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OF THE EDINBORO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Volume II
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1913
COUNTRY SCHOOL CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD AT EDINBORO
FIRST OF A SERIES OF CONFERENCES TO BE HELD IN THE
CHAPEL ON MARCH FIFTEEN.
Superintendent Rapp of Berks County, J. George Becht of the State
Board of Education, Professor Wm. A. Elliott of Allegheny Col
lege and Principal Baker to Give Program of Unusual Interest.
Those who know Principal Baker know
that there is one subject that claims his particu
lar interest. His enthusiasm in all matters of edu
cational value is keen, but let the subject of the
welfare of the country school be suggested and
all others take a second place. He is a pro
found believer in the movement for the better
ment of country life; any work that may tend
to increase the efficiency of the rural school has
his constant support. He has, from the day of
his introduction to Edinboro on Alumni Day
of Old Home Week, declared his belief that
the peculiar function of the Normal School, that
is under his direction, should be in behalf of ele
mentary education in the country districts. ^To
the end of advancing his theories he has ar
ranged a conference for March 15, that prom
ises to be of special interest, not only to the en
tire student body, but to all citizens of the com
munity.
Two sessions will be held as follows:
Morning Session at Ten O’Clock
Devotional Exercises--The Rev. Mr. Richard A. Buzza
Pastor, Methodist Episcopal Church, Eldinboro, Pa.
Opening AddressPrincipal Frank E. Baker
Forward Movement in Country Schools
Mr. Eli M. Rapp
Superintendent of Schools, Berks County.
Socializing the Country Schools__ Dr. J. George Becht
Secretary State Board of Education
General Discussion, led by____ Dr. William A. Elliott
Professor of Greek Language and Literature,
Allegheny College
(The topics printed below have been suggested for
general discussion.)
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7. What is the practical limit to the size of consoli
dated districts?
8. Can rural schools ever become a great force in the
community life until teachers become more permanent?
9. What can be done to make teachers of rural schools
more permanent?
10. Should normal schools offer a distinctive course
for rural teachers ?
I I. What plan can be adopted to regulate the pro
motion of poorly prepared pupils ?
12. To what extent can agricultural courses be in
troduced into country schools as they are now organized?
13. In what ways can the country school and the
country church work together ?
Programs and invitations have been issued
to some three thousand teachers and educa
tional men in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It
is very probable that the attendance will be
Jarge.
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Two Important Neetings
During the past three weeks Principal Baker
has attended two meetings that vitally concern
the interests of Edinboro. One, a meeting of
the Legislative committee of the State Board of
Normal School Principals held in Harrisburg,
and the other a PnncipaJs’ Conference in Slip
pery Rock. At the former, legislative action
was discussed and bills drafted to meet the
present needs and the year’s requirements of
the Normal Schools of the State, and to pro
vide an adequate appropriation to the State
Board of Education to enable it to purchase the
stock and equipment of those Normal Schools
that have accepted its provisional offer. As a
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No. 10
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
Edinboro Plays Many Schools For the
First Time—More Dates are Open.
Manager Fay Daley, of the baseball team,
announced today that he had now nine games
on the schedule, and the outlook for more was
good. Rayen High, of Youngstown, has been
offered May 10, or June 14. Slippery Rock
Normal, may take May 1 7.
It is gratifying indeed to see Allegheny,
Thiel, Jamestown, and Chamberlain Military
Institute on our schedule.
We play Jamestown and Chamberlain for
the first time.
Several of our strong opponents appear near
the opening of the season.
Indoor practice will begin next week. The
schedule which shows a marked improvement
over any of previous years is as follows:
Saturday, April 5; Cambridge High at
Edinboro.
Saturday, April 12; Warren High at
Warren.
.Saturday, April 19; Thiel at Greenville.
, (Saturday, April 26; Allegheny at Edinboro.,
Saturday, May 3; Jamestown High at
Jamestown.
Saturday, May 10; open.
Saturday, May 1 7; open.
Saturday, May 24; Thiel at Edinboro.
Friday, May 30; Chamberlain Military In
stitute at Ramdolph, N. Y.
Saturday, May 31; Jamestown High at
Edinboro.
Saturday, June 7; Chamberlam at Edinboro.
Saturday, June 14; open.
Saturday, June 21; Reserved for Alumni
game.
A Forced Contribution.
Having been publicly appointed to write an
article of at least one hundred twenty-five
words for this paper, or else have a certam
amount of space left blank and dedicated to
me, I have decided to write a few words of
warning to the subscribers of the paper who
are not members of the school.
A short time ago the editor of this paper
gave an enthusiastic talk in Chapel. He told
us what we should do for the paper, how we
should support it, and how it would be im
proved by our support. Furthermore, he com
pared the speed with which the paper is to
flourish in the future with the speed of a fright
ened jack-rabbit. So lest you may think, on
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The Cantata.
The entire music department is busily en
gaged in preparing an entertainment which
promises to be one of the most pleasing of the
year—The Cantata, “Queen Esther.”
For several weeks we have heard beautiful
melodies floating on the evening breezes from
Music Hall, and judging from these, we have
no hesitancy in saying that this Cantata is some
thing eminently worth while. This is not strictly
a Normal entertainment, for when Mr. Glea
son first took up the project, he cordially invited
the best talent of the town to aid him, and the
people of the town have shown their good will
and appreciation by hezurtily responding, and
joining with the students to produce one of the
most beautiful cantatas ever written.
"Queen Esther" is one of Wm. B. Brad
bury’s productions. The setting of the story is
m Persia, 500 years B. C., and the theme, the
beautiful story of Esther. This fair Jewish girl,
who, having been reared by her uncle, Mordecai, does not disclose her true nationality,
even when she becomes wife of the King of
the Realm. One of the favorite friends of the
King is Hamen, who hates Mordecia, and not
knowmg his relation to the Queen obtains a
writ from the King that all Jews in the province
shall be put to death. Mordecai discovers the
plot and persuades Queen Esther to petition
»he King for the safety of her people, whijdi
she does at the peril of her own life, on A;count of the law that no one shall go before
the King unbidden. The King hears her pe
tition, and Hamen, now defeated, is hanged on
the gallows which he had previously prepared
for Mordecai.
Thus the Jews are saved and Mordecai is
given the ofiice of Premier, and there is great
rejoicing throughout the province.
The cast of characters is as follows:
nothing undone to inake this affair a magnificent
success, and it will undoubtedly be one of the
finest entertainments ever given in Edlnboro.
Edinboro Reserves Defeated by Erie
High Second Team Passers.
The reserves lost to Erie High last Monday
night by a score of 31 to 14. The game was
almost a repetition of the first team game played
with Erie.
The Erie boys played a fast and rough game
throughout. Unnecessary fouling was promi
nent. Hayes and Green, up against Mook and
Sevin, did not play their accustomed game at
forward. DeArment was outjumped by O’
Connor. Bentley played a good floor game.
Porter kept his man from scoring.
For a time during the first half it looked as
though Edinboro would outplay their oppon
ents, but Erie came in strong near the close of
the game, and found the basket time after time
in quick succession.
The line-up:
Erie—31.
Eldinboro — 14.
Mead.. . ______ . R. F. .. .................. ..Green
Carney, Sutton........ ... ..L. F...
O’Connor.______
...C. ... ... ___DeArment
Mook -. .
______ .R. G.. - — ___ ..Porter
Sevin. __________ ..L. G. --------------- .Bentley
Field Goals — Mead 4, O’Connor 5,
Mook 4, Green 1, DeArment 2, Bentley 2.
Goals from Foul—»Mead 3, Sutton 2,
Green 4.
At the last of December 40,1 59 men were
employed on the Panama Canal, of that num
ber 5,816 were American citizens.
Elsther, the QueenMiss Olivia J. Thomas
Ahasnerus, the King----------------------------Charles Jones
Hamen --------------------- ------------------- Morgan Barnes
Mordecai_____________________
F. S. Oleason
ZereshMrs. Chalmer Swift
Mordecai’s sister.......................... ..
Mrs. Frank Bonner
Prophetess______________ ___________ ...... Nina Swift
A Median Princess,.,--------------- .....Esther Averill
A Persian Princess______________
Ethel Howland
Scribe____________
Henry Gorlein
Beggar____________________________Arthur Johnson
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Herald______________________
LeoArmagost
Harbonah---------------------------------------------- Neff Cass
A chorus of over forty well trained voices
will be one of the main features of the enter
tainment.
The costumes are both elaborate and beau
tiful. There is not a single part in the whole
production that will not bring approval from the
audience.
Our able director, Mr. Gleason, is leaving
Two Important Meetings
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of $400,000 for the purchase of the Normal
Schools of the State, under provision of-.^he
school code of 1911.
The particular clause of this last named bill
which concerns Edinboro, is that providing the
sum of $8,500 for the reimbursement of stock
holders, the assumption of all indebtedness and
the further appropriation of $8,000 for a re
duction plant.
Readers of the Birch Rod are requested to
write at once to their Representatives and Sena
tors urging the passage of these bills which so
seriously effect the future of our Normal School.
Our earnest hope is that the bills may pass.
The meeting in Slippery Rock was concerned
chiefly with a new two years’ course of study
proposed by Edinboro, which affords graduates
of High schools of the first class, an opportun
ity to complete their professional work in Nor
mal Schools without repeating subject already
studied. The proposed course in general was
favorably considered though final action was
deferred to a later meeting.
A Forced Contribution.
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reading the paper, that the students are ne
glecting their studies and are spending all their
tim^ in writing editorials; I wish to inform you
that the great improvement is due merely to
extra work on the part of the editors and a few
of the most energetic students.
A Student.
Edinboro State Normal School
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A HIGH STANDARD OF SCHOLARSHIP
THE AMATEUR SPIRIT IN ATHLETICS
WHOLESOME SOCIAL ASSOCIATIONS
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BELIEVES IN AND SUPPORTS
The Birch Rod
Address the Principal
" Edinboro, Pa.
Page Three
THE BIRCH ROD
IRISH STORY TELLER VISITS EDINBORO.
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Was at Reeder Hall Over Sunday—A
Survey of His Work.
The first number of the lecture course for the
winter term was filled by Mr. Suemas Mc
Manus, on Saturday, January 18. Mr. Mc
Manus is the Irish story teller. He was born
in Donegal where he yet resides. When
eighteen he was schoolmaster in the same
school house in which he had been a pupil and
it was during that time that he gathered much
of the material for the fairy and folk tales he
now tells. He told to the children here in the
afternoon several stories of the faries in Ireland.
He told how the fairies first came to Ireland,
that during the trouble between the angels in
heaven, there were several of those angels who
remained neutral, taking neither the side of
Satan nor of Michael. Michael triumphed and
Satan was cast into hell. Those who had re
mained neutral, not being allowed to remain in
heaven, were given their choice between hell
and any other place outside of heaven. Since
they had to leave heaven, they wished to be
in a place as near to it as possible, and chose
Ireland.
In the evening he gave an idea of the
strange and general belief in fairies now exist
ing in Ireland. He told how the people gath
ered in the evenings at the house where Bacach
happened to be. Bacach was the wandering
beggarman 'who travelled from house to house
and stopped where he wished as an honored
guest. The neighborhood was informed of his
coming and came from all around. They had
first a long prayer and when it was over, the
stories began, lasting far into the night and
* sometimes even until morning.
Mr. McManus remained in Edinboro until
Monday. Sunday evening, he entertained in
Reeder Hall parlors, those of the faculty, who
are rooming in the halls, with selections from
his own writings. He has written for the At
lantic, Harpers, the Independent, the Outlook,
the World’s Work and a number of other
magazines. Some of his poms are "I Under
stand,” “An Exile,” and “An Irish Lullaby.”He also wrote “Bachelors of Braggy,” “New
Ireland,” “Ballads of a Country Boy,” and
“Donegal Fairy Stories.” Mrs. McManus has
written many poems which have also been
published. She writes under the name of
Ethna Carbery.
On leaving here Mr. McManus went to
Akron, Ohio, where he was to lecture. From
there, he intended going south, through Ten
nessee and Alabama and, later on, west
through California, Oregon and Washington.
In May or June, he is to sail for Ireland.
Mr. McManus mentioned that there were
twenty m llion people of Irish descent in the
United States, that number far exceeding those
in Ireland.
He expressed his opinion that home rule
would do much to help the Irish, but the thing
to be greatly desired is independence.
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A large, roomg comfortable store in which to do
gour shopping—that is what we claim for the BOSTON
STORE. In considering the comfort and convenience
of our customers, we have studied how best we could
arrange store facilities to make this the most attract
ive store in Erie in which to do pour trading.
Our out of town customers we have had particularlg in mind and we have provided Rest Rooms, Bu
reau of Information, etc., for their comfort. You mag
have gour wraps and other parcels checked at the In
formation Bureau, Main Floor, thus leaving gou unemcumbered when doing gour shopping.
Then the Din
ing Room in the Basement gou will find most restful
and cheerful after a shopping tour. Regular Dinner
served dailg and lunches at all times. You would not
expect better or tastier cooking in gour own home than
gou will find in our dining room.
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The merchandise of a store, of course, is the
backbone of its success, and we claim larger and bet
ter assorted stocks and as low if not lower prices than
gou will find elsewhere.
To the students of Edinboro Normal and their
friends especiallg we extend an invitatiod to make the
BOSTON STORE gour store home.
ERIE DRY GOODS CO.,
State Street, Erie, Pa.
Page Four
THE BIRCH ROD
THE BIRCH ROD
A fortnightly newspaper edited by the stu
dents of The Edinboro State Normal
School, and published at the print
shop of the Edinboro
Independent.
TERNS—This newspaper will be supplied for the
school year, 1912-13, for the sum of fifty cents, or
five cents a copy.
This paper is entered as second-class mail matter at
the postofBce at Edinboro, Pa.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editors.................................Charles
Marsh: Donald Richey
Athletic Editor............................................Hubert Bentley
News Editor......................................................Alice Walker
Alumni Editor............................................... Helen Whiting
Manager..............................................William T. McKelvey
Assistant Manager......................................John Harbaugh
“Crawford Jouri^al” for FisbAiary 13»
contains an interesting item about the recent
visit of some of our Spanish speaking students
to Meadville, The following sentence in that
article, however, nearly took our breath away:
"They are at Edinboro and have been rather
handicapped in their studies as there is no in
terpreter of the Spanish language there."
This startled us, for we had flattered ourselves
that we were unusually well supplied with men
_ 'n our faculty who could interpret the Spanish
language. Mr. Barnes of our language de
partment has had years of experience as a teacher
of Spanish in the Thacher School of California,
and Mr. Walk of our training department, under
whose direct supervision our Spanish speaking
students are placed, was a school superintendent
in the Philippine Islands for nine years and
there learned Spanish. Yet by the high
authority of the "Crawford Journal" we are in
formed that these cultured gentlemen are in
capable of interpreting the Spanish language.
What a blow it is to our self complacency!
How our gods are fallen! Any\vay, wasn’t it
kind of mean for the "Crawford Journal," even
if it did find us out, to expose us to all North
western Pennsylvania, where we wish especial
ly to maintain a good reputation?
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The Philo Everett Sociey has invited the
Potter Society to a special musical program at
Chapel Hall, Saturday, March 1, at 6 o’clock.
Senior-Junior Scrap.
Room 35, Reeder Hall.
2:30 p. m.
Officials.
January 13.
Dean Shiever, Referee.
Bruce Patterson, Timekeeper.
It has been said that there is only one time
in Hubert’s life that his wonderful "gift of gab"
failed. This happened one day when "Bent"
refused to believe that the Juniors desired him
to remove a "Fourteen" Jersey. It seems that
seven Juniors were talking the matter over with
our worthy Senior (with the proper officials in
their respective places, of course.) All of a
sudden they could not tell what they wished,
forcibly enough, so force seemed inevitable.
One Junior nabbed the neck of the "jersey"
from behind, while others made sure that
"Bent’s" feet were made non-destructive.
The struggle between the Senior and the
Juniors lasted probably two minutes when three
husky Seniors were attracted by the noise.
Taking about a minute to force the door open,
they rushed into the room only to find Hubert
in a comer with his tongue hanging out, and
face as black as ink. But the blackness of his
face did not seem to worry our patriotic Jun
iors. They kept wringing and hauling with all
their might. It was the "jersey" they wanted:
To make a long story short the fresh Seniors
soon scattered the murderous mob and helped
"Bent" to remove the "jersey." The blackness,
then, so power of speech returned. No unnecessary
words had been wasted until now. Those
who heard Hubert roar then, say that he cer
tainly made up for the five minutes that he lost
during the contest. Five minuter is exact, as
Patterson says his clock keeps absolutely cor
rect time.
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Grace and Glenn Erwin visited Helen
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Haven Hall has quite blossomed out this last
week. We have four new ferns and two more
palms. We look so festive you would hardly
know us.
We cater especially to the
The girls of Haven Hall appreciate Miss
Bowman’s efforts and congratulate her upon the
success of the plays Saturday night.
It would be supposed that "Reeder Hall
Notes" is the place to mention that Floyd
Bathurst and Carl Johnson were here over
Sunday, but we insist that they spent enough
time at Haven to warrant our mentioning it, too.
Verna, Alice, Mabel and Marian went down
to Mr. Siddell’s for supper, Friday night. TTey
reported a good time and told mysterious stories
about the charms of Rip-ti-di-dum.
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THE BIRCH ROD
DeVeaux College at Edinboro.
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For Young Men
Will be extremelg popular this
winter and for earlp spring.
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$4.00 up to $6.00
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828 STA TE ST, ERIE, PA.
Edinboro geuned her third victory for the
season of 1913, at the Normal Gym, on Sat
urday, Februsury 22, when DeVeaux College
met the local team in one of the best games of
the season. While not so fast as some of the
preceding games, this game was interesting and
characterized throughout by good feeling.
Many fouls were called on both teams but
they were for technical errors rather than for
rough work.
Sears captured the first basket of the game
for DeVeaux, Proudfit tied the score for
Edinboro and Graham shot a foul goal; follow
ed rapidly by a field goal to Leach’s credit.
Kelschenbach scored one point for DeVeaux
and was immediately supported by Barnwell
with two more tying the score.
Graham
scored from the field and from the foul line.
Kelschenbach scored one more, ending the
scoring for DeVeaux in the first half. Proudfit and Graham scored field goals in the order
named. Score for the first half, 6-13 in favor
of Edinboro.
Graham secured the first points for Edinboro
during the second half. Kelschenbach added
one for DeVeaux. Graham then scored on a
foul and followed it by a field basket. Harbaugh scored for Edinboso from the floor.
Kelschenbach secured DeVcaux’s only field
basket for the second half^ by a sensational long
shot from the lower ettd of the floor. TTiis
shot, by the way, was by far the longest and
one of the prettiest made on the Normal floor
this year. Graham shot two fouls for Edin
boro, in rapid succession. Harbaugh scored
again from near the center of the floor. Kel
schenbach scored for DeVeaux with the per
mission of the referee. Graham secured a field
goal, and then another followed quickly by
Proudfit. Kelschenbach scored again from
the foul line, DeVeaux’s last point in the game.
Proudfit scored two for Edinboro, then Grahaun one and Proudfit two again, closing the
score. Score for second half 22-5 with Nor
mal on the good end.
The final score stood 35 to 11.
The spirit shown by the DeVeaux boys
throughout the game was admirable. Although
playing a loosing game they did not at any time
show bad temper or start to "muss it up." They
played the game, win or lose, for the game in
itself.
Field Goals—Lears 1, F. Beumwell 1, Kel
schenbach 1, Graham 6, Harbaugh 2. Leach
1, Proudfit 5.
Foul Goals—Graham 7, Kelschenbach 5.
Edinboro.
DeVeaux.
Leach, Hood___ ______ R. GLears
Shriver, Obert -----------L. G. . .Kelsc’bach, B’well. J.
Harbaugh, Matthews-------C.Henderson
Graham--------------------- R. F.— -------- Barnwell, F.
Proudfit----------------------L. F. - .B’well, J., Kelsc’bach
Page Five
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Page Six
THE BIRCH
THE STRANGER.
The crosstown car crept slowly through the
crowded street, the impatient foot of the motorman clanging the bell in vain. No one heard
it, or if they did, no one gave heed to its war
ning, Newsboys, and men, and women ran
across just before, ran not because of the
oncoming car but because the running was
only a part of their life. It seemed as if the
unconcerned driver ahead intended to keep his
truck within the rails the rest of the journey.
The car was filled with people and confusion.
It was the usual crowd, tired women with rest
less children and men hidden by the "World"
and the "Sun". There was the same swaying
in the aisle, the same creaking of the straps:
above and over all the same cry from somewhere
in the rear, "Step lively. Madam." Once in a
while it happened that it was the person near
est the door who wanted the car stopped, but
only once in a while.
Finally the car reached Broadway. Among
the passengers getting off was a girl, not a
stranger, though she lacked the native born
hurry and hustle. There was a frown on her
face as she turned and slowly walked toward
the subway entrance to uptown cars.
"Stupid. It has been this way all day. If there
only one person, one^who would just>
Ipok at another. It is more lonesome here than
if I were alone."
She went on. The steps were black with
others going the same way, and she only made
one more. Buying a ticket at the window she
pushed on with the rest. The air was hot and
gaseous and the noise was deafening. It was
Grand Central at six o’clock. The girl’s eyes
Watched each car for the word "Express" and
when they caught it, she moved on to standing
room inside. With a jar of iron gates and a
jerk, the train was off.
At 72 nd, a good many left and at 96th, the
girl found a seat. Across from her sat an old
woman whose worn, gray dress told part, the
tired wrinkled face telling almost all the rest.
- The younger eyes noticed it all, even the oldfashioned telescope on the floor, and she al
most smiled as she thought, "No one would
even look at her here. If I am to live on in
this place, I may as well begin, too," but her
eyes came back often to the other lonely
figure.
At I I 6th, instead of Columbia’s colors that
she expected to see, the girl saw brown and
white. The old woman was speaking aloud,
"I wanted 1 IQth."
"Another foolish mistake," the girl said to
herself as she walked to the other end of the
car and saw the word "Bronx" on the sign.
At 125th, the next stop, she left the car, foll
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owed by the old women still murmuring, "I
wanted 1 1 0th."
"I called 1 10 way back there," the conduc
tor snarled, and in a moment he and the train
were out of sight. The two stood there in the
half-light alone except for the ticket man at the
gate, and another man with whom he was talk
ing. The girl still wore the impatient frown,
but the old woman walked up and down, clasp
ing and unclasping her hands, "What shall I
do?'" was all she said. Then going over to the
man in the uniform, she asked him for help.
Turning at the sound of a voice, he looked at
her insolently. His glance might have lasted a
second, then he contiued his conversation.
When she turned, her eyes were wild. The
girl had missed none of this. She leisurely ap
proached the two so interested.
"Does the Vancourtland or the 242nd stop
here?"
It was a civil answer, at least, which he
made. "You were on the wrong car. Go to
the surface and then down on the other side.
You’ll have to get back to 96th to change to
the car you want." She thanked him and had
taken a few steps, when he called, "You need
not pay on the other side, I’ll tell them your’e
coming from this."
She felt the pleading eyes follow her as she
walked quickly to the steps leading to the street.
She'stifrsaW"fhfera"”is she dodged her way to
the other side above. Two men were talking
at the entrance to the downtown cars. As she
passed, one laughed and said, "Have’nt you
heard something about always having the poor
with you?" She hurried on and had only li.me
for one glance across the tracks before the train
came, but that one glance saw the stooped form
still there. The train came and again she foll
owed the others.
More rushing, more confusion, more uproar
and the train roared on through the darkness.
There was a banquet for the Brotherhood
down stairs one night not long ago, and the
sisterhood upstairs could hardly make their
feet behave cm account of the orchestra.
Verna had a man and a party for her —th
birthday. We didn’t care so much about the
man, but the party she was willing to share.
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lishment of a five-year course in forestry.
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Page Seven
THE BIRCH ROD
Normal Quintet Defeats Kane High.
Potter Plays.
The Kane High School Basketball Team
was defeated here, last Saturday evening, Feb
ruary 15, by the Normal Team in the best
and cleanest game that has been played on the
local floor this year.
It was thought that the overwhelming defeat
Kane gave us last year, and the fact that
White and Leach were out of the game would
seriously handicap us. This did not prove to
be the case however as the final score
shows.
Our team played the fastest and most con
sistent game they have played this year. The
game was featured by the excellent passing
and shooting of Proudfit and Mathews for the
Normal and the shooting of Beatty for Kane,
Graham played his accustomed staur game at
right forwaird, Harbaugh and Shrlver each
played a good game. This was Harbaugh’s
first game at center and he proved to be a
success, Shriver showed the best form he has
shown this year.
Beatty of Kane started the game well by
making the first basket. This was immediately
tied when Graham dropped one in. After
this our boys kept drawing away until the fin al
score W21S 14-38 in favor of Normal.
The Kane team were the cleanest and
most sportsmanlike players that have played
our team this season, we sincerely hope we
showed them the cordiality which they
deserved.
The line up:
Everyone who was present agrees that the
Potter plays were a success. They were given
under the direction of Miss Bauman. An or
chestra selected by Mr. Chas. Hawkins, fur
nished the music.
“The Obstinate Family” was an adaptation
of a German play.
Chas. Scott and Maude McIntyre, as Mr.
and Mrs. Harford, were very devoted. No
one could have made such a good looking old
couple as Cad Joslin and Freda Mitchell. A
mother in-law like Freda is a good thing. It
must have taken a great deal of practice for
Marley Leach to play the part of the obstinate
James, but he did it well. Lucy showed a
very determined spirit but we don’t blame
James for loving her anyway. People cant
help loving Myra.
Between the plays the Potter Chorus sang
three songs. This was a most enjoyable feature
of the evenings entertainment.
Helen Whiting, as Mrs. Amy Somers, made
a very charming young widow, and certaimly
no one could have acted the part of Mr.
Campbell so well as Arthur Johnson. The
character of an ardent suitor seemed perfectly
natural to him.
Ella Morgan who played the part of Jane,
deserves special mention. We believe by her
acting she has been frightened by a mouse
before.
—
Edna Sammons, Ethel Doing, Elizabeth
Fowler and Helen Bathurst demonstrated to
us the most effective way to act when there is a
possible mouse near hy. It Isn’t everyone who
can shriek in the truly artistic way Helen can.
Kane.
Edinboro.
McQuade---------------------- R. F____________ Graham
Beatty.. ----------------L. F.---------------- Proudfit
E. Nicolas----------------------C------------Harbaugh
Engstrom-------- ------------ R. G.-------------------- Shriver
McEnteer, R. Nicholas..L. G.Mathews
Field Goals—McQuade I, Beatty 5, E.
Nicolas 1, Proudfit 6, Graham 5, Mathews 4,
Shriver 2, Harbaugh 1.
Fouls—Graham 2. Final score—Kane 14;
Edinboro 38. Referee Perrotti, Umpire
Hayes. Time of halves, 20 minutes.
Before the Mirror.
The Senior class is too sedate,
They think they are so wise,
But all their greatness vanishes
In other people’s eyes.
The Juniors are a perfect fright.
Little knowledge have they drunk.
And now exams are over.
They realize they flunk.
The Freshmen are so very green.
As you have heard before.
We hope they will improve a bit.
Before next year is o’er.
The cleiss of ’ 15
Is the bright and shining light.
They’re an honor to the Normal,
For the Sophmores are all right.
—A Sophomore,
The new Republic of China is not satisfied
with the 80,000 letters or signs in her alpha
bet. The government will attempt to reform
the language.
Monday, March 3, Slippery Rock Normal
will play our boys at Edinboro. This game
promises to be the best of the season. We
hope to give them the same cordial welcome
that we gave Clarion last year.
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THE BIRCH ROD
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A force of intelligent sales people
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Juniors Add Another Victory—Defeat
Upper Classmen.
The Senior boys went down to defeat at
the hands of the fast Junior team in the hard
est fought game of the season. Team work
on both sides was conspicuous by its absence.
The game from start to finish was rough and
tumble. The floor work of Bentley, and the
foul shooting of DeRemer and Green deserves
mention.
When the whistle blew the score was tied
at 7. Then! An eyewitness decides that he
never heard such an unearthly noise. The
balcony fairly trembled with the deafening
cheers of the opposing classmen.
Soon a double foul was called, both baskets
shot, and the game went on. The enthusiasm
grew intense. Another foul was called, and
Green with his accustomed accurateness made
the point. The Juniors went fairly wild with
delight, and they had reasons to.
In a previous game the Junior boys won
from the Commercial boys -by a close margin.
They are now entitled to first place in the
series of boys games, unless the Sophomores
"hang it onto them." The writer sincerely
hopes that the Sophomores win. Not that he
has anything against the Junior boys, but mere
ly because a personal friend of his goes with a
Sophomore girl.
A Dashing Array of
New
Spring
Headgear
Is Now on Display
Girls* Basket Ball.
The girls have been doing very creditable
work in basket ball this season. The first game
played was between the Senior and Sopho
more girls with the following line-up:
Senior.
Sophmore.
Fisher----------------------- R. F---------- -----------Lockard
Morton......... ................. L,. F,Howland
McKinley-------------------C.Harvey
Quirk----------------------- R. G.---------------- —Crandall
Whiting, SmithL. G.___ ________ .Doubet
The final score was 16 to 0 in favor of the
Seniors.
Monday evening, February 24, the Senior
girls again appeared on the gym floor and play
ed a very good game against the Juniors.
Senior.
Junior.
Fisher------------------------ R. F-----------------------Averill
Morton-----------------------L. F________________ Riblet
McKinley------------- --------C.Webster
Quirk----------------------- R. G.-------- ------------- Frame
Whiting-------------------L. G-------------Randall
Even Mr. Snyder said that the Junior girls
would win, but the Seniors did as Marjorie ad
vised and "gave the Juniors a goose-egg, too."
Although both games in which the Senior
girls have played have resulted in their favor,
the other teams did very good work. But, who
could stand against the SENIOR team with
Casey as manager, for we all know that Casey
at basket ball is not less formidable than "Casey
at the bat."
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OF THE EDINBORO STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
Volume II
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1913
COUNTRY SCHOOL CONFERENCE
TO BE HELD AT EDINBORO
FIRST OF A SERIES OF CONFERENCES TO BE HELD IN THE
CHAPEL ON MARCH FIFTEEN.
Superintendent Rapp of Berks County, J. George Becht of the State
Board of Education, Professor Wm. A. Elliott of Allegheny Col
lege and Principal Baker to Give Program of Unusual Interest.
Those who know Principal Baker know
that there is one subject that claims his particu
lar interest. His enthusiasm in all matters of edu
cational value is keen, but let the subject of the
welfare of the country school be suggested and
all others take a second place. He is a pro
found believer in the movement for the better
ment of country life; any work that may tend
to increase the efficiency of the rural school has
his constant support. He has, from the day of
his introduction to Edinboro on Alumni Day
of Old Home Week, declared his belief that
the peculiar function of the Normal School, that
is under his direction, should be in behalf of ele
mentary education in the country districts. ^To
the end of advancing his theories he has ar
ranged a conference for March 15, that prom
ises to be of special interest, not only to the en
tire student body, but to all citizens of the com
munity.
Two sessions will be held as follows:
Morning Session at Ten O’Clock
Devotional Exercises--The Rev. Mr. Richard A. Buzza
Pastor, Methodist Episcopal Church, Eldinboro, Pa.
Opening AddressPrincipal Frank E. Baker
Forward Movement in Country Schools
Mr. Eli M. Rapp
Superintendent of Schools, Berks County.
Socializing the Country Schools__ Dr. J. George Becht
Secretary State Board of Education
General Discussion, led by____ Dr. William A. Elliott
Professor of Greek Language and Literature,
Allegheny College
(The topics printed below have been suggested for
general discussion.)
a St
7. What is the practical limit to the size of consoli
dated districts?
8. Can rural schools ever become a great force in the
community life until teachers become more permanent?
9. What can be done to make teachers of rural schools
more permanent?
10. Should normal schools offer a distinctive course
for rural teachers ?
I I. What plan can be adopted to regulate the pro
motion of poorly prepared pupils ?
12. To what extent can agricultural courses be in
troduced into country schools as they are now organized?
13. In what ways can the country school and the
country church work together ?
Programs and invitations have been issued
to some three thousand teachers and educa
tional men in Northwestern Pennsylvania. It
is very probable that the attendance will be
Jarge.
■ - ^
Two Important Neetings
During the past three weeks Principal Baker
has attended two meetings that vitally concern
the interests of Edinboro. One, a meeting of
the Legislative committee of the State Board of
Normal School Principals held in Harrisburg,
and the other a PnncipaJs’ Conference in Slip
pery Rock. At the former, legislative action
was discussed and bills drafted to meet the
present needs and the year’s requirements of
the Normal Schools of the State, and to pro
vide an adequate appropriation to the State
Board of Education to enable it to purchase the
stock and equipment of those Normal Schools
that have accepted its provisional offer. As a
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No. 10
BASEBALL SCHEDULE
IS NEARLY COMPLETE.
Edinboro Plays Many Schools For the
First Time—More Dates are Open.
Manager Fay Daley, of the baseball team,
announced today that he had now nine games
on the schedule, and the outlook for more was
good. Rayen High, of Youngstown, has been
offered May 10, or June 14. Slippery Rock
Normal, may take May 1 7.
It is gratifying indeed to see Allegheny,
Thiel, Jamestown, and Chamberlain Military
Institute on our schedule.
We play Jamestown and Chamberlain for
the first time.
Several of our strong opponents appear near
the opening of the season.
Indoor practice will begin next week. The
schedule which shows a marked improvement
over any of previous years is as follows:
Saturday, April 5; Cambridge High at
Edinboro.
Saturday, April 12; Warren High at
Warren.
.Saturday, April 19; Thiel at Greenville.
, (Saturday, April 26; Allegheny at Edinboro.,
Saturday, May 3; Jamestown High at
Jamestown.
Saturday, May 10; open.
Saturday, May 1 7; open.
Saturday, May 24; Thiel at Edinboro.
Friday, May 30; Chamberlain Military In
stitute at Ramdolph, N. Y.
Saturday, May 31; Jamestown High at
Edinboro.
Saturday, June 7; Chamberlam at Edinboro.
Saturday, June 14; open.
Saturday, June 21; Reserved for Alumni
game.
A Forced Contribution.
Having been publicly appointed to write an
article of at least one hundred twenty-five
words for this paper, or else have a certam
amount of space left blank and dedicated to
me, I have decided to write a few words of
warning to the subscribers of the paper who
are not members of the school.
A short time ago the editor of this paper
gave an enthusiastic talk in Chapel. He told
us what we should do for the paper, how we
should support it, and how it would be im
proved by our support. Furthermore, he com
pared the speed with which the paper is to
flourish in the future with the speed of a fright
ened jack-rabbit. So lest you may think, on
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The Cantata.
The entire music department is busily en
gaged in preparing an entertainment which
promises to be one of the most pleasing of the
year—The Cantata, “Queen Esther.”
For several weeks we have heard beautiful
melodies floating on the evening breezes from
Music Hall, and judging from these, we have
no hesitancy in saying that this Cantata is some
thing eminently worth while. This is not strictly
a Normal entertainment, for when Mr. Glea
son first took up the project, he cordially invited
the best talent of the town to aid him, and the
people of the town have shown their good will
and appreciation by hezurtily responding, and
joining with the students to produce one of the
most beautiful cantatas ever written.
"Queen Esther" is one of Wm. B. Brad
bury’s productions. The setting of the story is
m Persia, 500 years B. C., and the theme, the
beautiful story of Esther. This fair Jewish girl,
who, having been reared by her uncle, Mordecai, does not disclose her true nationality,
even when she becomes wife of the King of
the Realm. One of the favorite friends of the
King is Hamen, who hates Mordecia, and not
knowmg his relation to the Queen obtains a
writ from the King that all Jews in the province
shall be put to death. Mordecai discovers the
plot and persuades Queen Esther to petition
»he King for the safety of her people, whijdi
she does at the peril of her own life, on A;count of the law that no one shall go before
the King unbidden. The King hears her pe
tition, and Hamen, now defeated, is hanged on
the gallows which he had previously prepared
for Mordecai.
Thus the Jews are saved and Mordecai is
given the ofiice of Premier, and there is great
rejoicing throughout the province.
The cast of characters is as follows:
nothing undone to inake this affair a magnificent
success, and it will undoubtedly be one of the
finest entertainments ever given in Edlnboro.
Edinboro Reserves Defeated by Erie
High Second Team Passers.
The reserves lost to Erie High last Monday
night by a score of 31 to 14. The game was
almost a repetition of the first team game played
with Erie.
The Erie boys played a fast and rough game
throughout. Unnecessary fouling was promi
nent. Hayes and Green, up against Mook and
Sevin, did not play their accustomed game at
forward. DeArment was outjumped by O’
Connor. Bentley played a good floor game.
Porter kept his man from scoring.
For a time during the first half it looked as
though Edinboro would outplay their oppon
ents, but Erie came in strong near the close of
the game, and found the basket time after time
in quick succession.
The line-up:
Erie—31.
Eldinboro — 14.
Mead.. . ______ . R. F. .. .................. ..Green
Carney, Sutton........ ... ..L. F...
O’Connor.______
...C. ... ... ___DeArment
Mook -. .
______ .R. G.. - — ___ ..Porter
Sevin. __________ ..L. G. --------------- .Bentley
Field Goals — Mead 4, O’Connor 5,
Mook 4, Green 1, DeArment 2, Bentley 2.
Goals from Foul—»Mead 3, Sutton 2,
Green 4.
At the last of December 40,1 59 men were
employed on the Panama Canal, of that num
ber 5,816 were American citizens.
Elsther, the QueenMiss Olivia J. Thomas
Ahasnerus, the King----------------------------Charles Jones
Hamen --------------------- ------------------- Morgan Barnes
Mordecai_____________________
F. S. Oleason
ZereshMrs. Chalmer Swift
Mordecai’s sister.......................... ..
Mrs. Frank Bonner
Prophetess______________ ___________ ...... Nina Swift
A Median Princess,.,--------------- .....Esther Averill
A Persian Princess______________
Ethel Howland
Scribe____________
Henry Gorlein
Beggar____________________________Arthur Johnson
.......................... -...............................
Herald______________________
LeoArmagost
Harbonah---------------------------------------------- Neff Cass
A chorus of over forty well trained voices
will be one of the main features of the enter
tainment.
The costumes are both elaborate and beau
tiful. There is not a single part in the whole
production that will not bring approval from the
audience.
Our able director, Mr. Gleason, is leaving
Two Important Meetings
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of $400,000 for the purchase of the Normal
Schools of the State, under provision of-.^he
school code of 1911.
The particular clause of this last named bill
which concerns Edinboro, is that providing the
sum of $8,500 for the reimbursement of stock
holders, the assumption of all indebtedness and
the further appropriation of $8,000 for a re
duction plant.
Readers of the Birch Rod are requested to
write at once to their Representatives and Sena
tors urging the passage of these bills which so
seriously effect the future of our Normal School.
Our earnest hope is that the bills may pass.
The meeting in Slippery Rock was concerned
chiefly with a new two years’ course of study
proposed by Edinboro, which affords graduates
of High schools of the first class, an opportun
ity to complete their professional work in Nor
mal Schools without repeating subject already
studied. The proposed course in general was
favorably considered though final action was
deferred to a later meeting.
A Forced Contribution.
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reading the paper, that the students are ne
glecting their studies and are spending all their
tim^ in writing editorials; I wish to inform you
that the great improvement is due merely to
extra work on the part of the editors and a few
of the most energetic students.
A Student.
Edinboro State Normal School
___ STANDS FOR
—
A HIGH STANDARD OF SCHOLARSHIP
THE AMATEUR SPIRIT IN ATHLETICS
WHOLESOME SOCIAL ASSOCIATIONS
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IT ALSO izzm
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BELIEVES IN AND SUPPORTS
The Birch Rod
Address the Principal
" Edinboro, Pa.
Page Three
THE BIRCH ROD
IRISH STORY TELLER VISITS EDINBORO.
I
Was at Reeder Hall Over Sunday—A
Survey of His Work.
The first number of the lecture course for the
winter term was filled by Mr. Suemas Mc
Manus, on Saturday, January 18. Mr. Mc
Manus is the Irish story teller. He was born
in Donegal where he yet resides. When
eighteen he was schoolmaster in the same
school house in which he had been a pupil and
it was during that time that he gathered much
of the material for the fairy and folk tales he
now tells. He told to the children here in the
afternoon several stories of the faries in Ireland.
He told how the fairies first came to Ireland,
that during the trouble between the angels in
heaven, there were several of those angels who
remained neutral, taking neither the side of
Satan nor of Michael. Michael triumphed and
Satan was cast into hell. Those who had re
mained neutral, not being allowed to remain in
heaven, were given their choice between hell
and any other place outside of heaven. Since
they had to leave heaven, they wished to be
in a place as near to it as possible, and chose
Ireland.
In the evening he gave an idea of the
strange and general belief in fairies now exist
ing in Ireland. He told how the people gath
ered in the evenings at the house where Bacach
happened to be. Bacach was the wandering
beggarman 'who travelled from house to house
and stopped where he wished as an honored
guest. The neighborhood was informed of his
coming and came from all around. They had
first a long prayer and when it was over, the
stories began, lasting far into the night and
* sometimes even until morning.
Mr. McManus remained in Edinboro until
Monday. Sunday evening, he entertained in
Reeder Hall parlors, those of the faculty, who
are rooming in the halls, with selections from
his own writings. He has written for the At
lantic, Harpers, the Independent, the Outlook,
the World’s Work and a number of other
magazines. Some of his poms are "I Under
stand,” “An Exile,” and “An Irish Lullaby.”He also wrote “Bachelors of Braggy,” “New
Ireland,” “Ballads of a Country Boy,” and
“Donegal Fairy Stories.” Mrs. McManus has
written many poems which have also been
published. She writes under the name of
Ethna Carbery.
On leaving here Mr. McManus went to
Akron, Ohio, where he was to lecture. From
there, he intended going south, through Ten
nessee and Alabama and, later on, west
through California, Oregon and Washington.
In May or June, he is to sail for Ireland.
Mr. McManus mentioned that there were
twenty m llion people of Irish descent in the
United States, that number far exceeding those
in Ireland.
He expressed his opinion that home rule
would do much to help the Irish, but the thing
to be greatly desired is independence.
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Greater Erie's Greater Store—Boston Store
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A Comfortable
Store
A large, roomg comfortable store in which to do
gour shopping—that is what we claim for the BOSTON
STORE. In considering the comfort and convenience
of our customers, we have studied how best we could
arrange store facilities to make this the most attract
ive store in Erie in which to do pour trading.
Our out of town customers we have had particularlg in mind and we have provided Rest Rooms, Bu
reau of Information, etc., for their comfort. You mag
have gour wraps and other parcels checked at the In
formation Bureau, Main Floor, thus leaving gou unemcumbered when doing gour shopping.
Then the Din
ing Room in the Basement gou will find most restful
and cheerful after a shopping tour. Regular Dinner
served dailg and lunches at all times. You would not
expect better or tastier cooking in gour own home than
gou will find in our dining room.
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The merchandise of a store, of course, is the
backbone of its success, and we claim larger and bet
ter assorted stocks and as low if not lower prices than
gou will find elsewhere.
To the students of Edinboro Normal and their
friends especiallg we extend an invitatiod to make the
BOSTON STORE gour store home.
ERIE DRY GOODS CO.,
State Street, Erie, Pa.
Page Four
THE BIRCH ROD
THE BIRCH ROD
A fortnightly newspaper edited by the stu
dents of The Edinboro State Normal
School, and published at the print
shop of the Edinboro
Independent.
TERNS—This newspaper will be supplied for the
school year, 1912-13, for the sum of fifty cents, or
five cents a copy.
This paper is entered as second-class mail matter at
the postofBce at Edinboro, Pa.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editors.................................Charles
Marsh: Donald Richey
Athletic Editor............................................Hubert Bentley
News Editor......................................................Alice Walker
Alumni Editor............................................... Helen Whiting
Manager..............................................William T. McKelvey
Assistant Manager......................................John Harbaugh
“Crawford Jouri^al” for FisbAiary 13»
contains an interesting item about the recent
visit of some of our Spanish speaking students
to Meadville, The following sentence in that
article, however, nearly took our breath away:
"They are at Edinboro and have been rather
handicapped in their studies as there is no in
terpreter of the Spanish language there."
This startled us, for we had flattered ourselves
that we were unusually well supplied with men
_ 'n our faculty who could interpret the Spanish
language. Mr. Barnes of our language de
partment has had years of experience as a teacher
of Spanish in the Thacher School of California,
and Mr. Walk of our training department, under
whose direct supervision our Spanish speaking
students are placed, was a school superintendent
in the Philippine Islands for nine years and
there learned Spanish. Yet by the high
authority of the "Crawford Journal" we are in
formed that these cultured gentlemen are in
capable of interpreting the Spanish language.
What a blow it is to our self complacency!
How our gods are fallen! Any\vay, wasn’t it
kind of mean for the "Crawford Journal," even
if it did find us out, to expose us to all North
western Pennsylvania, where we wish especial
ly to maintain a good reputation?
}
The Philo Everett Sociey has invited the
Potter Society to a special musical program at
Chapel Hall, Saturday, March 1, at 6 o’clock.
Senior-Junior Scrap.
Room 35, Reeder Hall.
2:30 p. m.
Officials.
January 13.
Dean Shiever, Referee.
Bruce Patterson, Timekeeper.
It has been said that there is only one time
in Hubert’s life that his wonderful "gift of gab"
failed. This happened one day when "Bent"
refused to believe that the Juniors desired him
to remove a "Fourteen" Jersey. It seems that
seven Juniors were talking the matter over with
our worthy Senior (with the proper officials in
their respective places, of course.) All of a
sudden they could not tell what they wished,
forcibly enough, so force seemed inevitable.
One Junior nabbed the neck of the "jersey"
from behind, while others made sure that
"Bent’s" feet were made non-destructive.
The struggle between the Senior and the
Juniors lasted probably two minutes when three
husky Seniors were attracted by the noise.
Taking about a minute to force the door open,
they rushed into the room only to find Hubert
in a comer with his tongue hanging out, and
face as black as ink. But the blackness of his
face did not seem to worry our patriotic Jun
iors. They kept wringing and hauling with all
their might. It was the "jersey" they wanted:
To make a long story short the fresh Seniors
soon scattered the murderous mob and helped
"Bent" to remove the "jersey." The blackness,
then, so power of speech returned. No unnecessary
words had been wasted until now. Those
who heard Hubert roar then, say that he cer
tainly made up for the five minutes that he lost
during the contest. Five minuter is exact, as
Patterson says his clock keeps absolutely cor
rect time.
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Edinboro geuned her third victory for the
season of 1913, at the Normal Gym, on Sat
urday, Februsury 22, when DeVeaux College
met the local team in one of the best games of
the season. While not so fast as some of the
preceding games, this game was interesting and
characterized throughout by good feeling.
Many fouls were called on both teams but
they were for technical errors rather than for
rough work.
Sears captured the first basket of the game
for DeVeaux, Proudfit tied the score for
Edinboro and Graham shot a foul goal; follow
ed rapidly by a field goal to Leach’s credit.
Kelschenbach scored one point for DeVeaux
and was immediately supported by Barnwell
with two more tying the score.
Graham
scored from the field and from the foul line.
Kelschenbach scored one more, ending the
scoring for DeVeaux in the first half. Proudfit and Graham scored field goals in the order
named. Score for the first half, 6-13 in favor
of Edinboro.
Graham secured the first points for Edinboro
during the second half. Kelschenbach added
one for DeVeaux. Graham then scored on a
foul and followed it by a field basket. Harbaugh scored for Edinboso from the floor.
Kelschenbach secured DeVcaux’s only field
basket for the second half^ by a sensational long
shot from the lower ettd of the floor. TTiis
shot, by the way, was by far the longest and
one of the prettiest made on the Normal floor
this year. Graham shot two fouls for Edin
boro, in rapid succession. Harbaugh scored
again from near the center of the floor. Kel
schenbach scored for DeVeaux with the per
mission of the referee. Graham secured a field
goal, and then another followed quickly by
Proudfit. Kelschenbach scored again from
the foul line, DeVeaux’s last point in the game.
Proudfit scored two for Edinboro, then Grahaun one and Proudfit two again, closing the
score. Score for second half 22-5 with Nor
mal on the good end.
The final score stood 35 to 11.
The spirit shown by the DeVeaux boys
throughout the game was admirable. Although
playing a loosing game they did not at any time
show bad temper or start to "muss it up." They
played the game, win or lose, for the game in
itself.
Field Goals—Lears 1, F. Beumwell 1, Kel
schenbach 1, Graham 6, Harbaugh 2. Leach
1, Proudfit 5.
Foul Goals—Graham 7, Kelschenbach 5.
Edinboro.
DeVeaux.
Leach, Hood___ ______ R. GLears
Shriver, Obert -----------L. G. . .Kelsc’bach, B’well. J.
Harbaugh, Matthews-------C.Henderson
Graham--------------------- R. F.— -------- Barnwell, F.
Proudfit----------------------L. F. - .B’well, J., Kelsc’bach
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THE BIRCH
THE STRANGER.
The crosstown car crept slowly through the
crowded street, the impatient foot of the motorman clanging the bell in vain. No one heard
it, or if they did, no one gave heed to its war
ning, Newsboys, and men, and women ran
across just before, ran not because of the
oncoming car but because the running was
only a part of their life. It seemed as if the
unconcerned driver ahead intended to keep his
truck within the rails the rest of the journey.
The car was filled with people and confusion.
It was the usual crowd, tired women with rest
less children and men hidden by the "World"
and the "Sun". There was the same swaying
in the aisle, the same creaking of the straps:
above and over all the same cry from somewhere
in the rear, "Step lively. Madam." Once in a
while it happened that it was the person near
est the door who wanted the car stopped, but
only once in a while.
Finally the car reached Broadway. Among
the passengers getting off was a girl, not a
stranger, though she lacked the native born
hurry and hustle. There was a frown on her
face as she turned and slowly walked toward
the subway entrance to uptown cars.
"Stupid. It has been this way all day. If there
only one person, one^who would just>
Ipok at another. It is more lonesome here than
if I were alone."
She went on. The steps were black with
others going the same way, and she only made
one more. Buying a ticket at the window she
pushed on with the rest. The air was hot and
gaseous and the noise was deafening. It was
Grand Central at six o’clock. The girl’s eyes
Watched each car for the word "Express" and
when they caught it, she moved on to standing
room inside. With a jar of iron gates and a
jerk, the train was off.
At 72 nd, a good many left and at 96th, the
girl found a seat. Across from her sat an old
woman whose worn, gray dress told part, the
tired wrinkled face telling almost all the rest.
- The younger eyes noticed it all, even the oldfashioned telescope on the floor, and she al
most smiled as she thought, "No one would
even look at her here. If I am to live on in
this place, I may as well begin, too," but her
eyes came back often to the other lonely
figure.
At I I 6th, instead of Columbia’s colors that
she expected to see, the girl saw brown and
white. The old woman was speaking aloud,
"I wanted 1 IQth."
"Another foolish mistake," the girl said to
herself as she walked to the other end of the
car and saw the word "Bronx" on the sign.
At 125th, the next stop, she left the car, foll
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owed by the old women still murmuring, "I
wanted 1 1 0th."
"I called 1 10 way back there," the conduc
tor snarled, and in a moment he and the train
were out of sight. The two stood there in the
half-light alone except for the ticket man at the
gate, and another man with whom he was talk
ing. The girl still wore the impatient frown,
but the old woman walked up and down, clasp
ing and unclasping her hands, "What shall I
do?'" was all she said. Then going over to the
man in the uniform, she asked him for help.
Turning at the sound of a voice, he looked at
her insolently. His glance might have lasted a
second, then he contiued his conversation.
When she turned, her eyes were wild. The
girl had missed none of this. She leisurely ap
proached the two so interested.
"Does the Vancourtland or the 242nd stop
here?"
It was a civil answer, at least, which he
made. "You were on the wrong car. Go to
the surface and then down on the other side.
You’ll have to get back to 96th to change to
the car you want." She thanked him and had
taken a few steps, when he called, "You need
not pay on the other side, I’ll tell them your’e
coming from this."
She felt the pleading eyes follow her as she
walked quickly to the steps leading to the street.
She'stifrsaW"fhfera"”is she dodged her way to
the other side above. Two men were talking
at the entrance to the downtown cars. As she
passed, one laughed and said, "Have’nt you
heard something about always having the poor
with you?" She hurried on and had only li.me
for one glance across the tracks before the train
came, but that one glance saw the stooped form
still there. The train came and again she foll
owed the others.
More rushing, more confusion, more uproar
and the train roared on through the darkness.
There was a banquet for the Brotherhood
down stairs one night not long ago, and the
sisterhood upstairs could hardly make their
feet behave cm account of the orchestra.
Verna had a man and a party for her —th
birthday. We didn’t care so much about the
man, but the party she was willing to share.
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THE BIRCH ROD
Normal Quintet Defeats Kane High.
Potter Plays.
The Kane High School Basketball Team
was defeated here, last Saturday evening, Feb
ruary 15, by the Normal Team in the best
and cleanest game that has been played on the
local floor this year.
It was thought that the overwhelming defeat
Kane gave us last year, and the fact that
White and Leach were out of the game would
seriously handicap us. This did not prove to
be the case however as the final score
shows.
Our team played the fastest and most con
sistent game they have played this year. The
game was featured by the excellent passing
and shooting of Proudfit and Mathews for the
Normal and the shooting of Beatty for Kane,
Graham played his accustomed staur game at
right forwaird, Harbaugh and Shrlver each
played a good game. This was Harbaugh’s
first game at center and he proved to be a
success, Shriver showed the best form he has
shown this year.
Beatty of Kane started the game well by
making the first basket. This was immediately
tied when Graham dropped one in. After
this our boys kept drawing away until the fin al
score W21S 14-38 in favor of Normal.
The Kane team were the cleanest and
most sportsmanlike players that have played
our team this season, we sincerely hope we
showed them the cordiality which they
deserved.
The line up:
Everyone who was present agrees that the
Potter plays were a success. They were given
under the direction of Miss Bauman. An or
chestra selected by Mr. Chas. Hawkins, fur
nished the music.
“The Obstinate Family” was an adaptation
of a German play.
Chas. Scott and Maude McIntyre, as Mr.
and Mrs. Harford, were very devoted. No
one could have made such a good looking old
couple as Cad Joslin and Freda Mitchell. A
mother in-law like Freda is a good thing. It
must have taken a great deal of practice for
Marley Leach to play the part of the obstinate
James, but he did it well. Lucy showed a
very determined spirit but we don’t blame
James for loving her anyway. People cant
help loving Myra.
Between the plays the Potter Chorus sang
three songs. This was a most enjoyable feature
of the evenings entertainment.
Helen Whiting, as Mrs. Amy Somers, made
a very charming young widow, and certaimly
no one could have acted the part of Mr.
Campbell so well as Arthur Johnson. The
character of an ardent suitor seemed perfectly
natural to him.
Ella Morgan who played the part of Jane,
deserves special mention. We believe by her
acting she has been frightened by a mouse
before.
—
Edna Sammons, Ethel Doing, Elizabeth
Fowler and Helen Bathurst demonstrated to
us the most effective way to act when there is a
possible mouse near hy. It Isn’t everyone who
can shriek in the truly artistic way Helen can.
Kane.
Edinboro.
McQuade---------------------- R. F____________ Graham
Beatty.. ----------------L. F.---------------- Proudfit
E. Nicolas----------------------C------------Harbaugh
Engstrom-------- ------------ R. G.-------------------- Shriver
McEnteer, R. Nicholas..L. G.Mathews
Field Goals—McQuade I, Beatty 5, E.
Nicolas 1, Proudfit 6, Graham 5, Mathews 4,
Shriver 2, Harbaugh 1.
Fouls—Graham 2. Final score—Kane 14;
Edinboro 38. Referee Perrotti, Umpire
Hayes. Time of halves, 20 minutes.
Before the Mirror.
The Senior class is too sedate,
They think they are so wise,
But all their greatness vanishes
In other people’s eyes.
The Juniors are a perfect fright.
Little knowledge have they drunk.
And now exams are over.
They realize they flunk.
The Freshmen are so very green.
As you have heard before.
We hope they will improve a bit.
Before next year is o’er.
The cleiss of ’ 15
Is the bright and shining light.
They’re an honor to the Normal,
For the Sophmores are all right.
—A Sophomore,
The new Republic of China is not satisfied
with the 80,000 letters or signs in her alpha
bet. The government will attempt to reform
the language.
Monday, March 3, Slippery Rock Normal
will play our boys at Edinboro. This game
promises to be the best of the season. We
hope to give them the same cordial welcome
that we gave Clarion last year.
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Juniors Add Another Victory—Defeat
Upper Classmen.
The Senior boys went down to defeat at
the hands of the fast Junior team in the hard
est fought game of the season. Team work
on both sides was conspicuous by its absence.
The game from start to finish was rough and
tumble. The floor work of Bentley, and the
foul shooting of DeRemer and Green deserves
mention.
When the whistle blew the score was tied
at 7. Then! An eyewitness decides that he
never heard such an unearthly noise. The
balcony fairly trembled with the deafening
cheers of the opposing classmen.
Soon a double foul was called, both baskets
shot, and the game went on. The enthusiasm
grew intense. Another foul was called, and
Green with his accustomed accurateness made
the point. The Juniors went fairly wild with
delight, and they had reasons to.
In a previous game the Junior boys won
from the Commercial boys -by a close margin.
They are now entitled to first place in the
series of boys games, unless the Sophomores
"hang it onto them." The writer sincerely
hopes that the Sophomores win. Not that he
has anything against the Junior boys, but mere
ly because a personal friend of his goes with a
Sophomore girl.
A Dashing Array of
New
Spring
Headgear
Is Now on Display
Girls* Basket Ball.
The girls have been doing very creditable
work in basket ball this season. The first game
played was between the Senior and Sopho
more girls with the following line-up:
Senior.
Sophmore.
Fisher----------------------- R. F---------- -----------Lockard
Morton......... ................. L,. F,Howland
McKinley-------------------C.Harvey
Quirk----------------------- R. G.---------------- —Crandall
Whiting, SmithL. G.___ ________ .Doubet
The final score was 16 to 0 in favor of the
Seniors.
Monday evening, February 24, the Senior
girls again appeared on the gym floor and play
ed a very good game against the Juniors.
Senior.
Junior.
Fisher------------------------ R. F-----------------------Averill
Morton-----------------------L. F________________ Riblet
McKinley------------- --------C.Webster
Quirk----------------------- R. G.-------- ------------- Frame
Whiting-------------------L. G-------------Randall
Even Mr. Snyder said that the Junior girls
would win, but the Seniors did as Marjorie ad
vised and "gave the Juniors a goose-egg, too."
Although both games in which the Senior
girls have played have resulted in their favor,
the other teams did very good work. But, who
could stand against the SENIOR team with
Casey as manager, for we all know that Casey
at basket ball is not less formidable than "Casey
at the bat."
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