Philadelphia High School for Girls - Milestone Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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breaking into our slow understanding that glaciers do move, and that artesian wells are not made by artists. As befitted the childlike simplicity of our minds, we spent much time studying Kindergartens. We folded colored paper into various shapes and we wove mats designed to the tune of the Anvil Chorus, words adapted. Last year we held the First Annual Spring Sports of the Philadelphia Normal School. The events were run off with great success in the Gymnasium 3 no world's records were broken, but Farmer john, The Blacksmith, and similar feats of strength were all ably performed by the future Kindergarden teachers ofthe city. Methods bring to mind the syllabi which accumulated in great numbers, and which we studied so diligently. In this department one of the girls in teach- ing a lesson on Square Measure requested the members of the class to hold up their square feet. So passed our Junior Year. Then came that rare day in June when we received our averages. The suspense of that hour is indelibly impressed in our memory: but the majority of tl1e girls passed through the ordeal and went their way rejoicing. After the summer vacation we came back to assume the role of Seniors with dignity and self-control. On the morning of our return we were greeted by a 11ew face, but the stranger was not long to remain so. Our friendly coun- sellor ancl advisor, our much esteemed Principal has given us many happy hours. talking with us on the Philosophy of Education, and also on the hidden beauties of nature. Earth gets its price for what earth gives us. And so with the honor of being Seniors came the trials of teaching. We wrote plans for Music, plans for Geography, plans for Arithmetic, plans to be followed in the First Year, and plans for Eighth Year work, but with all our planning We never forget tl1e words: Aim, Materials, Plan. Oh, the tribulations of teaching? What must have been the feelings of the embryo teacher, when during a lesson on the snow- bird, one bright young scholar of the first grade rises and gives to the class the K6 1 4 .

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information that when the ground is covered with snow this bird procures its food by picking the microbes out of the snow. The morning salutation in Room 27 was, Good morning, have you used Listerine? Here we learn about Alimentary Principles, Proximate Principles, Abnormal Appetits, etc. One good guesser in -f. ,z-Q the room startled the class one day by boldly gl 75 asserting that Alimentary principles are 196 -' principles found in the alimentary canal. i w? Our psychological studies were contin- an ued in the Senior Year. This work was ex- X V' j , ceedingly interesting. We were asked, Do 2 ,,' fi I t you ever hear a voice or feel the touch of some If one, without any external stimulus ? Those I 6 g' gi 7 V' who suffered with that disease recorded the by ' M fact under A, those who did not stated so . you ever associate any color with a certain taste? Xvhereupon one of the girls rose and said, She never had anything like that, K .k'J v ' W eff? under B. Another question was, Do l . f f A I N but whenever she heard Caveleria Rusticana I I she always associated the music with the odor A y of violets, which was very clear logic to say A ,Z the least. lv. In the Physical Laboratory we labored I X ' in , long and. patiently with the Rheostat and I ! X .X Wheatstone's bridge, until the latter was f l ry 'X Tl' christened the Bridge of Sighs. In chemistry -h H - - 'A I we electralyzed various things, including our 11nT,QL6 ww- Ffnnewfll beautiful blue denims, which were the pride of the Professor's heart. We went to the 16