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

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I5 The Book of Chronicles of 1904 CHAPTER l. In the year rgoz, on the eighth day of the month of September, it came to pass that at group of illustrious young women, whose fame had already come into high renown, presented themselves in the appointed place in the Normal School to receive the fresh honors there awaiting them. They were gathered front far and ncar out of all the region round about. From the High School they came, front the General Course and front the Classical, as well as from the Latin-Scientificg and they had assembled themselves together from all parts of their ancient and honorable city, front the Falls of Schuylkill, front Munayunk, yea from the outermost parts of the earth, as far even as the borders of Virginia, a splendid and noble company. 'l'hen Dr. Willard, the Headof that greatand glorious Institution. greeted them in friendly wise, rejoicing with them that they were come into this place of learning. They were gently made welcome withal, but at the same time they were told that they would no longer be called A's, butjuniors, until the year should come to an end. Then were they divided over against each other into ten bands, and a roster was given to each one of this noble company. whereby she should know whither she would go at every several hour in each day of the year. And therewith did the Head of tlte School disappear, leaving of maidens a wondering group, saying each to the other, Verily we are come into a strange land. Then straightway they betook themselves to their own homes. Cnaifrna II. The next morning we tfor my tale you must know is of our own glorious companyj again assembled our- S i l l i V l 1 l 4 1 I I 1 l 1 i i V l selves, and this time we encountered Dr. Spiegle. She likewise took up the thread of discourse where it had been dropped on the previous day, and spoke unto us right gently withal as follows: That the illllB'1l3d now come in which we should no longer walk one behind the other in the corridors, but rather careless-like. Yet were we not to converse with one another, but keep a watch upon our tongues, in the exercise of that great and knightly virtue of selfcontrol. Furthermore that we should each take unto herselfa black bag, so that we no longer must needs carry a hook under one arm, a pencil under the other, luncheon in one hand, and hand- kerchief in the other, but that the bag might hold them all. So might we not appear like unto factory girls, but as those about to I ecome teachers, we should be in good sooth professional women. And with one accord we proclaimed that henceforth these bags should be called professionals. CHAPTER III. Now after that it happened that we assembled our- selvesin Miss Baldwin 's room. And here our chronicler, too full ofgreat and sublime emotion, drops into poetry, while our adventures gush in song from her lips. Miss O'Donnell, of fair renown, according to the record, chanted these lines: There was a young girl who did sew Many buttonholes down in a row: You think you've done plenty? XVhy y0u've only done twenty, Keep on, do a hundred or so.

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And still another sang this lay : v I P X 't There was a young girl l , whom all knew When she wished to see me or see you She would casually Za rw, say, In her Nornialite Yff 1 Q07 4 way, Meet me nndcr the hall buy? I ll' an clock at two. l . er f .ff . . U 4 I . , , A ,, t- , , I, l 453 1'1 i L ,Ns 4, ' .La-' tif,-Wifi' '+,,.,.g4:'i ' ill Maui 'fl .- lu +. it . Jig, gulffll, -' 'ff . - ...I I A ' tv' ' 'Ul!U'lf' lhl -cla:K4 Ja' Then came an answering voice, t' we shall now have some verses for children, and one sang: I'n1 tired, Dr. Wilson, the young girl said, For with Darwin I stayed up all night, And I read and I read and again have I read, And then I did write, and did write. And from far away the lingering echoes brought back the lay: I'm sorry, Dr. Wilson replied with a sigh, But there, my young maid, do not grieve : But to read all those papers l never would try, And no mark will you ever receive. And before the strain had died away loud and strong was borne upon the air yet another tninstrelsy: There w.is a new teacher who for our delectation Did carefully arrange for a first preparation : And to her we'd come, For a poni--porn, porn-poni, 'Til six-eight we'tl teach without, hesitation. Ifw Cnaifri-:R IV. Then were we introduced to Methods of many sorts, Methods of History and Methods of Arithmetic, and Methods of Language and Methods of Geography, and Methods of Science and Methods of Drawing, and many other Methods, of which I shall not now speak unto you. Now the Methods of Arithmetic were presided over l.y her who is called Miss Burmester. Right fair did she speak unto us, and we discovered how it was that if we laid one piece of wood by another piece of wood in that place we should know how to teach it unto the child in an hour of need, for we learn to do by doing. In language right gently did Miss Tait impart to us both advice and criticism, and then we knew that it was so that a smile on the face of our teacher meant that wc might deal kindly with the victim, but should she at any time frown then far otherwise would it be with the offender. And verily and in good sooth were we kept busy watching the indications on her countenance. And the keeper of the History was Miss Clark, and here might all the maidens behold the transmission of energy into thought. For ever and anon would their Leader say unto them, Is this a good question to be considered? Have you consulted Larned? Have you made an oulline? Then a cloud would pass over the room and with one voice would we say, We have sinned, we have sinned, grievously have we sinned. Then in Science were we led by Dr. Schiveley. She took the maidens far away, gathering wild flowers, even the anemoneand the violet and the spring beauty, so that we all loved right well these blossoms which grow inthe woods, because forsootli our teacher loved and under- stood them. She troubled not our minds with methods and criticisms, but ever she extended unto us a helping hand, showing to us all sympathy and good fellowship.