Monthly Newslelter of lhe HORATIO ATGER SOCIETY. The World's Only Publicotion Devot- ed to f hot Wonderf ul World of Horotio Algen

Fountlerl 1961 by Forrest Cantpbcll b Kcnnetlt Butler

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Two of the ne.west members of the completing some of Horatiots works after Horatio AIger Society are Harriet Strat- he died in 1899. emeyer Adams (left), director of the Meeting these two la.di es was a Stratemeyer S;mdicate and daughter of highlight of t the "Rosemont Twelfth noted boys book author Edward Strate- Timerrf the twelfth annual convention of meyer-anc1 Nancy Axelrad, part,ner in the the Horatio Alger Society. Details jrrnd.icate of with Mrs. Adams. As all IIAS the occasion a.re included in thi s i ssue \>nrnembers knov-, Ediuard Stratemeyer was one of Newsbcly. of Algerts friends, with Stratemeyer 2 NEWSBOY

HORATTO ALGER SOCIETY A NOTE FROM YOI]R EDITOR To further the philosophy of Horatio I apologize far the brevity of this Alger, Jr., and to encourage the spirit issue of Newsboy, and for the delay in V of Strive and Succeed that for half a getting it to press. My nev job (note century guided Alger I s und,awrted nev ad-clress on cover) at the Iltinois heroes lads whose struggles epito- College Library in Jacksonville has mized. the- Great American Dream and required a great deal of time. However, flamed, hero ideals in countless millions when the pace becomes less hectic, f of young Americans. intend to release a longer-than-usua1 issue to compensate for this double OFF]CERS Newsboy. Look for it towards the end of the year. JE&EL-B_:_-E&IELLAI,TD PRESlDtrNT Jack Bales ,\Trnfl-T-*ffii]ilNr- BRADFoRD s. uuSg* VICE-PRESIDE]\T *** - SEreRE-TARY CHANGES OF A}DRESS DALE E. THOMAS TREASI]RER RALPH D. GA.R,DNER DIRECTOR PF-158 E. Garnet Fay LESLIE I. POSTE D]RECTOR 2103 N. Dayton St. R]CHARD R. SEDDON DTRECTOR Chicago, I11. 60614 I,EO R. BENNETT DTR,ECTOR PT-429 Gary Scharnhorst Newsboy, the official organ of the 3914 Southeast 122nd St. Horatio A1ger Society, is published. Portland, 0regon 97236 monthly (bimonthly January-February and June-July) and is d.istributed to HAS Gary, a thorough Alger scholalw-ho members. Membership fee for any twelve wiIl soon complete his doctoral dis- month periorl is $1O.OO. Cost for single sertation on Horatio Alger, has been issues of Newsboy is $1.00 apiece. appointed. Assistant Professor of the Humanities at Warner Pacific College in V P1ease make all remittanc.es payable to Portlan

A subject ind.ex to the first ten years PF-484 Robert E. Andrews of Newsboy (Juty, 1962 - June, 1972) is f Parsons-Jurden InttL Corp. available for $1.50 from CarI Hartmann 112 Elj-zabeth II BIvd. at the above ad.d.ress. .Tehran, f ran Newsboy recognizes Ra1ph D. Gard-nerrs Robert read of the Horatio Alger Horatio Alger !3 The American Hero Era, Society in member Eddie LeBlancls published. by Wayside Press, 1964, as Dime NoveI Rouncl-Up. A voracious the leading authority on the subject. read-er, Robert olms tvelve Alger titles and" is interestecl in their Manuscripts relating to Horatio nostalgic appeal. His other hobbies Algerrs life ancl works are solicited, inclucle the viewing of Bmm ancl 16mm but the ed.itor reserves the right to sports films, playing golf, and reject submitted. material. traveling. He is a housing- man- *t(x ager in Iran, \z.

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PF-485 Clyde C. Gelbach Horatio Alger Society, and all of us 1 Winchester Road. reveled in the accounts of their I Indiana, Pennsylvania 15TO1 various vriting and career experierrces. Clyde is a history professor at Indi- PF-5OO Harriet Stratemeyer Ad.ams ana University of Pennsylvania, and i; y'" fne Stratemeyer S;rnd.icate conducting a graduate seminar on Alger, 197 Maplewood. Ave. his works, and, his vorld. He vrites Maplewood, N. J. O7O4O that this ithas been a most pleasant experience. f find the tBook Martr A L]TER,A&,Y GENEALOGY section of Nevsbgg of interest since Alger book"ffii" area have sky rock- ft a}l began vith Horatio Alger, Jr. 2 eted in priee at auctions ancl flea rrho basically brought out in his sto- markets, command.ing $3. 5O r,rithout re- ries that a person, if honest, coul-d gard to edition or condition!rl succeed in business, in social settings, and even in finding the right mate, PF-486 E. E. Fogelson Edr+ard Stratemeyer, r,ho also helcl the 2O1O Republic Bank Building same philosophy and was an ad.mirer of Dallas, Texas 75201 Algerrs literary vorh, was requestecl to cornplete many of Algert s unfinished Mr. Fogelscn learned of the Society vorks. through a nelrspaper article. He is involved. with independent oi1 explora- A11 this time Stratemeyer vas rnriting ithas tion and production, and been con- J-ong and short stories of his orm, and cerned that his books might be out of in his lifetime used. sixty-four pen print and not available to youngster:s names. fn 1910 he formed a one m&n now growing up. rl organization r,rhich he calleil the Stratemeyer SSrndicate. His best known \zPF-4BT Falrline G. lvestgard sei:ies were the Rover Boys, , 703 Southwest 18th St. and the Botrbsey Tvins. BoSmton Beach, Florida 33435 During these yea,rs his daughter IIar- Pauline is the mother of Gi1 Westgard., riet was gror+ing up, intensely inter- the host of last Ma-v-rs superb Horatio estecl in v-riting and" in her fatherrs Alger Society Convention. She and her philosophy that crime aloes not pay (or husband. were both in attend.ance at this etr-se pays and pays and pays ! ) and that affair, and all convention goers en* right even-tualIy triumphs. Iihile at joyed meeting them. Pauline owns two lIeI1estr-ey Co.l"lege, from r+hich she re- Algers - a copy of Paul. tlrs qgdql€I, ceived a B.A" d"egree, Ha.rrie'L Strate- and of course, her sonrs Alger. Strseli meyer becarne a firm beliei"er in the The Poetry of Horatio Alger" Jr- college motto, Non rninij:lrari sed minist_rare. She subconsciously re- L-15 John F. Kennedy - fnstitut fur alized tha"b this vas a nev.way to ex- Nordarnerikastudi en press the philosophy on vhich she had Freie Unir.ersit,at Berlin been brought up not to be ministered. Bibliothek unto but to minister.- 1 Berlin 33, Lansstrabe 5-9 After graduation }larriet worked. for A SPECIAL IMTBODUCTION her father a )rear, learning his TO TWO NEl,i IIAS I\M}tsERS teehniques. Then she mar::ied Russell Adams and had trgo sons and two daugh- The follov-ing people join t,he Hora- ters, Now Harriet has eleven grand- tio A1-ger Society as honorary life tinne child.len. The sud.den death of her janembers" Ttrese tvo women were in at- father openetl up a challenge to carry tendance at the 'rRosemont Twelfth Timerrl on the r.rork of the Stratemeyer Syndi- the twelfth annual convention of the cate, Because of tire first World War

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PF-5O1 Nancy Axelrad /, fne Stratemeyer S3,'ndi cate 197 Maplevood Ave. v Maplewood, N. J. O7O4O

Once a young, devoted fan of ancl , Nancy Axelrad looks upon eleven years with the Stratemeyer S;,.n- dicate as one of the most re- warding and pleasurable experi- ences of her life. While a junior at Drew University, Madi- son, New Jersey (1965), she joined the s;rndical,e, first as a girl Friday, later as an ecli- tor and r.v.riter, and now a part- ner. During her association rrith the Stratemeyer S;mdicate, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams and Nancy Axel- Miss AxelracL completed a B.A. in rad, partners in the Stratemeyer S3mdicate, Religion and an M.A. in vriting enjoying themselves at last l,Iayts lloratio from the John Hopkins Universi- Alger Society Convention in Rosemont, ty, Baltimore. Illinois. They join the Society as honorary life time members. Although born in Oxford, Mis- sissippi, most of Nancyrs life has been spent in Ner+ Jersey where I{ar and the stock market crash of 1929e she enjoys the proximity of New v many of the series had been droppecl. Yorkrs cultural resources, especially Among ihose remaining .were Nancy Drew, the theater. Ilhen not r.orking on the Hardy Boys, and. Tom Swift. series material, she tries her hand. at playwriting. She has written and. Harriet immed.iatelSr became CarolSrn produced a few one act plays and has Keene and has recently completed the star+"ed- a full length playr all of fifty-fourth Nanc5r Drer,u book. The Harcly which have proven helpful exercises Boys have been carried. on, sornetimes by for her current television project, Harriet herself, but at other times with the creation of an instructional male assistance. The Bobbsey Twins are music program. Recently, Nancy still being vritten, and the Dana girls developed and aired two shows on a and Tom Swift Jr. have been createtl and loca1 cablevision chanlel. carried on, as r+el} as lesser well-knom series. Between these activities, she finds time to travel, mostly in search of The formula used has not changed, new adventures for the Bobbsey Twins, despite pressures from various groups The 1977 st,ory, her third.r caIled vho say it is old.-fashionetl and out-of- The Bobbsev Twins and t'he Smoky d"ate to be honest and trustworthy. Mountain Mystery is set in Gatlin- Harriet still Iikes heroes and heroines burg, Iennessee, where she visited r.v'ho are courageous, truthful and" willing the Craftsmanrs Fair last faI1. not to be ministereil unto, but to minis- ter, and insists that the language, Apart from traveling, Nancy enjoys action and philosophy of all Stratemeyer her ner'i' piano. Having wanted to play Slmdicate heroes and. heroines be in it since she was little, she has just-a that trietl and true traditi<-rn. beglm to take lessons. Sketching is another favorite Pastime.

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lfood. carver Bob Sar,i-yer v'orks on an Irene Gurman, 'wriruer of the 1976 owl, similar to the one arounil his Convention highlights, proudly neck. Bob hand earved a dulcimer displays the necklace given her '1, (with.A1ger and 'rPhil, the Ficlcller'r by Jerry Friedland, vho purchased on it) especially for the convention. - :'_1 :":1T3_"1"31": ;;;; ;-";; 1,,"u,-*""1,',";- the grace of an everyday occurrence. the series children as younger brothers Our heartfelt thanks go to our hosts ancl sisters, the imaginary and imagina- who made it all possible. tive part of her fami-ly. She is par- ticularly happy to be researching In the rrArr d-epartment, we vish to 's life in preparation thank: Adams, Axelrad-, authors, auto- for a biography hls d.aughter, Harriet graphers, auctioneer - there was anti- Stratemeyer Aclams, plans to write. cipation, adulation, and answers. The ,(*)( invited surprise guests - Harriet FROM 'ITHE ALGER FOXHOI,EII Stratemeyer Aclams, venerable lady, 1 976 CONYENTION HIGHLIGHTS eighty-three years young in heart, by Irene Gurman daughter of Edwarcl Stratemeyer who PF-OA1 finished Algerrs manuscript,s (no longer left to conjecture on the part of co1- What a colorful convention the twelfth lectors, the actual handwrit,ing of both was. Therets much to be said aboui rrbet- appears on them and proves their authen- ter by the dozen, " ,s those present wit- t,icitr.) . Bombarded r,rtli quest,ions, Mrs. nessed. in Rosemont, fllinois, May 6 - 9, Adams always had a read;' i:lr1s\.{e1'. If 19761 The Westgards in triplicate were memory doesnr t plaw me klavery, Harri.el our hosts: Gilbert II, and Dr. and Stratemeyer Adams has written 168 books, Mrs. Westgard, his parents. They looked including the last three of the Tom after our every r^rhim and comfort on ar- Swift series, among them rElectric Tele- lival at the open house on Thursday visionr'r which in 1,hose early days was {y - raindrenched, twenty of us, six car' as "rrisionaL.\- iinrl fant,astictt as rrgoing Ioads and a cab, hung us up to dry with t,o the moon.rt

197 6 NEWSBOY Stratemeyerrs pen names have long been similarities, to wit: they are all unknolrn, but I can safely vouch from ladies; they rrdid their own thingil by Mrs. Adamrs reply to my direct quest- quietly going about their business to g tion that they numbered rrover sixty.r' become successfut by Horatio Algerrs If you find. them all, you will surely axiom of Work and lfin, more better end up living in a bookcase with win- than Wait and I{in Making Things dows. It will come as a surprise to II"pE, t wu- i til?:-o " rEne you when you see the list of both male to Happen."Eal? How much we all learned of" and female names he used" to capture the humility, moclest and wisdom - they all job market! possessed these attributes of inner and outer beauty. Nancy Axelrad is an author in her o'vrn right,of the rrBobbsey Twinsfr series, and Two additional members of merit were: she won us all vith her interesting 0wen R. Cobb, PF-4V3, a cousin of Iy replies to a myriacl of questions and Cobb of baseball fame, who brought on inquiries put to her. She raas an some good talk. . anil Harry Lane, epitome of patience in autographing, PF-428, i,vho wrote and distributed. a who engaged in enclless iliscussion. She twelve page souvenir entitled I'Horatio has been an editor with the Stratemeyer A1ger, 19a7 rrr atrout his experiences as S;rndicate for a bit over ten years, and a Detroit nevsboy back in 1907. Hei11 as she said., rrl share the same first send it to you gratis, if members wish name as my favorite detective, Nancy to write him. Drew. rt There 'eras a most successful auction At the convention, Mrs. Adams and. Miss cond.ucted. by Ralph Gard"ner, r+hich Axelrad" were uflanimously voted in as brought in $61 5 to enrich our coffers honorary members of the Horatio A1ger and which doubled the income from pre- Society, vith PF numbers 5OO and 5O1, vious auctions with a great variety of respectively. articles and books. I{e thank a1t the V d.onors ancl bidders, and. Ralph for his Tno other d.istinguished. members good work again this year. Jack Bales were. . . Florence Ogilvie Schnell, PF- was much surprised. by a gift from our 344, granrldaughter of publisher J. S. new President, Jerry Frieriland, of a Ogilvie, She is still seeking imprints very nice first eclition of Helen Ford, by her grand.father. . anil Helen M. ancl he also surprisecl affited me Gray, PF-475, Executive Director of the with an East Inclian rrd.oofanglerr"na neck- Horatio Alger Awards Committee vhich lace, a real beauty. THANKS FROM BOTH honors poor boys rsho rise to prominence 0F US. Jerryrs a celebrity too. Hers through their own efforts. These are the attorney for comedian, Roclney ilf names such as Bob Hope, Ed,d.ie Ricken- get no. respectrr Dangerfield. backer, Presiclent Eisenhower, ancl Ron- aId Reagan, to name a few, in an organ- Thanks to the rrBrr department, in no ization sponsored by the American way implies the I'back seatrrr but in- Schools ancl Colleges Association, Inc., clud.ed brew, baloney, blue cheese, rrith National Chairman, Dr. Norman Vin- biscuits, and. bagel.s that came in boxes, cent Peale. Helen added much by her bags, bundles, and bottles - every size presence and favored us with compli- ancl shape to keep the larder fil1ed in mentary copies of their jubilee issue of the hospitality room. Our special ap- 0pportu4ity Stitl Knocks. (Copies are preciation goes to Dan N. Sickbert, available from the follorring address at Sales Manager, Joseph Schlitz Brer^ring a cost of $5.50 per book: Helen M. Company, Des Plaines, Tllinois, who Gray, Executive Director, Horatio A1ger donated. ten cases of their brev, par Awards Committee, One Rockefeller Plaza, excellance, to wash d.own the comestibles New York, I{. Y. 1OO2O). donatecl by Dick Seddon and Jerry Fried-- land - rrheels of blue ancl swiss cheese, =- Our distinguished guests had common sausages in such profusion, that no

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matter how we sliced it, we couldnrt his mother, Mrs. Phyllis Ba1es - werre believe it was all baloney, clelectable to a bit richer, she was something the last smidgeon. The hospii,ality room special. \- was a blessing to newcomers who cou]rl meet ancl discuss Alger aL any hour of BA-RNES, Keith and Sharon and their the day and wee hours of the morning. children; BENNETT, Bob, now past It was a spare time meeting and board President, will remain on the Board of room - a haven for the Monday morning Directors and has given unstintingly morticians, as it were. There was of his time, patience, and good i+orks magical entertainment by Drck Seddon for the benefit cf HAS. Now he can who enchanted us all. get reacquainted with his wife, Doris, and his children before they grad-uate Thanks go to those rrho couldnlt come from college. but who donated their fees. Judson Berry, PF-0141 Doris Butler, who re- BUTLER, Ken, also a past president mained in Mendota at the rrTime Was'r and one of the original founders of Museum as 'rkeeper of the keysrrr touring the ALGER POORHOUSE CLUBr is an al} bus loads of school children through the tround goori f ellow, pubJ-isher, col-1ec- Museuml Paul Fisher, PF-148. tor, and orurrer of the Time Was Museum in Mendota, I1linois, with an already Thanks go to photographers, too. Jack i-nternational reputation. CHASE, Brad- Rorr, PF-101, has been the official pho- ford and Ann are always live1y company, tographer fnr years and" supplied many attending their third convention. fine candid. shots -of our ac-tivities. Bracl was Chairman of the Newsboy 0thers were:i q{sI-ier4 c!"tgi_E]lE* Awarcl Commi-ttee. Owen Cobb, PF-47)1 and John Henry Wal- ter, son of Rohima \{a}ter, PF-1 60. CORC0RAN, Gtenl and Lorraine, always There are pictures from various sessions weed the book sales; Grebel, Evel;m, in this convention issue of Newsboy past Yice-Presidentl Gurman, Irene, - where a montage will acquaint those vho published a souvenir brochure for the could-nrt attend with many they have Ohio Convention of two early efforts by never met. (We might mention that Horatio Alger f.o, &@! Maga-?inj John Henry Walterr+as in a serious auto of 1853, just after his graduate from rrs. cement truck accident, and we wish Harvard Divinity SchooI. These are him well in the outcome of his case). now available as a first edition, num- bered and signed by both publisher and Regrets v'ere sent by those members who editor. could-ntt attend. These included Forrest Campbell, Max and fda Goldberg, anil Da.ve HAFNER, Eugene, vas fortr-rnate enough Kanarr. to find. both a Gruber bibliography and a signed. letter, 1964, hy the late These are ttour peoplelr who attended: Frank Gruber. He rsas much pJ-eased with ANDtrRSON, Ralph and Irene, former pub- his find.; IIARTMANN, Ca.r1-, our Execu- Iishers of Collectorrs Nqws; BALES, tive Secret,ary and his wife Jean; LANE, Jack, our "good nel{srt editor of the HAS Harry, newcomer to the convention; Nerssboy. We recall this young man when LANGL0IS, Les and Bertie, who are he first joined IIAS at Kalamazoa Conven- 1Atrrters - they have never missed one ! tion ( 1969) and r+alked into a roomful of McCORll , wiiliam and He1en, di stribul,ed ilgolilen-age juveni]esrr as our youngest little stal,rres of a plastic newsboy, memberl He 'was just graduating from so remini-scent of the Hurst edition high school. Since then he has gradu- spine design. Helen is studying 1aw, a ated from college and graduatc school as commendable pursuit - their daughter an all A student - remained as a has a bookstore. dedicated member ancl has many hours of tJ research to his credit. Werre all proud MURRELL, William and Yirginia, came of him. We were also delighted to meet all the wav f'rom lallas, Texas. We

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Alger Populor NATIC](, MaSS. (AP) Horatlo v .Aiger Jr. is very much in vogue on un- ivercity carnpuses, according to Max (ioldberg, president emeritus of the I{oratro Alger Scciety. "Students are now reading the Alger hoks as part of soCiology courses," tloldberg said. "Just a couple of r.r'eeks ago, i haC a college student frorn Ol.,ro visrt me. His thesis is going to be on Alger. "Our Horatio Alger Society now has thousands of members," Goldberg added. "We opened a branch in Lon- cion, and we've got one in the works for Tokyo."

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Horatio Alger Society President Jerry Fried- SCHARNHORST, Gary, from Purd.ue lancl (Ieft), and HAS Director Dick Seddon. University, gave a clue to some mystery rrunknownrr to collectors. welcomed them both, en route East, they Donrt ask me, let him te}l it, brought some books anal set up shop. It and you can all go a-hunting for some- rras their first conventi,on, and we trust thing new; SEDDON, Dick, is a master theyrll join us again; POSTE, Les, and ma.gician, belongs to both national and Yirginia, vho were our hosts in Gene- international magicians associations, seo, N. Y. last year; RISTEEN, Herb, and for our benefit memorized. the l/ and his wife, Esther, whom we hadnrt seen Chicago telephone book! He gave us the in some years. IIerb is our crossrdood correct name and. phone number from any puzzlex i, Nqqg-b-gJa. given page ve selected. Some of his inventions which we saw first: Popping R01{, Jack and Beth - Jack was past coins into sealed contaj-ners, cutting president and hosted the Des Moines, an expensive tie, which remained intact Iowa convention - he printed beautiful- after the orrrer fainted - you too can Iy bor:nd copies of Timothy Crumprs enjoy these wonders if you attead the Vard for the benefit of those who may Boston Convention in 1977. Dick Sed.d.on never find the original, anal also vil} be our host for this one. printed Seeking His Fortune, both in limited editions. Jack and Beth came SMITH, Amos, has for several years in their rrhome away from homertr a given the convocation at the Saturday trailer camper, sleeping six, and they eYening banquet, for which we thank gave us royal tours through it. him; THIEME, Carl and Helen - Carl has a reputation of rrmintytt juveniles - the SAI{TER, Robert, a trmaster carverrr of buyer always goes away happy with hi-s all manner of owls which he disl,ributed finds. Helen works with the elderly, as gifts, and, especially for the auc- giving her all to the forgotten ones. tion, a specialrrfirst edition'r of a dulcimer, a musical instrument peculiar TH0MAS, Dale, and Mary El1en, was Lo Ozark Mountaln folk, though tradi- unanimously reelected to his former tionally American, -,+ith the head of post of HAS Treasurer; hers done such Horatio A1ger carYed at the neck. a good job; WALTER, Rohimar rand son The bidder at the auction had a rrone-of- John Henry, contributed jewelry to a-kind-gemrrr to be sure. the auction, many fine pieces he macle =i

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Tlre Hoolier Voice --U:or. of Fell,ovship, edited by \-. A'rger^, soclety member Amos smith antl his wlfe priscilla. TIIE FIDIT()II sAys: t/ ,ct , t , May 26, 1976 i ssue' Ler's tark aboul rh. sobbser Tuins fultbUtk' t =- rl;#ru; ;,t*i:lr:r':i TIME W WAg' Rosemont. Illinois, recently was the op- V|L!_AGE MUSiEUM portunitl' to meet the authors of these in- teresting books If you travel 4 miles south of Mendota, Mrs. Harriet Stratemeyer lllinois, on Road s1 you will {ind a sur_ Adams prise awaiting you uniess you writes the r.r-ancy Drew books under the have pen ,,caroiyn r:J;,| name Keene.-, Nancy Axe!- ;:'J:"i"tlf ,?5."*;ffir?"lij"l^ii,, rad, using the "Laura Lee Hope', l pseudo- One nym authors the Bobbsey of them is the new carriage -;;il;",r'Twins series. Io'' -I#i.rll,,';:,,ih".i::Xr*"" .*:',"; they are r,onora.y ;: Horatio Alger Society. Hn, there' wiry wJulo they te interested in the The museum which is Alger organization? It is an interesting , owned and story some of which r -il ."ui""u.i"riyl Mrs. Adams' iJr"::i,""1irI.i;$rul"-;tr"lxr#$i; father, Edward Strate- ''12'000: meyer was a writer and a friend of yesterdays in 12 buildings on l2 Hoiatio Alger Jr. tje w.ote acres"' Their prices are reasonable and The Ro'er is great Boys seriei using the it a museum' il""';r;; fi;; Ken was one the Winfielrl, the Tom Swift books as Victor , of founders of The Appletori. Bobtrs* T;i";, N:;; ;;;; Horatio Alger Society and always attends. and others. Anei .flge.. O"ri'fr'Si.ri"- the conventions. This year those attend- meyer completed t"ii."i ;i-;1; ;i;- rng the meeting were invited to visit the to an ished books' *.hich u,e .uu" rr,." si;;;; fr?X[i,,i:;":?l$o:*ed arready meyer Algers.-Eriu'artl After Stratemeyer's death, Plan to visit this interesting attraction. .v his daughter. I\Irs. Adams, became Laura Lee Hope and and continued the Bobsey Trvins and the Nancy I)ren,stories. Three or four years ago Nancy Axelrad was brought into the Str:itemel'er syndicate to take over the Bobbsey Twins series. Our readers who belong to The Horatio Alger Society will soon receive The Newsboy, monthly publication of the Society and it will have a full account of the convention. It was really a good one!

ships in bottles . dioramas . coin machines nostalgic . . art fire h0use stuffed birds . hobby horses . arl carnages . wagons . sleighs and bobsleds tobacconist . print Slass shop . Columbian Exp.. homecrafts . barbed wire old toys trade cards marbles i ronwa re rron banks old books soldrers fr[USEUill lS 0PEl{ periodicals boltles sheet music coslumes Eight buildings of Amer:icana. Follow the Bicentennial farm tools cure alls trail through interest-packed Time Was implentents valentines bicycles currosities cSnes sleins early ads be lls TIMENW*g old iait statuary VILLAGE MIJSEUM primitives Sadgets easter cIcusiana Open 9-6 daily US 51.52 4 mites south of Mendota, eggs ilt. woodenwa furniture 8 miles north of 1.80 Adnr. gI re adults 92, children ea rth e nwa re h atpi ns oolitical blacksmith shop . sawmrli . . , barber shop ccbbler shop lrnler sh0p . matchsafes . buttOns . shells. tintypes harness shop . old soda Darlor . locksmith . miniaiure c rcus offlce . . . v ' sl€ds. boilles oddities World \{ir I

1976 10 NEWSBOY and sold at his bourse table. Mrs. West,gard was much impressed with a delicate beading she vied for.

WESTGARD, Gilbert II, our illustrious host with a foresight to the comforts of all, who provid.ed all the niceties and surprises for the guests - even drafting his dear mother and father, Gilbert and Pauline, who took over so efflciently when Gil was occupied. else- where. Gil organized things from the time we arrivecl at the open house at his apartment until 3:3O a.m. in the hospitality room r,rhen it was time for Auld Lang Syne to old friends and new, after the banquet.

We had but two regrets...that you-a11 coulcintt be there, and that it didnrt last longer. We hope that we have sharecl some of the lighter moments with you. Itm sure many of you will get personal letters from those in atten- d,ance to share their views about Gilrs John Henry Walter, son of HAS mem- personal library in particular, to ber Rohima Watter, i, HosPitalitY te1I about talks with the invited guests, and- about the miles of verbiage Y:-_"1',:_01":"1i:':'12 1'90:' that transpired that left all of us - a bit wiser, to be sure. orclerecl from CarI Hartmann at a cost of $5.00 apiece. Friday was ?'free timerrr and some took jaunts to Chicagors museums, some mem- Saturday morning, bright and earlyt bers attencied the open board meeting. the book stalls openecl in the Bucking- Evening clinner was designated at the ham Boom, r'rith a variety of books and German Hapsburg Inn with a selection in peddlers, each having got the best of advance of ten choices, taken at noon at the bargain. After lunch, Bob Bennett the board meeting anil sent to the Inn, calfed a s5,'rnposium to discuss first readied for seven at night ancl serveil editions by A1ger. Those who vere after cocktails. A Jack Benny movie interested, gathered in the Hospitality was shor.m, but halfway throuE;h, the Room - we wouldnft have missed this rrthat,-a-way rt sonncl went t and curious session where the authorities contrib- and interested as we were to see it uteii their experiences in the field of I'silent'r to the end, the mechanics fold- collecting. Bennett chaired the affair ed up, took t,heir trappings and went with some new notes on olil Alger edi- someplace else. So we }oaded into cars tions. Itre stumped Ratrph Gardner on and headed back to the I{indsor Innrs several, who coul-d no longer remember Hospitality Room where the magic and after fifteen years. The live1y dis- talk of books continued. cussion participants vere: Jack Bales, Ken ButIer, Jerry Friedland, Florence One other thing should be mentioned, Schnell, Dale Thomas, Gil l{estgard.. Les and that is that the regis-bration fee Poste, and others who decided that a included a souvenior ten inch plate with first edition has to be a later bound book, as opposed to the first printing a popular engraving of Horatio Alger on tt it, r+ith his signature beneath the earlier in many of the serialized portrait. Addil,ional ones maY be versions. August-September NEI{SBOY 11

With or without the questions re- Horatio Alger gathered much material solved, we repaired each to his ourr den for his juvenile works.. \- to gear up for the banquet at 6 p.*. in the Buckingham Room, precedetl by cock- Gary Scharnhorst, in a talk (inter- tails for those who chose. The menu was rupted, for lack of a microphone, which excellent, Klev Chicken, attractively for some reason went across the hall to served and enjoyed as. a very goocl selec- another baflroom to what souniled like a tion by our host. three day wedding, which clror,rleci us out with their hoopla-merriment - Owen Cobb Parting President Bob Bennett gave made short work of it - closed the doors manlr of the highlights of hes term in to theirs and our rooms, returned office. He also introduced. our honorecl with two martinis from the wedding guests, Harriet Stratemeyer Adams and scene, which Mrs. l{estgard thought a Nancy Axelrad. I'lrs. Adams talked of stroke of sheer genius ! ). .. .scharnhorst her vast experiences as a writer and 'went on with his research talk on Alger told a tale of a friend who inquired and other Arnerican author related about her coming to Rosemont - rtAre you para1le1s he had found in American rea}lSr going to that Alger Hiss Conven- literature at Purdue, after he became bion? ! fi To be sure, she r,ron and interested ln the trrags to richesrr errdeared. us all from the first moment we theory of Alger. More about this later met her until our ilfarewellsrr in the on in this issue. coffee shop on Suada;r morning. She con- r.inced us that success is being eighty- How fast Sunday morning came, so we three years )-oung in heart and dab a bit of cold. water here antl there, doing what one does vith dedication - and with one eye open hasten to the cof- in this case writi-ng books enjoyed by fee shop, catching those with their juvenitres and doi,ng it ;-el-I. other eye open (we didntt know that v there were so roany one eyed. Atger - Brad.ford Chaser)Chai.purson of the collectors). We bid our farevellsr got NFFSnoy Awaid. Committee, surprised both packint, and itrs all done for those who Bob Bennett and CarI Hartmann, who have hastened. home on Motherrs Day. Those given so much for the Society during who were fortunate enough to vierr and their terms in office, with the Luck and tour the historical documentary of Ken Pl-uck and Nevsbo;- Awarcls. (ttre f irst Butlerrs TfME \rAS Museum, rdere Dick Sed- award is given to the person vho has don, Dr. ancl Mrs. Westgarcl , Gilbert K. served the society in an outstand.ing Westgard, Dale and Mary El1en Thomas, manner during the past year. The Nerrs- Jack Bales, Carl ancl Jean Hartmann, boy Award is given to the person, not Keith and Sharon Barnes and thei.r chitr- necessaril), a mernber, who has done the dren, Evel;'n Grebel, and l{illiam and most to add to Algerrs image). Bob has Yirginia'Murrell". At the museum they admirably served the Society for several t,rere served a hearty 1-unch before their years as Presj,dent, acquiring along the fu1I Butlerrs tour through the Village way the trest col-lection of AIgers Museu.m, after r+hich, the participants in the worfd (with ilbest'r referring to each wended their r+ay home, only to re- the number of different first editions). live the ad-ventures they had. *J(* Carl has been the Secretary of HAS for A NIIW ALGER TITLE AND FIRST EDITION many years, and takes care of the by Gary Scharnhorst answering of the huldreds of l_etters of inquiry regarding the society. He also Horatio A1ger, J"., as we knciv, be- prints the Ner+sbpL, an,i for his help in gan his professlonal writing career as that regard and for his cledication to an author of novels and stories for the Horatio Alger Society, Editor adufts, and-, even after winning success v Jack Bales presented him vith a large as a writer of juvenile novels, he framed photograph of the Newsboyst occasionally returned to writing adult Lodging House - the establishment v.here fiction. Letters which AIger wrote in

1976 12 NE1{SBOY TI{E By the vay, the Lonclon Acad.emy, of Dec. 15t in a favorable notice of my recent noveletter s&YS, tt.Ib New Schoolmaram is a spark- ffig-681ffi-Trr., ful1 of humor, etc.rr I am quite ready to believe, as Loring }iEW SCHOOTMAA}I; tells me, that there is no higher criiical- authority in trngland than the Academy.rr o& 0n the basis of these excerPts from Algerrs corresponilence, the authorship of The New School- Ealgfnt or. A Summer in North }IORTH SPARTA. Sparta (Boston, MA: Loring, A SUM}IEB IN 1877\ can now, for the first time, be attributeil to Horatio Alger , Jr. The number of extant copies of this novel is unknor^m- in fact, due to the reason that its author remained anon;tnous, 4>a{r this novel may be as rare as another Loring first edition, Timothy Crumprs J{s1fl-so its value is likewise not knorpl. At an;r rate, the copy of the novel in the Henry E. Huntington Li- brary has been reproduced on L () lE+ I It{ G, Prr'I}lish€F: microfilm in the lfrightrs and lfuh-logtou Etretlt American Fiction Series (volume .Comer of Brcmtreld BOSTOTi. II, number 3948), and sc I can offer the following descriPtion of it:

1877 and.1B7B to one of his former stu- Title page: The/New Schoolma'am;forrf dents, Edwin R. A. Se1igman, who later A Summer in North Sparta./ (aecorative became Professor of Pol-itical Economy at rule) fLorrng, Publisher, f Corner: of Columbia University in New York City, Bromfield and Washington Streets , fBos- serve to identify the first publication ton. of one such novel. As A1ger wrote to Seligman on August 6, 1877: Copyright page: Copyright, 1877r/t. X. Loring. I am writing a brief novel (ZOO pages) to Ue published anon;,Tnously. Dcdication page: To the/Grand Army of It will probably be issued in American School-marams, f One Hundred October. I hope somgthing from it. Thousancl Strongr/fnis Story/Ts Respect- It is an experiment.' fu1ly Dcdicated. Four months later, on JanuatY 3, 1878, As it turns out, this storY is, with Alger wrote to Seligman and quoted from minor revisions and name changes, the a favorable review of his new adult same one as that which was published work (and in so d.oing mentioned its under the title rrA Fancy of Hersil and as author title ) , as follows : with Alger expticitly listed

August-S eptember NEWSBOY 13 in the March, 1892, issue of Munseyrs live as perhaps they would have a I{agazine. rrA Fancy of Hersrt has been right to live in prosperous times. most recently reprinted in the March- But is not a dol1ar a day enough to April, 1975, issue of Newsboy. buy bread with? Water costs nothingl and a man vho canno! live The

1976 14 NEWSBOY novelrr which Alger mentions is rrMabel Parkeri ors The Frontier Treasurerrr the sti1l unpublished novel in manuscript tocated in the Street and Smith Co1- lection at Syracuse University and vhich served as the basis of Edward Stratemeyerrs'rcomplei,iontr of Jerry, The Backwoods !g;4. In other words, a definite day of composition may nov be assigned to rrMabel Parker.'r Not only is the manuscript atrout rrhalf as long againr? as Ib Ner,r Schoglr4aram, but Francis S. Smith is mentioned by Alger in the same letter to Seligman in which he d"escribes his new novel.

a 'A1l three letters of Alger to Seligman are quoted from the original manuscript by ccurtesy of the Columbia University Libraries, vhich orryr them. ) -Quoted in Henry F. May, Protestant ffi.e+Churches and Industrial America (New Gary Scharnhorst, Assistant Professor l{hen Garyts discovery was mentioned of the Humanities at 1{arner Pacific in the last issue of N.e]{E!gL., your edi- College in Porttrand., Oregon, relaxes tor subsequently received a letter from in the hospitality room at the rrRose- Dick Boverman, an HAS member vho is mont Twelfth Time,rr the twelfth annua,l writing (rite'c"ryl his dissertation or, - convention of the Horatio Ai-ger Society. Alger. Dick writes: rrsee change her name, ancl win respect by her by the Ne-r{_Ebpy that a nev title own efforts rather than by her reputa- has been discovered" Must be The New tion. In other v'ords, I propose that SchooJmaram: or. A Summer in Ncrth A1ger wished this work to be jud.ged- not Sparta, Anon., Boston, Loring, 1877. as a novel by the r+e}}-klown r,sriter Horatio Atger, Jr., but as a novel which rrThis was part of my bib. that I woul-il succeed or fail on its own merits. brought to the convention last year. Just as Atger refers to his adult novel The book is listed in the following as rran experimentrt to Se1igman, so too annotatetl bibliograPhY: d.oes the genteel Mabel refer to her teaching career as rrmy experimentrt in rrJ{. M. Griswold. Deseliptive List of the first chapt,er of the novel. Novels an

is the slightest of sketches, describing This is a hard bound book that belongs the adventures of a rich young girt who in every Alger colfection. 0n1y tvo becomes tired of fashionable life in the originals have \, been located, and these city and takes the place of a school- are both in libraries. The value of mistress in a village among the moun- this limited edition is certain to rise tains. She meets the gifted and penni- sr^riftly because of the few copies being less artist and ther- marry. The producei[. authorrs }ittle hits at the country people and at the city people who spentl (Oaitorrs note: The preceding r+as the summer in the country are amusiflg. ttt written by Gilbert K. Westgard II. I too hope that members take advantage of Another Alger scholar, who wishes to this offer to purchase a new Alger remain anonJ,Tnous, sent me the following: tit1e. If members are receptive to the idea, there is a good possibility rrThe New Schoolmarami or. A Summer in that other extremely scarce Algers may North Sparta, r.,-as #3 of Loringts Hub be printed). Library. It ran to )4 quarto pages and -rx* sold for.15 cents. It was published PRESIDEN?IS COLUMN either in Jurre or July of 1879. This by Jerry B. Friedland rlibraryt appeared on an irregular basis, and like others published. by ft is with great pride and with anti- Loring, was not very successful, since cipation of success for the Society in this, I believe, ran only to 6 issues.rr the months and years ahead that I embark upon rny term of office. f commenil these three individuals on their research, and f thank them, The Society thanks Gi1 l{estgard. for especially Gary, for sharing their ef- hosting a terrific conventlon. lfe are forts with the readers of ---Fl{er,sboy. all grateful- for the time and energy \, x + expended by Gi1 in making it a fun HOLA.TIO ALGER I S time for all. Thirty-three members TIM NEH SCHOOLMAIAM were in attendence. Les Langlois and AYAILdBLE SOON Carl Hartmann kept their record perfect, making Rosemont their twetfth conyen- A fully bound, offset printed., repro- tion. Ken Butler and Ralph Garilner duction of the original printing of The joined PauI House as runners-up with Ne_v' Schoolmaram, vill soon be availaIG ten conventions now under their betts, in a limited edition, with each copy and Jack Row has mad-e nine. Gil l{est- numberecl and signed by the printer. gard. and Bob Bennett follor^red ru-ith their Ad.vance orders are now being accepted seventh conyention. by Gilbert K. \{estgard. II. The specia} pre-publication price is only $12.50 Dick Sedd.on has been tapped to host until 0ctober 3.1 , 1976. After that our 1 977 convention in Boston on May 5, date the price vitt be $17.50. (mOtn: 7, B, and 9, and everyone knowing Dick TI-M DATE ON ENCLOSED ORDER FORM IS vonrt vant to miss this one. SEPTEi\tsER 30, 1976. BECAUSE 0F LATENESS OF NEWSBOY, Tffi DATE HAS BEEN We were greatlv honored to have in MOYED e,A.Cr om-E-omrH ) . attendance at Rosemont Harriet Strate- meyer Adams, daughter of Edrsard Strate- The numbering of this limited edition meyer and who in her own right is of 2OO copies will be clone in the oriler probably one of the largest selling in which checks and order forms are authors of all time. Her Nancy Drew receivetl. If you want one of the low books are now published in fourteen numbers, act, today. An order form ancl languages in some nineteen countries. * envelope are provided for your con- Mrs. Adams joined us t,ogether witli venience. Nancy Axelrad, who is also part of the , and r,.ho is

197 6 rssN oo18-4918 16 NEI,fSBOY ISSN OO28_9396 presently writing Bobbsey Tvins manu- RANDOM REPORTS FROM ALGERLAND scripts. These two charming young by Jack Bales lad.ies hopefully will be with us in Bos- ton in 1977. Helen Gray of the Horatio I am t;,ping these vords on September Alger Awards Committee from New York and 11, 1976, and it is obvious that the Fl-orence Ogilvie, granddaughter of the Newsbolr is long overdue. However, I publisher of three of Algerts books, intend to start the 0c-;ober issue in also were a bright ad.d"itions to our a week, so soon the society publication assemblage in Rosemont. So please vi1l be back on sched.ule, Unfortr:l- ladies, like the song says: Come to ately, quite a few items r,rere deleted Boston ! from this issue which will have to wait. f have the Secretaryt s Report that was In the latter part of June, I visited, given at the convention, the list of the Stratemeyer Syndicate at their d.onors and bidclers at the convention headquarters in Maptewood., New Jersey, banquet auction, ancl I also r+anted to and I r*as cord.iall;r velcomecl by Mrs. mention some of the questions that Ralph Adams and Nancy Axelratl. ft is a most Gard.ner includecl on his annual quiz beautiful p1ace. The valls are resplen- (tirts year it was entitted rrThe Rose- dent with oils of pictures from many mont Revel*.tt) These ancl other fea- Stratemeyer books, and the books - well, tures (liXe Herb Risteenrs crossword they just d.onrt stop! fncluded- are puzzle and the rrBook Martrtt) will si,mp- several of the Stratemeyer A1gers which Iy appear in the 0etober Newsbotr. I carefully inspected. Apparently they were copies presentecl by the publisher, NEW ALGER BIOGRAPIIY and for the most part r.rere mint and. Yesterday I receivecl a letter from probably first eilitions. It would seem Gary Scharnhorst, who writes ia part: that the bror,m or green color was not frl received this week a contract from determinative of a first edition, based- the general editor of the Twayne United upon what they have, and- that except for States Authors Series to do a full- v Jerry. The Backrrood.s fug, all of the Iength (about 6OTOOO to TOTOOO word.s) Mershon firsts have no aals on the copy- ttcritical-analyticaltt book oa Alger right page. Their copy of Jerry, r^rhich whieh shoukl be the clocumentecl book is mint, has the familiar rectangle of Ifve long vanted to vrite ancl which I aats on the copyright page. Ben Loganrs think is need.ed.. , . . The book probably Trir:mph (Cupp1es & Leon) has the circle won't be submitted until late 1977 or on the bottom of the spine, ancl Joe. early 1978, and. wontt be published until The Hotel !99 does not. months after that.rt A special thanks to Bob Sawyer for the I wish Gary the best of luck rsith his unique Dulcimer he made especially for project' and if his Nernsbo)r articles our auction with a Horatio carving and a and his cliscoveries are any indication Phil, the Fiddler motif. DaIe Thomas of what is to come, Irm sure that r,ihat was the successful bid.der at a price in is publisheil in a few years is something excess of $1O0, which is a velcome acl- for rrhich it will certainly be vorth dition to our treasury. Bob hand makes waiting. these beautiful native American instru- ments. Dave Kanarr writes of a new book out called. Ghost of the Hard.y Bolrs (Trro Con- tinents Pub. Group, Ltd., South Union Ancl also, thanks to all who attended "Mass 5 this annual event. Hope to see even St. r.'Lamence, . 01843. Cost is more of you next year at rrBooked' in $q.95 + $0.35 postage). The book is the Bostonrrr the thirteenth convention autoblography of Leslie McFarlane, who of the Horatio A1ger Society. Remember wrote for the Stratemeyer Syndicate, ancl the dates - - May 61 7, B, and 91 1977, his book contains references to many se- \z in or near the Boston area. ries authors, inctuding AIger. Many thanks, Dave, for mentioning this! !