Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 80 of the 1919 volume:

THE SLIPPERY ROCKET THE STAFF Editor-m-Chief H. L. Headland Assistant Editor Dean Adda M. Elliott Assistant Editor Alice Casey Business Manager J. B. Cook Assistant Business Manager Jack McDonald Alumni Reporter Miss Inis F. McClymonds Athletic Reporter Wendell Magee Artist Matilda Reis Senior Reporter Hazle Eakin Published by the FACULTY AND STUDENTS of SLIPPERY ROCK STATE NORMAL Slippery Rock, Pa. TERMS: One Dollar Per Year; issued every month during the school year. Entered as second-class matter December 1 7, lfllS, at the postotTice at Slippery Rock. Pa., under the Act of March ll. 1X70. THE STAFF lunior Reporter Ethel Moss Sophomore Reporter Theodore Murphy Freshman Reporter Hazel Belle Denny Bryant Reporter Ethel Meanor Philomathean Reporter Josephine Cross Y. W. C. A. Reporter Emma Gibbons Y. M. C. A. Reporter Franklin Gerren Training School Reporter Mary Cheeseman Exchange Editor Catherine Cook VOL. I. JUNE. 1919_______________NO 8 Dedication ............ The Faculty ........... The Senior Class....... Class Day Program. President's Address Class History ......... Class Poem Class Prophecy ....... Class Will Junior Class ...._.-.. Sophomore Class Freshman Class ................ Athletics Musical Organizations ......... Alumni Notes .................. Literary Societies Christian Associations School Notes Model School Notes Chronology .................... Jokes ............ -........... .............. 2 3 10 ......... 30 .... 30 .. 31 S' 36 42 ... 44 ............... 46 ............... 48 ............... 50 ................. 53 ................. 55 56 .............. 60 02 65 66 —............... 72 ME . Dedication TO INIS FLOY McCLYMONDS We. the Class of 1919, do dedicate this first graduation number of The Slippery Rocket as a token of our appreciation for her interest in 11s as a class, and for the many services rendered in behalf of our paper. :: :: :: 'I' HE S L I P P K R Y R O C K E T 3 The Faculty J. Lin wood Eisenberg Principal and Education Bom in Chester County, Pa. Educated in Public Schools of Chester County; graduated from Juniata College Normal English course in 1895; graduated from Ursinus College with degree of A. B. in 1906; A. M. (in course), 1908; Graduate Department of the University of Pennsylvania, receiving degree of Ph. I)., 1913; Supervising Principal Royersford, Pa., in 1905; in connection with Public School work, Professor of Education in Ursinus College, 1910-11; Department of Education, West Chester State Normal School, 1911-1914; Professor of Education, Wittenberg College (Summer terms), 1909-13; Professor of Education, Deleware College (Summer term), 1914; Superintendent of Public Schools, Chester, Pa., 1914-17. Present position, 1917. Adda M. Elliott Dean of Women and English Graduated from Indiana State Normal School 1885. Head of English Department Beaver Falls High School 1895-1918. Taught in Geneva College Summer School, three terms. Present position, 1918. John C. Ricketts Mathematics Born in Venango County, reared in Lawrence County. Educated at Edinboro Normal and Thiel College; received the degree of A. M. from Waynesburg College. Taught first year in Erie, three years in Scott Township High School, three years in Prospect Academy; came as instructor to Slippery Rock at the opening of the Normal School and in continuous service since 1889. Isaac N. Moore Natural Science A. B., Westminster College, 1885; A. M., Westminster College, 1891; Principal, New Castle High School, 1885-87; Principal, Waterford Academy, 1887-88; Teacher, Slippery Rock State Normal School, 1889-99; Professor of Physics, Westminster College, 1899-1902; Professor of Sciences and Vice Principal, 1902-1916; Acting Principal, 1916-17; present position, 1917. 4 T II K S I. I P P E R Y R () C K E T D. C. Murphy History and Civics Early education received in rural schools; first teaching in ungraded schools; Graduate of California Normal School; Ph. I), course at Monongahela College; finished in Local Ministers’ Course in M. E. Church and ordained in 1896; taught in California and Lock Haven Normals; Author of “Recreations in History and Geography,” “Turning Points in Teaching,” and “Flash Lights on American History;” Lecturer in Teachers’ Institutes; present position since 1892. Gzorge L. Hamm Psychology, Methods, and Advanced Latin Westminster College Preparatory Department, 1877-85; Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, 1885-88; Pastor, Bethany Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1888-91; Principal, North Braddock High School, 1891-95; Course in Political and Social Science, Westminster College, leading to the degree of Ph. D.; University of New York Extra Mural Course in Germany on German School System, 1914; present position since 1895. Mrs. Emma Morris Hamm Kindergarten Educated in the Public Schools of Lawrence County; graduate of Edinboro Normal; student at Grove City and Westminster Colleges; Kindergarten at Chautauqua, New York; taught in Public Schools of Lawrence County; present positio nsince 1895. Inis Floy McClymonds Art Graduate of Slippery Rock State Normal School and Pratt Institute; student at New York University Summer School; Supervisor of Drawing at Gloversport, New York; teacher in Grove City Summer School; teacher in Slippery Rock State Normal School; present position since 1899. D 'I' II E S I, I l l� K R V R () C K K I William M. Stewart Superintendent of Model School Methods and Criticism Born near West Sunbury, Pa.; graduated from West Sunbury Academy, 1894; graduate of Westminster College with degree of B. S., 1899, and received A. M.f 1918; completed Chautauqua course, 1903; student, Wooster University; taught in the Public Schools of Butler and Armstrong Counties; Principal of Slippery Rock High School, 1905-07; taught Pedagogy in the Geneva College Summer School, 1914; present position since 1907. Clay C. Ruff Sciences Preparatory work in Public School; Mt. Pleasant Institute and the Green.burg Seminary; graduated from Slippery Rock State Normal School, 1893, and from Franklin College Classical Course, 190.1; received A. M. degree, 1906; attended King’s School of Ora'cry th ce summer terms; also a six months’ rpccial course in Applied Psychology at Weltmer Institute, Mo.; for five years bad charge of College Department of Curry Col’ege, Pittsburgh, Pa.; present position since 1908. Beatrix X. Mary Latin Student, Olivet College, A. B.; University of Michigan, A. M.; Teacher, High School, Wheaton, Minnesota; High School, Yankton. South Dakota; State Normal School, Springfield, South Dakola; present position, 1913. John F. Allison Geography, Nature Study, and School Management Born in Worth Township, where early education wa3 received in rural schools; graduated from Slippery Rock State Normal, 1899; Grove City College, 1906; received A. M. from Grove City, 1908; taught for five years in the schools of Butler and Lawrence Counties; Assistant Superintendent of Schools, Anaconda, Mont, 1906-13; Principal Harlansburg High School, 1913-16; present position, 1916. 6 The Si. ip ter y Rocket Howard Lonsdale Headland English Educated in Public Schools; graduated from Slippery Hock State Normal School, 1906; attended Mt. Union College, 1907-08; graduated from Grove City with degree of A. B., 1909; Principal of Freedom High School, 1909-10; Principal of Kootenai, Idaho, Schools, 1910-12; Principal of Middlesex Township High School, 1912-13; Principal of Chicora Schools, 1913-16; editor of the Slippery Rocket; present position, 1916. John B. Cook Public Speaking and Agriculture General education, High School, Forestville, N. Y., 1899; B. S., Bucknell University, 1903; M. S. Bucknell University, 1904; taught in Department of Public Speaking, Keystone Academy, 1903-08; Principal of High School, Antwerp, N. Y., 1908-10; Superintendent of Schools, Cana-joharie, N. Y., 1910-14; business, 1914-16; Superintendent oi Schools, Canajoharie, 1917; present position, 1917. Mrs. Lillian DeArmit Physical Education Graduated from Grove City College, A. B.; taught in Public Schools of Youngstown, Ohio; graduated in three-year course at Posse Normal School of Gymnastics, Boston, Mass.; present position, 1917. Ada V. Meitzler Primary Supervisor and Methods Graduate of Keystone State Normal; A. B. at Teachers’ College, Columbia University, 1916; taught in State Normal School, Kutztown, 1908-14; Horace Mann School, 1915-16; Summer Session, Columbia University, 1916; Roland Park School, 1916-18; present position, 1918. 7 T ii ic Slippery Rock k t Blanche M. Chari.es Household Arts Graduate of Tarentum High School, Slippery Rock State Normal School, University of Pittsburgh, in Pi Lamba Phi; student at Columbia University; taught in Springdale, Clairton, Natrona High School, University of Pittsburgh Summer School; present position, 1918. Loyal S. Marshall Coach and Mathematics Born in Hazel Dell, Pa.; educated in Common Schools of that place; graduated from Ellwood City High School, 1911; Geneva College, A. B., 1915; Principal, Princeton High School, 1917-18; present position, 1918. Gertrude Mersereau Piano and Theory Graduate of Syracuse University with B. Mus.; Postgraduate year in Piano at same University; active member of Syracuse Morning Musical, and Auburn Morning Musical; Head of Piano Department at Palmer College, Albany, Mo., for two years; studied Piano for one year in Chicago under Howard Wells; teacher of Piano in Auburn Conservatory of Music, one year; present position, 1918. Alma G. Rice Rural School Problems Graduate State Normal School, Millersville; student Columbia Summer School; Special Methods, University of Chicago, 1917-18; Teacher of Rural Schools; Supervisor in Training School, Millersville, 1906-10; Principal Training School, Clarion Normal School, 1910-16; present position, 1918. 8 T II !•: S L I I’ V K R V R C) C K K T Joan Easley Dean of Music Department, Voice Graduate of Music, Union College, Barbourville, Ky., 1908; Department of Public School Music of New York University, 1918; further study at Philadelphia Musical Academy and at the Institute of Musical Art of the City of New York; present position, 1918. Anna L. Fetheroi.f Commercial Department Graduated from the Keystone State Normal School with degree of M. E., and Philadelphia Business College; taught in the graded schools of Berks County, Pa., Ogden, Utah; and in The John Wanamaker Commercial Institute, New York City; present position, 1918. Katharine L. Wray French and Spanish The Birmingham Schools for Girls; Swarthmore College, B. A., 1913; Private Instruction in French Diction and Phonetics, Paris; Teacher, High School, Orange, N. J.; High School, Bethlehem, Pa.; present position, 1918. Lodema Bernice McCollougii Assistant in Music Department Graduate of Slippery Rock State Normal School, 1917; graduated in Music Department, Slippery Rock; attended the Summer Session of Cornel! University, 1918; present position, 1918. 9 T II k S I. I I I e k v R o c k i- r i Kathleen Elliott Secretary to Principal Graduated from Beaver Falls High School, 1913; A. B., Wellesley College, 1918; Duffs Business College; present position, 1918. Riiuama Vincent Librarian Graduate of the Slippery Rock State Normal School, 1908; Assistant Librarian, 1908-15; present position, 1915. 10 The Slippery Rocket The Senior Class ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG “Betty” Volant, Pa. Mercer High School (2 Years) Bryant; Pageant (4). “Content to follow, when we lead the way. FLORAY E. BAIRD “Ray” Eden burg New Castle High School Bryant; Y. VV. C. A.; Senior Play. “ lodes! and simple and sweet.” FLORENCE BARNES “Flos” Jackson Center Charter Member of Class; Bryant; Bible Class. “Sweet and modest she f oes her way Always ready to do and say The kindest things in the kindest way. GENEVRA EVELINE BARNES “Jennie” Haurisvillk Harrisville High School Bible Class; Chorus; Pageant. “A blush of modesty” T iik Slip p k ky Rock k t i 1 ESTHER H. BARRON “Es” Slippery Rock Slippery Rock High School Philomathean; Bible Class; Girls’ Chorus. “I used to be a quiet little miss, But life in Slippery Rock has made me this” JAMES L. BEIGIILE “Red” New Wilmington New Wilmington High School (3 Years) Philomathean; Bible Class; Senior Play; Co-operative StatF—Senior Write-ups; Football ’1G; Basketball ’16-’19 (Captain); Baseball ’16-’19; United States Navy ’17-’18. “Open his heart, and will be seen, ICnyraved within, the name Kathleen FLORENCE H. BERMONT “Bunner” Oakmont Oakmont High School Philomathean; Educational Association; Mixed Chorus; Pageant (3, 4); Y. W. C. A. Play (4) ; Intersociety Contest (4). “Those eyes that beckon bright and clear Have many a man entangled; Our Bunner has broken many a heart That ne'er can be repaired DOROTHY BILLINGTON “Dot” Albion, Pa. Albion High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Educational Association; Vice-President Y. W. C. A. (3); President Y. W. C. A. (4). “The world is filled with flowers The flowers are filled with dew The dew is filled with love For you, and you, and you” I 2 T II 1C S I. I I 1 K R V l () C K I? T MARY EMMA BINGHAM “Bing” Slippery Rock Slippery Rock High School Philomathean; Girls’ Chorus. “Patient, quiet and studious, too. Just describes Man , through and through .” HELEN BLACK “Nigg” CORAOPOLIS Coraopolts High School Philomathean; Y. Y. C. A.; Basketball; Class Play (3); Class Play (4); Class Day—Assistant Prophet. “She always smiling and happy. And hasn't a care—you’d think.” IRENE ROSSETTA BLACK Grove City, Pa. Charter Member of Class; Philomathean; Y. 7. C. A.; Bible Class; Girls’ Chorus; Pageant. “A maiden modest, yet self-possessed.” IDA MAE BOOK “Bookie” Princeton Princeton High School (2 Years) P! ilornathcan; Bible Class; Vice President (Senior Class); Philomathean Play; Senior Play; Pageant. “She rows faithfully on through all hardships” T ii k S 1.1 i i e k v Rock k t 3 BERNICE ROM AIN E BOVARD Slippery Rock Music Course; Bryant. “Laugh and grow fat.” WINIFRED RAY BOVARD “Winnie” Bovard Charter Member of Class; Philomathean; Girls’ Chorus; Glee Club (3). “She is very quiet, hut we hope . he’ll get over it bye and bye .” ISABEL CAMPBELL “Izzy” New Sheffield, Pa. McDonald High School (2 Years) Philomathean; Octette. “She is very quiet and very shy, Hut she’ll get over it bye and bye.' JOHN L. CAMPBELL “Sammy” Sl ppery Rock Slippery Rock High School Philomathean. “Oh, sleep! it is a gentle thing, Ihdoved from pole to pole.” 14 'I' h ic S 1.1 i i e ry Rocket ALICE ELIZABETH CASEY “Katie” Beaver Falls Beaver Falls High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet; Bible Class; Educational Association; Student Editor of Slippery Rocket; Essayist, Intersociety Contest; Pageant; Commencement Speaker. “Casey the tall, Casey the fair. Casey is known everywhere.” RUTH IRENE CHAPIN Enon Valley Mount Jackson High School Bryant; Y. VV. C. A.; Bible Class; Mixed Chorus. “Patient and quiet, and studious, too, This describes Hath, through and through.” FLORENCE H. CLOSE “Fliss” “Red” Homestead, Pa. Homestead High School Bryant; Bible Class; Mixed Chorus; Member of Co-operative Staff; Class Poet; Pageant. 11 Here’8 to the merriest, Here’s to the fairest, Here’s to the one whose hair is the reddest.” WILD A ELIZABETH COLE “Betty” Sandy Lake Sandy Lake High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Pageant. “Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.” 'I' H E SUPPE R Y ROCKE T 5 FRANCES CROLL “Fan” Slippery Rock Charter Member of Class; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class; Girls’ Chorus; Slippery Rocket Co-operative Staff; Pageant. “Never neglecting her pleasure for work” JOSEPHINE CROSS “Jo” Bruin Bruin High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class; Philomathean Reporter for Slippery Rocket; Class Day— Optimist; Y. W. C. A. Play; Philoma-thean Play; Senior Play; Pageant. “The girl with the perpetual smile.” ADELINE DIGHT “Ad” Grove City Charter Member of Class; Philomathean; Glee Club (3). “A whistling maid and a jumping sheep, Are two of the best things A farmer can keep” HAZLE RUTH EAKIN Grove City Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class; Senior Reporter for Slippery Rocket; Pageant. Patient and quiet, and studious, too, 7'his describes Hazle through and through.” 16 '1' HR S I. I I P !•: R V I () C K E T ROSELLA ELLIOTT “Silver” Freeport Freeport High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Mixed Chorus; Y. W. C. A. Play. “Laugh and the world laughs with non, Weep and you weep alone, For this sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has troubles enough of its own.” MILDRED LAURA FAIR “Ming” Volant Volant High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Basketball; Pageant. “Speech is great, but silence is greater” RUTH E. FORREST “Puff” New Castlj New Castle High School (2 Years) Bryant; Y. VV. C. A.; Basketball; Pageant; Y. W. C. A. Play; Bryant Play; Senior Play. Always sweet and cheery, Laughter in her eyes of b'ue, Everybody loves her and No wonder that they do.” EDNA ELIZABETH FOWLER “Eddie” Evans City Charter Member of Class; Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Basketball. “ Win her with ‘eats if she respects not words.” •7 'I' H Iv S I. I P P K R Y R () C K E T LETRUGH H. GILMORE “Letty” Oakmont New Castle High School (1,2, .3) Oakmont High School (4) Bryant; Educational Association; Chorus; Senior Octette; Pageant (3, 4); Class Day—Donor; Bryant Play (4); Class Play (4) ; Y. W. C. A. Play (4). “To tell you all about her, Would only be confessing That ever since we’ve known her She has always kept us guessing.'’ EDNA GILSON “Eddie” Volant Volant High School Bryant; Basketball; Mixed Chorus; Intersociety Contest. “Z mile the while.” VELMA I. GOSSER Leechburg Leechburg High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Pageant (4) “Her ways are ways of quietness.” MARGARET A. HAMILTON Argentine Charter Member of Class; Philomathean; Bible Class; Mixed Chorus. “For she is just the quiet kind” im T h e Slip p e r y Rocket i 8 NELLIE A. HAMILTON Argentine Charter Member of Class; Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class. “Silence is golden.” RUTH HARVEY “Felichette” Belle Vernon North Belle Vernon High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Band; Y. W. C. A. Play. “Never idle a minute but thrifty and thoughtful of others.” ESTELLE HEIDRICK “Stel” COWANSVILLE Charter Member of Class; Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class; Educational Association; Mixed Chorus; Intersociety Contest; Pageant. “Bright, cheerful and witty is our Estelle, In all great things does she excel.” MARGARET RUTH JAMISON “Jammy” Parkers Landing Eau Claire High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class; Varsity Basketball; Girls’ Chorus; Pageant. “Kindness, like grain, increases by solving.” T II K S 1 I P I E R Y R O C K E T 19 BEULAH EDNA KERR “Bee” Slippery Rock Slippery Rock High School Philomathean; Slippery Rocket Co-operative Staff; Basketball; Pageant. “Daring, but never caught.” ANNA CATHERINE KETZEL “Ann” New Castle New Castle High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Class Pessimist; Y. VV. C. A. Play; Pageant. “A tittle nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of men.” SALLIE KETZEL “Sal” New Castle New Castle High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Pianist in Bryant Orchestra. “0 all the girls that are so smart, There’s none like pretty Sally.” JUDITH KOPLIN “Judy Philadelphia Germantown High, Philadelphia (1 Year) William Penn High School, Philadelphia (1 Year) Chester High School (2 Years) Philomathean; Bible Class; Senior Octette; Mixed Chorus; Girls' Chorus; Junior Play; Pageant. “Nothing is more useful than silence? ? ?” 20 '1' HE S I. 1 P P E K V R 0 C K E T JEAN E. KUHN “Nigger” Hooker, Pa. Concord Township High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Mixed Chorus. “There was a young lady named Kuhn, She was always humming a tune” DONALD MAGEE Slippery Rock Charter Member of Class; Class Day—Historian; Bryant Play; Senior Play; Pageant. “Seeing is believing.” ETHEL MEANOR Pittsburgh, Pa. Charter Member of Class; Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Educational Association; Bryant Reporter; Co-operative Staff. “None know her but to lore her Or speak of her but to praise.” GERTRUDE E. MEEDS Gert” Oakmont Oakmont High School Philomathean; Bible Class; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet; Educational Association; Mixed Chorus; Octette; Girls’ Chorus; Class Day—Soloist; School Play (3); Pageant; Senior Play; Cantata; Pinafore. As an actress of note and of fame And a dancer well trained at the game, Our Gert will always remain.” 'I' M k Slip p e r v R o c k e t j i MARIAN MILLAR “Mary Anne” Braddock WILKINSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.—Mission Study Committee; Educational Association; Pageant. “Not much talk—a rent sweet silence MARY M. McANLIS Eden burg Mt. Jackson High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Bryant Play; Class Day—Assistant Prophet; Intersociety Contest. “Tends to her business, not much to say, Very studious, motherly ways.” MARY LETITIA McCLYMONDS Slippery Rock Charter Member cf Class; Bryant; Bible Class; Pageant. “Will her wants ever be sup;) ird?” GENEVIEVE McCREARY “Dinkey” Nzw Castle New Castle High School (2 Years) Bryant; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet; Educational Association; Basketball—Varsity Captain (4) ; Normal Orchestra; President of Senior Class; Class Day—President’s Address; School Play (3) ; Senior Play; Bryant Play; Pageant— May Queen. “Here’s to this girl with a heart and a smile, That makes the bubble of life worth while.” T II E S I, I I’ P E R Y RoCKE T E. FERN McCUNE Beaver Evans City High and Beaver High Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Basketball. “A creature not too bright or good For human nature’s daily food.” jack McDonald “Jack” Slippery Rock Slippery Rock High School Philomathean; Slippery Rocket Assistant Business Manager; Class Treasurer; Class Day Artist; Class Song; Class Play (3, 4) ; Pageant (3, 4). “A little romance in his heart, A little horse sense in his head, A little iron in his purpose; These things trill keep him going in the world as long as it is decent for him to say” MARIE G. McELROY “Mac” Clintonville Charter Member of Class; Bryant; Mixed Chorus. “She is always making a noise, She sings at the top of her voice, She mocks all the Profs and the boys On her way to school in the morning.” HELEN IRENE McKEE Grove City Grove City High School (2 Years) Bryant “Much mirth and no madness, All good and no badness.” Thk Slippery Rocket 23 ANNA McKIBBEN “Ann” New Castle Charter Member of Class; Philomathean; Y. VV. C. A.; Orchestra; Octette; Senior Play. “But, O, she dunces such a way! No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.” MYRTLE M. B. PATTERSON “Pat” Yatesboro CO WANSH AN NOCK HlGH SCHOOL Bryant; Bible Class; Girls’ Chorus; Pageant. Let thine occupations be few if thou wouldst lead a tranquil life” NORMAN I. PATTERSON “Pat” Slippery Rock Slippery Rock High School Philomathean; Band; Class Play (3, 4). “One of seven pillars, mossy and gray, Dim with a dull imprisoned ray.” MERYLE PFEIFER “Peppers” Farrell Farrell High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A. Secretary; Bible Class; Educational Association; Varsity Basketball; Octette; Mixed Chorus; Girls’ Chorus; Committee for Organization— Slippery Rocket; Key Bearer; Senior Play; Pageant. “A lot of 4pep and pretty face, Now add a big black curl, A smile for all, a kindly work, Why sure we all know Meryle.” -4 T ii ic Slip p e u v R o c k k t ELIZABETH RAWLINGS “Betty” Duquesne Duquesne High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.—Bible Class; Mixed Chorus; Pageant. “She chatters, chatters as she (foes, Her tongue it ceaseth never; Men may come, and men may go. But Betty goes on forever.” MATILDA REIS “Till” McKees Rocks Ron nscn Township High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.—News Committee; Educational Association; Girls’ Basketball League; Artist—Slippery Pocket; Class Artist; Commencement Speaker; Pageant. “Quiet and shy Matilda may seem, But, oh, when you know hev She's sv.re'y a scream.” FLORENCE RHEA Worthington, Pa. Charter Member of Class; Bryant; Y. W. C. A.—Vice President (4); Bible Class; Educational Assc :at!. ; Basketball; Senior Play (4); Pag.an . “Goodness is beauty in its best c :iai PAULINE RHODES “Pops” New Castle New Castle High School P! ilomathean; Bible Class; Y. W. C. A.; Mixed Chorus; Pageant. “A countenance in which does meet Sweet records, promises as sweet.” f UK S I. I P P K K V K O C K K T HANNAH A. ROOD Hadley Hadley High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Class Day Musician; Y. W. C. A. Play; Pageant. “You may see a grin without Hannah Hannah without a grin? Never!” HELEN ROWE “Pussy” Oakmont Oakmont High School !i!oma lean; Educational Association; Class Day—Will; Pageant. “All joy, smiles, and laughter, though ’tis true That sometimes she is serious, too.” ROSCOE RUMSEY “Ross” Clinton ville Clintonville H gh School Philomathean; Y. M. C. A.; Football; Pagoant. “A good bool:, a good pipe, Therein is found c mfcrt” HELEN SIMISON “Cinner” New Castle New Castle High School (2 Years) Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Basketball; Class Donor; Junior Play; Bryant Play; Y. W. C. A. Play; Pageant “She is a type of feminity that When she will, she will. And that's the end of it’” 26 'I' II I-: S I. I P P E R Y R O C K E T FLORENCE M. SOBER Leech burg Leechburg High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Educational Association; Mixed Chorus; Girls’ Chorus; Y. W. C. A. Play; Pageant. “Oh, how she delights in talking” LENOIR STEWART A VON MORE Eldersridge Academy Bryant; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet; Educational Association; Pageant. “By the work we know the workman” ANNA STUEBGEN “George” Saxonburg Butler High School (1 Year) Philomathean; Basketball; Chorus; Philomathean Play; Pageant; Intersociety Contest. “Valuable articles come in small packages” RUTH SZOBEL “Rufus” Duquesne Duquesne High School Philomathean; Bible Class; Basketball; Mixed Chorus; Octette; Girls’ Chorus; Pageant; Co-operative Staff. “Here's to Ruth, a good old scout, Say can't she dance and sing and talk? You always know when she's about, For oh, how loudly sounds her walk.” T 11 Iv S L I P P Iv R Y R O C K 1 ; T FLORENCE L. THOMPSON Sharon Mercer High School Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class; Educational Association; Mixed Chorus; Pageant. “Never neglecting her studies for rain pleasure” FLORENCE MAY THOMPSON “Tommy” Slippery Rock Charter Member of Class; Bryant; Co-operative Staff; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class; Educational Association; Basketball; Intersociety Contest; Pageant. “Knowledge is power.” MARTHA VOGT “Martie” Bruin Bruin High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Bible Class; Glee Club; Girls’ Chorus; Pageant. “When joy and duty crash Let duty go to smash.” DOROTHY VOORUS “Dot” Pleasantville Charter Member of Class; Bryant; Bible Class; Y. W. C. A.; Orchestra; Mixed Chorus. “A woman good, without pretence, Blessed with plain reason and common sense.” 28 T HE S L I P P E R Y K () C K I-; T FRANCES H. WALLACE “Fran” Mercer Mercer High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Educational Association; Y. W. C. A. Play. “Ah, pensive scholar.” FLORENCE EARLY WEBB Bellevue B li ;vue High School Philomathean; Y. W. C. A.; Educational Association; Mixed Chorus; Octette; Class Secretary; Class Day—Prophetess; Junior Play; Senior Play; Y. W. C. A. Play. “Florence has a great Talent for catching Mi'lars in her Webb at the Parle.” EULALIE L. WHITEHILL Hookstown Grove City College Preparatory Bryant; Y. W. C. A.; Educational Association; Pageant. ‘7 profess not talking; on'y this Let each one do his best.” ESTHER ELM A WILSON Bulger Candor H:gh and Crafton High Philomathean; Bible Class; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet; Educational Association. “A maiden good, without pretense, Blessed with plain reason and common sense.” 'I' H IS S I, 1 P P lv R Y R () C K K T GEORGE G. WISE “Be” Butler Renfrew High School Philomathean; Bible Class; Y. M. C. A.; Mixed Chorus; Pageant; Donor; Class Play (3, 4); Philomathean Play. Blessed is he whose heart is the home of the great dead and their great thoughts. ESTHER WOLFE Tarentum Music Course; Philomathean; Mixed Chorus; Class Musician. “Her very tone is music's own, Like those of morning birds. MABEL E. WOOTTON WlLKINSBURG WlLKINSBURG HlGH SCHOOL Bryant; Bible Class; Mixed Chorus. “A tender heart: a will inflexible. 30 T II E S I. I P P E R y Rocke t Class Day Program President Address....................................Genevieve McCreary Class History.............................................Donald Magee Class Poem................................................Florence Close Optimist........................................................Josephine Cross Pessimist............................................................Anna Ketzel Vocal Solo.......................................................Gertrude Meeds Class Artists.................................Matilda Reis, Jack McDonald Class Prophecy..................Florence Webb, Helen Black, Mae McAnlis Class Will..........................................................Helen Rowe Presentation of Key.......................................Meryle Pfeifer Class Donors..................Letrugh Gilmore, Helen Simison. George Wise Class Medley....................................Hanah Rood, Esther Wolfe President's Address To our friends, we bid you welcome and want you to be pleased with us and our program. Although you must keep in mind that only for today, our class day, we are selfish and are reading, talking, and singing to each other. To our faculty, we can be truthful and say we love and admire you. who have given us an example of a good character, who have not only shown an interest in our scholarship, but also our lives and our future. Since you have done these things, I am sure you may credit, in a modest way. our successes to the results of your efforts which have been mirrored in our lives. To the Juniors, the Sophomores, and the Freshmen, you have made Slippery Rock pleasant for us. We have done our best to set a good example. It we have failed, we are sorry: if perhaps some gleam of truth has flickered to you and helped you, we are glad. May you enjoy vour years in Slippery Rock as we have enjoyed ours. To my Classmates, I am glad to be your President and now thank you for the honor. Let us make today the very l)est of all. Sentiment is not to be expressed in words, but to be felt and recognized within us. We have had our fun, our work, and our troubles together and now are happy for these experiences. Seniors, our motto is “En Avant” Gen evi eve 1 cCREAKY The S hippEry Rock e t 3i Class History In the year of grace 1915, along in the youthful days of September, there entered the portals of S. R. something —which, if the word “green can be rightly applied to Freshman classes, we must have been one of the greenest that routine of the freshmen, in delivering our ticks up to the third floor of the Main Building, with all the other forms of hazing. And to think! For our first lessons our teachers assigned us, in Latin, the whole declension of tuba; in Charter Members ever entered S. R. N. We truly represented the following soliloquy: I stood upon the mountain, I gazed upon the plain, I saw a field of green stuff. That looked like waving grain. I looked a little closer. And thought it must be grass; But gracious! To my horror, It leas the Freshman class. There are now twenty-two of this heterogeneous conglomeration who survived the vicissitudes, the perturbations and the insurbordinations of the solicitous faculty. We had to go through the usual Algebra, six or eight rules to learn: in History, three whole pages of antiquity. and all the other studies were assigned in proportion. We had lots of ungalvanized gall until we got into English, when a thundering male voice like Balaam’s Ass brayed at us to “sit down, which we quickly did. But after we became familiar with our teachers, our work, and our environment. the first year of our normal life soon passed by. In the fall of 16 we came back to our sophomore year, feeling like sophists although we were unsophisticated. After getting settled down and on looking about us. we discovered twelve new members in our 32 T ii k Ski p p k r y Roc k k t class. But behold! They were every hit as sophomoric as we and, of course, welcome in our group. Naturally, after having mastered all the different branches offered to freshmen to speculate in, there was nothing to do hut tackle the untold mysteries that confront a sophomore. 'There was Plane Geometry, plane in form, hut far from plain in our minds. Then we fought many a battle in Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul and in Aquitania with Caesar as our leader. Between the events heretofore mentioned. we had time to trim the Juniors in a game of basketball. This was the first time our effulgence became visible. The next time the curtain rises, behold us Juniors. We left Sophistry and began to adore Psyche, whom some of us now nearly love. A large number of Sophomores failed to return in '17. but forty-live new members joined us and then our class was brought up to its high standard. Along with our new members, came Dr. Eisenberg, who proceeded to light us up, both with erudition and electricity. Here, our knowledge demanded an organized class. We began our work with the idea of becoming masters of it. but alas! the solid aspect of Solid Geometry with the solidity of our craniums almost caused a solidification in the mathematical realm. Cicero never caused much worry because he never got a chance. But when everyone learned that the object of the teacher was only to furnish the occasion (which they did), everyone got down to business and the Junior work, which is the hardest in the course was accomplished with no small degree of satisfaction. Our Junior class was strong in athletics, our boys defeating the rest of the school in basketball and our girls trim- ming all the other classes, almost. The class had its first party that year in the Gymnasium. It consisted of games, refreshments, and dancing. In the latter part of the year, the class gave a banquet in honor of the Seniors. We must not forget that during our Junior year, John Hoekenberry was the first member of our class to answer the call to the colors, while afterwards, seven more went. September last brought the class back to make its final plunge necessary to win the goal, graduation. Every one entered into the spirit of the work which lay before him. Of course it would be a relief to be free from the grind and it seems that the faculty was not sorry to see us go. After the first of the year, the boys began to come back from our country’s call. We were also glad to welcome “Red” Beighle in our class after having served a year and a half in Tncle Sam’s navy. Two of our boys did not get back in time to finish and another started to Allegheny College. 'Phe athletics did not amount to much in our class this year. 'Phe boys never got together and the girls lost in a hard-fought game of basketball to the Juniors. Our social events consisted of wiener roasts in the fall and a banquet in the “Gym.” The Juniors entertained us with a “Prom” which was one of the most elaborate ever given by a class in Slippery Rock. As we survey this class seated before us and with a keen scrutinizing gaze take in this peerless panorama of human kind, as we look into the radiant faces of those who have so recently doffed their garb of freshness and have risen into a higher plane of action, we can but exclaim, what a segment of work is the class of '19. Our class is not as large as some of former years, 33 'I' hk Ski p p k r v R o c k k t but worth is not always measured in pounds and ounces. True, none of us have the silvery tongue of a Cicero, or the torrent-like eloquence of a Demosthenes. Xone of us have struck the lyre like Milton, with seraphic touch; and none of us have breathed aeolian strains like Shelley. Poe, or Robert Burns, still the class has many virtues. W ho can luxuriate with the zest of Alice Casey on the sublime harmonies of the early poets of Rome? W ho bears comparison with Florence M. Thompson or Lenoir Stewart in the acumen of intellect with which they search out the subtlety in philosophy and by their genius outshine those bright stars that sparkled in the little arc around the Acropolis in ancient Attica? W ho. by the rhythmical sweetness of their dulcet voices, can brook comparison with the warbling of the thrush as our Meeds and Pfeifer? Few so presumptuous in gift of gab or in power of adjectives as even to think of engaging Jack McDonald in competitive essay. Who so skilled in pedagogics. or can with kind birch wands corduroy the backs of perverse and recalcitrant buys with such celerity and deftness as Rumsey? Who can paint llowers with such accuracy as even to attract a heavily laden honev bee to 0 0 stop and examine them as Matilda Reis? There is Anna Stuebgen, our little one. yet. as a star among planets, she is larger when the truth is known. Mental regeneration expresses the process by which the class has ben admitted within the sunny portals of cultured contentment in this world. Surely we are the guiding stars of rising generations, the very seed, salt, and savor of the earth. With Xormal life coming to a close, the second scene of life comes to an end. Birth, graduation, marriage, and death is the order of the acts of life's tragedy, as mapped out by the class of 19, and surely wisdom is found in a multitude of counselors. As we go out from these halls of learning to engage in other activities of life, we bid our friends good-bye. We assure you that, till our latest sun is set. we shall cherish with pleasure the memory of our many friends and co-workers at Slippery Rock. Oh, days that now arc gone! . lias, we must confess. As other hare, the more we know, IIV know we know the less. Doxam) Magkk 34 '1' hk Ski p p k k v R o c k k t Class Poem Forever is my mind a blur, And are my thoughts unclear. When I must take my pen in hand. To write of class-mates dear. As 1 glance o’er the list of names. 'I'he first to catch my eye Is that of Mary Bingham, Who never told a lie. And then comes next. Miss Florae Baird, Who’s always late for class: This is her greatest fault, I know, For she’s a dainty lass. And then 1 see “Jo” Cross’s name. She’s known by everyone For skipping chapel every day To get her lessons done. And then there’s Barron. Dight. and Kerr, These three you’ll always see A-strolling down S. R.’s main street Before it’s half past three. 1 see the names of Meeds and Webb And they, with Helen Rowe, Have made our school life lively Wherever they did go. Then Armstrong, Barnes, and Betty Cole, Are always in the line Of those who know their lessons And get to class on time. There’s Forrest. “Dink” and little “Sim.” Who live in fifty-two: They always work with zeal and zest In everything they do. And then comes Helen Black, you know. She runs with “Dinkey’s” crowd: These four are always quite genteel And never are termed loud. Magee and Wise and Patterson, With “Sailor” Beighle, too, Were loyal to America. But to S. R. were true. The Ketzel twins, as you all know. Are Sallic Lou and Ann: Dear Sallie likes ’most anyone. But Ann—she hates a man. Miss Hannah Rood and Esther Wolfe Come in the music line: They play ’most anything at all. I’ll tell you they are fine. And Judith Koplin’s in our class. She takes the prize for noise: Wherever you may meet this girl. She’s yelling like the boys. Then Irene Black and both Bovards, Along with Florence Rhea. Are in the recitation room Most any kind of day. Then Alice Casey’s name appears, She’s tall, and lithe, and fair: Whenever mischief is around Miss “Kate” is always there. Ann Stuebgen and McKibbin fair. In dancing take delight: They love to dance the hour away On every Thursday night. Bermont and Rhodes and Gilmore, too, Are always on the walk; They’re waiting for the time to come When to the boys they talk. Fan Croll and Hazle Eakin now. Have always lived down town : They have a smile for everyone And never wear a frown. “Dot” Billington and “Marty” Vogt Are well known on third floor For making noises after bells And banging loud a door. Alas. I see McDonald’s name, He’s known by all the girls. For he has lost his heart to one Who wears her hair in curls. Then Wootton. Wallace and Whitehill, These girls are all demure; But they can always join the bunch. T iie S 1.1 p p E i v R o c k e t 35 Who's “cutting up, I’m sure. Millar. McAnlis, and “Mill Fair Have never been “called down For being disobedient. Or roaming 'round the town. And then come both the Thompson girls. Their names are just the same: They always get us all mixed us. We wish they'd change “one name. And Harvey, Kuhn and McKlroy. All room in forty-four; They render concerts of the best And entertain our floor. Ruth Jamison and Fern McCune Have played at basketball: They both can jump the center well, Because they are so tall. Miss Mcanor rooms in forty-two, Along with “Tilly” Reis, And during study time at night They're just as still as mice. Now Szobel, Rawlings, and Miss “Pepps,” They almost raise the roof: Miss Meryle blames the noise on “Betts” And “Betts in turn blames Ruth. G. Barnes. McClvmonds, as you know. • Along with Miss McKee. Are always with the downtown bunch. Wherever they may be. Then Myrtle Patterson and Book Are liked by all our class: The first one is a quiet girl. But Book’s a noisy lass. Xell Hamilton and sister “Peg” This year moved to the dorm. Because they thought Hi downtown room For them was too forlorn. Miss Stewart and Miss Wilson, too, 1 lave worked with all their might To make the “V a great success. And lead the girls aright. And last of all the downtown folks Comes Dorothy Voorus tall. Who lives down at the preache’s house She’s never bad at all. There’s “Eddie” Fowler and “Silvers, These two were always seen A-sleeping sound in Physics class. To wake them—we were mean. And then the last of all the boys Come Campbell and Rumsey; They come a-strolling into class As late as they can be. Then Sober, Gosser, Chapin, too. Are with the quiet bunch. But they can surely make the noise At a mid-night lunch. Then “Eddie Gilson comes along. With all her noise and care: She veils at all the girls she knows. And at the boys for fair. “Stell Heidrick is a jolly girl And ready for a lark : In Physics class she takes the prize And oh.—she gets the mark. And last but not the least of all 'I'lie names that’s on the list Is “Izzy” Campbell, with such eyes. That no one can resist. As I have finished now my task. And told you all I knew, With wishes best for your success. I bid you all adieu. Florence H. Close, ’19 36 T he Sup p k r v R o e k e t First H itch: Second Witch: Third Witch: Second Witch: 'Third Witch: First Witch: Second Witch: All: Third Witch: Class Prophecy First IT itch—Florence Webb Second 11 itch—May Me A x us Third 11 itch—11 ELEN Blac k MACBETH” ACT IV. SCENE i. Cool it with a baboon’s blood, Now the charm is fair and good Come, see the Senior class and find W hat will come to each in time. A teacher’s wife had chestnuts in her lap, And munch’d, and munch’d, and munch’d, And as I asked about the ones She turned her face without a word, But in a sieve I’ll thither sail And like a rat without a tail I’ll do. I’ll do. I’ll do. Bv the pricking of my thumb, S. R. Seniors this way come. Jack McDonald. Here is one so say the Fates W ill be the president of the United States. Matilda Reis. I now see a painter quite known for her art. Who in the great game of life will be taking a part Dorothy Billington. I now see a maid who makes use of her sewing, While her husband is out in the hay field. Because dish towels and table linen have to be hemmed E'en though it was once in her mind condemned. The names of McElroy. Harvey and Kuhn, In their musical trio will be noted soon. For to all of their concerts of future dates They will send complimentary tickets to their old class-mates Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Roy Beighle. The next is a classmate whom we all did support. Now acting chief justice of the Supreme Court. First Witch: Second Witch: Third Witch: All: First IT itch: Second Witch: Third Witch: All: First Witch: Second Witch: Third Witch: T HE S L I P P K R v R () c K E T 37 Mabel Wootton. I can see a horrid picture of a doctor and her pills Said to cure all human ills. You a woman doctor are. Whose fame will be known far. You will show the men that they Will see a doctor in their day. Ida Book we think you should know 1 las captured the heart of Mr. Gerlach. Adaline Dight is running a store, Can you guess her floor walker? It’s Isaac X. Moore. Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Helen Rowe. Behold, behold the bride arrayed. To take her part in life's parade. Your part in life shall always be A part of his who came for thee. Norman Patterson. Now before me comes a Ford, A handsome young man on the running board. Who canvasses “'Pin Lizzies” all over the land. Making people believe they really are grand. Esther, the daughter of Joseph. A telephone girl we predict. For well we know She can listen—clear through a wall of brick. Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Marian Millar. Before me stands a lawyer speaking low. Who by her pleading and great zeal Doth cause the tears to flow. Rozella Elliott. Now comes to me a maiden tall and grand Who is the best librarian in all the land. To whom Carnegie will bequeath His libraries and e’en their wisdom wreath. t Martha Vogt. This person will make a trip across the sea. On which she will meet her husband to be— The handsome and attractive Mr. Paul Stoops. And will live the rest of their lives on Campbell’s soups. 38 First. Witch : Second Witch : Third Witch: All: First Witch: Second Witch: Third Witch: All: First Witch: Second Witch: Third Witch: First Witch: T ii k Slippery Rocket Meryle Pfeifer. Innocence, innocence, everywhere and not a drop to spare, Known the world over for this name, Winning with artist even-lasting fame. Ruth Jamison. S-S-Sh comes to my ear And a voice calling— Four I distinctly hear. Lo and behold Ruth Jamison I see Who is now a professional referee. Fern McCune. Daily I see a busy nurse, At last her patients ride in a hearse. Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Frances Wallace. Here I see a scholar gold, Delving deep in know ledge old. Take the owl for your companion, Always wise and silent be. Pauline Rhodes. Dignity, loyalty, duty, A member of the faculty ; Now, Pauline is a queen, She reigns o’er all as dean. Ruth, “Dinkey,” “Sim.” Next comes Ruth. “Dinkey” and Sim.” The last two of which are now instructors in the Gym. And Ruth still exists with her sweet pleasant smile, Who now has her cares in her own domicile. Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Donald Magee Before me stands a man—tall in stature Who leads the great life in brick manufacture. Alice Casey. Books, books, everywhere—a writer 1 behold, Her literary charms are praised abroad ten hundred fold. Letrugh, Florence and Ann, 'Fhe fates have decreed to you each a man. Today we bring news from afar, Of Judith Koplin—the theatrical star. The Slippery Rocket 39 Second Witch: Third Witch: All: First Witch: Second Witch: Third Witch: All: First Witch: Second Witch: Third Witch: First Witch: Second IF itch: Third Witch: Ruth Szobel. For this fair maiden, W hose voice is so grand, I behold a bright future As the songster of the land. W’e now come to the name of Miss Frances Croll, She is canvassing agent for “Pep's musterole. Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Beulah Kerr, of Scotch descent. Runs a boarding house with rooms to rent. Elma Wilson, Eulalie Whitehill. Two demure young ladies come to my view, Who are now missionaries in the tribe of Zulu. Florence L. Thompson, Florence M. Thompson, We have two of same names but of different initials. They are both selling cake and ice cream at Fischel’s. Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Two bustling housewives, with no time to kill, Are Sal and Ann of domestic skill. Genevra Barnes in riches now does live, For she recently invented that famous holeless sieve. Sure, it’s a housemaid is Hazle Eakin, She cooks and irons and does all the bakin'. George Wise. A man. yes, a man, is before me in vision, He now undertakes the last decision. When one is done being happy and merry It is his job to care for the dead and to bury. Flo ray Baird. I see a fashion promenade of fair maids gowned in beauteous array. And in the midst of these I see none other than class-mate Floray. Anna McKibbin. Some one will come from France some day, And steal your faithful heart away. A home, a fire-place filled with glee, O. happy, may your long lives be! 40 All: First Witch: Second Witch: Third Witch: First Witch: First Witch: Second II itch: Third Witch: All: First Witch: Second Witch: Third Witch: First Witch: Second Witch : Third Witch: T he Si.ipp K R v R o c k e T Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Winifred Bovard. we’re sure vou’ll hear of later. Is doing stunts up in the air as a circus aviator. Helen McKee, bright in Nature Study. Declares that she will not marry a man or anybody. Rumsey. who would never be a literary instructor. Is now making a living as a railroad conductor. Mary McClymonds, we will no doubt hear of more. Is now chief buyer for Kaufmann’s big store. Edna Gilson. Agriculture meets my view. And the vision I give you Of this class-mate so demure Is the governor of State Agriculture. Fthel Meanor. Loving, kind, and sympathetic. With these qualities magnetic. Now is a sweet salvation lass. Elizabeth Rawlings. This little lassie who dropped from above. Is now married and living on love. Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. I lannah and Esther now appear, As musicians sought from far and near. Florence Barnes a month ago I saw Living on a poultry farm in distant Arkansas. Mary Bingham, always so pleasant and so kind. As a great V. W. C. A. worker we now find. Ruth Chapin. Many lives will be saved from the base of the se;e By the wireless operations performed by thee. Dorothy Yoorus, so long in the step, Is seen plodding the field as a gay farmerette. Margaret Hamilton. Nellie Hamilton. The Hamilton girls .like the Siamese twins. Are running a couple of Argentine inns. First Witch: T 11 E S L I P P E R v R () C K E T 41 First Witch: Second Witch: Estelle Heiclrick. One and one make two And two and three make four. Thus, as usual in arithmetic, she lives forevermore. Edna Fowler. Seated in a “comfy office at Washington, 1). C., “Eddie in the mail department one will soon see. Third Witch: Florence Sober. Ever teaching, ever striving to help them. This known ladv is now busy with her deaf and dumb asylum. All: Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble. First Witch: Roy Campbell in the heart of Siberia, Is having success in his new cafeteria. Second Witch: Lenoir Stewart. Known in the glory of races. Dignified, sedate and fair. Xow to the surprise of nations. Elected the first S. R. mayor. Third Witch: Bernice Bovard. once our musician. Mas turned out to be a lady physician. First Witch: Velma Gosser. I hear a meow and animal spats. For this maid will establish a home for lost cats. Second Witch: In domestic science, brightening the way. Are Irene Black and Florence Rhea. Third IT itch: Gertrude Meeds. We soon shall hear her name, Crowned with musical fame. First Witch: Isabelle Campbell. As usual, as usual she will lead a quiet life. Content and peaceful as a preacher’s wife. Second Witch: Ever noiseless, ever talkless, Ever patient, never restless, Teaching is her utmost aim. Millie Fair is still the same. Third Witch: Florence Close. Rhyme, meter, rhyme. Writing all the time. Poetry shall be your fate. 42 Th e Slipper y Rocket All: Double, double, toil and trouble, Fire burn and cauldron bubble. First Witch: Josephine Cross. A laugh and a smile and a cheer all the while, Are ever this maiden's aim; But for buying rose tulle, no one else can excel her, For this she will win greatest fame. Second Witch: Elizabeth Cole, so very demure, As a philanthropist now is helping the poor. Third Witch: Elizabeth Armstrong, whose hair is so red, Is now a senator, so it is said. First Witch: Myrt Patterson, so pretty and tall, Found that nursing was her call. All: Sow at last our tale is told. We must go to the shadows cold. Welcome again next year, Another Senior class to cheer. Last Will and Testament We, the Class of 1919 of Slippery Rock State Normal School of Slippery Rock, County of Butler, of the State of Pennsylvania, being of a sound mind and memory, do hereby make public and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament in manner and form following: hereby revoking a will or wills heretofore made bv us. First, We direct that our body, singly and collectively, receive a com- fortable and prosperous resting place somewhere in this wide, wide world. Second, We direct that all our just debts and funeral expenses be fully paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently may be arranged. Third, To our principal and other members of the Faculty our sincerest thanks for their interest in each and every one of us and for their influence 'I' lit: S I. I P P E R y Rocke t 43 which shall ever inspire us to nobler deeds. Fourth, We bequeath to the class of 1920 the title of Senior and direct that all under-classmen look up to them and give them all due respect as their position as graduating class demands. Accompanying this bequest, are the Senior dignity, privileges and all wisdom left after June the eighteenth. Fifth, To the Sophomore, our sister class, we bequeath our old notebooks, pencil stubs, rulers and good luck for their journey. Sixth, We bequeath to the verdant, though studious Freshmen the places that are left vacant by us on the Glee Clubs and basketball teams. Also to the same class we leave a vision of a great big diploma. Seventh, We give and bequeath to our beloved Faculty all amazing knowledge and startling information which we have furnished them from time to itne in our various examination papers and daily recitations. Eighth, We give and bequeath to lie Junior Class the privilege of occupying the chapel scats left vacant by us. lso our experience gained through mistakes we give to our constant friends and helpers, the Juniors, in iope that they may profit by them and bus avoid such mistakes, at least, as cause “Campus-ation.” Ninth, The privilege and honor of planting and properly caring for the Senior gardens, we likewise leave to the truthworthy Junior Class. Tenth. We hereby do give and bequeath the Junior’s Goat to its respective owner. Eleventh, To the coming generations of the school in general we hereby give, devise and bequeath our interest in the Class Rooms, Gymnasium, Campus, including all stone benches, trees, and shrubbery, and last but not least, our ability to have and to hold the good will, friendship, respect, and love of our Faculty, under-classmen, and the community at large. Twelfth, We, the members of the class of 1919, do constitute and appoint our friend and teacher, Mr. J. B. Cook, as sole executor of this our last will and testament, unto which we set our seal on this the seventeenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. Helen Rowe Junior C «« T HE S !. I P P E R Y R () e K E T 4 Class of 1920 Officers .. Eugene 1 lartzell .Charles McMinn Elizabeth Brunton ..Wendell Magee Class Yku. Boom cliicka boom Boom cliicka boom Boom cliicka ricka racka Boom. boom. boom. Rip ray rail Rip ray rah Nineteen twenty Sis boom ball. Colors Red and White Flow er Crimson rambler Motto Excelsior Class History Although our class began in the fall of r6 we did not organize until our Sophomore vtar. Ours was the first class in the history of the school to organize before the Junior year, and the first to wear class rings before the Senior year. Among the activities of our class were the Junior party and the “Prom” held in the Gymnasium. May 12. in honor of the class of 1919. The Junior class has many plans for the coining year which we hope to put into execution. President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer . . . 46 T ii k Supi-Ekv Rocket Sophomore ClwtM 47 The Slippery Rocket Sophomore Notes The class of 1921 started the year 1918-19 with the election of the following officers: President.................................... Ernest Jack Secretary................................Helen Withrow Treasurer...............................Theodore Murphy Helen Withrow did not return for the spring term and Mary Black was elected the secretary. On April 14 we gave the play, “Mrs. Briggs of the Poultry Yard.’ This was the first time in the history of the school that the second year class has been permitted to give a play. We think it must have been a success because there were no vegetable bouquets presented to the cast over the footlights. 'I' he Slip p e r y R o c k e t 49 Freshman Notes YYe are soon going to leave Slippery Rock for a vacation. We hope that all the members of our class enjoyed the first-year here, and hope that they will enjoy the next one better. Let us all meet again on the first school day next fall. W'e won’t be Freshies then. Colors Purple and gold Flower Yellow rose Officers President Secretary Treasurer . Kmmet Grove Mildred Harper .. Oliver Beach 50 The Slippery Rock e t Football Team Basketball Team The Slippery Rocket 5« Athletic News When the students had returned for the spring term, we found that we had two hall players who had played before on Slippery Rock's team. With many nice days in the month of May, Coach Marshall has been rounding a good ball team into shape. On May 5, the Normal team played its first game. Although the Normal lost this game to Butler Peerless Club, the bovs put up a good stiff game, taking into consider- at ion that the Butler boys had sever; more years of experience. Line-up: S. R. R. 11. Young, mf 0 2 Null, 2b 0 Magee, lb 0 1 Gardner, ss 1 0 Beighle. If 1 0 McComb. 3b 0 0 Mo.Minn, c 0 0 Elder, rf 0 0 Shelatree. p 0 0 BUTLER R. 11. Shakely. nif 3 2 McDivitt, 21 0 2 Shoemaker, ss 0 0 Bailey, If 0 0 Black. 3b 0 Morelia, c 1 Ripper, rf 1 C. kause. p 1 1 A. Kause, 11 0 0 siipperv Rock 0 10 10 0 0 0 0— 2 Butler Peerless 0 0 0 0 4 0 14 1—10 On May 13, the Normal jo .rneyed to Butler and played the High School with the result of a defeat for Slippery-Rock by the score of 7 to 1. Shelatree pitched a good game, striking out 1 3 of Butlers players. The defeat was the result of loose fielding. Line- -up: S. R. R. II. Young, If 0 1 Null, ss 0 0 Denny, 2b 0 1 Magee, lb 0 0 McComb. 3b 1 1 Elder, cf 0 1 McMinn. c 0 0 Jones, rf 0 0 Shelatree, p 0 0 BUTLER HIGH R. H. Bernlohr. ss 1 0 Black, cf 0 3 Morris. 3b 0 1 Pearce, p 0 0 McKee, If 0 0 L. Barker, c 2 2 Wetzel, lb 2 3 Batten. 2b I 2 W. Barker, rf 1 1 Slipperv Rock ....1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—1 Butler High 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0—7 Slippery Rock went to Pittsburg and played Pittsburgh Academy on May 26. The game was loose, nevertheless Slippery Rock won by the score of 14- 12. Beighle started the game, but for some reason had poor control 1. In the s ‘concl inning. Null began to pitch. 1 Jne-up: S. R. R. H. Young, cf 2 2 Magee, lb I 2 McComb, ss 0 2 Shelatree. 31) 1 [ones, 2h 1 1 McMinn. c 2 2 McCo!lough, rf 1 I Null, p 3 4 Beighle, If 3 1 BITTSBURGH A. R. H. Surma, ss 0 1 Schiellien, 3b 1 1 Mcl )onald, 1 b 1 1 Ehrhardt. rf 2 2 Miller, If 0 2 Valentine, cf 1 0 fubieleir, 2b 3 1 Rhodes, p 2 0 Strott, c 2 0 Slippery Rock 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 3 1—14 Pittsburgh A. 6 0 110 2 1 1 1 0—12 6W Bankciball Ltagw II K S I. I 1 I K K V l I) C K E T II I S L I 1 I K H . U O C K 1: i T II K Sui'PEK V U O CKKT 54 Orchestra T n e S 1.1 f p k r y Rock k t 55 Octette Alumni Notes Miss Leila Felicia Watson, 1917, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Watson ,of Slippery Rock, is a student in the Emerson College of Oratory, Boston. Miss Watson recently was decorated during chapel exercises with a ribbon lettered in gold: “For Excellence of Carriage—1919 ’ This is the first time that the college ever decorated a Junior. Miss Watson lias the distinction of having, the faculty held, the finest presence, and best exemplifying the college’s ideal in womanhood. 'l'lie Allegheny County Alumni Association held their tenth annual dinner at Chatham Roof Garden May 23. About 175 were present. Clifford A. Edniundson, ’ii, presided and Bertille McBride, ’io, was secretary. Hon. Janies L. Adams, ’98. presided as toastmaster. The invocation was pronounced by Rev. Walter L. Winner, ’16. Toasts were given by Hon. William H. Martin. '99. Supt. Orton Lowe and Judge Charles II. Kline, trustees, and Principal J. Lin wood Eisenberg. The organization was made permanent and the officers were re-elected. Miss Flota Irene McBurney, class of 1912. of Euclid, was married to William Harrison McKnight, of Pittsburgh. May 22. Miss McBurney taught the terms of 1914-1918 near Etna, and during the past year she was employed as an analyst in the chemical laboratory of Euclid. 5 T II K S L I I P K K Y R O C K E T Ilrynnl Literary Society The Slippery Rocket 57 The Bryant Literary Society During the year the Bryant Society has been progressing in every phase of her work perhaps more rapidly than ever before in her history. To begin with, the appearance of the hall itself lias been decidedly improved by the purchase of a new rug for the platform and also a new curtain whose beautiful black velvet folds so splendid ly grace the stage of our beloved hall. Though, of course, the appearance of our meeting place is important, yet that is only a minor progression in comparison with the advancement that has been made in the real literary work ol the society which has manifested itself in the weekly programs and various other activities. Almost every program during the entire year has been characterized by some special production, such as “The Mock Faculty Meeting,” “A Case of Suspension. ' “The Silent Church.’ charades and various original stunts, while several other programs have been given over entirely to one theme, including 1 lallowe’en. Thanksgiving. Valentine Day. and the Lives of Washington and Lincoln. Nor has our greatest effort been expended in the development of these “special productions. as one might designate them. The maximum of the society’s effort has been well spent in the production of essays, orations, the Bryant Echo, declamations, and debates, which, after all, form the foundation for all literary work. The Brv-ant Echo is a real society paper, having an Editor-in-Chief and all the other various and necessary co-editors. The debates especially have been numerous, but because so many have been given an opportunity to develop their ability in debating, because the subjects for debates have been vital problems of present-day affairs, and because the debaters have been interested enough to prepare souk thing worth while. Then, besides the regular weekly programs, the society gave a reception for her new members at the beginning of the year, staged very successfully tiie play, “Professor Pepp.” under the management of Prof. Headland, and held its second annual anniversary in the Chapel on the evening of May io. at which time the electric lights tlooded the Chapel for the first time in the history of the school. The anniversary was well attended and the address of the evening was delivered very ably b Rev. J. M Briceland, a Bryant alum nus. It must not be forgotten that the Bryant Orchestra has done very much to aid both the regular meetings of the society and all special occasions. Even Bryant certainly feels proud of the fact that we have a truly Bryant Orchestra that is well worthy of mention. To it we extend the hope that it will continue its excellent work, ever advancing towards the goal of perfection. Thus closes a year of pleasant, invigorating effort and our wish for the future of the Bryant Society is this— may she ever have a goodly number of loyal, earnest members, who, by their undaunted efforts, may bring the society each year nearer the ideal of her motto. “Altiora Quacrimusthus enabling every member to say triumphantly, “It is good to be a Bryant.’’ 5� T he Sui'PfiRY Rock k t Philomathean Literary Society The Slippery Rocket 59 The Philomathean Literary Society The Philomathean Literary Society has been striving to the utmost of its capacity to “keep its colors flying.” Never before has there been such a spirit of friendly rivalry between the Bryants and Philomatheans as has been witnessed this year. A genuine enthusiasm has pervaded the society the entire year, which has been strongly reflected in the attitude and literary achievements of its members. We have kept our light so shining as to lead others in the paths of enlightment also. One of the first improvements the Philos rendered this year was the purchase of a curtain for our hall. We staged Dicken’s ‘‘The Cricket on the Hearth” in order to gain the necessary funds, but were amply justified in the results. The curtain gives just that atmosphere of comfort and cheer which is requisite for the manufacture of any worth-while products. And are we not workers for a finely finished product, namely, literary achievement? With reference to this achievement, who will ever forget our “Thanksgiving Party,” Scenes from Endicott,” “Whittington.” the “peppy” debates, splendid essays and orations; the ingenuity displayed in “The Pink Lady,” “That Old Sweetheart of Mine” and numerous other productions? Our evenings spent in reviews of the lives of great men, such as Riley, Shakespeare, Longfellow and Lincoln, proved true inspirations for a more thoughtful delving into the mysteries of literary art. The Victory Loan Campaign and other modern movements were treated from the standpoint of declamations, orations, essays, and suitable music and proved a welcome diversion from the ordinary routine. 'I'he “Philo Gem,” a weekly paper which manages to keep us in touch with the fun and frolic, as well as the more serious side of life at S. R., has proved an endless source of amusement as well as instruction. Its departments have been enlarged considerably and we hope will not deteriorate through the succeeding years. As Seniors and “would-be” alumni of the Philomathean Literary Society, we feel that we can leave the school confident that our cause will be furthered. We hope that there may be an even better co-operation of the members and that none other than the highest standard of efficiency will be adequate for the needs of our society. With a tinge of regret we leave, and bid you, dear Philos, one and all, good cheer and the best of success in all your future undertakings. 6o 'I' II I- S h I I’ 1 K R Y Roc K E T Y. W. C. A. 'I he 1919-20 cabinet for the . . C. A. has been elected and installed 'Phe officers are as follows: President................Mildred Paine Nice- President... . Elizabeth Prunton Secretary.............Margaret Norris Treasurer...................Mice Espe The chairmen of the different committees are as follows: Membership......... Elizabeth Prunton Pible Study.....................Gladys Maxwell Religious Work..............Mary Black Mission Study............Eleanor Myers Social Service..............Mary Smith Social................ Mildred Saviers Finance............ Margarete Enimert Association News.......Emma Gibbons 'Phe following Advisory Members have been elected: Miss Mary Miss Mcitzler Dean Elliott The Y. NY. C. A. members have pledged their hearty co-operation to the new cabinet. Much credit for the success of the past year is due to the untiring efforts of the 1918-19 cabinet and the new cabinet extends to them the greatest of well-wishes. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet President Vice-President Lloyd Denniston Secretary. Verner Partmass Treasurer Franklin Gerren , . Wade NYinner T iik S1.1 p r e r y Rocket 6i lliblc Clam 62 T he Slippery Ro c k et School Notes Aesthetic Dance The members of the Senior class wish to thank Dr. Eisenberg both for the personal interest he has exhibited in them and for his elTorts which have made the Slippery Rocket itself possible. With the heartiest of best wishes we say our farewell, predicting a bright future for dear old S. R. S. The planting of the ivy by the Senior class took place Monday. May 12. A crowd assembled around the tower of the Girls' Dormitory, where it was to be planted, while Roy Beighle opened the exercises by an oration. The response to this oration was made by Bruce Denniston and was followed by a selection by the Octette. A reading. “The Ivy Green. was given by Le-trugh Gilmore, after which Dr. Eisenberg gave the famous pedigree. The spade was presented to the Junior class by Ida Book, the acceptance speech be- ing made by Eugene llart .ell. George Wise supervised the planting. COMMEXCEM EXT ADDRESSES HY FACULTY MEM HERS Dr. Eisenberg: May 2—Glade Mills. May 9—Volant. May 17-—Eau Claire. May 29—1 larlansburg. June 4—Beaver. June 19— B r i d ge v i 11 e. Prof. Cook: April 1—Plain Grove. May 29—Polk. Prof. Stewart: June 6—Harmony. The evening of May 26, 1919, was the time set for the celebration of our completed electric lighting plant. At 8 o’clock, the exercises began with a band concert in front of the Chapel. 1' u k Slippery Rock e t 63 T’ zc Beginning followed by a short program in the Chapel. The selections by the orchestra, Miss Merseream's piano solo, and Miss Easley's vocal solo are all worthy of mention. In keeping with the occasion. Prof. Moore gave an address on The Evolution of Light.” bringing us from the use of the early wick lamp to the modern electric light. The evening light bad gone and we sat in darkness at the close of Prof. Moore’s address. As be sat down a lit tie figure came on the scene. “Light. God's eldest daughter.” W ith these words, Margaretta. the little daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Eisenberg “pushed the button” and the presence of God’s eldest daughter filled the Chapel. Dressing During the present school year, much profitable interest has arisen in connection with the raising of Hampshire hogs. The waste ground below the coal mine is utilized as a run and the garbage from the dining room and the refuse from the truck garden have been utilized as feed, and thus a new source of income is derived, as well as giving some practical lessons in swine breeding. Several of the animals are registered. T ii ic Su r p E r v R o c k e t 64 Transportation The Normal does its own draying and transporting from the station at Branchton by means of two Reo trucks. These trucks meet the trains regularly and make the trip in twenty to thirty minutes. As the applause died away. Dr. Eisenberg called Mr. Haney to the platform. Mr. Haney is the Westing-house man who has had charge of installing the plant. Assuring him of our appreciation of his efficient work. Dr. Eisenbcrg presented Mr. Haney with a bouquet of flowers. Ere the applause had once more died away. Prof. Cook interrupted. He reminded us. that back of the finished product lay the initial thought and Dr. Eisenberg was the man who had been the inspiration of bringing to Slippery Rock Normal “God's Eldest Daughter” in the garb of electricity. At the opportune moment, Master Eugene Cook appeared and presented Dr. Eisenberg with a bouquet, the counterpart of that of Mr. Haney. The friends and patrons of the school who had joined the students in the celebration were invited to visit the different buildings and reminded not to forget the dining room, where light refreshments were being served. SECO.XD AX i'AL LITERARY SOCIETY CONTEST )rations— The Life That Lives, Jack McDonald (P) Conscribed Thinkers, Eugene Hartzell (B) I )eclamations— Ole Mistis......May McAnlis (B) The Octaroon...Hailie Dugan (P) Essays— Gods of Destiny.. .Alice Casey (P) 'fhe Toiler Triumphant, Florence M. Thompson (B) Debate— Resolved: That a minimum wage scale to be operative in department stores, factories, and workshops should be regulated by Federal Law. T h e S l i p i� e r y Rock e t f 5 Affirmative— Bryant.......... Estelle Heidrick Edna Gilson Negative— Philomathean.. . .Florence Bermont Anna Stuebgen In this contest the declamation counts two points; the essay, three points; the oration, four points, and the debate, six points. The judges decided that the Bryants won the essay and the debate, the Philomatheans won the oration and declamation, thus making the score 9 to 6 in favor of the Bryant Literary Society, and awarding the trophy cup presented by Dr. Eisenberg to the Bryants. The judges were: Mr. Floyd Atwell. Superintendent of Schools. Beaver Falls, Pa. Mr. John Gibson. Superintendent of Schools, Butler. Pa. Mr. S. H. Reploglc. Assistant Superintendent of Schools. Allegheny County. Model School Notes The Honor Students of the Slippery Rock High School have been announced. They are as follows: First Honor—Grace Dight. Second Honor—Genevieve Cooper and Pierce McCollough. A number of boys who were formerly members of the Model School have recently returned from Europe, where they had been with the American rmy. Among these we note the following: John Cheeseman. William Barron. Buzzy Reed, Roy Grubb, Robert McMinn. Kenneth Kiester. Roy Dickson, and Floyd Stevenson. Hugh Bard, who was also doing military duty in this country, has been given an honorable discharge. In speaking of the Model School boys who were in Europe, it is with special interest we make note of the fact that Roy Dickson has been awarded a Croix de Guerre by the French government. Prof. O. H. Locke, former principal of Woodlawn Schools, who also spent fifteen months in Europe, visited Model School recently and during his visit gave a number of interesting talks to the different grades in the school. 66 T I IK Su P P K U V R c K K T September Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday. - Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Sunday, Monday, October Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Friday, Saturday. Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Saturday. Sunday. � • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Chronology 12— Registration day. Faculty arrive. 13— Freshies begin to dock. 14— Who's who party in Gymnasium. 16- More Seniors back. Hits get first per. 18— Talk of getting tables. 19— Tables assigned. 20— Cold, for a change. 21— Society for first time. 22— Perfectly quiet. 23— Senior Wiener Roast. Did all walk home? 24— Dean gives first lecture. 25— Buick auto busses to Cider Press. 26— Everything going O. K. 27— Cigarette in Girls’ Dorm. 28— Lecture. Why? Evans City game. 29— Wonderful day for hikes. 30— 11 its go.............for hikes. 1— Student jubilee—Faculty corn roast. Star Spangled Banner. 2— Freshie haze scare. Skull and Bones.” 3— Freedom of the World. Per to go for once. 4— Some car riding—black eyes—er—etc. 5— Bryant Society Reception. Game at Grove City. Did any Seniors go? ? ? ? 6— Some hits fall in —not saying where nor how. 7— AH sleep in. 8— Norm's car upsets on way back from Pittsburgh. 9— Slippery Rocket organized. 10— I lelen Rowe gets a diamond. 1 1— Ag class diggin' tater crop for Exhibit. 12— Scarce water supply. Ag exhibit. Wet and raining. 13— Yum! Peach of a day. More “hits and home runs. 14— Dink and Cinncr walk to Harrisville. 15— Same as per usual. 16— President of class elected. Also S. R. reporter. 17— Wonderful moonlight night. 18— —Some new” dish-washers. 19— Some more visitors to the cider mill! Dr. chased somebody 2c—No church. Flu. Flu. everywhere. 21— Rain. 22— -Did anyone skip gym? 23— First night of SPRAYING? T H K S I. I P P K R V R () C K E T Thursday. Friday. Saturday. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, November Friday. Saturday. Sunday. Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday. Friday, Sam rday. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday. Friday, Saturday. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Sunday. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, December Sunday. Monday. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Sunday. 67 24— Some old students back. 25— Faculty tend the sick. Flu rages more—not here tho. 26— Hallowe’en programs in societies. 27— Everyone (?) penned up. More sprees. 28— More fellows leave to enlist. 30— No Hallowe’en entertainments. 31— Big dinner in dining room. Twelve o’clock Tower Feed. 1— Faculty meeting. 2— First snow. 3— Dean sweeps halls. 4— Rain as usual. Did anyone play cards? 5— A few Seniors try a new sport—scalping. 6— Rough house in Senate. Meeds put out. 7— —P K A C E. Huge celebration, dance, parades, n everything. 8— False alarm. Sorta chagrined, eh? 9— R-a-i-n-e-d. 10— Flu ban lifted. What rejoicing! 1 [- -P-E-A-C-E for sure. Kaiser burned in effigy. 12— Model begins again. 13— Hard cider sent to Girls’ Dorm. 14— Everyone rested comfortable—even on salt. 15— Good by, Gadd. Tractor demonstration. 16— First basketball game of season. Natives vs. Dorm. Movies. Miss Rice in charge. Midnite umbrella parade. 17— Dean away. Doctor OUT. Great excitement. 18— Oh. you rainy Mondays! 19— Prof. Moore takes joy out of life. 20— Philos call special meeting. Hits down town to hear War as Huns Waged It. 21— Boys and girls dance—together. 22— Rather chisley. 23— Doctor says “School on Monday.’’ 24— Clean your rooms. 25— Did you say school? Yep. Recital at Chapel. 26— Pack up your grip. 27— Don't skip classes. 28— TURKEY DAY—for those left. 1 Everybody out to S. S. 2— Begin to arrive back. M. E. Church celebration. 3— Change teachers in Model. 5- Dancing—minus the fellows. 7— Change tables. Dean tries to locate a noise after bells. 8- Huge matrimonial discussion in (.iris’ Dorm. 68 T II 6 S I. I I P E K V R O C K E T Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Friday, Saturday. Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, January Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday, Satu relay. Sunday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday. Friday, Saturday. Sunday, Monday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. 9—Beighle hack for good. 10— Is Gilotli getting cross-eyed? Scared—goes home. 11— Clever V. W. meeting. 'Pile Comrade in White. 12— Philo Play Practice. 13— Old cighteeners back for Conference. Studying (?). 14— Drizzly. Educational Conference. Bryant “Faculty Meet- ing. Montraville Flowers on “Ben ITur. Another new case. 15— Flowers reads at vespers Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol. 16— Eighteeners left. Orchestra concert. New hits galore. “Pat chews gum. 17— New arrival (big box of eats.) 18— Rattetv tapp tap—the Dean makes some calls. 19— Evans City game. Score 36-6 favor S. R. V. W. girls over with sand witches. 20— Hark! What is that sound we hear? Christmas carols. Gert and Francis meet again. Reception for students at Gym. The bestest time. 21— Busses packed. The rising bell at 5:30. Think of it! Everybody up for breakfast and out to Branchton early. 6— Ten Seniors back. 7— More come straggling in. 8— Prof. Headland uses another big word in English. 9— Snow. Cold. 10— Big battle in Senate. 'Pried to elect officers. 1 1—Doc. visits society halls to see about lights. Any skippers?? 12—Every bod comes home with fellows. 14— “Don’t crochet or knit during lectures. 15— Meeting of heads of tables. 16— Everybody up for breakfast. 17— Nothing new. 18— Only society. 19— Everyone out to church. 20— First girls’ basketball Varsity practice. 21— Some one tried the fantastic toe up Main Hall steps. 22— ’Most as warm as summer. 23— Dr. advises “no visiting in Library. 24— Cold and blustery. English exam. 25— The day after the night before. Literary as per usual. 26— Did anybody smell chicken? 27— See anything of the liniment? 29— First meeting of Educational Conference. 30— Faculty have formal reception. 31— Final test in History of Education. Indictment against Prof. Cook for swiping animal crackers from Y. W. poster. T UK SlIPP IC R Y R () C K K T 69 February Saturday. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, F riday, Saturday. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday. Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, March Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 1— Game with New Kensington and “athletic” dancing. 2— Alas, the Dean caught someone sewing. 3— Group pictures for Saxigena. Dean lectures on Sabbath sewing. Lovely day. eh, skippers? 4— Rainy. Senior pictures. Are any Seniors pigeon-toed ? Oh. we know not. 5— Battis. on Dickens’s Works.” Kathleen and Red together first time. 7— Art Exhibition. High School basketball game. 8— Art Exhibition. Cold and snowy. 9— Everylxxly up for breakfast. 10— Mixed chorus concert. 11— Games at the Gym. 12— A few slept in. 13— Seniors’ mail. Awk. don’t we love it???? 14— Valentine Day. Big eats. Sugden, the Magician. 15— Stoops, Black, and Scott back. First girls’ game. Feed. 16— Did the Tower have any cocoa this evening? 17— Philomathean anniversary. Splendid address by Harry Campbell. 18— Seniors read up on Socrates. Community singing. 19— Eagles Mere report. Community singing. 20— Doctor visits Philo play practice. Nut ced. 21— M. E. Choir party. Oh. to be in the choir! Some of the Seniors were lucky. 22— A Washington Birthday ne’er to be forgot. A perfect REST day to be sure. 23— Cocoa for breakfast. 24— Dr. Root’s first lecture. 25— Dr. Root lectures again. 26— Some peanuts in English class. 27— Biggest event of the season. SENIOR PARTY. 28— Dr. Root’s last lecture. A freshie raced with the rain. 1— Dr. Wagner visits Philo Lit. Talk on Value of a Literary Society.” First girls’ Varsity game—with Monaca. S. R. won. 2— Dr. Wagner at Vespers. 3— No skipping. 4— Rufus and Gardner peeved. Hits around campus. 5— Smith-Spring-Holmes concert. A Jill No. 11. 6— More skipping classes. Study Hall victims. 7— McClvmonds brings in the skippers. Drawing, drawing. 8— Philo play, Cricket on the Hearth. 9— Some Snores” and Sneezes. 70 'I' II R S I. I P P 1C R V R O c K IC T Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday, Thursday. Friday, Saturday. Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday-, Saturday. - Sunday. Monday. io—Junior party. Big Senior taffy pull and—did any Seniors witness the parly, eh? i i—Galbreath Bros, appear at S. R. 11 its got per. 12— Seniors burn the midnitc oil over History of Kd. 13— W HO tried to sleep on the campus? Fire Co. Entertain- ment. “Curiosity has her tail fringed. 14— Game with Ell wood City High. 15— Gym exhibition. Feeds, feeds, feeds. 16— Poured. Beauty parlor. Boys dye their collars. 17— Faculty tea. The hits celebrate. 18— “Drawing skippers in their final splurge. 19— Supt. Schaeffer’s Memorial. Half-holiday. Home. 24— Return to S. R. Lot of new students register. 25— More new students. Some new fellows. 26— A-l-m-o-s-t a new hit. 27— Senior wrestle abruptly ended. 28— Candle light, a la Irish W ake. Rough housing. 29— I)r. Hamm insists on better preparation, il Kid Party. 30— Rev. Silvus visits M. E. Church. 31 Fortune telling during study period. April Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday, Saturday. Sundav, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday. Friday, Saturday. Sunday. Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday. 1— Tables changed. April Fool Day. No fools?? 2— Mary Hollibaugh back. May Queen chosen. 3— New discovery—Jones is a Welshman. Do the Bryant play cast like to dance? 4— Dr. Hamm’s bird lecture. Girls’ game with Sharon. Hotly contested but S. R. finally won. 5— Philo “Pink Lady. Another hit broken. f —A superb day. 7—Dr. Hamm's Nature Study for hike. Bryant play, “Professor Pepp. 8 Y. W. Secretary here. Talk in Chapel. 9—Chose Class Day representatives. Turtle show! Elect lire squad lieutenants, io—Special faculty meeting. Domestic department serves lunch to R. R. men. 11 its pested. 1 1—“Snookums left. Dean hunting those out during study period. 12— Dean and Dr. leave. I lits celebrate. 13— Conspiracy against Nuts.” Foiled. 14— I lits still celebrating. Soph play. “Mrs. Briggs of the Poul- try Yard. 15— Hits celebratio nabruptly ended. Senior play practcie. if)—Rained. 17— Big Junior-Senior girls’ game. Some goal hunters. Who won? We’d rather not tell. 'I' UK Su 1 I !•: R V Roc K !•: T Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, May Thursday. Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday. Saturday. Sunday. Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. 18— “Snppkuins left for good this time. 19— Literary. Miss Wra down early for breakfast. 20— Everyone out to church. EASTER. 21— Lot slept in. 22— Big flight! Natives vs. dorm boys. “Too full for utterance. 23— Dr. Stott’s lecture, 'fed and Edna there. 24 Juniors observe. Sing in “Peanut Gallery.’’ 25— Prof. Ricketts late for Arithmetic class. 26— Did we have an Indian lecture?? 27— G-R-A-P-E F-R-L'-I-T for breakfast. 28— Trophy train at Branchton. Red makes mysterious trip. 29— Mystery solved. Diamond. 30— Arbor Day exercises. .Memorial trees planted. Was it good to play tennis then? 1—Rain, ’n’ everything. Night watchman moves quietly. 3— Misses Easley and Mersereau recital. Kathleen’s mother arrives. Red makes a good impression. Dean invited to a feed. 4— Fox and Red play on campus at ten bells. Bovs’ chorus. Down town fellows swear off delivering eats at girls’ dorm. 5— Miss Rice and Mrs. DeArmit hold faculty tea. First base- hall games vs. Butler. V. W. play. Miss Mary buys some candy. New students in. 6— Miss Wray. Bill, Jones, Hannah late for breakfast. Practice for May Pole. 7— Election of V. W. officers. Senior play practice. 8— Dean “speeched” for making too much noise in dining room. 9— Minuet practice. Soldier boys arrived at S. R. 10—Poured. Bryant anniversary. Fine address by James Briccland. Lights on campus. “I lurrah, says skippers. 12— Ivy Day. Dressmaking establishments galore. Junior- Senior Prom. NT’F CED. Jim and Toohey back. 13— Team at Butler. Muriel and Denniston take a walk. 14— Ted gets chased. Run, Ted. run. 15— Linus back. Pageant practice. Minuet at Model. Doctor visits. Midge plays guard. 16— “Showers of blessings.’’ Lights in dining room. Jones’ kid brother visits. Pageant practice again. 17— More showers. 18— Cleared. Fresh meat served with the cake. 19— May Pole practice. Everybody out. 20— Rain—for a change. 21— Ditto. Pageant practice. 72 T II IC S I. I I I' Iv l V R () C K IC T Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, 22— And again ii rained! Full pageant rehearsal in Gym. 23— History of Ed. excused. Some more dampness.' Special study period, eh? 24— Huge excitement all day! A lot of eightecners back. Big day planned for pageant but dress rehearsal in chapel instead. Contest. Early (?) hours. 25— Wonderful day. Gilotti's Bill here. 26— -Electric Light Dedication. Punch served in dining room. Xo study period. Great rejoicing. Party Calling: Who is this?” Katy Wigton: Boozel’s.” Party: I was calling Dennistons.” Wanted, a bed. Regis Chesler went to sleep in Physical Geography class. Student in Physics Class: Why didn’t Irene Black go to sleep in class today ?” Second Student: She didn’t get to class in time.” Here’s to new students, one and all. and hope they will come back to us next fall. Sallie Ivetzel (speaking of families) : ;My grandmother was a Drake.” Josephine Hartzell: I always wondered why you were such a goose.” I)r. Hamm: What is the first word a child usually says?” Evalyn Alter (thinking of Child Study and Music at the same time): Ja Da!” Edna Gilson: Helen, if you don’t eat this dessert, you’ll miss half your life.” Helen: ‘A cs and if I do eat it I’ll miss the other half.” T M K S I. I P P K U V R () C K K T G. Martin: “Where is my comb?” G. Albert: “In the boy’s dorm.” Gene Hartzell in excitement: “Gee, I’m going to New Castle with eight other girls.” Ruth Szobel at May Pole practice: “Scatter yourself more evenly.” Student: “Wonder why Prof Moore uses ‘ 'tis' so much.” Jo: “Maybe his feet hurt him.” Songs at the Prom: “Oh. where, oh. where, are the grave old Seniors?” Ray Baird: “Have a bite of cookie, Helen?” Helen B.: “No. thanks.” Ray: “Oh do, no one bit from this end yet.” There was a young man greatly disappointed one evening last week when he came to Dr. Barber’s and found that Miss Genevieve was in bed. Wendell Magee: 1 bet you five dollars I can make an uglier face than • you can.” Helen Rubright: I won’t bet. Look what you have to start on.” “That girl down there has a ten-dol-lar dress.” “I low do you know ?” “Because it is cut Y in the front and back.” Prof. Ruff: “Did you ever see in- sects crawling over the surface of the water?” Hartzell: “Yes, sir. when I wash- ed.” 73 At Dancing—A certain young man noticing that his partner was unusually silent remarked, You seem to be intellectually fatigued. His Partner: “Yes, mv feet hurt me. Teacher in Literature: “Class, how many of you have read ‘As You Like If? Jones: “We read as she liked it.” Prof. Cook (in Public Speaking): “1 shall be tempted to give this class an examination.” Ann Ketzel: “Yield not to temptation.” Bruce Denniston, in class meeting: “I know what’s the matter with that yell, the meter isn’t right. Ethel Moss: “What do you know about meter?” Bruce 1).: “Oh, 1 don’t know. 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