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SIGNAL OFFICE OPEN FROM 12 TO 12 :15 EDITOR Monday, Wednesday. BUSINESS MANAGER—Tuesday, Thursday TREASURER—Tuesday, Friday. Sorcery There is ever a song somewhere, my dear. At Autumn's end, in ease before my fire In the midnight black or the midday bine ; I sat and listened to the voice of doom— The robin pipes while the sun is here, The golden glory crumbling in the gloom— And the cricket chirrups the whole night The north wind's challenge and the summons through; dire: The buds may blow and the fruit may grow, I pon the hearthstone sang the friendly choir, And the Autumn leaves drop crisp and sere; Remembered melodies of bud and bloom, Rut whether the sun, or the rain, or the snow Until it seemed that April filled the room, There's ever a song somewhere, my dear. Bringing her dreams of beauty and desire. James Whitcomb Riley.
Then fainter grew the songs that came to me, Soft slumber held me captive for the night; The Runaway And when the morning with her magic key Unlocked the door,—O, memorable sight!— "Jut! Jim! Hi, Jim, there!" A silent world of wizard sorcery,—- The engineer had been standing on The Winter's camp, immaculately white ! Frank Dempster Sherman the track below the switch-tower, star (Scribner's Magazine). ing lazily up into the purple distances of the mountain, where the main line Ever A Song Somewhere came precipitously down to join the There is ever a song somewhere, my dear; branch. Hands in pockets, feet apart, There is ever a something that sings alway; There is the song of the lark when the skies lie had been whistling cheerily, for the are clear, local train had just gone by, and the And the song of the thrush when the skies are gray; waving handkerchief of Jane with the The sunshine showers across the grain, baby was scarce yet out of sight. TJpon And the bluebird thrills in the orchard tree; And in and out when the eaves dip rain, his vacant-minded content shrilled the The swallows are twittering ceaselessly. cry from the switch-tower. It whipped 78 THE SIGNAL him sharply into the keen alertness of his terror-paralyzed tongue refused tc the railroad man. He wheeled quickly move. He had only one impulse—to and looked up. The tower-man stood throw himself between those dear ones just above him, waving frantically a and the oncoming death. In an instant scrap of paper. he had seen how he could save. He "Telegram," read Jim's railroader was in the engine before the fireman eyes. ceased to speak. In that movement his "Run away! No, (>4's coming down companion had read his purpose, and the mountain ! Broke in two!" shouted when lie turned in the cab it was to the tower-man, waving his telegram. find the fireman on the steps. Run-awav! For a second it fell "I'm comin' along," said the fireman. meaningless upon Jim's brain. Then Jim shook his head. its awful significance broke upon him. "Yes!" said the other, and swung "The local!" he cried. himself into the doorway. The tower-man nodded dumbly. "You fool! There's no time to lose! "Warn her!" shouted Jim. Get down!" cried Jim. He knew the answer before it came. He threw all his weight upon the "Too late!" The tower-man wailed figure in the doorway. It yielded— in his abject despair, "My God, what crumpled up—slipped to the gravel shall 1 do? What shall I do?" below. In an instant Jim had thrown dim was already busy at the coup the throttle wide open. The great en ling of liis tender. The track, the gine quivered and shook like a live tower, the Autumn sunlight, had all thing, and then made a great leap for faded from before his eyes. Only ward, as though a lasli had cut her Jane—Jane and the babv—stood out flanks. clean-cut in the red mist that seemed A feeling of power came over the to swirl about him and close him in. engineer. He was come to his own, In his ears was the ripping sound of now. This thing of iron would obey iron upon wood, the screams of women him as a dog obeys its master. He and children, the agonized cries of would coax it to its utmost. Oh, how the wounded. He drew his hand across it shook and rattled! The old hulk! his forehead. It came away wet, and I lie world swirled by the cab win he wondered at it dully. A palsy had dows—glorious vistas of purple and gripped his limbs. His railroader's scarlet and gold, wrapped in a still lilac hands deserted him, so that he fumbled haze—but the engineer had no eyes for vainly with the coupling. its glory. 1 p, up he went, and the His fireman was beside him now, woods fell from either side as he rushed pushing him aside and loosing the ten past, until he was speeding over naked der himself. rock. Just there his straining eyes saw She broke in two on the mountain. something burst through the hazy dis What in thunder 're you going to do ?" tances above him, something that at Jim shook his head. Tie knew, but first seemed little more than a speck. THE SIGNAL 79
Jim threw the throttle shut with a him. It was descending upon him, sharp jerk. Flic engine lurched to a crushing him. sudden standstill. Already the run The engine rocked and tottered to away was close upon him. Xow he left and right. A splintering crash opened the throttle again. The engine reverberated through the consciousness ran slowlv ahead to meet the comma:o of the engineer. It seemed to echo and avalanche. re-echo through the hollow shell of the The seconds seemed to lengthen engine. Jim had pitched to his knees. themselves into hours. Powers above! It was as if the iron walls closed in W ould the crash never come ? Sharp upon him and buffeted him. Every lightnings played painfully before thing wavered uncertainly before him. Jim's eyes. The turquoise blue and He knew that consciousness was slip gold of the outside world was blotted ping- from him, and lie dared not let out. Only the mass that was hurling it go. itself down upon him stood out in the The tug of his arm upon the lever darkness that seemed folding him in. aroused him. His work was there for Somewhere in that darkness the imagc;e him to do. Tie could feel his engine of Jane—Jane and the baby—smiled slipping swiftly, surely down the grade. out at him uncertainly. An awful ter With a great effort he threw his lever ror began to grip him. It was no living back. Then he went back again to thing that he was fighting. It was a the fight. monster, without reason, without feel- Strange glimpses of the outside ing, without sense. He was hurling world glimmered upon his conscious himself against a thing that could ness. Once he saw a hawk circling neither pity nor spare; it could only slowly in the heavens. A moment later destroy. It was irresistible. A wave a pair of doves hung with still wings of hopelessness swept over him. The above the combat. The purple woods jangle and grating of the on-rushing were speeding by him again. The level freight sounded like the roar of far-off was not far away. The lust of combat waterfalls in his ears. He remembered, entered into him, seized him, shook in one of those flashes of keen conscious him. He forgot that it was an inani ness such as come to a man when he is mate thing that he was fighting. He drowning, a time when as a hoy he had only remembered that he was fighting, sat beneath a plunging cascade, dang and the glory of it filled him. Blood ling his feet over into the black depths dripped slowly from his sooty forehead, of the seething pool, and he smiled yet and lay in brown patches on the lever, at the picture. Such a roaring, far and the cab sill, and the floor. He away sound had that cataract made. looked at it and laughed. He threw his Then a wall of red loomed up before hair back with his hand, and the hand him. It seemed enlarged . to mons came away red, and he laughed again trous proportions. It towered above to see it stick to the lever. All the while 80 THE SIGNAL lie was fighting, fighting the runaway too sleepy to be able to tell the differ down the hill. His enemy was weaken ence between the past participle of video ing. Its impact against the engine and the lamp before me. grew less and less violent. Its rushes 1 light here, let me say that the happi grew more and more feeble. The en est place on earth, when one is tired, gine rocked on the track, but she held is one's bed. I went to my bed, in together. tending to do that Latin Prose before "Good girl," said Jim, patting the breakfast the next morning (it surely lever. "Good girl," and he forgot that would give me an appetite for break she was not a living thing. fast if anything could). "How, fel The downward plunge had ceased. low-citizens, let this be advised to you There was a rattling of iron couplers; by me," (with apologies to Cicero), a grating, jarring sound of slowing never leave your Latin Prose until the wheels on the level tracks. The run last horn blows. It's maddening. It away stood still. haunts you by day and tantalizes your A roar of many voices sounded in dreams by night. I went to sleep to Jim's ears. He could see dimly men dream of Latin Prose books dancing jumping up and down beside the around in every corner of the room and tracks, waving their hats. He won Latin verbs spelled backwards and up dered vaguely at the strained, ex side down. hausted look on the white faces as they After what seemed to me a lifetime slipped past. The door was open. The of this misery something awakened me, gold of Autumn sunlight flooded into but I rolled over, determined not to the cab. Jim looked out into the tur get up for anybody or anything under quoise blue of the Autumn sky and the sun—or stars—as it must have been smiled. then much less for Latin Prose. Try "Jane's all right," he said, content hard as 1 might, I could not get to sleep edly. "Jane, and the baby." again; could not think of anything but Edna D. Doughty. Latin Prose! Latin Prose! Latin Prose! T tried looking crosseyed with Latin Prose my eyes shut, and several other cele brated ways of getting to sleep, but one ONE Winter night—please empha and all alike failed. As a rule, I never size Winter—I had determined to do a let little things annoy me, but this thing long-delayed Latin Prose lesson. Such seemed monstrous, and the more I pleasures are so longed for that one al thought of it the more monstrous it ways likes to have them hanging over seemed. * * * * Then j heard one's head! This Latin Prose had to a car go by. "Great Scott! It must he be handed in the next day. On the six o clock, and I not out of bed yet!" -aforesaid Winter night, having put off * Again I tried to lull Latin 1 rose until the last lesson, as myself to sleep by thinking of swim befitted the joy of doing it, I became ming in clear, cool water, and of float THE SIGNAL 81
ing with the current, hut sleep was en dered where they were. Outside it got tirely out of the question. I raised 110 li ghter. It seemed to me that it was myself up on one elbow, then sat up. blacker in the east than anywhere else. "The temperature must be about fifty Was I asleep and dreaming? I below zero," I thought, with my teeth pinched my nose—my nose felt colder chattering. But, mustering up lots of than my hand, so I decided that I was courage, I sprang out of bed and hunt really awake. * * * * * j ed for my clothes. Another car went went at those sentences, determined to by! Of course, it was dark, but it al kill them and not suffer any more. I ways is until about seven o'clock on soon had them finished. Still it got no M inter mornings, so, stubbing my lighter. I heard all sorts of queer toes over everything in general, I noises. Once more I called "Central." found something warm to spring into. She was awake by this time, but I had I made a dash for the sitting room, to say "Time, please," four or five which I knew was warm and comfort times before she could get it into her able. In my haste I miscalculated dis head that I did not want "Nine, tance very badly, and instead of going please.' Then, of all humiliating through the doorway, crashed into the answers, what do you suppose her's was wide-open door. A little thing like this, to that civil question of mine ? "Twen however, did not stop me, and I dashed ty minutes of one!" I gasped, and out into the warm spot 1 was seeking. slammed down the receiver. I put out The sitting-room clock had stopped the the lamp and sheepishly tiptoed back mailt before, and my watch was broken. to bed, determined to have all the sweet "Central" must have been asleep also, peace that follows hard labor. I did for I could not make her hear anything. not stop to take off my shoes, but tum How I wished that something might bled into bed, pulled the covers up awaken her, as that Latin Prose had around my neck, and was asleep all in me. But no such good luck! I went the same minute. That was the sweet to the window and looked out. There est nap that I have ever had. I dreamed ah was bleak and hare. A couple of of all the nice things that I had ever train-men with their dinner pails went said or done, and was just about to by. There was something uncanny to plunge into a beautifully crested wave me about the silence. I began to be when ****** "skeered," but pulling myself together "It's eight o'clock, little girlie. Why, with some of the wonderful courage aren't yo'u up yet?" My mother's which had helped me out of bed, I sweet voice was telling me that I should lighted my lamp and began to do— be out of bed. Latin Prose. I had never felt so sleepy And then people wondered why I was in my life, but at least I was one-third late to school that day, and why I got awake and was going to do that Latin the lowest mark of the year on my Latin Prose. * * * * * No more Prose! cars went by. That was funny. I won Edith M. Cooper. 82 THE SIGNAL
The Goddess and the Man course, something happened: An auto SHE stood on the piazza and pulled mobile came racing around the corner on her small brown gloves with nervous just as the Goddess was crossing the haste. She was a very small girl, with street, and—no, she didn't get run over, an exceptionally youthful face. (Quite —in fact, she didn't even need help, a little Goddess, thought the Man, who but she did have to run, and in running watched her from the opposite side of SHE LOST HEE PUMP. the street). She was all in brown, With a dash the Man reached the from her large brown hat to her small street and, grabbing up the prodigal brown suede pumps. The Man noticed shoe, he carried it quickly to the little later how exceedingly pretty those Goddess, who was doing a balancing pumps were, but just then he was gaz act on the curb, surrounded by a group ing critically on the mischievous little of gigg ling urchins. face with the twinkling brown eyes. Certainly a Goddess should always be Perhaps it was on account of those eyes dignified, but a Goddess with "one shoe that he first decided to follow the little off and the other shoe on," could scarce brown girl. Some say it was, some say ly retain all of her dignity. And this it wasn't, but who really knows ? The particular young lady became just as Man won't tell. embarrassed as any ordinary female But eyes or not eyes, there was some who had been laughed at by a crowd attraction, for every one knows that the of unfeelingly little boys. Man did follow the Goddess, and no But the Man came to the rescue in one accuses him of having bad taste. more than one way. With a slap to And so they walked down Highland right, and a kick to left, he soon cleared avenue toward the park, which was just the field of action. And then, with an the place to spend a Summer afternoon. elaborate bow, and becoming gravity, he And the Man wondered whether it said: wouldn't be perfectly proper to speak "May I help you ?" to the Goddess. As long as she was a "I can do it," answered the embar Goddess, you know, there seemed to be rassed one childishly. The Man noticed no reason why he shouldn't be her slave. that the lady's face was unusually Of course, if she were a mere woman young looking, though altogether at oh, that would be entirely different! tractive. Then the Man fell to wondering A moment more and the traitorous whether he could not, in some way, gain shoe was replaced. The Man, hunting just one smile, or one word, from this around for a topic of conversation, fin Goddess of his. Couldn't she drop her ally said: handkerchief, or stumble, or nearlv Hoes this—this sort of thing, hap get run over, or do something that would pen often?" give him the privilege of helping her ? "Oh, no," replied the lady, "it never How, this is what happened, for, of happens when I wear my own shoes." THE SIGNAL 83 Are you in the habit of borrowing most unbecoming sneer. With one finery ?" he asked, delicately. bound the Man got to his feet—but too Only on special occasions," was the late. The furious one had passed on answer. down the road, after throwing just one "This is a special occasion, then 1" glance in his direction. "In a way." As the Man stood absently gazing And then, fearing that the subject down the road he heard a merry little might be embarrassing' for the young chuckle in back of him. lady, the Man changed the subject, and "Do you know her ?" breathed a soft suggested a walk through the park. voice, and, turning, ho saw that the "But I don't know you," she ob little Goddess was nearly convulsed with jected. laughter. "Never mind. I don't know you, "Do I know her ?" he exploded. "Of either," answered the Man, in a matter- course I know her. She's my fiancee." of-fact tone. "I — I — th—ink that's funny," "What's your name ?" chuckled the girl, between giggles. "Oh, wouldn't it rather spoil the ro "Funny! You think so, do you? mance if I told you my name ?" It'll be all your fault if she never speaks "What romance?" asked the girl, to me again." wonderingly. "I didn't know there "My fault ? Why didn't you tell me was one." your name when I asked you ?" "About your being a Goddess, and all "What good would that have done?" that sort of thing," answered the Man inquired the Man, gloomingly. indefinately. "Why, you see, she's my cousin, and "Who? Me? Me a Goddess! Why, if you'd told me your name I would I'm just a little—I mean, I'm not a have known who you were." Goddess." "She's your cousin ? Who are you ?" "No ? Well, excuse my mistake, "Her cousin." then." "Yes, I know. But why didn't she And so they sat down under the big know you if you are her cousin ?" asked oak by the roadside. The Man was the bewildered Man. "Usually, people thoroughly enjoying himself, for he had speak to their relatives even if they cut never in all his life met such a youth their fiancees." fully original young lady. "That's the funny part. She didn't But his peace of mind was not to last know me, because I haven't got my own for long, for up the road came another clothes on. Besides, she was too much lady—a tall, straight, dignified girl, taken up with watching you to notice with snapping black eyes. And when me." this other lady saw the young man com "Your own clothes! Why, whose fortably seated at the feet of our little clothes have you got on ?" Goddess, the snapping eyes snapped still "Oh, I 'm just dressed up to-day. I more, and the red lips curved into a dressed up in my sister's clothes and put 84 THE SIGNAL
my hair 011 to p of my head, and came "Hadn't we better run after my here on a bet. I'm only fourteen, yon cousin," interrupted the girl. "Even if know." I am a Goddess she may get mad if "I. didn't know." And the Man she doesn't find out who I am." looked wonderingly at the little figure, And so, hand in hand, the little God before him. Well, fourteen or twenty, dess and the big Man raced down the she was a little Goddess. For the first long dusty road in breathless and un time lie saw the humorous side of the dignified silence. situation, and burst out laughing. Ida Perrine, Model Senior.
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In the Interest of Language Daily experience makes this clear. Teaching 1 he person who can talk with point and (The School Exchange.) vividness upon a variety of subjects, THE aim of language teaching but stiffens into a wooden image at the is most insisted upon at present which mere sight of pen and paper; the rarer is, in bi ief, communication. The pupil instance of the man who writes with is to be trained to express his ideas freedom and with joy, and becomes in such a way as to be understood, and halting and tongue-tied before a living to convince, in other words, he is to pi esence; the boy who is a power on the be a master of language at least in so far playground because he can talk as well as will serve for common uses. Such •is act, and yet who invariably leaves his insistence upon the utilitarian aspect v ord-hoard outside the school-house of the matter is not narrow, as it door, the studious girl who can compose might seem to be at first thought, it is alike in speech or writing in commend- rather inclusive. For to bring it to ably fluent and logical fashion for a effect is also to develop the pupil's schoolroom audience, but who is awk thinking power and his ability to under ward and silent in the midst of the stand others. In attempting to carry give and take of her companions in the out this aim, however, we are apt at lecreation hour—all these figures are times to lose sight of one psychological sufficiently familiar. None of these fact of great significance: language persons can be regarded as equipped to development is general only in a limited meet the ordinary demands of life. sense. Special linguistic training is Each is impressive evidence that lin needed in as many directions as the guistic aptitude of training of one sort' demands of life indicate. does not necessitate general linguistic THE SIGNAL 85 effectiveness. To a certain extent, it a deplorable state of the mind, leading is true, the habit of coherent thinking to melancholy results. In a nature and expression in connection with one lesson the scientific facts must come class of subjects manifests itself in other first, in a history lesson the historical directions also, hut not to so great an matter is of prime importance, in every extent as to justify narrowness in the lesson the form of expression used scope of language teaching. should be the one that the subject To what practical conclusions do naturally demands. To satisfy this these considerations lead ? First, and demand will be to give the best possible very obviously, every subject in the language training that can be afforded curriculum should furnish an opportu by the subject in question. To avail nity for training in language. This oneself of the expressional possibilities has been reiterated so often that there is of all the subjects taught in the common no occasion for enlarging upon it schools is to give all the merely formal except to clear away certain miscon linguistic training that can be expected ceptions. It is by no means true that below the high school. Thus, gram every subject should be made an excuse matical and verbal accuracy can be for teaching language. The pupil should required everywhere alike, unity and not be aware that the teacher has any coherence are essential in all continuous object prominently in view except the expression, and the four forms of teaching of the subject in hand— discourse of the rhetorics can be geography, arithmetic, or whatever it exemplified almost any day in a class may be. The instructor, however, of the grammar grade. History employs should keep in mind the fact that it is description and narration, geography just as important to lead the pupil to uses description, and both with arith stick to his topic, to follow a reasonable metic, furnish a sufficient amount of order, to say exactly what is meant, exposition. Propositions for discussion as to show how one point is connected can also be found in history if argu with another, when one is reciting in mentation be desired. history or answering an examination These subjects furnish all the formal question in geography, as when writing training that can be asked for, I repeat, a so-called "composition." It must and I might add, much more than is also be constantly remembered, how usually displayed even in the first years ever, that the subject matter dealt with of college. Yet, in hearing of the should be in no way sacrificed to the complaints that issue from that quarter, language interest, and that when it is and in view of the psychological fact so sacrificed the expression itself must noted above, such training is not suf- in time suffer, becoming artificial and fieent. However carefully the teacher insincere. Hot to know whether one is of science may look to the language teaching nature or language, as is often used in his classroom, he is likely to the case in following certain printed learn that when his pupils write for lessons designed for primary grades, is a less careful instructor they often 86 THE SIGNAL
commit blunders in English which their which education aims. That the word mentor fondly believed to have been follows the thought, that its effective quite blotted out of their memories. ness depends primarily upon the clear The department teacher of English is ness of the idea and the degree of the frequently shocked and grieved to note emotion that prompted it, should be outside of her classroom a lamentable educational truisms. Yet these truisms disregard of the principles and usages must be restated until the ideal has that she has so laboriously inculcated. been realized, until it has ceased Almost every teacher at some time dis to be the experience of even the covers that the young woman whose educated man to find out too late speech in school hours is almost im that many doors were long ago peccable may speak elsewhere a jargon closed to him—doors that should have strangely compounded of slang and opened into realms of interest, appre provincialisms. All this is directly ciation and activity. In the formative antagonistic to our cherished faith that period the first steps must be taken. what is once carefully taught will of 1 lie world of books, the social world, necessity be applied on all occasions. and the natural world should all lie The true remedy seems to lie, in part at open to the eager young adventurer, least, in linguistic vigilance always and and his passport into each should be everywhere, but exercised, it should be shaped by himself and delivered in observed, with serenity of spirit and a oral speech and by word or pen. due sense of relative values. Tn t he primary grades it is very easy To maintain this alertness where to provide varied opportunities of ex there is no departmental work, or very pression. The conversation lesson, the little, is comparatively easy. When the reproduced and the invented story, teachers of various departments cannot the game, and the "make-believe" that be induced to co-operate in the matter, appeals to the childish imagination, those whose consciences are awake lepresent the child's world as it really must make a more searching appeal to exists, and as he reconstructs it. The the pupils' motives and desires, and little lesson in manners, the occasion present right English speech as a thing that calls for especial courtesy of speech lovely and alluring. and graciousness of voice, can be easily Having done all this, we may not yet planned and naturally introduced. The have adequately equipped our young acting out of stories as a means of people for life. The second and' more reproduction vitalizes the language so important conclusion, for the purpose of rued far more than could any mere this paper, is that the school should repetition unaccompanied by action, furnish more varied opportunities for t )i al work of all desirable sorts can be linguistic development. These oppor arranged for with very little difficulty tunities will naturally grow out of that at this period. The relatively small establishment of the largest possible amount of writing that can be attempted number of permanent right interests, at is scarcely less easy, provided that it THE SIGNAL 87
can be well motived. The composite course of study, the teacher tries to ex composition for a general class purpose, tend the scope of the subjects upon the story reproduced for some one who which she directs her pupils' efforts at does not know it and will be glad to expression, she is often obviously lim hear it, above all, the letter actually ited by her own narrow range of thought sent and personally answered—these are and experience, her ignorance of the only a few of the devices to make writ actual life that her pupils are leading, ten work attractive to children. and still more by her lack of imagina It is later, when the demands of the tion. An imaginative sympathetic re curriculum become more exacting, that alization of the lives of the young people language often really grows narrower before her, and a perception of the ten where it seems to broaden. The tempta dencies in them capable of noble de tion then is to adhere to subjects velopment, would awaken in her powers immediately connected with school of expression perhaps undreamed of be work, at the expense of living interests fore. The teacher, thus quickened, is a beyond it—doubly at their expense, model and a stimulus. If to her vitality for it is these interests upon which the be added wisdom, under her guidance pupil should lavish his best treasures the classroom will lead into the world of language. So to regard and to ex by every legitimate avenue. At her sug press this "familiar matter of to-day" is gestion and with her help, her pupil will often to elevate and ultimately to walk in many wholesome ways, and transform it. Always the process is when the school house doors finally marked by the pupils' own more rapid close behind them, they will go forward development. When, dimly perceiving with sure footsteps. that somehow the sources of the water Sarah J. McNar.v, of life lie beyond the limits of the State Normal School, Trenton, N. ,T. 88 THE SIGNAL
IN view of the fact that this is Janu make you ashamed then you must ary, and consequently the proper time surely be "hardened sinners." Again for all good resolutions, we would like we make the plea! Take these resolu to suggest a few, with the fond hope tions into your heart and live up to that all reporters and contributors to them. THE SIGNAL will adopt them promptly, The scarcity of class notes and so and, what is really far more important, ciety notes in this issue of THE SIGNAL live up to them. is much deplored by the editor. It 1. Please write legibly on rough note, would really give her great pleasure and on one side only. to turn out a copy of THE SIGNAL full 2. Please hand in your notes to your of interesting society notes and enjoy local editor, instead of slipping them able class notes. Such things show that in the SIGNAL desk. the students are intimately interested ;3. Please count the number of words in their school paper and anxious to do in your manuscript and write this num their part in making it a good one. ber in a conspicuous place on your In connection with this longing on paper. our part for THE SIGNAL to be as good J. Be on the lookout for interesting a paper as any of its "exchanges," we SIGNAL notes all during the month. Do uould like to call your attention to the not wait until the last day and then following: groan because you have nothing to con DEAR READER. tribute. 1. How do you like THE SIGNAL this Observance of these rules will great year ? ly lessen the work of the editor, and 2. Does it come up to your ideal of to live up to the last one will bring vou a school paper ? especially the gratitude of your class, 3. \\ hat suggestions for improve for making their notes distinctive and ment could you offer? worth reading. I ou would greatly oblige THE Do respond to our plea to you to SIGNAL Board if you would write your make these resolutions and to carry criticisms of the paper and your ideas them out. There is certainly plenty as to how it may be improved, and then of room for improvement Much of the slip your communication into the writing that conies in is positively dis mouth of THE SIGNAL desk. The little graceful, and the editor has often had trouble it would cause you would soon to recopv the notes because she was be forgotten in the marked improve ashamed to send such unreadable ment the paper would show. scrawls to the printer! Tf this does not THE SIGNAL B oard. THE SIGNAL 89
Iv spite of the fact that the time be Henry S. Curtis. Mr. Curtis is sec tween Thanksgiving and Christmas va ond vice-president of the National cation is always only too short, Dr. Playground Association, and hence is Green has provided many treats for us. in a position to give us many interest We had a very interesting lecture on ing facts about the public playgrounds Coleridge's "Dime of the Ancient Mar in many of our large cities. His stere- iner," by Dr. Coit of London. The lec optican views were both instructive and turer gave us first an intimate insight entertaining. into the poet's life, thus helping us to One morning we were entertained in better understand and appreciate his the auditorium by Mr. John Young, a great poem. tenor soloist of New York. His selec On Friday, December 10, the Nor tions were very good and appealed to mal students were the audience at a everyone. lecture on playgrounds, given by Mr. 90 THE SIGNAL
Model Girls' Athletic Association Miss Hendrickson Miss Abhow Miss Wayman's whistle at 2:45 on Forward the afternoon of November 30, 1909, Miss Lraver (Captain). . .Miss Parker announced the beginning of the Model Centre. Girls basketball games. This was a Miss Cook Miss Ella Case contest "hard fought" by both the Juni Guard. ors and Sophs. During the first half, Miss Bass .... Miss Carroll (Captain) the team work of the younger players Guard. distinctly outclassed that of the 1911 LHE second of this series was played team, and resulted in a close score. At on December 7, 1909. the end of the first twelve minutes, this game was not nearly so inter favoring the Juniors 2 to the Sophs' 0. esting as the previous game, as it was After the intermission the Juniors i ery one-sided. Although the Sophs spruced up and showed what they were did their prettiest they were out able to do when in a corner. The played in every case by the more ex- wearers of the red ribbons, despite the peiienced Seniors, several of whom, fact this was their first appearance in under a method different from the pres a championship game, fought well to ent one, played on the 1910 class team the end of the strife, and showed that in 'the Grammar-B year. Although they are indeed true sports, for they the score at the end of the first half played a clean game, did not lose their uns 12-0 in favor of the Seniors, both heads, and were among the first to con teams went in "tooth and nail" with gratulate their worthy conquerors, even •the beginning of the second half—the though the final score did show that Seniors to roll in basket after basket— the Juniors had won with a score of the Sophs to fight with the desperation 10-2. In the first half the quick pass born of the confidence of sure defeat. ing of Miss Florence Parker, centre, In this game stars could not rightly and Miss Ella Case, guard, was a dis be picked out, for the teams were not tinctive feature of the Soph's playing, equal the veteran Seniors could eas while during the last ten minutes Miss ily outclass the beginning Sophs, the Sarah Mahan tossed in goal after goal i The lineup for this game: much in the line of making a noise or Seniors. Positions. H. S. B.'s. singing against such a delegation as our Miss Ashinore Miss Abhow sister class presented. Although our Forward. numbers have shrunken to about Miss Gunson Miss Williams twenty-five since we were Sophs we (Miss Councell) must support our team, and make it Forward. feel as though we really cared whether Miss Cooper (Captain) . . Miss Parker it wins or loses. Centre. Juniors, you would also do well to Miss E. B. Case .... Miss Ella Case stir up more class spirit for the games, Guard. so that both the classes of 1911 and Miss Beeves . .. Miss Carroll (Capt.) 1910 will be sure to have splendid songs Guard. and cheers, and will be present to see What the class of 1912 failed to one of the hardest fought games ever do in rolling up a score they made up played in our gymnasium. Both teams in their excellent cheering and sing are determined to win, and are all on ing. A large number of the class edge for the conflict, so that those who cheered up their team by frequent come shall see a game full of clean sport bursts of song, and showed, as in the and gallant fighting on the part of previous game, fine class spirit. every player. But, oh! Seniors ! Where were you Edith Cooper. all ? 1- ive or six Seniors cannot do 92 THE SIGNAL have been, was still somewhat better than the average. Mr. Sharkey gave the critic's report and showed us our faults in a very pleasing manner. Our society is growing slowly but surely. Mr. Arthur Case, the only new member for the month, was elected THE literary program for December to membership on the 17th. 3rd consisted of an oration by Gove on We are making arrangements with "The Yale-Princeton Football Game," the Philomathean Society for a contest and an extemporaneous debate on the to consist of a recitation, oration and subject, "Resolved, that women should debate. It will probably be held some be given the right of suffrage." Claf- I riday afternoon after school. We fey, Gove and Xeafie spoke on the af consider this contest a very important firmative, and Rogers, Peed and Min- one, and will do all we can to win it. ton on the negative. The chair de As yet nothing has been heard from cided in favor of the negative. the Fastern Oratorical Association, but Through some mistake the same ques we shall-doubtless have a representative tion was debated again on December in their annual contest. 10th. This time the speakers were: I he Peddie debate will be held in Affirmative—Bebbington, Rogers and llie State Schools auditorium March Xeafie. Xegative—Claffey, Read and 11th. V e are highly pleased with this Minton. The decison was awarded to ai I angement, and hope that there will the negative. lie a large attendance. Besides this de On December 17th Farlee delivered bate we shall probably have one with an oration on "The State School-High George School on the same night, tak School Football Game," and Xeafie ing the other side of the question that gave the synopsis of current events. we discuss with Peddie. This debate The subject for debate was: "Re will, of course, be held in Easton, Pa. solved, That Cuba Should be Annexed If we win all of these contests we to the United States." Rogers, Read shall have to do a great deal of hard and Rose, on the affirmative, won the work. Our opponents are strong, and decision from Claffey, Van Horn and it will be no easy matter to defeat Minton. This meeting was one of the them, but we feel sure that if every best the society has held this year. Thencanic member will do his best The attendance was unusually large, there will be no cause for anyone to be the business was transacted briskly, ashamed of our society. and the program, while not all it might J. H. R. THE SIGNAL 93 itable, and that we have gained a great deal from them. Our last two contests with Ionian and Shakespeare were vic ON Friday, December 12, Normal tories for us, the score 20-7 in both Dramatic defeated Shakespeare Society cases. All the features of the contests 20-7 in preliminary contest. The con were very interesting. test, as a whole, was very interesting. The above victory was followed by another when we defeated Ionian So THETfl PHI ciety, Friday, December 19, in Miss Barclay's room. This gave us the lead AT our last regular meeting on Fri in our chapter, having won all three day, December 3, a committee was ap contests and securing a total of 52 pointed to select our society paper, so, points. girls, when it arrives, don't forget to And now for the final contest, which give your orders. At this meeting we takes place in March, when the Gamma all greatly enjoyed the reading of Miss Sigma Society will be our worthy op Bates' short story, " 'T'was a Rose," ponents. which was written for our first contest. We have all been so busy and enthu On Thursday, December 9, initiation siastic about contest work that our of the new members was held in Miss meetings lately have been very short Wood's room. For a short time most business ones. However, a committee of the initiated had a "dark" time, but has been appointed to see that the soon all were enlightened by Miss spread comes off, which probably will Clark's clever oration on "Cousins" ( ?) take place the week we come back. A few of the girls complained of sore noses the next morning. Strange, wasn't it ? We were disappointed that our con test with Gamma Sigma Society should have been "so near and yet so far" from a victory. All the features ON December 3rd our new members of the contest were interesting, and the became full-fledged Argo girls. Per final score was 14 points for Gamma haps their reception this time was a Sigma and 13 points for Theta Phi. little warmer than that of a few weeks Our last preliminary contest was previous. We hope that the girls en held on Friday, December 17, our op joyed all the mysterious rites of initia ponents being Normal Pedagogical tion. The audience did, at any rate. Club. The subject for debate was: The preliminary contests are over "Resolved, That Protection is a Wiser for another year. Although we are not Policy for the United States." Misses up for the final contest we feel that our Morton and Michaels supported the work in the contests has been very cred negative side and Misses Tweed and 94 THE SIGNAL Brener the affirmative. The remaining ney; for short story, Miss Edna Dixon; features of the contest showed careful for oration, Miss Bertha Irwin; and work, and the final result was: Nor for recitation, Miss Sue Connelly. The mal Pedagogical Club, 15 points; score stood 14-13 in favor of Normal Theta Phi, 12 points. Pedagogical, 12 points having been won We nope to do better another year. in debate and 2 points in short story. Florence M. Carty. On the 17th of the month the club met theta Plii. Our contestants Ionian Society were: In debate, Miss Tweed and Miss ON account of the frequency of the Brener; in short story, Miss Read; in preliminary contests there has been but oration, Miss Hunt; and in recitation, one other meeting of the Ionian So Miss liger. Twelve points were won ciety. We shall next come together in debate, two in short story and three after the holidays and enjoy a delight m recitation, making a score of 17-10 ful program that has been arranged in favor of Normal Pedagogical. by Miss K. Gordon. So now the contests are over, and a E. Von Wallmenich. burden has dropped from the shoulders of every society member. We, at least, are pleased with the outcome. We feel Normal Pedagogical Club that the club has done all that we ex WITH the exception of business pected it to do and that it could be ex meetings contest work has taken up all pected to do, and wre are proud of it. the time-of Normal Pedagogical dur Edna D. Doughty. ing the past month. We have come through the last two contests with fly ing colors. On the tenth of December The Contest Association we met the Philomathean Society. The I H E preliminary contests have been subject of the debate was: "Resolved, completed and we wish to congratulate That the United States Should Con the Normal Dramatic Club and Gamma tinue Its Present Policy With Regard Sigma Society for their success in gain to Chinese Immigration." Normal Pe ing fii»t place in their respective leagues. dagogical supported the affirmative, Philomathean the negative. Our con The final contest between these two testants were: For debate Miss leading societies will take place March 4, '10. Adele Gamier and Miss Helen Dela- Helen Gano, Reporter. THE SIGNAL 95 Senior Girls Kequests are being made from all Ox our return from Thanksgiving sides for Miss 0-d to give Mr. S-t-o-e vacation we received this clever little another special topic. invitation from the Juniors: Miss R-o-b-s-n has changed her seat "The Junior class of nineteen nine in Literature again. She gets nearer Asks you not to sit and pine, to the corner every time. But come on the tenth of this very month To the Senior fete, which starts at eight." Miss H-m-l-n has quite a picture gal The invitation was not more original lery in her book room. Visitors are than the entertainment prepared for us. admitted only at recess time. We had just got comfortably seated Hotice !! All those persons becom when we were sent to Miss Heward's ing seriously concerned over their in room, where we were each given an creasing capacity, or their marked abil end of a string, which we were sup ity, will please apply for admission to posed to trace to the other end. After Miss Trapp's Elocution class in the au about a half hour of climbing over ditorium. We guarantee that she will desks and sliding under string, we final cure anyone suffering from these ly emerged with a ball of string and a maladies. piece of paper. The papers contained We, Seniors, feel highly honored at questions and answers. having had, in morning exercise es One of the questions by a charming says delivered by two of our number, young lady in green was "I want some Miss Ilamlen and Miss Cooper, both of one to call me dearie, why don't you ?" whom have received personal commen Mr. Oliphant was quick to answer: dation for their work by Dr. Green. "In the sweet bye and bye." Miss Hamlen's essay, "Arithmetic Me I-a! You should behave better in thods, Past and Present," was printed History class. How can we blame Miss in one of Trenton's daily papers, and V-h-e-s for laughing when you continue Miss Cooper's, "Why Study Latin ?" to tickle her ? is soon to follow it. A knock on the seat (Mr. B-b-t-n try Do you see how we Senior girls ing to repair it) Miss IT-l-n: "Isn't have escaped with our lives from Virgil there some one at the door, Miss Os class, when we are one day frozen so good ?" Miss 0-d goes to the door) that icicles cling to our finger tips, and Miss O-g-d: "Don't let your ears de the next roasted to a crisp ? Oh, yes. ceive you after this, Miss H-l-n." they say that we are very hard to suit. Why does Miss M-c-s-n get so fussed They do not find fault with us for the in History? Just ask MJiss M-c-s-n. delicacies which we provided for the We think that Miss 0-d does not "classical feed," however, do they, want to impose upon good nature. -girls ? 96 THE SIGNAL Junior Girls S — ers book home so that he might WE are all very sorry that our final be able to study his lesson. basketball game bad to be postponed 1 lick has announced his engagement until alter Christmas, but perhaps it is to Miss H en, and instead of send best, for it gives the Seniors just so ing invitations to individuals he re much more time to hope for the cham quests that everyone be present on Fri pionship. day, the 13th . We Avere glad to see in last month's The Avould-be class basketball team SIGNAL, that Ave have Avon over to our reported for practice. ISTOAV the same noble cause another member, and Ave old Avar cry is on: "All out for prac extend a hearty welcome to Miss Raish. tice," but SaAA^yer objects as he has to A Suffragette. In physics class. walk home with Miss Mullen every day. Miss S-c-d-er (innocently) : " 'Fes- sor, if you shot me Avith that thing We, the members of the H. S. C. Avould it go in ?" class, in order that there be a more One of the pupils "(trying to prove perfect Latin class, suggest that LeAvis that power and energy were the same P e should stop flirting Avith Miss thing) : ''Prof., isn't power the ability Fitzpatrick, and the same suggestion to do work ?" may be applied to some others, especi Mr. Shilling (hesitatingly) : "Yes, I ally G. B el Avith Fay G — fell -. suppose so." I am sorry that one of the members Pupil: "And isn't energy the abil of the Arithmetic class has been in ity to do Avork ?" formed that he should go to the reform Professor: "Yes." school, and this member replied that "Well, aren't things equal to the he had already been there. This un same tiling equal to each other ?" lucky one is one Avhom Ave all are ac Let us hope that during this New quainted with L. P — me. Year Professor Avill l ive up to his motto Mr. R ins Avas recently called to and "Hold on." the office on account of smoking. He Lucretia Traver. Avas not smoking a cigarette (oh, no!) but a "cubeb' because he had a bad H. S. C. Boys cold. Lost: A head; if found, please re turn to G. B — tel before next Latin exam. Grammar A Girls Resolved, That Miss M---e should Miss Parmenter: Does anyone disperse the revels that annoy her knoAv what it is called when the Presi in the zoology class. dent is put out of office ? We, the members of the H. S. C. 1 e: Ex-communication Zoology class, think that there should (meaning one put out of a church). be some one appointed to carry Mr. Catherine Belville, Edith Goodwin. THE SIGNAL 97 Grammar A Boys Each pupil did smile a timid smile, A timid smile smiled she, IT'S a wonder that somebody does not "Discussion," thought she, "the question to be" wake up with so many loud socks The discussion of "discussion" looked she for to see, around the room. 'Tis to discussion related, averred he. There have been several very inter Thus spoke he now, in truth I trow, esting debates in this class this month. "Discussion I will finish, since discussion I John H. Frederick. did start." Each ear is turned, and thus they learned Discussion meaneth—shaking apart. Senior 1-2 As an example grave, just this he gave:— GIRLS, why. that awful silence on en "Mayhap when a dog doth a rat allure, or tering Dr. Carr's room the Seventh doth in some way it secure." "Without the "dis" the rat (dis)cusseth, period ? But that the rat is discussed—that's sure. Dr. Seeley (calling on Miss Gr - v -1 Bess Wood. to answer a question, and suddenly for Miss Gr-v-r when reciting on Louis getting her name)—Oh, what's your XVI: "Louis XVI desired to leave name ? Paris and go to St. Cloud for his Easter Miss Gra - v -1-—The Governor. vacation." The trend of thought is Miss E-e-l-n Discussing (and somewhat evident. reading selections from primer showing Dr. M - p - r in discussion of light how uninteresting the sentences are to rays, explained to puzzled pupils: children. Tin ally reading: The boy "Rays! You know what rays are! likes the girl. (Oh, that's interesting, You've known what they were since of course.) you were so high. Why, yes, raised (rays'd) on them." Ruth Weldon. Senior 1-3 A DISCUSSION OF DISCUSSION. It was the meaning "of discussion," Senior 1-4 And he calleth on pupils all. "What means that word?" quoth the learned DR. Seeley: "Pupils who sit in Prof. ? end seats have a better chance for mis "Whence came that word so small?" chief, as they cannot be watched by the The question did pass around the class, teacher." And never a pupil did know. His eyes, they did glare, his hair he did tear, Dr. Seeley gives Miss C - rn -11 a Wrathy words from his lips did flow. significant glance. Dr. Carr gives several rules: "Ye care not at all," cried the learned man, "For our beauteous English tongue, Pupils: Is it required that we write Else why spell ye 'programme' with 'me'? them ? Alas! 'tis a grievous wrong! Dr. Carr: No. Aren't you glad? "And why say ye 'progrum?' "—each pupil did The joy that spreads over your face shiver, when you find something you don't have But to hear she cannot but choose "As though filled were your mouths with apple to do is surpassing. sauce, Miss Fr - -1 - nd (showing that the Some of which ye doth fear to lose? 98 THE SIGNAL subject matter in a certain primer was T - m - n, I'll try to make it warm for uninteresting): "The girl loves the you." Upon leaving the room Prof. hoy." Well, I suppose that sentence S-b-y told the class to go where it is interesting. was warmer. We immediately went Dr. Oarr (looking at us as we con next door to History of Ed. Peculiar. tinued talking for about five minutes Dr. L - v - tt: "Give the circulatory at the beginning of the period) : "It's system of the grasshopper, Miss Bril the under jaw that moves, isn't it?" liant Student : "It hasn't any." Dr. Mary A. Harris. L - v - tt: "That's right. Those that were lying around the table yesterday A 1-2 didn't have any." PROF. Scobey has decided that when Miss D s: "Can anyone change he gives us problems he will always that sentence so as to make it clearer ?" fill the jugs involved with oil, because Miss F - - w n : "Emmy Lou, I we got stuck anyhow, so what's the use want you to stay after school to tell you in filling them with mucilage? you're going to be promoted." "Men call her the queen; what do We are convinced. A jug holds no bees call her?" more alcohol than it does water. Student (involuntarily): "Mama." Miss D - - s: "What is an ellipse?" A folk-tale in which the use of false Miss H. A. C.: "I don't know just hair and teeth has been introduced has what it is, but I know there's an ellipse just been given. of the sun." Prof. Hew - tt: Miss Ayres, to what I wonder if Miss Ph -1 - ps has any period does this belong ? Miss Ayres relational element connected with the (promptly): Modern. little square in the corner of Prof. Of all absent-minded people—well, S - - b - - y's room. the State Schools are really to be com Miss A--d--n: "What is a plimented. Last week the whole class habit ?" almost died a fearful death. Prof. Miss T - w - - n : "Something we Lea - tt, having an engagement, left get into." early, and in his extreme solicitude for Miss A - - d - -n: "So is a bed." us, locked/the door and forgot to un Bright Student in Drawing Class: lock it. tllhere we sat, pining for our "Lines which diverge from the eye rooms across the way, until an unusu meat at a point on the centre of vision." ally bright member of our class thought We are proud to say that two cham of the exit through the "morgue." pion basketball players, Miss Tatman B. Abrams. and Miss Phillips, are A-Js. Alice M. Moffet. A 1-4 Mrss T - m - n: "It's cold in here, B 1 Prof. S-b-y." THE Xew Tear has brought us all Prof. S-b-y: "Very well, Miss back again with the leaf turned over. THE SIGNAL 99 Let us endeavor to keep it there. If Miss Jane Rafter Condit, Normal, we succeed in doing this we will have February, 1905, was married to Mr. a very brilliant record at the end of Clarence Hall Robison, instructor in the school year. Let lis hope this Biology at the State Normal School at prophecy will he fulfilled. Montclair, Wednesday, November 24. In explaining a problem in Algebra Mr. and Mrs. Robison will be at home one of the class said "Let x = the at Verona, N. J. father's age and y = the son's age, then Miss Bertha II. Watson, Normal, in 25 years the father, and the son will February, '99, was married November he doubled. 6 to Rev. Harry L. Bowlby. Mr. and Professor Farley said that after Mrs. Bowlby will live at Altoona. teaching the individual movement exer Miss Anne Howell, Normal, June, cise we should jump into the sea (C). 1909, is now a student in Woman's Col One of our members reports having lege, Baltimore. Miss Howell was seen two of the professors amusing among the visitors to the school last themselves by jigging, at the end of week. the lunch period, in one of the corri J. Foster Post, a former student in dors. According to her description it Model, has been made assistant super was a sight worth seeing. intendent of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. On July 15th Miss Edith M. Leon ard, Model '94, was married to Mr. Hlumni IFlotes John M. Knight, at Atlantic High lands, N. J. THE report of Dean Russell, of Miss Thirza A. Howell, Model '99, Teacher's College, Columbia Univer is recording secretary of the Contem sity, for the year ending June, 1909, porary, the flourishing woman's club shows that there were twenty-eight of Trenton. graduates of the Hew Jersey State Nor Anions: the recent alumnae visitors mal School at Trenton working at the to the school were Miss Gladys Cole, college. This is the largest number by Miss Jeanette Ilaverstick and Miss eleven from any of the one hundred Mary MacKubbin, all of Model '09. and six Normal and Training Schools John Woolverton a former student represented. of the School, and now editor-in-chief The engagement has been announced of the Blair Hall Breeze, was a recent of Miss Maud Backes to Mr. James S. visitor at the School. Messier, both of Model '01. Branson M. De Cou, a former At Flemington, N. J., last June, Miss Model student, has entered Stevens' In Mary E. Suydam, Model '02, was mar stitute, Hoboken, where he is taking a ried to Mr. Hawlev IT. Rittenhouse. course in electrical engineering. 100 THE SIGNAL We are always glad to see The Chron Exchanges icle from Peddie. The arrangement of your paper is very good and the WE acknowledge, with thanks, the cover attractive. The department, following exchanges: The Maple 'F:rom the Theme Box," is a good Leaf, News, The Carlisle Arrow, Tren idea. ton's I oung Men, The Iliad, The Bio- He -"W hat did your father say graph, The Phoenix, The Spectator, when you told him my love was like the Karix, The Advocate, The High a gushing river?" School Argus, The White and Blue, She—"Dam it." Ex. The Chronicle, The Ides, The Clan-ion, The Searchlight and The Student. School Teacher—"Who can make a sentence, using the word 'indisposi The Maple Leaf, Morristown High, tion ?' " is an excellent paper in many respects, particularly in the school spirit mani Tough Pupil (assuming a pugilistic fested. Y our paper might be improved pose) : "When yous wants to fight somewhat by more stories. The edito yous stands in dis position." Ex. rials, however, are strongly written. 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