Chicago Normal School of Physical Education - Scarab Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE SCARAB 'ik W, Jfif' WHA'1'l-No GUM? CRrp1'1'11ff'dfron1 ilu' .iyzzlcfzj Wapo held a meeting before we came to camp. Told us the things to take for a hike and for a tramp. Gave us a list of equipment from A to Z, Told us everything about our S. N. B's. Wrote down directions so we couldn't get lost, Where to go and how to go and just how much it would cost No food or candy, our YYapo said, For at Wetomachek you'll he well fed. Bring no gum when you come. For this was to be a camp without gum. For six whole weeks no gum to chew. The girls all cried, VVhat shall we dol' We accepted our doom with faces grave, Cnllinching, like any Indian brave. Camp we found to be just great. :Xt council Ere we drew our fate. The lries met the Winnies at baseball. 2 The girls and Counselors came to cheer and call. But the greatest surprise of all was not that the But we saw our Counselors Chewing gum! Okepi, Medamin, Teka, and Wapo petite, Zhonta, Notawah, Koda, and Miska neat, All Came to watch the game Chewing gum of every Havor and name. Girls, how our Counselors can chew! I wish they would show us how to. Of course we know this is a camp without gum, But please, dear Counselors, let us chew some. lS3l lries won

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THE' SCARAB RADITIONS N despair I gave up-They simply were not to be found- The records were lost. Disowned by all my friends. dis- graced by my failure. I had nowhere to go. The night was dark. dank, chill. Before me loomed a dark building-11 house of refuge. the gym! No one there to scorn me. Wearily I let myself in and wandered aimlessly about. at last finding a sanctuary in the room of knowledge. the lecture room. I sank disconsolately into my accustomed place in the front row and gave myself up to bitter. scathing thoughts of my weak- ness. Lost! all the precious traditions of Cenespe and Weto- machek. The wind howled and a storm raged. all was dark, Suddenly a soul-piercing shriek rent the air. The chills ran up and down my spine. Silence! Dead. thick. impenetrable sile-nce. I raised my head and before my very eyes I saw the door to a small closet open and there grinning at me was Oscar! Clank, clank. crunch. crunch. squeak, squeak. Oscar was coming toward me. I was too terrified to move. Oscar lowered himself jerkily beside me and patted me bonily on the back. Ho ho! Pooty surprised you ban: goot ole' Oscar coomes out effery nite but no von ban see him pefore now. alreaty yet. Putt speakinck uf surprises. you know. dat camp ban full over by surprises yust! Oscar laughed heartily at his own joke and I joined in feebly. even Oscar was better than no one. You ban pooty punk in der feelings ain'd you? But neffer you mind. ven you haf ban treatedlike I ban done to. you'll get used to it sooner as lader. Dat blonde. 'know it all' vunce. vat picks up mine leg und wraps it arount my neck like I was noddings or effen lesser as that, ooh, she gifs me a pain. Und dose girls! My! my! Sooch pickshoor as dey draw from me. Dey would insult effen a worser man as I'm. But yust you lissen vunce. I haf dem in der palm of my hand. You look for dose traditions? Ole Oscar ban haf dem all der dime. Not really? Ah give them to me please, I need them so. Yot? You tink I gif dem to you? Und for noddings at dat? Vot is I'm in America for? Ask me dat yust? Silence reigned supreme. Finally growing uncomfortable I drew out a hot dog and began to masticate. Oscar looked once, twice. sniffed once. twice. and began to weaken. Veil, now maype I vas a liddle too mooch uf a rush. Maype for vun historical I vood take dat puppief' What! For one tradition? All the traditions or no hot canine. Silence-Oscar began to sniffle. Vell.I gif in. Dose his- toricals ban yours, so soon alreaty. oh my! Shakel But give me the traditions first. All right, yust a minute, Before my very eyes Oscar calmly unscrewed his left arm and from the center of it drew forth a scroll and handed it to me as he eyed the bun longingly. Opening the scroll I read: It hath been decreed since the beginning of this famo.is institution that at the end of the first week of school a form of entertainment known as a 'Kid Party' shall be given by the mighty Seniors to the lowly Juniors that they may become better acquainted. It shall be a 'Kid Party' because in the eyes of the Seniors the Juniors are still infantsfl I rolled up the scroll and looked at Oscar. He groaned and after putting his arm on again took od his right scapula and gave me a triangular sheet of paper on which was written the following: 'tOne time in the city of Chicago a World's Fair was held. Some time later the attendants of a certain school instituted a custom termed 'The HalIowe'en Pike.' The idea was borrowed from this Fair. The purpose of this worthy affair was. by the charging of pennies as admission to various at- trrtctions. to raise money for the Scholarship Fund. a noble and fine idea. may it live through the ages, Again I looked at Oscar and he tearfully dislodged his sixth rib. right hand side. I unrolled the script and read: Over twelve years ago one Dr. MacEachern asked thc Juniors and Seniors of C. N, S, P. E. to impart Thanksgiving cheer to the children of the Fresh Air Room of the laoldcn School. This worthy practice has become firmly established. The dinner has become a Junior affair given with the aid of the Seniors. Keep this tradition always. Oscar did not move this time, so I was forced to say, Come on Oss, fork over the remainder. Ooh my. You vant more yust? A minute, dis rib dun't go pack in so very vell. Dere. Oscar next took off his left radius and handed me another manuscript on which was the follow- ing: May the spirit of Christmas be always with you. On December :5.1o14.atArvis Dormitory, the first candle lighting service was held. Tl1e music for the candle lighting song was compiled by Francis M. Arnold and the words written by Nellie Bell. class of lI..l,. The march led upstairs where stories which shall never be changed were told. -The girls received some of the Christmas spirit to start home with. All through vacation the large candle burned in a window perhaps to give outsiders a little Christmas cheer. The use of the candle is to symbolize the life of each girl, who as she leaves school brings cheer to all who come in contact with her. Amid many sighs and groans Oscar replaced his tibia and removed his occipital bone. From the paper I read: During the course of the year the following parties shall be given. The Seniors shall give a Kid Party to the Juniors. The juniors will then entertain the Seniors with a Christmas Party. When the leaves turn green the Seniors shall give a Spring Partv to the juniors. To complete the social life the juniors shall give to the Seniors a Farewell Party. Abide by these truths faithfully. Next. I commanded sternly as Oscar fidgeted. You vill haf to get dot vun yourself. On mine back count down vun, two, tree. now press der point. As I did this the whole cervical section of Oscar's spine swung outward and there between the foramen lay a long scroll on which I read: Be it ever known that there shall be a vodvil given by the Senior class. This vodvil shall vary to suit the talent of the class. One certain year. namely 1914.3 Minstrel was held and one Miss Alice Beaman displayed great talent. It has been written that in 19:8 a very successful circus vodvil shall be given. The purpose of said demonstration is to float the Scarab, Keep up this practice faithfully! Oscar quictly handed me the middle phalanx of his right hand and still another paper was found! Listen my children and you shall hear, The history of our Scarab so dear. In the year IQI4 was published a book Called 'Resume' and sold by hook or by crook. The pictures were wondrous and fair, Those of Miss Beaman were really rare. In IOIQ they looked for a better name And so chose the Scarab of much fame. On this beetle were written all records of import And of it was never said 'Il est mortf And just as the Scarab has eternal life. Our own book has thus far survived all strife, And when you look backward o'er many a year You'll find many a memory which will always be dear. Tank gootness dot ban ofer. Now gif me dot hot dog, I'm dot starved my rips are tooching mine packponef' Oscar! you're holding out on me. Where are the Camp tradil ions? Oh mine gootnessl Ai'nd dot a vooman for you? Neffer satisfied vunce. Can't you leaf me alone? 'l Oh well. if you really don't care for this. I'd just as soon eat it. Ooh dun't. I coutn't pear it. I willgif dem to you. Yust a minute vunce. Bending over with much creaking Oscar slid his calcaneous out and extracted a bulky article on which was inscribed: Come gather round the Campfire, ye braves of old days. and list to the tale I have to tell. Once a group of fair maidens gathered together and formed a mighty Indian camp. This camp was located in Saugatuck, Michigan. Two Indian tribes were formedWPottawatomies and Susquehannas. Many years they lived there but in the year IQIQ this camp was moved. A German summer resort at Power's Lake. Wisconsin, was chosen as the new site. The name of this resort was lfreundesruhe, meaning I riend's Rest. An Indian name corresponding in meaning was taken for this camp, Wetoma- chek-the Meeting Place of Friends. Two more tribes were added. Iroquois and Winnebago. The Buffalo Head. which denotes strength. was chosen as the symbol for Wetomachek. There it is that lair maidens with Indian names instruct young girls in the Indian life. And in the evening you can see them sitting round the Campfire singing their tribal songs. As the melody fades out the peace of the Great Spirit settles over all. There. Oscar, that's all and I do thank you. You can't realize how lf 'tOoh gif dot puppie dog und postpone der roses some udder day. I handed the bun to Oscar and as I looked the clog grew bigger and bigger and suddenly began chasing Oscar about the room. As Oscar gradually faded into his closet he seemed to say I'll get eFfen mit you someday, yust you vait und see. l32l

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TH? SCARA13 WA W, Clif' HISTORY OF C. N. S. P. E. NCE upon a time, as stories begin, a woman had a vision. It was a vision of girls. In the world about her she saw business girls, shop girls, school and college girls, some stooped and nearsighted from working in poorly lighted rooms, others tired and worn from bending over books. In her dreams, she saw them all gathered in a great gymnasium, wonderfully lighted and ventilated-a room not made for the quickest and cheapest production of silks or laces or auto- mobile tires, but one built for girls, where the business of building a perfect body was on. If Miss Lash could see how her dream has actually materialized from the first night school in which it began, she would surely feel repaid for her sacrifice and work. In 1903 she, with her friend and pupil, Mrs. Parsons, spent many weary days tramping the streets looking for a place where they might begin their night school. Finally at 430 South Wabash, when 430 South Wabash was still in the process of construction, they found an owner willing to rent the sixth floor of his building for a gymnasium. For this purpose, a span roofwas put on so there would be no posts in the way. Physical Education was new in Chicago at the time and there was only one other gymnasium in the city. With Miss Lash and Mrs. Parsons as teachers, the night school flourished until there were several hundred in the classes and a great demonstration was given on the large Auditorium stage. With her vision always in mind, Miss Lash felt the need for Normal work and called in Dr. McEachern and Dr. Zoethout, and together they graduated their first Normal class from the Chicago School of Physical Education and Expression. There were seven in the class, among whom were our Miss Lyons and Miss Josephine Ross, the first playground instructor in the city. In 1910 Miss Lash left and Mrs. Parsons took complete charge. Under her able supervision the school grew to enormous size. The idea of a summer camp was conceived and the first camp was located at Lake Bluff, Illinois. :Xt first it was merely for recreation and rest, but soon came the idea of making it a real part of the school work. About IQIV3 the camp was moved to Saugatuck, Michigan. In December, 1917, Mrs. Parsons left the school and Dr. MacEachern took her place. The following year Miss Musselman assumed the principalship, marking a new era in the school's history. In 1921 Greenwood and Michigan Dormitories were purchased and our present gymnasium was built and all was ready for occupancy in 1922. In 1925 we saw the purchase of Hyde Park, Kendall and Norris dormitories and in 19261 these were occupied and Michigan dormitory was a thing of the past. The history of C. N. S. P. E. is very remarkable and creditable-one which we may all be proud of, and through all the multitudinous changes which have taken place the vision has never been lost. IMI