Chicago State University - Emblem Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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was recently an organization in Boston of the Chicago Normal Alumni, and only a few days later at the San Francisco meeting, I met two classmates, James and Arthur Chamber- lain, who are leaders in education in different California cities, and both of them authors of series of excellent books which are already standards in their respective subjects. The alumni are everywhere, and what is better, they are everywhere distinguished by a forceful and earnest professional attitude — what may be called the true missionary spirit. What has the association accomplished. ' ' It has always been a strong support to the school, even where it has not found it necessary to act as an organization. Its members are present everywhere that opinions are being molded and discussed, and their influence has always been a factor in shaping policies and averting hostility to the school. The days of active opposition are fortunately past, but in the stirring fight in 1894, and many a time before, it can be safely said that the Alumni had a great share in bringing victory to the side of old Normal. The beautiful memorial window to Colonel Parker in the Normal School is due to the devotion of the Association, under the able leadership of Mr. O. T. Bright, and the mag- nificent portrait of Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, presented to the Art Institute last year, is another monument of which the Alumni may be proud. The present officers of the Association are: President — Henry W. Sumner Vice-President — Melva Latham Secretary — George A. Beers Treasurer — Lillian G. Baldwin New graduates should keep in touch with the Association and give it active support, to keep alive the old memories, to preserve the traditions, to establish a feeling of solidarity, and above all to knit closely together all the strength of the Alumni for the undertaking of desirable projects, when needed, for the support, of the old school. James E. McDade. Words and Their Meaning Assignryient Bedlam Bubbling Fountain Critic .... Court . Dome . Emblem Havoc . Labyrinth . Practice Practice Teacher Penmanship . Recess . Special Method Special Topic . Singing Alone Theme . Warning . A call to do or die. See Havoc. A place of waiting. An awful fear that turns out to be a perfectly lovely, grand, sweet dream. Oasis. Observation tower. What no school should be without. State of room when critic departs. Room on first day of practice. Period of sophistication. The observed of all observers. That which brings about overdevelopment of the right arm. Boon for tired teachers. First aid to the injured. • Scylla and Charybdis. The vale of tears. A cause of heart failure. Irene Frank.

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The Alumni The Chicago Xormal Alumni Association is old enough to have witnessed great changes and tremendous development in the field of its activity. It was in existence before I ' ort Sumter fell; it saw the great civil war; it took part in the phenomenal growth that followed; and its members were the greatest of factors in the educational revival in the west — the struggle to mediate between an educational theory just finding itself in scientific self- analysis and the inarticulate but imperious demands of shifting modern conditions. The provincial prairie city on which the Alumni Association first opened its eyes is now a metropolis. In those days Chicago was too busy to be cultured. To-day one no longer awakens a smile by ranking this city as a center of art, of learning and literature. Who shall say how large a part of this development is due to the silent, unobtrusive influence of the Xormal School through its thousands of graduates. Surely no other factor has been so effective in penetrating the masses of the people with the refining forces of education and culture, and in laying deep those foundations on which the city ' s greatness must rest. Nor has its influence been confined to Chicago, for the Alumni Association has spread its membership through every state in the Union, and even to the Philippines and the con- tinent of Europe. The association numbers on its roll the graduates of four schools. The old Chicago Normal School, established in 1859, was for nearly twenty years the source from which the Chic ago schools drew their best talent. Many of these graduates are still in the service. It was from this school that the association gained the brightest name in its long roll of members, that of the brilliant woman who afterwards returned to the present Chicago Normal School as its principal, and who is now the superintendent of the Chicago schools. The Cook County Normal School came into existence in 1868. In the words of its second principal, Colonel Francis V. Parker, It was born in the travail of a bitter fight, and had lived only by the persistent energy and indomitable love of its principal, Dr. D. S. Wentworth. Its graduates number thousands who are yet in education or in other professions, many in Chicago, but many more scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and beyond the seas. In the fall of 1893 the North Side Teachers ' Training Class was organized, from which classes were regularly graduated until the spring of 1896. A large proportion of its 700 graduates are still teaching, and reflecting credit on their Alma Alater. The present Normal is the outgrowth and legitimate heir of all three of these earlier schools, and to realize how well it has sustained their best traditions it is only neces- sary to name the successive principals to whom its destinies have been entrusted. Colonel Parker, Arnold Tompkins, Ella Flagg Young, and William B. Owen. Perhaps there is no name better or more widely known to the teachers of America who are interested in music for children than that of Eleanor Smith, whose exquisite compositions are studied and loved wherever school children sing. She is a member of the Alumni Association. So is Dr. Alembert Brayton, of Indianapolis, scientist and physician, but a teacher still, for he is also engaged in college instruction. In woman ' s club circles what name is better known or stands for more pure achievment than that of Mrs. . S. Hefferan. ' Her devotion to civic betterment is at once a monument and an inspiration to the Association. And Zonia Baber, traveler, geographer, teacher, whose inspiring work, begun in the Normal School, is continued in the School of Education of Chicago University; several district superintendents; scores of principals; and thousands of teachers; men and women in all professions and in private life — all these are found in the long list of the Alumni ' s membership. The breadth of the distribution of the Associa- tion was forcibly brought home to me only a few months ago. I had learned that there

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Household Arts Alphabet A stands for Miss Ausemus, Though her name comes first, She really was last To arrive in our midst. B stands for Aliss Barry, Our instructor so dear; Ever she ' s willing Our trouble to hear. Ever she ' s ready To comfort and cheer. C is for Miss Cuppage, Called Cuppy or Hester; Every one thinks ' Tis all right to molest her. D is for Miss Dawson, Who works with a will {?), And especially at crocheting Manifests skill. D also means Miss Dolan, The pride of our class. Where can you find So consistent a lass. ' E is for Miss English, Our maid from the country. She ' s neatness incarnate. And thinks all is her bounty. F stands for Miss Farrell; Her pet study was ed ; Strange ' tis, for to Charlie She soon may be wed. F also means Miss Flumey, Otherwise known as Lil; But never — no never Has she kept perfectly still. 1 the Chicc.go Teachers College. y using the oral method, as we do ii with hearing people. Those who g G also meansMiss Gillies, Called the brains of the class ' ' Whoever would think it. She ' s such a wee lass. H is for Miss Haley; She runs to the phone To lighten the cares Of the people at home. H also means Miss Hanrahan, ' ho revels in toasts, And writes and delivers them Without being coaxed. H also means Miss Hill; She ' s our class musician; To make the violin talk Is her special mission. J stands for Miss Johnson, Our studious member. Who knows more in a minute Then we could ever remember. M is for Miss McDonough; A gay girl is she, Ever engrossed In advanced chemistry. M is for Miss McGrath; Mary ' s willing to work; Our walking encyclopedia Was ne ' er known to shirk. M is for Miss Mclntyre; Loretta is cute. But at making speeches She ' s almost mute. M stands for Miss McKay; She ' s the wit of the class, And at asking queer questions She sure can surpass.