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First the gym. then the student union, today Dutcher Hall —it houses the counseling center on the ground floor and dramatics groups above. A lone fisherman whiles away a warm fall day as a curious swan approaches. It could have happened seventy-five years ago; in actuality it's a photo made last fall. Violets by the thousand and brilliant dandelions crowd the base of the Civil War monument. No yearbook at MSC is complete without our resident swans. In the spring the president's home has its Georgian beauty reflected in the still water of The Lake. Reflected too are the graceful willow and the pink and white dogwoods.
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Page 13 text:
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9 Physics one hour. It is now 5 o’clock. Prepare the lesson for the eleventh grade Geography class. 6-6:15 read Classics and finish that after dinner (lunch). This plan is warranted to work for any pupil of average ability. Classes were continuous from 7 a.m. to noon when lunch was served. After lunch in fine weather, a female teacher might take some female students on a nature walk down beautiful, tree-lined Shenk’s Lane. At 1 classes resumed. A letter from a homesick girl to her mother says classes were held from 7 to noon and 1 to 5. Classes were assembled by the ringing of a bell that hung in the tower of Old Main—and which awaits the building of a new tower to house it— a bell which also signaled when to wake up, go to meals and devotions, and for eventide. It weighs 1,050 pounds. The faculty was headed by Elipha-let Oram Lyte. A. M.. Ph. D., principal, who taught Psychology, Logic, and Pedagogics. Other familiar names among the faculty of 1899 are Byerly. Hull, Roddy. Brooks and Harbold of the men, and Lyle, Gilbert, Landes and Myers of the women, all of whom have buildings named for them. The faculty totaled thirty-seven, less than one-tenth the number of full-time teachers here today. The Class of 1899 first met to organize September 16, 1898. At later meetings a constitution was written, a class emblem and a class flower— yellow and white roses—adopted, and a motto chosen: Studemus Excellere (We study to excel). The class colors were gold, white and black. A class yell was composed: E. O. L.! Walla. Walla, Will! Ninety-nine! Ninety-nine! Millersville! Boom!!! The entire history of the class from that first meeting is recorded in that first book. On October 20. 1898, for instance, the class went on an excursion to Washington, which is recounted at length. It planted a circle of poplar trees on the west campus November 22. While admitting that tree planting by a class was not new, it has never been done here before on such an extensive scale. On December 17. the seniors entertained at a sociable for faculty and students. According to the photographs in the senior section. 115 graduated that year, a far cry from the 1,250 or so MSC now graduates. Today this ancient book is a delight to read. Yet it set a tone of self-conscious boasting of its accomplishments that numerous subsequent books tried to outdo. And it tells how close the tide of war rolled in the 1860's, when the flames of the burning bridge at Columbia, which was destroyed to prevent the Confederate troops from crossing the Susquehanna. were plainly seen from the grounds. The school was closed at one period of the war on account of the proximity of the enemy. Those who died in that war are remembered on the monument that faces George Street. The 1899 book contains humor. what today we would call inside jokes. For instance, since conversation be- tween the sexes was taboo, dates were made by snapping fingers, hence a phony book: How to Exterminate Snappers by Mae I. Horan — This exhaustive treatise upon animals which thrive upon our campus ... In the ad section: Ladies' shoes sold from $1.50 to $6. oxfords $1 to $4.50, men’s $1.50 to $7. Ads tried to entice graduates of MSC to enrol at Penn State or F M. both degreegranting institutions even then. That was the beginning. From THE WICKERSHAM the name was changed in 1901 to THE MILLERS-VILLIAN and not until 1909 was the name TOUCHSTONE adopted. But from the first the yearbook was intended to be a permanent record of a college year, a bit of history. It still purposes to be that. Therefore, in the spirit of that first book, we offer the Diamond Edition as a true and faithful record of the 1973-74 school year, to have, to enjoy, to treasure—for the next three quarters of a century. The Editors
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