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

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caught by the members of a secret society known as the 11Royal Order of GobblerGobblesf, He was immediately escorted by no gentle means to Hare riganis Alley, where for an hour he eloquently addressed the GobblerGobbles, barked at the moon, and did other stunts. The other victim did not receive the same mild treatment. He was severely beaten with straps, shoes, shingles, etc. Every effort was made by the principal and the faculty to eliminate this rough treatment of students. Trouble between Mexico and the United States in 1913 led to the formation on the campus of a military company, which the principal felt was ENTRANCE BUILT ON LAND RECLAIMED BY STUDENTS so necessary in order that men could be trained right here at the school. Another oddity in our history was a sports event which took place in November 1914. It was a basketball game in which the dayestudent team defeated the varsity candidates in an over time period by the score of 35443. This same varsity later defeated Dunmore by the amazing score of 719. James Tierney was high scorer with twentyreight points, and Tony Ratchford was second with nineteen points. It was customary for the graduating classes to donate some gift to the school. The earlier classes gave beautiful iron flower pots, which now adorn MINNISINK LITERARY SOCIETY

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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

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the front lawn. Classes from 1907,1914 gave money which was saved by Dr. Kemp until there was enough to build a gateway to the Normal School campus. The section of land which ex' tended vfrom Ransberry Avenue to Prospect Street was secured in the same manner as the section on which the Model School was built. There were four houses on this land, which was quite swampy. One was moved to the back came pus and is now the infirmary; this building was at one time Dr. NaegleTS home. The other houses were moved farther down Prospect Street. In order to erect the gateway it was necessary to fill in the swamp, and students were given a tw0vday holiday to help fill in the ground. Local alumni members donated wagons and teams. Since there were not enough horses, long lines of students pulled loads of dirt from the rear of the school and from farm at the corner of East Brown and Smith Street, which was owned by Dr. Kemp. The swamp was soon covered, and the pillars were erected at the Prospect Street entrance to the campus. Dr. Kansas and which were known to everyone in Kempls ponies, which he brought from the school, were kept in a shed on the back campus. His white pony was buried near the present location of the new menls dormitory. After the death of the pony, another horse, Dandy, became the favorite of the campus. The boys were eager to exercise him in order to take their girl friends for a ride. Dandy was one of 30 the horses used to haul stones and dirt from the back campus to the front entrance, which was being constructed at that time. Dr. Kemp, who was an excellent rider, used to ride during his summer vacations. On one occasion he rode through the southern states; later he visited the New England States on horseback. The year 1917 was a dark one for Normal since many of the boys and girls had entered the armed services. It was only through the organie zation of a Students Army Training Corps, which was made possible by a loan of $4,000 by Dr. Kemp, that the school was able to survive. Arthur B. Trimble of Omaha, Nebraska, was in charge of the local army corps. During the war, Dr. LaRue left the school for duty in the United States Army. His wife, Mabel Guinnip LaRue, took her husbandls place as in, structor and was later elected as a member of the faculty of the East Stroudsburg State Normal School. 1 A class of one hundred and thirtyrsix, of which only thirty were men, was graduated in 1917. There were only twenty men in a class of ninety eight who were graduated in 1918. In September, 1918, a man connected with a trust company of Pittsburgh was engaged to search the titles of the Normal School property in preparation for turning the institution over to the state. Word was received in November, 1918, that George N. Kemp, oldest son of Dr. Kemp, had