1943 Seventh Publication of the Oswego Historical Society OSWEGO CITY LIBRARY 1943 I Palladium-Times. Inc. PrinterB Oswego. K. Y. LIST OF OFFICERS 1943 President Edwin M. Waterbury Ralph M. Faust Frederick W. Barnes Vice-Presidents Grove A. Gilbert Merritt A. Switzer Miss Ruth Thomas Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Homan F. Hallock Recording Secretary Thomas A. Cloutier Treasurer Donald S. Gordon Curator Elliott B. Mott Mrs. James G. Riggs Dr. Lida S. Penfield Members of Board of Managers Mrs. Frank Elliott Miss Anna Post t Daniel A. Williams I All elective officers are ex-officio members of the Board of Man­ agers which funtcions as the Executive Committee of the Society.] II CONTENTS Page OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1943 II CONTENTS III WINTER PROGRAM, 1943-1944 IV STANDING COMMITTEES, 1943 V LEST WE FORGET VI-VII SOCIETY MEMBERS IN ARMED FORCES OF UNITED STATES VII A CONSTRUCTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT VIII PAPERS GIVEN BEFORE SOCIETY IN 1943 THE OSWEGO STATE NORMAL AND TRAINING SCHOOL, An Interpretation (by Dr. Richard K. Piez, former head of the Department of Psychology, Oswego State Normal School) 1-10 OSWEGO COUNTY GLASS (by Miss Frances Eggleston of Oswego) 11-17 NED LEE—HIS LIFE AND TIMES (by Dr. Lida S. Penfleld, for­ mer head of the English Department of Oswego State Teachers' College), Third of a Series of Papers on Oswego County writers 18-26 OSWEGO COUNTY PAINTERS (by Mr. Daniel A. Williams, of Oswego) 27-39 FALLEY SEMINARY'S CONTRIBUTION TO EDUCATION IN OSWEGO COUNTY (by Dr. Henry P. de Forest of New York City, member of last class to be graduated from Falley) 40-51 MUSICAL LIFE IN OSWEGO COUNTY (by James Lally, organist and director Choir St. Mary's R. C. Church, Oswego), First Installment of a Series of Papers Upon This Theme 52-60 OSWEGO'S FIRST CITY HALL (by Miss Marion Mahar, of the History Department of Oswego State Teachers' College) 61-79 NECROLOGY 80 III 86293 WINTER PROGRAM 1943 October 19—"Musical Life in Oswego County," Mr. James Lally, Organ­ ist and Director of Choir of St. Mary's R. C. Church, Oswego, First of a Series of Papers to Be Given by Mr. Lally on This Theme. November 16—"Oswego's First City Hall," Miss Marion Mahar of the History Department of the Oswego State Teachers College. 1944 January 11—"General Bradstreet's Expedition Through the Oswego River Valley in 1758 Against Fort Frontenac," Dr. W. Seward Salisbury of the Department of Social Studies of the Oswego State Teachers College. February 15—"Life and Work of Henry Cuyler Bunner, Native of Oswego, Editor and Author," Dr. Lida S. Penfleld, former Head of the English Department of the English Department of the Oswego State Teachers College. (This will be the Fourth of a Series of Papers on Oswego County Writers Being Given by Dr. Penfleld.) March 21—"Oswego County During the 'Patriot War,' " Edwin M. Waterbury of the "Oswego Palladium-Times." April 18—"Amherst's Expedition from Oswego in 1760 to Terminate French Rule in North America." Dr. Harry W. Porter of the History Faculty of the Oswego State Teachers College. May 16—Meeting at Fulton with Program to Be Announced. IV STANDING COMMITTEES 1943 Membership Mrs. John S. Parsons, Chairman Mrs. Carolyn E. Whittaker Grove A. Gilbert Mrs. James G. Riggs Frederick W. Barnes Mrs. Frank Elliott James Gallagher Miss Elizabeth Simpson Merritt A. Switzer Ralph Watson Miss Juanita Kersey Dr. W. Seward Salisbury Donation and Collection of Articles of Historical Interest Daniel A. Williams, Chairman Mrs. Samuel M. F. Peters Ralph M. Faust Mrs. Ethel P. Dunham Elliott B. Mott Mrs. Rachel Pollard Frederick W. Barnes Miss Karl Kellogg George Chesbro Miss Anna Post Floyd S. Spangle Miss Frances J. Eggleston Harold A. Hubbard Miss Grace E. Lynch Dr. H. S. Albertson Miss Eugenia Hallock J. E. McChesney F. D. Odell Program Ralph M. Faust, Chairman Mrs. Frederick Leighton Dr. Harry W. Porter Mrs. Harold J. Dann Rev. Henry S. Sizer Mrs. Homan F. Hallock Dr. Richard K. Piez Mrs. Blanchard Shaver George M. Fannin Dr. Lida S. Penfield Merritt A. Switzer Miss Gertrude Schuelke Dr. Donald Snygg Miss Juanita Kersey George M. Penney Miss Elizabeth Simpson Miss Ruth Thomas Miss Elizabeth F. Culkin Miss Helen C. Quirk Miss M. Gertrude Johnstor Frederick W. Barnes Miss F. Consuelo Newton Herbert R. Lyons Dr. Ralph W. Swetman Collection, Arrangement and Caro Mrs. James G. Riggs, Chairman Mrs. Robert L. Allison Homan F. Hallock Mrs. Ralph K. Seymour Francis H. Robarge Mrs. Daniel A. Williams John Tiernan Miss Florence Distin Joseph T. McCaffrey Dr. Lida Penfield Dearborn V. Hardie Mrs. Isabelle K. Hart Fred P. Wright Leon N. Brown Expansion Grove A. Gilbert, Chairman Mrs. C. R. Baldwin Dr. B. T. Mason Mrs. Raymond C. Turner Donald S. Gordon Mrs. John M. Gill James F. Brannan, Jr. Mrs. E. M. Anderson J. H. Hourigan Miss Helen Mangeot Mrs. Percy Hubbard Miss Ruth Thomas Fred Scoville Mrs. Percy Klock James Gallagher Miss M. Winifred Turner Clark E. Jackson Mrs. Mary J. Dodd Ralph Watson Mrs. Gordon Ridgway Robert L. Allison Glenn J. Streeter John H. Hourigan Frank R. Crandell Auditing Alfred G. Tucker, Chairman Clarence T. LeightoFredericn k WReceptio. Barnesn , ChairmaMrs. Fredericn k P. Hickey "LEST WE FORGET" RALPH MILLIGAN FAUST Coming- to Oswego in 1926 soon after earning his degree of Master of Arts at Syra­ cuse University, from which he had been graduated in 1925 as a Bachelor of Arts, Ralph Milligan Faust joined the faculty of the Oswego High School as instructor in Civics. As a youth in his native Camden, N. J., he had early manifested a keen interest in matters historical. He had not been long in Oswego when he acquired a deep and enduring interest in its rich historical background and began delving into many of its phases which had not previously received adequate treatment by local or visiting histor­ ians. Becoming a member ot the Oswego Historical Society, Mr. Faust was thrown into close association with Dr. James G. Riggs, then its president, and the spark of zeal for local history which he had earlier displayed was fanned into flame through the influence of the older histcrian. Thus it came about in 1934 when the late Dr. Alexander C. Flick, New York State Historian, invited Dr. Riggs to write a chapter for his "History of New York State," upon which Dr. Flick was then at work, that Dr. Riggs accepted on the condition that Mr. Faust should be associated with him in the preparation of the chapter, which was later published as a part of Volume VI devoted to "The Age of Reform," with Chapter 10, "New York Becomes the Empire State," accredited to the two Oswegonians. In the same year Mr. Faust's "Story of Oswego" was published in book form. So generally excellent was the work that it was immediately adopted as the standard text book on local history for the Oswego public schools. It developed such popular appeal that within a few months the edition was completely sold out, and there developed a strong demand, unfortunately not yet met, for a revised and enlarged edition of the work. VI OSWEGO CITY LIBRARY In 1929 Mr. Faust "became the first principal of the newly created Kingsford Park Junior High School. The pageantry, soon introduced into the student entertainments at the schools, began to attract the attention of the parents of the students, was but another outcropping of the natural interest and genius of the principal in matters historical, which was to have a later further manifestation in 1938 in the pageant produced at Kingrsford Park School on the evenings of May 25-26 in connection with the Bi—Centennial of Sir William Johnson. The pageant, written by Mr. Faust, in asso­ ciation with Miss Ruth Raby, also of the school faculty, had been sponsored by Oswego Historical Society as Oswego's contribution to the Johnson observance. Its episodes dealt with phases of Oswego County history with which Johnson was identified. When the Oswego Historical Society was reorganized early in 1937 some months after the death of Dr. Riggs who had long headed the society, Mr. Faust was one of the group of members who took the initial steps that resulted in the reorganization. He was elected a vice-president of the Society at that time and immediately afterwards was appointed chairman of its program committee, a position he has since filled to the committees have on several occasions importuned him to accept its presidency he has to committee have on several occasions importuned him to accept its presidency he has to date declined to serve the society in that capacity for which he is so richly endowed by his talents. Besides serving our society as an officer, a member of its board and as chairman and member of some of its most important committees, Mr. Faust was honored in 1939 by election as vice-president of the Central New York Association of Local Historians. He is considered by our own society as the unofficial Historian of Oswego County. In Recognition of Mr. Faust's long and distinguished services to this society and to the cause of better local history, Oswego Historical Society, through formal action by its Board of Managers, appreciatively dedicates this volume to him. OUR ROLL OF HONOR Members of Oswego County Historical Society Now With Armed Forces of United States Lieut. Lloyd L. Allen, Fulton, U.S. Navy. Capt. Francis L. Carroll, Oswego, U. S. Army Medical. Corp. Phelps Carter, Oswego, U. S. Army. Capt. John M. Gill, Oswego, U. S.