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N ormal S chool H erald
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JUDY, 1912

No. 4

/iDo&el School
The work of the Model School closed two weeks earlier this
year and without the formal Commencement exercises.
The prevalence of measles compelled the closing of the
Shippensburg schools, and although there were very few cases
in the Model School it seemed advisable to close it, except the
two upper classes, which were continued full time, but closed
without the usual Commencement exercises.
As a substitute for Commencement and to celebrate the event
of graduation, the senior class made an excursion to Harrisburg,
personally conducted by the Principal, Miss Harris.
They visited the Capitol and other points of interest in the
city and came home greatly delighted with their trip.
The graduating class numbered ten, who will all probably be
enrolled in the first year of the Normal School course next fall.

U Stetn Chase
G in k — “ Your son is pursuing his studies at college, isn’t

he?”
Dink— “ I guess so.

H e’s always behind.—Judge.

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32. /ID. C. B.
Four young men from Cumberland Valley State Normal
School were sent as delegates to the International Y . M. C. A.
Conference of Colleges and Schools at Northfield, Mass.
These delegates return to the school each year filled with the
new and good in religious progress. Resulting from the inspir­
ation received at the Conference, the work of our Y . M. C. A .
takes new life and more of our young men are brought under the
uplifting influence of this organization.
The young men who this year represent us are all from the
class of 1913 with the exception of Mr. William D. Short. Those
from the Cabinet are Messers Ray R. Stouffer, Greencastle, Pa.;
C. Tester Clugston, East Waterford, Pa.; William D. Short, East
Waterford, Pa. Mr. Oren W . Brenneman, Siddonsburg, Pa., was
selected as delegate from the lay members of the Association.
The new Handbook promises to be up to the high standard
set by last year’s Cabinet and will be welcomed by the new
students for its useful information.
aw ful
The president of the university had dark circles under his eyes.
His cheek was pallid; his lips were trembling; he wore a haunt­
ed expression. Every now and then he turned and glanced ap­
prehensively behind him.
“ You look ill,” said his wife. “ What is wrong, dear?”
. ‘ ‘ Nothing much,” he replied. But— I— I had a fearful dream
last night, and I feel this morning as if I— as if I----- ” He hes­
itated and stammered. It was evident that his nervous system
was shattered.
, “ W hat was the dream?” asked his wife. “ I— I— dreamed the
trustees required that— that I should— that I should pass the
freshman examination for— adm ission!” sighed the president.—

Youth’s Companion.

&
better Still
E d n a — “ Did Mabel get that six-shooter she spoke of provid­
ing herself with as a protection against burglars?”
E v a — “ No; she got a sixfooter." —Judge.

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y. w . The Young Women’s Christian Association decided this year
to send a member of the faculty with the student delegates to the
Y . W. C. A . Summer Conference at Eagles Mere, Pa. Miss
Harris, Prin. of the Model School, was chosen to chaperone the
young ladies.
This conference is known as the Middle Atlantic Student
Conference of the Y . W . C. A . Fortunate for our expense account
it was held this year in our own state, and not so far from our
habitat in the Cumberland Valley.
The delegates are as follows: Miss Sylvia B. Cover, Highspire, Pa., Pres, of the Cabinet; Miss Mary I. Camp, Dry Run,
Pa., Vice Pres, of the Cabinet; Miss Gertrude "Wolff, Shippensburg, Pa., Corresponding Secretary of the retiring Cabinet; and
Miss Mary T . McKibbin, Buck Valley, Pa. These young ladies
are all from the class of 1913.
On Sunday, June 16th, the new Cabinet Officers were installed
by Dr. Martin at a union service of the Y . W . and Y . M. C. A .
We are sure that the new officers have been well chosen. The
retiring Cabinet was a strong one, always at work for the Associ­
ation; we have the greater need of efficient officers for the new
year to keep the Association up to the Standard set last year.
The following are the officers for the year of 1912-1913: Pres.,
Miss Sylvia B. Cover; Vice Pres., Miss Mary I. Camp; Secty.i
Miss Mildred Jarrett; Corresponding Secty.^Miss Dorothy Wolff.

¿4>
1Tn Xonbon Cown
R e g u l a r C ustom er — “ I shall want a large quantity of

flowers from you next week, for my daughter’s coming-out.”
F lo w e r W om an — “ Yes, mum. You shall ’ave the very best
for ’er, por dear. Wot were she put in for?” — Punch.

Bt tbe Counter
S a le sm a n “ N ow here, madam, is a piece o f goods that
speaks for itself; I - ----C ustom er (interrupting)— “ Then suppose you keep quiet a
moment and give it a chance.” — Boston Transcript.

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XTMrty=nintb anniversary of mormal literary
Society
With Mr. Roy D. Kuouse, ’08, in the President’s chair, and
Miss Ray Hollar, ’09, gracing the Secretary’s chair, Normal Lit­
erary Society celebrated its thirty-ninth anniversary at eight
o’clock, Friday, April 12th.
The orchestra, composed of students, delighted the large
audience of Normalites and their friends. Following their first
selection, Mr. Knouse delivered a very able address. His theme
was historical; into it he wove the problems o f the day, our
problems.
Every number of the program, which follows, was splendidly
rendered:
Vocal Selections“ Mah Punkin Sue” ......... .................. Stanley Widener
Male Chorus
“ Ballata’ ’—“ Bizarria”. ......... WM ....................................... ..Pagnoncelli
Miss Florence McElroy, Miss Josephine Flemming, Miss Nannie
Williams, Miss Grace Karper, Miss Nellie McLaughlin, Miss Maud
Shadier.
j . ¿biReading............ ...................................... Arena Scene from ‘ Quo Vadis
Miss Elizabeth Krall
“ A Warrior
.....„...Stephen Adams
Glee Club
Oration—“ Men With Muck Rakes’**!.......................Theodore Roosevelt
Mr. James C. Trostle
Piano Duo— “ Militaermarsch”
........................................... shubert
Misses Mildred Jarrett and Rhea Squires
H H H H ............................ Orchestra
Selections.................................................................
ju iM H

The formal program of the Anniversary was concluded with
a screaming farce,|“ The Dressing Gown« “ Funny” was no
name for the playlet; it added pounds to our bodies and years to
our lives; the cast follows:
“T

he

D r e s s in g G o w n ”

Mr. Peter Peabody.................................................
Mrs. Peter Peabody............................ .
Miriam Peabody....................................................
Augus K irk ............................................................
Sarah.......................................................................
Cumber...................................................................

.... Mr. Harlacher
..........Miss Lessig
........ Miss Thrush
....... Mr. Wampler
......... Miss Feiser
Mr. Jerry Trostle

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Ubírt^Síxíb IReunion of pbilomatbean Xiterars
Society
This important literary and social event brought to Normal
many former members of Philo and other Alumni who are friends
of the society. It was an occasion for beautiful gowns and equally
beautiful ladies. As you may safely guess, our men Alumni were
back in force on this occasion.
Mr. John C. Wagner, ’92, City Superintendent of Schools,
Carlisle, Pa., was invited to be the presiding officer and address
the Society and the friends of Philo. Mr. Wagner’s speech
abounded in humor, sound thought and good advice. He reviewed
some of the good Literary training had done and exemplified it
even better by the able address he delivered.
Sharing honors with Mr. Wagner was Miss Hattie A . Wylie,
’93, who was the Secretary of the Annual Reunion Exercises.
Chapel was well filled with former Philos, townspeople, under­
graduates and out-of-town Alumni. The decorations were beauti­
ful and reflected honor on the Committee on Decorations. The
orchestra was composed of students; its numbers were thoroughly
enjoyed.
Each number of the program, which follows, was well rendered
and received prolonged applause.
P rog ram
P art I
Selections........................................
.................... Orchestra
President’ s Address......................
Prof. John C. Wagner
Piano Solo—“ Cantique d’Amour’ ’
............................ Liszt
Helen Segner
Ladies’ Chorus, “ Doris”
Ethelbert Nevin
Violin and Cello Obligato
Oration
“ Old Glory”
Samuel M. Stouffer
O Metra
“ Ginevra”
Schubert
Miss Sylvia Cover
Miss Leila Horn
Selection

Miss Gertrude Wolff
Miss Nellie Beidel
-Orchestra

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A Farce Comedy concluded the entertainment. Each mem­
ber of the cast showed careful preparation and each helped in
provoking roars of laughter. It was so funny that fat men were
excluded; you may conclude who wasn’t there.
C ast

■“ft's ®reat to he Cta3is”
Enid Morton.............................................. ................ Miss Josephine Eves
Jack Eerris.......... ............................... -...........................Mr. Paul B. Poust
Tom Carter........................ ,.......................................Mr. Omar Hawbaker

Ube fa cu lty
On Friday evening, June 22nd, Mr. J. K. Stewart, Head of
the Latin Department, addressed the Graduating Classes of the
Upper Dublin School District. The schools of this district lie
near Ambler, Pa.
Mr. J. S. Heiges, Dean of the C. V . S. N. S., delivered the
address to the Graduating Class of the Blosserville High School.
Mr. H. L. Burkholder, the principal of the High School, was a
“ Spring Term’ ’ teacher here in Normal last year.
Dr. Martin was honored by a call to deliver the Annual Addresss before the Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Fraternity at Lafay­
ette College during the Commencement Week. This fraternity
is composed of those students in graduating classes of the colleges
who have taken high rank. Only first honor men are elected to
membership.
During the term now closing Mr. George B. Ely, Physical
Director, occupied pulpits in these places: On the last Sunday
in May he preached for Dr. Van Ormer in the Memorial Lutheran
Church, Shippensburg, Pa.; he also occupied this same pulpit on
the third Sunday in June. During the month of May Mr. Ely
preached to the congregations in Churchtown and in New Kings­
ton, Pa.
A t the installation of Dr. McKeag to the presidency of W il­
son College, Chambersburg, Pa., Dr. Martin, for many years
president of Wilson, made the invocation, and represented our
school. Mr. Heiges, our dean, represented his college, Ursinus,
at these exercises.

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T h e ir V a c a t io n s .

Miss Wylie, Department of History, will visit in Pittsburg
and vicinity for some time; she will go by boat down the Ohio to
Cairo, 111., thence by boat up the Mississippi to Hannibal, Mo.,
where she will visit with friends.
Dr. Martin and family intend to spend a month at their farm
near Cannonsburg, Pa. They will go by automobile to Pitts­
burg, leaving Shippensburg on Tuesday, July 2nd. Two days
will be spent en route. The machine and chauffeur will be kept
at the “ Martin Homestead,” from which excursions will be
made daily through the beautiful hills and mountains.
Miss Sitler, Department of Biological Science, has gone to
Honesdale, Pa., to attend the wedding of a friend. She will re­
main with the bride’s family for three weeks; the remainder of
her vacation will be spent in Mauch Chunk, Pa., her home.
Mr. Stewart, Latin Department, will be with his parents in
Towanda, Pa., during the greater part of the summer.
Miss Wheeler, Department of Vocal Music, will spend a few
weeks with her family in Pinegrove, Pa. Later she intends to
study at Cornell University.
Miss Horton, Preceptress, will visit friends in Enola, Pa.,
Millersburg, Pa., and Milton, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Ely stay at the school for a few weeks, then
they will visit friends in New Bloomfield, Pa., and in a number
of towns in Schuylkill county.
Miss Harris, Principal of Model School, is spending ten days
at Eagles’ Mere, PaJjgwith the delegates from our Y . W. C. A .
She will visit friends in the central part of the state, and spend
the remainder of her vacation with her family in Allentown, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Heiges and son Ralph will be at the school
during most of the summer. They will make short visits with
friends and to some of the nearby resorts.
Mrs. Herr, Assistant in Model School, has gone to spend the
summer at her home, Ambler, Pa.
Dr. Eldon, Department of Mathematics, will be on his farm
near Shippensburg, Pa., and in his beautiful suburban home near
the same town.

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Miss Witman, Assistant in Model School, is spending her
vacation days with her parents in Curwensville, Pa.
Miss Wise, Assistant Department Instrumental Music, will
visit Miss Witman, in Curwensville, Pa., with her classmate,
Miss Byers, in Milton, Pa., with her parents in Marysville, Pa.,
later she will spend a fortnight at Atlantic City.
Miss M. Irene Huber, Department of Drawing, and Miss S.
Alice Huber, Department of Modern Languages, will summer in
the Catskill Mountains.
Miss Lehman, Department of Vocal Expression, intends to
spend part of her vacation in camping. She will be for some time
at Niagara Falls and nearby places of interest. Later in the
summer she will take the ocean breezes at Atlantic City.
Miss Quigley, Librarian, will be at home in Shippensburg
for part of her vacation; the remainder she will enjoy at Atlantic
City.
Miss Matthews, Department of Instrumental Music, intends
to rest for a time at her home in Shippensburg. Later in the
summer she will go to Atlantic City, where she usually spends
her vacations.
Miss Dykeman, Assistant Librarian, intends to be at home
in Shippensburg for a part of the summer. Later she will visit
friends and spend some time at one of the popular resorts.
Mr. Kirkpatrick, Steward, and wife will be at the school
during most of the summer. They think of spending some time
at Mt. Gretna and Atlantic City.
Mrs. Wolff, Matron of Ladies’ Dormitory, with her daughters,
Misses Gertrude and Dorothy, intend to visit in Harrisburg,
Steelton, and later spend some time at the “ Homestead” in Path
Valley.
flbafting Ht IRigbt
L a d y (at fashionable b a ll)— “ D o you know that ugly gentle­
man sitting opposite to us?”
P a r t n e r — “ That is my brother, madam.”

Lady (in confusion)— “ Ah! I beg your pardon.
noticed the resemblance.” — Dundee Advertiser.

I had not

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Base Ball
Normal closed its season on Class Day by defeating the
Alumni. The game was the closest and best contest of the
season.
This season the Normal team, for the first time, took both
games from Mercersburg, our old rival.
Following is the schedule of the season:
A p r il

13
20
24
27

Oppon. Normal
10
0
12
4
6
8
3
2.

Tech. High School....................•
New Cumberland A. A .....................
Conway Hall, at Carlisle ................
Mercersburg........................ .............
May

4 Dickinson, 2nd...................................
11 Baltimore City College ...................
18 Conway Hall.......................................
25 Mercersburg, at Mercersburg.........
31 New Bloomfield Acad........................

1
6
7
1
7

.4
7
8
11
1

8
9
8
2

1
7
6
5

June

1
7
22
25

Millersville Normal, at Millersville
Bloomsburg N orm al.........................
St. Thomas A. A ...............................
Alumni...............................................

A lum ni
R

N orm al
R

H PO A
Albert, c ............ .....0 2 7 l
Barton, rf &p .... .....l 1 1 4
Wink, c f ............ .....0 0 1 0
Barnhart, 3 b ..... .....1 2 0 1
Shuman, If......... .... 1 0 3 1
Wampler, l b ..... .....1 0 10 1
Markley, 2b....... .....0 1 4 0
Mountz, s s ........ ..... 0 2 2 3
Lischy, p .......... .....1 0 1 2

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0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0

Total ............. ..... 5 8 27 13 2

Geyer, G., 3b.....
Halgfub.............
Geyer, R., c . ......
McClellan, 2 b ....
Hoffman, r f......
Fishel, cf ...... .
Grove, S., s s .....
Grove, E., I f .....
Castle, p ...........
Total .......1....

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7

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0 0
.1 1
.0 1
.0 1
,.o 0
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1
2
2
1
0
1

1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0

..2 3 24 7 3
0

0
0
0 0
,. 1
Alumni..............
4
0
0
0
10
Normal..............
Note.—Lischy pitched 5 innings; Barton pitched 4 innings.
0
1 0
1 0
0

2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1

X

The second team had a most remarkable record. They won
every game on the schedule, and those played away from home

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by big scores. The scrub team should add much strength to our
varsity next year.
Following is the schedule:
Oppon.
4
.
3

11 Carlisle, at Carlisle ,
18 Carlisle ................................
24 Shippensburg1High School...

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i

2nd Normal.
23
1
10

JUNE

1 Greencastle......
7 Greencastle, at Greencastle..

2 .
.

N orm ae
H

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Woff, ss................. ...2
Raffensberger, 3b .. ...0
Grove, 2b .............. ..,0
Sheibly, c f .................... ...0
Dubbs, l b ...................... ...0
Schuman, If................. ...1
Diven, rf................ ...0
Eichelberger, p ....... ...0
Scriever, c .................... ...0

1

2

4

1

0
1

4

4

0

s

2- 0
0 0
0 0
0 1
0 0
1 0
3 0

Total.............................. ...3
Greencastle....................
Normal..............................

2
1
0
0
0
0

1
9
3
0
1
4

3
18

G reen castle
R H PO

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6

Snyder, 2b . .....................l
Glass, l b .... .................... 0
Carl, c .......I.................... 0
Lowman, ss ....................0
J. Craig, p . .....................0
Martin, 3b ...................... 0
McLaughlin, c f ......... 0
Shivey, I f . . . .................... 1
M. Craig, rf .................... 0

5 27 14 2
. 0
0
0
0

Total............ .................... 2
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0

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2 1 0
1 11 l
1 10 2
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0 0
1 0 5
1 0 0
0 1 0
1 1 0
0 0 0

0
1
0
0
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2

0
0
2

8 24 8 S
0
0
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mm
©lb S a w
T r a m p — “ You know the sayin’, mum: ‘He that giveth to the

poor lendeth to the Ford.’ ”
M r s . S ubbubs — “ V ery true. A n d since you speak ih p ro­
verbs, I ’ll refer you to another old saw .”
T ram p — “ Which one is dat, mum ?”
M r s . S . — “ The one back in the woodshed.” — Boston Tran­

script.
Suspicious
“ My father talked me into taking this course in domestic
science.” “ And how do you like domestic science?”
“ W ell, it looks like ordinary kitchen work to me. I f my
suspicions are confirmed, I shall drop the course and make father
buy me a $50 h at.” — Washington Herald.

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Commencement Events
Satur&ap
T h e T rustees B a n q u e t F a c u l t y

and

G r a d u a t in g C lass '

As a starter to the more formal events of Commencement
proper, the Banquet tendered by the Trustees to the Class of Nine­
teen-Hundred-Twelve and the members of the Faculty was a
D-E-L-I-G-H-T-F-U-L E-V-E-N-T.
This was the proper occasion for youth and beauty to adorn
itself; it measured up to the requirements exactly. The first im­
pression was of fairie-land, the most lasting was of “ Fairies.”
Pillars were gaily dressed in class colors; the walls boasted class
pennants of every size, shape and design; in the center of the
Dining Room was a running fountain covered by an arbor of
beautiful crimson ramblers, the class flower; everywhere were
bouquets of ramblers.
Led by Dr. Martin and Mrs. Heiges, the Faculty and Class
marched to the Banquet Hall, all remained standing until the last
Senior was at his place. Mr. Stewart as Class Dean, returned
thanks for the Providence that had brought the class through the
years to the happy moment; action began and continued to nearly
ten o ’clock.
No, we shall not name the good things that we ate; to do so
would be unkind to you who were not there. Suffice it to say
the ice-cream was scarlet and gray.
Dr. Martin, as Toastmaster, introduced those appointed to re­
spond; it required a steady nerve and strong self-possession to
measure up to the introduction he gave each. These responded:
Mr. Samuel M. Stouffer, the Class Orator, of Newville, Pa.,
toasted under title of “ What Can We Do?” Mr. John O. Wampler,
Class President, of Hanover, Pa., responded to the toast, “ The
History of Our Class;” Mr. A . B. Wallize, of the Faculty, responded
to, “ Some Life Lessons.”
Five exquisite dances at the Undergraduate Ball made it
possible for “ 1912” tosleep. It was a very happy evening after the
tortures suffered at the hands of the Faculty and the State Board.

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U n d e r g r a d u a t e D an ce

On Saturday evening while the Seniors were enjoying their
banquet in the dining room, the Undergraduates held an informal
dance. A t 8 p. m. the members of the Underclasses assembled
in the Hall of the Main Building to watch the Seniors march to
the Dining Room. Then they went to the Gymnasium to dance.
About 10:30 o ’clock the Seniors, having completed a most de­
lightful banquet, marched to the Gymnasium, and dancing con­
tinued until 11:20. Green’s orchestra furnished the music.
SunOag
C losin g E x ercise s

op t h e

S u n d a y S chool

On Sunday of Commencement week the entire school assem­
bled in the Chapel. Mr. Heiges, who has direction of the Sab­
bath School work of the school, presided. Prayer was offered
by Mr. Wallize. Messrs. Heiges, E ly and Knouse reviewed the
work of the year and emphasized important lessons.
Pleasing vocal solos were sung by Miss Sylvia B. Cover, ’ 13,
and by Mr. Stewart, of the Faculty.
B a c c a l a u r e a t e S erm on

At seven-thirty the class entered singing “ Onward, Christian
Soldiers” as a Processional. Dr. Martin offered prayer, and the
audience joined the class in singing “ Holy, Holy, H oly.” Rev.
Curtis O. Bosserman, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of
Shippensburg, read the lesson from Matthew X III, 18-52. An
anthem sung by twelve young men of the school was then ren­
dered; this was followed by prayer offered by the Rev. G. W.
Sherrick, of the United Brethern Church of Shippensburg. Fol­
lowing the prayer a mixed chorus sang an anthem. Both anthems
were of unusual merit; they reflected credit on those who sang and
on Miss Wheeler, who trained them.
After receiving the offerings for Missions, Dr. Martin preached
the sermon which follows; it is somewhat abridged for publication,
but sufficiently complete to show you his line of thought:
Text-— Matt. 13:52— Then said he unto them, Therefore every
scribe which is instructed unto the Kingdom of Heaven, is like unto
a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his
treasures things new and old.

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Beyond all doubt the greatest teacher whom the world has
ever known was Jesus Christ.
Not only was he wise beyond all other men, but his methods
were the most effective of their purpose. He set forth truth in
forms so clear that all could see, in words so simple that all could
understand, and with such force and strong appeal to reason,
feeling and volition that the people heard him gladly and they
loved him for his words.
His favorite method was the parable. In the use of this he
was not only the greatest master, but he was and is without a
rival. His disciples never acquired the art, none of them seem
to have attempted it and all the teachers and preachers and orators
of nineteen hundred years have not added half a dozen parables
that can for a moment be compared to his.
The prodigal son, the good Samaritan and the intrusted talents
are perhaps the most familiar stories in the world. They are so
simple and so homelike that their meaning cannot be misunder­
stood.
But his art was not confined to such great classical examples.
It is diffused through all his teaching, which abounds in brief,
condensed and painted figures of speech which call up in the im­
agination pictures so vivid and distinct that they do not need to
be reduced to words, yet illuminating some great doctrine or im­
portant duty, as an artist gives by a few clear strokes the outline
of some master-piece or the distinguishing features of a splendid
portrait.
Our text is an example of this kind of parable. It is only an
outline, merely a word, but it calls up a picture clear, familiar,
homelike and instructive.
“ Every man instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like the
man who is a householder who bringeth out of his treasures things
new and old.”
Our imagination needs no further aid to picture the old time
household, and the old time custom of laying up provisions and
supplies against the day of need. You are fortunate in knowing
just such homes. You have enjoyed in your homes just such
habits of thrift and prudence. No section of our country is more
rich in those substantial homes that are self-sustained and inde­
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where the demands of the winter are anticipated in the summer, and
the abundance of the present is conserved against the wants of the
future. There is no fairer picture of prudence or thrift than one
of our country homes in autumn, with its great barn full of grain
and hay, its cellar with its store of juicy fruits and all sorts of
food stuffs for the winter, its closets crammed with preserves
and jellies and jams and toothsome dainties.
Something like this is the meaning of this parable. The man
who is properly instructed is like such a householder. He has
resources. He has provision for the future. He is prepared for
demands that will surely be made, and for those that he does not
foresee.
It is a simple picture of the man who is instructed in the truth
pertaining to duty and life.
And it is encouraging to notice that it is applied to “ every
man
every man instructed in the kingdom is like this house­
holder.
It is not the great scholars alone, not the geniuses and the
prize-winners and those who graduate “ Magna cum laude,” or to
finish their course in great universities and are polished by culture
and travel, but to each of us in our special degree and proportion­
ate measure.
The country’s resources are not to be measured by the grain
in the elevator, the provisions in cold storage, or the clothing
piled in the great city warehouses. Much greater in the aggre­
gate sum than all this is the store in our millions of homes, the
provisions in numberless households. The fruits and the grains
and the clothing that lie near at hand and are ready to use.
Just sp it is with the world’s store of knowledge. The
scholars whose fame is world wide, the great thinkers, inventors,
the poets and prophets have each their place and their duty; but
they are few, their work is small compared to the aggregate of all
that the ordinary scholar and teacher must do.
The children of our land are, for the most part, fed from the
family loaf, clothed by the household labor and taught by the
local school.
While we rejoice in our great colleges and universities, they
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state, for in these 95 per cent, of all our people get all the school­
ing that they ever get.
It is to minister to these that you and I are called; an hon­
orable calling full of opportunity and joy.
The treasures of the scholar are the patiently accumulated
store of human thought, and the experience of the race. To
cherish these, and to apply them to the growing needs of each
new generation is the task assigned to us. We are custodians of
the whole world’s greatest wealth. The facts of history, the
principles of science, the achievements of literary art, the phil­
osophy of ethics and religion are brought to us in such familiar
forms, so easily apprehended and so cheaply bought, that we for­
get how slowly and how painfully they were acquired, how some
simple formula of mathematics, learned in a morning hour, repre­
sents the fruit of life-long study on the part of him who first dis­
covered it.
If you design a bridge or measure a field you will use
formulas as old as Euclid, you will measure by a scale that comes
to us from ancient Babylon and express your calculations in fig­
ures that were invented in India thousands of years ago.
Our principles of physics or of music or of architecture or of
art are not the gifts of nature, but the store of the world’s ac­
cumulated knowledge, the treasures of all ages, the experience of
countless generations.
This is the birthright of every child born into the world. He
is the heir of all the ages, but he cannot enter into his inheritance
without the teacher. A ll this treasure is a sealed book to the
child, though he be the son of the richest parents, born in the
family of greatest culture and in the most highly civilized
community or state. No matter what may be his great inherit­
ance it is all held in trust for him by those who know. The in­
structed one must somehow be his teacher, must unlock for him
these treasures of the past, and bring them forth and put them in
the hands of each succeeding generation. The instructed man is
the householder, the custodian and distributor of the necessities of
life.
And he is more than this. He is the leader who shall bring
forth new things also out of his treasures. The present genera­
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activity can never be turned backward, but ever onward to new
and untried fields.
New occasions, new discoveries, new
problems are encountered by each succeeding generation. These
new problems cannot be answered by old formulas.
Though principles are permanent, their application is as
varied as the circumstances of mankind.
Who shall answer the new questions? Who shall solve the
problems that are not in any of our books? Who shall bring
forth new things when the old things are outworn and insufficient
for the new demands?
Such I take it is the office of the scholar. Everywhere and
always the instructed man is the custodian and trustee of the
world’s best treasures, and the pioneer of the world’s advance.
The man, the instructed man, is the ultimate and final factor in
the whole scheme of the world’s existence. Books and customs,
laws and constitutions, creeds and confessions are not— cannot
be anything but tools and apparatus by which men may bring
out and convey these treasures.
We may frame our creeds, our constitutions and our codes
of laws; we may institute our state, our churches and our social
order; we may bind ourselves and one another by the most solemn
vows to their perpetual observance, we may inaugurate them
with impressive ceremonies and guarantee them to eternity by
the most solemn sanctions, but they will stand just so long as
men believe them and not one moment longer.
The great teacher saw this truth right clearly, and because
he saw it, laid the deep foundations of his church, not in consti­
tutions, codes of law nor forms of worship, but in the souls of
living men. He wrote no book. He framed no creed. He
organized no church. But he instructed men. He made sure
that they understood his doctrine, made sure that they them­
selves were sure of their own knowledge; and then he defined
their office in the words of our text, you are “ like a house­
holder, ’ ’— not storing up for the mere pleasure of acquisition, nor
for your own needs only, but for the needs of others, of all who
may have claims upon you.
So I would say in his name to you today, whatever you
have learned is yours for the common good. You have a right
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the honors and emoluments of your office. But you dare not
selfishly withhold the treasures from those who have a rightful
claim upon them.
Second. You are by virtue of your office the architects of
the world’s improvements. You are umpires in the game of life.
The laws of nature are subject to no referendum, the forces
of nature know no recall. Nature has never been revised nor
ever will be.
And the instructed man; the man who knows most of eternal
truths, and stands by the truth he knows is the leader, who
when the clamor and the trumpetings are over and the dust is
settled, will be found at his place and the people at his back.
We are living in an age that calls for leaders. Of course all
ages called for leaders, but each age has had its own peculiar call,
and it seems to me the call of our age is unusual in two respects.
It cries out for leaders of the people from the ranks of the people,
and it cries out for new things. It is an age of great unrest. Old
parties are dissolving, old empires breaking up, old customs fall­
ing down, even creeds and constitutions long established are at­
tacked.
We do not complain of this, however, for one generation
cannot live on to protect its treasures from the next. Unrest is'
the necessary condition of all progress, and an age of universal
unrest is but an age of extraordinary opportunity. Such is our
age, such is our opportunity. Rejoice in it, but “ rejoice with
trembling” for on the reverse side of the coin called opportunity
is stamped the word responsibility, and every path marked heroic
is also labeled “ dangerous.”
The dangers of our time were never named more plainly
than by that great philosopher and poet Alfred Tennyson when
he speaks of the selfishness of culture and the insolence of
ignorance:
“ That which knows, caring but for itself. And that which
knows not ruling that which knows, to its own hurt.”
These it seems to me are the greatest evils of our world to­
day, and they are not abstractions nor mere theoretic dangers.
They are real and present in every community, yea, in every heart.
For you and I are each of those who know and of those who
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not. We have some good things in our treasure, which we must
bring out as our contribution to the world’s great needs and the
material for its nobler growth.
1912: For some three years you have attended classes here,
we called you up and asked you questions. You gave us such
answers as your store of knowledge furnished, we were satisfied,
and send you out to a larger school, to a severer test, to more rigid
examination.
Day by day men will be asking you questions, not to test
your knowledge, but because they want to know, they must
know, their very life depends upon their knowing. Y ou will
answer in many ways, sometimes by words, more often by your
deeds. You will be bringing out of your treasures things which
the great world needs.
. .
A r e you ready for this examination?
Have you provisions
for the hungry souls that want to know how to live? What have
you to give the child that is getting ready for an endless life?
W ill you offer him the poisened sweetness of a mere worldly
wisdom ? W ill you feed him on the empty husks of your own
thoughtless words and conduct? Or have you the bread of life
to supply your own soul and the souls of those whom you shall
undertake to teach?
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A ddress

to t h e

C lass

of 1 9 1 2

On Monday at ten o’clock Mr. J. K . Stewart, Dean of the
Class of 1912, made the address. It was so excellent that we
publish it entire.
T

he

T r a n s f i g u r a t io n

of th e

Co m m o n place

The world is largely made up of the commonplace common­
place people, commonplace events, commonplace experiences,
commonplace things. The commonplace sun makes the common­
place day and the commonplace moon and stars the common­
place night.
Wind, rain, snow are the most commonplace of common­
place things. True, Nature understands the secret of variety,
but even this variety becomes commonplace in time or is lost
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is only an occasional man or woman who observes and recog­
nizes the daily and nightly transfiguration of nature. To the
great majority nature is almost as dreary a round as human life.
What do the toilers in factories and mills, what do the sailors
on the ocean or the lumbermen in the forests think or care for
the splendid spectacles that every day exhibit themselves on earth
or sea or sky? Beyond dispute to the vast majority of men life is
a dreary treadmill. It is as wearisome a monotony as the
seemingly boundless ocean or the far reaching prairie.
The result of this law of the commonplace is, in the highest
degree, unfavorable to human character and happiness. It pro­
duces weariness, depression, even insanity. Nothing is more pro­
ductive of dementia than unrelieved monotony, "Variety is the
spice of life. Some years ago it was stated on the basis of re­
liable statistics that there is more insanity among farmers’ wives
than in any other class of people. And it is shown preeminently
among women on the large farms and ranches of the west, where
scarcely a house is in sight and only those connected with the es­
tablishment are seen from the beginning to the end of the week.
Emotional natures require change and variety. Monotony is
more fatal to the heart than even to the intellect. So it be­
comes a deeply important question, How can we transfigure the
commonplace? How can we relieve monotony by variety, drear­
iness by beauty? How can we make life, however toilsome and
unheroic, a source of beauty, an experience of heroism and joy?
This is a specially important question for young people, such
as I am addressing this morning. Youth is the time for hope
and ambition. The eye is illuminated by a light that never was
on sea or land. But the years, alas, bring a measure of disillus­
ionment and disappointment. We must prepare for this. It is
not the warning of pessimism, but of the truest optimism. A ll
the difference between success and failure may lie in the fact
whether or no you understand the secret of the transfiguration of
the commonplace.
I feel that I am treating a most practical and useful subject
when I speak to you members of the Class of 1912 on the trans­
figuration of the commonplace.
There are several factors in this process. First, the preser­
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No one has ever emphasized this duty more powerfully than the
great poet Wm. Wordsworth. His famous Ode on Immortality
argues the reality of it from the intuitions and recollections of
early childhood. Some of you will recall this splendid passage:
“ Heaven lies about us in our infancy,
Shades of the prison house begin to close upon the growing
boy,
But he beholds the light and whence it flows—
He sees it in his joy.
The youth, who daily farther from the east
Must travel, still is nature’s priest,
And by the vision splendid
Is on his way attended;
A t length the man perceives it die away,
And fade into the light of common day.”
This is all true. Childhood is the season of pure instincts
and bright dreams. The germ of immortality lies there; and the
germ of noble character and heroic living lies there too. Out of
the dreams and visions of children comes the glory that trans­
figures nature and life. I f these die out of our hearts there re­
mains only the light of common day— the light of dull common­
place. Hence we must preserve them and perpetuate them
through all our days. In this sense “ the child is father of the
man.” ,
Take the case of Joseph, one of 'the most perfect characters
in the Old Testament. As a boy he was a dreamer.
Behold
this dreamer cometh,” cried his more commonplace brothers.
He was not a selfish dreamer, but a dreamer of dreams and a seeer
of visions that were fresh and pure with the light that comes from
heaven. This fact explains his wonderful experience in Egypt.
It was hard and cruel; it wns degrading and debasing as slavery
always is; but it was made bright and happy; it became the stair­
way to power and honor, because the man carried into it the in­
stincts and dreams, the purity and aspirations of his early life in
Canaan. He was the boy Joseph to the end of his honored career.
This is true of every boy or girl who becomes truly honored and
happy. They must possess through all seasons and circumstan­
ces, the essential qualities of childhood; they must be children in
a pure unselfish sense, to the end. They must see to it that the
world is not too much with them; getting or spending must not

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lay waste their powers. They must keep their minds and hearts
in a childish openness to all the gifts of heaven and to all the in­
fluences and powers of nature and of life.
A second factor in the transfiguration of the commonplace is
happiness. Happiness is the native condition and experience of
the human soul. There can be no continued sense of the beauty
of nature and of life where there is perpetual misery and restless
striving. But happiness must be sought in proper ways— in ways
that are adapted to the nature and welfare of man. There is a
happiness, so called, that is deadly to all that is noble and pure
in heart and life.
Oftentimes young people become so disgusted with their hum­
drum duties that they plunge into excesses and excitements to
relieve the hateful monotony. This was true of Byron and Poe,
and the result was wretchedness and the laying waste of powers
that were almost superhuman. They “ gave their lives away a
sordid boon.” So it was with Burns. . He failed less from want
of good fortune than of good guidance. He was a Titanic wreck
upon the iceberg of sensual enjoyment. When he wrote Tam
O Shanter, he wrote out of his own experience. He knew the
truth of those famous lines:
“ But pleasures are like poppies spread
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Or like the snow fall in the river
A moment white, then melts forever.”
We find an apt illustration of the difference between true and
false happiness in the history of Henry V . of Rngland. He began
life as the boon companion of the lowest of the rabble. He en­
gaged in mad freaks that seemed to prove him utterly devoid of
moral ideals and manly sense.- But when the Crown of England
was placed upon his head and he awoke to a sense of his respon­
sibility, he realized the folly and shame of his past, and devoted
himself to the affairs of state and the glory of the kingdom in a
way seldom surpassed in a long line of her kings. He found that
happiness lies in duty well done, not in sordid and sensual pleas­
ures. And this lesson all young people should learn. We all
need pleasure of the right kind, rational, satisfying, lasting hap­
piness. It is essential to the strength and health of body and
mind. God meant us to be happy when he made us in his own

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image, for he is the blessed God. But we must be sure that the
happiness we seek flows like the changeless river rather than the
winter torrent. We must beware of regarding life as only a big
ball field or dancing floor and of conceiving of pleasure as merely
the thrills of an excited emotional nature.
“ He lives most, who thinks the noblest, acts the best.”
A further factor in the transfiguration of the commonplace is
love. Who lives in love lives in beauty. He finds a glory in
nature and life that the loveless never dream of. There can be
no monotony or despair where love to God and man stir the pulses
of the heart, or inspire the visions of the mind.
“ Heaven lies about us in our infancy,” for one reason be­
cause love lies about us. The child begins with his mother s
love, and from this vantage ground looks out upon the world and
upon life. Her love is reflected in his young heart and all seems
divine.
But in manhood, when the years have brought great
changes in feeling and experience, he cries out in the words of
Hood:
“ It was a childish ignorance
But now ’tis little joy
To know I ’m farther off from heaven
Than when I was a boy.”
Many a woman like Mrs. Elizabeth Akers Allen finds herself
singing amidst the changes and disappointments of life:
“ Backward, turn backward, O Time in your flight
Make me a child again just for tonight!
Mother come back from the echoless shore
Take me again to your heart as of yore;
Kiss from my forehead the furrows of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out of my hair;
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep;
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.”
So you see, love is the heavenly element in life; there is
nothing sordid, low , or even commonplace where lbve is. A home
may be poor, but love makes it rich; a heart may be sorrowful, but
love makes it leap like the roe; a soul may be bereaved, but love
fills its solitude with ever fresh company. In truth, there is noth­
ing of any great or lasting worth but love. Southey says:
“ They sin who tell us love can die,
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A ll other others are but vanity;
Earthy these passions of the earth
They perish where they had their birth,
But love is indestructible;
Her holy flame forever burneth,
From heaven she came, to heaven returneth.”
And a far greater man than Southey, wrote ages ago, in words
that seem almost poetry. “ Now abideth faith, hope, love, these
three; but the greatest of these is love;;'#’ :'
Another potent factor in transfiguring the commonplace, is
poetry. I might, indeed, say art, including also painting, sculp­
ture, architecture and music, but these are more apart from our
daily lives and require more special preparation. I will confine
myself to poetry, which Poe defines as the rythmical creation of
beauty, and which fortunately lies more or less within the reach
of us all. Poetry may not be the supreme enchantress that love
is, but beyond all question, it does suffuse the world and human
life with a beauty that is above all description or price. The eye
to see beauty everywhere and in all things, it has been said, to
gather diamonds from dirt and extract gold from stones and to
bring light out of darkness; this is the part and prerogative of
poetry. And the power to enjoy and appreciate the poet’s visions
and songs, this is almost as wonderful and divine, and cannot fail
to glorify the most commonplace circumstances and events.
Let me illustrate what I mean: One evening at sunset, when
the sky was one blaze of varied glory, a young man was walking
in the Berkshire Hills, in Mass. Far overhead he saw a solitary
bird winging his way southward. The majority of men would
have passed on unreflecting and forgetting. But that is not the
way ofthepoet. The young Bryant read the lesson of the common
event in a glance of genius, and when he reached his home, wrote
the beautiful poem of the Water Fowl. See how poetry has glori­
fied the commonplace, and will continue to do so for generations
to come.
“ Whither, midst falling dew,
While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,
Far, thro their rosy depths, dost thou pursue
Thy solitary way ?
Vainly the fowler’s eye
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As, darkly painted on the crimson sky,
Thy figure floats along,
Seek’st thou the flashy brink.
Of weedy lake, or marge of river wide,
Or where the rocking billows rise and sink
On the chafed ocean side.
There is a power whose care
Teaches thy way along the pathless coast,
The desert and illimitable air
Long wondering, but not lost.
A ll day their wings have fanned
A t that far height, the cold thin atmosphere.
Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land,
Though the dark night is near.
And soon that toil shall end:
Soon shalt thou find a summer home and rest,
And scream among thy fellows, reeds shall bend
Soon o ’er thy sheltered nest.
Thou’rt gone; the abyss of heaven
Hath swallowed up thy form, yet on my heart
Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given,
And shall not soon depart.
He, who, from zone to zone
Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,
In the long way that I must tread alone
W ill lead my steps aright.”
This transfiguring gift was the peculiar characteristic of
Robert Burns. He made Scotland over, so to speak, the host of
tourists who visit the little land of lochs and mountains every
year see, not Scotland as she is, but Scotland steeped in the
poetic genius of Burns. ; Nothing is too mean or common to be
transfigured in his songs and as we read them or better still, sing
them, the mean and common things of our own lives are touched
\yith a beauty and inspiration that bring in a new heaven and a
new earth. So Wordsworth transfigured the little lakes of West­
moreland until we forget the grander lakes of our own land and
regard Grassmere and Rydal as almost fragments of the crystal
waters of heaven. While the myriad-minded Shakespeare teaches
us to find as he did
"‘Tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones and good in everything. ’ ’
The moral of this is that we should become familiar with the
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believe, the library of the great singers of our noble tongue. They
are seers of spiritual visions; they are prophets of truth hid from
the reasons and experiences of prosaic men. Pill your minds
with the great poems “ that enrich the blood of the worldff and
you will find that as life unfolds with all its toils and sorrows, the
glory of great thoughts and the jo y of noble music, will trans­
figure the commonplace things of life into a foretaste and prep­
aration for the nobler and perfect life in store for all those who
suffer and grow strong.
There is one other factor in the transfiguration of the com­
monplace which I must mention; the climax of the others, I
mean religion. I am not a preacher, though born and reared in
a manse, but as a layman I want to press in a layman’s way the
absolute necessity of religion for the richest enjoyment of life.
Religion may be defined as living in God by faith and experience;
he who does so is always and everywhere a religious man.
“ Religion is the chief concern
Of mortals here below,”
sings an old hymn. It is so for many reasons, but only one can
be mentioned here today; it is the most powerful of all factors in
the transfiguration of the commonplace. Let me give two illus­
trations.
The centenary of the birth of Robert Browning was cele­
brated in Westminster Abbey at the grave of the poet, on the
seventh of May. It was a gathering of great men in recognition
of the fact that Browning was a great poet. Indeed, in recent
days he has only one rival, Lord Tennyson. To speak briefly,
one of Browning’s chief characteristics was his strong, fervent re­
ligious nature. He believed in God and the soul; he lived in the
presence of the Infinite. Doubt had no place in his creed. And
what was the result? Everything in earth and life was trans­
figured with the beauty and glory of the divine presence. He
was an optimist,
God’s in his heaven
A ll’s right with the world.”
He believed that nothing of good can ever die, “ A ll we have
willed or hoped or dreamed of good shall exist.” Success lies in
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And so he went on, cheerful, hopeful, happy, assured of a better
and a nobler life with God hereafter. .
“ A t noonday in the battle of man’s work time,
Greet the unseen with a cheer,
Bid him forward, breast and back, as either should be,
Strive and thrive; Cry, speed, fight on, fare ever, there as
hereÎ'iM?
One other brief illustration must suffice. Sidney Lanier, the
sweet Southern poet, was a true prophet of God. Like Brown­
ing, he lived in Godg-in a perpetual sense of His presence and
love. We find a fine illustration of this in his poem, “ The
Marshes of Glynn. ” See how his faith in God transfigures one
of the dullest and dreariest scènes— a marsh-hen and her nest!
“ As the marsh-hen secretly builds on the watery sod,
Behold I will build me a nest on the greatness of God;
I will fly in the greatness of God as the marsh-hen flies
In the freedom that fills all the space ’twixt the marsh and
the skies;
By so many roots as the marsh-grass sends in the sod,
I will heartily lay me a-hold on the greatness of God;
Oh, like to the greatness of God is the greatness within
The range of the marshes, the liberal marshes of Glynn.”
This is what religion did for a poor, sick, dying man, as he
wrought out his beautiful poems in weakness and dejection. The
greatness of God made everything great and glorious. Life was
transformed by religion.
So may it be with you, my friends, members of the Class of
i 9 I2>you are now going out of this school to meet life. “ Life is
real, life is earnest.” Be prepared to overcome it; keep fresh,
all your days the dreams and hopes of youth; be happy in a
rational and good and inspiring way; cultivate the pure and noble
affections of the heart; call in the poets to brighten your lots by
their uplifting songs, and live in God that life indeed may be a
prelude to Heaven.
T h e A fte rn oo n T e a

A very charming function of Commencement week was a tea
given Monday afternoon, June 24. The drawing rooms of the
school were attractively decorated with crimson rambler (the
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served by girls o f the class o f 1913 . Mrs. Martin and Miss Huber
poured. Th e function was largely attended by students, alumni
and town friends.
M u sical

and

L it e r a r y E n t e r t a in m e n t

This entertainment was one o f unusual merit. The chapel
was filled to the doors and chairs were placed in the aisles to a c­
commodate the friends o f those who took part.
Each performer was applauded generously, because each de­
served it. T h e program follow s:
PROGRAM
P art I

1. “ La Regata Veneziana” ............................................................... Liszt
Nellie Shank
Dorthy Wolff
Isabelle Snively
Clara Sheesley
2. “ The Spirit of Spring” ........................................................ H. Parker
Ruth Long
3. “ Row Us, Row Us Swift” ....... ....................... ...................... Campana
Ladies’ Chorus
4. “ The Death Disk” ............................................................ Mark Twain
Leon Thrush
5. “ Imprompu, Op. 142’ ’
/. a .'...........
..................... Schubert
Cecelia Himes
6. “ May Morning” ............................................................................Denza
Mrs. Wm. Lehman
7. “ Spinning Song” (Plying Dutchman) ............... .........Wagner-Liszt
Helen Segner
P art

1.

II

“ Bridal Chorus” (The Rose Maiden) ........
Cowen
Chorus
2. “ Auf dem Wasser zu Singen” v....................................Schubert-Liszt
Sylvia Cover
3. “ Good-bye” .......
Tosti
Grace Keefer
4. “ Preamble from Sixth Violin Suite” ............................................Bach
Liberty McClelland
5. “ The Gypsy Flower Girl” ......................................................McDowell
Ruth Barner
6. “ Rondo Brilliante, E Plat” . .......
Weber
Rhea Squires

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U u e stm s
Class D a y

Although there were indications of rain in the morning, the
weather was ideal except for the fact that the mercurj' stood pretty
high.
A t ten o ’clock the class marched to the stand under the
beautiful shade trees east of the fountain. There before a large
audience of the friends of the class the following very interesting
program was rendered:
P rogram .

° verture......................................................................................... Orchestra
President’s Address.........................................................John O. Wampler
O ration ^ ‘What Will We Become?” .................... ....Samuel M. Stouffer
Class History,...,.................. ................................................... Yerna Mouer
Music ..........................................
...Orchestra
Mantle Oration—^H eroic Lives”
.............................. James C. Trostle
Response......................................... ..................................... Charles Weigle
Class W ill...........................................................................Grace Hoffman
Class Song..........................................................................Grace P. Keefer
Sung by Class.
Music...........
Orchestra
Ivy Oration gag,The Root and the Branch” ..................... Omar Hawbaker

Not only were the speeches themselves of a high order, but
the speakers delivered them in a masterful way. They easily
held the attention of their hearers and won the applause of the
hundreds present.
The ivy was planted in front of the new model school build­
ing. The oration was well suited to the occasion.
A t noon there was a shower, but it cleared away in time for
the Alumni game in which the students and visiting A l u mni
manifested much interest.
The game, which was well played, resulted in a victory for
the Varsity.
From 7:30 to 8:30 a concert was given by the orchestra and
the students, singing from the steps of the main building. This
latter was a new feature o f the class day. It was under the
leadership of Miss Wheeler. Every one agreed that this was the
most delightful exercise of the day. The sight of several hun­
dreds of people gathered in groups around the fountain as the
day was passing thru twilight into a delightful moonlight evening

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was beautiful to look upon, and the music rising on the stillness
of the evening was inspiring to hear.
Mr. Ziegler, ’ io, sang a solo which was much appreciated.
A lu m n i B usiness M e e t in g

On Tuesday afternoon, June 25th, at 2:30, the Thirty Eighth
Annual Business Meeting of the Alumni Association of Cumber­
land Valley State Normal School was called to order by President
J. S. Omwake.
The Treasurer reported a balance in his hands after having
aided worthy students during the year from the Loan Fund. '
In this connection, the H e r a l d wishes to endorse the excel­
lent work the association is doing in helping worthy students, and
to call to the attention of those of our Alumni who do not get
back to attend the meetings of the Alumni Association, how much
contributions from them to the Treasurer, Mr. Q. T . Mickey, will
aid in this most excellent cause.
The first students who received aid from the “ Loan Fund”
were two sisters, worthy girls, who could not have finished their
course without this assistance. The gratitude of these young
ladies would commend the fund to each one of you had you but
witnessed their joy when the offer was made to them. Since this
time, others have been aided and the loan returned; right now
some of our worthy students are helped in helping themselves.
We shall appreciate your “ mite,” reader.
For the next year, these will be the officers of the Alumni
Association:
Pres., Mr. George M. Briner, ’01, Prin. Carlisle High School;
Vice Pres., Mr. J. Clyde Zeigler, ’ 10, Prin. Ward Bld’g, Carlisle,
Pa.; Secty., Miss Helen P. Wise, ’08, Teacher of Music, C. V.
S. N. S .| Treas.||Mr. Q. T . Mickey, ’83, Attorney-At-Law,
Shippensburg, Pa.
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of t h e

C lass ok 1902

Ten years seem a long time to look forward to, but a very
short time to look back upon. That is the way the forty-three
members of the class of 1902 felt about it when they returned to
Normal during Commencement Week for their ten year reunion.
The three reunion days were delightful days. ‘ ‘To dream
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It was comparatively easy to get back on the old basis of com­
radeship that prevailed during the undergraduate days.
Except for a banquet Tuesday night, there was no formal
program. Just a general getting together to recall the experiences
of student days, and to relate to each other personal experiences
since graduation.
The class is very grateful to Dr. Martin and to all those con­
nected with Normal for their generous hospitality and thoughtful
efforts to make the reunion a success.
The following were present: Gail R. Bell, Hunters town,
Pa,; Ardella M. Boyd, Walnut Bottom, Pa.; Clara J. Brown, New
Bloomfield, Pa.; Grace B. Deardorff (Bream), McKnightstown,
Pa.; Edith B. Dick (Bowman), Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Laura B.
Fulton, Carlisle, Pa.; Alyce S. Gray, Carlisle, Pa., R. F. D., 6;
Rhoda Grove(Fishel), Greencastle, Pa.; Blanche J Hoak (Greenwait), Lucknow, Pa.; Sara Landis(Feidt), 414 Cottage Hill, Steelton, Pa.; Annie E. Lukens (Shearn), Harrisburg, Pa.; Minnie R.
McCloskey, Catasauqua, Pa.; Mabel McFarland (Richards), 7609
Tuscarora St., E. End, Pittsburgh, Pa.; N. Grace Miller (Walters),
Shippensburg, Pa.; M. Zula Swartz, New Bloomfield, Pa.; Mar­
garet Tolan, Catasauqua, Pa.; Nettie B. Walters, Shippensburg,
Pa.; Sadie Whitmer, Lebanan, Pa.; Laura White (Geib), Marys­
ville, Pa.; Mabel White (Cunningham), Marysville, Pa.; L. A .
Bosserman, Henderson, K y.; H. H. Beacham, Altoona, Pa.; W . 0 .
Bovy, Greencastle, Pa.; C. P. Feidt, 414 Cottage Hill, Steelton,
Pa.; W . G. Fishel, Seven Valley, Pa.; E. H. Gingrich, Palmyra,
Pa.; L. E. Greenawalt, Tatesville, Pa.; Roy J. Guyer, Shippens­
burg, Pa.; Samuel E. Hershey, 534 Oakwood St., Greensburg,
Pa.; H. A . Hoke, Spring Forge, Pa.; E. G. Howard, York, Pa.;
W. J. Kiues, New Buffalo, Pa.; J. F. Kob, 1435 Swatara St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.; F. B. Konhaus, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; C. C.Martin,
Carlisle, Pa.; F- C. Myers, Albany, N. Y .; H. W. Mounts,
Mechanicsburg, Pa.; H. M. Riddlesberger, Waynesboro, Pa.;
M. E. Smith, Biglerville, Pa.; C. W . Spangler, W . York, Pa.;
W . A . Weaver, Shippensburg, Pa.; M. R. Whitcomb, Carlisle,
Pa.; J. E. Whorley, Shippensburg, Pa. F. C. Myers, Pres.
R e u n io n

op

C lass

of

1910

The Class of 1910, a class that will never be forgotten by the
faculty and friends of Normal, held its two year reunion and ban­
quet on Tuesday, June 25th.

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The affair was most successful from start to finish, and the
class will always cherish this event as one of the happiest in their
Normal life.
Promply at 1:30 P. M. on Tuesday,. June 25th, the class,
headed by the worthy president, Wm. G. Fluke, and secretary,
Beatrice Hixon, marched into the large chapel, and there ren­
dered, in a most creditable manner the following program:
Music .............................................................
President’ s Address.......................................
Recitation..........................................'.............
Piano Duett......................... .........................
Oration.....................................................,.....
Recitation
Vocal
Oration.............................................. ............
In Memoriam.................................................
Report Committees........................ 4...........
A

...Mary Hoffman
...Wm. G. Fluke
.Blanche Barner
j Helen Jones
” ” ( Ethel Jones
......... John Hoke
....Ruth K. Duke
.J. Clyde Ziegler
,J. Russell Jones
......Lee M. Hale
.......Chas. Boyer

d jo u r n m e n t

The class then held the banquet in the Vigilant Hose House,
Shippensburg, and every one was satisfied that this was a very
pleasant event. After partaking of the many good things that
adorned the table the class was entertained by the following toasts:
Our Class.............
Our Boys........................
Our G irls.................. .
Foot-prints..... ............. .
Wives and Sweethearts
Toast..............................
Our Future...................
Reminiscences .............

......Wm. G. Fluke
..Vashti Gibboney
.......Russell Jones
........... John Hoke
.......J. Seth Grove
Prof. J. S. Heiges
■Mary J. Johnston
...J. Clyde Zeigler
Class Y e w ,

Every one enjoyed the evening, and although the hour was
quite late, all departed for their respective homes, or the Normal
buildings filled with the spirit of 1910, and agreeing that it was
the best class that was ever graduated from the C. V . S. N. S.
Those present at the reunion were Misses Grace Cressler,
Ruth Snoke, Kathryn Garver, Mary Hoffman, Florence Allen,
Ava Newman, Nellie Cope, Helen Jones, Ethel Jones, Grace
Shimer, VeraPeiffer, Beatrice Hixon, Annabell Snyder, Vashti
Gibboney, Janet Marshall, Anna Rhodes, Helen Scott, Mary J.
Johnston, Eaura Daugherty, Mary C. Eoy, Albie Good, Nellie

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Fogelsanger, Lillian Kendig, Mary Gardner, Blanche Barner,
Helen Robinson; Verna Wolfe, Ruth K. Duke, Elsie Hoffer,
Blanche Myers, Isabel Deardorf, Mrs. C. A . Hertzler, Mrs. J. M.
Coyle, Messrs. Harry Hoffman, Lee Hale, Floyd Snider, Russell
Nelson, Ralph Beard, Elmer Peffer, Parker Peffer, Charles Boyer,
John Hoke, Floyd Cassell, Wm. V. Davis, John A . Brenneman,
Russell Jones, Jos. M. Coyle, Wm. G. Fluke, J. Seth Grove, J.
Clyde Ziegler, Robert Matthews.
A lu m n i B a l l

The most brilliant social feature of commencement week was
the Alumni Ball held Tuesday evening, June 25. It was attended
by a great number of Alumni, particularly members of the classes
of 1902 and 1910. Many handsome gowns were worn. Updegrove’s orchestra furnished the music, which was unusually good
and added much to the enjoyment of the evening. The dance
closed at 11:15.
HHie&nes&aE
T h i r t y -N in t h A n n u a l C o m m e n c e m e n t .

The speaker of the day, Rev. Alfred H. Barr, Rev. Carnell
and Dr. Martin entered the chapel at the head of the Class of
1912; immediately following were the members of the Class of
1910, who had returned for their Master’s Diploma.
Mr. Carnell, pastor of the Shippensburg Methodist Church,
offered the prayer.
The program follows:
Music.............................................................................................. Orchestra
Recitation—“ Queen Vashti” ....................Mary Seabourne MacDannald
Essay—“ The Modern Crusade”
................. Sara Elizabeth Kidwell
Valedictory Oration—“ Our Problem” .........................Albert C. Garland
Chorus—^“ The Blue Danube Waltzes” ........................................... Strauss
Address.................................................................The Rev. Alfred H. Barr
Girls’ Chorus—“ Breathe Soft Ye Winds” .................
Paxton
Granting' Diplomas.
Greeting from 1910.
............v...................................Russell Nelson
Benediction.

A very pleasant part of the program came as a surprise to
the audience in the “ Greetings from the Class of 1910.” This
class presented to the school a sum of money to be used in the

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purchase of statuary for the new Model School. The announce­
ment was greeted by prolonged applause.
Dr. Martin announced the class honors before presenting
the diplomas, as follows:
F i r s t H o n o r — Albert S. Garland.
S e c o n d H o n o r — Besse Catherine Bair, Ella R. Bradley, Sara
Elizabeth Kidwell, Mary Seabourne MacDannald, Bess Claire
Miller, Ella Gertrude Seibert, Clara Mabel Shaffer, James Clinton
Trostle, Guy H. Thompson.
Each of the three speakers representing the class did more
than well. They were not only capable in delivery, but showed
strong, vigorous and well developed minds behind the mere
polish of a commencement day speech.
The speaker of the day, Rev. Alfred H. Barr, gave such an
excellent address that, though we are unable to print it in this
number of the H e r a l d , we shall do so in an early issue.

Bacfc to tDisft Blma floater
During Commencement Week these sons and daughters of
“ Normal” come back to renew friendship and cheer those of us
who teach with their hearty handclasps. We take this occasion
to invite them to come again and often, also you to visit us who
have not come so often as you might.
Forty-seven of the class of 1902 were in attendance at the
commencement exercises this week and a visiting class picture was
taken.
Frank C. Myers, ’02, of New York, executive secretary in that
city of the society examining into the condition of child life, on
whose report the board of health bases the operative conditions,
was the first name registered.
Others were Roy. J. Guyer, ’02, Springfield, Mass.; Ella E.
Bumbaugh, ’95, Rockford, 111.; Marion J. Charlton, ’09, W il­
liamsport, Md.; Mrs. C. H. Rohrer, Hagerstown, Md.; Vincent
Castro, Lancaster; Mrs. Laura W . Geib, ’02; Helen Hain, ’ 11;
Mrs. Mabel W. Cunningham, ’02, Marysville; Martha Greenawalt,
Lehmaster; Rhoda Berger, Foltz; Mary J. Johnston, ’ 10; Russell
Nelson, ’ 10; GraceShimer, ’ 10, McConnellsburg; Elmer F. Peffer,

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’ io; J. Clyde Ziegler, ’ io; Mrs. C. A . Hertzler, ’ io; M. R. W hit­
comb, ’02; Geo. M. Briner, ’01; Edna Harman, ’ n ; Mary Myers,
’ 11; Alyce S. Gray, ’02; LauraB . Fulton, ’02; Macy Fulton, ’00;
Parker S. Peffer, ’ 10, Carlisle; Ralph B. Beard, ’ 10; J, Seth Grove,
’ 10; William G. Fluke, ’ 10, Saxton; Frank S. Chronister, ’96;
Claire Brown, ’02; John F. Kob, ’02;. Mrs. J. S. and Mabel A r­
nold; Anna L. and G. S. Shearer, ’02, Harrisburg; A . I. Under­
wood, ’05, State College; M, Zula S w a r t z ’02, New Bloomfield;
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Shue, Hanover; Prof, and Mrs. H. H.
Shenk, ’94, Annville; W. J. Kiues, ’02, New Buffalo; H. H.
Beacham, ’02* Altoona; Levi E. Greenawalt, ’02; Imogene W.
Kid well, ’07, Everett; Harry H. Hoffman, ’ 10, Lykens; Margaret
Tolan, ’02; Minnie R. McClosky, ’02, Catasauqua; C. E. Boyer,
’ 10, Loyalton; Blanche E . MeyerSfi’ io; E . S. Bailey, 11; Hulda
S. Bender, ’09, Dillsburg; Ethel M. Jones, ’ 10; Helen G. Jones,
’ 10, Richmond Furnace; Helen J. Scott, ’10; Isabel F. Deardorff,
’ 10; Janet R. Marshall, ’ 10; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Braum, ’02;
Gail R. Bell, ’02, Gettysburg; A.sGpod, ’ 10; H. M. Riddlesburger,
’02; Dessie M. Hollinger, ’00; Mary C. Disert, ’83; Elizabeth
Cresswell; Ruble J. Sfiearer; L e a h S . Geist; Rebecca McCary;
Mrs. Carrie Steele, Waynesboro; Annabel Snyder, ’ 10; Blanche
Snyder, Duncannon; Elsie M. IIoffer, ’ 10, ; Elizabethtown;
F. B. Konhaus, ’02; Mrs-. Edith Bowman, .’02, Mechanicsburg; H. M Mountz, ’02, Spring Lake; Eli J. Howard, ’02,
York; Elmer H. Ginrich, ’02 , Palmyra;- W. O, Bovey||o2i;
Harry E. Brambaugh, Greencastle; Samuel E. Hershey, ’02,
Greensburg; Mary E . and Merwin E. Smith, ’02; Mary E.
and Margaret J. Stouffer; Mary C. Loy, ’ 10, Newville; C. A.
Bosserman, ’02, Expcdit; Elizabeth A . Adair, 77 » Philadeldelphia; Grace E . Rupp, Shermanstown; Calvin Brinkley, State
Line; Mrs. C. P. Pentz; Aaron H. Coble, ’ n ; Naomi Ausherman
’09, Chambersburg; Lydia M. Hawbaker;, Mercersburg; Mrs.
Blanche H . Greenawalt, ’02,‘ Lueknow; Ardella M. -Boyd; ’02;
Mrs. Carrie Stamy, Walnut Bottom; Mr. and Mrs. John J . Rich­
ards, ’02, Saltsburg;; L. Florence Barbour, ’06; Mrs. Mollie B.
S hiper’76, Boiling Spr,;: John B. Hoke, !io>, Penbrook; Morris
A . Hess,'^08 ,-Mont Alto; Emily E. Stamy, ’90, Leesburg; Mattie
Clark,-’o6, St. Thomas; Kathryn Garver, ’ 10; Mary C. Hoffman,
’10; M. Annie Rhodes, ‘ 10, Lebanon; Ava Newman, ’ 10; Ruth

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Neff, ’ io, Fayetteville; Verna B. ¡Horton, ’98, Broadtop; Sara L.
Feidt, ’02, Steelton; Herman A . Hoke, ’03, Springy Grove;
Beatrice Hixon,...’ 10, Bell wood; R. G. Mowery, ’06, Lprga^; O.
B. Faust, Mowersville; Jennie M. Stouffer, Green Spring; Annie
E. Miller, Huntsdale; Chas. CL Martin, ’02, Greason; Mrs. G. E.
Welsh; Mary Wi; Alexander, Spring Run;;,. Mrs.; S. 0 . and Josaphene Baer, Pitcairn; Floy E. Dimm“ i6; ¡Mary'»®. Gardner,’!’ 110,
Millerstown; Laura E. Daugherty,’ ’ id, Orrtanna;’Raymond A'.
M^ers,” ’ 1 i ; J . A . Bennaman, ’ 10, Siddonsburg; ’H . G. ‘N iesley,
(,ix, Ailen; C, E. Pia^terer,; ,’9,3, Emporium; Mr. ap$, Mrsj. jp 4*
Mi,.Coyle-,; ’ io* Shady Grove; P'loyd H. Snider, ’n , Altenwald;
George Ryter¡’i105, i Port Royal.

dbotberlg abvhsh 11 1
Onhis last visittb New York’, MiscHa Elman, the boy violinist,
told ai'Stbry of his early childhood. “ When I was very small ihpee4 ,.’.’.jie said,.‘ ‘I played at a reception at, a; Russian Prjinpe’^,
and, for an urchin of seven, I flatter myself I rattled off Bethoven’s
Ereutzer Sonata-finely. This-sonata has, you know,;several long
and’ impressive rests in-;it. ' Well ih one of these rests a ’motherly
oldlk’dy leaded fbfWardJ patted my shoulder, and'saidj 'Play^dimei l i i ngyph-knpw, ! dearl ’'’
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■-■•jiitj:;.¡inn,v/fuffl -©vet tteCourtter ;; ' i;i);On- a .business trip to the' eity a1farmer ■decided’ to take home
to his wife a Christinas present of a Shirt’ waist. ’ Going’ 'in to ’a
Stbfe and beiiig directed‘to^ the waist'department, lie asked the
lady clerk to show him some.
. “ Whpt bp$t?” asked she*
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n a l l y o n e o f t h e m , H im s e lf 1a n a u t h o r , s a id t o t h e o t h e r “ ‘ I jio , J o h n ,
y o u c a n ’t a p p r e c ia t e i t . ( Y o u n e v e r w r o t e a b o o k y o u r s e l f . ”

‘ ‘N o,” retorted John, ‘ ‘and I never laid an egg, but I ’m a
better judge of an omelet than any hen in the iSfaty.'” — Publisher
and. Retailer.
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©bituars
Edna G. Karns, ’ io.
We print the following from an Everett paper:
E dna G ertrude K ar n s.

Miss Edna Gertrude Karns died at the home of her parents,
on East Main street, on Monday, May 20th, 1912, at 12:40 o ’clock
p. m. , of heart and stomach trouble, after an illness of about six
weeks’ duration. Deceased was the eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A . M. Karns and was born in Everett July 23rd, 1885, and
was therefore aged 26 years, 9 months and 27 days. She was
graduated from the Everett High School in 1905 and from Shippensburg Normal School in 1910, having in the meantime taken
a course in languages in the Everett Seminary, taught by Mrs.
Tompkinson, and also a course in the Riverside Normal Summer
School. She taught in the public school at Six Mile Run during
the term of 1910-11 and in the Riverside schools during the term
of 1911-12, being very successful in both places. Miss Karns was
a member of the choir in Trinity Reformed Church, having joined
with that denomination when thirteen years of age, and was also
a teacher in the Sunday School.
A sad feature in connection with her early demise is the fact
that in the second week of next August she was to have been
united in marriage with Rev. E- E. Snyder, who was graduated
from the Seminary at Gettysburg Thursday night of last week
and who is now pastor of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, of
Harrisburg, Pa., he having accepted that pastorate the first of
last April. Mr. Snyder is a son of Ex-County Commissioner
Baltzer Snyder, of Monroe township. He and the Karns family
have the heartfelt sympathy of the entire community. Miss Karns
was robed for burial in the dress in which she would have been
attired for her wedding had she lived.
Deceased is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A . M.
Karns, two brothers, W . Chester and D. Clayton Karns, and
three sisters, Misses Ann, Marie and Phoebe.
Funeral services were conducted at her late home at 10 o’clock
yesterday morning, Revs. M. A . Kieffer, F. J. Matter and John S.
Hershberger officiating. Interment was made in the Everett
cemetery. The pallbearers were Prof. Lee M . Hale, Henry Hersh­
berger, D. F. Whetstone, John Herman, Frank Chamberlain and
Perry Robinett.
She has solved it— life’s wonderful problem;
The deepest— the strongest— the last—
And into the school of the angels
With the answer forever has passed;
How strange that in spite of our questioning

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She maketh no answer— nor tells
Why so soon were life ’s honoring' laurels
Displaced by God’s own immortelles.
How strange she should sleep so profoundly—
So young— so unworn by the strife,
While beside her, brimful of its nectar,
Untouched stood the goblet of life;
Men sleep on like that, when the evening
Of a long dreary day droppeth down;
But she wrought so well, that the morning
Brought for her the rest and the crown,
’T is idle to talk of the future
And the sad “ might have been,” mid our tears;
God knew all about it, yet took her
Away from the oncoming years;®
God knew all about it, how noble,
How gentle she was, and how brave,
How bright was her future, yet took her
Away from her efforts to save,
God knew all about those who love her,
How bitter the trial must be,
And right through it all God is loving
And knows so much better than we.
— From Mrs. Luther Kuhlman, Gettysburg, Pa.

Clayton I. Smith, ’08.
We are indebted to Mr. Ralph P. Matter for the following
account:
Mr. Smith came to Morganza about the 25th of May, 1910,
or about three weeks after I began work at this place. He was
employed as relief officer until the 1st of July, then he was ap­
pointed second officer of “ F ” Division, or the division of largest
boys in the institution, and continued that work for about four
weeks, when several of the boys formed a plot to “ knock” him.
While working in the barn unloading hay one boy took a broken
fork handle and struck him several blows on the head, resulting
in (eventually) his death.
Mr. Smith was in the care of the resident physician for more
than three weeks, hovering between life and death. After he
recovered he married a girl from near Saxton, Pa., and returned
as steward of this institution about September 1st. He continued
in that capacity until October, 1911, when he became ill, and
finally was taken to the hospital in Pittsburg, thence removed,
but deriving no benefit he was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital,
where he died in February, 1912.
Mr. Smith and wife were very highly esteemed at this place,
and there is no one but has a verbal tribute of praise to his life.
He was quiet, refined and sincere in all his business, with the
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Blumni personals
’74. Mrs. Maggie Konhaus writes from Mechanicsburg and
sends her I I e r a i .d subscription and expresseSher appreciation of
Mr. Robert Bridges’.article on the;death of Miss Delia T . Smith,
former Normal
,',f ’
’75. Mr. R .ÇuûhitiiUTO‘Wi^tes;fas,^pjn|iEnglevale, Kansas,
that he is engaged in farming, also in mercantile business, in adtion to duties of County High School 'Trtistée. lie thinks very
often of C. V . S. N. S . and wishes great success to Normal.
’76. Mrs. Mollie B.esser(Shipe);is living at.Boiling Springs,
Pa., where her husband is a Presbyterian ïninigter. ‘ She was one
of the Commencement visitors this year, and we were all very
glad to meet her and She was pleasèd ^ith thé mahy improve­
ments and changes around Normal. •
,’ 76., Miss Lou A. Householder is. still engaged in missionary
work in Siloam Springs, Ark. ’ She writes us sometimes about
her work. Says she thinks a good thing would bé for Christian
men’ and women to 'Occasionally writé letters addressed to “ My
Unknown .Friend’’ and send them to the postmaster at Siloam
Springs, Ark. , to be given out to such persons as he thinks, would
be, benefited bythern, Good cheery, ¡homey, bright letters that
would make one feel that h e;bada friend'. .She gays, so many; men
make ¡a,¡practice of .coming regularly to the :post office, and yet
they never get'anything in the mail; and she feels sure that a nice
helpful letter’ once itt; a while would do a great :deal; of good.
Think’ about this, H e r a u » readers, and' see ify o u can’t ddsomething for the work in her field.
;;i /.yy. MissKmma Rebuck Las re tired.from the teaching pro­
fession; and is living; retired in Shippensburg. ■ ■,
-^re ijaye thé follbwiri^ffom iÎÎf.'D/M.' Hüntëi1:“
Rogers, Ark'., ' May 25, ‘ 1912 ,,
Hear Hiss Horton : "
Ï am yet at Rogers, A r t., in ,the. ¡fruft..grpwjng business,
Mrs..Hunter and I,h ave a family of four..boys, and,three,girls.
Ope girl, and two boys of our family are graduates of Rogers
Academy.. The two ,boÿs graduated tbisyeanand intend to enter
college somewhere next fall. I have been secretary ¿>f the Board

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of Trustees of the school for nine years. I often think of the
G. V. S. N. S. and wish that I could visit my alma mater once
again.
Very truly yours,0
:
I). M. H gn tkr .
’87. Mr. E. H, Bixler writes the following:,
Carlisle, Pa,, May 2iv ’ 12.
, I am a full fledged life, insurance agent, I have been at this
business for seven years, but I am atili interested in educational
work. Wishing you success in your work I remain,
Very truly,
E ;. . H. B ixlrr .
'88. Mr. John Hetrick recently went to North Dakota to
finish a school term and expects to remain for next year. ,
’89. Rev, Abner C. Logan writes from York Springs, Pa.:
I am able to report that I have been in the active ministry for
eleven years and during this time have not missed a Sunday
service on account of sickness, although I weighed but ninety
pounds when I left the Normal. After leaving Normal I com­
pleted courses at Dickinson College and Drew Theological Semi­
nary. In 1901 (Dec. 31) was married to Miss Clara HeelwiS,
Pitts ton, Pa. Have two children, Dorthy Francis Logan and
Ruth Mae Logan, both born near Williamsport. W e were able
to report one hundred and twenty-five conversions last year. It
will give me great pleasure to visit the institution when ;I have
the opportunity. Miss Emma Wireman and Miss Hypatia Diller
were there when we were. , They live here, as you are aware,
A . C, L ogan . A
’89. We note the following from the Harrisburg Telegraph
of’March 9:

D r . Samuei , Z. S iiopk . \ ,
Four unusual honors, were bestowed within the week upon
Samuel Z. Shope, A . M., M. D., Sc. D., of 164.2 North Third
street, who was elected a member of the Philadelphia Laryngological Society (a society composed of the leading eye, ear,,
nose and throat specialists of Philadelphia), life member of the
Surgeons’ Club, of the celebrated Mayo Surgical Clinic of Ro­
chester, Minnesota, and appointed a member of thè editorial staff
o f1‘Ophthalmology? ’ one of the leading English‘journals devoted
to diseases of the eyè, and whose staff is composed of leading eyè
Specialists of every civil'zed country of the world.

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Dr. Shope, whom everybody in town knows, is celebrating
his fortieth birthday to-day, and receiving hearty congratulations
from all his friends.
’91. Mr. G. Wm. Miller writes from Wrightsville, Pa.: “ I
taught 12 years after graduation. Completed my course at
Gettysburg in 1902. Entered the ministry in 1901 and have
been in the ministry eleven years, pastor at Jefferson and Morris
charges, Md. Have been at Wrightsville four years. Have had
a successful pastorate. Our people are active, energetic and en­
thusiastic along all Christian lines.
’91. Mr. P. E. Taylor is U. S. Consul to Norway and re­
sides at Stavanger, Norway.
’93. Mr. A . C. Donnelly writes from 223 McCann street,
Kokoma, Ind., that he is manager of the repair department of
the Haynes Automobile Co. Mr. D. and his wife, who was Miss
A . Ellen Loh, ’95, send best wishes to Normal.
’94. Miss Carrie V. Brown taught the past year in Steelton
fourth grade.
’95. Mrs. Elizabeth Shellenberger (H ill) writes from Bainbridge, Pa., that when her son is old enough to go to Normal he
will come to C. V . S. N. S. She sends best wishes to Normal.
’95. Mr. M. W. Brunner after leaving Normal graduated
from Lebanon Valley College, at Annville, 1901, and from Phil­
adelphia College of Osteopathy in 1904. He has been practicing
in Lebanon eight years. He is married and has a little girl five
years old. Sends best wishes to Normal.
’95. We are always glad to have a word from Mr. I. W.
Huntzberger, of Friendship Heights, Bethesda, Md. He writes
that he would like to come to Commencement, but finds it impos­
sible, and wishes us a successful Commencement season.
’96. Mr. D. B. Peterson is Principal of the St. Petersburg
Schools, Huntingdon County.
’97. Miss Minerva Failor is cashier for the Cumberland Sup
ply Co., Carlisle, Pa.
’97. Mrs. Edith Bollinger (Slichter), writes from 123 W.
King St., Chambersburg, Pa., that she is engaged in rearing a
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school. She still has an interest in old Normal and wishes suc­
cess to the H e r a ld .
’97. Mr. J. E. Fenton has been teaching in Lemoyne for two
years, and has been reelected for the coming year.
’98. Mrs. Louise Britton (Bassler) writes from the Reformed
Parsonage, 1518 Green St., Harrisburg, where her husband is
pastor, and sends us her H e r a l d subscription and best wishes to
Normal and says she thinks often of all the happy days she spent
here. She is kept very busy helping her husband in his Christian
work.
’98. Miss Elizabeth Mcllhennyis teaching at Garwood, N. J.
’98. Miss Verna E. Horton spent a few days as the guest of
the Personal Editor during the Commencement season. She came
on to see her niece, Miss Ramona Musgrave, graduate. She was
accompanied by Mrs. Musgrave, mother of Miss Ramona.
Verna is teaching at Dobb’s Ferry, N. Y ., in St. Christopher’s
School, and likes the work very much. She has been elected for
another year.
’99. Miss Margaret Elliott is teaching in Westfield, N. J.,
in primary work. She has been recently reelected at an increase
of salary.
’99. Mrs. S . E . Lee (Blanche Souser), sends us four years
subscription to the H e r a l d , for which we return thanks.
’99. Mrs. Sarada McLaughlin (Burkholder) is living at
Yeagertown, Pa.
’99. Mrs. Mary Hartman (Hoechst) taught the past year
at Enhaut.
’99. Mr. W ill R. Welker is teaching at Cullman, Washing­
ton.
’00. Mr. C. W . Gross was a visitor at Normal for a short
time recently. He is located in Altoona, Pa., 1108 17th Ave.,
and is in the employ of the P. R. R. Co.
’00. Miss Gertrude Hoke is spending the summer in the
West. She expects to get to Washington before her return.
’01. Miss Elizabeth E. Cypher has resigned her position in
Saxton, and accepted a position in Hollidaysburg Grammar School
at an increase in salary.

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. ’02. Mr. F. C. Myers, the President of 1902, was one of the
visitors at Normal during Commencement. He is Executive Sec.
of the N. Y . Child Welfare Committee. It is the work of this
committee to investigate conditions for the Board of Health, and
report on the education, health, recreation, social life, moral and
religious life, of the child. His work is very interesting and is
philanthropic.
, ’02, We have this letter from Mr. C. H. Ober, who was un­
able to attend his class reunion:
Allegheny, Pa., June 27, 1912.
Dear Editor:
Owing to the fact that vacation time is on at the P. O., and
quite a few clerks off duty on account of illness, I was unable to
attend the reunion of our class this week at C. V . S. N. S.
W ill rdo the next best thing. Find enclosed 25 cents, for which
please send me Copy of H e r a l d containing reunion news.
Am at present clerking in the Pittsburgh (main) Post Office.
I complete thé fifth year of this work this week. Have never failed
in any examination or been refused a raise in salary, when due,
during the- five years.;
- Mrs. Ober (Miss Jackson, ’05) sends her best regards to you
and dear old C. V . S. N. S.
Respectfully,
n o Jackson St.¡,5Allegheny, Pa.

Ch a s . H . O ber .

’02. Mr. W- O. Bovey is teaching near Greencastle, Pa.
’04. Mr. George E. Kapp is a Junior in Gettysburg College
this year. He is also one of the editors of the “ Spectrum,” the
annual year book published by the Junior Class.
’05. Mr. S. B. Thomas is a physician in St. Joseph’s Hos­
pital in Far Rockaway, N. J. He expected to take examinations
in medicine in N. Y . State recently. We have not heard yet
where he will'locate.
’05. Miss Florence Hocker is teaching near Harrisburg.
Her address is Harrisburg, R. F. D. 8.
’05. Miss Grace Eshenower is living at 1838 Derry St.,
Harrisburg.
’05. Miss Eeila McCullough has been reelected to teach in
the State School for Indians in North Carolina and expects to
take up her work there in October.

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:.*.'io5v Mr. J. :M j Uhler has been elected! Supervising Principal
of the schools of Conemaugh for the coming year,
wii ’'o6v Miss:'E»ma E. Sloan taught the past year in Johns­
town. Her address is 316 Vine St.
’06: Mr. Paul Myers recently won a $100 prize at Princeton
in ¡the intercollegiate ‘debate.
li»07. Miss Grace1Sieber is teaching in Philadelphia. Her
address is Wharton St.
’0y. Miss Gracè E- Johnson will teach at Princeton, N . J .
thè dom ing ‘ year.; Her position is supervisor of ‘ public" school
IflUSiC.'nu'u - .1;!
’07. We are glad to print the following of Miss Kidwell
from an liverett paper:
Miss Imiogene W.i Kidwell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Kidwell, of this place,,has accepted a position as teacher in
the city schools of Pittsburg, Pa., and will assume the duties
as such at the beginning of the next term in September.
M iss Kidwell will complete'her thi'rä terni as teacher in the
stìhoóls of Eeetsdale,-Pa.y in June. • Prof. H . H. Poole, a former
teacher in this:county, but now principal of the EeetSdale Schools,
writes òf Miss Kidwell’s work there as follows:— “ Her work here
has been highly efficient and satisfactory, proving her an ex­
ceptional teacher of, splendid merit.;’, . H er many friends here
will be pleased to know of her success.,,
0 8 . Miss-Nellie Boher will teach,at Newark, N:.J.Vin, third
grade. Her addresses 7 Broad street, Newark, N. J.
’08. Mr. C. F. K elt goes to Portage the coming year äs
Supervising Principal.
’08. Miss Mary Brindle is a student at Dickinson College.
’08. Miss Emma Brindle is teaching near her home, Huntsdale, Pa.
’ ‘oèl1’ ''M äs EÉzàbeth Houston is a student at Irving College.
: ’08 Hiss "Myrtle Hockenberry is teaching in Montana this
year;
l' r<:‘-K ; ; , i :
>;?o8. - Mri Roy Jackson is a student at Dickinson College. 1
i.(’o8.f Mr. ¡Tom Hoffman is a-student: at Johns Hopkins.
’08. Mr. E. H. Aukér iS teaching in Eewistown, Pa.

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’08. Mary Conn is teaching at her home, McCulloughs
Mills, Pa.
’08. Miss Grace Hempt will teach the coming year at Camp
Hill.
’08. Miss Mabel F. Gettel writes from Eddington, Pa.:
Since my graduation I have been teaching in Eddington.
The first year I had primary work; the last .three years I taught
in the high school— terms of ten months.
’08 Miss Mary Conn sends us a lot of good personals for
which we thank her sincerely, also for her H e r a l d subscription.
’09. Mr. Charles R. Jobe is in Fort Morgan, Colorado, in
the Electrical Dept, ot the P. R. R. Co.
’09. Miss Edith McMeen is teaching in Coraopolis, Pa.
’09. Miss Mary McNeal is teaching in Reedsville, Pa.
’09. Miss Helen Scott is teaching in Reedsville, Pa.
. ’09. Miss Besse Braucht is teaching in Rainsburg, Pa.
’09.

Mr. John Keener is working in Hershey, Pa.

’ 10. Mr. W. G. Fluke has resigned his position at Saxton,
Pa., and accepted a position in a Life Insurance Co., to work in
Pittsburg. Mr. Seth Grove, ’ 10, has been elected to Mr. Fluke’s
position at Saxton.
’ 10. Mr. John A . Brenneman writes from Lehighton:
Dear Editor:— Although I am a good distance away, I have
not forgotten about old Normal. I get all the latest news from
my brother. I am holding the same position I held last year, be­
ing Prin. of Third Ward Grammar School at this place. Have a
fine position, and my work is congenial.
I am looking forward with pleasure to our coming Reunion.
With best wishes for the continued success of Normal, I am,
Respectfully,
J ohn A . B r e n n e m a n .

'10.

Miss Janet Marshall taughtat Eddington the past year.

’ 11. Mr. Frank Faust has resigned his position in the schools
of Lemoyne to accept a position in the Eemoyne Trust Co. Bank.
’ 11. Mr. John Hartman has resigned his position of teacher
near Waynesboro to become a traveling salesman.

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, - i i . Mr. John O. Appier writes from 304 Main St., Belle­
ville, N. J:
Dear Editor:— My work here has been very satisfactory and
was reemployed for next year at an increase of $150.00, the high­
est increase ever paid here. I was offered any grade I chose to
accept in any of the four schools.
I have also been employed to teach Summer School and
Physical Director of playground work in Newark for the summer
season at a salary of six dollars ($6.00) per day.
My night school work closed March 1st, at which time 27
pupils graduated, the highest number ever put out from that
school. I have been asked to accept the same position for next
year.
May I ask to be remembered to all members of the faculty,
and beg to remain,
Yours sincerely,
J o h n O . A p p l Er .

Cupt&’s Column
A l b e r t i — B o o k s . A t Lamar, Colorado, February 17, 1912,
Mr. Chas. Alberti to Miss Blanche F. Books, ’06. They reside
at Lamar, Colo.
F u l l e r t o n — B o w e r . A t Jackson, Michigan, June 20,1912,
Mr. Walter E. Fullerton to Miss Mary A . Bower, ’02. They will
reside at 411 S. Mechanic St., Jackson, Mich.
L o w r ie — B i t n e r . A t Shippensburg, Pa., June 29,1912, Mr.
Lowrie to Miss Ethel B. Bitner, ’09.
S i e g r is t — W i t m e r . A t Lebanon, Pa., June 24, 1912, Mr.
Elam Siegrist to Miss Sadie Witmer, ’02. They reside at
Hathaway Park.
C a s s e l — S n o k e . A t New Haven, Conn., June 27, Mr.
Floyd F. Cassel, ’ 10, to Miss Ruth Snoke, ’ 10. They will reside
at Salix, Pa.
C u n n in g h a m — I r w i n . A t McConnellsburg, Pa., June 20,
Mr. Robert B. Cunningham, ’94, to Miss Elizabeth Irwin, ’07.

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B ie SECKBR— C o b l E: : At: Baltimore, Md., June 18, 1912,
Mr. Horace M. Biesecker to Miss Cora C. Coble. Miss Coble was
aM iddler at Normal-this year. They, will live on King St.,
Chambersburg, Pa.
r.! J
Si=J'J
G o a s — O y l E r . A t Eehmäster, Pa.,1 J'ime 22, 1912^ Mr.
Horace Z. Goas to Miss Bertha Id.1Ö yler,'’091 Prof. Goas was a
former Normal Teacher. " 'they will be at home after September
5 at 76 Riggs Place,' West Orange,'it, J.
iG o c h l in t —I c k e s . ; Afc Shippensbnrg,' Pa., June; 18, 1912,
Mr. Grove G. Cochlin to Misst Mary Ickes, ’.07. . T h e y will reside
near Shippensburg.;.

G u y b r — C o p e . A t Shippensburg, June 25, Mr. George Guyer, ’07, to k is s Anna Cope, ’08. They will live in Johnstown, N.
Y ., where Mr. Guyer is Physical Director of the Y . k . C. A . H
H e i s e r — K a n n . > Near Barnitz, Pa., June, 1912, Mr. James
M. Heiser to Miss M. Grace Kann, ’06. They will reside at
Moores M ill, Pa., where Mr. Heiser is manager of a grain elevator.
H o o v e r — H o o n . j A t Carlisle,Ba^.-June n , 1912, Mr. Harry
Hoover to Miss Iva Hoon, ’08. They will reside in Mercersburg, Pa.; where1MriHObver isA jeweler.
Y o u n g — H o c k e n b e r r y . December 27, 19 11..Mr. George
Young to Miss Myrtle Hocken berry, ’08. They live at Marysland, N eb.:
R xtpp — E b e r Ly v A t Shepherdstown^Mardh 2,■ '191*2, Hr. R.
W. Rupp to Miss Florence A . Eberly, "io .' They live in Har­
risburg. Pa.

B o h e r — K o e h l e r . A t BlairsViile, Ea.,:Jtine ¿7Mr. Sidney
Boher to Miss Mae Clark Koehler. Mr. Boher was a former Normal
student. They’ reside in Shippensburg, Pa,
M y e r s — C l a r k . A t Calkins, Pa., June 26, Mr. Gafty C .
Myers,: ’o$,uto Miss Caroline; E. Clark. They will live in H unt­
ingdon,! Pa: ¡7 '
u:

F ox — M c C a l l . A t Winchester, Va., August 24.; 'igir,
Mr. Henry Ellsworth Fox, .’98, to Miss Elizabeth'McCall, ’98.
They live at 317 Emerald street, Harrisburg, Pa.

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RESSER— G o c h n a u e r . A t Baltimore, Md,, May 30, 1912,
Dr. Norman B. Reeser to Miss Carrie A . Gochnauer,,’05. They
live in Harrisburg, Pa.
S m i t h — H e ig e s . A t Arendtsville; Pa., June 4, Mr. Mervin
E. Smith, ’02, tö Miss Mary E. Heiges. Mr. Smith has recently
graduated from Gettysburg and has been chosen pastor of the
Lhtheratt church at Bloserville, Pa.
A l e x a n d e r — E o n g e n e c k e r . A t Carlisle, June 11, Mrf
Jasper Alexander, ’98, to Miss Myrtle Belle Longenecker. They
reside in Carlisle, where Mr. Alexander is District Attorney
for Cumberland County.

H ansel -— B a l k .
Miss Dora Falk, ’08.

February, 1912, ,,Mr. Forest .Hensel to

; C l i n e — C r i s w e l l . . A t Waynesboro,, Pa., May 21, Mr.
Robert W . Cline, ’98, to Miss W . Criswell,; They reside at
Waynesboro, Pa., where Mr. Cline,is in the office of the Geyser
Machine Shops.
.
■ H e n r y — H e r r i n g , A t York, Pa., Juné is-, Dr. P. S. Henry»,
of Everett, to Miss Bertha B. Herring, ’91, They reside in E v ­
erett, Pa.
; .
H e r t z l ER— H erímA n . A t Carlisle;' P a . , A p r i l 4, Mr.
Christian Hertzler to Miss Viola C. Herman,fl’ 10. They live in
Carlisle.
W h i t e — M a r t i n . A t Los Angeles, Cal., March 24, Mr.
Reginald G. White to Miss Jean M. Martin. Miss Martin is a
daughter o f Dr. S. A.'Martin, Principal of Normal. They reside
in Lös Angel es'!
B e r r y — S m i t h . A t Philadelphia, Pa., June 16, Dr. E . S .
Berry to Miss Margaret I. Smith, ’ 11. They reside in Shippensburg, where far. Berry has been a physician for a number of years.

.. G ir e — EARNER- June 27, 1912, Mr. Gipe, to . Miss, Ruth
Barner, ’ 10. They reside at Hershey, Pa.
¡S h a f f e r — L o n g e n e c k e r . A t Bakers Summit, Pa., June
27,’ Mr. H. Melvin Shaffer to Miss Bertha Longenecker,: ’07.
They reside at Bakers Summit, Pa.

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Carson — 'W in g e r d . A t Chambersburg, Pa., Mr. Howard
Carson to Miss Maude Wingerd, ’08. They live at Penmar, Pa.
K n ie c e — N o b l e . A t Greencastle, June 27, Mr. Roy Kniece
to Miss Belle Noble. Miss Noble was a former German teacher
at Normal. They will reside at Haddon Heights, N. J. W ill he
at home after Sept. 15.
S to u o h — H o w e r to n . A t Lexington, Va., . June 5 , Mr,
Mulford Stough, ’07, to Miss Rachel Doddridge Howerton. Theywill reside in Shippensburg, Pa.

Ztbe Storft’s iRegister
B l a c k . A t Eldorado, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Black, a daughter,
Mrs. Black was Miss Mabel Eva, ’99.
K o n h a u s . A t Mechanicsburg, Pa., April 22, to Mr. and
Mrs. F. B. Konhaus, a son. Mrs. Konhaus was Miss Ruth Blessley, ’05, and Mr. Konhaus belonged to the class of ’02.
K e l l . A t Spruce Creek, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. James A .
Kell, a son. Mrs. Kell was Miss Bennett, a former Normal stu­
dent, and Mr. Kell was of the class of ’ 10.
T h r u s h . A t Shippensburg, Pa., March 24, to Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. H. Thrush, a son. Mrs. Thrush was Miss Ethel Gray, a.
former music teacher at Normal.
G e t t e l . At Hartford, Conn., to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Gettel, March 3, a son. Mr. Gettel was a member of the class

of ’98.
F a i l o r . A t 1612 North St., Harrisburg, Pa., April 12, to.
Mr. and Mrs. F. A . Failor, a son. Mrs. Failor was Miss Marne
Harlan, ’ 02, and Mr. Failor was a member of ’01.
B a i r . A t 5530 Lawrence St., Philadelphia, Pa., May, 1912,
to Mr. and Mrs. Bair, a son. Mrs. Bair was Miss Bess Hill, ’02.
Z im m e r m a n . A t Orrstown, Pa., January, to Mr. and Mrs.
Zimmerman, a daughter. Mrs. Zimmerman was Miss Clara
Shriner, ’07.
B o w m a n . A t Lemoyne, Pa., May, 1912, to Prof, and Mrs,
W . C. Bowman, a daughter. Mrs. Bowman was Miss Florence
Smith, ’01, and Mr. Bowman was ’90.

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E xch anges
We gratefully acknowledge the receipt ot the following ex­
changes: The College Student, The Susquehanna, The Perkiomenite, Mansfield State Normal School Quarterly, Our College
Times, Dickinsonian, College News, Conway an, High School
Journal, The Collegian, Normal Review.

“ The greatest good a man can do is to cultivate himself and
develop his powers that he may be of greater use to humanity.”—
“ College Student.”
4*

Seeds ©f Udntmeas
If you have a friend worth loving',
Love him; yes, and let him know
That you love him ere life ’s evening
Tinge his brow with sunset glow.
Why should good words ne’er be said
Of a friend, till he is dead?
If you hear a song that thrills you,
Sung by any child of song,
Praise it; do not let the singer
Wait deserved praises long.
Why should one who thrills your heart
L ack the joys you may impart?
If you hear a prayer that moves you
By its humble pleading tone,
Join it; do not let the seeker
Bow before his God alone.
Why should not your brother share
The strength of two or three in prayer.
If your work is made more easy
By a friendly helping hand,
Say so; speak out brave and truly
Ere the darkness veil the land.
Should a brother workman dear
Palter for a word of cheer?

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Scatter thus your seeds -of kindness,!
A ll enriching as you go;
Leave them; trust the Harvest giver,
He will make each seed to grow.
So until life’s happy end
You shall never need a friend.

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done,
But he with a chuckle replied,
That maybe it couldn’t, but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried, he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done—and he did itl
—Edgar A. Guest.

Clipped from “ The Susquehanna.”

The teacher had been telling the class about the rhinoceros
family. “ Name some things,” she said, “ that are very dangerous
to go near, and that have horns.”
“ Automobiles,” replied one.— Exchange.

’Twas very wrong for any maid to be abroad
A t night alone;
A chaperone she needs till she can call
Some chap her own.— Exchange.