Volume 29

JULY, 1925

Number 4

THE NORMAL
SCHOOL HERALD

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COMMENCEMENT NUMBER

CUMBERLAND V A L L E Y STATE
NORMAL SCHOOL
SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

J. R. KERR & BRO., Publishers, Chambersburg, Pa.

T A B L E OF CO NTEN TS
Principal’s Letter to the Alumni................ ................... .:...._________

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Bucknell University Honors Dr. Lehman.....*£BL_____ „....______

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Baccalaureate

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Class Day.-ij.-;.^®.................. ....................................................... 9
Alumni Procession and Bally....................................................10
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Dr. Lehman’s Address to Graduates.....!L§|............................ .

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1890 Class— 35th Reunion.....'......_____ . 4 __ _________________ i..:..

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Class of ’95 Holds Reunion and Banquet_____ ________________ I__

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Metropolitan Alumni Association Banquet........... .............................

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Pittsburgh Alumni Banquet

To the Class 1920............. .LJ!!............. ......:___ __31
Alumni Personals...___ _____ ...„..................... ................... .......... .-.-¿i-..

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Obituary ....................................;.rA.:........... __________________________

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Where the Summer Session Students Come From..........'...............

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JULY, 1925

No. 4

PR IN CIPAL’S L E T T E R TO T H E A L U M N I
Dear Friends:
I was about to say “ we have ju st concluded our work” ,
but the ringing o f the class room bells and the sound of
hundreds of voices in the hall reminded me that our work
is not concluded: we are carrying on.
W e believed that because of the large fall term regis­
tration, the attendance at the summer session would fall
off materially, but we were mistaken. A deluge o f day
student registrations on the opening days sent the enroll­
ment up nearly to high water and we know that the
summer attendance will probably equal that of last year.
W e have a strong force o f teachers with us and all in­
dications point to an unusually successful term.
Now let me turn back to Commencement. W e didn’t
anticipate a record breaking attendance o f Alumni, as we
couldn’t offer a fifty year anniversary this year, nor could
we repeat the historical pageant o f four years ago. But
we didn’t give due emphasis to the fact that the classes

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of ’85, ’90, ’95, 1900, ’05, and ’15 would be on hand for
their reunions.
There may be another group of six
classes that can bring back as large a percentage of its
membership, but no group has succeeded in equaling the
record made by the classes listed above.
No one would have believed that it was forty years since
J. G. Glessner, R. L. Myers, S. S. Smith, W alter Webbert
and D. E. Zeiter were graduated from the Normal School,
if they hadn’t talked about “ ’85.” Our friend Smith,
ju st to show how young he is, closed his law office in
Abeline, Kansas, gave the clerks a holiday, and came E ast
to join his fellow classmates. O f course it goes without
saying that the women o f the class were even more
youthful than the men.
The class of ’90 had a royal time, if you don’t believe
it ju st read the communication writtten by one of the
members published elsewhere in the Herald.
’95 with W . N . Decker at its head has always been in
the forefront, and they came back to tell Shippensburg
that they were as loyal as ever to A lm a Mater and to
emphasize the matter Rev. J. S. Decker came all the way
from Iowa.
If any one questions whether the class o f 1900 excels
other classes in “ pep” and ability to do things, let him
ask J. Edgar McCullough. The fact that Ed. lives in
Wilkinsburg, of which Pittsburgh is a suburb, doesn’t
interfere with his being in Shippensburg when the class
of 1900 needs a boost— and as one calls the roll o f his
class we realize that he has a right to boast of its mem­
bership.
O f course youthful classes like those o f ’95 and ’ 15 were
expected to be here in numbers and there was no occa­
sion for disappointment.
W ith classes like these holding the center o f the stage,
Alum ni Day was bound to be a big one— and it more
than lived up to its promise.
The Alumni Parade was
fine— bigger and better than ever before.
President
Decker struck the keynote in his address to the Alumni
at the rally and the other speakers joined with him in
calling for still greater service and work for old Normal.
The speeches were unusually good; they were short—
aggressive and entertaining. The announcement that the
Normal School would remain at Shippensburg because
the people of town and the school board had met the
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thusiastically applauded by the assembled Alumni who
link Shippensburg and the Normal in their memories.
The spirit of loyalty could not have been finer. Every
speaker pledged his class to support the school in its
efforts to enroll three hundred in the entering class in
September and to urge members of the legislature to
give liberal support to the school.
The Commencement Exercises were largely attended in
honor of the 208 young men and women who received
their diplomas.
And now we face the future confident that the past
record of the school, admirable as it has been, will be but
an earnest of still better and bigger things. W e believe
that with your enthusiastic, earnest support, m y friends
of the Alumni, the old school will continue to grow not
only in numbers but in the finer and better things that
make an institution great.
Fraternally yours,
E Z R A L E H M A N , ’89.

TO H IGH SCHOOL G R A D U A T E S
Y es, we are glad to say that at this writing we still
have some rooms available for students who wish to enter
in September.
Our advanced enrollment is much larger than it has
ever been but we shall have room for at least a hundred
more boarding students than we could accommodate last
year.
W e shall close our high school department, thus giving
us room for fifty more students who are qualified to enter
the Normal School. The members o f the faculty not con­
nected with the disciplinary or administrative depart­
ments of the institution will all give up their rooms in the
dormitory. In this way we will secure accommodations
for fifty more students.
W e can accommodate an entering class of 300, but we
must limit our enrollment to that number. If you expect
to enter, we urge immediate registration.
Don’t forget that the Normal Schools are now doing the
work of Junior Colleges and that students completing the
two year course will receive two years credit in the leading
Pennsylvania Colleges.

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You will receive free tuition and your expenses will be
limited to the registration fee of five dollars, two semester
fees o f $7.50 each, providing free admission to games,
lectures, concerts, etc.
Boarding, in furnished r<?om,
with heat, light, laundry, and nurse’s services when
necessary, costs seven dollars a week or $252.00 for the
school year. W e have a few rooms in the Viener Apart­
ments where this charge is as low as six dollars a week.
W e are particularly gratified at the continued large en­
rollment of men.
W e stress good, clean athletics, as
we recognize the part played by games in developing
strong, virile character. W e expect to have a very suc­
cessful foot ball season as only three of last year’s team
will be absent. W e shall have a stronger basket ball
team than we had last year and this year’s base ball team
remains practically intact.
W e also stress hockey, basket ball and tennis for girls.
But we give abundant opportunity for student participa­
tion in musical organizations.
The school band, the
orchestra, the women’s and men’s choral societies, give
fine opportunities for those who are interested in music
to develop their talent. The A rts and Crafts Club will
make its appeal to those who have artistic ability, while
the Inter-Society and Inter-School Debates will give
adequate opportunity to those who wish to develop along
the lines o f public speaking. The frequent plays given
by the literary societies, and by the school organizations
on special occasions provide a chance for the develop­
ment of dramatic talent, and the weekly school paper
published by the students calls into its service those
interested in newspaper work.
W e stress home and social life as necessary to the
effective man and woman. I f you do not have a cata­
logue, write to us at once and we will be glad to send
you one and to have you come to us.

B U C K N E L L U N IV E R S IT Y HONORS D R. L E H M A N
A t its recent commencement, Bucknell University con­
ferred the honorary degree of Doctor o f Laws upon Dr.
Ezra Lehman. Prof. M. L. Drum of the Bucknell faculty
formerly a teacher at Normal made the presentation ad­
dress.

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SEN IO R B A N Q U E T
Commencement opened full swing at the Normal School
on Saturday evening with the annual Senior Banquet
holding the center o f the stage.
The Trustees were
the hosts of this occasion and members o f the faculty
and more than two hundred members of the Senior class
were the guests.
Miss McWilliams had prepared an
excellent menu consisting o f Pineapple Cocktail, Olives,
Salted Nuts, Spring Chicken a la Maryland, New Pota­
toes, Parsley, Early June Peas, Asparagus Matre d’ Hotel,
Parkerhouse Rolls, 1925 Salad, Cheese W afers, Pickles,
Neopolitan Ice Cream, Chocolate Cake, Coffee, Mints.
Dr. Lehman acted as Toastmaster and Genevieve
Mitchell, York, Pa., o f the three year class, responded to
the toast “ A s W e See Ourselves” and Lola Pheasant of
Mount Union, represented the two year class with the
toast “ A s Others See U s.”
Miss Elizabeth McWilliams, Dean o f the two year class,
spoke on “ The Turn of the Road” .
Professor W . P.
Harley, Dean of the three year class, answered to
“Evolution” .
A t the conclusion o f the Banquet, all joined in singing
“Alma Mater” and “ Should Auld Acquaintance Be For­
got” .

B A C C A L A U R E A T E SER VICE
The Baccalaureate Services were held in the Audi­
torium o f the School on Sunday evening at eight P. M.
The front part o f the auditorium had been reserved for
the more than two hundred members of the class, who
marched into the Chapel singing the Horatian Hymn,
“ Integer Vitae” . The principal, ministers of the town,
and the choir occupied seats on the rostrum. The invo­
cation was pronounced by Rev. H . R. Lobb of the Church
of God.
The congregation sang “ Come, Holy Spirit,
Heavenly Dove” . Rev. J. S. Glenn of the Penn Street
United Brethren Church, read the evening lesson, Mat­
thew 7:13-29. The Choir sang, “ Our Song Shall Rise,”
after which Rev. J. D. Wetzel o f the Reformed Church
offered prayer.
Rev. Elmer L. Coblentz of the First Reformed Church
of Reading delivered the Baccalaureate Sermon.
His
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Rev. Coblentz dwelt on the effort of Mankind to find the
secrets of long life. Leaders have searched for the per­
petual fountain of youth. Eminent physicians have used
their skill to baffle disease, but the secret of life was set
forth by the Master Teacher when he declared “ L ife in
itself was valueless save as it was rightly lived and that
he who loses his life for the sake o f God and humanity
shall find it.” In striking fashion he showed how men
and women who had apparently lived quiet and obscure
lives became known to the world and to history because
o f their willingness to give themselves for a great cause.
The Choir sang, “ Come Thou Fount o f Every Blessing”
which was followed by the Congregational hymn “ 0 Love
That W ill Not Let Me Go” . The Benediction was pro­
nounced by Rev. Daniel Powell of the Orange Street
United Brethren Church. The Class then marched from
the auditorium singing, “ Onward Christian Soldiers.”

H IGH SCHOOL CO M M EN CEM EN T
Though all the graduates and former students of the
school look forward to Tuesday as the big day of the
Commencement W eek, many returned to the Normal on
Monday to attend the Commencement of the Secondary
Department at which time seventy-one students were
granted diplomas indicating the completion o f a four-year
high school course. Dr. Lewis G. Rohrbach of Dickin­
son College delivered the Commencement address. His
theme was “ The Challenge to Youth” . Prof. Smith pre­
sided and presented the diplomas.
This year marks the close o f the high school depart­
ment at the Shippensburg Normal School, since owing
to the crowded conditions all the dormitory space and
class rooms are needed in the regular Normal department.

M O N D A Y ’S E X E R C ISE S
The first event on Monday was the concluding chapel
service of the year. Prof. Gilbert, dean of the two year
class spoke to the graduates on “ The Teachers Problems” .
Miss Arnold, dean o f the three year class also spoke
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work at the reception tea held under the auspices of the
A rts and Crafts Club. Visitors at Normal always make
it a point to attend this exhibition and the attendance
this year was unusually large.

C LASS D A Y
Tuesday is always the Red Letter Day of Commence­
ment W eek at the Shippensburg Normal. On that day
more events are crowded than one would think possible
for even the longest day o f the year.
In the first place, it is Class Day. This year the three
and the two year classes presented a combination
program. The three year class had the right of way
and through its president, W alter Strike, of Shippens­
burg, opened the proceedings. Mr. Strike spoke on the
Junior High School. He traced the Junior High School
movement back to Comenius and Rosseau.
It was
definitely outlined in 1888 by President Elliott of Harvard.
Mr. Strike dwelt upon the five great purposes of the Junior
High school and predicted that within the next few years
the movement would sweep through the entire country;
Clifford Smith, of Woodlawn, Pa., delivered the Senior
Mantle Oration. His subject was “ Builders in Educa­
tion.” He called attention to the fact that it is the
teacher who m ust perpetrate democracy and who must,
therefore exemplify all that is wholesome and good in
modern life. A t the conclusion of his address, he de­
livered the mantle of the class to Miss Kathryn Funk of
Shippensburg, who represented the Junior class.
Miss Funk responded fittingly and dwelt upon the sig­
nificance of the mantle that had been delivered through
her to the class. She spoke o f teaching as a fine art that
is ju st beginning to receive the recognition that it de­
serves.
The two year class through its president, Ralph Swan
of Shade Gap, held the next place upon the program. His
theme was “ Service” and he dwelt upon the influence o f
the teacher.
He cited many examples o f service to a
community and urged the class to raise high the standard
o f American citizenship.
Mrs. Sara Young Kent, o f Harrisburg, read the class
history in an interesting manner.
She pictured the
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entered the school in the freshman year. A fter m a n y
hard fought battles in the class room and on the athletic
field, the victorious survivors are ready to step forward
into a wider field with the slogan “ Forward March” .
Raymond Cromer o f Ft. Littleton, was the class orator.
H e spoke on the “ Bigness o f Little Things” . It is often
the seemingly insignificant events in life that shape and
mould character. The fixed habits of life grow from the
repetition of small acts.
A representative of the three year class, William
Hudson of Hampton, delivered the ivy oration.
His
theme was “ L ife and Opportunity” . He spoke o f the ap­
preciation that the world manifests toward those who,
through self sacrifice, make possible opportunity for
others. He compared the struggles o f the ivy that the
class planted to the efforts o f every successful man and
woman.
T^e class will was read by Ruth Straley of Lewisberry.
This was an interesting and humorous document. She
left innumerable g ifts to many members of the lower
classes and also to several members o f the faculty
A ll the speakers held the closest attention o f the large
audience that had assembled to pay tribute to the
graduates.

A L U M N I PROCESSION A N D R A L L Y
it.Thf i Spectacular event
the Commencement W eek is
the Alumni Procession. Every member, even the gray
headed ones, forget the weight o f years and become boys
and girls on this occasion. Class yells, are heard every­
where and even the old grads with cracked voices try to
sing their class songs. It all goes to make the Alumni
Procession what it is meant to be— a march of good fel­
lowship.
On this occasion there were more than the usual number
of graduates o f early classes, both the forty and fiftv
year classes were well represented.
Promptly at 1 :3 0 , the Normal School Band, under the
leadership o f Professor Slyter, summoned the classes into
line. Professor Krebs was marshal and a solid line renresentm g every class beginning with 1874 was soon marchin£ f£ ross the campus to the accompaniment o f yells
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o’clock the Alumni meeting was called to order by Pro­
fessor W . N . Decker ’95, of Altoona.
Prof. Decker s
brief address was a spirited one calling upon the Alumni
to do still greater things for the Alm a Mater.
Dr.
Lehman delivered the greetings of the school and spoke
briefly o f the future plans o f the Normal School. Brief
addresses were then given by Reverend J. D . W . Deavor,
’75, of H arrisburg; Honorable J. G. Glessner, 85, 1 o rk ;
J. W . Baish, ’00, Clear Spring, M aryland; Supt. J. M . Uhler,
’05, Conemaugh; Prof. Roy J. Mathias, ’ 15, Pittsburgh,
and Mr. Paul J. W ert, ’23, Gettysburg, Pa. The report of
the Executive Committee came next.
The Committee
through its chairman Hon. J. G. Glessner recommended
that in the future Class D ay and Alumni Exercises be
held on the Saturday preceding the Baccalaureate
Services. This would make it possible for many members
of the alumni now engaged in teaching to attend these
exercises. Principal Lehman endorsed the change and
the plan was unanimously endorsed.
The Executive
Committee reported the following nominations for the
ensuing year. President, Dr. Ernest M. Gress, 96,^ of
Harrisburg; Vice-President, Dr. Harry M. Kirkpatrick,
’06, Harrisburg; Secretary, Mrs. Myrtle Mayberry Stough,
’07, Shippensburg; and Treasurer, Hon. Quinn T. Mickey,
’83, Shippensburg.
They were elected unanimously.
The class of ’25 was admitted to membership and those
whose classes were not holding reunions adjourned to
the baseball field to witness the annual contest between
the Alumni stars o f former years and the crack Normal
team that has won the Eastern Pennsylvania Champion­
ship. A fte r an exciting and well played game the Normal
Varsity emerged victors by a score o f 8 to 5.
A dozen or more classes held banquets and reunions
during the afternoon and evening. A ll the hotels were
crowded and every place that could be secured for an
Alumni reunion had been engaged several weeks ago.
Several of the classes journeyed to Chambersburg and to
some of the mountain hotels.
The step singing is always an enjoyable part of Alumni
Day and the singing and concert under the leadership of
Prof. Slyter was fully up to the standard o f previous
years.
The Alumni Play, “ A ll o f a Sudden Peggy” was given
in the Normal Auditorium at eight P. M. The cast, under
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o f this very modern and at the same time age old play.
The Alumni Reception and Dance followed at ten o’clock.
Updegrove’s Orchestra furnished the music.

CO M M EN CEM EN T D A Y
The fifty-second annual Commencement o f the Cum­
berland Valley Normal School was held at 9 :3 0 o’clock
June 10, in the school auditorium.
Long before hour
set for the opening of the exercises the chapel was
crowded with Alumni and friends of the graduates. The
two and three year students occupied seats on the stage.
The invocation was delivered by Rev. W . H. Galbreath,
o f Shippensburg, after which a selection o f music was
rendered by the instrumental quartet under the leader­
ship o f Prof. Sly ter. The first honor number an essay
‘An Interview with Anatole France” was presented by
Ruth Keadle, of Mercersburg. B y means of an imaginary
visit to the author’s home Miss Keadle found means of
presenting the great French author in a decidedly in­
dividual manner. She represented him as telling the
story o f his own life thus revealing his rich personality.
The second honor number was a reading “ A Christmas
Present for a Lady” by M yra Kelly given by Helen L.
Miller o f Chambersburg. Miss Miller’s interpretation of
the author’s story was at once sympathetic and intelli­
gent.
A voca! solo “ The Angelus” was sung by Mary Nesbit,
""J ^ k u rg , Pa. The third honor number was an oration
I S H i s I Stately Mansions” by W allis McKendree.
Mr. McKendree
his audience througn m s oratorical abilitv.

N ot T h yself?”

He spoke as follows:

Members of the Graduating Class,
Ladies and Gentlemen:

about for a theme suitable for this occasion, I tried to

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find one that would permit me to sound a t o n c e th e n o t e
of congratulation and warning, of victory and
I knew that he who could furnish the desired theme
must himself have been a great teacher and have lived in
an age that would challenge comparison with this era
hprause of its idealism and its materialism.
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Plato’s all embracing “ know thyself seemed at first
M
m
theme, but he who would interpret
the philosophy of the great intellectual leader o f the
world m ust himself be a giant among philosophers.
Then there came to me the words of another great
teacher, whose thought simple and yet profound has done
more to mould the thoughts of men and women than
that of any man of mortal mold save “ H im whose blessed
feet were nailed to the bitter cross for our redemption.
I knew th a t h e who on D am ascus w ay caught th e vision
o f service— m u st have a m essage th a t age cannot w ithe

n°A n d ^ e ? 1my*friends though I recognized that m y theme
was before me, I hesitated to use it.
«resumption on the part of one who knew that both by
name and by nature he was only a layman to use a
theme— yes a text from the mightiest preacher that ever
spoke to m en? I remembered however, Iftat on one
occasion the great poet and writer, Samuel Tay or
Coleridge, asked his friend the witty essayist, Charles
Lamb, “ Charles, did you ever hear me preach
and
Lamb replied in his delightful stutter w-why S-Sam,
I never h-heard you do any th-thm g else.
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But I don’t want to preach today.— I want simply to
turn the clarifying light of the great preacher s though
upon the problems that the young men and women about
to leave these halls m ust meet and solve or confess defeat.
W hen Paul wrote to the members of the church at
Rome, he realized how great the gulf was between pro­
fession and performance. In clearcut burning logic he
set forth the duty o f those who had been chosen for
leadership in the church and finally exclaims Thou that
teachest another, teachest thou not thyself .
The challenge of the great Apostle was not mere
verbiage. He knew that the capital of the ancient world
numbered thousands o f teachers among its citizens who
taught the loftiest ideals o f conduct but whose own life
was a refutation and contradiction of their teachings.
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leaders were morally corrupt and whose teachers had
ceased to exemplify in their lives the doctrines that they
taught.
The world will refuse to accept an abstract
idea no matter how beautiful it m ay be. It demands that
the doctrines taught be lived, be made concrete.
The history o f education is the record o f the effort of
nations and states to accomplish certain results by leading
the youth to accept certain standards o f control which
we call conduct.
The things that have been taught have varied from age
to age as our ideas of government have varied, but
greater than any system o f conduct or philosophy was
the man who taught it.
It is this lesson, that needs, m y
friends, to be driven home on occasions like these when
battalions o f young men and women are about to go
forth to teach— not arithmetic and geography and history,
but boys and girls, the citizens of tomorrow whose
philosophy o f life and conduct determine the future o f
the nation.
History proves that the world has often tried to ignore
the personality o f the teacher. It has regarded the cause,
the ideal as so much greater than any man or group o f
men, that it has failed to realize that a cause is great
only as it is translatable into human conduct. W e have
been taught to admire the mart or woman who dies
willingly that a great cause m ay live, but we forget that
what we call “ dying” is not really death at a ll; it is
only changing a limited, circumscribed physical existence
for a dynamic unfettered life that is henceforth to be
bound up with a great truth— is in fact to be that truth
incarnate, objectified.
I recognize that you, m y friends, m ay ask, “ Well what
does all this signify at this Commencement?” Simply
this, I am anxious that you may believe with me, that
the most important feature about this Commencement
is not that these young men and women have been taught
language, literature, science and history, not that they
have been especially prepared for primary, intermediate,
rural or junior high school teaching, not that they have
been trained in the philosophy o f education but that they
represent 215 separate personalities who are at this
moment the product not only of the generations that
have gone before each o f them, but o f their environment,
in their homes, in the social life of their communities
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Members of the Graduating Class: You will soon leave
us and be scattered north, east, south and west over this
great Commonwealth. W hen the new school year opens
some o f you will be in the class rooms o f town or city
under the supervision o f Principal or Supervisor, others
will be in H igh School or ward building— still others will
be in a one room country school, fa r off among the hills
alone perhaps and wishing that you could be back at the
old school among your fellows again.
And you will succeed or fa il: not because o f careful
supervision or the lack o f it, not because you are in a
progressive community or a backward one, but because
you are Y O U .
Don’t misunderstand me.
O f course
careful supervision is a wonderful help to the young
teacher; o f course he will do better work in a sym ­
pathetic, cultured community than he will in a hostile,
narrow prejudiced one.
But success or failure is a
bigger— a more personal question than one o f environ­
ment.
I congratulate the young man or woman who will go into
a one room rural school— for nowhere else will your per­
sonality have so much room for growth and development.
You will be m aster o f the situation. You will be adminis­
trator. No superintendent to interfere with your plans,
no assistants to fail to do their duty,— not even a janitor
on whom to blame the physical conditions in your school
room. There you will settle the question of success or
failure for yourself.
But whether your position is in the crowded city or on
wind swept mountain height you will be called upon to
teach others. I want to consider with you for ju st a
little while what the community has a right to expect o f
you.
The commonly accepted idea is that you will teach
arithmetic, reading, writing, geography and history to
boys and girls. You are older and more experienced than
your pupils, it is your business to communicate facts and
skills in conduct to them, to make them familiar with the
rules o f arithmetic, with the facts o f geography and
history and to impart technical skill in writing and draw­
ing. It is true that some of this material m ust be learned
by the coming generation. Boys and girls will have oc­
casion to know and to use certain tim e tested facts o f
knowledge but the amount of this necessary factual
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aboiat fifty events in American History and about twenty
dates that are worth knowing and remembering. In like
manner much o f the drill on mathematical formulae,
grammatical rules, etc., has been found to be a waste of
valuable time. I would not be understood as opposing the
teaching o f essentials thoroughly and definitely, but I call
your attention to the fact that your duty will be to teach
boys and girls, to prepare them for citizenship, using the
SUmifc^s .°f
curnculum as a means to an end.
There is a world o f difference between teaching subiects
and teaching children. The best teacher of French that
1 ever had was a phonograph and ten records. The nronunciation was clear and distinct, the expressions were
grammatically correct and finished but I came away
irom the lesson unmoved and unimpressed.
I had
mastered a few facts but when I stood in the presence o f
L>r. baveur I learned much more than French. In like
manner your pupils m ust learn much more than the sub­
jects you teach.
Let us see what you are expected to teach. You will
■ g f f l B H
r° ° m eight ° ut of every
children
tor whom the ordinary course of instruction is not suited
¡B B B B B B B
,the materiaI of the text books,'
W W
-nlffiCU ^ ° r
it is unsuited to their needs.
W hat will you do with these retarded children?— falling
back year by year finally dropping out of school-branded
as ignoramuses whose mentality is deficient.
And you
m y young friends are teaching others. In the presence
per cent what are you learning yourS B B ^ hat 1S y°,ur duty to these motor minded children
B S l t ° ^ a s p the meaning of the printed page? You
will find another eight in this group who can do much
more work than that assigned to the class. W ill you
work of these ten talent intellects
tftat you do of the one and the two talent pupils ?
Of
¡| B 9 1 i I B B S m
you are g iving seems to meet
the needs o f three-fourths o f your pupils
This is a
majority, will you content yourself with the belief— the
■ B R I 9h a r n,°,^ 0ur?e ° f study Will meet the needs
o f a i pupils? Let the sixteen for whom it is not meant
■ M
l B
to a careful consideration of your own
strength and weakness.
Listen, “ Thou that teachest
another, teachest thou not th y self?”
But you will teach other things than the branches of
the curriculum.
I f you do not, you will not earn the

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stipend that the state has promised you. Some one has
recently pointed out that teachers are now receiving more
than a dollar an hour for the actual time that the law
requires them to spend in the school room. The critic
asks petulantly “ Isn’t this a high price to pay for
hearing boys and girls recite their lessons ?” Our answer
is “Y es, it is.— And if your teacher is not doing anything
else, you are paying too high a salary”— But m y critical
friend let me tell you that every teacher no m atter how
poorly or how well qualified— teaches many other things
besides the lessons in the text books.
Every teacher in every school room teaches a code of
morals. Legislators m ay vote that moral instruction
shall or shall not be given in the public schools. They may
it is true decide to require or to prohibit formal instruc­
tion but a code of morals will be taught by every teacher.
The common virtues of life, industry, sobriety, honesty
and chastity will be taught effectively by those whose
lives and conduct exemplify them in action.
On the
other hand can there be any doubt as to the influence of
the teacher who speaks flippantly of great truths that
have stood the test o f time, who associate with men and
women of loose morals, who violate the laws of the land
prating about personal liberty?
Such teachers may at
times speak with Demosthenean eloquence in praise of
beauty and goodness. Their examples speak with a force
that their words lack. Emerson was right when he ex­
claimed “ How can I hear what you say when what you
are is ringing so loudly in m y ears?”— And the still
greater Tarsian preacher thunders “ Thou that teachest
another, teachest thou not th y self?”
In these days thoughtful men and women are discussing
the question whether religious instruction should not be
given in the public schools. In a day when the altar is
erected in few homes, when the church no longer reaches
great masses of our people, it is urged by many thought­
ful people that the public schools should be used to dis­
seminate the central and basic facts of religion.
Men and Women of the graduating Class let me say
that every one o f you will bring a religious or an irre­
ligious influence into your schools be you Protestant,
Catholic or Jew. Every pupil in your school will un­
consciously feel your attitude toward religion by the
manner1 in which you read the Bible in the morning
service, by your contact or lack of contact with the

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greatest teacher that ever taught mankind, by your in­
terest in movements that make for the good of the com­
munity.
You will teach the citizens of tomorrow in your schools.
Our nation has sought to keep out aliens whose theories
o f government are hostile to our own— and I have no
word of criticism to urge against a policy that would
protect the nation from the intrigues of foreign born
malcontents but I wish to point out that while it is easy
to keep out individuals it is impossible to keep out ideas.
Let the nation look well to the men and women who will
teach the youth of America. A recent survey o f one of
the original thirteen states— a state founded by the most
sincere and intelligent o f English emigrants, showed
that more than sixty per cent of the men and women who
were planning to become teachers were either born
abroad themselves or were brought up in homes in which
a foreign language is spoken. It is therefore easy to
calculate that in less than five years the m ajority o f the
teachers of Massachusetts will be either aliens or alien
born.
I am no alarmist and I would not lay a single
obstacle in the path of the alien bom young man or woman
who wishes to prepare for teaching.
I realize how
valuable has been the service of the teachers o f foreign
birth in our great cities and in our mining communities
in helping to Americanize their fellow countrymen. But
I do demand that these young men and women be real
Americans. W hat avail are the memories of W ashing­
ton, o f Memorial Day, o f Independence Day and Thanks­
giving Day i f the teachers in our schools do not feel the
challenge o f a great past when these days are observed
in our schools ?
W hat shall we think o f the fitness of any man or woman
native or alien born to teach civics to our boys and girls
who does not feel a quickening of the pulse when he
reads the speeches and letters— yes even when he hears
the name of the triumvirate of great Americans, Lincoln,
Roosevelt and Wilson.
Men and women of the graduating class, when you
teach the story of the settlement of the American Col­
onies, o f Valley Forge of the American women that
treked across our great prairies to live in the log cabins
where she m ight not hear another woman’s voice for
m onths; will you be able in imagination to live those
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vou in short go to school to these men and women and
learn from them the lesson of what it is to be an Am eri­
can. If so you will be a true teacher, no matter where
you were born or o f what parentage.
.
The great outstanding need today is leadership: wise
__ safe yet progressive leadership. It has been asserted
that the past five years have produced more isms than
any previous fifty years. If this be true it indicates a
revolt against authority and a groping about for light,
leadership.
This unrest is noticeable everywhere, in
church, in political life, in society and in education.
There are those who hail this unrest as a fortunate
omen as a sign that men and women are thinking for them­
selves, but there are others who regard it as evidence
of caprice and instability that bodes ill for the future
of the church, the nation, society and our public school
system.
Let me rather join with those who refuse on
the one side to believe that the safeguards that states
and society have erected as a result of long years of
experience can be safely disregarded but who refuse to
see in the hesitation, doubt and unbelief of the present
sign of moral and physical degeneration.
People are calling for leaders who will lead them into
the promised land of a bigger, better, saner democracy
and they turn to those who would essay to teach and say
“ prove your right to lead and we will follow.”
In the face of this emergency I turn to you young men
and women and like Pizarro o f old— I draw the line before
you. On this side lies ease and pleasure, here you can
rest, you are about to be granted a diploma that will give
you a permanent license to teach school. You need fear
no examination, you can drift along, you can avoid antag­
onizing the people of your community, you can be one
of the crowd. Some will be farmers, grocers, druggists,
you will be a teacher.
You need not continue your
studies, you can avoid making changes in your school
system that will increase taxes— you can in short drift
along spineless, aimless, vegetating rather than living.
On the other side lies struggle and hardship nine months
of constructive teaching followed by a summer session
in school.
Active participation in civic and religious
organizations that make for the betterment o f men and
women; standing firm for the right— for law enforce­
m ent; standing to the forefront when an issue arises in
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be misunderstood, your motives will be attacked, you will
pay the price that every man and woman who has led
humanity toward the rising sun has paid; loss of favor
of the crowd.
But you will have the satisfaction of
knowing that you are numbered with the heroic souls who
proved their mettle— who kept the faith.
Pennsylvania calls on you for service. She needs 5000
new recruits for her teaching army every year. She has
pledged herself to give equal educational opportunity to
every boy and girl in her borders. To attain to that ideal
she must give to the boys on her farm s and the girls on
her mountains the same opportunity that she gives the
boy and girl o f the city. This will come to pass when
farm er and lumberman demand their educational rights.
They will do this when a leader arises in their com­
munities who will point the way to the better things of life.
Some of you will go out to the farm s o f the Common­
wealth.
W ill you stand forth to do battle for the
children of your community:
Some o f you go forth
bearing a special mission as teachers in junior high
schools. W ill you do your work so well that every com­
munity will demand that the boys and girls enjoy the
privilege of the newer and better things in education?
Time will sift the gold from the dross. W hen you come
back next year the process will be under way. During
the year some o f you will make mistakes, failure will
stare you in the face, but if you learn to profit by failure
and use your failures as stepping stones you will be better
than you were before.
W hen you return in 1930, the
process of elimination (so rapidly does time work) will
be nearly complete. Leaders will have arisen— W ill all
who are today classed by the faculty o f this school in
the honor group, be there then ? Let me, for once, essay
the role of prophet and make this prediction. There will
be a marked shaking up in the strata of the class. Some
in the lower third will have grown so much that they will
have forged to the front.
Others in the first ranks
resting on too easily earned laurels will have been forced
to the rear. Five years will test your moral fibre. It will
throw out the student who copies in examination, who
got things easily and as speedily forgot them, who
bluffed his way through and imagined because he deceived
one instructor he could deceive the world.
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their education and it will advance those who have just
begun their real education.
Members of the Graduating Class: I quoted the words
of the great preacher when I began in an effort to have
you realize the greater truth that he who would teach
another must not only know the things he teaches but
he must actually B E it, L IV E it, IN C A R N A T E it. I close
with another message from his lips: “ This one thing I
do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching
forth into those things that are before.”
Y es my
friends— forget the past with its victories or its defeats.
Let the dead past bury its dead— Live, press on to the
heights that must be scaled to the victories that m ust be
won.
The certificate o f graduation was then conferred upon
twenty-one young men and women who had completed
the work o f the three year course and upon one hundred
eighty-seven who had finished the two year course.
The prize offered by the 1908 class for the highest
scholastic record made by a four year student was
awarded to Russell E. Coover, of New Cumberland. Miss
Helen L. Miller of Chambersburg won the 1916 class prize
for excellence in Public Speaking with honorable mention
of Irene L. Ritter, Loyesville, and Margaret K . Lehman,
Shippensburg.
Bonnalee S. Mort, 429 Walton Ave., Altoona, won the
Myrtle Mayberry Short Story Prize. Olga Sadosuk of
M t. Union and Agnes Anderson of Woodlawn received
honorable mention. Margaret K . Lehman, Shippensburg
and Helen L. Miller of Chambersburg were awarded first
and second prizes respectively for ability in the inter­
society debate.
W alter A . Strike, Shippensburg was the winner o f the
much sought after medal awarded yearly by Mrs. Eleanor
Kyner Boots ’89, o f Moore, Pa. This medal is awarded
annually to the student who in the judgment of the faculty
and student body has rendered most distinguished service
to the school. Miss Margaret J. Ickes o f Loysville, Pa.,
was awarded the medal given annually by the Girls’
Athletic Association to the student who won the highest
number o f athletic points.
Dr. Lehman in conclusion expressed the gratification
of the school authorities over the splendid spirit that had
been manifest on Alumni Day.
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loyalty and cooperation was shown by all the classes. The
various reunions were large attended.
He spoke briefly of the plans of the school for the
coming year. Many important and far reaching changes
in physical equipment will be made.
The unanimous
action of the Shippensburg school board in arranging for
the introduction of the Junior high school course that will
be available for teacher training purposes to the members
of the senior class and the fine spirit of cooperation shown
by the school board and local authorities insure the
retention of the normal school at Shippensburg.
The advance enrollment for the fall term is much larger
than in any previous year. Everything indicates a still
greater era of growth and prosperity for the school.

CO M M EN CEM EN T W E E K N OTES
The success that characterized the Alumni Rally and
Reunion was due in large measure to President W . N .
Decker ’95, o f Altoona. Prof. Decker is Secretary o f the
Altoona Board of Education and is one of the outstanding
men o f the mountain city.
He and Mrs. Decker are
tireless workers for Shippensburg Normal and the fine
spirit that marked this year’s Alumni meeting can thus
be easily accounted for.
Dr. E. M. Gress ’96, the new president of the Alumni,
is a worthy successor to Prof. Decker.
Dr. Gress is
widely known as State Botanist.
He was head of the
Science Department of the Schenley Park High School
for a number of years.
He has been active in the
Dauphin County Alumni Association and is now president
of that organization.
Dr. H. M. Kirkpatrick ’06, o f Harrisburg, the newly
elected Vice-President of the Alumni Association, is a
member o f the widely known Kirkpatrick fam ily o f Path
Valley, Franklin County. Three brothers were gradu­
ated from Normal. Dr. Kirkpatrick is well known to the
people of Harrisburg as one of the leading dentists o f the
capital city.
The class of ’75, numbers only ten survivors. Three of
these:
Mrs. Zora L. Hollar Gettel, o f Shippensburg,
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son, of Spruce Creek, represented the class at its fiftieth
reunion. Letters were received from four other members
of the class. Dr. Deavor represented his class on the
Alumni Rally Program and gave us a fine, inspiring ad­
dress.
Two classes contested for the honor o f having a repre­
sentative travel the greatest distance to attend his class
reunion.
’85 presented S. S. Smith, Esq., o f Abeline,
Kansas, but ’95 put two of its members into the running:
Rev. J. S. Decker, of Moravia, Iowa, and Dr. Crist Hanlin
of the Philippine Islands.
Some one raised the question during the Alumni Rally,
“W h a t fam ily has furnished the greatest number of
graduates?”
Even Miss Horton could not answer off
hand whether the honor should go to the Ausherman,
Fogelsanger, Gray or Rhodes family. A careful checking
up followed and Miss Horton now announces that the
Ausherman, Gray and Rhodes families are tied with six
graduates from each family. The Fogelsanger fam ily has
five graduates to its credit. A s was to be expected more
graduates bear the name Smith than any other name, 43
in all. Fogelsanger comes next, 25 in number. One of
our friends in New Cumberland informs us that in the
course o f a few years he expects to hold the enviable
record of father of the largest number of graduates from
one family. Last year one of his daughters was gradu­
ated, this year her twin sisters completed the course, and
next year the fourth sister will enter the senior class.
There are several more sisters and brothers getting ready
to come. So it looks as though our friend’s chance of
taking first place was well founded. And they are all
good students with creditable records.

R E U N IO N OF C L ASS ’85.
Home of Robert L. Myers, S. E. Corner Market and 24th
Streets, Camp Hill, Pa.
The following were present at the Alumni reunion Tues­
day, June 9.
Mrs. M ary Dubbs Cobaugh, 3734 N . 16th St., Phila­
delphia, Pa.
Miss Mary 0 . Martin, Shippensburg, Pa.
Mrs. May Shank Geist, Waynesboro, Pa.

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Miss Sallie E. Swartz, (and nephew), 213 Forster St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Mrs. Carrie Tritt Stull (and Mrs. Allie Sollenberger
W heeler), Waynesboro, Pa.
Mrs. Sue Walker Kniley, Lykens, Pa.
J. G. Glessner (and daughter), York, Pa.
Robert L. Myers (and son), Camp Hill, Pa.
S. S. Smith (and w ife), Abilene, Kansas.
C. W alter Webbert, 217 Forster St., Harrisburg, Pa.
David E. Zeiter (and grandson), 3020 N . Third St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
It was a day of enjoyment.
The following members, whom I believe to be living,
were absent:
Mrs. Bertha Heiges Caldwell, 2492 B. St., San Diego, Cal.
Miss Frances Heiges, somewhere in Detroit.
Mrs. Sallie Martin Bretz, W est Fairview, Pa.
J. N . Aller, Manchester, Oklahoma.
C. S. Brinton, Carlisle, Pa.
M. E . Boyer, 1558 E. 7th St., Charlotte, N . C.
Harry M. Bretz, W est Fairview, Pa.
J. H. Miller, Steelton, Pa.
E. C. McCune, 815 Delaware Trust Building, W ilming­
ton, Del.
,
Î
W ill R. Sibbett, Oakland, Cal.
Turn to your 1926 calendar, dip your pen in red ink and
put a circle around June 5.
In order to complete the roll, I submit the following
nam es:
Mary C. Barton, died M ay 2, 1891.
Josie Bowen Glessner, died June 2 6,1 9 23 .
Alice M. Hill, died February 2 0 ,1 9 1 8 .
Carrie A . McCreary, died March 6 ,19 1 3.
M ary Sibbett Brehm, died February 4, 1920
Phianna E. W agner, died April, 1900.
James E. Carothers, died August 2 1,1 9 19 .
W ill A . Elder, died December 2, 1891.
J. Frank Epler, died April, 1922.
F. B. N . Hoffer, died November 9, 1923.
And at the end o f time may we meet them all.
June 15, 1925.

R. L. M.

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1890 CLASS— 35TH R E U N IO N
The Boys and Girls o f the Class o f ’90 made it lively
on the Campus Tuesday, June 9th. They held the center
of the stage during the exercises and also m the Alumni
Parade. A ll credit is due to the hard and persistent work
of the able secretary of the class, John Fogelsanger, o±
Philadelphia, who made the reunion such a wonderful
success.
H e made all arrangements and attended to
every detail for our comfort and enjoyment and as usual
out of the goodness of his heart and pocketbook remem­
bered each one of the class with a beautiful souvenir.
Twenty-three (23) of the Class were present and a
happier and more jolly bunch of “ kids” you never saw
around a dining room table. George E : Gray’ ^
d ^
of the Class was Toastmaster and presided with the air
and dignity o f a Judge. Blanche Kronenberg Wiener read
the poem she wrote thirty-five years ago as the poet of the
Class.

Ralph Jacobs, E sq ., m ade one o f his c h a r a ^ e n s tic

funny speeches— same boyish Ralph, the baby o f the class
as it were
Dr. George Brown, the father of no children,
but responsible for bringing hundreds of t h e m m t o t h e
world, gave us all a pressing invitation to visit him at his
home on the River Drive, near Harrisburg.
Preston
Eckels, J. Abner Miller and Howard Strickler gave us
splendid short talks as did every one present. There are
thirtv-five (35) children and six (6) grandchildren of the
Class as far as could be learned of those present.
Greetings were sent to Charlie Burgett, he being unable
M
K I on account of illness. Anna Fenstermacher
Smith who with her husband, left for Seattle, W ashingto™ S r r ie d greetings
Greetings were also sent to Rose Martin Phillips, lo a ,

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NeAll^thanks are due to mine host Fred Menger o f the
Fort Morris Hotel for the fine dinner furnished us and also
to Dr. Ezra Lehman for the interest shown the Class
° f A fter a full day of fun, revelry and happiness the boys
and g i r l s of the Class of 1890 hied themselves to their
homes and families resolved to be back again five (5)
yeA f e w nsCSitistics m ight be interesting, 53 graduates in
1 8 9 0 — 8 deaths in thirty-five years. Am ong the boys
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being chairman of Board o f Trustees o f his college. Of
those in business, we have 2 manufacturers, 2 real estate
and insurance, 2 publishers’ representatives, 2 bankers,
4 farmers, 2 merchants, 1 publisher, 1 forester, 1 secre­
tary.
O f the girls 4 are teaching, one having held the same
position for thirty-three years, 18 married and happy as
home makers.
B. K . W .

CLASS OF 1895 H E L D R E U N IO N A N D B A N Q U E T
The Class of 1895, which has always been the banner
class of C. V.y.S. N . S., upheld its reputation on the
evening o f June 9, when fifty-three members including
wives, husbands and children, attended a banquet in the
basement of the new Reformed Church.
The ladies of the church had prepared a sumptuous
repast and promptly at six o’clock the class members and
friends took their places at the long table which was
decorated with orange and black candles and bouquets o f
daisies, bachelor’s buttons and roses.
The walls were
hung with festoons o f orange and black crepe paper, the
class colors being orange and black. Between courses
songs were sung and jokes passed. A t the close o f the
dinner toastmaster, Dr. H. H. Baish, o f Harrisburg, called
upon many o f the class for speeches, chief o f which
were Rev. H. E. W ahley, of Philadelphia, Dr. C. H. Hanlin
of the Philippines, Miss Helen Harman, o f W ashington’
D. C., Dr. I. W . Huntzberger, o f Washington, D. C., Rev. J.’
S. Decker, o f Iowa, and the President of the Class, Prof
W . N . Decker, of Altoona, Dr. Lehman and wife, Dr. J.
S. Heiges and Miss Horton were present and made short
speeches. A fte r this Dr. Baish announced that several
prizes were to be awarded. The one given to the mem­
ber coming the greatest distance, an American flag, was
awarded to Dr. C. H. Hanlin. A string of genuine (? )
pearls was given to the lady member having the largest
fam ily and was received by Mrs. Minnie Mock Lackman
o f Pittsburgh, she having a “ ready-made” fam ily of
seven.
Another string o f pearls was awarded to Miss
Elizabeth W olff, of Chambersburg, she having taught
the greatest number of years, thirty-one. A diamond ( ?)
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bachelor of the class, Denny Fegan, with the understand­
ing that it be returned at the next reunion if he is neither
engaged or married at that time. W e then sang our class
song and reluctantly said farewell.
W e desire herewith to publicly thank Rev. W etzel and
the trustees of the Reformed Church for the use of their
church basement and the ladies for our wonderful dinner.

R E U N IO N — CLASS OF 1900.
A t 5 :0 0 P. M. Tuesday, June 9th, thirty-five members
of our class, many of them accompanied by husbands,
wives or daughters, bringing the total number to fiftynine, met at the banquet table at the U. B. Church, Shippensburg, where we enjoyed an unusually good dinner,
visited with each other and discussed reminiscences of
bygone days.
W e had as our guests Dr. and Mrs. Lehman and Miss
Horton.
J. E . McCullough, who had called the class
together acted as toastmaster and called on Dr. Lehman,
Miss Horton, Mrs. Nora Crilly Noll, Mrs. J. Arthur Knupp,
J. A . Davis, D . Norris Benedict and Miles A . Keasey.
Those present were Edith Brandt, Gertrude Hoke, Nora
Crilly, Jennie Hoch, Laura Spangler, Jessie Flora, Bess
Cadwallader, Mazie Fulton, Maude Clever, Marietta
Menear, May Donnely, Ida Weber, Blanche Johnston, Iya
Baer, Ida Christ, Anna Yohe, M ary Cunningham, Dessie
Hollinger, Ida Kleckner, May W olf, J. W . Baish, J. A .
Davis, C. W . Gross, M. A . Keasey, Jas. H. Kendall, J. A .
Knupp, Geo. M. Miller, Jno. McLaughlin, Chas. Noll, J.
E. McCullough, Geo. Markle, D. N . Benedict, Ralph Piper,
J. K . Gish and H. J. Stambaugh.
The meeting broke up about 8 :0 0 o’clock, all voting we
had had a m ighty fine time and promising to be back at our
thirty year reunion.

R E U N IO N C L ASS OF ’ 05.
The reunion of the class of ’05 was quite a success for
which we give our splendid president, J. M. Uhler all the
credit. There were about thirty-five of our class mem­
bers present. O f course the number was enlarged by the
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On Tuesday evening we met in the Fort Morris Hotel,
Shippensburg, where a delicious banquet was served. J.
M. Uhler acted as toastmaster.
W e were all delighted to have as our guests, Prof, and
Mrs. Rife, Miss Horton and Miss Quigley. These guests
all spoke o f their high esteem for the members o f the
class of nineteen hundred five.
Prof. Chas. Beckley, founder of Beckley Business Col­
lege, Harrisburg, and who studied with us during the first
few terms spent at Normal was also present.
Lena Dunlap entertained us with several selections
given in her own splendid and efficient style.
The President called upon each member present, asking
them to answer three questions. N am ely: W hat is your
present occupation? Are you married? W h y are you
married? Very few, if any, answered the last question.
Had they done so, I am sure the answers would have
been most interesting.
Song choruses were enjoyed led by our famous singer
Donald Henry accompanied by Mrs. Henry.
W e are sorry that more of our class-mates could not be
present and renew those wonderful friendships formed so
many years ago. W e missed you very much, and we hope
you will plan to be at our next reunion, which will be held
in 1930.
“ Make new friends but keep the old
The new are silver, these are gold.”
H E L E N G R A Y RQBERTSO N, Sec.

R E U N IO N , C LASS OF 1910
The class o f 1910 met at the Fort Morris Hotel at 1 1:3 0
on Alumni Day, June 9th.
A t 12 o’clock dinner was served to twenty-five members
of the class, their husbands, wives and kiddies.
Miss Quigley and Dr. Heiges, the class Deans, were also
present.
A fter the Alumni parade the class held a meeting under
one o f the old trees on the campus. Letters from class­
mates, who were unable to attend the reunion, were read
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T E N T H R E U N IO N C LASS OF 1915
The early afternoon of June 9th witnessed the gathering
of the clan of 1915 for the Alumni parade at old 0 . V. b.
N S
A goodly percentage of the class was presen ,
bushV renewing old acquaintanceships and discussing old
timeT as though 1915 were but as yesterday H
H
the dear blue and white banner and giving the old K B S
albeit a bit feebly at t a t e - t h e class participated m the
annual A lum n i parade across th e campus.

A t five o’clock the class members and their friends
gathered in the reading rooms of the American Legion
Home and had a real reminiscence party with the news ot
the past ten years hurridly gathered together lest some
bit of information about one of the class members be for­
gotten
Promptly at six o’clock a delicious dinner was
served the class by the Legion Auxiliary and for a time
conversation waned as the forty-two members and friends
proved that ten years do not cause loss a M
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pair the old-time taste for good things to eat, whether
they be cooked over a gas jet m the girls dormitory or
served from the kitchen of a famous chet.
Immediately after the dinner, the class roll was called,
each member present responding with a life history since
leaving Normal and giving news of the absent ones when­
ever possible. Letters were read from a number of those
members too far away to atttend and these were thorouffhlv enioyed by the class. Miss Mary Harris was the
oMyyclass dean present, Mr. Wallize H
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sending regrets. Miss Harris gave a splendid little talk,
saying that in all walks of life there are high spots and
that the class of 1915 was one of the especially marked
high spots in her work at old Normal. These talks were
followed by the singing of the class song, composed by
Miss Grace Workman, and played for this reunion by this
same member, now Mrs. Alsberge. Then followed the
class yell given with a vim and last of all pealed forth the
strains of Alm a Mater.
The Legion rooms were decorated with the class banner
and pennants, old class pictures, class day Programs, etc^
were about the room, and beautiful roses added a dainty
touch to the tables.
1
,
A fter such a happy occasion, is it any wonder that the
class was unanimous in its desire for another reunion m
the near future? Surely ten more years are too long to

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wait for another gathering together o f the old friends and
classmates of 1915.
M A R IO N D E IH L B R E E SE , 1915,
Member Reunion Committee.

M ETR O PO LITAN A L U M N I ASSO C IA TIO N B A N Q U E T
The annual banquet and dance o f the Metropolitan
Alumni Association was held in the Girard Craftsman’s
Club building at 2077 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, on
Saturday evening, April 18. The meeting was unusually
well attended and was a most enthusiastic and successful
one. Mr. Howard Strickler ’90 o f Narberth, Pennsylva­
nia, presided and after full justice had been done to an
excellent menu he introduced Mr. T. W . Bevan ’76 of
Merchantville, New Jersey, as Toast Master. Mr. Bevan
introduced Dr. Lehman, who spoke of the growth o f the
school and its plans for the further development. The
presiding officer called upon Mrs. Eleanor Kiner Boots ’89.
Moore, P a .; Dr. S. Z. Shope ’89, Philadelphia; Dr. John P.
Garber 79, Philadelphia; Principal H. E. Freed ’92, Phila­
delphia; and Mr. G. P. Eckles ’90, Wyncote, Pa., for short
addresses. A t a business meeting held immediately after
the close of the banquet, the following officers were
elected: President, G. P. Eckels ’90, W yncote; Vice-Presi­
dent, W . S. H afer ’94, Darby, P a ; Secretary, Miss Laura B.
Staley 86, Ardmore, P a .; Treasurer, Dr. S. Milton Zim ­
merman, Ardmore, Pa.
The following members o f the Alumni were present:
Blanche Stoops ’21, Isabel McCurdy ’20, Paul S. Lehman
3
M ary Fortna ’20, Mabert Spangler ’21, C. O. Fickel ’21,
M. A . Markley ’21, Dorothy M. Sleichter ’22, Marie Sleichter ^ . Agnes Dougherty ’21, Mildred A . Peters ’22, Ruth
3 C,Urd, L 1T ;Marion Hessler ’21, H. S. Spessard ’21, Jessie
Baylor 24, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Eckles ’90, T. W . Bevan ’76
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Strickler ’90, Minnie G. Eckles ’91 D r’
John P. Garber ’79, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Z. Shope ’89,
Eleanor Kiner Boots ’89, S. L. Boots, Florence E. Walters
89, Florence S. Mackey ’95, Rachel M. Scott ’93, Emily E.
Stamy ’90, Rosa E. Scott ’94, Jessie M. Hann ’92, Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Fogelsanger ’90, Dr. and Mrs. S. M. Zimmer­
man, Principal H . E. Freed ’92, Helen S. Dykeman ’98,
Laura B. Staley ’86, W . S. H afer ’94, Anna J. Peebles ’86,
Rose Km ter Typer ’86, Eva R. W eir ’05, Orpha Lehman

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’ 13 Nelle Ginter ’16, Grace Follweiler ’18, Miriam W ise
H BerghauTs Rhone ’17, Helen Schoenly ’12, M ary B u n ­
dle ’08, Vera PeifFer ’10, Dr. and Mrs. Ezra Lehman 89.
The following guests were present: James wmtnrop,
Wilson C. Smith, Raymond Barrett, Vivian Zixnmerman,
Elizabeth Williamson, Josephine Duke, Mr. and Mrs. J. i .
Blasey, Georgia Eckels, Nan Bardsley, Harry Poss, Em ma
Goodrich, and Mrs. Katie M. Brindle.
PITTSBURGH A L U M N I B A N Q U E T
The Pittsburgh Alumni Association o f C. V . j 3. N . S.
held its annual banquet at the Fort Pitt Hotel, Saturday
night, March 14. Mrs. Harriet W iley Stewart and Mr. J.
K. Stewart were our guests from the school. The splen­
did response of the members of the association m their
efforts to attend shows clearly in what high esteem our
guests are held by those who have attended their classes
when at the school. Many who could not attend sent let­
ters of regret giving excellent excuses for their nonattendanc©.
Mrs. Stewart brought to us greetings from other mem­
bers of the Faculty and also told us of the plans for enlarg­
ing the school which will take place in the next ten years.
Mr. Stewart brought to us a message from the athletic
activities and the musical activities of the school.
A fter hearing these splendid reports from our beloved
Alma. Mater our hearts swelled with pride to know that we
belonged to such a progressive school.
Our President, Mr. Hare, called for voluntary remarks
from the members present, and many of them responded
by expressing their appreciation at having Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart for our guests.
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A short business meeting followed during which a
motion was carried to retain the same officers for another
y6A fter singing Alm a Mater the evening was spent in
renewing old acquintances a^ d^ 5 5 | n^ E

? Pres.

M A R Y O ELLIG TITU S, Sec.

TO T H E CLASS OF 1920
Mrs. Mulford Stough (Myrtle Mayberry) ’07 wishes to
thank the members of the class of 1920 for the beautiful

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silver fruit bowl given her at their reunion. She appreci­
ate? more than words can express not only the value o f the
f B B B I B B i of love and loyalty which has been so
manifest after five years of separation.
A personal
,y o u soonPlease forward this to all
members o f the class.
-^ay the finest hopes of your lives be realized— this is
the best wish of your Dean for you.

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A L U M N I PER SO N ALS

7 6- ^ r- Harvey B. Houck is President o f the Houck
and Fisher Advertising Corporation, Fisher Building,
W e had lost trace o f Mr. Houck for some
time and are glad to get m touch with him again.

■BwD I

0 tfj Wa^vf-16 f Jone|r-s ™ .^he real estate business in
B f f l f l Washington. His address is 823 16th Street.
yo. 1 he Herald extends congratulations to Dr. C. H
Manlm on his successful career. Our readers will be inbur^paper readmff the folIowing taken from a ShippensShippensburg, June 16.— Dr. C. H. Hanlin, latelv re­
i n e d from the Phillipine Islands, where, for the last
twelve years he has been head o f the Silliman Institute,
F n S U M-e’ -P‘ 1
under the Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions, has been appointed to the chair of
mm m a Government and Constitution at the University
01 California, and has accepted the position. Dr. Hanlin
is a graduate of the Cumberland Valley State Normal

7 r0ve City ColIeg e> class o f 1900;
ci ass of 1 90 1; Valparaiso Law
B
a n a l B B S S
La Jurisprudence, Manila,
class of 1913, and of the University of California School
of Jurisprudence, 1919. He is a member o f the bar of
Indiana o f C ^iform a and of the Phillippine Islands. He
holds a doctorate m jurisprudence from the state Univerg M
I S B l which has called him to its faculty.
96. Rev. J. Shearer W olff who located in Towanda for
H
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B ia now pastor of a Presbyterian Church
pSn°p°i+C aSTT°^ 189^.; of

Ava. Detroi^Mich.1^18 addr6SS iS Woodward and PMa.
1
B
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(Margaret Elliot) is now
living at 50 Lozier St., Rochester, N . Y . W e are glad to
know her whereabouts as we had not known where she
was located for several years.

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’99. Marietta, July 2.— Miss Bertha S. Gramm, daugh­
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel B. Gramm, Marietta, left Tues­
day for England. She will attend the summer vacation
session of Oxford University. Miss Gramm is a gradu­
ate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she specializ­
ed in English. She will study English literature while
touring the British Isles and attending Oxford University.
’ 00. Mrs. J. Paxton Bigham (Mary Cunningham) of
Gettysburg was recently elected Regent o f the Gettysburg
Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at a
meeting of that chapter.
’00. Mrs. Ida Bondra (Ida Stoner) is teaching in Ches­
ter, Pa. Her address is 209 E. Broad St., Chester, Pa.
’04. Prof. R. G. Bressler, Head o f the Department of
Rural Life at State College is taking work at Columbia
this summer.
’04. Mr. F. A . Arnold is manager of the Alfaretta
Farms, Bedford, Pa.
’05. Miss Lena Dunlap sailed for Paris June 30 to take
a course in Dramatic A rt. She was recently awarded a
scholarship offered by the N . Y . School o f Expression to
the woman haying the highest average in her work at
that institution! W e congratulate Lena on winning this
scholarship and hope her work in Paris may be o f much
service to her.
’05. Mr. ¡1 W . Shuck who is a clerk in the Post Office
at Waynesboro was operated on fo r appendicitis at the
Waynesboro Hospital April 14. W e learn that he is re­
covering nicely.
’07. Dr. Lulu V . Long who recently graduated from the
National College of Chiropractic, Chicago, 111, has opened
her office at her home 28 E. Orange St., Shippensburg, Pa.
’07. M. Mulford Stough who took a course in History
at the Graduate School o f the University o f Pennsylvania
during the past year will become a member o f the faculty
of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa.
’09. Evers Miller who has been an employe of the
Pennsylvania district for several years has been appointed
chief clerk to the district freight representative of the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Chambersburg.
’10. Miss Mary McNeal taught the past year in the
Juniata High School.
’10. Miss Grace Shimer is teaching in Youngstown,
Ohio. Her address is 1125 Shehy St.
’l l .

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lowing letter from Maurice W altersdorff:
Dear Miss H orton:
A s an Alumnus I am writing to give you a little infor­
mation concerning myself. I presume you welcome such
information as it will enable the administration to keep
the records of the Alumni straight. I am also enclosing
herewith $1.00 for which kindly forward me the Normal
School Herald to the above address. So far I have re­
ceived no issue of the Herald this year but I presume it
was sent to m y old address at Princeton.
I hold both the A . M. and Ph. D. degrees from Princeton.
The work for both these degrees was passed with dis­
tinction.
The Princeton authorities in accepting my
Doctoral Dissertation as a part requirement for the Ph.
D. degree pronounced it a very thorough comprehensive
and scholarly piece of research work. The subject of this
work is “ Regulation of Public Utilities in New Jersey” .
A large part of this research work was done in conjunc­
tion with its Public Utility Commission of New Jersey
and its corps of experts.
I plan to have this work
published in volume form at a later date.
A t present I am Professor of Economics at W ashing­
ton and Jefferson College.
I was sorry not to be able to attend the banquet at Pitts­
burgh, in March, of the Western Pennsylvania A lu m n i
Association. I happened to be called out that night to
act as judge of a debate. Prof, and Mrs. Stewart I under­
stand represented the Normal School at the banquet.
I have also been informed since that they came down from
Pittsburgh to Washington the following day, Sunday, to
call upon friends. I f I had only known it I would have
invited them to take tea with us. I understand Mrs.
Stewart’s father was a W . and J. graduate.
It m ight also be o f interest to you to know that I was
married September last to Miss C. Elizabeth Crapster of
Taneytown, Md. Miss Crapster was educated at Johns
Hopkins and Cornell University, being an alumnus of the
latter institution.
W ith kind regards to yourself and the other members of
the faculty who may happen to remember me, I am
Sincerely,
M . C. Waltersdorf, ’l l .
209 North Avenue,
Washington, Pa.
Class o f 1911.

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’ 14. Mr. Maurice A . Hess has been asked to return to
McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas, for next year
at a substantial increase in salary. Mr. Hess writes that
he would be pleased to hear from any Ursinus Alumni
who are located in Kansas.
’ 15. Mr. Harold Evans is in the employ of the Gov­
ernment and is located at Savanna, 111.
’ 17. Miss Myrl Frankhouse is teaching history m the
junior high school at Miami, Fla. Her address is 227 N .
E. 3rd St.
’ 18. Mr. Lester Sachs is Director o f the Vocational
School at Petersburg, Pa.
’21. Mr. Oliver W inters is assistant Superintendent of
the Schools o f Huntingdon county. Prior to his gradua­
tion from Shippensburg State Normal School, he taught
in the schools o f Fulton county. Prof. W inters has acted
as principal of the Salem grade schools, Westmoreland
county; Milesburg High School, and one year in Stone
Valley High School. He has majored in Mathematics and
Physics in Juniata College.
’21. Prof. Reese E. Bert, a son o f Mr. and M rs. Crist
Bert o f Orrstown, accompanied by his mother, left July
7th by automobile for Berkley, Cal., where Mr. Bert will
enter the University of California to complete his studies.
Mr. Bert, after graduating from the local Normal
School, for several years taught at Fayetteville and during
the last term was a member of the faculty of the local
Normal School.
He and his mother expect to be on the road about four
weeks and en route will visit a number o f places of
interest.
’23. Miss Anna Smith o f Mechanicsburg has accepted
a position as teacher of music in the Gettysburg High
School for the coming year.
’23. Mr. John H. W hite of Shippensburg was recently
elected a member o f the Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish
Society. He is Historian o f the Rocky Springs Chapter
of the Sons of the American Revolution.
’23. Mr. John Mountz of Bloserville, Pa., has been
elected assistant principal of the Newville High School
for the coming year. Mr. Mountz was recently graduated
from F. and M. College.

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CUPID’S COLUM N
Dimm-Rebok. A t Philadelphia, Pa., August 16, 1924,
by Rev. David Clark, Mr. Calvin H. Dimm, 1149 W . Erie
Ave., Philadelphia, Pa., to Miss Helen Rebok, ’21, of Millerstown, Pa. They will reside at Murvine and Erie Ave.,
Philadelphia.
Beecher-Burkholder. A t Hanover, Pa., April 11, 1925,
by Rev. F . S. Browmer, Mr. George R. Beecher to Miss
Grace Burkholder, ’21.
They will make their home in
Palmyra, Pa.
Laidig-Umbrell. A t Fayetteville, Pa., June 11, 1925,
by Rev. Parker Gardner, Mr. Harvey W . Laidig to Miss
Rose Umbrell, ’23. They reside at Lurgan, Pa.
Thrush-Sinclair. A t Wilson, Pa., May 1 4,1 9 25 , by Rev.
DeForest Wade, Rev. Wilber J. Thrush, ’ 18, to Miss Grace
Viola Sinclair of Wilson, Pa. They will live at Mt. Airy,
N. J., where Mr. Thrush is pastor o f the Amwell Second
Presbyterian Church.
Hykes-Guise. A t Hagerstown, Md., Mr. Paul Hykes to
Miss Dora Guise. Mrs. Hykes is a former student of
Normal.
Lehman-Kimmel. A t Saltillo, Pa., by Rev. Charles
Hunter, Mr. D. W ebster Lehman, ’23, to Miss Margaret
Kimmel.
Dorwart-Harkison. In New York City, March, 1925,
Mr. W alter W . Dorwart to Miss Ruth Harkison, '19.
Dreese-Coble. A t Lemaster, Pa., June 20, 1925, by
Rev. P. J. Horick, Mr. Mitchell Dreese, ’23, to Miss Dorothy
Coble, ’23. They reside at 441 W . 28th St., New York
City.
Craig-Savage. A t Columbus, Ohio, June 15, 1925, Mr.
Robert B. Craig, ’19, to Miss Mary E . Savage. They will
reside at 1627 N . High St., Columbus, Ohio.
Lehman-McCune. A t Shippensburg, Pa., June 6, 1925,
Mr. Glenn Lehman, ’16, to Miss W inifred McCune, ’17.
Their home will be in Huntingdon, Pa.
Watson-Staley. A t Waynesboro, Pa., June 6, 1925, by
Rev. Dr. L. W ater Lutz, Mr. Earl J. W atson, ’20, to Miss
Evelyn E. Staley.
Miss Staley is a former Normal
student. They reside in Waynesboro, Pa.
Akerman-Lower. A t Bridgeton, N . J., June 24, 1925,
Mr. Klaas Akerman to Miss Zelda B. Lower, '16. They
reside in Bridgeton, N . J.
Britton-Keefer.

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Mr. W illiam W . Britton of Upper Strasburg to Miss Mar­
garet E. Keefer of Shippensburg, Pa. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Britton were former Normal School students.
Harbaugh-Aurandt. A t Altoona, Pa., June 4 ,1 9 2 5 , Mr.
Edwin Harbaugh, ’24, to Miss Miriam Aurandt, 23.
They reside in Altoona where Mr. Harbaugh is teaching
in the Junior High School.
McNiel-Smith. A t Altoona, Pa., June 1 0 ,1 9 2 5 , by Key.
Runkle, Mr. Paul McNiel to Miss Grace Smith, ’21. Their
residence will be 1015 4th Ave., Altoona, Pa.
Rosenberry-Sieling. A t Chambersburg, Pa., June 8,
1925, Mr. Charles Rosenberry to Miss Josephine Sieling,
’21. They reside in Chambersburg, Pa.
Hassler-Rockwell. A t Chambersburg, Pa., June 24,
1925, b y Rev. Dr. Henry Anstadt, C. Ebbert Hassler, 20,
to Miss Gladys Rockwell. Mrs. Hassler was a student at
Normal during the past year.
Thompson-Kauffman. A t York, Pa., by Rev. Dr.
Albert Mullen, Mr. George Robert Thompson, to Miss
Winifred Kauffman, ’07. They will reside in Gettysburg,
Hill-Burtsfield. A t Shippensburg, Pa., June 29, 1925,
Mr. Raymond W . Hill to Miss Edith Burtsfield, ’22. ^ Their
home will be in Fannettsburg, Pa., where Mr. Hill is prin­
cipal of the schools.
Thomton-M yers. A t Washington, D . C„ June 1, 1925,
Mr. Frank M. Thornton, ’23, to Miss Hazel Myers.
Sollenberger-Fitz. A t Waynesboro, Pa., June 18.
Orville Sollenberger, to Miss Alice B. Fitz, ’25.
Cole-Kendig. A t Newburg, Pa., July 5, 1925, Mr. H.
Verde Cole to Miss Lillian Kendig, ’10. They will be at
home at Fort Wayne, Indiana, where Mr. Cole is a jeweler.

STORK COLUM N
Baker. A t 2114 N . 6th St., Harrisburg, March 9 ,1 9 2 5 ,
to Mr. and Mrs. Calvin C. Baker, a daughter, Gladys.
Mrs. Baker was Miss Carrie Anderson, ’16.
McCauley. A t 5536 Underwood Ave., Detroit, Mich.,
August 17, 1924, to Mr. and M rs. Earl McCauley, a
daughter, Frances.
Mrs. McCauley was Oral Lalonde,
’16.
Hensel. A t the Harrisburg hospital, February 5 ,1 9 2 5 ,
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Dora Falk, ’08.
Kell. A t Chambersburg, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Britton
Kell, a son. Mr. Kell was graduated in the class o f ’99,
and Mrs. Kell was M ary Brandt, a former student at
Normal.
Bender. A t New Kingstown, Pa., to Mr. and Mrs. Loyd
Bender, a daughter. M rs. Bender was Alice Hetrick, ’ 17.
Maclay. A t Shippensburg, Pa., April 25, 1925, to Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Maclay, a daughter, Peggy Anne. Mr.
Maclay was graduated in the class of ’19, and Mrs. Maclay
was Margaret Johnston a form er student at Normal.
Quickel. A t Harrisburg, Pa., March 16, 1925, to Mr.
and Mrs. Hilbert H . Quickel, a daughter, Madalyn V ir­
ginia. M r. Quickel was graduated in the class o f ’ 16.
Slothour. A t 1443 Vernon St., Harrisburg, to M r. and
M rs. H arry G. Slothour, a son, John Henry. Mr. Slothour
was graduated in the class o f 1924, and Mrs. Slothour was
Margie Stringfellow, a form er student at Normal.
Edinger. A t Carlisle, Pa., to M r. and M rs. Paul
Edinger, a son. Mrs. Edinger was Helen Woods, ’16.
Kitchen. A t the Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Pa.,
June 2 8 ,1 9 2 5 , bom to Mr. and Mrs. C. Lester Kitchen, a
daughter. M rs. Kitchen was W inifred Miller, '20. They
reside at 98 N . 17th St., Harrisburg, Pa.
O’Dell. A t South Charlestown, W . V a ., June 8, 1925,
born to Dr. and M rs. R. O. O’Dell, a son. Mrs. O’Dell was
Edna Spath, ’18.

O B IT U A R Y
Matthews.
Agnes Myrtle Matthews, piano instructor for fifteen
years at C. V . S. N . S., died at her home at Shippens­
burg, Tuesday, March 31. For the past two years she
was in failing health.
A t the age o f fifteen she went to Berlin, Germany, to
study piano under Kulak. A t the end o f a year she was
compelled to return to America on account o f illness.
She then taught and studied music at a private school
in Clinton, N . Y . Again because o f illness she was forced
to resign. A fte r a year’s rest she again took up the study
of music. She was well known throughout the valley as
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byterian Church of Harrisburg, the Presbyterian in Car­
lisle and for forty years was organist for her own Presby­
terian Church in Shippensburg.
A s a teacher and friend Miss Matthews won the k>ve
and respect of the entire student body. Although suffering from illness a large part o f her life she still managed
to continue her work here.
Karmany.
Ethel Hendricks Karmany, *01, died May 1 1925. W e
clip the following notice from a Hummelstown paper:
Mrs. George W . Carmany, Hummelstown, died this
morning at her home after an illness o f eight months.
Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 :3 0
o’clock at the home, with the Rev. C. G. Leatherman,
pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church, Hummelstown, as­
sisted by the Rev. Dr. D. Bert Smith, Philadelphia, former
pastor o f the Zion Lutheran Church, officiating. Before
her marriage she was Ethel Hendricks. She was a grad*,
uate o f the Hummelstown H igh School and the Shippens­
burg State Normal School, and had taught fo r twelve
years in the Hummelstown H igh School. She is survived
by one son, W . H. Carmany, two brothers, Homer Carmany, of New York, and Rush Carmany, o f Los Angeles.
Gates.
Ethel Marie Gates, ’24, died February 22, 1925. W e
take the following from an Altoona paper:
Ethel Marie Gates died Sunday morning at 1 :20 o clock
at the home of her father, 207 W hittier Avenue, Llyswen.
Death was due to complications after an illness of sixteen
weeks. She was the daughter of D . M. and Mrs. Bertha
Gates, the later deceased, and was born Dec. 2 ,1 9 0 3 . She
was a graduate of the Altoona H igh School in the class
1922, and also a graduate from Shippensburg Normal m
1924, and was a teacher in music in the Madison school
at Lakemont Terrace. She was a member o f the Llyswen
Methodist Church.
Surviving are her father, stepmother, two brothers, Robert and Elwood, and one step­
sister, Laura Bell.
Short services will be held this
evening at 7 :30 at the house. The body will be taken on
a noon train Tuesday, to Warriors M ark where services
will be held in the Methodist church at 2 :3 0 . Interment
will be made in the Warriors Mark cemetery.

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Hocker.
Arthur P. Hocker, ’02, died February 21, 1925.
On Saturday, February 21, Mr. Arthur Hocker, class
o f 1902, passed away at his home in Palmyra, Pa., after
an illness o f three weeks.
(Typhoid Pneumonia.)
Mr. Hocker had charge o f the Industrial school at
Hershey for the past several years.
Besides his parents Mr. Hocker is survived by his wife
and seven children.
Interment was made at the Gravel Hill Cemetery,
Palmyra.
W yckoff.
Ruth Elliott Wyckoff, '06, died M ay 1 ,1 9 2 5 .
W e know our readers will be interested in reading the
following tribute to Ruth Elliott sent us from her home
m Raritan, N . J .:
A W E L L -S P E N T L IF E .
W e doubt if there has been any person in Somerset
County who has done more, if as much, for young people,
as Mrs. Harvey Wyckoff, whose sudden death a few days
ago caused a whole community to mourn.
Mrs. W yckoff placed her life unselfishly and completely
alongside that of the young girls and boys o f this section
and made many o f them feel, for the first time the spirit
oi service and the desire for a deeper religious life. Hers
was the enthusiasm that has made the South Branch
conference such a success as a starting point for m any a
file devoted to others and wherever there was this past
year a gathering devoted to religious education she was
present as the home missionary, who believed in her
cause and presented it convincingly.
There are those who purchase the perpetuity o f their
names by great g ifts o f money and others whose name
lives on because of the love and sympathy and under­
standing that they bestow so generously upon young lives
that need direction and training in the way of selfexpression. O f the latter was Ruth Wyckoff, whose brief
years o f service have built a monument o f memories that
ston e°mmand greater resPect than many others built o f

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Rex.
Mrs. Maude Hewitt Rex, ’90, died April 5 ,1 9 2 5 .
W e take the following from a Gettysburg paper:
Mrs. Maud Rex, wife of George W . Rex, died at her
home on York Street, on Sunday morning, aged fifty-eight
years. Mrs. Rex had not been in good health for some
years, but during the last five weeks her condition became
very critical. She was a native of Franklin County, her
maiden name being Miss Maude Hewitt. She was a grad­
uate o f Shippensburg State Normal School and Drexel
Institute, Philadelphia. She was active in the work of
the Trinity Reformed Church and was Thank Offering
Secretary of the Gettysburg Classis, Potomac Synod.
Mrs. Rex is survived by her husband, three brothers, G.
S. Hewitt, of Baltim ore; D. M . Hewitt, o f Minneapolis,
Indiana; R. M. Hewitt, of Junction City, Oregon; and by
two sisters, Mrs. W illiam I. Huggins, of Junction City,
Oregon; and Mrs. A . E . French, of Waynesboro.
The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the
Trinity Reformed Church, services conducted by Rev. N .
L. Horn. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
W olf.
A . Myrtle W olf, '97, died March 1 6 ,1 9 2 5 .
Miss W o lf was ill for several weeks at her home in
Shippensburg.

W H E R E T H E SU M M ER SCHOOL STU D E N TS
COME FROM
It is commonly supposed that the students attending
the summer sessions of the Normal Schools come almost
entirely from the local districts represented by the schools.
While it is probable that local considerations enter more
largely into the summer school enrollment than into the
regular yearly sessions, it is interesting to note that more
than a third o f the counties of the state are represented
by students.
O f course the counties in our “ service area” furnish
more than three-fourths o f the 743 now enrolled, but the
distribution is interesting.
Mother Cumberland leads with a registration o f 133
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holds third place with 92. Dauphin swings into fourth
place with an enrollment o f 88. Huntingdon and Perry
ivS.1 °i, i s i Pl&ce with 51 each. York sends us 48 and
little Fulton eclipses her former records with 45. Adams
claims 42.
Mifflin and Blair each contribute 14 and
Juniata adds 11 to the total. The remaining twenty-four
counties send from one to three each.

A L M A M ATER
In the dear old Cumberland Valley,
’Neath the glowing sky,
Proudly stands our Alm a Mater
On the hill top high.
Chorus
Swell the chorus ever louder,
W e ’ll be true to you,
Hail to thee, our Alm a Mater,
Dear old “red and blue.”
Near the waving golden cornfields,
Just beyond the town,
Tower the ivy covered buildings
A s the sun goes down.
W hen we leave our Alm a Mater
W e will praise her name,
Ever live to raise the standard
O f her glorious fame.