Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women - Wise Acres Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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 CONTENTS Editorial...................................... 2 A Letter from a Former Student................. 3 More Honor to William Dutcher.................. 5 The Proposed Bee House....................... 7 In Memoriam.................................... 9 Alumnae Notes..................................10 School Notes...................................10 Exchanges......................................12 Smiles 12 d$5 d$5 6 6 2 5 §6 2 5 2$5 2$5 2$6 2$$ 2$6 2$5 2 6 6 5

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402 8c 404 N. SECOND T STREET. WHOLESALE MEATS PROVISIONS AND POULTRY o Bell Phone 42-A VICTOR MAYER LADIES’ and MEN’S TAILOR Steam Dyeing and Scouring Altering, Cleaning and Pressing. Repairing Neatly Done 421 Butler Avenue, Ambler, Pa. H. R. NIBLOCK RESTAURANT OYSTER HOUSE Oysters in all Styles Neals at all Hours WB MANCFACTCRB ICB CRBAM 417 Butler Avenue Both Phones AMBLER, PA. ALL THE TIME

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4 WISE-ACRES VoL. hi February, 1917. No. 12 1 . »-■-=.■ i' - ■! ■ . ■ j -- ■ ■ ■ - — a 1 ■ - ■■ 1. . . ■ 1 .... Published Quarterly by the Students op the School of Horticulture for Women, Ambler, Pa. Entered at the Ambler Post Office as Second-Class Matter staff Editor-in-Chicf, Amy Woodruff Associate Editor, Marion Hardy Exchange Editor, Edith Sisc Business Manager, Katherine Cohen Associate Business Manager, Beatrice George Secretary, Ruth A. Gerhard Advertising Editor, Beatrice L. Williams Associate Advertising Editor, Isabel Marquedant One Dollar a Year Single Copy, Twenty-five Cents EDITORIAL The origin of very successful schools and colleges should interest us. The origin of Oxford and Cambridge is very obscure. They were probably the result of the uniting of very small schools. Harvard, the oldest university in the United States, was founded and started in 1638 by a small sum of money and three hundred books. It now has over four thousand students and an endowment fund of about twenty-four million dollars. Yale was at first a small denominational school near Saybrook, Connecticut. Now it is one of the most influential institutions of learning in the country. Our near neighbor, Haverford, resulted from the suspension of Haverford School for eleven years from 1845 to 1856 in order to collect an endowment. The result of this endowment was Haverford College. The success of a school does not depend upon its circumstances as much as upon its alumni, faculty and students. Although the students of many private institutions do everything from giving plays to selling peanuts for the endowment fund of their schools, this work is not as important in the actual results attained as in the spirit of helpfulness and loyalty manifested to their Alma Mater. Our fondest dreams may not reach the height of seeing our school vieing with Oxford and Yale in fame and influence, but we may entertain hopes of our school’s future success and growth on account of its value to its students. We enjoy our work and we realize that it is a new sort of work for women. We are, consequently, anxious that others interested in horticulture should have our opportunity. It goes without saying that no one will come to us who has not heard of us. We, as students and later as Alumnae, are best fitted to spread the news. However great a spirit of independence our work may inspire in us, we must, nevertheless,. admit our indebtedness to the school. Wrhen we graduate, one of the foremost of our concerns should be: are we tangible answers to the ever-resounding question—“But what does the school fit you to do?” 2