East Stroudsburg University - Stroud Yearbook (East Stroudsburg, PA)

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CLASS OF 1908 In the fall term of 1908 there was a rumor that because of the drought of that year, the school would be closed. However, the Normal School had its own pump, which was capable of supplying all the water that was needed. The winter term of that same year saw one of the busiest seasons of the school. There were three hundred and seventyrfive students enrolled, and some of the recitation rooms were turned into apartments, as were the cottages behind Wayne gymnasium. In January, 1909, state aid allowances were stopped, as the fund set aside by the state of Pennsylvania for this purpose was exhausted. This curtailment meant that the students would have to pay tuition. One dollar and fifty cents a week was charged, but few students left the 27 school because of this rise in rates. Later in JanUv ary, a $75,000 appropriation bill was passed to cover the deficiency in funds covering payment of tuition at state normal schools. In 1909, fire drills were first practiced for the safety of the people attending the school. In May 1909, the baseball team executed a triple play against Kutztown State Normal School. Twenty students failed the State Board examinations, only one senior among them. There were one hundred and twenty graduates then in that class, and their senior picnic was held at Echo Lake. iThe annual senior picnic of every class was held at this lakel The students reached Echo Lake by the Delaware Valley Railroad, which ran between East StroudSr burg and Bushkill.

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In April, 1908, work was finally begun on the new building. It was while excavation was going on that the glacier'scarred rock, mounted on a concrete platform on the front campus, was found. Later, Emery Gordon, 21 student at the Normal School, found an Indian tomahawk in the same excavation. This relic of the days of' the Indians was placed in the cornerstone of the new building, now Shawnee Hall, which was to be four stories high and to have sixteen classrooms, and auditorium, and dormitory space. The corr nerstone was laid May 20, 1908, a great day for the school since there was a big parade and n0 Classes. One of the events of the basketball season of 1908 was the teams leaving the floor during a game with Muhlenburg because of 3. disagree ment with the referees over fouls called on the East Stroudsburg team. East Stroudsburg was ahead, 5'3, and there were only three minutes left to play when the team left the floor. The boys were very rudely treated after they walked off. Later in the season the basketball team he came State Normal champions after defeating Mansfield, 22,10. In the class of 1908 there were one hundred and eleven graduates. Valedictorian 0f the class was George N. Kemp, who was the son of E. L. Kemp, principal of the school. During his normal school career he was a leading member of the basketball and baseball teams. Second honors went to Lillian Bennett, sister of Miss Ida M. Bennett, at present an instructor at the East Stroudsburg State Teachers College. 1906-07 BASKETBALL TEAM

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Dr. Kemp had a thrilling experience when his horse ran away with him, but neither Dr. Kemp nor the horse was injured. The accident occurred near the Minnisink Paper Mill, and Mr. Kemp had to walk home. One of the most dramatic human interest stories in the history of our college took place in 1909. Edward Brown as a tiny baby was sent to 21 Friendliness home in Scranton on the death of his father. Later, when the family was able to take care of him, they went back only to fmd that he was gone. Nineteen years later one of the students of the Normal School noticed a strong similarity between his schoolmate, LeRoy Tran! sue of Tobyhanna, and a friend of his, Robert Brown of Olyphant. After some investigation it was found that LeRoy Transue was really the lost Edward Brown and that he was a brother of Robert Brown. The Transue family had adopted the boy from the Scranton Friendliness home and had sent him to East Stroudsburg to attend the normal school there. In 1912 there were several cases of hazing. The hazings occurred in 9Harr1'gan1s Alley,w which was the name given to the part of the building where the hazing of a boy named Leo Harrigan had occurred the year before. One Sunday evei ning after Bible Study class the flrst victim was 1914 BASKETBALL TEAM