I •M_B_nM_-_-_-B--B-_--------H--_B---B Commencement 1905 4© it 90V! •®d of duo-gnrk spies fftckl iifeceieitf t© gndu&tes to to.ve tbeir gr^ia^tSfi photo's Mt bv Mi DCVCT 19M tbe wc&tkir. «*«;•; ; # GRADUATING CLASS, J 905, FREDONIA NORMAL SCHOOL. •;H™' The Normal Leader. ji Wonthty School journal. Published by Zetesian and Alpha Delta Societies of Fredonia Normal School. Vol. 6. FREDONIA, N. % JUNF, 190^ No. 10 TERMS 50 eta. a year payable in advance. Entered as 2d class matter at Fredonia,N.Y. 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. & & 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.