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ji Wonthty School journal.

Published by Zetesian and Alpha Delta Societies of Fredonia Normal School.

Vol. 6. FREDONIA, N. % JUNF, 190^ No. 10

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PRESS OF THE NORMAL LEADER.

ALICE HAYES, '05- |$PlTOR SHERRILL CLEAVELAND, '05. Assistant Editor and Literary CAROL MCNEILL, '06, School News, Miscellaneous WILL D. PUTNAM, Alumni CLARA KRUSE, '05, Exchanges LUCILLE QUIRK, '05, Mental Athletics SAM ROLPH, '04, * Athletics HORACE BEST, EDWARDS CLEAVELAND, Managers. WALTER BEST, Advertising Managers ELIZABETH SIETZ, RUTH COLBURN, '06, Circulating Managers. CHARLOTTE LIEBMAN, '06. MANAGERS' NOTICE. Please notify the management of change of residence. The Leader is forwarded to subscribers until an explicit rder is received for its discontinuance, and all arrearages are paid. Remember to patronize our advertisers. Rate cards are forwarded to advertisers on application. If you have not paid your subscription, see the manager before leaving the city. Class Officers 1905.

President, Mr. Bunce Vice President Miss Linderman Salutatorian Miss Kruse Orator, Mr. E. Cleveland Valedictorian, Miss Rider Historian, Miss Lewis Prophet Miss Hayes Poet, Miss Gould Recitationist. Miss Mason Bard, Miss Alden Musician, Miss Davis Consultor, Mr. Harris Secretary, Miss Irving Treasurer, Mr. Sprague NORMAL CLASSICAL COURSE. Anderson, Elizabeth Rose Olean; Babcock, Maud Vivian Fredonia. Blackmer, Clara Frewsburg Brockway, May Cushman - Ripley Bunce, Alton Rhodes ~1Prewsb*H*g^ Burr, Bertha Safford Brocton Case, Helen Fredonia Dinsbier, Eva Augusta Mayville Damon, Ethel Rushford French, Nellie Louisa Hamlet Gould, Marion Bessie F redonia Harris, Leslie Maxwell Fredonia Haviland, Leslie Fredonia Hayes, Mary Alice Fredonia Hayward, Anna Walker Fredonia Hequembourg, Jessie Thurber Dunkirk Humpstone, Henry Judson Fredonia Irving, Ruth Dunkirk Kruse, Clara Winifred Fredonia Lewis, Elizabeth Lois Forestville Linderman, Eola Elvira Allegany -Mitchell, Helen Hariret Jamestown Moses, Clementine Clymer Neill, Anna Lee Fredonia Rider, Dora Belle Dunkirk Shaw, Carrie Bradford Slawson, Alice - Forestville Soule, Hattie Louise Allegany Steger, Emma Bertha Fredonia Ticknor, Georgia Emetha Dunkirk HIGH SCHOOL CLASSICAL COURSE. Dye, Agnes Emily - Forestville King, Beulah Blanche Gowanda Kent, Pearl Lorraine Pa_w* ma Quirk, Helen Lucille Oil City Scranton, Elnora Annette Frewsburg Terrv, Francis Blanche Sinclairville NORMAL ENGLISH COURSE.

Anderson, Bessie May Kennedy Armstrong' Inez May Silver Creek Bucher, Wilhelmine A. Dunkirk Clark, Isabelle Laona Covell, Fannie Lucinda Salamanca Ensign, Helen Dunkirk Frank,Inez - Fredonia Ganey, Margaret Lorena Dunkirk Kirk, Julia Esther Kennedy Morian, Gertrude Alida F" redonia O'Connor, Margaret Dunkirk Pringle, Mary Gertrude Mayville Tarbox, Bessie Dunkirk Young, Elizabeth Louisa Fredonia HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH COURSE. Blodgett, Milo Forest Fredonia Kurth, Gertrude Martha Niagara Falls Sprague, Har= y Alonzo Ellington KINDERGARTEN Brooks, Catherine Melvira Rushford Coates, Theodora Westfield Cross, E. Evangeline Dunkirk Ellis, Nellie Maud Fredonia Johnson, Ada Cooper Eden Lungey, Nellie Beatrice - Perrysburg Mason, Flora Edith Conewango Mathews Lula E. Fredonia Phillips, Loula Elvira Qonewahgo Stebbins, Mary Louisa Silver Creek PU3LIC SCHOOL MUSIC COURSE. Alden, May Cassadaga Brockway, May Cushman Ripley Clarke, Mariamne Fredonia Gleason, Elizabeth Fredonia Haskins, Anna Belle - Fredonia Young, Evelyn Jannette Buffalo ACADEMIC ENGLISH. Moran, Charles Walker Fredonia COLLEGE PREPARATORY. Cleaveland, Edwards Lynde Fredonia Cleaveland, Sherrill Atwood Fredonia INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC COURSE. Allen, Minnie Clara Forestville Benninghoff, Mabel Marie Fredonia Brainard, Cecil May Fredonia Davis, Nettie L. Westfield Schrader, Lillie Emma Dunkirk Y/alter, Maud Dorothy Dunkirk DRAWING COURSE. Bouquin, Edith Louisa Laona Brown, Eleanor Sophia Fredonia DRAWING AND PAINTING. Dale, Jessie Ethel Lockport «** President's Address •_*

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: It is ray privilege and pleasure to introduce to you the Class of 1905. We appreciate the honor which your presence confers upon us. The interest which you manifest in us and in our work now, as in the past, will encourage us to put forth our best efforts, on this occasion and in the years to come. We feel that our powers will be increased and our lives made richer by the consciousness that there are those who take an interest in us—who will rejoice in our success and sympathize with us in our failures. It is our purpose as we go forth from this place, to work to acquire and to become true to the instruction and to the high ideals which we have here received, in return for the years spent in this school. On the coat of arms carved above the front entrance of our Alma Mater appears the single word, "Excelsior." If any word can repre' sent the ideas and aims gained by the members of the Class of 1905, during their school life here, it is the word Excelsior. This word is associated with two thoughts firmly fixed in our minds: that there is a great world of resources and possibilities that lies beyond our little world and that we are to take our place in it as helpers and learners. We are not ambitious for unmerited honors, nor to be assigned to places for which we are not qualified. But it is our purpose to so do the work that falls to us, that we shall be given an opportunity to render the best and fullest service of which we are capable. We feel sure that the world recognizes worth and that we will gain recogni­ tion as we prove ourselves worthy. It is our highest ambition to follow the teachings received here so that on all occasions we shall be found to be men and women in the best meaning of the words. Men and women who may fail, but who will never cease to strive. Classmates: As our school life in Fredonia is nearly at an end, permit me to take this opportunity to thank you for your kindness and hearty co-operation which have made the duties of the office which you have conferred upon me easy and pleasant. May the future bring you the happiness that comes to those who are faithful and 172 THE NORMAL LEADER. successful in the work they have to do; and may the name and influ­ ence ofthe Fredonia Normal never be made less because of the Class of 1905. Friends: While this occasion means so mach to us, we hope it may not be without interest to you. We trust that our school-fel­ lows may find something in the excersises to enjoy and to stimulate their anticipation for a similar event in which they will be the chief part, and that the older friends may be helped to live over again some similar by-gone experiences in youthful pleasures, hopes and aspira­ tions. ALTON R. BUNCE.

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SHLQZEZORy

THE KINDEST OF GREETINGS TO YOU ALL! It is Cicero who says. "They seem to take away the sun from the world who withdraw friendship from life, for we have received noth­ ing better from the immortal Gods. Nothing more delightful." Friendship has verified itself the world over, and nothing better illustrates the universal wish to be friendly than the greetings that pass in all countries from man to man. They show that we receive everyone as a friend, and the kindness that goes forth with the greet­ ing cannot fail to produce a thrill of pleasure in some heart. Sympa­ thy and cordiality will break down every cold barrier. So, friends, permit us to express the pleasure we have in youj presence here to-night; for the Class of 1905 has only two more days to live. We shall soon obtain the prize for which we have baen striv­ ing for four long, yet seemingly short years. We must now enter THE NORMAL LEADER. 173 upon the greater field of life which lies stretched out before us. We must cast away our school privileges and pleasures only to hold them with the firm grasp of our memories, and to assume those duties that surround us as we leave the threshold of our Alma Mater. But our equipment is good, and our armor strong, and with these we can bravely meet our worldly battles. We must adapt measures to the situation and put our whole selves in the undertaking if we wish to succeed. We may fail often* but failure will only strengthen our determination to make a success, for " Men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things." We, as a class must soon part but we can defy any circumstance to arise which can weaken these ties of friendship formed by us during our life here. These school ties will ever be a kindly remembrance to us. Let to-night be one of the brightest and happiest events of our school course. Although another class will soon take our place, we will enjoy the few hours remaining for us to the utmost. During the exercises I bid you listen to our chosen representatives; to our his­ torian, as she discloses to you the history of our class; to our proph­ etess, as she looks with prophetic eyes into the far distant future; to our musician, as she charms you with her music as Orpheus did his audience of old; and to our orator, as he sways men's minds by the logic of his arguments. And as we are gathered here to-night to be entertained with joke and satire, though we seem to chide one another, you must remember that good friendship and kindly feelings are the motives. We will sac­ rifice our own mistakes and follies to enjoy those of others. To such scenes as these the class of 1905 bids its friends welcome. W®m CLARA KRUSE. ORATION.

THE PUBLIC CAREER OF GEORGE F. HOAR.

Our country owes much to the State of Massachusetts for the many noble men she has sent to sit in her national councils. Among these the late George Frisbie Hoar stands in the forefront with Daniel Webster and Charles Sumner. He was a man peculiarly fitted for the position which he was to fill, both by his family connections and by the influences under which he grew up, His ancestors on both sides were influential even before the Revolution. His grand­ father on his mother's side was Roger Sherman of Connecticut who was the only man wh^ signed all four of the great State Papers, namely: the Association of 1774, the Articles of Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. His father, Samuel Hoar, was one of the ablest and most respected lawyers of Massachusetts. He encountered such men as Daniel Webster and Rufus Choate in the court room. George Frisbie Hoar was born in Concord, Massachusetts on the twenty-ninth of August, 1826. Among the friends of his youth and early manhood were Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau and Whittier. He graduated from Harvard at the age of twenty and then studied law. He became of age about the time of the birth of the Free Soil Party in which he was very active. It was by his being unexpectedly called upon at a mass meeting of this party that he gained his first experience as a speaker. Later he identified himself with the Republicna Party which grew out of this Free Soil Party. He was often accused of extreme partisanship but in his auto-biography he defends himself by saying: "I have been able by adhering to the Republican Party to accomplish, in my humble judgment, ten-fold the good that has been accomplished by men who have had ten times more ability and capacity for service who have left the party." Although he was loyal to his party, he sometimes bitterly oppos­ ed policies favored by it. During the administration of President Hayes he opposed theChinese Exclusion Bill,and again he most stoutly resisted the Republican policy of retaining the Philippine Islands, al­ though at that time he was a candidate for re-election to the Senate. He said: "I meant that if the Legislature of Massachusetts were to re-elect me, no man should ever have it to say that I bought my re- THE NORMAL LEADER. 175 election by my silence on this question," He never sacrificed his principles to please either his own party or the people, but he waited for them to come to his way of thinking, which in the end they fre­ quently did. He said in closing a speech in the Senate on the Philip­ pine question: "This spasm of folly and delusion also, in my judg­ ment, will surely pass by. Whether it pass by or no, I thank God that I have done my duty and that I have adhered to the great doc­ trines of righteousness and freedom, which I learned from my fathers, and in whose service my life has been spent." It was always Mr. Hoar's desire to settle down to the practice of his profession,but fate and his own sense oi duty decreed it otherwise. In 1851, at the age of twenty-five, he was unexpectedly nominat­ ed and elected as a representative in the State Legislature. He says of this Legislature: "It was, I think, as admirable a body of men for training a public speaker as I ever knew. The members were honest. The large majority was made up of sensible, strong-headed country farmers, rather slow in making up their minds but making them up always on considerations of what was best for the commonwealth." In 1857, Mr. Hoar was sent to the State Senate. He declined a re­ election and retired to his practice in Worcester. In 1869, he was elected as a member of Congress. He intended to stay but one term but became interested in some educational bills which were then before Congress and accepted a re-election so that he might use his influence to pass them. From this time until his death, on September 30,1904, a period of thirty-six years, he was in Congress. "An American statesman," he says, "often feels bound to vote in accordance with the opinion of his local constituency, while an English s tatesmen acts upon his own responsibility." He also says that Massachusetts will forgive a representative almost anything except that he should vote contrary to his own conscience. Of his own conduct in office, he says, "I have never in my life cast a vote or done an act in legislation which I am not now willing to avow and to defend and to debate with any champion of sufficient importance, who desires to attack it, at any time and in any presence." Mr. Hoar was very prominent in Congress during his whole term of office. This prominence and his intimate relations with the presi­ dents since 1880, were undoubtedly due to his high ideals and his patrotism. He was a brilliant speaker and very quick in debate. He mentions a personal encounter which he had during his first term in Congress when he was practically unknown. Mr. Cox, of New York, who was noted for his wit, had made an attack on Massachusetts. Mr. Hoar replied, but his opponent returned to the subject and, to use Mr. Hoar's language, "with a contemptuous look at me, said: 'Masachusetts does not send her Hector to the field,' to which I re­ sponded that it was not necessary to send Hector to tbe field when 176 THE NORMAL LEADER. the attack was led by Thersites." This shows Mr. Hoar's familiar­ ity with the classics. He delighted in his Latin and his Greek even until his last years. In his great speeches he drew freely from these and frequently quoted them in the original. He says that nothing will fit a man for public speaking as translating the classics, especially in written form. It has been said of the late Japaneese naval triumph that it was a triumph of preparedness. The same thing might be said of Mr.Hoar's triumph in public iife. It was a triumph of preparedness. He was very thorough in everything that he did. During his first years in Congress he was appointed on a committee for the revision of laws. He immediately informed himself on the subject and at the first meet­ ing of the committee an obscure law was presented for revision. No­ body knew anything about it except Mr.. Hoar, who had studied that very subject the evening before. He laid the whole matter before the committee and gained the respect and admiration of the older mem­ bers. He was a hard working man but his labor was seldom for his own enjoyment. Committee service was particularly distasteful to him but he was in great demand because it was known that anything that was entrusted to him would be well taken care of and he seldom refused to act. In 1880, Mr. Hoar was made chairman ofthe Republican Nation­ al Convention at Chicago. On one of the first ballots, Mr. Garfield received a few votes. He rose to a point of order and said that no man could be nominated without his own consent. Mr.Hoar called him to order on the ground that he was not speaking to his point. He says that this h probably the only time that a man was kept from refusing the Presidency of the United States on a point of order. Mr. Hoar was interested not only in political affairs but also in everything that was for the public good. He drew up the famous bird petition and signed it in behalf of the song-birds of Massachu­ setts, asking that there be some legislation protecting them. This started a movement which has now been taken up by nearly all of the states. He also made several trips to England in trying to bring back to this country the Bradford Manuscript which is a priceless historical treasure, coming down to us from our Pilgrim forefathers. He ac­ counted this one of the greatest achievements of his life. Senator Hoar was a type of man too rarely found in the public service of our Country today; a man favored by birth, environment and natural gifts, who was ambitious to make the most of himself, yet willing to sacrifice personal ambitions and interests for the wel­ fare of his country. Such unswerving devotion to truth, his country and his God were his that during his last years in Congress he was THE NORMAL LEADER. 177 so looked up to that political corruption and intrigue fled instinct­ ively from his presence. Although at the time of his death, Mr. Hoar was not a wealthy man, he died rich in the respect and honor of his countrymen, and it is safe to say that his name will be placed among the first of our truly great men EDWARDS CLEAVELAND.

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Class History.

As the history tonight has to deal with the lives of men and women who have had and will have such a marked influence on the world-life of today, it is only fitting that it should be treated as im­ portant works have been treated by historians of the past. They usually divide history into three periods, Ancient, Mediaeval, and Mo­ dern, and it is in this way that we shall consider the renowned Class of nineteen five The history' of this Class, like the history of ancient peoples, is lost in the mist of prehistoric ages and it is not until the curtain rises up­ on us in the opera house that anything definite is known of us. Here primitive man had his inevitable struggle to overcome earth condi­ tions. Not only were we forced to adapt ourselves to the methods of a new and strange institution, but to adapt ourselves to this institu" tion as conducted in the Acropolis of this, our modern Athens. Here we attended recitations in the billiard-room, the reading-room, the ball-room ofthe Citizens Club. Here primitive methods were typified. Like the ancients, we did without black-boards, and while we did not come quite to their methods of writing in sand, we did use dilapitated black paper hung over walls, whose geological formation was all too evident. For electric bells we had an ancient, deep-toned dinner bell. For our science work we were furnished with a laboratory exactly two by four, warranted to hold at least six persons at one time. Each and every forty-five minutes we were called upon to scale the heights of this citadel, or better yet to don our wraps and take sud­ den flight to one ofthe temples to take part in certain mystic rites, 178 THE NORMAL LEADER. whose priestesses would greet us with "Why are you late?" or, "Can't you get here on time?" Even amid these disheartening surroundings our love of the artistic was not killed and we held our drawing classes regularly in the opera house, notwithstanding the fact that at the same time various forms of high tragedy were being enacted behind the curtain by companies of greater or less repute. Our roving dispo­ sition manifested itself in these early ages and many an exploring ex­ pedition was conducted behind the scenes of the opera house, where our researches were rewarded with proof of the existence of earlier races in the shape of wigs, moustaches, false faces, and even in some cases the clothes they wore. This same roving spirit carried us be­ yond the stage of the opera house, for, like the early Teutonic races, we determined to migrate to pleasanter quarters, and at the begin­ ning of the Mediaeval period we find ourselves in this beautiful build­ ing. We entered this Mediaeval period well prepared to face the strug­ gles ahead of us, for we entered as an organized body. Never in the history of nations, or of normal classes do we read of organization before the Mediaeval period of their history, but we proved ourselves at the very start an unusual and exceptional class by organizing in our Freshman year. In the early days of those dark ages our life was, in some respects, not so different from that of the preceding per­ iod, although our environments were materially, changed. We were now privileged, for the most part, to attend all classes on one floor, and, although our dinner-bell came with us and formed the object of frequent predatory excursions on the part of certain of our tribe, our laboratory advantages were somewhat better. We had been looking forward with great anticipation to our new laboratory quarters, for we had heard they were to be furnished with means for carrying off objectionable gases. The H 2 S we sometimes detect in study room must have come in through open window. As the Mediaeval period of old, this period with us was character­ ized by numberless "Crusades," In our ancient life we had become somewhat lax and careless in our ways of doing things, but, alas, we were not long to remain so as a few examples of the onslaught made upon us will prove. "You must march in line, on the right side of the hall, on the matting." "You must not leave the study room with­ out first placing vour name on the spindle." "You must not commu­ nicate with your neighbor unless you prefer a seat in my recitation room." Whether the application to work, which naturally followed the adherance to these rules, might be called a "Revival of Learning" or not is uncertain, but it is certain we applied ourselves strenuously to our work, while prepairing to bloom in our full glory as Seniors. When the Modern period, or that of our Seniority, finally came we had great and sufficient proof that our hard work of the Middle THE NORMAL LEADER. 179 Ages had not been in vain, for we had evidently proved our ability to work. Did not the faculty, knowing this, take pains to raise the standard of scholarship of this institution by seeing to it that none should enter the honored ranks of Seniors without certain qualifica­ tions never before demanded? It was at the time we were struggling under this avalanche of requirements and conditions that we proved our true mettle and gain­ ed the ranks in sufficient numbers to carry off the honor of being the largest class ever receiving diplomas from this institution. Our aes­ thetic tastes which manifested themselves in so meager a way, back in our early life, are fully developed in this period, for, as you see, we have not only the graduates of the classical courses, but we have among our number many musicians and representatives of nearly all branches of the fine arts. Our work and development here has been such as to form an excellent field for psychical research, for were we not honored by a visit from the world of departed spirits, during one of our famous sleigh ride parties ? This period is most strangly characterized throughout by the cul­ minating of the world forces. Even this building itself is a type of a perfected ideal of normal buildings. Our aesthetic development reached its culmination in the placing of the beautiful pictures and busts in our class rooms and coridors. Our scientific research has been re warded with a rare and costly collection of biological specimens. Even our own good sense and judgment reached their height when we decided to abandon the much abused custom of handing down the fudge-pan at this time, and to make this sacred rite a feature of the annual party. While there has been a wonderful development in all phases of life during our brief career here, we feel that, as the world-life is advancing in all directions, we too may advance beyond the standard already attained. Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range. Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change. 0,1 see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. Ancient founts of inspiration well thro' all my fancy yet. ELIZABETH L. LEWIS. •ropbccy.

As Hamlet to Horatio, the Class of 1905 can say to you, our aud­ ience, "There are more things in earth and Heaven than are dreamed of in your philosophy." For to us alone, of all the inhabitants round about, has appeared, as our gifted historian has told you, a spirit from the realms above. Many have been the awed wonderings and surmises as to the object of that nocturnal visit. We "doubt not that through the ages one unceasing purpose runs," but that purpose in this instance we could not fathom. Not at least till after class elect- tion, when within my prophetic soul there came a faint glimmering of its portent, and I waited, hoping. Nor had I long to wait. The self­ same spirit of that memorable sleigh-ride came to me at the same hour, and with the same words: "I am the Spirit of the Normal, and of the Class of nineteen hundred and five. Come with me, maiden, if you would know the fate of your companions." I obeyed and we traveled a long distance. At length we came to a cave which seemed strangely familiar, as though I had dreamed of it or read about it- Horrid shapes were here, "airy, unbodied phantoms, fluttering about under an empty form," and as I remembered these words, I suddenly realized that I was treading in the footsteps of the pious Aeneas and I was devoutly thankful that I had studied my Virgil well. Hence was a path which led to the floods of Tartarean Acheron and here was the grim ferryman Charon and the multitude on the bank vainly begging to be carried over. The sullen boatman accosted us thus: "For what purpose comest thou ?" My guide held up the ribbons of red and black and with deep reverence he quickly took us in and soon landed us on the opposite shore. Here was Cerberus with his triple jaws guarding the passage, to whom we threw tfaree pieces of fudge and passed on safely. Forthwith we came to the region caljed the fields of mourning, and well me thought they deserved tbe name from the sorrowful faces of their ghostly inhabita__ts. Among these, "whom unrelenting love consumed away" my guide pointed outDido. I was seized with a desire to speak to her and approached. No soon­ er did she see my class pin than she cried, "Ah, 1905, Fredonia Nor­ mal ! What news of Mr. BUnce? Is he yet a Gardner, does he still wander by green Dales, is he per chance an accomplished R(y)ider, does he study the life of Lewis the Historian or his favorite German author, Anderson, or is he exercising to make his Arm strong ?" "Alas," I replied, "It is impossible to tell, I have not seen him since THE NORMAL LEADER. 181 this afternoon. But why are you so interested in him ?" To this she said, ' 'Because he is destined to be an occupant of this vale of woes and I expect to find in him a sympathetic friend, for I hear he warmly defended me in the Yirgil class." I turned slowly away thinking in what sarcastic mood the fates must have been to allot this destiny to this emulator of Aeneas—and yet how fitting! Truly, "this even-hand­ ed justice commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice to our own lips." Hence we kept on our way, passed the field of warriors and came to the place where the path divides. The left leads to Pluto's realms, the right to the Elysium fields. We entered at last the abodes of the blessed and saw on every hand the shades of many engaged in various occupations. My attention was arrested by a man apart, writing busily, in whom I recognized the poet Tennyson. My guide drew me towards him, "Read," he said, "this second 'Dream of Fair Women.' He writes ofthe future of mortals." I read and this I quote: "At last methought that I had wandered far In an old wood: fresh washed in coolest dew The maiden splendor of the morning star Shook in the steadfast blue. At length I saw a lady within call, Stiller than chissell'd marble, standing there; A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair." She spoke, "They called me Molly once, When without care or fear I serenaded Zets, did other stunts, I now am old and sere. Near Cleaveland did I take up my abode, My favorite Anna came to stay with me. We banished all that dreary load , Of books, and lived right merrily. Full many suitors came and went, Our hearts they could not budge, For our lives we'd dedicated to be spent In the joy of making fudge." Beyond me stood a maiden white and still, Who broke the dreary silence with these words: "Oh, ask thou not my name; 'tis not my will That it be bandied with the common herd's I lived in old Fredonia once, a mighty prince Appeared and took me for a (K)cruise, thence to his home. I've led the dance in royal circles since, As lightly as sea-foam." 182 THE NORMAL LEADER. "I turning saw, throned on a flowery rise, One sitting on a crimson scarf unroll'd." Great glee and laughter looking from her eyes A mirthful nature told. "She flashing forth a haughty smile, began: " 'I governed men by change and so I swayed All moods. 'Tis long since I have seen a man. Now, here in state I'm made By powers above, to sit and deal out Ice cream soda—'Edmund's Pure.' It changes naught to pout, Men (k) Niel to me no more." My eye was caught by one tall, regal form, The queenly Blanche, who now spoke soft and slow: "I pity take on practice teachers lorn, Full well I know Their needs of care and rest, So Trudie Kurth and I on Risley street, Keep open house called Blest Retreat for Tired Feet." I read no farther, for the words, "Wants to shee wheels go wound, wants to shee wheels go wound," were borne in upon my ear with in­ sistent eagerness. "Helen's Babies," I said to my astonished self, and turning, indeed beheld the au thor of "Toddy one boy dayv and his brother Budge. Near by stood Peck's Bad Boy and Charles Dickens's Artful Dodger. "What means this?" I asked in amazement' and the spirit replied: "The gods have been waiting for the Class of 1905 to be graduated in order that they might transplant the Misses Irving, Covill, and Isabel Clark to undertake the reclamation of these young immortals. Miss Mason will also be chosen to instruct Toddy in the art of "speakin' pieces" to which he has already shown a decided ten­ dency." We tore ourselves away from these delightful children and soon met Richard Wagner and William Shakespear deep in the discussion of a new musical comedy to be composed especially for the Class of 1905 by Mr. Humpstone, and to be played before all the crowned heads of the world. The prominent characters were as follows: Prima Donna, - Miss Alden Leading Lady, a heartless coquette, Miss Kent The Hero, a wasted, love-lorn youth, Mr. Sprague No less a personage than Dr. Samuel Johnson, now accosted me. f'Have you the pleasure ofthe acquaintance of a young woman with the cognomen of Kirk?" Upon my replying in the affirmative he said, THE NORMAL LEADER. 183 "You may be somewhat interested in my assurance that she will attain great prominence in her chosen profession of teaching psycho­ logy and science of education, for she has to an unusual degree 'unified the differences in objects and made them fixed forms in the mind' and this unification has produced an almost unparalelled equilibrium of energies." Then bowing solemnly, he walked ponderously away. My guide pointed to an airy form approaching, "Here comes an old friend who is most anxious to meet a representative of the Class of 1905—Virgil." I bowed low, forgetting the sighs ard groans and sleepless nights he had caused me. He said in Latin, which, thanks to my instructions at the Normal I readily understood, "Allow me to say that I regard your distinguished Class most highly, as it has pro­ duced the greatest living translator of my works. I refer to Edwards Cleaveland. In the near future he is to open a select school for young ladies. He will translate the Aeneid to his students in English and German and deliver lectures on "Was Aeneas justified in deserting Dido?' " Here the speaker vanished into thin air, leaving me face to face with a pompous looking individual who introduced himself as Mark Antony. "Please give my respects to Mr. Harris for so ably delivering my funeral oration. Stay, I will tell you of his future. He will be a member of the Normal Variety Co., which will make an annual tour of Laona, Lamberton and Brocton. Mr. Harris will open the programme with his famous speech beginning: "If you have tears, prepare to shed them now, For I come not to steal your hearts, I only ask your patience and your pocket-books, For we are all an honorable company." When afflicted with measles or other childish ills, Miss Linder­ man will take his place in a most praiseworthv manner. The other members of the company will be Misses Elizabeth Anderson and Emma Steiger in their duet, "Oh, for a Man." Miss Dale, with her magic pictures, drawn with the speed of lightning. Miss Dye, as comic impersonator, and Miss Phillips as professional chaperon." Wandering on we met Cassandra, that ancient, ill-fated prophetess of whom I immediately inquired concerning the future of my friends. She eagerly began: "The firm of Mitchell & Soule will put on the market a stock of ponies of Latin extraction, warranted not to balk at critical moments. Misses French, Lungey & Johnson will go to Africa and teach the geography of their country to the little natives by means of free rides on the Cecil Rhodes railway, which will then be completed." She stopped suddenly with a mournful look on her face, then said "I will say no more, for I shall not be believed, nor will you whch you return to earth," and she fled. I now saw standing near, a kindly, genial looking spirit which I knew at once to be James Russell Lowell. He smilingly handed me a 184 THE NORMAL LEADER. manuscript entitled "Addition to the Fable for Critics." It read: Here comes Bessie Gould, "eye in fine frenzy rolling," Her verse ringing out like grand chimes a-tolling. Her voice and her pen always raised to deride All folly and ignorance, till what e'er betide E'en her friends deem it wise, in her presence, to keep A deep silence on subjects as "Man;" for to sleep Her mind never goes, when sarcasm or wit Can be called into play and someone be hit. Then heres Sherrill Cleaveland, a brilliant young man Whose literary genius has stirred the whole land. His treatise on "slang" aimed to correct a most grave ill, Has gained wide renown from Fredonia to Mayville. Two companions come next called Elizabeth and Dora, The first by her teaching was gaining great glory But she could not be separated from her great chum Miss Ryder So a Way to the city of Dunkirk she hied her. But Dora, our talented Valedictorian, Vainly wishes she were still a Normal Fredonian. For her trials are many as she calls to her "Gym" class, "Heads up, shoulders back if you wish to be a trim lass." Now here is Miss Babcock with looks stern and cold, She once studied Herbe(a)rt—that story is old. Her creed now is for an unruly scholar, As our professor has put it "Examine his coat collar." I looked up but the poet had vanished, so we came to the river Lethe upon whose banks were multitudes of shadowy forms. From a height I looked down and saw vague scenes of the future. First I noticed Miss Quirk reciting "Webster's Reply to Hayne," before an immense audience, and for an encore Mark Twain's "A Dog's Tail.'' Coming towards us were two, hand in hand, whom I at first suppos­ ed were Romeo and Juliet until I observed they were locating the equinoctuil and celestial equator and heard these words: Give me my DeForest and when he shall die Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of Heaven so fine That all the Normal School will take astronomy And nightly observations make." The next scene was a familiar one. I beheld the Normal School in session, Charles Moran as Vice-Principal, standing in the hall saying sternly to a straggling line: "What do you suppose will become of young men who saunter along with their hands in their pockets and THE NORMAL LEADER. 185 act as if they thought the sun, moon and the whole planetary system ought to be highly delighted to have the privilege of looking down on such elegant specimens of young manhood? and this is the how many eth time I have propounded this problem, sixty times zero noise makes how much noise?" The scene faded away and the time having now come for me to seek the upper wrorld the Spirit dismissed me through that ivory gate from which Aeneas was ushered. And as I came I heard the voice of Cassandra call, mockingly: "It was the little prophetess who visited the ghosts And told the things she heard and saw; the people came in hosts. It was the great big audience who looked at her and said, "Poor child take pity on her for she's gone right off her head." ALICE HAYES.

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"What is my aim in life ? To live: to hold my own among the strife Of men. To win a name that will live on Through time, that all the world may know I lived. To add a jot to what the world has gained In wealth of knowledge. To make right the wrong- For men through ignottaneie aaommit so much That tendeth rather to "degrade the throng Than to uplift. I woufel fee strong and happy. Too much of sadness glftoms God's lovely world. He meant us to'be glad w"he_i he did place Us here amid its beauty. Why should we Be sad for what we cannot change, in truth ? And what we can make better, that indeed Should not cause sorrow. I would gain the love Of all around me by my kindly deeds And inner worth. I would be true to God And to my fellow men." 178 THE NORMAL LEADER. Thus spoke a youth in answer to an old Man's question. Now he paused. The old man smiled Upon his earnest face. "In truth thou hast A noble aim and high. But, ah, thou yet Hast much to learn. If thou art true To thy best self, thou soon shall find Life has more meaning than it yet has held." The youth went out into the world alone, And battled bravely to attain his aim, And after many years he met again Him who had asked the question. Years had made More feeble his tall frame, but not bis mind. Piercing the other with his keen old eyes, He asked with kindly smile, "Hast thou attained What thou didst seek when going forth to live With men ?" The younger shook his head. "My aim," He said, "is changed. I seek to live: to fill The place God put me in as best I may. Just to do each day the work that comes. Enough already strive for name and fame, To fill the world with knowledge. There is need Of men to do the humbler tasks of life. I would make others happy. Far too much Of sadness glooms God's lovely world. He put Us here to bear our neighbor's burdens. We Grow strong to bear our own by being strong For others. I would live to love. The world Has need of love. Who knows how many crimes Might not have been if some one had had faith To love? And still I would be true to God And to my fellow men." BESSIE GOULD Ualedictory

It is character rather than intellect that counts in the ultimate reckoning of a man's worth. Small indeed is the man and of little influence who has covered up his humanity under briefs, diagnoses and debates. Education is not in the reach of all, for it may come only to those who have had time and opportunity to study and enjoy the higher intellectual things. But character may be obtained by all, for it is not a gift of fortune. Talent or special genius may be a gift of nature, position in society a gift of birth, but character is being formed every moment, even by those in the lowliest stations. It is being developed by every action, every thought that goes through the recesses of the brain, every aspiration that fills our hearts. We know that there are many who are not as fortunate Jas we we are in being able to get an education. They have not the time to educate themselves thus, for they have deeper duties calling to them. The bond of brotherhood is so strong that they cannot think enough of themselves to spend time in self-advancement, while their poorer brothers need their time and lives. What should be the duty of those who have at their disposal the means to acquire an education? It should be to disclose to their less fortunate brothers all the beauties and the lofty ideals which their in­ sight into the higher things of life has given them. If their education has made them forgetful of humanity and desirous only to push far­ ther on into the intellectual world, merely for the pleasure itself, then indeed they should be deprived of the means of an education. The one great aim of education is to eliminate selfishness. If it does not accomplish this end, it has failed entirely in its purpose. We need an education that we may get in closer touch with humanity and be cognizant ofthe things we can do to help our fellowmen. Only when we can and will devote ourselves to lives of service are we faithful to the education we acquire. In our services we must be forgetful of ourselves.* J| w$ think of what fame and glory are to come to us because we do for others, we will never be successful. For there we have t\#a things to tljjnfc pf, 188 THE NORMAL LEADER. our own rather selfish ambition and our work. Then, as Phillips Brooks says, our energies are divided, and our work receives only part of them when it should get all of them. "Efface ourselves, efface ourselves," says-the great thinker, "and the only way to do it is to stand in the presence of God, be so possessed with Him that there shall be no space or time left for the intervention of your own little personality." Classmates, we are now standing at the end of our Normal days after careful and vigilant study for three or four years. First we wish to offer our deepest gratitude to those who have helped us to acquire what we have. Members of the Local Board, we are especially grateful to you. You have always guarded our interests and have had the wellfare of the institution near your hearts. We thank you for the privileges you have permitted us to enjoy. Members ofthe Faculty, now when it is forced upon us to realize that we are to have daily intercourse with you no longer, we begin to appreciate your sterling worth. It is because you have striven to de­ velop character as well as intellect that your influence has been so great. We, the Class of 1905, have by no means always seemed worthy of your efforts. We have often tried your patience and thwarted some of your best laid plans by our heedlessness, but we realize that you had our best interests at heart, although we did not then understand the motive which prompted your decisions. Some of you have instilled into our minds a new mode of thought, a new standard of living. From some who have not let their professionalism keep them from personal contact with students, we have received some of our highest ideals. They have showed us wThat true men and women are and what might have been "the amplitude of nature's first design." We cannot repay you now. Words are but idle things. The future only will tell whether the germs of knowledge and character you have planted will develop into lives of success. The best we can do is to endeavor that our lives shall be centers of greater influences for having been under your guid­ ance. The Class of 1905 bid you an affectionate farewell. To you, my dear class-mates, a final word of parting must be said. My lips almost refuse to say it We knew that this must come and we have tried to put it off. But the time has come. Although the fact that our course has been successfully completed may cause feel­ ings of satisfaction, yet there must come a feeling of sadness because of the severing of long and intimate ties of relationship. Of what use is it all, all our study and education ? It is going to make us better and happier men and women. If it does not we have wasted our time. Our lives will be better because we will spend them in the service of others: happier because we are THE NORMAL LEADER. 189 helping our brothers. We have not done all we could in the past. In the words of Longfellow, When we compare What we have lost with what we have gained, What we have missed with what attained Little room do we find for pride. We are aware How many days have been idly spent, How like an arrow the good intent Has fallen short or been turned aside. But who shall dare To measure loss and gain in this wise ? Defeat may be victory in disguise, The lowest ebb in the turn of the tide. We do not wish to have unbroken successes or immunity from sorrow: No, far from it. "There are rich treasures hidden in many souls which would remain hidden forever, if the blast of adversity did not come" They have a sweetening, deepening influence upon our lives and it would be a sin to wish them removed. Our lives must be cheery, happy lives. To be sure all is not sunshine. But the glorious thing is to be cheerful in spite of darkness, brave and helpful in spite of misfortune. We go from these halls to a fuller, more active life and the days spent here will always he remembered. We must do our absolute best, and not be contented with our second best, remember­ ing that There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave, There are souls that are pure and true, So give to the world the best you have And the best will come back to you. Give love, and love to your life will flow A strength in your utmost need, Give faith and scores of hearts will show Their faith in your word and deed. Give truth and your gift will be paid in kind And honor will honor meet, A smile that is sweet is sure to find A smile that is just as sweet, For life is a mirror of king and slave Its just what we are and do. So give to the world the best you have Aud the best will come back to you. We must say farewell, and we will breathe it tenderly and ear­ nestly, for it contains an accent of a blessing and a prayer. Class of 1905, a very affectionate farewell. DORA BELLE RIDBR. Class Song.

To music adapted by Miss ALDEN.

Let the hills resound with song, As we proudly march along, Our hearts in tune, This merry June, 'Tis our Class Day; While our good old school shall stand, The best in all the land, We'll true to thee And faithful be, And homage pay.

With courage strong, We scorn to do the wrong. Our cause is true That urges to Triumphant close, Success, shall crown And bring us all renown, And fame and fortune Lift us out of Reach of foes.

Let us joyful be today Tho' we go upon our way, Fond memories rise With these good byes Dear friends to you; We e'er will keep alive The thought of nineteen-five And Juniors dear. You're welcome here. Our School, adieu.

MAY ALDEN. Consilium,

Juniors awake! Cast off your chrysalis in which you have been sleeping so soundly for the past year and stand forth in your new beauty as seniors. With what care and anxiety have we watched your .growth and development! We have had a long and tedious wait during your late hibernation, watching for some signs of life. We feared that the junior class was dead, but within the last few weeks the pupa has showed some signs of latent vitality. On one oc­ casion a few of you even came out to a reception—tendered by the seniors. Before you raise yourselves on your new found wings, in the last and highest form of your school life, you must needs receive some warnings and advice. Not every flower by the waj'side contains nec­ tar for the butterfly. Not everything that seems desirable is for the senior. We leave you here some warnings. Some of them are natural members of your class,—and some a legacy from ours. In the words of Mark Twain. "If you would succeeds study their lives carefully and make yours as otherwise as possible." They seem to say, "You are about to enter into the joys of seniors*. Some of you will work but this course is wrong—all wrong1—all a base habit, juniors. Look at us: we toil not, neither do we spin. We pursue a career of con­ tented idleness. Why. if you only thought so, juniors, you could stay here a whole year without doing the least work, aud at the expiration of that time feel fresh and vigorous enough to commence the same' thing over again. Work tires you out; resolve to be idle; no one should study, he should let others do it for him." Strain every nerve in this direction. Exert yourself to the utmost as "one who wraps the mantle of his couch about him and lays down to pleasant dreams." Juniors, beware of evil habits. Especially avoidjthe use of tobacco. Many people certainly get a great deal of pleasure from smoking, but as seniors dp not form this habit. Remember that you stand before the other classes of the school as examples of all that students should be. Think how terrible would be the effect if the children of these lower classes should follow your example: how their minds would be stunned and their bodies dwarfed. Then consider the ef­ fect on the young men of the town. Besides, it will injure you in a social way; the young man who is to take yoU home from church, can often ill-afford the one cigar that he now finds necessary to while 192 THE NORMAL LEADER. away the time during the last of the sermon; three will be entirely beyond his means. Beware of pride, for as Poor Richard says: "Pride rides on debt's back," and we may add that your father is likely to car­ ry the debt. Do not let the young men, if perchance you are so fortunate as to have any in your class, do not let them become vain, In no way let them know that they might im­ prove their looks, for "When a man tries to make himself beautiful, he steals—he steals a woman's patent." Juniors, heed these warnings. Follow this advice: "Early to bed and early to rise will make you healthy, wealthy and wise." You should all remember this simple truth as stated by Dr. Frank­ lin, even, Madam President of the Juniors, when the Temple Quar. tette is in town. No doubt you have all noticed that the remark­ ably fine record made by this year's class may be directly traced to the fact that none of its members have ever been out late nights. We have had some cause to fear that you had not observed this and were not prepared to apply the principle to your own lives. Look back over the past year and you will see that: Lives of seniors all remind you You can be almost as fine, By rememb'ring, just remembring; Be in bed at proper time. In the morn' be up and doing; Never be to breakfast late; And whatever you're pursuing, Learn that time will never wait. Juniors, we have been worried and grieved by your neglect of the opportunities placed before you. Some of you have persisted in refusing to become members of of the Masonian society. The fact that you cannot sing is no excuse. Yon would have to sing in the Masonian whether you could or not. And you could then be in on the social events of the school. Oh! Juniors, let not a day of your senior year pass outside of this society. It appears also that you do not realize the great value of com. ing in contact with and listening to the great thinkers of the age; else why should some of you fail to remember that rhetoricals come on each Wednesday afternoon during the middle weeks of the term. Never mind, juniors, we are all ready to admit that you have made many mistakes, "He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts." Be not discouraged; look not mournfully at the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear, and with a manly heart. L. MAXWELL HARRIS. f(espor)SC by £b Junior President.

Honored, respected, well-poised and well dressed Seniors! It is with aj feeling of indebtedness, we accept your advice, sympathy and expressions of hope. You have always maintained a high standard of excellence and dignity in the school, and with the aid of those "too late to be classified" fro

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