Millersville University - Touchstone Yearbook (Millersville, PA)

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CLASS PROPHECY. 27 happily with her husband, a Lutheran minister, in Altoona, Pa. Her husband's congregation, I have heard say, are completely captivated, and talk much about their minister's wife, who is such a charming and brilliant conversationalist. Miss Maud G. Hostetter seemed always fond of vocal music, along which lines she rapidly developed upon leaving school. She has studied under the most talented teachers of our land, and has now entrusted to her care the voices of the most promising music pupils of the New York Chautauqua. There was another of our class who believed most heartily in a rounded-out character. While we were with him we saw him studying, in addition to his text-books, art, vocal music, the violin, poetry, oratory, and about a dozen other things which I have forgotten. Upon leaving school, Mr. Willis W. Hackman turned to a new subject, sculpturing. Along this new channel he has made the most progress. He is now in London, and although he pursues this occupation most closely, his spare moments are, as of old, devoted to rounding out his character. Grover Cleveland Chandlee—the name might suggest to the stranger a young man of a political turn of mind. But though interested as a looker-on of politics, we, who thought we knew him, on the contrary thought he would make a grand “Little Minister. But though we thought we were good readers of character, he has shown us his was no usual character to read. Much to the surprise of all, he attended the University of Pennsylvania for the purpose of becoming a physician. After his graduation there, in 1909, a physician and friend of his in Boston persuaded him to make that city his dwelling place. Here he has worked up for himself an extensive practice. Now I will relate the history of the young lady from Wayne County. It would take too long to relate the entire history of the class, so I am, therefore, mentioning only the most important events of their eventful histories. The most important event of Gertrude C. Mcliale’s life was when some youth, a former resident of Scranton, whose name is Mr. Walters and whose height is four feet and eleven inches, had the audacity to propose to this sedate maiden. It is whispered that she, for a brief minute, lost her

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26 THE HAMMER. truly inspired all of us, but only two of our class found it possible to bring before more of mankind those miraculous teachings. Miss Steigerwalt and Miss Yeakle, better known as Salama and Sophia (for it would have been cruel of fate to separate these two) started the first school in Philadelphia based on Manual Training in the year nineteen hundred and seven. Miss Salama Steigerwalt frequently recites at entertainments given by the school. The purpose of these entertainments is to make them drawing cards for the public, that they may visit the school and witness for themselves the wonderful work. A visit to their school is the only essential to becoming a manual training enthusiast. I was handed a copy several days ago of the Musical Courier. I opened this paper at about the middle pages, and my eyes were attracted by the following: “On the front page of this issue appears the picture of an American, Katherine Hobach, who has recently created a very great stir among the musicians of Berlin. Her technique is amazing, her tone is full, pure and sweet, and her musicianship has awed the Germans, which is praise indeed.” Another of the fine arts is being truly interpreted by Miss Maud Z. Hallman, of Venice, Italy. Miss Hallman was thought by some to be quiet, but she, while others were laughing and joking, was keenly observing and reading the character of children as revealed in their faces. She dreamed to reveal to mankind what she made a most close study, three perfect pictures of their facial expressions. She studies art in Venice. While here she is not overawed by the great fame of the leading artists, but keeps ever striving to do perfect work for anything but perfect work, she thinks, will be an injustice to the children. She has produced some wonderful works. But at the end of each year she destroys all her pictures which she can secure, as they have some little mistakes which then she no longer makes. I have no doubt Miss Hallman will in time reach her ideal. Then having accomplished her purpose, she will be happy. And now I come to Miss Cora Belle Lafferty. Her powers as an entertainer and humorist are well known to us who were fortunate enough to have her as one of our classmates. Miss Lafferty always showed a great sympathy for ministers, and is now living

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28 THE HAMMER. usual self-composure and accepted. Nevertheless, they are living perfectly happy in their cosy little cottage on one of the Wayne County lakes. Frequently they go to New York to attend a good concert or some fine dramatic performance. Miss Rena Laurer in her earlier years always showed great interest in the architecture of her land, not so much in the rarely found brick or stone mansions which have been built regardless of expense, and which, though sometimes over-ornamented, seem almost perfect both in architecture and arrangement, but to the erection of the ordinary dwelling houses. Miss Lauver shortly after her departure here went to Wellesley, where this idea to beautify and adorn constantly increased in interest. She attended Pratt, taking the special course in architecture. While attending there she received many orders for her works. The last number of the Ladies' Home. Journal, her favorite paper, has just devoted several pages to Miss Lauver’s “Original Designs for Modern Homes ’ Miss Conklin was a girl of wide interests while at school. She made for herself a prominent place on the gymnasuim floor when basket ball was in session. She was a conspicuous figure on the tennis court when tennis was in season. She had an important place boating on the lake, when that sport was in season, and had no minor part on the campus when “snapping” was in season. For several years along all these lines she developed rapidly after leaving school, and she added to her accomplishments golf and hunting. Then suddenly, we know not why, Miss Conklin gave up all these indulgences. She took up the cause of woman’s suffrage. The powers of her bold, dashing manner, which she displayed here, are now spent in going from town to town of the United States trying to bring men to her way of thinking. And in her methods she seems bound to rival the once much-talked-of Carrie Nation. She visits the polls where women are not allowed to cast any votes. She tries by force to discontinue the election until the men solemnly vow they will ever afterward favor woman’s suffrage. We will now consider our elocutionist. During our public entertainments at school she seemed to have very promising