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

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I T CllAl'TliR V. Now we came into the place of the teacher who The ut-xt picture was the Bird-Trip. i ' l is called Miss Campbell. Full pleasantly she spoke 1' Z if unto us, showing therewith many beautiful lantern- ef' fill slides, and the tale thereof is somewhat as follows: Y , KV ll liz' Q The Transformation of a Corridor Aid. In this ' it - I U 5 l picture was a woman with great shears, cutting the l , yi . t train front a niaiClen's gown. And the next picture was l lf , The Smile that VVon't Come Off. In the background lc . might he seen volumes of Tomkins, Fitch and Spencer. 1 l , ll lit- V ld , Supporting these were thirty pillars, the principles of ll It l it I I L,1 V, I Dr. Brooks. and smiling toward them was their advo- K gl 51 5 X cate. The next picture was The Result of Bird- :QQI ill 1 Study. Iiagerly the maidens strained their eyes to H. f 71 -'f' f 1' JI - ,. I' Y 1 f ?'f'7 i ? 7, Ili' gin? XD! i l i lffnrxlli , . . - 'illflii M, jABlTllEIpEEllllDl7 ff , 1 And the next unto that was called The Desert 7 K f fi X 24,4 ,X Island. A sniall island lay in the midst of the deep !-I I l A -fflvq occan,and the waves dashed high about it. A lont in iiden with a black bag stood there, and slowly, cate behold this picture, for in it were one hundred and fully, cautiously, she drew from it a handkerchief ' ' ' ' ' ' l f lt tiftv of their own number weeping while little lD's Flicn all the maidens l-owed their heads, for tiey e were skipping blithely and happily through the air. ' 1lSl11llllC4l to have gazed upon this picture.

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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.

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IS Then the next was called The Puzzle Page ot' Room x6. N. V 1 3 'I 5 3 6: lit Q .3 'r lv Q , 5 .1 ,x Y hz,.,J i'f e if M ! !l fanfic!! 5' fnvff. I 2- f7 'v1l'f'M pf 641.gif K Jim :df flfryfarj. And the next was Equity and justice. And as they looked they saw that it was a picture of her who was wont to speak unto them of Psychology. And the maidens clapped their hands. and all of them proclaimed in a loud voice, Verily this is a true picture. CHAPTER VI. Now there was Vet another of whom we must speak, called Professor Skidmore, whose dwelling place was over against the laboratories of physics and chemistry. There spoke he unto us of magnetism. of the :esthetic side of the electro-magnet and of personal magnetism, Now he believed in the concrete hefore the ahstraet, therefore in each laboratory he placed as instructor a personal magnet, so that when an expedition to a glass factory ua, proposed. verily the magnet did its full l I l i i l l l l l 4 work. Now it would happen that the maidens cleverly tried to cause the Professor to speak to them on the pro- posed graduation in March. on the exhibit for St. Louis. and ou the question of the sunshine and shadow of substituting. But too often seeing their wily pranks, he refrained from speaking, causing them unwillingly to deliver unto him their words upon the Rheoe-tat. ll. All N4 ' A S bl Q,-an lm 0 l. 'Q' 4 ,lf ',, lf' 4' 'V' ,, 1 M lr, 'i ', r i 5 1 lf: Ai A 'I J h 'Q' ' .1 tiff ' 1' Q lille' F ur 'Q , 'U ld It X ,lfiliyw A V ir' -I ,,: li '-3' ,. , 'Wm . I e,,l if ,vw ' ll l ix, X l .1 v l Alf 'pu rgi iii X Ply l '. 'f gl li' l ff!! 'Q we ,Z Jw. 1 -Q1 l . me i , . lit- i ,' p n U' ,r X, 1 Ak up l ., P vain' it ? ' - ,J ,, I X -, ' C' 1 ,t '15 lil 74 .3 wtf Su!-rv' .J A. ,infill 7,,,,,