi­
net. After much discussion, in which the sterling qualities of
the fellows who were eligible for the offices, were talked over,
we have selected the new cabinet. They will be installed at the
first joint meeting o f the spring term. Following are the names
and the offices to which they were elected:
Pres., Ray Shank, T5.
Vice-Pres., H. W . Cocklin, T6.
Sec., Edward Grove, T5.
Treas., Ray Hawbaker, T6.
Both cabinets will work hard this term in getting out the
annual hand book. W e feel sure that they will have a success­
ful year and do everything in their power to carry the work on.
R A Y R. STOU FFER, Pres.

BASKET BALL SEASON
Normal closed a most successful basket ball season by de­
feating Steelton High on March 8. Last fall only one regular
player was left in the team, but the new men meant business
from the start and by the time the hard games came on the Nor­
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The team averaged about 145 lbs. to the man. Our boys
as a rule played against opponents that were from 15 to 20 lbs.
heavier. Nevertheless 11 games were won out o f 14 played, and
almost twice as many points were scored as were scored by our
opponents.
There seems to be no limit to the courage and pluck that the
team possessed. Time and again they were behind at the end
o f the first half, but by a wonderful rally they came out victori­
ous. This happened in a half dozen games;*' The team has a
clear record o f not being defeated on their own floor.
The record is principally due to the harmonious and all
around work o f the team which found a splendid leader in Ed­
ward Daniel Grove.
The schedule follow s:
Official Basket Ball Schedule of the Cumberland Valley State
Normal School, 1912-’13
G. B. E LY, Coach

E D G A R D. G ROVE, Capt.
Nor. Opp.
Nov. 30— Shippensburg A. C .....................
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Dec. 7— Felton A. C .................................................
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Dec. 1*1— Harrisburg Tech. High School.............. 33
18
Jan. A— Lebanon High School.................................. 54
17
Jan. 11— P. R. R. Y . M. C. A. Reserves . ................ 68
12
Jan. 18— P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. 1st............................ \ 24
23
44
*Jan. 24— Steelton High School.............................. .11
*Jan. 31— Bloomsburg Normal.................................. 14
18
*Feb. 1— Lebanon High School.............................. 25
17
3
17
Feb. 8— Mercersburg A cadem y.................................
Feb. 15— York Y. M. C. A .......................................... 38
20
Feb. 21— Bloomsburg Normal.................................. 21
20
28
*Mar. 1— Mercersburg Academ y.............................. 36
Mar. 8— Steelton High School...................................... 37
28
*Games away
The following clipping is from a Bloomsburg paper when
our boys played at Bloomsburg:
NORMAL WON OVER SHIPPENSBURG
Fast Game That Last Night. Not Decided Until
Last Minute of Play
In a rattling exhibition, Bloomsburg Normal defeated Ship­
pensburg Normal on the local floor last night by the score o f

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18-14, with the game bitterly fought from start to finish and
with the game either team’s until time was called.
Play was fast and furious from the time referee Young’s
whistle started the play. Both teams had good floorwork and
so evenly matched were they that there was plenty o f occasion
for the enthusiasm manifested. In no game this year have the
Normal cohorts rallied more enthusiastically to the aid o f their
team, and the cheering was continuous throughout the forty
minutes o f play.
. .The visitors had the lead easily in the first half but Normal
overcome the lead and the half closed with the score 12-11 in
Normal’s favor. This lead was increased during the second half
and just as the whistle was blown for the end of play, Snoczynski threw a goal, which was not counted.
Both teams were pleased with the work o f referee Young
and the visiting coach complimented him upon his very impar­
tial work. The line u p :
SHIPPENSBL'RG ; ' '

BLOOMSBURG

Grove
........ foreward........ .............. Wagonseller
Albert .............. .............. ... .forew ard........ -------- . . . . .Leideich
Ainsworth .
.
. centre. ........................ Smoczynski
Sheibley V, . . ' . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . guard.............. ..................... Throne
S ta u ffer------. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . guard....... ........................ .. Gemmill
Goals from field— Stauffer, 3|§Grove, 2 ; Albert, Leideich, 4
Smoczynski, 3• Wagonseller. Goals from fouls— Grove, 2 ;
Smoczynski, 2. Fouls committed— Bloomsburg, 9 ; Shippensburg, 5. Referee— Young. Time o f halves— 20 minutes.
The keenest interest is always shown when Mercersburg
plays here. Our team was out weighed by about 30 lbs. to the
man but the quick floor work and fine shooting by our boys was
too much for Mercersburg, and they went down to defeat by ,the
score o f 28 to 36. In no other game was there displayed such
enthusiastic cheering. Several times the referee had to stop the
game in order that the whistle might be-heard.

Basket Ball Team of 1912 and 1913

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The score:
SH IPPENSBURG
M ERCERSBU RG
G r o v e ............................................ forward.......................... Maxfield
Albert ..................................... forward................................... Carrol
Ainsworth ............................ centre..................................... . Sproul
S h e ib ly ...................................... guard.................................. Brennen
Stauffer .................................. guard...................................... Mellen
Field goals— Grove, 5 ; Albert, 1; Ainsw orth,!; Sheibly, 5;
Stauffer, 5 ; Maxfield, 2 ; Carrol, 7 ; Sproul, 2 ; Brennen, 2. Fouls
called on both teams, 5. Referee, Lee Hale.
The best work that the Normal boys displayed was in the
game against the P. R. R. Y . M. C. A. This is without a doubt
the best amateur team in the State, having beaten the Harrisburg
Professionals several times this year. In the second half, our
boys swept the Harrisburg team off their feet, scoring 22 points
to their opponents 5.
The' score follow s:
P. R. R. Y . M. C. A.
SH IPPENSBURG
Grove .............................. ........ forward .. ............................ Garner
A lb e r t ............................ ........ forw ard. . . ............................ McCord
A in sw o rth ...................... 1 . . .centre.. . . .............................. Geisel
Sheibly ............ . . . . . . . ...........guard___ ............................ Arthur
Stauffer ........................ ........ guard........ ............................Harling
Field Goals, 5— Albert, 1 ; Ainsworth, 2 ; Stauffer, 3 ; Mc­
Cord, 2 ; Geisel, 3 ; Arthur, 3 ; Harling, 1. Fouls called on Nor­
mal, 8, on Harrisburg, 5. Referee, Lee Hale.

j*
SOME INSIDE BASKET BALL IDEAS
Edward Daniel Grove stands about 5 feet 5 inches high but
his farm muscles make up the rest. Grove plays the game be­
cause he loves to play and this is the secret o f all strong players.
He does everything that makes a fast man and quite frequently
two men were playing him to hold him. His highest record in
field goals was 17 in one game. His fine spirit was taken up
by the whole team and his great activity on the floor made him
a fine captain. He will be with us for two years. Chester A l­
bert is known for his cool head and his splendid passing.

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Whenever an opportunity came to make a goal one could count
it sure as he seldom missed a good chance. While he did not
get as many goals as some forwards, he did the trick that brought
the goal, and that was a good sure pass. His work could be
appreciated only by men who see inside basket ball.
“ Kirkpatrick Ainsworth,” the “ Jim Thorpe” o f the Normal,
has many other games that he likes better than basket ball, but
his great speed and splendid passing together with his high jump­
ing makes him the best center we have. W e could feel surer of
his goals, when he shoots, if the basket were about five feet
lower.
“ W ilmot Proviso Sheibly,” better known as “ Dock,” kept
so close to his forwards that they will have to play another sea­
son to catch him in the number o f goals made from the field.
His strong feature was to shoot goals at a great distance. At
Lebanon, he surprised the crowd by shooting a goal from one
end o f the floor to the other. T o Ray Stauffer belongs the credit
o f taking care o f a big man when there was one with the visit­
ing team. In this he was as sure as he was in making a goal.
Without a doubt he was the surest all around we had. When he
started up the floor and nobody followed it meant a goal.
The shooting o f the guards, when our forwards were close­
ly guarded, broke up several games and turned defeat into vic­
tory.
Goodheart, better known by the Latin name “ Bigum” was
always a strong substitute. No man played a harder game than
“ Bigum.”
Charles Magee another substitute always made good when
called upon. His great strength helped him much to guard well.
The second team has an unusually strong record this sea­
son. Out o f 6 games played, they won all but one game which
was lost at Waynesboro by the close score o f 19 to 21. The team
defeated our old rivals Mercersburg tw ice; at home and at Mercersburg.
Much o f the teams fine work was due to the consistent play­
ing o f their captain, Charles Buckalew. He was the most brainy
player on the floor. Clyde Barnhart, a fast forward, holds the
season’s record in field goals, shooting 18 in one game. Percy

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Eichelberger is a wonderful shooter, at any distance, under any
conditions, from any angle o f the floor.
Chas. Levi Brewbaker was the all around man o f the team.
He played all positions well and was sure in handling the ball.
In Claude Scriever we have a natural guard and much can
be expected from him in the future.
The next year’s team should be a very strong team with all
the fast players that remain in school.
Following is, the score between the Normal Second team and
Mercersburg Second:
SH IPPEN SBU RG S.
M ERCERSBU RG S.
Barnhart .......................... . . . .fo rw a rd .. ...................... Culbertson
Eichelberger .................... . . . forw ard.. -..............................Hawes
B rew bak er........................ . . . . centre. . . .............................. Young
Magee ................................___ guard____ ................................ Greig
Buckalew . . . . ; ................ . . . . guar d. . . . .............................. Oliver
Field Goals— Barnhart, 3 ; Eichelberger, 5; Culbertson, 1;
Hawes, 1; Young, 2 ; Oliver, 1. Fouls— Barnhart, 6 out o f 8 ;
Hawes, 4 out o f 8. Referee— Lee Hale.
The score in games :
Jan. 18— Waynesboro High, 21 g| Shippensburg, 19.
Jan. 25— Mercersburg Second, 14; Shippensburg, 17.
Feb. 1— Gettysburg High, 11; Shippensburg, 66.
Feb. 7—Waynesboro High, 9 ; Shippensburg, 43.
Feb. 22— Dickinson Soph., 14;
Shippensburg, 47.
Mar. 1— Mercersburg Sec.. 14; Shippensburg, 22.

ALUMNI PERSONALS
’78. In reply to our inquiry, we have the following from
Mr. J. G. A p p :
This finds me now located in Juniata Co. trying at farming
and stock raising. My health failed at: teaching and I was
obliged to seek other employment which would require outdoor
exercise. Have two sons, one graduated in 1908 from Bucknell
University at Lewisburg, Pa. The other a railroader. I am not
acquainted with whereabouts or doings of any o f my classmates.

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M y chum, J. V. Mohr, is located in Washington, engaged in fruit
culture.
Yours truly,
J. G. APP.
’83.

Mr. S. E. Harkins is teaching at Cisna Run, Perry Co.

’90. W e have the following postal from Mr. G. E. Gray of
Lehighton, Pa.
In reply to your postal, I beg to state that I am still practic­
ing law at Lehighton, Pa., where I shall be pleased to entertain
any o f my classmates at any time.
Very truly yours,
GEO. E. GRAY.
’91. Dr. Chas. Rebuck o f Harrisburg gave a talk recently
before the Civic Club o f that city on Medical Inspection o f School
Children and Tuberculosis Camps.
•91. Mr. W . H. Kissinger writes
that he and Mrs. Kissinger still think
ure. In the last issue o f the Herald
name as Pearl instead o f M. Pauline
correction now.

to us from Wiconisco, Pa.
o f old Normal with pleas­
we printed his daughter’s
and are glad to make the

’91. Miss Blanche W oodal is assistant in third Grammar
School, Chambersburg, Pa.
’93. Mr. O. H. Little writes from Concord, Pa.:
The class o f 1893 expect to have their 20 yr. reunion at the
next commencement.
Miss Mary Arnold of Delta is to correspond with the female
side of the house while I look up the boys. W e don’t expect to
have a program, simply get together and have a good time.
I f you have space in the April number o f the Herald you
might make a note o f it for us.
Wishing old Normal success; I am,
Sincerely yours,
OSCAR H. L IT T L E , ’93.
W e hope the class will respond to the inquiries and that they
may have an enjoyable reunion on Commencement week.
’94. Mr. W . S. Hafer is principal o f the High School at
Elkland, Pa. He sends us his Herald subscription.

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94. Miss Margaret Coder (State Certificate) is teaching in
the Huntingdon High School.
’95. Mr. A. A. McCrone is teaching in the Department of
Mathematics in the Southern High School o f Philadelphia, Broad
and Jackson Streets. Mr. McCrone sends us some notes o f his
class that we are very glad to print.
’95.

Miss Helen Harman is a clerk in Washington, D. C.

’95. Mr. T. C. Park is a physician at 53 Brighton Ave.,
East Orange, N. J.
95.

Mr. H. E. Walhay is a minister at Wayne, Pa.

’95. Mr. John S. Hershey is Vice President o f the J. G.
Splane & Co., Commonwealth Building, Pittsburg.
9S- H
J'
Gantt is principal o f the East Newport
Schools. His address is Newport, Pa.
’96. Miss Anna Bollinger is; teaching the Millerstown in­
termediate school.
’96.

Miss Alice Shaffner is teaching at Morrisdale, Pa.

98. Mr. E. Norman Walter writes from Louisiana:
I am now in the Sunny South. Have been here in the em­
ployment o f the Standard Oil Co. o f Louisiana for the past fif­
teen months, now located at Melville, La. Like the south O. K
especially during the winter months. Best wishes for the suc­
cess o f “ Old Normal.”
I sent in one year’s subscription for the “ Herald” durifig the
month o f Jan., but have not heard from it yet. I f you did not
receive it, kindly advise me and I will send another subscription
for I want the Herald.
Yours very respectfully,
E. NORM AN W A LTE R ,
Melville,
St. Landry Parish,

•H i ? eral<^ subscription has been received and will start
with the April issue.
’98. Mr. George Leopold will take a course during the
summer at Susquehanna University in Mathematics and Sciences.
Mr. Leopold has been elected President o f the Mifflin County
teachers Association. It numbers about 200 members.

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’98.
lin Co.
’98.

Miss Anna B. Smiley is teaching at Yeagertown, Miff­
Mr. W . H. Ranck is teaching at Hustontown, Pa.

’98. Mr. John W . Shive is a student at John Hopkin’s Uni­
versity in Baltimore, Md. His address is 102 W . 26th St.
’99.

Mr. Silas A. Rice is principal o f the||ixth ward in

Lewistown, Pa.
’99.

Mr. J. W. Billow is teaching eighth grade in Logan

St. Building, Lewistown, Pa.
’99.

Miss Cordelia B. Gray is teaching in the High School

at Ickesburg, Pa.
’00. Miss Cora B. Clever is in the Commercial Department
o f the school at Tonkawa, Okla. She is one o f four teachers in
this dept, and has the work in Banking. She writes that she
likes her work very much.
’00.

Mrs. Nellie Nipple (Brindle) is teaching in Altoona.

’00. Mr. C. F. Noll who is in the faculty of State College,
gave four lectures at the Normal during the winter term. ^They
were “ Milk Testing,” “ Commercial Fertilizer,” “ Lime” and “ Farm
Weeds.” These lectures were very instructive and were especial­
ly appreciated from the fact that Mr. Noll is one o f our own
graduates'.
’00. Miss Helen Troxell is teaching in Lewistown, Pa.
’00.

Miss Ida Kleckner is teaching J^ndersonville school

at Loysville, Pa.
’01.

W e have the following in answer to our inquiry from

Mr. O. H. Fogelsanger:
I have been located in Lancaster the past three years. Am
treasurer and manager o f the Lancaster Sanitary Milk Co., manu­
facturers o f Pasteurized Milk, Cream, Butter and Ice Cream.
Am not in touch with any other members o f the class of
1901.
Thanking you for the kind inquiry, wishing success to your­
self and the school, I remain,
Yours very truly
O. H. FOGELSANGER.

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’01. Miss Virginia McQuiston sends us two years subscrip­
tion to the Herald from Bloomsburg Normal where she is teach­
ing drawing.
’01. Mr. James A. Mills is a minister at Sidman, Pa. He
wrote us in January that he expected to enter Temple Univer­
sity, School o f Theology in the near future. W e wish him suc­
cess in his work there.
’02. Mr. W . L- Leopold (State Certificate) is teaching in
Pittsburg. His address is 7th Ave. Hotel.
’02.
diate.

Miss Mabel Eppley is teaching Marysville interme­

’02.

Mr. W . J. Kines is teaching A Grammar in Duncannon.

’02. Mr. W . L. Noll is teaching in the High School at New­
ark, N. J. His address is 72 N. 4th St.
’02. Mr. J. H. Rhea is teaching the James Creek School,
Marklesburg Boro., Huntingdon Co.
. ’02. Mr. Clarence Grubb is teaching in Liverpool Twp.,
Perry Co.
’02. Mrs. Zora Strohm (Demmy) has moved from Carlisle,
Pa. to Rochester, N. Y., where her husband is a minister.
’02. Mr. E. H. Burd is principal of the fourth ward schools
o f Huntingdon. His address is 924 Mifflin St.
’04.
Pa.

Mr. W . H. Gray is teaching at Elliottsburg, Pa.

’04. Miss Anna Smith o f Reedsville, is teaching at Avalon,
Her address is 729 Florence Ave.

’04. Mr. C. N. Plum writes frdm Gibbstown, N. J .:
Inclosed please find stamps to the amount o f 25c. for which
send the Normal Herald to the above address for one year. I am
an employee o f the Dupont Powder Company at this place., and
have been working for the Company for two years.
Respectfully yours,
C. N. PLUM,
Class ’04.
’05.

Miss Elizabeth Phillips is teaching in Lebanon.

’05. Mr. I. L. Sheaffer writes from Northampton that he is
teaching the Sciences in the schools there.

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’06. Miss Laura Shields sends her subscription to the Her­
ald for four years. She is still teaching at W omelsdorf in the
Orphanage.
’06. Mrs. Carrie McNaughton (Stowder) is living at 1019
Highland Place, Altoona, Pa. She sends us her Herald sub­
scription.
’06. Mr. S. M. Neagley is teaching at Leechburg.
’07. Mrs, Cora Eby (Geiss) is teaching primary work in
Reading. She likes the work very much. W e are under the im­
pression that both she and Mr. Geiss, ’06, are teaching. Their
address is 18 Penn Ave.
’07. Miss Alice J. Walker is teaching in the primary school
at Millerstown.
’07. W e are glad to publish a letter from Mr. Portis A.
Sm ith:
,
Enclosed find P. O. order for fifty cents to pay two year s
subscription to the Herald. It stopped coming after June last
year, so I have decided that iny, subscription must have expired,
and as I seldom hear from Normalites, I miss it greatly. I had
Christmas cards from Miss Kidwell and Mr. Shearer. Y ou
doubtless know o f their location at Sheridan, W yom ing and
Yardley, Pa., respectively.
I am teaching Mathematics, German and Science in the High
School h$re. There are two teachers, thirty pupils and a four
years’ course. I teach seven forty-minute periods each day. It
was necessary for me to spend last summer at K. S, N. at Em­
poria, which is a very much up-to-date school.
Sincerely yours,
P. A. SM ITH, ’07.
’08.

Miss Minnie Henneberger is teaching at Lewistown.

’08.

Miss Ada Byers is teaching in Milton.

’08.

Miss Ruth Wingert is not teaching this'year, but is

at her home, Chambersburg, Pa.
’08.

Miss Margarette Cremer is teaching in Huntingdon.

Her address is 1027 Mifflin St.
’08.
town.

Mr. E. H. Auker -is teaching Eighth Grade in Lewis-

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’08. Miss Jean Robinson is a student in the School o f In­
dustrial Art in Philadelphia.
’08. Mr. M. H. Bair is teaching the grammar grade and
bookkeeping in the South Fork schools this year.
’08. W e have the following letter from Miss June LeFevre :
I have been spending the winter in California and like it
so well that have decided to stay and take up teaching here. The
school system here is excellent. I am staying with my sister,
Mrs. W . H. Scott (Grace LeFevre). W e would both be pleased
to hear from our Normal friends that read the Herald.
Very sincerely,
JUNE L E FE V R E ,
6734 Estrella Ave.,
Los Angeles, Cal.
’09. Miss Margaret Jackson is teaching at New Buffalo.
’09.

Miss Mae Mellott is teaching at Mercersburg, Pa.

’09. Mr. Mark Wenger has charge o f the Business Depart­
ment o f Findlay College, Ohio.
’09. W e have the following card from Miss Edith McMeen:
Your card received. I am teaching 7th grade in Coraopohs, Pa. Marian Seabrook is teaching in London, Ky. Jennie
Green is teaching in Steelton, Pa.
E D IT H J. McMEEN.
’09. Miss Marian Seabrook taught in Ambler three years
after graduating and last summer went to Chicago and took
Uregg system o f short hand and received a teachers diploma •
she then studied at Valparaiso for a few weeks and is now in the
commercial department o f the London schools o f London Ky.
where she likes the work very much.
TO.

Mr. J. A. Kell is principal at Spruce Creek, Pa.

TO.

Mr. Charles H. Zimmerman is teaching at Yeagertown,

irâ.

«

TO.
10.
ville :

Miss Stelle M. Linn is teaching at Orrtanna.
Miss Ellen Miller sends us this news from Elizabeth-

Ml nr
Dear Miss Horton,—

Elizabethville, Pa.
February 24, 1913.

I am teaching 4th and 5th grades at this place.
my third term here.

This is

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510.

Miss Laura Daugherty is teaching at Skillman, N. J.

’ 10.

Mr. James W . White writes from Cold Spring Har­

bor, N. J .:
I have been teaching in Long Island, N. Y ., for two succes­
sive years.
I still have fond memories for “ Old Normal” and very much
miss the “ Herald” when it fails to reach me.
’ l l . Mr. John E. Jones is teaching at Belleville, N. J.
’ l l . There are four o f the class o f ’ l l teaching in Swatara
Twp. in Dauphin county. Mr. Erank Hasston is assistant prin­
cipal and Miss Mary Dunkle and Miss Anna Wenger and Mr.
Preston Parmer are in the same township.
’ l l . Miss Elizabeth Wenger is teaching a mixed school
in South Altoona. Her address is 1330 5th Ave.
’ l l . Mr. A. H. Coble is assistant principal at Elkland,
where Mr. W . S. Hafer is principal.
’ l l . Miss Edith Irwin writes from Y ork :
I am pleased to write that I am in my fourth year o f teach­
ing. My school is in the new Abraham Lincoln Building and
my grade is 4th. My drawing and music work is especially ineresting.
Hoping you are very well, I remain,
Most sincerely,
E D IT H C. IRW IN .
’ll.

Mr. M. E. McKenzie is teaching at Dudley, Pa.

’ll.

Miss Mary Seitz is teaching at Newville.

’ l l . Mr. Joseph Eshelman took Civil Service examination
in January and has been appointed a mail clerk.
T2.

Miss Bess C. Bair is teaching at Mt. Union.

OBITUARY
A. Dorsey Martin, ’97.

Died January 19, 1913.

Mr. Martin was a minister in the Mennonite Church o f Greencastle where he had been for a few years. His death occurred
on January 19, 1913 from a complication o f diseases.

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Carrie McCreary, ’85.

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Died March 6, 1913.

W e take the following from a Shippensburg paper:
Our community was greatly shocked on last Thursday even­
ing to hear o f the sudden death o f Miss Carrie Agnew McCreary
at Bethlehem, Pa., from acute endocarditis which developed sud­
denly while she was suffering slightly from a minor illness.
Miss McCreary was born in Gettysburg and was a daughter
o f the late Capt. Jno. F. McCreary, a former principal o f the Nor­
mal School here, and a sister o f Dr. McCreary.
After resigning her position in our schools she traveled
abroad for a time, after which she went to reside at Bethlehem.
The funeral services were held in Bethlehem on Sunday,
March 9th, and interment in Gettysburg the following day, con­
ducted by Rev. Chas. Taylor, o f Gettysburg, and Rev. C. O. Bosserman, o f Shippensburg.
She is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Dr.
J. Bruce McCreary, o f Shippensburg; Mrs. John Harper, o f Den­
ver, Col.; Miss Jean McCreary and Miss Gertrude McCreary,
o f Bethlehem; Mr. William Harold McCreary, o f Louisville, Ken­
tucky and two nieces.
Mrs. L. Caroline Beard died January 6, 1913.
Mrs. Beard was the wife o f the first Principal o f Normal,
Dr. George P. Beard, and died at the home o f her daughter, Mrs.
Luna D. Hill. She was bufied at Randolph, Vt.

U tr
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
The engagement o f Miss Iva V. Houston,’99 o f Glenn Camp­
bell, formerly o f Shippensburg, to Mr. James A. Smith o f Mar­
ion Center, is announced.
Mrs; N. C. Harvey o f Glenn Campbell gave a luncheon in
honor o f Miss Houston and the announcement was made by pre­
senting each guest with a hand painted heart.
The engagement o f Miss Ethel Hendricks, ’01, o f H ummelstown, to Mr. George Karmany also o f Hummelstown is also an­
nounced.
The dates o f these weddings is not yet known.

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STORK COLUMN
Schnurman. At Allentown, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Schnurman, a daughter. Mrs. Schnurman was Miss Emily Me-,
Keever, ’05.
Pentz. At Bethlehem, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs, Pentz, a
daughter. Mrs. Pentz was Gwendolyn Downs, ’02,
Alberti. At LaMar, Colorado, January 13, 1913, to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Alberti, a daughter. Mrs. Alberti was Miss Blanche
Books o f ’06.
Walters. 1 A t Shippensburg; Pa., February 11, 1913 to Mr.
and Mrs. Blaine Walters, a son. Mrs. Walters was Miss Grace
Miller, ’02.
Carson. At Rouzerville, Pa., December, 1912 to Mr. and
Mrs. Carson, a son. Mrs. Carson was Miss Maude Wingert, ’08.
Bradford. At Eastville, Va., January 2, 1913 to Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. W . Bradford, a son. Mrs. Bradford was Miss Isa­
belle Wagner, ’97.
Shive. At Baltimore, Md., 102 W . 26th St., February 22
to Mr. and Mrs. John W . Shive, a son. Mr. Shive was a member
o f the class o f ’98.
Rotz. At Ft. Loudon, Pa., October 22, 1912 to Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Rotz, a daughter. Mrs. Rotz was Miss Mary Trogl e r , ’07.
Stoner. At Waynesboro, Pas, to Mr. and Mrs. Stoner, a
son was born March 17. Mrs. Stoner was Miss Edith Cole, '96.

Four things a man must learn to d o :
I f he would make his record true;
T o think with out confusion clearly;
T o love his fellowmen sincerely ;
T o act from honest motives purely;
T o trust in God and heaven securely!— Henry Van Dyke.
Give what you have: to someone it may be better than you
dare to think.— Longfellow.
The vision o f the ideal guards the monotony o f work from
becoming motony o f life.— Brook Foss Wescott.

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CUPID’S COLUMN
Haiston-Kriner. At Mercersburg, Pa., March 20th, Mr.
Frank M. Haiston, ’ l l , to Miss Elizabeth Kriner, ’ l l .
Rex-Hewitt. At Waynesboro, Pa., by Rev. Dr. Thomas S.
W ilcox, Mr. George M. Rex o f Gettysburg to Miss Maude Hew­
itt, ’90. They will reside in Gettysburg, Pa., where Mr. Rex is
engaged in the laundry business.
Fleming-Harbison. At Catasauqua, Pa., by Rev. H. W .
Ewig, Mr. James E. Fleming, o f Philipsburg, N. J. to Miss' Har­
riet Harbison, ’07.
Fisher-Dale. At Connellsville, Pa., June 21, 1912, Mr. Jos­
eph E. Fisher to Miss Ella E. Dale, ’08. They will reside at West
Eeisering, Pa.

SHIPPENSBURG GRADUATES IN THE HARRISBURG
SCHOOLS
The following graduates o f Shippensburg Normal are
teaching in the city schools o f Harrisburg:
Mr. S. C. Beitzel, 77, in the High School; Miss Stella S.
Earley, ’91, Fourth Grade in the Cameron Building; Miss Grace
Eshenouer, ’05, Sixth Grade in the Melrose Building; Mr. P. A.
Fishel, ’90, in the High School; Miss Stelle M< Grimm,’ 95, first
grade in Melrose Building; Miss Olive B. Hall, ’ l l , second and
third grades in the Harris Building; Mr. J. E. Harlacher, ’07,
is Principal and teaches Ninth grade in the Hamilton Building ;
Mr. P. E. Hocker, ’02, is principal and teaches eighth and ninth
grades in the Melrose Building; Mr. John F. Kob, ’02, is princi­
pal and teaches seventh and eighth grades in the Foose Building ;
Mrs. Abigail Lamond, ’82, sixth grade in the Hamilton Building ;
Miss Clara M. Lutz, ’95, second grade in the McClay Building ;
Miss Ella F. Martin, ’08, second grade in Harris Building; Mr.
Zac T. Meixel, ’84, in the High School ; Miss Anna Patterson,
’94, fifth gradé in Lincoln Building; Miss Vera C. Peiffer, TO,
second grade in Hamilton Building; Miss Julia N. Piper, ’01,

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first grade in Harris Building; Miss Caroline Sparrow, ’98, sev­
enth grade in Melrose Building; Miss Bertha Spong, ’05, sev­
enth grade in Webster Building ; Miss Elda G. Stambaugh, ’05,
fifth grade in Webster Building; Miss Grace Wonders, ’08, sev­
enth grade in Maclay Building; Miss Lilian Zug,’01, second grade
in Vernon Building; Mr. M. H. Thomas, ’90, in Camp Curtin
Building.

EXCHANGES
W e acknowledge with thanks the receipt o f the following
exchanges:— The College Student, Dickinsonian, Perkiomenite,
Normal Review, College News, Quarterly, Susquehanna, Cruci­
ble, Normal Vidette, Millersvillian.
The “ Normal Vidette” contains a brief but note-worthy ar­
ticle on the Purpose of Education. It speaks of the education
o f Athens and Sparta as one-sided, to develop a “ sound mind
in a sound body.” But the “ purpose o f our systém is to unite
and ennoble all sides, so as to present the highest form o f man­
hood and womanhood. T o attain this the public school system
has given us opporunities for which we may be thankful— oppor­
tunities that those not so many years before our times never en­
joyed. So all the drilling and training which one is subject to
in a High School or Normal course, and which often seem so
hard, are given in order to bring out nobler and finer qualities, to
fit one for more responsible posts and greater usefulness in the
world.”
“ So long as thou art ignorant, be not ashamed to learn. Ig­
norance is the greatest o f all infirmities and when justified, the
chiefest o f all follies.” — Ex.
The “ College Student” contains a good editorial on “ honor
vs. honor.” It speaks o f awarding “ honors” to those who re­
ceives the highest “ m ark/’ A discussion follows as to whether
obtaining high marks by fair means or foul can be associated
with “ honor” in its true sense. It also brings out the unfairness
in permitting students who have entered the last year or two
o f the course to be considered on equal terms with those who

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have spent four yea'rs in the regular course and taken up the dif­
ficult subjects o f the Freshman and Sophomore years. The ar­
ticle shows some thought.
The department o f Current Events in the “ Susquehanna”
is very interesting and commendable. In this department, the
events o f the school which are o f interest are discussed.
P o e t-S ‘1 called to see if you had an opening for me.”
Editor— “ Yes, there’s one just behind you ; shut it as you
go out.” — Ex.
Prize-fighter (entering school with his son)— “ you give this
boy o ’ mine a thrashin’ yesterday, didn’t y ou ?”
School master (very nervous) .fpj-“ Well, I-er-perhaps.”
Prize-fighter— “ Well, give us your ’and; you’re a champion.
I can’t do nothin’ with him myself.” — Ex.
The Dickinsonian contains a strong plea for women in the
civic, educational and political work o f the day. It is entitled
“ Woman’s Enlarging Sphere.” The article closes with the fol­
lowing quotation: “ If the world understands one thing today
it is that progress depends upon the conditions under which
children are born and trained. Shall women be kept out o f the
councils which deal with the health and rearing o f children—-with
schools, penal rules, eugenics, changing ethics ? Shall they
have no voice in directing how much money shall be spent on
education and how much on political pie? On whether cotton
and woolen goods are what they ought to be in quality and
price? On whether, in regulating a traffic that murders so
many girls every year, we shall punish the women, the men, the
owners o f buildings, the police, or rely on changing standards
in men’s morality? Hundreds o f thousands o f girls work in
shops, factories, laundries, bakeries,— who shall look after the
laws? Is the tariff o f no importance to those who do most o f
the purchasing for the home? Unless woman has no right to
help decide the questions which most concern her children and
herself, the feminist movement cannot stop.”
“ The Crucible” is a very interesting little magazine with
many instructive articles.

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Man is fully satisfied only with what satisfies his soul~4§
only with character, and an endless chance for that character
to growH-Phillips Brooks.
Content is better, all the wise will grant,
Than any earthly good that thou canst want;
And discontent, with which the foolish fill
Their minds, is worse than any earthly ill.
^E -Joh n Byrom.
H ow much trouble he avoids who does not look to see what
his neighbor says, or does, or thinks, but only to what he him­
self does, that it may be just and pure.— Marcus Aurelius.
Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee
prisoner. A word unspoken isAlike a sword in its scabbord,
thine; if rented, thy sword is in another’s hand. If thou desire
to be held wise; be so wise as to hold thy tongue.— Quarles.