Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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 v :vVI -i “Vyjj ¥ l...».......»..»«»..ii»MiM.%M.»..M.H»Mf.«IHI»«tM»H?’l W and especially in I lie use of Languages, become both desirable and possible. Her discipline, founded on pure lines of human justice and the elements of good taste, meets not only with the obedience, but the silent approval of the most interested parties. Our late Principal. Dr. Lyle, in whose long and successful administration she proved an important factor, paid her high tribute as head of the department in which he himself had won distinction. These long years of constant devotion have been varied by periods of study and travel. In 181)5, Miss Gilbert spoilt several months at the I'niversity of Chicago studying English and Pedagogy, and later, while on a trip to California, she pursued the same subjects at la-land Stanford I'niversity. The summer vacation of 1892 she spent in European travel, and again, in 1901, she made a longer slay in those interesting countries, her proficiency in French and German making it very delightful. In December of 1907, with the teacher of Mathematics of Smith College, she started oil a tour around the world which lasted eight months. They traveled about 81.000 miles, going ever eastward. In Egypt, they lingered several weeks, also in India, but made the longest visit, three months, in Japan. On the homeward voyage, they slopped at the Hawaiian Islands. The Canadian Pacific Railway brought them across the American continent through the scenic wonders of the Selkirks and the Rocky Mountains. Sacred rivers, cities deeply embedded in history, wondrous tombs and temples, above all the vast currents of human life in the vivid contrasts of the Orient, made lasting impressions on Miss Gilbert’s sensitive and comprehending mind. She has an insight into eastern art and religions, and a world-wider vision of mankind that few travellers possess. As Secretary of the Alumni Association. Miss Gilbert keeps in touch with that large and growing body. Her notes in the Millcrsvillian form a pleasant medium of communication. and keep old students up-to-date in the affairs of the school. She is an active member of the National Educational Association, by means of which her influence is extended over a still wider circle. She advocates a limited suffrage for both men and women, but is not in sympathy with militant methods. It is intelligence and conservatism like hers that will finally bring order out of this confusion. The Toicustom has indeed found true values in Miss Gilbert and is eager to do her the honor of this dedication. It rejoice? in her loyalty to the new administration, and hopes she will enrich the lives of the coming generations of students. She belongs to tin-line of great teachers that have made Millcrsvillc famous.

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©reefing TO those, who, animated 1 »y a love for the old Normal, rally loyally round her standard, to those, who have faced with us the problem of finishing under the old course,” to all, who, in search of those things which portray faithfully the real life of Millcrsvillc, read eagerly the pages of this book, greeting. Handicapped by limitations of time, experience, and expense. we have probably made many grave and serious blunders; but if the perusal of this volume awakens in the minds of our friends memories of the happy days spent in the shadow of the old Normal’s walls, and brings back recollections of tin pleasant hours we here lived together, we. the editors, shall feel that our work has not been in vain.