Kutztown University - Keystonia Yearbook (Kutztown, PA)

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Charles William Dankkl. Macungie. Some time after the great Louisiana Purchase our widely known “Charlie” first made his debut into the beautiful town of East Macungie.. From h s early school life we learn that he graduated from the Macungie and Emaus High Schools with highest honors. He felt rather elated of the fact, so he thought he might just as well migrate to the great Keystone State Normal and show them also what he could do. He has shown himself very ambitious, and therefore hope he will accept our heartiest congratulations. He tells us that he will teach a public school for a few years, but we think he ought to have some higher ideals. Maybe his classmates will be startled by becoming aware of the fact that our “Charlie” has at length reached his highest ideal; namely, President of------. A: “M she In cam a v She still it hea' ciall whe ures read Gertrude Dankel, Macungie. Well, here is one of those students that roomed on the west side of the building, and, as far as we know, she is called Gertrude Dankel, the daughter of William K. and Rebecca E. Dankel, being born on September 14, 1890. She attended the public schools of East Macungie for nine years, graduated from the Emaus High School in 1907, and took a post-graduate course at the same place. After that she taught successfully for two years in her native township in Lehigh County, Pa. In the spring of 1910 she entered the Keystone Slate Normal School as a middlcr and graduated from that institution in 1911. Miss Dankel believed in “Labor conquers all things,” and, as a result, was one of the good students in the class of 1911. She belongs to that class to which we have so often referred, “ I expect to teach school,” and should she do so, we arc certain that she will be successful. Mau Mi birth lion trolk work- the I both res ul theS in he Norn her p scire 28

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Lulu May Confehr, Schuylkill Haven. Lulu was born at Auburn, Pa. Here she spent the first two years of her life. The Confehr family then went to Schuylkill Haven, where they have dwelt ever since. She went through the Schuylkill Haven Public Schools, and graduated with honors in 1909. The following autumn she entered the Normal School. She was a member of the Missionary Committee of the V. W. C. A. and a delegate to the Summer Conference at Granville, O. Miss Confehr is an awfully quiet little girl, except at home. She had originally intended to be a musician, but when pianolas had come into vogue she decided to become a schoolteacher, for she says it is easy to compete with a person, but she won’t with a machine. She is an excel- lent entertainer among the girls, but is stern, cool and monosyllabic among the gentlemen. We hope Lulu will be persuaded not to carry out her intentions to teach the rest of her life, but will do as her other sisters and make some lonely fellow happy. Clare Smetzer Cressman,..................................Pleasant Valley. Clare Smetzer Cressman was born in Pleasant Valley, Bucks County, Pa., on October 16, 1892. She takes great pride in her old historical home, for it was there that Lafayette spent the night when returning from Bethlehem Hospital, where he had his wound treated. Clare attended the Pleasant Valley School, and in 1908 graduated from the Springfield Central High School. In the fall of 1909 she entered Keystone State Normal as a middler. Here she became a member of the Philomathean Literary Society, and derived much pleasure from its weekly meetings. After teaching school for ten years, Clare expects to live a life of ease and luxury, for teachers are always fortunate enough to accumu- late a vast pile in that time. 27

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Mellicent Elvkrna Davis, 262 St. Janies Place, Brooklyn, N. V. Mellicent E. Davis, commonly known as Mellie,” was born in Schuylkill County, where she attended the public schools for nine years. In 1908 she moved to Brooklyn, and in 1909 came to this Normal School as a “special” with a view of becoming a trained nurse later on. She afterward took the regular course, but is still in hopes of carrying out her original purpose. “Mellie” is very much interested in the heavenly bodies, and loves to gaze at them, espe- cially from a certain window in Society Hall, where the view is grand. Another of her pleas- ures is library work. In this she is always ready to lend a helping hand. Maude Elizabeth DeRone, 1241 Turner St., Allentown Maude Elizabeth DeRone claims Easton as her birthplace, but received her public school educa- tion in “Peanut town.” Maude always did like trolley rides, so after one year of High School work, she decided to take the Normal course at the Keystone State Normal School. Her rides, both morning and evening, have stamped their result on her, for she is one of the tallest girls in the Senior Class. Maude has taken great interest in her dear Philo. Three years of work at the Normal School have made Maude ready to take her place in that rank of workers who call them- selves “school ma’ams.” 29