Long Desired New HOl'l1e for \the Institutioi~ Soon To

Be a Reality . •

REMOVAL OF OLD STRUCTURE BEGUN

Twice the Number of Class Rooms

To Be Provided for Use

cf Students.

~RTISTIC EFFECT ' PLANNED

Buildings of Later Gothic -Design To Be

Grouped on the Site of the

Present College.

LONG talked about and greatly de­

. lSired, the new building ot ;the Nor­

mal College ot the City ot New York Is an imminent reality. Now that the ,first steps toward the lines of actual construction !have Ibeen taken In the removal of a portion of the old

home ot the institution, the coll"ege for _a

moment becomes a centre o,f the manY j fi1ded po,pu-Iar interesL- - . ~ -

,For many years .the purpose of the col­lege pas been vague to the general public. . That it trained teachers was seU'-evident, but ' that had any larger share of the dominant nterests of New York citiz{ms was but rarely appreciated. Vi1ith the' g~owth and encol:'ragement of public edu­cation the institution, which has for its

'purpose the edupation of the young women of the metropolis, has focussed the tenden­ci'es ot that growth in itself.

Its pro~'ess .has be~n rapid, in so far as haste is consistent with profit . . Starting, as H:did, ' with :the stamp of a norm~l ' school, the course of which was thr~e, and · then

it forced to bear, long .laid them aside, the

The course has :been gradually increased, until " to-day the collegiate w-C;"rl{ alone is taken in three, " three and !L h~lf or four years, ~s the student' s choic.e and ability may determine,

, .

GEOR..6-E, $A1'1l..Ere­DAVI$"

N0~MA1.

The college cont·ain·s two separate and distinct dep'artments-th~ preparatory ahd student w.ho is plannJng to teach~and the I number of classrooms of the old one. pool will be partly under the lawn. Th . :ories at either end, with a middle of five. /above the fifth stor,r ''7ifl'lf' the collegiate. Four years are spent in purpose of the majority is such-there is Thus the property, whiC'h is about 200 feet Sixty-eighth street corner of the ParI l this portion of the college there will be opening on ·the roof. the first and three, three and a half or a full pedagogical course. At present this by 400 fe 0't, will be used Ito one hundred per avenue structure will. ' contain four citation rooms for coll'€g,e students, and Midway between Lexington four years in the latter. In the collegiate even includles folk dancing, fa t· the te'a chel' ~ent better ad,vant,age than formerly. The stories, and in these will be the offices i department graduates of all Kew York cit:,- of to-d·ay mus.t be a versatile person. effective grouping will be obtained by hav- of the president and faculty. 1

IlJgh ,schol)l s are received. , While' to-day While 'the colleo-e has' o-rown ,thus from lng b.uildings of varying heights. The Lexing-toll avenue building, of "ludrents may choose to do the college work bhe 'academic poi~t of vi~w s,lle has' out- The proposed main structure, of white six stories, will be uSf d by th e hIgh ! 1n three :years, tIle faculty is lool{ing g-rown h er physical accommod'Rtions, so I JiJmestone, will ?e of lat~r Got,hic design, and model .~c.hool~, the ti' st named to i forward to .the time ",;hen all shall that at present, i l1l addHiort to the main land tll?U~h tWl.ceethe SIze of the pres- occupy the ,Slxty-mn.th s tr.eet end, th~ sec- ! take it in four. The extra year wilI, of l:>uild'ing, a.t Sixty-eighth .stree t and Park ent bUlldmg WIll follow the same gen- -ond to occup~ the SlA-tY-~lghth stree~ end' 1

. . avenue, 'there are, for Jlig.h school s.tu"- eral ground plan as the latter. At the Also extenllmg west ]n SIxty-eIghth i fi,o\.!rse, 1?ermlt of that broader devt"lopA . , centre Qf the Park avenue frontage street for about seventy-five feet from I m ent whIch comes alone through extensive <l ents, three annexes, looated at 108th'll ' 11 b t i ht t . l' I La' t '11 ~- bl and .Intensive collater~1 read.ing·. ;Ninety-ttll ird andi Twenty-second streets. t lhe~ehwl '11 e a to'Yerle gt sones llg ld' xing on avenue WI .U'<:' an a ssem y

," . The number registered in the colleg,e de- w IC W] con am ec ure rooms a~ building of two stories for the high s chool I '"''111RSES IN COLLEGE. par,tment alone on February 1, 1909, was class r~oms for colle"giate work. At Its dep~rtmen t. . . . 'I

entering the college proper the l546" The number on the reg-i"lt r .to-day is Ibase "Ylll be the mal~ entrance to the ~n tile Lexmgton avenue diVision thelC - "V cl as f fi . ' " , 127 ~ e college, Connected wIth the tower, and wlll be ample class room space, l~bora-

""~~l e o~e 0 Ive m~Jor l ....... . ,occupying the Sixty-ninth stre 2.t comer, torie"s, and a -gymnasium for preparatory is;Ienc.es, phYSIcal \ J he ~lans ror .1ohe new sitruc.ture l:ave will be the . chapel, Qf three s tories. This work, and' a thol'oughly equipped elemen~

laSS!~~~ or m~d.er~ b( 'n~de to s'al1sfy a. clio uble ~um. FIrst, I will extend east in Sixty-ninth street tary school for observation. ., I t~r';,. ~~1-a 9 o,t~ a~d e~onomical use, to the taX-I fo.r one hundred feet. Under the .chapyl Connecting "the ~,;vo main dlvislons ' and

n_Il tl~.flactlOn, of the property al- wlJl be the ' g ymnasium, and east of the I following the central length of the block I ession of tihe college, and, sec- latter .will be a swimming pool. The will 'be a long, narrow structure, of four

' n of a .;: Lor of bUildings, I

': 'n i t ed' area, ·· it y '

re~taurant

ant Park

Steady Growth, Past and Ex .. pected, Calls for Greatly In;

creased ACC0111inodations. .. HOPE TO EXTEND '

TIME OF COURSES

'Collegiate Work of Students' 'Can

N.ow Be Completed in' fro~ Three

to Four Years.

LONG . LIST OF ELECTIVES

Special Attention Paid to PreparatIon for

Teaching, the Majority of Girls

Having That in View.

avenues on ·.the Sixty-ninth street Side 'wfll be erected ~ chemistry building, contain­ing iaboratories ' and lecture rooms ; On the Sixty-eighth street side will be the Ii-' br.ary, connected with the 'recitation hall by a cloister. '

A successful effort" h~s been made to p~­~erve a pql'tion of tne lawn. This win be at either side of the cherriistry bu!ld!n~ and about .' the librar.y. ' Also a strtp of: lawn twenty feet in width will border the entire group of buildings. On this wlH be preserved many ot the trees from rthe present campus .

The plans have 'been approved by the Municipal Art Conimission, for while uttl~ tty will be the l{eynote artistic effect will 'not be sacrifi·ced to H. The exterior of whirte ,limestone, will be unornamen'tetI. '1'he interior trim will also carry out t he later Gothic' -design. _ ~ .

Still another phase of the institution's growth has ,been that of the social side. In the early days of the college there were only two large literary :jIocieties-the Alpha ~ Beta Gamma and the Philomathean-an • a glee club. To-clay th ere is a club co1"­responding to each of {lle major coursell, a dramatic cl\ub, musIcal societies, at'hleti'o clubs and numerous Greek lett~r societies. In connection with athletics, rowing on 'tIl( large la ke in Central Park is popular, p .. ca:use of th e redlioed rates obtainr-" coli girll"

I'tment of 11. ganiza.tions work al" .. make th e ' college a very nah_. _. the student.

vVith .th e PMsing of th e old bri ck build­ing a gr'eat page is turned in the history of the ~nstj.bution. But 11ndf>" tile guidance of i.ts new president, Dr. <.ieorge Sa.m·leI' Davis, in ,t he new home otted within· wi1 h all that modern invEmtlons make possible, there w1l1 be strUCK the 'note or progress.

1' / ~EW NORMAL BUILDING. L'exington Ave, Section Will Be

Ready· in September for Girls. As 11l1:! draws to a close ·::-.rorma l Coi ­

lege m ay wi t h pride look back UfJo n the work accomplished since the present sem­ester began.

MuC'll progress has b een , made in the (;onstl'uction of: th e ne,v building, \y'ni c h , when ~ompl e tell, will be one of the hand­somest .edifices in the c ity: The set'r tion froLlting' on Lexington .Avenu e , will be r eady for occu pan cy next September.

Student self-gove1'rnnen t, too, h as Inade grea t strides, . The proctor system, es­tablished at the beginn ing or: t11e term, has ·been attended with wondcrful stic­cess. Now another novelty has been in­augurated, a student"s exchange, begun just before Christ mas with var,~ous arti­cles suitable for Christmas presents, and destined to become, it is hoped, a p enna.­m int institution, where may b e purchase d aU sorts of things dear t o college girls' hearts. .

The weel,ly m ee ting in the cbapel, of which every fourth one is a formal assem­bly, have been exceedingly in teresting-. The n ew co lieg'e songs which are sung' at these assemblies have already become popular, and arc r e n dered ,vith great en­t husiasm at prac ticall y every studellt gather! g. '.rhe b est trans lation of ., Gau­deamlls 19itur " m a d e by a student will be printed in the Echo.

The Echo has been bette!' tha n e ver. The college' yea r book, th e W istarion, is being planned, a nd will go to press ear ly n ext month. Its very competent boar(1 arr:,lnged a deligh t fu l dance for Its bene­fi t abou t t wo weeks ago. Plans are also being made for t he new annual, a.s yet unnamed, to be publlsh ed by the Englis h Club, a short time b ef.or .., · t he ,"Yil!l\ll'ion : a ppear s. , '

The various departm ental clubs, I'ep)'''­senting practically every activity ' withill the co ll ege, h ay!: I)een floul'ishing. These organization s include th e Englis h Cluu with its th r ee chapter s, composition , ' li terary and cl ebating; the Classical Club, the Cercl e Fran<;ais, the Deutscber Ve l'­cill . the Mathe matics Club, the Politica l Science, ::-.ratural · Scien ce alld Physica l Sciellce Club.'. Each on e of these or­ganIzations hn~ been ho lding' Ino nth l~ · lTICetings at whi c h the ],ll'ogranl1n es ha\'c been both inte r es ting ar:' l Yaricd, inc lud­ing lectures by members of ' the n01'mal F acul ty and <ii sting'ui s h ed ·'Out.siders, as

'well as e ntE'rtainlllents pro\' ided b~' m e 111-'bers, a nd generally w indi ng up with 1'('­

freshm ents a nd dancing'. EverY.,~,lub gaye a n enterta inm ent at the beginn.gg or t h e t erm in h onol' of th e fr eshmel' e nter in g' the depar tmen t repl'e~ented b~' th" c l u!J, a nel n early ever yon e he 1c.1 a 1110C]\: el(~ c ­tion around E lection Day, a Tha.nksgiv­in ,,: spread and a Christn13.s cdebratioll.

Th e Barat Club, compos('d of Catholic 111 .. 1110e1'" or til e coll eg e, bas a lso been holding interest ing and successful month­ly r eu 11ions. T he Arts and -Crafts Cluu ha.s been lnec t ing: e ' ·e l'V w p.ek a ll el l'nanu ­fac tul'i n ;:; all SO;·t5 of- d ellg'htfu l thing~ . ' Grt'a t success l~a.s a l r€'ady been gained b ,Y· two C0111pa ratl\-ely n e \v organjzation ~ _ the S11ffmg'e C lub a nd the Ath le ti c Asso: ciation . with its several c hapters devote<l ~~;3(rC~~~~!r ~~ll~Winl?n ing, ridi n g, t ennis

Th en th ere a I''' a lso the clubs repre­sentilllO the vU l:ious city hig h schools, \Vad)elgh, Morns. E r as!TI].I.'; and so on, wh Ich do \' e ry good work Ul making: t he girlR f"o])ling' in frolll outside higll SChools f,>e l "t llome "t college. So faJ' , Normal College Hig h Scl1o,ol , whi c h sellds m ore g ll'}s to tlH~ co llege thH n a n v of the otl~el' 11 ig'h 8011 0018: has not b e'en r epl"!;' - I RPntec1 , iJ ut a. ':\'orm3 1 High Sch oo l Cluu ' is n t pl'{,~f'n L ill pl'ocess of fOl'ma tion. I

Not on ly t h e stl'dents l1a ye theil ' Clllhs, ll11t a lso th e Fac ulty and . lbp alumnae. TIl(' Fa.cult.v C lub h as b een g-iviJ1;{ ,a S(· I"ji.' ! ) of tpas e "ery , \'cc1nesday in tllC (;o llege :11usi c 1'00111, :lnd the A ssoc iate ...-\1 II 111 11 d.\ nH: E.'t E' \"ery illonth ('li th er ' a t the Lcno~ i 111 Sf' ti.1 enlf'llt in Eas t S(~ Ve ll t·v-s eco ll · 1 SL n"~ t or i n th p co l l ef;"e b lli l<1 in r5'~ ¥ •

~-;sf-~I,l' " ~~\l N-z.OR AL 'COLLFG·E. ·l cr.: _

r· ... a"o.rable Jepo.H: Expected 0.0 plo. I f.,- New BulJdlog • .

I Normal College Is expecting, favo.'rable

report fro.m the cit:( arcqitect's office on , the plans for its $500,000 building, the 1Irst

"Of B series to cost $2,000,000. The ~Ians hav e been received favorably by the . Board of Estimate and Apportionment and by Comptroller Me tz.

The I DI'l.'1matic Club, organized last No­vember, wHl give Its 1Irst pU'bJic perform­ance o.n the evening of April 22, a t 8 :15, in the college chapel. It will present Mar­lowe's "Dr. Faustus," which will be the first- .Of a series of Elizabe than dramas to. be produced unde r the directio.n of MIB1I Burr,. As far as possible, the conditio.ns of the Elizabethan stage will be r~produeed. The performance will be gIven in much the same manner as -it was at Princeton and Williams last year. P eculiar interest will attach to. th e presentation, however, in that :the drama, intended for men and boys, will be played by college women: .

Two gifts have re'cently been received. One is a telescope presented by. Mrs. John R. Thorp in memo.ry of h er husband. The other is a!l annual 'p~lze of $40 In gold for the ,student who. do. es the ;best work in ' the ppysical scien ces . This prize , presented on "college birthday," is t he gift of President Davi s. With Its establishm(;lnt, every de" partment now offers prizes as a recogni­tion of special attainments in scholarship,

, Mis's Park o.f the t eaching staff was re­cently ·sent '\iy the National Committee on Daily Vaca~ion Bi.blc Schools to. Cornell Unlyerslty, ·to present to the women stu­den's Its work among the children o.f the

C~~L I ' .'

The annual meeting 9J t he 'Alumnm Set­tlement .w.jJI be h eld In l1le chapel on Thurs­day, . April I , at 3:45 o'clock. The speak­ers will 'be President George SaIJller Davis, Miss Alice Ga nnett, headworker, alld Per­cival Chubb qf the E thical Culture School. The meeting is ope n to the publlcJ

I prlo't' ~~CtEe boal'd meeting the members meeting as· trustees of · . Norma.l · College a uthorized the superintendent of buildings to advertise bids for the work In connec-' .tlon with the ne w Normal College build­-lng, to be kno.wn as Thomas Hunter Hall. It was also recommended that the appli­cation for retirement of Miss I sabel Camp, assocIate' professor of 'pedagogy at Nol'­ma,l College, be appro.vod. Miss, Camp has completed· thirty-tour years of active :service In tha.t . and other . st;.t~,:!~nsi· i :,

NORMAL COLLEGE.

'French Club to Present Moli~re's "Le I M~dicin l\lalgl'~ Lui."

Moliere's "Le Medicin Malgre Lui" will be presented on Friday, ' April 16, at 3:30 ~'clock, and on Saturday evening at 8:45, by the French Club of Normal College, un­der the direction of M. Ernest Perrin of I the Variety Theatre and the R emiissance Theatre. The proceeds will be divided be­tween the scholarship fund and th e French Club.

Prof. Edward S. Burgess, natural science, gave an illustrated lecture on Wednesday ,before the Science Cl.ub- on "Flowers nnd Their Fairy Lore." The department has re­cently added to its 'anthropologic!l.l library, making in all a coIiection '~f more than 400 books.

Under t he direc ~ ion of the art d epar t ­m ent, thc .'\rts and Crafts Club will hold its fir ~t annual 'cxhibition on the after-

noons of April 16 and 17 in the drawing room. Examples of leather tooling, sim­ple book-making, china painting, basketry, and block printing will be shown.

The junior "prom" will be held on April 17 and the Neighborhood Civic Club of the Alumnre Settl.ement House will hold a ba­zaar at the East ' Side House on the pre- I vious 'day, in order to raise money for a : new house. I

NORMAL COLLEGE ACTIVITIES, I:

-------' At Normal College, Park avenue anq

Sixty-seventh street, M4tnhattan. instead of the regular spring performance of the Dramatic Club, there will be given this year a reading from Kipling, by Henry J. Hadfield, the proceeds of which will go to the scholarship fund. After ,fltteen years' succes!,ful experience in leading Shakspearean roles on the American and British stage, Mr. , Hadfield 'has devoted himself exclusively to a sycle of presen­tations in dramatic picture of the master­pieces of modern pOetry. He aims to give an authoritative, accurately costumed in­terpretation ' deSigned to appeal to the seholar and student, by aiding them to " vizualize and appreciate fully the re­remarl{ablne dramatic quality of these

. poems. The reading wPI take pl~ce at , 8 o'clock, Thursday evening, April 28, ill

the chapel. Tickets 75 cen'ts, 50 cents and 25 cents; may be obtained by address­ing Miss Burr, at the college. enclosing money order or check.

The regular spring play of the Dramatic Club, th(;1 second of the series which "Faustus" opened last year. will be post­

! poned till November because of this I reading. The club will then give a dram ~ atization of the Arthurian Legends, based upon Mallory and the "Idyls of the King." The club will b e supported by students of the freshman class who ha,' e been studying oral English under the direc­tion of Miss Burr,

The Glee Club, composed of about fifty voices, is planning to give a concert Sat­urday, April 9, at 8:30 o'clock.

On Sunday. April 3, at 4 P.M., the Olive :\1ead Quartet will give the third in the series of free concerts in the ,chapel. This stringed quartet is the first

... -- - '-women's quartet to enter ' the difficult field of chamber music. ,

qn Friday. April 15, at 3: '30 P.M., and on Saturday, April 16, at 8:30 P.M., the French c.Iub will' give a performance of "Riquet a La Houppe," by Theodore De Banville. and "VAnglais, Tel Qu'on Le Parle," by De Tristan Bernard. The pro,,. I

ceMs will be divided between the -i;cnol- I arship fun~ and the treasuFy, of the club.

,On April 22, at 3 P.M., the Germa.n Club will present two dramas, "Eigensinn" and "Einer Huss Heiraten." I

The alumnae will bold their "at home" : for April in ' the mU8~c 'room. on the 8th. '

On April 16 the members of clubs and I classes connected , with 'the Normal Col- I

lege Alumn~e House are to hold a bazar at the auditorium of the East Sille Set­tlem~nt House. The proceeds are to go I to, tlle House 1!;xtension Fund. ' I "

On ~pnday afternoon, ' April 18, the an- I

nua! ~.' eetingof the Normal College Al- i umn4e ettIement will be held at ~ P.H. : in the In' sic room. "1 " J" ~ i

.'~lIf\l,nR U1e patronesses of the baza .. r I

plarHj.~c;ll-; by ' the Normal Colle~e girls , for the 1)ertaflt of the scholarship fUnd on No­"ernber26 are Mrs. George B. ' 'McClellan, Mrs. Patrick j!,. McGowail, Mt~. Frederic R. Coudett, Mrs. (jeol'ge S. Davis, Mrs. Horace ID. blt~~J3er, Mrs. , Nichoia's J. Ba~­rett Mrs. Arthur Hollick, Mrs. George J. (jill~sPie and Mrs. d:rlstine ,Towers. ,

The scenic effects have been cai.-Hully stUdied by the st.u1eh ts., Not oniy will the ~ large chapel be festoon ed " 'ith topes of greens, but banl{s t)f wistatia, tlie , coIle~re flowe.r, will figure larg~ly in the detoration of the bOoths and of the Japaiiese tea garden. Ht're attendartts Hi Oriental dtess will wait upon the g't:ests. up iIi ' the gal­lery ic~ cream. will be served frOl'n an is'loo sutrounded by' srtow.

On Friday aftetJ100rt :!nd Saturday after­noon and evening, an unusmi.lly attractive featur~ will M the S,,'edish folk dancej ih 'Swedish costume, and Spanish daMes ii1 : Spanish costurtie, to be given ,bY the Ma- : matic clUlJ. The oth'~r Gluh~ also VI'ill ta]{e ' f\, prominent part. TliE! membets of the I

French and German clubs will be dt'e8sed I in peasant costuMe, and th~ members of i

th~ historY dub ",iii impersonate past ce,iebtities. T1H~ scholarship fun(1, es tab,- I

iished tQ.nd maiiitahH'd by the students, liow lUn6urtts to to.bout ~2,(jOU. tli~scllohU'ship's !

, ,

are bestoweli by a committee ,of the fac ulty upon 'membel.'s of t he senior class who are In straitened ci r cumstances and unu sually proficient in th ei l' st'iUicl-J. The 11lanag<:; r of the bazaar ii> Miss Emily A, Lyons, class q! ' 10. __ < _

NORMAL COLLEGE.

Presentation b" Students at Allnh'er-l!Iary Exercisell \ on Wedn~lI~ay.

, The student bocly Qnq fac~lty celebrated , on Wednesday the fortY·first Itnnlvets~ry : I

of Normltl College. For years it has been the custom for students by fraternities, I clubs, and classes to present gifts to the college. Last year, nOWeVel', the students

! combined their tokens of loyalty in a gift i

of $100 to start a fund fol' the furnishing I

~f a stUdents' room in the new buildl~gs. I

FOll,oWing this precedent, the stu, dents, this 'I year presented another $100 to he, tru~tee, \ Presid€nt Davis ; Miss Jbanna De WoIt'; " pr,esident of the Student Council, made the : address of preElen'tation.

I A tabulation of the chOiCe of electives by the inf oming class shows that fOUrteen chose the classical group; forty·s~ven the l German, thirty-six the frenCh, thirty-six the mathematics, thirty-six the history, I :lIid thirty-five the SCientific. One special student has been admitted. That so many in a . college for women ShO~ld elect mathe- I'

: mattcs as their major subjeCt is, perhaps, ' remarkable. The chOice of the major re- I

quires the student to place something more I than one-thh'd of her academic tinie at the I disposal of the head of department con- i cerned, and she must putsue an orderly i training for at least three years under his i direction. Each major has related groUps i of minors, fro~ which choice can be made. ;

NORMAL COLLEGE.

' .... rench Club to Present Moli~re's "Le I MEdicin MalgrE Lui."

Moliere's ' ''Le Medicin Ma lgre Lui" will be presented on Friday, ' April 16, at 3: 30 ()'cloek, and. on Saturday evening at 8:45, by the French Club of Normal College, un­der the direction of M. Ernest Perrin of I the Variety Theatre and the Remiiss'ance Theatre. The proceeds will be divhled be­tween th~ scholarship fund and the ,French Club. - Prof. Edward S. Burgess, natural science, gave an Illustrated lecture on Wednesday ,before the Science Cluh on "Flowers und Their Fairy Lore." The department has re­cently added to its "anthropological library. making in all a coliection of more than 400 books.

linder the direc~ion of the art depar t­m ent, the A rts and Crafts Club will hold 'its fir st anllua l ,exhibition on the after­"

noons of April 16 and 17 in the drawing room. Examples of leather tooling, sim­ple book-making, china painting, basketry, and block printing will be' shown.

The junior "prom" will be held on April 17 and the Neighborhood CivIC Club' of the Alumnm SettI.ement House will hold -a ba­zaar at the East ' Side House on the pre­vious ay. in , ' order to raise money for a

1 new ' house. I

NORMAL, 'COLLEGE ACTIVITIES, I

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At ·Normal College, Park avenue an~ Sixty-~eventh street, Mttnhattan. instead of the regular spring performance of the Dramatic Club, there will b~ given this year a reading from Kipling, by Henry J. Hadfield, the proceeds of which will go to the sc1;lolarship fund. After ,fttteen years' succes~ful experience in le~ding Shakspearean roles on the American and British stage, Mr .. Hadfield 'has devoted himself exclUSively to a sycle of presen­tations in drama tic picture of the master­pieces of modern poetry. He aims to g~ve a.n authoritative, accurately costumed m­terpretation deSigned to appeal to the scholar and student, by aiding them to , I

vizualize and appreciate fully the re-, remarkablne dramatic quality of these • poems, The reading wPI take . pl~ce at , 8 o'clock, Thursday evening, April 28, ill

the chapel. Ti ckets 75 cenls, 50 cents and 25 cents; may be obtained by address­ing Miss Burr, at the college. enclosin~ money order or check. '

The regular spring play of the Dramatic Club, th~ second of the series which "Faustus" opened last year. will be post­

! poned tll! November because of this ' r E;1ading. The club will then give a ' dram~ atization of the Arthurian Legends, based upon Mallory and the "Idyls of the Kin~." The club will be supported by students of the freshman class who have been studying oral English under the direc­tion of Miss Burr.

The Glee Club, composed of about fi fty vol-ces. is planning to give a concert sat­urday, April 9, at 8: 30 o'clock.

On Sunday. April 3, at 4 P,M., the Olive Mead Quartet will give the third in the series of free concerts in the 'ch,apel. rhis stringed quartet is the first

~~tl!\l0t" U1~ patronesses of the bazat-r I

plttri;1}J. i" by the N oi'mal Coliege girls tOl'

the Be eRt of the ~ch&iarshlp fund on No- ' "ember 26 are l\irs. George B.: 'McClelian, Mrs. PatricK F. McGowall, Mrs. Fre~~rlc ' Ft. Coudert, Mrs. <1eorge ' S. Davis, Mr!'l. Horace Ii.: , b~~,!'l,er, Mrs. Ni~h'ohts J. lla~- , rl:ltt j Mrs. Arthur Hn1Jick, Mrs. George J. ~illespie and Mrs. Cl:r\stine Towers.

The §ceniC effects have b~ei1 cai'eruiiy , studied by thestu1eh''};;., ~ot ohiy will the ' lai'ge chapel berestobne-a ",-!th tope~ or g'reens, but banks f)f' Wi st,ari a, tlie c,oI1~~e , flower, '\Vill figure llitg~ly ift the detoration of' the 'booths ahci of the J9,pal1e~e tea glltdE!l't. Ht're attendants Ht OrlBfitl'iJ Mess Will wilit upon th~ g1!ests.Up hi -the g~l­lery iC~ cream ",iIi b~ served fi'Cn'n an Ig100 lSutroup4ed by snow. , , , ,

On Friday after.n60rt and Saturday after­noOn and ~vening, an unusually attractive t:eatur'a will bre the S\i,'edis'h folk dallcM ih 'Swedish costume, and Spa,hish daMes ih : Spanish costu~e, to qe , gh'en b~ the d~"a- : matic club. The otht!t. cluhs aiso will take ' ~ promiii,'eht patt. ,' TIle mep,!bets tl! the j Fteftch a,ha Gern'lan ciubs will Jj~ dtessed j in peasartt costufi'l~, alia th~ tnenlbers 1 (jl! i tl1e history Club vdli ir'11p'etsonat~ past ' ceiebrities.T'M scholarship {und, E!stab,- I

iishM ~_hd niairitahH'u by the 'stU6ehts, 110w iUfi.i)unts to to.bout ~2.GOO. 'rul'! 'scllbhirshIps

are hesto~ea h a cominitt.ee ,o[ the fac ulty upon 'members of t)lc senior class who are in stI'aitened circumstan ces and unu sually proficient in th€it· sbuic!:I. 'J'he l1Hl,nagel' of the bazaar if:. M.i~S Ert'l:ily A., LYOliB, claSs qf '10.

NORMAL COLLEGE.

Presentation bF Students -at Aunhyer-19ary Exercises on ' Wedn~.~ay.

, The student bodY ftnQ fac4lty celebrated , on Wednesday the -forty~first ~nniversary ' I of Normal College. For years it hal!! been the' cust~m for students by fraternities, I clubs, and classes . to present gifts to the , college. Last year, now ever, th.e students

! oombined their tokens 9f loyalty in a gift I · of $100 to start a fund for the furnis~ing

~f a students' room in the new buildings. • Following this precedent, the ' students t}lis I ' y~ar presented another $10'0 tb h'e; truPltee" I

Pre$id6Iit Davi,s; Miss jbann'a - p~ ' Woil( ; · px;esident Of the .Stu!;lent CounCil, made the ' : address ot preEleiltation. i A tabulation of the chOice Of electives by the inpoming class shows that tQur,teen chose the classical groupo; ' forty·seven the ,I German, thirty-six th,e frenCh, thtrty:-six

' the mathematics, thirty-six the history, 'I :31id thirty-five the SCientific . . l One special student has been admitted. That so many

: in a college for women sbO~ld elect matM.;. " : matics as their major subject is, perhaps, ' remarkable. The chOice ot the~ajor re- ' II quires the student to place isomet,hlng more I than one-third of her academic time at the I

' disposal of the hea.d of department con- ; cerned, and she must putsue an orderly I

I t~a.ining for at le~st three years "uder his i dIrection. Each' major has related groups ! of minors, fro~ which choice can be made' i

Raise' Funds ,for ' Scholarship. I , Ne~t ; ,Saturday at 8 , P. 1\1. Seumas ; I ~1a~M-8.nus, the Irish d~amatist'. ' 'will i

I give': ,~~ il~ti~t~,ate, d lecture ,:at the : N:O~:' 1 mal ',College on "A Merry ' Ramble JFhrQugh Ir~land.; ' , The lecture will ' be • illu~t.rated with stories ' of Irish life: and' humor, as well , as, ,with ; p-ictures. The

: lecturer 'win". be ' aided : :~~ ' :~1iss Lotta I ~a~id90n, who wiH 'play !rish airs on thel

I vlO.Im, ' and by , the SherIdan and , Tuttle I

, children, whq, in ,na.tive eostume~ will i 'dance, Irish reels and hqrnpipes. ' I I· Th~ proceeds will go to the scholarship I

I fun'd of the college. 'Th~s fund ' was I

' started by th~ ~ cl,ass of , 1903 'f~r. ~e I ' purpose of aiding students who wotlldnot : othel"wise be a bleto continue their II'

, studies. " From ' time to ' time the ~tu-

jl dents,' by ba, zaa,rs lind play~, have ' add, 'ed I to the. fund in order to have a permanent I

pnyestment as ba sis ' of , the loan fund, I I 'l'hough the scholarships are bestowed i lonly upon seniors in ,straitelied cir-cumstall:ces, it is nn'derstood t~at the II

I award ]s an honor to be , attallled by meritorious sc401arship and conduct. I

Application far ' reserved seats may ' be I made ,by telephone or by letter to ' Prof. !

Hickinbottom, Normal College, Park , avenue and Sixty-eigbth , street; up to Friday, Mar9h 1~.

NOR1UA.L COLLEGE.

The scholarship fund, establishe<l and I maintained by students ot Normal Coliege, should be appreciably increased by the pro- i

ceeds of a bazaar to be opened in the chapel on Friday evening, November 26. On ', the afternoon and evening ~fSaturda¥ membo/'~ of the dramatic ch,lb will give Swedish anl! SJ.1anifsh ' dances. - The scholarship fund , amounts to about $2,000, part of which is ; hlvested. Scholarships , are bestowed by a ' faculty committee upon seniors who , are in I straitened ' circumstances and unusually I proficient in 'their studies. They are consid­ered a.n honor to be won , by meritorious sch'olarship ' and conduct. This year six I scholarship"s have been granted.

Normal College Lectures for December The public lectures for December in the

Wednesday morning series at Normal Col­lege were,' announced yesterday. Dr. David E : Smith, Professor of Mathematics at Teachers Cbllege, will speak on Mathematics next Wednesday, while on Dec. 8, Prof. Shotwell of Columbia will lectul"'e on .. '1'he Study of History in France"; on Dec. 15 PI of. Burgess of the Normal College will discuss .. Present I Ottttooks in Natural Science," and on Dec. 22, Edwin H. Sanborn, a lawyer and ,grandson of Daniel' Webster, will describe .. The Leg~l Status of, Women."

'NORMAL COLLEGE. '

CIR~!i!icul Clul'; 's-;rOl,n:UlIIlIle of lle~- I I tUI'CS AnIlOllllCe(l • .

The Cla~si cal Club of Normal ColI eke has I'

announced th e following progrcpllme 'of meeti-ngs, whi ch are' open ,to the public : I

First Friday in Novelllb~ r ; a re'cep~ ion to ~ Prof. Betsy B. Davis; in ' December , lecture ' by Prof. Carl F, Kayser ; in January, lec­ture by Prof, Abby Lea ch of Vassar' in F ebruary, papers on Virgil; in March .. Pro­fessor Bokford of Columbia; in April , Pro- I resaor Young of Columbia; in May, Profes -sor Olcott of Columbia. '

New officers of. the club /are :

President. Miss R. H . ' Cleveland ; vice ­president, Miss Gertrude Bassman; sec r e- , tary-treasurer, Miss Elsi e Redman.

Prof, Edgar Da wson , head or' th e hi s t~ry departll1~n t, will give a seri es of s ix lec ­tures, commencing on November 15, a t 8 :15 , on "The Origin and Development of .Ithe Nationa l Political Parties in the United States." ,They 'vill be given at the m 'ange, ,No, 503 ,West One Hundred and FortY-fi,..fth Street.

The subj ect of the ' Dl': ' Joseph Sehner , pri~e of $40 ' fo'r the best essa y in G el'm~n o~ historical or li terary subjects is : "Del' Einfluss del' F rau auf das Leben und Scha f­fen Goethes."

NORMAL '~OULEGE HAS ' B1RTHD~Y CELEBRATION!

Student body and faculty at the Nor- , mal College yesterday celebrated with ': s~ort, 'appropriate , ex~rciS:es the forty- ; first birthday of the college. For years : it had been, the custom for the stUdents by fraternities, clubs, and classes to pre­sent gifts to the college with graceful speeches of appreciation. Last year, how- I

ever, ,the students combined their tokens ' of loyalty in a gift of $100 to start ' a fund for the furnishing I of a students' room in the new buildings which are being planned .

. Follow~g this precedent, the students tbis year presented another $100 to the

,care of the trustee, President Davis. Miss I j Joanna , De Wolff, president of the Stu­dent Council, made the address of pl'esen-

, tation, expressing the loyalty and interest I ' of the student body in the welfare of ' the college.

In his speech of acceptance in behalf of the college, Dr. Davis called attention to the fact that the registration now stands at almost 1,200. About 800 come from Manhattan, 120 from Brooklyn, 200 from the Bronx, 40 from Queens, a nd 20 from Richmond, showing the representative that the student body fs now becoming representative of the ,whole city. , After lVliss Marguerite Jones had re­

dted the ~' Alma, 1\1ater," written by :Prof.. H elen Grey Cone, and "America,." had t.een sung, the students and faculty held an informal reception to welcome the nevi February class.

Normal College Dralnatic Club Reapecl Honors in' Piay'

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O· .. NEJ cof the n1<OISIt tmtJh;uslaS'Uie and peare's "As You L .t!<.:e It." 1 Eichho'Jcl, Delia Stnlus, Stella Rish, IDlla l1al'd working of the student as- '1"he1'e are about thirty-five members i n Sully, J ennie croppIng, .Julia E. DnlCl{er, soclations of the Normal College the club. ' l\'Iiss Bertha ,Ellison is preside nt. ! Mary J enkin s, E ;izabeph Castle·, Emma

I Miss Jessie L. I'-'razer, who took the .part Smith, I . .ulian Bernhard, Nellie Franck, is the Dartmouth Club, of 'l'ouchstone, and Mi 'i's Ahn.a, Smith, Jos·e'ph:n e Nivis on, VV, Caglieris, Ii:. Dr~ck-

Ea.ch yea,r it gives a public presentation da-ughter of MTS, Sol Smith, 'Who played 81' and the Misses Ashton 'l'oWlpklp:s, of some play; the proceeds of which are RosaHnd. are -considered by the r e.st of the F leisher, Comstock; Crook, KUne, CQrnell, d e'voted to the college schola;rship fund' i club to be its stars. Otl-.er mem.ben> a re ,Stein, Lisner, Goodman, COlemajl, Sl1ToeQ.~ 'I'his season's play afforded an opportunHYjMisses Ka·te Dickinson, Margaret Burke, IeI', Martinez, Mellor, C. Smith. Glass e'l, or seeing the y~ung odramatists in Shal{es-, Harriet Webb, Maude Obermeier, Helen Hirsc-i1fieJd, -W eide and Culliman,

"'fI1E RIV A,LS,~' WITH ALL-GIR

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_ .:rhe :Merry Masqueraders of Normal College Will Present: Fa,molls

Comedy for Benefit of the' Scholarship Fund . .

'THi!l" . Merry Masquers' Dramatic , Club, made up of students of tIre

Normal College, will present this evening and to-morrow at a matin~e an all-girl production of "The Rivals" in Carnegie Lyceum.

This J8 the most ambitious theatrical

yea.r · they made an excellent impression in "As You Like It," and the year before in - "She Stoops to Conquer." Their' . sl}ccess prompted them t o- venture further into the classic

"'l1ramp. '.l'he proceeds or 'the plays are ap­'plied to the Normal' College' 'lseh<Harship fund. . The young men' or the New York Uni­

versity have , co~e t o. 'the aid or 'the Merry Masquers with their orchestra" which will furnish t he music for the two performances. Several of the prettiest or the girls will not only do the ushering, but will pass around chocolate and cakes during intermissions.

Costumes were made especially for the ,:oJ&:V1 and the rehearsals have been held

~arJ"~cJ'cJ'.zE £ .. ?,g/I;;rB20..

under the direction I)f Mr. Hagerman of the Sargent School of Acting. • ' ,

Miss Elma Smith, daughter .of Mr s. Sol Smi th, will take . the , important ro'le of LydIa Languish. The masculine role of Capt. Absolute will be tak~n by Miss Bertha B. Ellison. The other members of , the cast will be :

, Sir , A;nthony Absolute , ' l\lay E ....... ~.iley;

Sir Lucius O'Trigger. Margpar.ite Sheidon; Bob Acres; Jessie L. Frf\ser; Faulkland,

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I 1_ K~~~~~%2'E I Florence Cornell; David, Mary Russell; I Fag, Marguerite Travis; Mrs. Malaprop, I Julia E. D;ucher ; Ju}ia ~elville. Zerlina I E. Franch, and Lu~, Josephine Nivison.

'Merry M asquers"'< in ;~" 'As You Like It~ " I

''-. ... A .. ", ,MISS ELENA SMITH. i-

T HE "Merry Ma~quers'" Dramatic , Club of the Normal COll'ege of N ew

York City wi ll present ' " As You L ik e I t: ' for t h e beJ;lefit of the scholarship fund in 'the college chapel, Sixty-eighth stre e t an'<i Park ave nue, to-night. , . ,

The ' ·club ' last spring presen~ "She Stoops to, Conquer" with .success.

Miss Elma Smitil. daug~er of Mrs. Sol Smith. played the leading'W le-Kate Hard ­cas tl e, Elma Smith, n ow taking the post ­g r aduate cou ~se at t he co ll ege , wHl appear a t the ben efit as Rosa lin d,

Th e music for t h e performance is ' in charge of Miss E'lsa. Qack enbusch . Tjl e girl s' oi'ch csi r a w ill play. . A LI. 'th e inc i· denlal music ' wiIl be led by Miss LiIlian Eps tein:

College girl$ in c~ps and 2:0Wn5 will se ll

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chocolate bon -bans , in ·t h e fro nt ,- of ' the .house.

Th e cast [\:1\ as follows: , Duke ....... ' .. . , . . L .. ' . . . ........ . , Kate Dick inson ~'~ede.rick, .. " ' '' ' .... , .... : ... , .l\'~argaret Burke Afll iens ...... .. ' ... , .. .... . , .. . .. Hattie . E . Webb J aqua . . .. . .. ...... .. .. ...... . · .. ..... M 1ss Burke Olive r ...... .. ........ , .... .. .. Maude Ober Pleler Jacques de Bois. ~ : . . . : .. . .. •... ~ .. Miss Eichhold o.rlando . .. .. . , ..... . .. .. . .... : .. .. Bertha Ellison Le Beau,., ... . .. . .... ~ ...... , ..... . Mlss Strauss Touchstone ... , .... .. ,. .. 0 " • • ' •••• • •• Jessie Fraser,

gfl~!~ ~ : ::.': :::::::;"?:::::::::::: ::': :S~l~ I~~sn~ Char les . . ........... . ..... . .. . . .. Je nni e To pp ing Adam ... . .. , .. . .. . .. .... . ..... ,. Julia Deutcher . William , ., .......... .. .. , ...... : . . lxIiss J enkins Hymen ... ... .. . ..... .. ...... , . . Elizabeth, Cas tle Rosa li nd .... .. . ..... ' .. . ... ... '. : .... E lma Smith , Celia .. , .... . , . .. .... . ...... ... .. · .Tillie p,ernard Ph ebe . .. , ..... .. , ...... . ..... .. ... Ne ll ie F ranck , Audrey" , ... ........... . ..... Jos ephlne Niviso n ,

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Folk .Dances 'To Be ,Featureoi "v: jVormal:Col!egeOirls: Bazaar

N'ORMAI:; 'C,OLLEGE 'GI~LS IN SPANISH DA:ti,C~., ' 1

,'; I )M,e~bers of dramatic club, whose performance is ex~epted to be one of the n;Jin' feat~~s- 0, it ,he ~ig ' b, a--Za~r that\ ()Pf!~.s,¥, to-rb.orrow ,night,

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Attalr wit, h,Many Unique Features monologue deliver~ci by tMiss Leonora l'iri9uiSitive. A ~use~~m, in cha!"ge of, the ' , " " ", . I I-tosenthaI; class of 1911. " HIstory Club, 'WIll offer attractIOIls of alIi ", ,oes'lgned ·to Eclips,eAII Pre- Already, eleven thousaIl:d tickets for the I s?r~s, with a curator to, show 01'( the ,ex-

j '" " ' . " ba~aar have been sold, and hundreds of 111I)1ts, astrologers to read the stars and " ' VIO'US Records. I girls have be~n busy ' for , weeks making, Puritan maidells' to disp@se of York and

\' " i paper wista.ria. The 'color scheme in the I Tudor roses. , \'/' , " " .~ . chapei, where the fair is to be given, I In addition to their ~pecial feature, the I ,' Normal ' dolle,g,e 18 'a 1,1 ready for the ' is green a,n,d wI~ite , ,with t he m~uve ,blos- fol,k dancing, the I?, ram, atic C,lUb girls al,'e ). ', ' ! " , soms of the wlstana. , ~'hose m charge: gomg to dress theIr smallest members r.,s'i

)')Jg~est ~zaar that has ever ,be,en at- of th~ affaIr wished to ' make it 111 ore I "follies" in the c'ollege ,co1.ors, lavender I ,te,}llP~ed -In the ol,d cpl:ege , ,bUIldmg at beautiful to,' the ~ye than ,SUCh sal,es, usual- and white, and, h,ave them ~o abo,ut the '"I &rkavenue and SIxty-eIghth street. The Iy are, 80 III thIS case there WIll be no floor sellmg autograph pIctures , an~ '

'ba:~i~~, will be formally opened on Friday, ' :f;~dJi~gcl~rf~n~y ~~ld~s ~rlorWal~tlngbebgO~ethe~ I pOAemst'h '1 " h" h . " ,I , " " , ' ' ' , . "'. ' ,- no er speCla ty, W lC IS certaIn to No~~rnber26! by an ,address by Mr. Pat-and whIte. ' take well is the Dlaster cast offering. I ,ric.~ ,F. ,McGo'Yan, presid~nt of the Board !he plat~or~ at one er~d ,of the c~8pe~ I ~an~ls have been -made ";itl~ the heads ,of A~dermen, and will last through Satur- ~Ill have OrIental t.ea I00!llS (;m elt!le1 I?t Dr, 'l'homas HvnteI," nr~sIdent emer~ ;1 d " ' I ~lde, the rooms bowers of, WIstarIa. GIrls' Itus of the college, ' and of Dr. George : ~y ~ght. ' . ' III Japanese c-?stume~ ,'WIll serve the re-I SamlerDavis, the actual nresident. . ' I

, ,~~e "spe<Cial feature of the fair, and I fres~ments, " , 'Ihere ,wI!lbe, a~o, ther place Miss Emily A. , LYons , is ,the manager I w,n.a,.t mf.l.kef!l it different from any other whtere th~ wf",nrY

h bl~yer , olff Cfhrl~tmas fPrtehS- of the bazaar and Miss Isabel Patterson ',

, ", ' ' ,. ' en scan re les lumse c, or one 0 e I' " B " , 'J f 't4at hM ever been gIVen In the college or, college fraternities is to have ' an igloo in:i IS aSSIstant manager" oth gn S are ., els,ewher,e, '1s the folk dancing. T~e girls' corner of -the glllle,ry, ,~here ice cream will class B, ,1911., A?l?Il~ the. patroness,es ?f I , f th ' D' , t' CI b 'II 'th _ be served from a properly snow-sul'round-I the ba7.aar a~e ~IIS" geo,rge, B. MCClt,1- 1 ~ , e , rama Ie ~ WI gIve ,ree per ed spot. . lan, Mrs, FrederIC R, COllClert, ~Il's. Hor-,~ormances , of SwedIsh ~nd ' Sp~lll.sh danc- Altogether there will be lllore than I ~ce E, Dresser, Mrs., Alrick l!' ,M~n, ~ng" In, ' ,costume, on Friday evenlllg, , ~at- thirty ~o!>ths in charge of different. clu,b::;, I ~~" rs . . Ge~rg,: S; J?a~ls~, Mrs, Clmstllle ,

.,u~day 'afternQOn and Saturday evenlllg. fraterllltles, classes and years, 'l'~e hIgh Io.wne~, .Mrs. I a tIlc,k 11, McGowan and , ", . . . M' gchool department of the college WIll have Mrs. NICholas .T. Barrett. ' , 1

The dance,fs have been traIne? ~y ISS toys and dolls; the kiqdergarteIi cla~s Willi At the last fair given by the NO~D.l l I ~,abel R., Taylor. The Drama.tIC Club h,ave !\ ~ooth where youthful Mother College th~re ,,:ere ab?ut $2(200 t~ken 1~' 1 gIrls ,woo are to take part WIll wear Gooses WIll make the sales, and the gIrls m charge thIS year con:fi- , Swedish' P peasant costumes while they , ~irls of ~he }1~rench and German clubs! ~;ntly expec.t t? make mor~ than $3,~0 .. "I ' ' , , . WIll be dressed III peasant costumes, Olle', IIle bazaar IS for the benefit of the Nor-

<lance the Tf~llen, and Spalllsh .attlre of the ~~aff of th;~ Echo. the No~mai mal College Scholal'sh,ip Fund, which is l ,w~n~ , they SWlllg through the strams of ~~per, WIll make s!~houettes and there I ~ept up by, the studept~ , the~selves, It , Spamsh waltzes and La Toronto. In the WIll be a fortune telllllg bO,oth. ' , ' 'lIS to h,elp gIrls who are m thE'F' last year tatter oli, all'ce the fair g,irlS have black rle ClassiGaI ClllO is going to have' a at colle, ge and unusuallyprofic1el1t in their i 'bodices and the brunettes , yellow. Be- Delphic , Oracle, whh a Sibyl in quaint~tndies. when they could not otherwise j

, tw~n the two dances there will be Ii Greek attire to foretell the future for the (;ontimie thei!" studies~ , ~

Normal College Dram ati c 'Pe1G[!Mrn,

"Dr~· Faustus" r~ . '

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Cast of , "Dr. Faustus," as given by th~ girls ot the Normal College Dramatic Club.

Girl Students Give in Chapel Clever Perf'ormance of Christo­

pher Marlo~e's Tragedy.

There is only one opInion to be ~iven to-day regarding the pertortnJa.I:l.ce of "Dr. Fa'\l8t~s," by ;the members of the New Y:ork Normal College Dramatic Chi.b­that ~t was an unquaUfied SUCCeSS. ThIs was the unreserved indorsement ot nearly' w,o thousand persons who witnessed. the

e'nactment o.f Marlowe's masterpiece, and seldom has there been an amMeur dra­matic performance s-iven 1n this clty in whIch the aotor8 carried their part!!' with more. ease. Nota single hitch ma.rred the enUre production.

"The Tragical HLstory ot, the Litre and DG,ath oJ Dr. Faustus" Wll;S the tiUeas prInted an a three pa.ge folder used all a programme. The Elizabeihan idea. was carried out 1.n t-his, and the typ,e and spelling were ()!f the era of the play. To ::'lass Marj-orie Burr, of the college Eng-­]ish department. must be given much cr~d.it for the manner in which she trained the acto,ra, and it was due a.s much to her

, untiring efforts as to the amateurs them­s~lves that the performance was suc'h a ' success . • '.rhLs is the first of a series o.f Eli~~ethan plays which the dramatic club ~Y> give. '.rhe idea is to get away fro/D the lighter aniR ha.ckneyed plays heretofore given by COllegiate players, and t o show that they are cap-able of impersonating serious and I

emotional. p.arts. . , The stagIng was after the Elizabethan I

manne~, the properties and scenery C011- , " sisting of a drop curtain •. _t~r'! , potted trees ,

Mi~s Jones a ,s Dr. Faustus, and

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Play. f' ~~ Concert. to Be Given in Ap·4 h ;,) )y <' Verious Organizations.

~ ;M.'~ Ins~ad of the regular spring perform-

flnCe of the Normal College Dramatic Club, there will be a reading from Kipling by Henry J. Hadfield, the proceeds of which . 'will go to the scholarship fund. , The read­ing will take place at eight o'clock, April 28, in the chapel.

The Dramatic Club's play will be post- I

poned until November. The club will therr give . a dramatization of the Arthurian leg­

' ends, based upon Mallory ,and tpe Idylls of ' the King. The club .will be supported by I students of the freshman ' class, who have I been studying , oral English, under the I

di; ectidn of Miss Burr. The Gl~e Club,

comIlosed of about fifty voices, will giV~. , ~ concert on April 9, at 8 :30 o'clock. ' Sunday, at, 4 P., M., the Olive Mead Q~ar et will give the third in the series of ree concerts in the chapel.

On April 15, at 3:30 P. M., and on April 16, at 8:30 P. M .• the French '/Clubwill give a performance of "Riquet a i~ Houppe," by , Theodore De 'Banville and "L'Anglais tel Qu'on Ie Parle," by De Tristan Bernard. The proc~eds will be divided between the sc~olarship fun~ and the club's treasury. On April 22, at 3 P., M., the German Club will · present two dramas. "Eigensinn.N and "Einer Muss ' Heiraten." - -t').s (~

BIRTHDAY OF THE NORMAL COLIJEGE. ' 'fit.- '4 -' - 18'13

Its Twenty-third Annlv"rel'ry Well Re-DlcDlbered by the Student!!_ '

, rAe twenty-third 1)lrtbdayor tbe Normal College was celebr'ated yesterday in a fittIng I

manner bytbe faculty and students. Tbe anniversary exercises began at 10 A. M. wit h ' the singing of a hymn and rl3adlng of the Scriptures, followed by the son,lt "nail, Co­lumbia!"

Mr. Wlll1am Wood tben addrf:ssed tbe stu­dents. , He said that tbe SCbool had borne tbe name" ,Normal College" 'since Its found· Ing In 1870, but that the Institution owed a debt or gratitude to Senator Cantor, as It was la,rgelY 4lue to blm tbat, In 1888, the legal rlgbt t<? the name was obtained.

Ex-President Hunt, 01 tbe Board ot Educa. tlon, said the c\>ih~ge 'was a paying invest­ment. Only $3,000,000 had been spent upon It In tne twenty·tbree years ot Its exIstence, anll as much was spent annually upon the public and evening schools. President Hunter spoke OC the rounding oC the college at Broad­way and Fourth street, its struggles, the oppOSitIon or the schools, a.nd of tbe aid given blm through the ralt)l ana loyalty or "he stu­dents.

'fhe college recelved numerous presents. From the Normal stu'dents, -engravings of Tennyson and Sir Walter Scott ;trom tbe clussical students, elgbt excellent volumes to the alumnm llbrary, tile most import,ant being ., Sey:t!ert'$ DictIonary of Classical An­tiqUltles;" trom the Glee Club, an engraving . ot Lizst; trom the Alpba Beta Gamma 80- I

clety, eniTa "lngs ot Goet.he and SchUler; from the PhUomathean, a number at books. 'I'be : presentation speeches were ma<te by Miss :

, Ken(l~ll, Miss J. 8. !'Jewell, Miss Costigan, ' MIss 1t Forckbelmer and MisS C. M. Wlll1ams. :

l1Ix-,commlssi(,lDer CI~a ¥. w1l11ams re.ad i r&PQr~~ or , ~b~ 4 ,lumn$ As,soclatlOn. whlcb

I b~_establ1Shed, the, medal tor Physics, gIven,' the I Wadletg,b"Memorlal Alcove ' ana the I Bt31nel,1 , lass "lnaow. It 11'& ~lSo , estab-

NORMA~ COLLEGE.

Ex.ntlnaUon .. for January Grailuat­, ing Class to ,Begin December :t:>.

From December 15 to. 20 examinations : for the ,January , grad~6ng class will be ' held at Normal College. all December 23, the Christmas play "The Curriculum CakE''' will be given. This was .written by three member's of the senior class, Miss Helene Esberg, 1\1:,iss Jeanette Levin, and Miss Ray Kapp. From December 23 to January 3 there- will be n9 sessions. From January 16 to 20, examinationS' for all classes below the ' senior will take 'place.

, Commencement week wUI extend from January 23 to 27. The senior reception will ~c given ' on Monday, January 23, the dance will be held on Tuesday, the faculty re­ception on Wednesday. Commencement ex- , ercises will be held on Thursday at 10 :30 A. M., while on Friday there will be class daY exercises and the senior luncheon. Ses­sions of the spring term will be resumed on February 1.

Officers of the senior class are Miss Sarah Dougherty, Miss Viola Schiff, and Miss Irene Campbell.

,On Wednesday, December 14, the musical department will have charge of the as­sembly hour at 10 :lr' On Friday, January 6, Prof. Abby Leach of Vassar. will lecture before the Classical , Club.

'Ion Monday the natural science ' commit-tee of ' <the Associate Alumnre, in coopera­

" tlon" with the nature-material committee )~f the Public Education Association. and the Plant. ' Flower, and ,Fruit Guild, dis­tributed, at the MUl!leum of Natural His- ' tory nature-studY materiai to teachers of more than forty public schools.

W:.omen Need Higher Education. Pre~tdent Hunter of the. Normal Col- I

lege, in the course of an address to the Normal . College Alumnre ' at the" annua~ ! breakfast ye,sterday, declared ' that' four years of higher 'education were not enough ' for women. : "Four ye~rs oniy brings a , woman to the place where She ' has. begun I

to learn what is fundamental. Women never. can : h6pe, to attain , the recognition men do, ' and, .· what is ,of far more im­port!plC!3, . t.J:,le: saP,le ;': standa,rd of wagesRs men:" until , they · get the same education as man: his -acquaintance ' with science, literature, liild ' eV'ents is far more thor ­ough tha,n that of the so ~ called exception­ally well educated woman who earns her liviIigWith he'r wits. Women may be more gifted, the,cgeneral run o,feducated women, but the men they are competing with usu­ally have the advantage Of a better school­ing."

11;'rs. '. Allan,:' MacNaughton' (Myra ~eliy) entertain~d the gUests with, stories of her little' hero" Morris, who ' recently sent her a letter saying: "I am well and go to school. I am in the seventh grade, and hope t o hear the same from you." .

, Prof. George ' Wicher, ' to . whom was I ' assigned the subject · "What Was Man

Made For?" successfully evaded the sub­ject, and Mrs. Philip Carpenter, president of the State Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. ' Archibald Hill , and Miss Grace Beach also spoke. Mrs. Carpenter told a stqry of "her school days'.' about the teacher who asked the pupils what

; was the matter . with the sentence, "The I horse and the c'ow is in the pasture," and , .receivedthe following reply from dne of

the boys: "The matter is. you'd oughter put the lady first."

NOR:M:AL CO'llEG'E PRESIDENT I

LAU'D'S, Al.UM'~:~:G" SE:TTLEM ~ NT! •

~1f1l1llJ Gannett, Head Worker, 'l'ellll of , the Great Good AccoDtplished '

Among 2O~OOO B~heIUla']lI!l. i ~b () \c;:t • ' Arr./ ,j. ;qo I

At the annual meeting Of the Alumna I Rettlement, held in the cha pel of N ormal I COlJ~g8 , Mrs. Harry Arnold Day, presi- i dent of the Board of Man-ager,,> , int roduced !>r. George S . Davis, pre~ident oJf N ormal College" w ho , s poke with pleasure of his : visits to the house . Its fine equipment, its , 5trong corps of workers, unci t11 -3 ' loyalty ,p,nd affection of the neighbornood fo r the Alumna e Ho~se, were very evideu \. he $a.ld. . .

Miss Gannett, t he head worker , then fo.l- , lowed wi t h a summar y of the wor k of the l

'house . for t he year. Located in a neigh- i 'b'orhood of frOom 15,000 to 20,000 BOhemians 'I' It has become a clearing hOll se for that race . . Among its activitlesa.re a library, a P enny P rovidenP Bank and thirty-nillel' clubi') in carpentry, dressmaldng. cooking, mus ic, dramatics, pai.nting -,:.!-nd o ther ljnes ..

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HUNTER COLLEGE ALUMNlE TO HOLD REUNION.

I MaYDr Mitchel will speak at th~ re- !

uniDn of the assDciate alumnre Df Hunter i CDllege in the CDllege Chapel, Park ' Ave.­nue and 68th Street, Dn Thursday even­ing, May 28. This reuniDn has as its special feature the celebratipn Df the . change Df the name Normal CDllege to' ;

Hunter CDllege. Mrs. SamuelJ. Kramer, CDmmissiDner of the BDard Df EducatiDn, ppesident Df the Alumnre AssDciatiDn, will preside. Dr. JDhn H. Finley is' also. ex­pected to be pr~sent and deliver an ad- ;

d/ess.- , I

The ThDmas Hunter AssDciatiD~ Will , take part, and will be represented by the I Rev. Dr. Mottet, Daniel P. Hays, and I :Lewis Sayre Burchard. Others who. will : take part are Dr. GeDrge Samier Davis, president Df Hunter College ; PrDf. H elen Gray CDne, Miss Amelia Burr, and Mrs. Harry Arnold Day.

I F,~R HUNTER ALUMNAE DAY. I:

I "l\~asque of the Iv}" Leaf" Will Be

Presented.

Hunter CDllege, ' P a rk Avenue and ,Sixty-eig'hth Street.. sent Dut tD-day : the prDgramme fDr alumnre day, April ; 16, when the cDllege classes will be i

Dpen to. visitDrs frDm 9 A. M. to. 4 P. I

I M. The prDgramme Df exercises in the :

I

cha pel fDllDWS : Addresses by P residen t Davis, the

president Df t he AssDciate Alumnre, i

i and the president Df the Student Coun- ; cil, 10: 30>

, "The Masque Df the Ivy Leaf," by I Helen Gray C one, presented by a lum- , I n re and undergradua tes.

Music by the CDllege Orchestra. ' ' Basketball gante-Alumnre vs. Var- ,

sity, a t ,;3 P. M" in gymnasium Df the Old Building.

Meeting of the F ellDwship of GDod- i will ; speaker, Dr. William Frederick' SIDcum; subject : "The League Df Na- I tions," Auditorip.m. first flDor, N eo/ I Buildin g', 3.4'5 P. M. 'J..,

The alumnre will hold their "<if home," i in · :the music room on April ,8. . :l\pril ! 16 members of ?lubs and classes ected with the Alumnre House are to " d a t bazaar at the auditorium of the Eai Side

I

HDuse Settlement. The proceeds are to \ go to. the house extension fund. On April I 18 the annual meeting Df the Alumnre Set­tlement will be held at 4 P. M. in the

lsic room. ' On Thursday at 4 P. M. the dergarten Association will hold a meet­'n the chapel.

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NORMAL COLLEGE.

Twentieth Annual Report of Ala.Dlnre

Settle:rnent Roa..e.

! The twentieth annual report of the Nor­mal College Alumnm Settlement House has just been published. In the past year the settlement has had thirteen resident, tl1irty­six non-resident workers, and the help of the Junior League, of which Miss Carol Harriman is chairman, and members of the Gamma Tau Kappa Society, composed of undergraduates.

With the help of this force, no less than forty clubs are carried on, the most recent activity being the teaching of Engllsh to adults. It has been found that many of the Bohemians of the section in which the house is located, from Fifty-fourth to Eighty-sixth Streets, on the East Side, have been in this country from twenty to forty years without learning a word of Ebglish. A class numbering thirty-five men, and another of thirty women, have been formed, and the method invented by Dr. Roberts, which has been so successful in the Italian construction camps, is used.

Another club is one in Bohemian em­broidery. Besides its cultural value in preserving Bohemian designs, it gives em­

I ployment for the free hours of forty wo­men and girls.

Summer work has been, perhaps, the most Temarkable from an economic standpoint.

' For the small cost of $115 no less than 1,135 women and children were sent away from the city, 769 on day trips to Midland Beach ,and 366 for a week or longer. This means that almost every day there were parties of from twelve to eighty children

rriving qr departing from the house. This ow cost was due chiefly to Miss Louise all, who obtained Teasonable rates from

ransit companies, and to the cooperation f such societies as the Association for Im­roving the Condition, of the Poor, and thers. The alumnm spend about $4,000 each year

in supporting the work of the house. Though tb..ey feel the need of a larger house, they have not felt able to bUY.~1 The people of the neighborhood, however, have raised about $1,250 toward a new building. On Friday, April 1, at three o'clock, a benefit is to be given for this object by the .TuniOT League, at the Knickerbocker Theatre. Two plays by Seumas McManus, including Irish songs and dances, will be given by the dramatic clubs of the settlement.

On March 18, at 4 P. M., an illustrated lecture on "Berlin and Potsdam" will be delivered by Professor Zick; on March 23, at 11 A. M., Prof. Emma Requa will discuss "The Dawn of Mathematics"; ott April 28

there will be a .~r~e~":ilIJjIliirs.tiillt:!oiii9~riIIli1I""'--.rc Dr. li . .r. -Ua.tt

The alumnae of the Normal College (which will be known as the Hunter College icr W omen ) will undoubtedly apprdve the plap to place their insti­tution under the management of an in­dependent board of trustees of riine, three to be~Rbmen . In the days of old New York City, w hen the Normal Col­lege was a teachers' ' trammg school rather than a college, it was compara­tively easy for the Board of' Education to handle , the public schools and other in stitutions allied with it, such as the city colleges. 'But the expansion of the school system consequent on consolida­tion devolved more work on the Board of Education , and it was willing to re­linq'ui sh control by the city of the College of New York to an independnt body of t£ustees. \ Vith a system of nearly 700,-000 school children and over 17,000 teachers and city ' colleges of over 2,000 students in each, the , propriety of thi s I course is now apparent. \Vhen the new Hunter Co llege is ready and able to ac­commodate fully 3,500 girls it is clear that to be in line with modern colleges the col·lege should have its o wn trustees. They would have enough to do' super­vi'sing the college, taking steps ' to meet its growing needs and interesting the

<alumnae in aiding it within their mean s. This would' be a difficult wbrk f or' a Board of Education ' ,appointed to take charge of elementary, high, training q,nd special schools that are a world 'in them-'selves. s;:-

T'HENCALLS STENOORAPHER

, Girl, . Actors Appear Also . as Teddy

'B~ars, Eskfmos, and Explorers in

Opera Hats and Frock Coats.

The Normal College girls have discov­ered 1he north pole. 'l'here is no dispute about it, eitl-, ei'" because the girls br:ought the pole right along do\-vl1 from the arc­tic regions with th em. It is a beautiful thing, cover(3d with ice and snow. The girls Ulscovtred a definite us'o for it also, and the small, boy who asks th~m ques­ti;:ms will have a direct answer; ror they know that the Esldmos use the north p.)le for a hitching- post for their dog sledges.

This was all brought out in a play the girlsgCl.ve at the college yesterl!ay morn­

. ing, .. Thr~ Pole and the Pow-wow," written llYI four of the seniors, the Misses Mathilde Caspe, Grace Es'bert, Doris Spier and Ruth Storm. It was a senior affair all through, tlle entire cast, which was a large one, ~ncluding Eskimos and

, bears. The gir\s wrote their play around the two

thiQgs df most interest to them, the dis­CONery of the r,orth pole and the vVednes­day ~\lorning , Assembly, or .. pow-wow," a new feature of college work. They set ,the play in the year in Which they ex­pect an import.l:lt ev~nt t.o have reached its CUlmination, 1tl50, when they hope th e proposed n e w college building will bEt~' l~ompleted. It makes it a little late for " t Ile discov0.r y of th .3 pole, but th e gil'j s ,­i: itroduceJ. 'new and or igjnat featul'PS ~

" \vhleh will n ut be duplicated be fore 1 't-.O. :' ,,~ reading , room or the new colle", ',' . lJUfldillb" w as r v ealed in its HKiO glo r y 11;"f'

the first act.. The girls in wonderful g o\'vns are gathered th e r e, Norma Light..

· the, her,oine,' (, Miss Blanche Osterweis,) in I " ~ frock of cloth of gold; there,is a maid

in attendance, hot chocolate IS served, and 'the dIalogue shows that there are elevatol's in the building and that the I students run things and ' the Faculty is of Httle import,ance. That does not pre­vent, however, each girl from having a , ~tri.Jl1g d esire tor a " job," Rnef the supply : in New York does not equal the demand. Hence there is great joy when a wireless is recc:ived froT:1 Kak os, (Mi s s Doris ::3pier.'j As he is Inspector of Eskimo f'e l}ools his message is official, so l'Jurma ,

I with Olga Ology, Ethel SCUlTYlllore. and ' , H: t the other 'm e mbers (i)f the students' "

, gove-rning, committee t~ke t~e next ex­press train , for the arctIc regIOns.

So does David Quest, (Miss Beatrice Cohen,) who is i~l love with Norma, and who has to discover the north pole in oruer to b ecome p erm,altent lecturer to the WedI1 esday ". Pow-wow."

Tl1e second setting was interesting. There were igloos in the background, ice a nd snoW ' everywhere, and the Eskimo danced with bears. There were Cinnamon , and Teddy bears, and also Polar bears, ,!

., The girls arriving on this sCE;lne began to :: ' reach on the spot. In the ' centre were I'

l, ~S, ',k" ", jI'f, l, O "s,ledg, es hitched to ~ the icy pole. ~' ~, ' \ \' h-leh ~ ho on e knew was the north pole

until David arrived with his stenographer . · ~~,nd beli:"an to 'make observati_ons, _between : tun e:;> uJdatmg .turrn<5te., . - -- . . _. I;

' ~ The {erocious fos sils mingle freely I' , 'Yith the flora which' flourishes sparsely," • a;ctated ,D,avld. "

He took more observations and made ' · llcie:' (1 f the big college compass.

" :We have suHered great privations," he contiUl-led ... ,'Te mis s our regular diet, no caviar, no terrapin, and no waffles .~ '

He made more · observations and then looked puzzled. -

" Everythmg is south of us, ~ ' he c ried . . ' Therr the .truth bro),e upon him. He g.az~d around with great interest, noticeu for thEl first time tl1e hitching post, an f'Kptessien of ' rapture . apIJeared on' hIs

, i'aeB : as heclap§ied his hands and criel! · {el'VentIy: , .f Oh y ou pole!"

Then there is trouble. Kakos; who Is th8 villain of the play, r efus es to sell his ri~hts to the hitching post; Norma, throw­ing a kiss to David, s teals it but drops J~ .into ihe ley Arcti c waters. Finally Kakos rescues it and m a ils it to New

. York. ' '1'he pole Is lost In the third act back in

the lOGO college building, but Norma finds it in the pianola-the girls find every thing they Jose in the piano at the cOIiege. Taen Kakos tri es to run off with it in an airship, ~t David gets it. the girls vot~ him a pe:-mahent lecturer and the play ~nds.

The girl 'actors made realistic bears and Eskimos. In one scene the ex,· plorerG appeared in frock coats, gray trousers and opera hats'. The other girll3 in the audience thought them ' quite mas­culine.

Miss Burr, the instructor In English , fitaget} th,e play ani coached the girls, and the , qancers were trained by Miss Mabel Taylor, the college director of physical training.

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NORMAL COLLEGE GIRLS PRESENT SUCCESSFUL PLAY

•• Young Women Show Dramatic'

Ability in "The Road to . Yesterday. "

MISS ~ATHERIN-E KIERAN IS PICTURESUE G~PSY;

•• Music Composed by ~ Member of

Class AIs'o Proves a Success. -.~

; Nothing daunted ,by the dlft1cult1e.s of 'a • "real plaY"-a play In which 'both Eleanor ,Robson and Helen Ware won 'llucoeu-the ; Normal Oollege g'lrl8 proved their hls­i trionio ab1lity in "The Road to Ye9teraay,,' i T·he heroine, M~188 Kathryn Mahon~, I was 1rresistible. Her part, '!hiCh is most idlfflcult, was admirably lIustalned. Her jgallant lover, "Jack" O~eatore. , Mi~ G. 1 Raszewski, was convinclng.

i Miss Steersman a.s ~~d Strangevon wa.s I a. "terrible vHlain." The Partt ot Melena., ' the gypsy, in which Helen Ware won

, honors, was ta~en in a pictul'esque man': neT by Miss K ,ieran. 'Ilhe other parts sup_ ·

,port-ed the principals well, especially nota,.

" ble be:lng Miss SaltzbBrg 8.B Aunt Harriet ; i and Miss McCarty 48 !the bIUnder1~g Tom~ !' ) kyn.

I The scene in which the scuffle ensues was remarkably well done. The scen-ery, made '

, entirely by 'the girls, repre&ented !the set­

ting of 1603 very well, with its tapestries and wide fireplaces.

The musi~, Which was composed by Miss Pauline Levy, was Ituz1eful and apt and set the audience to humming ~n ac­compamment.

Miss Bertha Naudcl was' commended for the suoces.s ·of her coaching. /

_. Another performance will be giVen on ' January 22, 1912, commencement week.

Much int~~ist is being shOWn over ' th-e­financial campaign waged by society workers in aid of the Lenox Hill Settle­ment, for the benefit of which the So­ciety , Cir;cus at Sherry's this Winter was given with so much success. ' The aim is to raise $100,000 to erect a new bU, ilding, and thus give employmel,lt , to several hundred men. Nearly $30,000 has been r~ised already. and the campaign has , four more days to' run. The Exec­utive Committee is made up of 'l'homas S. l\fcLane, Ch'iirman; Mrs. Gordon

,Knox Bell, Mrs. Frank Brodsky. Mrs. George Draper, Mrs. Dani'el P. Hays, Mrs. Nathaniel Bowditch Potter, and Mrs. Jesse 1. Strau .. s. ,.

College Girls' Build Play Around Pole'

~:---------------------------------------------------------------------------"'l'he Pole a!lO the Pow-\Vow" is the

title of a play which the class of 1910 of the Norm:tl College wiJI present to-11101'­row morning in the chapel of the college. '.rhe Pul'?i " th f' nOl'tIH'l'1l magnet that hn ~ been attractiug mu ch attention recently in the Normal College as well a s else­where, 3ud the 1'ow-\"ow is the name gi"en tu th e \Vednesda y morning assem­blies of the college.

l'liss Beatrice Cohen; Norma. Lig1lt, a man, Gertrude Maloney, Olga Lurie, t~'pi(;al ~()nJllll girl. Miss Blanche Oster- Theresu H osenthal. Grace .l\Id\Iahon, weiss ; I\:;.kos. inspcctor of the Eskinio I .. eona Heiuitz, R. Gross, J. Schulich. 1\1. ~('ho0 I s . Miss Doris ~pier; Gum Gum. an Horr, I. \Vileox, A. MeQuade, A. Hickey, Eskimo boy. ilIi s:'; Thompson; Explorers~ V. Worth, '1'. Camm. l\f. Piehel, F. Sa­Misses Cliariotte O' Brien; Ru th Storm, perstein, C. Lindhollll, 1\1. Fisher, E. Du­Adeline Blum. S to nt , Voge l, Owens, Hol- das ~l, G. Drury, .\. F'erguson. L. Grab, F. c1prel' a nd L~bb. ott; ::\l c rnbe,l's of Self-GIIY-I;~Je.inm.an, J. Su tle r, Ij'. 'Vittstein rond J. e rnment COlllln ittef' , l\.[l sse~ F' lorpn(~e l y) oler. ~<'I.\t\',bcl'g , Zaritil N~~ hon, l\[eul<'llher~h, I ,'l'hc pla~ w as "Ti tt~n by four lll~l11bers Uotlll , S chruder, tr l'ueman and Pieczollk:l.l 01 the semol' da~s . ?lllSSCS Grace hgyel't , 'l' beT't~are fifty girls ill the C [\ ~tt, . \\' h ic'h

n:rs been coached by :'\[iS8 Marjorie BmT. T h0 (~ hif ract(~ l' s ' and the lJlaycl's are :- ­Vayid ' Qqest, ",ho is seekillg tbe pol E' ,

.;

III the cast lirc a lso l\1isse~ Yvettej ~nth St~rDl, D(>1':8 ~pi(': and~fattie BI')ck. habel E,ipl'c lt E I'tl b 'J L'l- Caspc . . '111ere Il.re two meldentlll dane,e :~. " _ . ' , .' .. , " . (1 1 ~ oy e, 1 1111 illSI]ntl.1l0 a nd a bU:'4ketba}l ballet, whl(,~'

ltdl Hel tz. L~.te ll e La nde. Edna Beek- ;\'e l'~ Ill'l'an~ed by :\1188 .~[~be1 H. Ta.~OJ\ •

..... . . . - _ .' ,_. , - .•.. - -- .....-.. BAZAR FOR NORMAL COLLEGE. President McGowan Opens Fete to

Aid Scholarship Fund.

The girls of the Normal College .are hQlding a bazar, which began last evenmg. Before Acting Mayor McGowan declared it open the big chapel of the college where it was held was so crowded that , there was scarcely standing room. The bazar is for the benefit of the, scholarship , fund which goes to help girls who could · not otherwise stay through the full course. There are six scholarships run-

ni:rr1s~o~mHY A. Lyons of ' th~ class of 1':110 manager of the bazar, mtroduced Pre~ident Winthrop of the Sc~ool Boa;rd 2 bout '9 o'clock last night. He m turn m­traduced Mr, McGowan, Who c<?nl?ratulat­ed the students on the new bUlldmg they a re to have. The hall was elab~rately decorated with greens and wistarIa, the col~ege flower, and here and there were , ba nners a nd girls dressed In lavender, the

lt~p;;~eb~~~~rswil1 be continued this aft~r­n oon and evening. There were SwedIsh [J nd Spanish folk dances last night by the students, and others will be given this afternoon and evening.

NORMAL COLLEGE.

Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" was given .by the Normal College Dramatic Club last week. The presentation 'was remarkable for the solemnity of its tone, for the clear, excellent enunciation QJ every actor, and for its ' Elizabethan atmosphere. In cos­tumes, in stage setting, in the lettering of the programmes, and in all other par­ticulars Elizabethan customs were observ­ed. "Dr, Faustus'" is, the first of a series

bethan era to be given from time to time by the Dramatic Club. The crhoice of this series was in part determined with a view; to meeting the criticism that undergraduate performances are either burlesques of local interest only, or bad reproductions of what professionals do well. In taking up this movement Normal College follows the lead of Princeton and Williams, but is the first woman's ' college to take a definite stand on the subject. The club is under the direction of Miss · Burr of the English de-

partment. \\\ w... \., \ _ ( q 0 r .

.,.~ ~n" .. ' NORl'/IAL COLLEGE. 'Rs I

CO-ol1e.-ation of , Alumnrewlth the

City'S Public School Systenl.

Among the fourte en women r dcently ap­pointed to local school boar'ds by Presi­dent McAneny of Manhattan are two alu,mnre of Normal College. One is Mrs. Yalerie , Frankel Cooper, appointed to the Thir teenth District for five years, the other', Dr. Johannah Leo, Twenty-second District, who has also t~ken aavanced de: grees at Columbia an~ at the Woman's

' Medical College of Pennsylvania. The appOintments are significant, in that

they come as a recognition of the service v,.hich graduates of tne colleg e have been rendering to the city. In many ways the alumme, as an ol'ganizatioo, have tried to identify themselv~s with the educational

system, working through representatives appointed in about 170 publ1c and high schools. When any course of lectures of interest to teachers is given at the col­lege; or 'any bulletins on child study or natur'e study are published by the alumnre, these representative~ give notice of the fact.

One of the most interesting committees is that on nature ,study, the work of which is directed by, Miss Long and Mrs. J. I. Northrop. 1j)ach year this committee su­perintends four distributions of nature­study material / and holds at least t}Vo ex­hibits.

Through the courtesy'/of the Museum of Natural History a room is set aside for the collection of the material. Here contribu­tions are sent by alumnre, friends, and co­opera,ting societies, such a 's the Publlc Education Association ' and the Plant, Fl'ui-t and -Flower Guild. The committee of ' the alumnre sorts the material, labels it, has the Lecessary explanatory nature-study bulletins on hand, meets the schoQI repre­sentatives, and distributes the material to the schoQls represented. As -many as sev­,enty schools are supplied with .nature ma­terial at Qne distribution.

In the ', fall the distribution consists of fruits ,' nuts, cQcoons, 'and fall fiowers; in December, Qf mQsses, ferns , lichens, ever­greens, cones, and branches. In March, buds and twigs, and in April, aquarium

' Qlaterial, such as frQgs , 'salamanders, snails, wat~r ,plants, and spring fiowers are furnished. .

The exhibits are held for three days in the spring and fall, and occasionally in

, mid-winter; the pI/ace chosen is usually a down-tQwn ' school, whei-'e the need for such an exhibit is greatest. ,Other schools of the district ~re always invited. Still another feature is' a collection of insects, which is loaned for a term at a time to' any school requesting it.

On February 19, at one o'clock, the alumnre will hold their biennIal breakfast, at tlle Hotel AstQr. Acceptances should be sent to Miss Helen Messenger, No: : 518 West One Hundred and Forty-third Str'eet, On February 17 the Kindergarten Associa­tion will meet in the chapel at 4 P. M. ; Qn February 18 the German Club wi1l \ hold a meeting, open to alumnre.

WHt ,INO T ;T JJ SBA,N D'S? ,> N9RMAL,BREA'~FAST TOASr

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!Entertaining Programme Planned at College , Gatherlng'- In the

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The No~al College Alumnae breakfaSt, which has b~come a 'biennial affair , of alumnae lire, will be held at one o'clock

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on Saturday, February" 19. at :the Hotel Astor.

Among the guests of , ~nor wilI be President Davis, of the college, and ,Mrs. Davis and the president--emeritus, , Dr .. Thomas Hunter. Miss Grace Beach, presid,ent of the assodate alumnae, will' preside, and she has arranged for a d~ lightful , series of toasts, prepared and im­promptu. There will ,be, one from a mem­ber of -the first class that was ever grad- ,

' uated from the college, Mrs. William Fos- ! ter McDowell, and one from a graduate of 1909, Miss Gladys Gramer.

President Hunter will speak for the Alma Mater in her old gown, and Presi­dent Davis for the Alma Mater in h Efr new gown, the two symbol'cal of the old Nor­malbullding and the l1ew o,ne. which . is shortly to be erected. Professor Hill witl offer the faculty toast, and Mrs. George M . . Witcher one to the faculty wives. '

Professor Ma ry Kennedy is going to re­tort to the last with a query t oast, "Why not t'o the hus'ballds?"

Miss Al ice P. Gannett will speak for the Alma Mater'S g randchild, the a lumnae settlement house, where she is the 'head worker. Mrs. Heyn Will give a toast and address to represent the married element of the Al umnae. ~

MORRIS DANCES AND PLAYLETS.

El)t~rtalnment of Normal College

, AI-umnre Settlement, To-night.

Th~ ciubs of' tlie ' NQrmal College Alumn~ Sett1erne,Dt will give their seventh arinual eritert~.1Ull~nt , and 'dance this evening at 'rurn': l!an, Eighty-fifth Street and Lexlng­t~n A,venue . . As . in previous y~ars a num­ber . QCy()ung , peQple's clubs will ' contribute t? th~ : -~nt~~tainment. Twe~ve little girls willparUcipate in 'a ,Morris dance, and r .. presentatives Qf . the girls' clubs will prQ­~uce . ' plaYlets~"Mr.s. Oakley'S' Telephone"

_ ~nd ,_','The Masquers." The Settlement Dramat ic Club will appear ' in "His MQdel Wife;" :This l!1st name'dclub is the same

. that Il}ade !to ' favora'ble an " impressiQn ' at <the Knickerbocker 'l'li'eatre last year 10

'$eumas M.cManus's whimsical fQlk-play, "The Resurrection of Denny O'DQwd," which !,a,s'-prdduced under the business manage­ment :of,',;Miss Carol Harrhnan.

, ' Tlio"se','who have ~atched the progress of ihe ' Normal College 'Alumnre Settlement are

, particula'rly anxious that this year's affair ~halt' be a success. It will pro,bably be the -last entertainment given by the set­

',tlement ,under its present name, which is to

'be ' changed to' Lenox :aiil House. The in­:atitut,ion :' is to bereincorpor~ted under a .pew, board of managers, which will include :aJl)Qng others Miss Carol Harriman, Miss Emi~y SloR'ne, ' Dr . . Godfrey R. Pisek ' Mrs Harry A. Day, and 'Mrs. Lou(s l~arshall. .

NORMAL GmLS AND CHRISTMAS. Professor Charles Sclll~g,el, formerly professor of

German at tlH~ Normal ColIege, deli\' ered an instr'uctivQjl as well as entertaining lecture at the college on Wednes­;d.ay. ' He spolr6 of his . travels i ntlle East. .;

Some years ago the alumnae of tile Normal College, ,founded a free k~ndeI'garte'll in SixtY-third-st. near the

l East ' River. The worlr accomplished is supplying a great need in this thickly populated district. whel~

'many ,of the mothers are obliged to go out to work ev·ery day. Miss Mary ,Wel~s i:;s the CJhfef kinder­gartener, and she has ' for assistants young ladies ;ho

' volUnteer their work, and who are anxious for a prac­tical experience in ldndergartening. The Normal girb have started out cards with a plu{le to ,insert a silve~ '

quarter in them; in order to obtain money for • Ohrtstmas gUt for their kindergarten. It is planned! to start a fund in order to expand the w-or1{, 60 that many who are now sent away may be admitted. The 'rent Is given free 'for the work, but the materials anf: 'h~t>sSary aids to the ,work cost over $1,400 a yea!'"! ' The Normal College girls will be glad to send caros ~ anyone wishing ' to , aid them. A(ldress" Alumna. 'Library, Normal College."

Great interest is felt in the a.nnllal Cb,ristmas play"! Thi~ , );,e~r ' it .is being written , by- ::\1issCorneJia WhitO_ ~A:;'i C. 5th. and Miss Lilienthal, D. 4th. Nobody is to; J[now , :what the play , is ~ltil it is produced by the. m,embers of the senior cla-ss. Miss Helen Gray Oone.

!the ' professor of English Lit31'ature, is superinten~ the construction of it. I ~ q \ .

The cl u b~ 0t the Korri~al College Alu ri1JH~ Settljt~ ment will give a bazaar on the afternoon and, ev~~ . tOg of Friday, April 16, at tM . ,East Sid~ ~o'Use~ '76th ' stte~t anji East Riv$f , {o'r the :[>urpO!le ' Of

au~mefit1ng thfl bufldirtg' rimd or theS;ttd~m~p-t. , The in~titutlon i!§ in great l'iMd lJt an extenl'li6n to~ its present- buildirtg, ati~ $1,000 hat! :Hready ' b~el~

I r a ised for t PJ e purp6S~. Boh~miah " lacea{1d . (>hl"; " : brolder:r, the Wor'k of, club rnembe~s, 1'.' ill be on sal; ' ~. a.t the bl'tlaar. In t he e v e ning folk d a n C'eR will , be, given,&ndat 9 p . m. thf' 1130 tl~nal Bohemian danc~ ~

'.. -, , ~ '.. " , I.:.' , '~ will be Siven i~ C()~t~rri~. , T~e. ~~ttl.l!rrt~nt ill loMtlKl In, a dlllttlC, t t. w",er~ . ,NlI~te \ a.r !!,' ,'f, P?rrt,'" 15,000 to ,~ B0'hemiat1>s,and,' it ha:& becom~ ' a kJnd of cl~

: , hoti'~ ror ,iha-t,' i~c-e ~ ' ~2" . ,'l " ' , ' , /' . , ;. '~, ... ~;

i NORMAL eOLL!EGE . FOLK DANCES.

! Alulila.., :Se'ttleDu~Dt ·Seclfl;Y to CJitl,n:.e

NaJlle to Lenol[ Ht;I1 \. H .ou.e.

''The clubs of theN:ormal Col1.ege Alumnm Settlement will give tbelr seventh annual

i enterta:l~ment and dances o~ 'Thursday eve-ning. February 16, at tbe New York 'Turn

I Hall. Elg'hty-fifthStreet r and t-eix:1'ngton i A ve.nue. , ' ( .

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yo As . in previous years, !l num·ber 'of the young people's chibs -wnl cont ribute to th'l3

I entertaInment. Twe1ve smaligirls will par'­t'lc:lpate1:n to. Morris dance. representaUve of thegirls'cltibs ' w1l1 ·produce'Mrs. Oak-. ley"s Tele.phone,/' and the Masquers. the Settlement's repr:t:isenta'tive (iramatic 'club, will appear in "His Mode1 Wl'fe ... • under t.hed1rection of th~ir coa·ch. IrvlngS. Ot-tenburg. .

';'l'hlJprobably will be , the last entertaln­mentgivep. by the Settle:tnent , under its; present name. which is to be changed to, nie"Lenox Hill House.·' The neW' b':oard ot ,direct-orswill include Carol Harriman" 'Emi1Y Sloane. Dr. God'frey R .. Plsek; Mrs. Harry A. Day. and Mrs. !;oUls Mars1lall.

NORMAL COLLEGE ALUMN.ZE PLAN ANNUAL BREAKFAST

G-/ol,~ t-e.t -- f?' . '~ ,er,e. TIle annual b reakfa8t of the As,s o­

ci at~~ A l11m11& of the Norm al College will be he ld on Saturday, Feb. IT , in t he ·ball room of the Hotel Astor.

G reetings w ill be given by t he presi­fll' il t o,r- the assoc\ation, M rs. Samuel J .

, K ramer;; Dr. Thomas H llnter, presi­'('tent cl1Ier itus of the college , and l\Irs. \Vi llialll Tod Helmu t h.

The t;peakersare Prof. Charles E . A. \ Vin-s lmv of the American ~.fllsellm of ::\atll l'Hl Hi~tory . Dr. George S. D ayis, vresidell t of' th e college; :Ml's . Philip Ca r pentcI', ex-president of t he Sorosis, and Miss Dorot hy D ix . ,

l\:lnsica l nllllllH.'T8 'w ill be given by .J . Bertram Fox, recently playing wi th ~{j ss Kitty Gordon in t he "Ench a 11 -tres~ . '.' 1\[1'6. (j'eol'ge 1\1. D a il y of 525 .\iVef't 1 4~)th street is chairman of t he eomlllittee ' of arran gementf', fro m whom t ickets lIlay be obtained .

The a nnual brea kfast of t he Associate Alumn a e of the N ormal Coll ege will be h eld on Saturday in t he ba llroom of the H otel As tor. Gree tings will be giyen by t h e , Presiden t of the ' association,. lIf rs. Sam uel J. Kram er ; Dr. '1,'homas Hunter. P resident. E m er itus of ,the colleg e, and , Mr, s. Willip.m. r od H elmutli . The speakers 1

w ill be pfof. Charles E. ' A . Winslow, Dr. George ' S Davis, ' President of t he COl- I lege; Mrs. P h ilip Qarpenter . ex-President o f ~ tlmSorosis, and ¥is's Dorothy .' Dix. M h sical numbers wlll be given b y . J : I

B ertram Fox , M r s . ' George . M. Da}1y of 525 \\'e lO '1 149th Street is Chairman of the Com m ittee of Arrangements. Tickets may be 6btaif~etl fro m her . 'Il'Y"le s /i.e, " , ., '2..,.

.. NORMAL C?~E~~ • .. "" I .

Marlowe's ' "Dr. Faustus" was given by the Normal f;ollege Dramat!c Club last week. " The presentation w'as remarkabi'~ for the solemnity of its tone, for the clear, exce'l1ent enunciation of every actor, and for its Elizabethan atmosphere. In cos­tumes, in stage setting, ' in the lett.ering of the programmes, and in all other par­ticulars Elizabethan customs were observ­ed. "Dr. Faustus" is the first of a series of n9n-Shakespear~an plays of :the Eliza- ~

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bethan era to be given from time t o time by the Dramatic Club. The choice of this series was in pa rt detel'mihed with a view to meeting the criticism that undergraduate

I performances are either burlesques of local I

interest only, or bad reproductions of what I

professiona~s do well. In takhig up this 'movement Normal College follows the lead of Princeton and Williams, but is the first woman's college to take a definite stand on the subject. The club is ' unde'r the direction of Miss Burr of the English de-partment. \, '10

HUNTER COLLEGE HOLDS CELEBRATION

G--I.t t!.-. lYfy J. r '7' New York Normal College was for­

rhally renamed Bunter College of the City of New York at a celebration h eld last night in the college chap'el, Park avenue and Sixty-eighth st~eet, by the l students, gradua1tes, and fac­ulty of the old coll ege, the celebration was a continued oration to , Dr. Thomas Hunter, president emeritus of the college, and for whom the college has now been named.

Mayor Mitchel paid a g lowin g trib­ute to Dr. Hunter, ' ahd said the -city owed it to its~lf to help such insti­tutions as Hunter College, which is devoted exclusively to the instruction of wo~en.

"The field of endeavor for women is' bi'oadening," said the mayor, "and the ('pportunities for them to serve their city are widenipg. Weare planning f<,r closer co-operation between the (;ity government and t.he City College ih order t.hat meh may be t.rained to he better servants of the cit.y, and it r-eems to me that it should not be long before we seek similar co-operation with Hunter College. "

President George Samler Davis of

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the college said in h,i,s adress that the title of "Normal College" had long hef\n a misnomer, as the scope of the school was no longer m erely that of preparing w omen to teach school. Dr.

I 8t. C lair McKelway and Thomas W. ChurchHl, president of the board of trustees, were among the other speak­ers. Dr: Hunter expressed his ' appre ­datioll in a brief talk. Man promi­n enyt women ,,,ere on the rec~ption committee, and refreshments w ere s erved after the speaking.

FREE MUStC. 7",~ 4:. S Tha mUSiC, of W AGNEa. GRIEG, Dvo­

R~K, and TSCHAIKOWBKY has not been common ly believed to be 10 attractive to the multitude in this city , as to In­cite to riot, even in the performance., At the first of a series of free Sunday

aftarnoo~_ concerts in the chapel of the Normal College, when j .he programme was so far removed 'from the accepted idea of the popula.r taste as to exclude the "Mer~ ~idO~"" waltz and .. Yip­l-addy-i-ay,' in favor of the ' " 'Tann­hauseI''' overturCl and the .. Symph~nie Pathetique," there was a ver!t.able riot at the doors. Four thousand persons tried to get into a hall 'holding only two thousand. The muslc ' performed was 'comparatively "modern," but still be­

bind th~ times. It Ul~ , pro~rU.1Jlle bafl ,

recognized D1D:ijuSSY and DElKAS there might have been bloodshed at the doors.

As it was, with the noise of the mob, I the arrival ctt the police reserves, and l the smashing of the giails, the concert I reached the domain of higher dynamics in which RIcHAaD STaAuss ' ls the su­preme master. The new , pIim of free

music on Sunday afternoons which ' Is also good music des~rvesencourage­

ment. We ara afraid, howe~er, that the qualIty of the entertainment was less

,attractive to the clamorous, crowd than

the tact that it was tree. It a chargE of 5 cents for admission to the chapel1s instituted at tpe - latel;" concerts therp. wtll probably;' ~ be no unmanageab!e

crowd ,at· the t,ioora.

The Dramatic Dlub of Normal College will present Marlowe's "Dr. Faustus" on Thursday, April 22, ' at 8 :15, in the college chapel. Tickets may be obtained from Miss Kathryn Reid, Normal College.

On F'riday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock, aad on ':Satur­day evening at 8,45 o'clock,' 'there 'vill be , giv~n a performance of Moliere's ' play, "Le Medicin Malgre Lui" by the French Club, under t he directionot ~L Er~st Perrin, of the Variety 'Theau-e/ and the IRen­a i.',;mnce. Tickets" at $1, may be obtained ' ~r,o~ MISS E. S. Forte, Norma l College. The procceds, alYove expenses, will go to the Scholarship Fl!lnd ' of the Alumnae Associatio,n of Normal College.

The performance wlll be givet). under the aus:pic,~s of a committee including l\1iss Grace Bigelow, ,Mrs. "jo, seph , H. Choate, Mrs. Frederic R. Coudert, Mrs. , Carl A. De Gersd()rff, Mrs. Set.'h Barton French, Mrs. Paul Fuller" Mrs. Henry.Parish jl'., Mrs. 'I'. Tilestc?_H vVells, Mrs. Egerton " Tinthrop, Hon. Horace Porter, Presi-­dent George S. Davis, -Mr. Frederic R. Coudert, 1\:..r;J Alexand,er T. MiLson, Prof. Brande, r, Matt-he, ~s, Prof. Adolphe ,- Cohn; Prof. Charles Downer, PrOf. Curtis Hidden Page and Prof. Eugene Aubert. , '

GIRL STUDENTS WEAR BREECHES IN 'THE RIVALS'

Men .ln Carnegie "HaU' View the Spectacle with Deep Interest.

AID fOR SCHOLARSHIP fUND

No~mal College MaidS Brave, Though 'Slr Anthony Shows Fonclness for

Getting Behlml Chairs.

Wearing man's garb boldly in the- prea­ence of men-boldly, at least, in the as;. sumption of swaggeringly masculine ail!s, though a trembling of knees was notioed at times-girls of the Normal College Dra­matic Club last night strode and posed in the knee breeches, silk stookings and tail I coats called for by Sheridan's play, "The Rivals." Carnegie · Lyceum was , the place in which the young women defied oonven­tionality fQr the sake of raising money for the scholarship fund of the college.

They wore the plctureeque costumes with . a dign~ty that brought applause. Even the breeches pockets were managed ·well. Biit the ha,ts, 'set · · ja.untily . on white wigs, proved a Source· o,f . . a,nnoyanc~ .~ Soxp~ : ~rl. forgetUng ';her ," three-corn~red ' headpiec~

was not pinned on; would bob her head in giving vent to a fi'ne burst of theatric pas­Sion. and . ott would go the hat, to the amus.ement . of the beholders arid the em­barrassment of .the actress. Many a speech was .torgotten. letting the mimic action lag, ·wMle· a girl was stooping to retrieve her ' headgear. The stoo.ping, by the way, was not accomplished' easily, for some of those knee ' breeches we're' tight.

When Sir Anthony Absolute first ap­peared in the home of Mrs. Malaprop the knight k~pt her face constantly toward her audience, as if daring the.m to laugh at her male attire. She showed a disposition to sta·nd behind chairs, even behind' Mrs. Malaprop's skirts. She didn't turn her back until her cue was given; then she made' a. hurried exit ..

Miss Jessie L. Fraser as Bo.b Acres had such a manly stride and wo.re her high boots and tight-fitting . breeches in ~uch debonnair fashion that she won the favor of the house and received two huge bOUQuets of roses. Though Captain Absolute broke a chair in an effort to put her foot do.wn like a man, she ,was not disco.ncerted. Picking up the broken chair she brought another, while the audience roared with laughter. . Captain Abso.lute and Lydia Languish,

the latter ' character played by Miss Elma Smith, enacted their love scenes ' like stage veterans. The Captain drew his sword like a true soldier , when the swaggering Sir Lucius O'Trigger called him into. the -King's Mead Fields. Their fencing waS full of life.

Except for the fact the girls' costumes were fuffled when they had to. paRS betwe-en the narrow wings the performance went through without a hitch . . College girls, in caps and gowns" So.ld chocolate between acts. "The Rivals" w1l1 be rep-eated this afternoon in Carnegie Lyceum.

Most o.f the bo.xes . were taken last night by college fratern"itiesand college students. '.rhe cast was: Sir" Anthony Absolute. Miss May E. WileY;1 Captain Absolute, Miss Bertha E. El11son; Sir Lucius O'Trigger, t

Miss Marguerite Sheldon; Faulkland, Miss I Florence Cornell; Bob A,cres, Miss Jessie L. Fraser; Fag, Miss Marguerite Travis; David, Miss Mary Ryssell; Lydia Languish, Mise' . 'Elma Smith; .Julla, Miss Zerlina Franck; Mrs. Malaprop, Miss Julia Ej Drucker; Lucy. Miss Josephine N' q ,

~NOR~AL COLLEGE CONCERTS" / I

Why They Are Free and Whab Those l Who Provide Them Hope For In Them.

To the Editor ot The Neto York Times: 1\

• . ,W ·Ul you· allow me to comment on certain 1 statements made in your 'l'uesday morn- I ing's editorial on .. Free Concerts at "N,onnal College? .. Let me begin by saying there was absolutely no riot at the per­formance. A more eager, attentive, and well behaved audience it would be Im­Po~sibie to find In this or any other coun­try. Their attitud.e was quite In keeping

. with their surroundings-namely, the Chapel of the Normal College, and the character. of the concert.

There were thousands who went away, quietly, when they saw the crowd who were SO eager to get in the building', and there were thousands who remained atter the doors had been closed, l1stenlng to the music as it floated out into the op.en air. . Bome even gained access to the -building by means of fire escapes, thereby, 110 doubt, gratifying a burning desire to hear good music at any cost.

As to your remarks about th~ .. com­paratively modern music, but still behind the times," I fall to see the point. It Wagner, Grieg, Dvorak, and Tschalkowsky are behind the Urnes, what about poor old Bach, Beethoven, or Brahms?

Finally, to charge admission to these concerts is out of the question, in that no fee can be collected In any building con­nected with publio education. Moreover, the money was given to me with the ex­press understanding that the concerts I

were · to be absolutely free. Indeed, the motive of those who are working for free publio musio is not splely one from a musical pOint of view. Their desire is to promote civic pride and patrIotio co-oper­ation on the I part of all our citi:z;ens f~r a. better comprehension and more general enjoyment of the advantages which the great City of New York offers its citi­zens.

There ' come to this country, and partic­ularly to this city, from all parts of tIlt; world men, women, and children who are to become American citizens; who are to enjoy the same. privileges. and assume like

' responsib1l1t1es. There are vast bodie~. of recently arrived citizens who speak dif­ferent languages, have inherited different social ideas, and whose business inte're!!ts and habits of thought are ' often diverse and conflicting. '.rhemission of the great City of New York is to welcome l\espi­tably all these new citizens, and to mold them Into a homogeneous body, all work­ing together for the common good. The American idea il to minimize pOin!.a.~~ Qf' d.tf. ~erence iind to emphasize the best asp!-

. .ratlOns which our oitizens bave in co . -mono To this end, what commQn Intf:lIj st'

,.ls s~onger, more elevating and re~lhlng \ \ rt.ndbarmonizing than music? , f I

-WhUe our clt1zen'8 may . have 1~a,rneQ I many different languages, tllere is one language which all have in common, and tbat is the ianguage of musie. It to\J.cbel a common chord in all hearts, and makes its hearers forget the cares and discords ot every day life. ..It is too much the . custom to criticise and belittle our great I city; a fault wblch Is due largely to ignorance· of what the city is really doing for Its people, or rather what the people are ~oil!g fOh t~ins.elves, throUlh . t~ city.

lOA~.Y.

New York attracts the musical talent of the world; but the great artists and the orchestral interpretations are to be heard o.nly at the opera' and ' co.ncerts, whlp}1, for many- reasons, are beyond the reach of most of our citizens. The city offers lhe people (rich and poo.r) public Ubrariee, where they may freely oonsult the whole record of printed literature. And yet libraries dO little direoUy to promote pub­lic spirit and co-operative thought and actio.n. Each patron takes an individual book and 'carries it to his home; usually a book in line with bis or ber peculiar tastes and prejudices.

We have free schools, parks, hospitals, baths, and many similar advantages, but there has been as yet no adequate Pro­vision fo.r public music. Our citizens have free opportunity to read the works . of Shakespeare and Milto.n, and to view the paintings ' of Rembrandt and other great artists, but no similar opportunity to bear the works of Beethoven and Wagner.

The people who most. appreciate high- : class public concerts are really most en­titled to suoh consideration. It seems no exaggeration to say that they-.are In pro­portio.n to. their means, the highest payers of taxes by which the system of public education is maintained, for taxes are to a greater or less extent added to rents, and the cost of the necessaries of llfe, and the burden falls most heavily UPo.n tenants and oonsumers. It seems arefl~ sonable belief that Ilubllc concerts wo.uln have a wholesome ef!ect· in presenting an impressive example of the 'returns re­ceived by the citizen fo.r his 'contributio.ns to the general welfare. They could not fail to increase the content and satisfao­tion of the people, and their appreciation of the spirit in which the interests of the city are administered. It is beHeved by the promoters of this

plan that nothIng can do more to inspire our people with a common pride in their

I great city and their beloved country, and to impress upon them the true meaning . of the American flag tha.t floats over the : centres of com. mon education. Thanking \1

you fo.r the ' use of your columns in the interest of thts cause, I am I

HENRY T. FLECK. Normal Co11e"e, Feb . . 23, 1910.'

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M,AYOI? STRONG'S ' REOSPTION.

' iIE' DISPENSES TEA ' AND TALKS · A.BOUT ~ ' SCHOO.L APPOINTMENTS WITH A-BOUT' ,

. THIRTY . MEN . AND WOMEN IN' HI.S OFFICE.

Mayor Strong gave a. te,a and reception yesterday a.fternoon in his office in the ~'ityHall, arid his guests were aoout thirty. men and women whQ 'have been prominent in educational affai-rs in Hie city. The women who were present are said · to be inter­ested in the· selection of some of, the '175 school in­spectors who may ·be appointed by the Mayor under the Pavey-Page law next Wednesday. Some of them had held conferences with ' the . Mayo'r , on the subject on previous days.

For the reception the Mayor's office was decorated handsomely with American Be'auty roses and lilacs, and spotless linen w.as spread over ' Ute ' long table at whic'h Controller Fitch and President Roosevelt, of the Police Board. lately had their interesting squabble. A caterer carrIed in hampers of sand­wiches and other toothsome tidbits and brewed the te'a. As the Mayor had only thirteen teacups, the caterer also supplied a new service for the occa­B'ion. Job E. Hedges, the Mayo,r's secretary, met the ,guests at the outer 'office and ushered them into the Mayor's presence.

Among the ea.rly arrivals were Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Clara M. Williams. Mrs. Shattuck, the Mayor's dauglbter, and his son, Putnam Bradlee Strong; Mrs. John D. T'ownsend, Colonel A. P. Ketchum, President Robert Ma,clay, of the Boa'rd·of

', ' Education; CorporRition Counsel IScott, School Com-I missioner Charles Strauss and a dozen or more I

• scho-al teachers. Mrs. Strong's arrival created quite a ; flutter in the circle, and . immediately the women I present besieged her in the interest of their friendS: ~ The later arrivals were . Mrs. Lorillard Spencer, : Mrs. F. , M. Scott, Miss M. E. Tate,Mrs. Anson G. McCook, Mrs. Joel B. Erhardt, Mr. and Mrs. ! Charles H. Brown, Mrs. Ro·bert Abbey, Mrs. Charles ! Strauss, Mrs. Gordon Wendell; ' Miss E1!,en Collis, i Miss Julia M;. Blake, Mrs; Phyllis Leveridge, Mrs. ' ;Abbie McIvor, Dr. and Mrs. Requ'a, Mrs. Kemp, I

MIss Damon and Mrs; J. J. Armory. . After the t"'a was over the Mayor ,said: "I met

trese ladies during the discussion of . the s'chool bill. and I wanted to have them with me at luncheon. That's all. It was purely a social fUl'lction." , ' ,

This is the first time within the memory of the oldest attendant at the City, Hall that such a recep-tion has been given at the Mayor's office·. \ I . I

. ! NORMAL COLLEG'E;S- ·'BA'Z.A:Afi~'" I

i Girls to Give Folk Oances for Benefit I " of Scholarship 'Fund.

i A prominent city official ~il1 open the ,! bazaar ;Which Is being planned 'by the I Normal . College girls for the benefit of I the scholarship fund, and which is to be I

fi held on 'Friday afternoon, Nov. 26, and on ! I ,Saturday, Nov. :n, In the afternoon and ,' ·evening. The large chapel of the Normal College will be banked with wreaths of green, and the booths of the Ja-panese tea garden will be decorated with wistaria,

, the college flower. Ice cream will be : served in the gallery from an igloo. ,

Thespecial feature will be Swedish folk dances and Spanish dances, both in costume. Thet meIhbers of the French and German clubs will b~ dressed in ~easant I

· costumes, and the Hlstory Club will im- i personate past celebrities. . The other : club's will also take ,part. .

Among the many patronesses of the af- i · 'fair are Mrs. George B. McClellan Mrs. I George J. Gillespie, Mrs. Christine Towers :

,.Mrs. Patrick IF. McGowan, Mrs. ·Frederic i ! R. Coudert, Mrs. George ,S. Davis, and! Mrs. Horace E. Dresser. Miss Emily .A,i

· Lyons of the senior class is managing the; baZaal\ : I

The schQlarshipfund now ·amounts tG · a.bout ,,2,000. !

,4 Se,ulion of . ,NeW' Ywk Conference of

the Hiltiory A."oclatlon. • " t " •

The New York Conference of the Asso-claUon of History' -r~aehers of the Middle States 'and Maryland ' heida session at Nor­mal College recentl~: , ~After the address of welcome by- the, chairm~n, Arthur P: But­ler" tbe first : speaker, Dr. J. H. Robinson I

of Columbia, r 'ead a ' paper on "Deflnite- ,I

n~ss in the Teaching .of History," pr~vious­ly I,'ead .at the sessions , :of the aBsocja tion which convened at the University of Penn­sylvania in March. This was followed by. a report of the March convention by Dr. Dan­iel .Knowlton of the Montclwir ~ign School. About sevellty-five memb~rs were present.

The Dramatic Club and the Fr 'nch Club have each contributed $100 to the stude.nts' scholarship fund from the proceeds of theJr dramatic performances . . The fund, which was establish(l~ and· i"l maintained by the student body, now amounts to more than $2,000, part of which Is invested. The schol-

I arships, $200 a year, .are cqnsidered an ' j honor, to be earned by merit'Orious r:;cnol ,·

arship and conduct:- They ar.e b~sto~e.q by , a committee of the faculty upon Jllembers

I of the senior class, w.ho, ,are . in needy cir­~ums~nces, and who are unusua!ly pro-

ficient in their studies. Five or six schol-,arships a~e awarded each ye:;tr.

Next week there will be an exhibit of the work of college students in the art depart­Ipent. The collection includes charcoa,1 work in still~life ' and cast, water-colors, oil paintings, composition and design, tool­leather, wood-block printing,and simple bookbinding. . Alumnre, at their. semi-annual reunion .on May 22, held an informal reception to bid farewell to the old building, which is to be

, torn down to make room for the new $2,000,-000 structure .

!~:~~:: ~?~~~~h~~:I:'CS~~O~: I . ship FU,rid ' Baz,ar To-night. ,

Mayor McClellan has accepted the , ln­vltation of the Normal College girls to op~n this evenIng . the public bazaar the

,proceeds from which w1l1 be added t~ the scholarsJ:lip fund. ·AlI Of the 800 girl students have been working hard to make the affair a success. . ' I

The large chapel w1llbe festooned with ' ropes of greens. nanks and wreaths ot ~istaria, the college ~lower, will figure Wtrgely , in the .. decoratIOn of the booths where aU ' manner of articles will be on sale. On the platform will be a tea gar­den, realistic with palms an<\ attendants , in Oriental costume. In the gallery the ;

. visitor may climb his way to an igloo I

! where ice ' creap:rj , serv~d)n snowy' e eur~ ; ' '-;r~ndin~s. wHl . re~1nd ' 'one of ' the t,rozen '.,:no'rtl:l. I ',. . " . . i , Each' session will have its specIal feat- i ure. This evening there will be a speech ' by the guest of honor. To-morrow aftel'- , noon the girls of the dramatic club w1ll i ~ntertain with French folk-dances, and ' ln the evening with Spanish folk-dance::;. , An orchestra will be in attendance both ' evenings. • I

SCHOOL GIRLS "TO GREET 'Tmli . PRESIDENT. REHEARSING ~J[-2r.?r 'PA'RT I ,N ,TRill , CELEBRA-

,: ( TION AT 'J;HE NORMAL COLLEGil1~ ,',

,At t.h~ Normal Cqllego on<,Tuesda.y ,a.fternoon134 girls 8JsscmrbJed from all the public scliools in the , oity , Do l'e'heMW theiT paJ.'!t in 1lhe Cel1teimi~l ' eXe;rcis3s next 'weel.. On MlQiIlday when President, Ha.rdson arl'iveshe will be escor,ted in the afteT'Jloon to the City Hall wihere he will lro:Ld a recepltilon. There fle wlll fi.rst be reCeived by the girls of ' the pu.blic sohools. He wlH p:ass between a doublel1'lle of tlb.e gdtrls ill'OID thecan'iia.ge to the entra.noo oil ,tho b,u.tldIng, a;ml illley wiil.l st1'ew flOWeI'.i in hds path as ' he passes ilInd sing a P'll!trl'otW aj[,.

Each of the girls assembled at the college on Tues­d:a,YCa.I\l·jOO a ba.slre.t fiIlled w ith paper ,flowers. ,They formed ,in ldMOUrtsMoe ,tlb.e c,ollege on the lawn and

: se.ng, "II,ail Coluill~,bia." Then Bres,ident HUiIlter, at bhe suggelS!tfon of those ha.vingcharge of the exe,r­c,is~s; w.alkedthrouglh the linewh.ile tlowers were thrown before him. The singing · was not entIrely

: satisfactory, the volume not being very strong In the : air. In the college gymnasium, the-exercise was again , repe.ated with, better results.

rDhe girls are selected from the Grammar Depart­ments of tl),e schools. There are two fromeaoh school and thirteen from the NormM College. After Presi­dent Harrison and his party have passed, a short ad­dress will be made by Miss Annie Abrahams; of th~ Normal College, a member of the graduating olass of the college and selected by , the vote of theolass. The address Is to occupy four minutes a.nd wtll b~ engrossed on pa,rchment and given to the President with a b()uQ,uet.

The committee of prlncipa.ls of tha girls' schools who have charge of these arr,angements are ':1\1lss Salome Purroy, of No. 50, h ' East SeventY-1'lillth-st. ; Miss Mary E. Tate, No. 45, in West Twenty-Iourth-st. ; Miss Kate Broderick, No. 76, a.t Lexington-ave. and Sixty-eighth-st.; Miss M. Louise Clawson, No. 48, in West Twenlty-eilghth-st.; Mrs. Frances A. Pond, No. 10, in Lexingto'n-ave. j Mrs. Sarah E. Oowles, ,No. 47,inl East TweUf!hcst. ,; Mirs. Lizzie H: Walke!'; No. 68, ill .\Yest One-l1urulred-and" twenty­(3<i~tIh-st .. Miss Mary J. Conklin, No.1, in Vandewater­st.; Miss Matilda MoSlh&l', No. 2,fnH(.'lllJl'Y-6lt.; Miss C8tIll"il(') S. Montfort, No. 5'7, I'll West Qne.:hundred-and­tl..~Ii.t;.h.st.;Miss l\-I,wry McC"l~, No. 20,jn Oh~st1e­s't,; l1fss,'AIl).{lilja , K1erst;ed, No. 17, ,in . We,s.t,Forty­seve.nifth~st;,; Mts~ ,Fra.n.ces L M~il"r3IY,No. · 22, In , Sta.n­to'IHt.; , ld:fus '.,Anirrle L. Whyte; . No, 19, in East ' FOur­tceI\.th-st.; aiid" MlssL~t1tla MattheW's, No. 50, in East Twont1ethcst. ' , "

At the assembly of the girls in the . coIlagf.l on Tues:" d;ay, MJrs. Sara;h H. Powell, o!fl.eef the women Commis>­sioD,etrs ,' ofilie BPai'd of 'Ed'U;crutloo, was pl~e'n:t. Twelve stages.,have boon sooured,and the giTls a.ro to

, asseun~~~3P!.W0qps ,Q,fl . W, ond,ay? ,eQiC,h &;tage" to be , ac­oom:pa;tiiedby ,~j)of fue oom1ll1~tee., mlO,wtngo witlh bhem totJhe Gitl' Halll anct ret;ur:ti af.ter the exc['cJscs./

'£0 soneoifff 18'1.3 '~/

S TO ,THE NORi\1AL I,

THROUGH WINDOWS /

TO /,! FREE CONCERT. rp. ' ~ I i ~~, . r~b ~ 1- J',~

Poli~e Reserves Called to Normal , I

~ollege to Curb Unexpected \ Crowd of Music l,o',-.., .... ,J

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New York, Friday, AI)rU 23, 1909.

NORMAL STUDENTS IN MARLOWE . .

Girls of ' ~eWIY Organized Dramatic !

'Club .Prel!lent "Dr. Faustu.:" :

I Th~ Normal College Dramatic' Club pre- I . sented last night In the college chapel . "The Tragicall History of th~ Life . and

Death of Dr. Faustus," by Christopher Mar­lowe, M.A.," the first of a series of such play.s to be produ~~d by the dramatic club under the dir.ection of Miss Burr of the \ English department. Last night marked the first public performaI).ce of the club.

In pres~nting "Dr. Faustus," the simple staging , of the Elizabethan theatre ,was us,ed. The performance was appreciated by a large audience.

While the effort is not to be 'regartled. ' from the ' strictly critical standpoint, l;",st : night's ·, presentatio~ . was , successful in "the

I direction w~ich it is intended the 'club j IShaIl take. All parts in the drama were . fll1~d by girls of . the college, which made I' the selecUon of "Dr. Faustus" ihe ' mor~

ambitipus.. If the tragic intensity of Dr. Faustus was not altogether reached. evi­den:t consciousnes/> of the seriousness ., of .the , attemptmaqe it -a capable perfQrm­ance. , pt. Faustus,taken by Miss Jones, and the \(i)~d,e Man, by Miss Adler, were well done . . Miss Freud, as' MepbistpphiIis, fu·rnlshed an especially intelligent effort, an:d an ex- I

.'celI!'lnt make:-up . added to the effe-::t of ber :performanee. The eRSt was as followi!: ; Dr.. FalJstus, Miss · Jones; Valde~, M~ss j

I Graupner; . . Oorneflus, MIss Offner; .Olde Man, Miss Adler; First, Second, anq Tllird I

' ~;cbolars, Misses Stout, Abraham, und : M~loJl~; 'Wagner, Miss Moses; Lucifer, Miss i McCartney; Mephistophilis, Miss Freud; I GooQe Angel, Miss Bennett ; Evil . Angel, ' Miss Cropn; Helen .of TrQY, Miss,.?vlahnkcn; i J)evIls.t'I~Hsses Pastel 'and Newmark; Cho1'1,ls, '

J Miss O(terw~its; Pages, Misses Sidgwick , \ and Heyman: .. . l . I qo'(

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In cel.ebration bf theis.e". en .. teenth year Ofj' the ·Lenox Hill Settlement a tea wil,l ' be : given in the house, No. 446 E 'ast Seventy- , second street, :on Friday. There will be : mUSic ahd Bohemian dan~ihg by chlldren 'Of the neighborhood .. , The' s'ettlemenJ; has

he'support of some or-the, alumna.e ,of ,the Nqrmal Coll~ge, -viho h~lped -~st.~bllSh it, 1fi~ is making ne;w fr,lend,s .in ' n~ibLenox :

.:.rill d!s-trict. ""~l~ 1 rVc:"-L~ - '-''' ,

Normal College Sunday Concert. I More than' 2,000 persons listened yester- !

day afternoon to the Sunday concert ; given at the Normal College by the Olive • Mead They played Mendels-

op. 44 In D major quartet In E flat

HI:"". w·orK replete with the dy of which the

master. Both work the charm and finish

of this organization. They i

were with great attention . a:nd ap­preciation, the Andante funebre gaining special' applause. The next concert will be given at the Manual. Training Night School. \,

Folk Dances · To Be Feature of ( I . \

r" NorJ?1al C;ollegeOirls' Bazaa

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NORMAL COLLEGE GIRLS IN SPANISH DANCE~ Members of dramatic club, whose performance is expected to be one of tpe main features or . the big bazaar that

opens to-morrow night. ----.+------- $~---~----------------~----------------------------------------~-----

Affair with Many Unique FeatureslmOnOIOgUe delivered ' by .Miss Leonora inquisitive. A mi.lseum, in charge of the . ' . . Rosenthal, clItss of 1911. History Club; will offer attractions of all

Designed to Eclipse All Pre- . Already, eleven thousand tickets for the s?r~s, with a curator to show off the ex-/ . . bazaar have been sold, and hundreds of Inblts, astrologers to read the stars , and

I VIOUS Records. I girls have been busy for weeks making I Puritan maidens to dispose of York and

I paper wistaria. The color scheme in the I Tudo.r roses. ""

-.--- ~hapei, where t.lw fa.ir is to be given, I Tn addi~ion to their spe;-ial feat~rei the Normal College i~ all ready for the IS .green and wl.ute, .wlth the m~uve blos- , fol.k danc1l1g, the l?ramatlC Club ~prls are

. , . ,som8IIW: the WIstarIa. Those III charge : gOlllg to dress theIr smallest members r.,s

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bIggest ~azaar that has ever .be.en at-, of . i:~ affaIr wished., to make it more I "follies" in the college 'colors, "la vender tempted In t.he old. coneg. e bUlldIllg . at II beautIful to. the ~ye. than. such sal.es usual- ana white, and have them go about the Park avenue and Sixty-eighth street. The ly are, so 1~ tlns case there~Ill be. no floor selling . autograph pictures and

I bazaar will be formally opened on Friday, 1 .~~~~Ji~gCl~i~~ngy C~ld!S ~flo~glnte bgO~!~~ POil1iSt'h ' . It h' h" , . '

IN ' b '>6 b ' 1\1.' p . I . . . "" . . ~'1.no er speCla y, W IC IS certaIn to . ovem . er - , y an address by l' r. al t" and whIte. ' take well is the. Dlaster cast offering.

Irick ,F. McGowan, p. resident of the Board . ?-'he platfor:n at one end o.f the cl~apel Panels have been -made with the heads 'I Of Aldermen, and will last through Satur- ,!Ill have Ouental t~a r00!lls (;H1 elt!ler lot Dr. Thomas Ru. nter, president emer-da ni ' ht 1 ' ~Ide, the rooms bowers of. WIstarIa. GIrls, itus of the college; and of Dr. George

y g . . ' . III Japanese costuDle~ WIll serve the re-I Samler Davis. the actual nresident.

I The speCIal feature of the fall', and I freshments. There WIll be a~othel" place Miss Emily A. Lyons is the manager

what makes it different from any other where the ".'('ary b~yer of ChrIstmas pres- of the bazaar and Miss Isabel Patt rs n I

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' . ents can refl esh lumself, for one of the .. . . ' e 0 that ha!;j ev.er been glyen I~ the college. or, college fraternities is t9 have an igloo in a I' I~ ~sslstant ~anager.O' Both gIrlS are ctf

i el~ewhere, IS the folk danCIng. The gIrls cornel' of tho e gallery, where ice cream. will c ass ~,1~11. Amon~ the patroness.es of l f th D t' Cl b .'11 ",,' th _ be served from a properly snow-surround- . the bazaar are ~rs. George B. McClel-,0 e rama IC u "n ~lve ree per ed spot - lan, Mrs. FrC(lierlc R. Coudert, Mrs. Hor-~orm~nces of · Swedish ~nd Spani,sh danc- Altog~ther there will be more than I ace E. Dresser, Mrs .. Alric~\: H .. M!ln. mg, In costume, on FrIday evenmg, Sat- thirty. booths in charge of different clUbS'IMrs. George S. ~arls, Mrs. ChrlstI.ne urday afternoon and Saturday evening. fraternities, classes and years. Tpe high To.wne~., Mrs. PatrIck' . F. McGowan and Th d h . M' school department of the college Will' have I Mrs. NIcholas J. Barrett. .

e ancel'S ave been tramed ~y .r ISS toys and dolls' the kinder<Tarten cl . :';8 Willi At the last fair given by -the Normd Mabel H. Taylor. The Dramatic Club have ~ bootl~ where y~uthful ~Iother C0llege there were about $2,200 taken in, girls who are to take part will wear Gooses will make the sales. I and the girls in charge this year ~onfi- . Swedish peasant costumes while they Girls of the French and German clubs! d~ntlY expec.t to make more than $3;000.

. . will be dressed in peasant costumes on(' i The blJ,zaal' IS for the:.benefit of the Nor-dance the Trallen, and Spamsh attlre of the staff of the Echo, the N~rmall mal College Scholarship Fund, which is while they swing through the strains of paper, will make silhouettl:!s and . there · kept up by the students thems'eIYes. It Spanish waltzes and La Toronto. In the will be a fortune telling booth. I is to help girls who are in th~iJ1 last year latter (lance the {air girls have black 'rie Classicai Ciub is going to have a lat college and unusu~l1y proficjentjn ' their bodi<;es and the brunettes yellow. Be- Delphic Oracle, with a Srbyl in quaint I studies, when they ,could not opherwise tween the two . dances there will be a Greek attire to foretell the future for the I continue thei!." studie8. '

PRESIDENT HUNTER~S RECORD. ' Randolph ' Guggenheimer Praises the I Wor~ of N~rmal College E?Cecutive. ' I

To the Editor of The New York Times: ~armony-the keynote of all truth is ,

harmony! And where is harmony more ts> be desired than in the school world'! 'rak- , Ing its atmosphere from those in author­ity; the educational department, above ~ll others, should have a leader toward 'whom \ all might look up as one to be emulated. I How great, how far-reaching in their III-I effects , are discord, antagonistic ' spJrit, selfish clashing of views and acts among I those toward whom our youth should look I as , an , example and an inspiration; for' l 'Without doubt, education, especially the i culture side of it, consists largely in un- I conscious ' impressions and influences at work upon receptive young minds. I ' In his recent defense oFSuperintendent Maxwell, Mr. Chubb says: " Only persons : of CUlture, standing, aor personality are ! properly equipped to become teachers" :.,;nd it should be the business of the Nor­mal College to protect the city against j those , ~ho, while they are able to satisfy the techn'ical requirements, such as the examinations, are still, ' on the score of I

_character culture, not worthy to be in- I

' t'ruste('Lwith the work of education." ' ' Does not this statement, if read aright,

serve better as , an argument in defense of the NQr.mfl.1 College than , against it?

i boes it not more strongly denounce one I' whom it is intended to defend than any­, thing yet said or written: We are here , told in a nutshell that those who sow dis- \ cord, 'oPposition, and antagonism are in- : competent and unworthy to be intrusted : with the', work of education. For who wo,uld class as a person of " culture, stand- , lng, and .personality" one who stoops I to equivocation, to injustice, to creating and' intentionally leaving uncorrected false impr~ssions, who , oversteps the bounds of i 'authority-;-aIl, merely to gain selfish ends?, Surely, culture implies ' a breadth of mind! and heart whi'ch leaves no room for selfish I

' tyranny, ,which: ' r.ealizes and aCknowl- ' edgEts, "that' other than one's . ownviewsi may at times be 'at least ,as good. .i\nd has n~t the ' prese1)t ' City Superintendent . in­~~\~~s'Fi!hJiC criticism on 'all ,of these,

Now le t us exam:;;~ Mr. Chubb's state-i ment in its application to t he Normaf Col­lege, whiC'h, it a ims to atta.ck. ~nd to itsl

I t'cpn':~Gl1t::ltIV'€' , Presideat -P..~;;ter. 'h1'oo:; :;: ' : a ll changes of administration President i H ,un,te r ha.s stO?d his ground without con­I fh~tmg WIth eIther au th orities or public I o.,pl,nlon : He has worked s tea dily with un-tlrmg zeal toward the greater perfection of the insti.t~tion under his car e, watching fo r a nd St;IZI~g opportunities to r aise the standard III Its growth from the origina l ~ormal IIlgh School to t he' vast college it IS to-day. Under circumsta.nces often ad: vez:se . . rangi-!'lg fro m pecuniary difficulties at Its ll1CeptlOn to. the antagonism of so.me of the present a uthorities during late years, he has. through more years tha:"'­M r. Maxwel.1 has been known in this cit y, seJ'yed w~ll 111 tbe cause of educatlu with~ out revo.lutionizing or antagonizing. Sure­ly, the m an who. has done this has proved himse lf the possessor of the qualities Mr. Chubb m entions.

Love is one o.f the most potent factors in educatio.n; that is, the unselfish devo­tJon of t he educator to. the individua l w el­fare of tho.se under his care, r a ther than a m ere in terest in h is own personal career.

'J'his goes a great way toward character culture , but t h e m a n who seeks m erely to pro.m o.te his own in teres ts and to carry ou t his persona l deSigns, is sowing seeds of t he very qualities which it shOUld be the , ai m of a ll concerned in characte r cu lture to eradicate,

The spontaneous o.vation to the Presi­dent o.f the Norm a l College on the occa­s ion ,of, the r ecent public school centenary

.C f -!_~ Q. a ti c;)ll ~eaks vQlumes. _ The h ear t s of the m any thDusands who have kno-wn-President Hunter in his work, still turn toward him, impressed with a conscious r ealization of the good work the No.rmal College has accom plished for this c ity, and knowing that the President's long and faithful services have r eaped a rich har­vest. His personality h as without doubt m ade its impressio.n. This, then, Is the man . a nd such his car eer, who has been made the object of personal attack by which hundreds of young minds have in­nocently suffered.

New York was a great c ity before it had its present Superin tendent of Education. Even its :'educational syst em had been h eard of and r eceived commendation! T he New York public schools took honors under their fo.rm er Superintendent, whose able army of a~sistants w ere mostly Nor­m a l College gra dua tes. Yes, the Norma l Schoo.l has done its work , w ell. Some of N ew Yo.rk' s best t eachers to-day a re a mo.ng its gra duates.

Labor ing under the dif ficulties of chang es and uncertainty and the opposi­tion of those in authority, as the college has been for years, what institution could do its best work ? The individua l mind could not accomplish its obj ect under these conditions-uncerta inty a nd antag ­onis m produce a state of , anxiety and un­ea s iness which m a ke effective w ork Im­possible a nd reduce the acquisition of knowledge to a minimum. Any large body ' is but a collection of individuals, a nd th e w ork of ' a la r ge institution de­pends as a whole on the work of each in­dividua l. Conditions so de trimental to ed­ucation should not be permitted . They have a lready influenced ' the ca.reer of thousands.

Tha t President Hunter , after a lifetime of d evoted a nd efficien t s ervice a s an edu­cator a ft er a life-work w ell done, should have 'to submit to such trea tmen t is grea t­ly to be regre tted , and that h e has re­m a ined steadfast in a good cause a nd has not sou ght t o r etreat under s uch trying conditions, when he mig h t h l3;ye e!1joyed a w e il-ea rned r es t instead of taklllg up a rms against a sea of trouble" is certa in­ly to. hi s credit . If a ll our educators serve as faith fully

and as w ell, our school system will be in good ha nds, and v ery ,well cal"ed. for. The Superintendent of thIS great cIty i1a~_a large place to fill ; to do it well r eq uires the individual time and attention of an able m an, Surely the re a r e more and bet­ter things for him to do t han to assl'~~ th e prerogatives of a higher body.

RANDOLPH GUGGENHET N ew Yo.rk. April 12, 1905.

'flOYS TO STUDY I~ .~ OR, HUNJEn'Stlr~-1

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Education Head Suggests That Public School Pupils Take Up New

, Course.

Thomas W . ChurollUl, presldentl df t ,he Board ot Education: belIeving - th:at th"1 persona,1 char~cter1st1c8 bt the late Dr'l Thoma.s Hunter were 'fJu,ch as to be eX-

j cellent objects for teachers a~d , stuqents

j to emulate, yesteNlay, sent to the PrIn~IPal. l ot all the schQols a letter Buggestmg a possible course of civic instruction , al?ng l that line.

Making a 'brief study ,of the llfe of Dr. ' Hunter, Mr. 'Churchill gives a brief sketch !

,of the aged scholar and teacher in an ad- , i d'res8 designed , to be presented t~ ' the;

IbOYS a~d girls of the SChOOlS., He follows ,' the early Ilfe of Dr. Hunter In Ireland" and continues :-"When only nineteen years old he reached New YorK and tried to "get1

'work. He had been a good scholar in thel

I Irish school, am], When he applied for , a position as a teacher in a New York

I SChool his earnestness and tnt, elligence made such an Impression on t he Schoel ' Trustees that th-e ,boy was given a three months' trial as a teacher of , drawing, He :prepared carefully for e verYlesson'

j He did so well that at ttle ena of three months he was made, a reg'ular teacher of reading, writing and arithmetic. . '

"Three years later. when Ithe he'ad master died, th~ trustees gave the po­sition to this young man, only twenty­six yeaTS of age, but so enthusiastic, '80 indu'strious, and so gene-ral a f'avor-J .ite that bhe, selectioh met with general approval. , ' .. ' " i

"Under hilS direction Uns .old sch ool, ! No. 35, New York, b eg-an to. be famOU S\ for the qualityo! its work, ' Among his students 'are, former Go.vernor ) Gh'arle,s E. Hughes, now .;8, Ju~tice of '1h,e United States S upre'me Court; Mr' l C. B. J,. Snyder, architec't ot the Board : of ' Education, who ha.s 'built all the New York public school ,buildings for the last twenty-f:our years; ou'dges" ma:gistrates, Mayors of the city, em- l 'lnent physicians, clergymen, promi,nent ,

"bu!slness men and leading citl~ens. ,. ' "Forty-five years ago the city estab:': ;

lished a free college lior young women. Its first president was this scpoolmaster, not yej forty years of age. He built , up this college with the same energy and I loyalty that he had bestowed upon hls f 's,c,hool. He was its president for thirty - , six years, and then retired under the title of honorary preSident, or president 'emeri - ,

;tus. ' He h~d then ' Deen upon this ·e;rtl1, !!!eventy-five y ears, but he, said:-'! a m' seventy-five yearS young and I ,havel fouhd this a beautiful and cheerful world:'i

"Why did the world, seem beautiful and] ..oheel·ful to Thomas Hunt er In his seventy­fifth year? "l'he world Is like a lookil ,.,;! glass. Be c heer,fut ~o It, direct toward it beau.tiful thougl1tS and actions and it w1ll reflect them back and seem to you a beau. :

,tlful and cheerful pla.~/:,."

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J 1 '''' DR. THOMAS HUN~ER. '

" ,New . 'York" 1s\ rich~r bec~use of the life of Thoinas Hun­·ter; 'Not 'only for what' he a.ccpmplished during his long ,.ears of public service as ' an educator, but for what he \vas, as "a man. DJ:. ' Hunter :has merited' the respect with 'iThich the ' people of this city have long regarded him. 'He 'was a dean among American educators, but he had ~otethan . year's of 'service to his 'credit. He was a Ycr'eatbraiid a bearer of standards. He grew with his work. He ' was not left in , the rear 'as the d'evelopment

,of his conm'lunity in to the great ' modern metropolis ,'proug-ht new requirements, higher standards ~f ' effF ciency, and the need of an ever-widening outlook. He '

' ~',id ' not ',w, ait t,o be , d,ragged along by the progress of the mes" he helped to ' cre.ate that progre~s; he put the

" 'amp of his pet;sonality upon it. ' '

l' Dr. Hunter' was a reformer with patience and hu­

\' an un:derstandi~g: He was able to combine an ideal J ' uncompromising thoroughness with an appreciation , ' the personal quality in education, and New York

and ' the country owe ,much to his achievements for the ~enera1 raising olthe' s tandards of preparation required '.f th,ose who serve as teachers in our public schools,

He stood for the broader view of efficiency. Instead of , encouraging the teacher to become part of an im-

I!.persoilal· educatiOlial machine, a person expert in the latest methods ,'of iillparting knowledge with little ' bref!,dth of intellectual life to communicate, it was Dr. Hunte.r's idea that the first requirement of an educator ' -was · to become ,l!- genuin?ly educated person: That which we call education-the passion for knowledge, &: thorough training, an appreciation of the ~ignificance of the world in which one lives-can only be communi­cated" to others by one who first possesses these ' things himself. • .

Thus th~ NOl'mal School, which originally imparted only a superficial training in the methods of teaching" was developed by Dr: Hunter through thirty-seven years of work and s truggle into a real college, an institution devoted to the highest ideals of education, a sch,?ol where people not only learned the professional methods of how to teach, but also learned in a broad, 'thorough manner, what to te,ach. The development of the Nor-

~l School into Hunter College was a pioneer work in e higher education for \vornen, and from thIs school ousands of young women have carried to countless

' )us~nds of scho~l children the inspiration and ideals '3ived under the, supervision of this instructor to lm education was not a narrow professionalism, nor work of teaching a mechanical trade, but a 'living

~it.

, he work which Thomas Hunter did was not such ~ay be ~stimated i'n: numbers or displayed by its

.terial effects . . B~t ,his spirit will live on as an unseen ' nenee in those things 'which education seeks to ac­nplish for personal ' development and the public wel-e.

WANT HARMONY AMONCAlUMNAE

rhat Was Why Some, Normal College Graduates Put Up a New

Ticket.

CHANGE IN NAME ~OT INVOLVED

Independents Believe That Graduates Should Be Free From Col-

lege Control. ~

Harmony, not the change in the name !)f the Normal College, is given as the real reason for the attempt of some of the alumnre to elect an " independent ticket" at the annual election of the Associate Alumnre 'On the 21st' of next month. In proof of tbis; the supporters ! of the independent ticket point t6 the I fact that the legislature 'will have ad­journed before the election is held, and

' that i~ all probability . the question of the name for the college wiI 'have then been decided. If further proof were needed, they point to the fact that their ' ticket contains the names of some of the I

leaders in the movement to. have the co!- , lege designated as "Hunter College."

Other misinterpretation~ have been upon the movement. It has been ~l1eged that the ticket in some yay' connected with the Graduate Club which has dif­fered with the ASiSociate Alumllre on many college questions, Upon il1Yestiga- , tion The (Ho'be finds that the clnu has had nothing whateyer to do " ' itll the independent ticli:et. The sole reason fo l' the existence of that ticket is the oesire of a numLer of the alumnre that the Associate ' Alumure should be freeo from college domination, that harmollY among I

alumnre should be restored, and that a clearer ra.ther than persona.l yiew of

( the work of the ,col l.fge SllOUld be taken. The movement was started by Miss K"atheririe D, Blake, principal of P. S. '3, Manhatt~n . :

Speaking \ of it to-day, she said that she was SOl'ry tliat a wl'ong ,impl'essioll had gotten abroad as to the purpose of th e movement. "1 am not one," she added, "to ha,Ye anything to do with ·

, bringing into the electiou rthe questioll of the college name. All I want to do I is ~nake the alumnffi more unfOl'm and to

. free them from that college dominatiOl\ Which makes for a narrow policy. '1'1)<,: ticket\vRs made up in, an effort to bri1):g I together a ll branches, \Ve want to make the Associate Alull1n83 broader and more harmonious" fl,nd get them to , take a clearer view of the college, not th e pecsoDul view. This was 'made clear in ' OUl' statement." I

NO::::J1AL COLLEGE.

~ eport of Associa1-e ~~IUDllire--':N(~~ . Plan. fo ... Control 01. ~ettlenlent.

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In the annual report of th e Associate 1

Alumnre of Normal College, just published, ,' the president, Miss Grace B. 'Beach, says , it is proposed that each standing com1Uittee ,shall use a special issue of the News to in- I

form members of its work and plans, thu$ permitting the alumnre to gain a comprehen­sive view ~f the association's activities. ' Miss Beach emphasizes the service rendered to I

the city in the cause of civics throu~h the 1

settlement and. the s,cience cOl1lmittee, which 1\

made four distributions of plants, . flowers , and aquarium materials to an average ot

, ' thirty-s~ven public sch00ls. The nie'mber~ 'llhip of the association has increased to ) 662.

Mrs, Jessie ,W. Day, chairman of the board )f : llianagers of Alumnre House-the settle­nent-presents a r e'por t in which she says: .

I It · is tbe firm conviction of your resident i workers and a member ot the advisory 1

board, who is in close touch ,with the settle- !

, )1lent., t hat the time has come when, for' its I own sake al!-d , the good \hat it c,:1n acb6m- I

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plish in the neighborhood, the SE!ttlement should cease to be , called the Normal Col­

. lege Alumnre Settlement and to be con­(trolled absolutely by this association be­I cause ot the limitations which such a con-trol and such a . name create. For fifteen years it has ' belonged to us, but it is a factI that it does not receive · adequate support from those whose name it bears nor is it ever likely to 'grow to its full ' ullefulness under present condi t ions.

The Teport goes on ' to quote the precedent of Union Settlement, founded by the alumni of Union Theological Seminary, but long sin,ce relinquished to a more general man­agement by which it has been able to reach out and demand the interest of the general ' public instead of remaining a comparative- , ly private organization.. It , after due de- ' liberation, the alumnae should decide to re~ I

IlinqU:ish management to a, more general

lard, it would still give its support as

h retofore. New officers who take charge of the asso-

, ation this fall are' President, Mrs, S. J. ) ,ramer; first vice-president, Miss Jane ' 'W. '

I~CElhil!ney; second vice-preSident, M(l'8. w. l " Popp~; third vice-president, Mrs, Louis ~

1rI: arshall recording secretary, Miss E. C.' b ood; assistant recording secretary, Mrs. \ Leslie Graff; corresponding ' secreta.ry, ~l.s8 ~ J, G. Carier; assistant corresponding secra- ~ I

J tary, Miss M, A. Morris; treasurer, Mrs, A. i

j S. Holt; assistant , tr easurer, MiSS E. B, ! Kallman.

\1 The A.ssOciate Alumnre of Nornial College, ;

Mrs. 'Samuel J. Kram~r. president, will hold I t~eir ~nIiual breakfast at the ,Plaza: · Hotel

, next Satl!rday. ,The sPE!akers include' .Miss Mary Willard. former1y instructor of ;Eng­lish at the college; Dr., George S. Davis, I ,president of , the college: Dr. Thoinas. Hunt­er;, president emeritus: Miss Julia Richman,

. district superintwdent. and Sen'ator S. ' J. , Stillwell ' and ,James Cre'elman, of the board . of trustees.

)~~'ft~L':: ~~~Q,~ · ';~~~,P~"p.;: . .- . : ~' ,.' . _. .. .. , , ) ';. ", ' ."

,:rrot~ !;of Y L~y.~.'· and 'I: 'eni'r,e ~ ~:pg . :,:.;, ; T~:.t~'Ugh·: ~h :'Spe~-eh~~ ~ at" the ':' -: 1 , :: ' :', Annu$l · lJl:~·ak.fast~ ,: I ' . ,

i';; ~n~~~;,~~~ ,i~::~/;~~fe~~~'r : t;;'~~ele~ ' " ~Grar p;;n.e, :i, tile'~" biitli<1ay 'i'o( ; .... Nor,·mal " }Co\le~e!

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qJ' :.f1:~b'J\~ry;. t4' J lt?-~~9 ! w,gh:'.the , ~lrt~,~ ! ~.u ',Is,':~!,~ . ~."!flt19rJl " n.n~ -·! V.{$&bt;~gl.on . t \1 · tfl;> I b9~~', i . ., '·~t;~::~f~~,::,~.1~*\na.~,·t.!l? ' : a~e£~y.,!S~ I

!;!'{,~1 .,t~~. ~ '.Pfl~l!!?l~ . c9~~!vN , th~ ,~.l~ege, 1 ;o)Y" r.;l~{ tllte ,~"wistd~l",: 'h~t~e@n c the .... ' t~() i Qa"t~~11 : ,',~:W~~6).~" t~ec·. \~~uby.:'.o~, . ~~'9rl1Jclal .1

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'~~'e" 'i to""t;; to" t4~,~a:1,~a " mq.t~F' ~ t:o.tne s}ng, IJt,g~:,o~l;\ll~ ;l:yY.':, ~~j?,~!~' thJ~ ,n?tEb of;, 10Y,~lty nn4 4fij~tiv.h:&'. '.: W'~~ t.:ll~llrd at, tMal1Ul,'ll'tle ·b·t~~~t:a!t:( ~t:' . q~iA ,ECile'1 ,;fil1tpr . ~a,~urday. ~

!' ~Qo} Uie /fiut" .t(ie,lJt .. , . .' ·-Ah;na .. M~ter fn;.' t.he

~t£~~Ji~i:.l~:~l~~r~~t¥i:~'~:;2 ~1~7:\~ ,Jo.;- .t,l\,e :'l)t~~~Jlt.~ illt~.rll~.p,ted -w!.. ~!J. ' mgc" a:p:Rla~'., ~~.i.IJ,e~ialIy:<>w~,en. ne 8~:.,l(~:('0f. t~-e p.r~'ilt.:'~cQ>\1~,~e , z b~i1~;ln:~ • .. the '· 9~tf~t. ~ e'f'­;i~ip..l~;';:Qf. " :G~!:~:.~1? al'c.};I~t,.eot.~.r~,i,~ : th~ .. cfty .,

"'pr:~: Q~Q,J'~l1 ' /:l .. ,. t>,!tv~~, ,-p!esldeJlt , o~ thE(

~~{~ri~~:%ttN~;t~,~:~~~~;~;~1l.P::~ite ~,'~~l:;~

I r. ~,gl~~~ .. :\.f.:qr..>. '.l.Hie .. :;; t!a. !}S. lng~>(), r.;'. tlle ,.'0, .I~" 'b .. t1t .. ld-. h~,~ •. ; t1:!~.l;.~J~~pa,.e "w.~.,\.e,: ~~,th.u~jtt.? ':." c. o:ver. tft;~ ~lll'l:!i' : bUl~d\llg~ .. p~!5'p'!?~e!;.t, a~d .espepl.l!J -:.

ir,:~r~ " :~'~~, 'p'~~i~(l ' w;th ~ti)~:, g:r~wtb :.~)) numbers .' fl'QlU 550 , to . " ;000 In thQ past tlll"ell 'years, .and t.he ' hlth . c()l1e~ialQ rank t~ec911ege h.Re llc.iW, nLUdned, • • On,i:!-thlrd 9f.tbe 'pr1nctp;aliil of \tl1o Iltl1:>llp ,IilMlools ' of HIe five -bo'rou£,bs, llaLl Pr£Hhderlt DEWill, ~i;"~re alumnae' 0: rJorrnai Collego . . Partleu· , b,r.)y was be ; a~plciu.do(f when he .l>lcci'ged ·pJnlself. to 'the . t'W(Y, . :gront ', 1>r!uciples tor 'whIch Normal College ·staI1ds"':"'a. .broad cpHegiat~;-bas16 In llreparlbg taacper." nb Platter 'wnat ' the gra(ie of tQe.-'schoQl,.1n WhIch they" are .. to , ·teach, and· the right ot' a . higher -.educatlon · for the women or -New ' York' as well as' tOl" the nl!3n; T-he" mQr.e .. tli~e women ' prepare thems~lvei In . th~e 'c .ol}eie for t,he' .h,?,m,e a,n'.( .fot ·o.tber ;pr'~1esst-6n:s:~ bes!Je~ teaching, said Prcsl­!lfint' :[)aV'is; .the ' bette:, it will'be ' for the j::ity .• " . , '.:, ,. . • ~

I <Among :' ot-ber toaets were "The Facul­ty; ~" " by " Pr~f~'ssor' Lewis D, . Hill; "The Fe.~ulty ··'Wives,'.' .. by ... Mrs . . George H. \Yhiehe.r; ','Why Not Husbands," ~by ' Pro­f~Baor~ i\l~ry. ,S. Kennedy; · "The Old Grad;" by",;Mr~:' ,W·U!lam F~6ter McDowe.1l; ,"The New ' Grad;',' . by , M. · G12,dys Kramer. ' , >\Jri:on'g/ t~e · most • .interesting informal toa~ts :"".as ·"one by .Miss , Blake . on "Dress !,Ii"al Redress<" . fhls . was an impassioned plea. '. to: . the : alumnae ' to lundertake, still

lJilc;ire \ in : ql~ future "tll!lD ,tlih< have done ~ri~<tll'e . pa~L · thelr olHigation for the chll­dien ':of.-' We · City" • .• , .. , .... " ... ,

.Mrs. , HQ.-rry .. Arnold Day . e~lled, the , at­tenHoJi ,.'of . ·the 'alumnae to the benefit ter. tb,e.: Al.un:i~ae ' Set'tl,emen L B..ilse to be glv~n .. a...t! .. t,he - Hptel:: . ...,KmckerboCkP..r on ~p~ll , 1; .,~tl~e '1'.p}:~'tJgJ:unme\', to ( OJ)~~<H Jt.:1sP . .I~laY:'! •. ~fo ik . SOl.1gs. aM da~s. .

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SETTL ~L~B ~~h.

Normal CO ' AI~mnae d~ganizatlon Ne~ds R . to Enlarg~ Its S~op·~. . .

The AIum1'de Settlement of the Normal College is soon to ha.ve an annex to Its clubhouse at 476 East Seventy-second Street. At the annual meeting of the settlement at the coilege on Thursday afternoon, . Miss. Gannett, the headwof ker, called attention . to ' the need 'Jf a,d en­larged hea.dqua;'ters, a,n~ said that $.1,000 had already been ra; d in the .settle­ment neighborhood, 0 loyally is the in­stitution supported there, th~gh pl'ac-

tiT~!r 'C~~b~~~S~e~~~ ~~~a¥~g~' Miss Gan-nett pointed out, in the midst of a Bo­hemian colony of from 15,000 t6 20,000 persons. She said that the latest venture of the settlement had been . to organize a class for ·the manufacture,..of Bohemian lace. Since It began work' a few months ago m9re than $200 worth of the \lace h~ been sold. .

As sllown by the annual report of Miss Gannett the activities of the settlement at ~resent Include a library, a penny provi­dent bank, and clubs in capentry, dress­making, cooking, music, acting, painting. and other lines. numbering thirty-nine in all . . It w1ll not be difficult, Miss \Gannett thinks. to _enlarge' the classes when ad-dltlonal room is obtained. 'IV'

NORMAL COLLEGE A-LUM A 'BR;EAKF~ST AT THE ,ASTOR

---=---.~ I Dr. Thomal!! Hunter, Profel!!sor Helem

Gray Coile and I\lrs. Harry Arnold DaY ,Among Sp·eakers.

\ -+---'--Four hundred 0 fthe alumnae of Normal

College ,1attended the breakfast at · the Hotel Astor on Saturday; where Miss Grace Beech, president of the Alumnae Association, presided. From the first toast, "Alma }'fatar in the Dear Old Gown," t'hrdugh to the final singing of the "Ivy Son," there was a ringing note of service and loyalty to Normal.

According to ;Professor Heren Gray Cone, the-Normal College birthday, on February 14, stand's with the birthdays of Washing­ton and LinCOln in the hearts of the .alumnae. I

Pl'. Thomas Hunter, president emerItus of the college, responded to the toast to the college '''In the Old Gown," with rem­

'iniscences -from 1870 d'own to the present . day, and, there was hearty ap.plause wthen ,he r eferred to, the building as the finest ex-. lample of ~othlc arch itecture In New York, IDr. George , S. Davis, presIdent, spoke ot 'the new buDding, He called attention to ! the fact that the enrollments In the col­:lege have increased from 550 to 1,000 in : three years, and that one-t'hird o;f the !princ\pals of the public schools of the ,fiv e ,boroughs ,,,"'ere alumnae "of Normal Col­lege . . I He also pledged himself to the two ~ great

,principles' for which Normal .stands. ,a I broad collegiate baSis in preparing teach­I ers and the rights of a higher education :for t'he women of New York as well as the men.

I Mrs. Harry Arnold Day sp'oke of the 'benefit wh-lch wiII be given at the Hotel Knickerbocker on April 1 for the SettIe­ment ·Houl5erun by the alumnae.

REA Normal College To Be

Fine New Library.

FAIR G RADD ATIDS ASSIST'

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Preparations for Holding n Dig Fair This \feek at the Hotel Brunswick.

Tho Alumna! Associa.tion of the Normal College havo undertaken to ' equip their Alma ,Ma.ter with a libral'Y, and one of the means to tllat end wIll be the tair. at the Hotel Brunswick on Thursday. Friday and Saturday of thi3 week.

Thero aro 3,-t79 graduates of the Normal School represonted by the association.

Just think of over three thousand charming women starting in to raise money for a llbralT. Why, they ought to be able to pay 011 the national dc1,>t'lf t11ey took it in 11and.

Tho general arrangements for the fair are in cha.rge ,of Miss MiLrguerite Merin~to'n • . The Exeou. tive Committee includes the following:-

' Miss. Bertha M. Furman, treasurer Alumna. ,Library Oommitteo; Mrs. Robert W. Bonyng., Mias Eo Ida Conant, Mrs. Emma Davies, Miss Betsy B. Da.vis, Mrs, G. W. Debevoise, Mrs. Demarest, Mrs. l!'1·ankel. Miss Josephine Greene, 'M1'S. Halstead, Mrs. D~ P. Hays, Mrs. Julius.: ... ' , ' . ~.. ~,

Hunter, M'rS.-JosepftK'eaue."'Mrs.'-'AnCl , Mrs. Eo Kemble. Miss Rosalie Rosenberg, Miss Sophie Knight, Miss Belle Mayers: Mis8 Merington, ',Mls8 Ida H. :N.sslagc, Mrs. Johu D, l'tobinson. Mrs. Benjamin T. Rogara, Jr., Mi88 MAmie s. Romaine, Miss ~ettina Rosenberg, Mrs. Rutsky, Mrs. John H. :chell, Mrs. R. M. Somerville, M1s8 My rUe ~pauld1ng.

iS8 1:Iarah 8~uart, .Miss 'Kate A. Walsh, l1rs. E. E. Willia.ms and Mrs. John D. Robinson.

TO ENCOU]U.GE GOOD 'BEADING.

lIiss -Merington, who as chairm~~ of the Alumna Committee ha.s with tireless energy prepal'ed the ",ay for the weliaro of the movement, says tha~ tile la.dies have dono everything in their power to ma)(e the fair a gra.nd 6UCC~SS. Speakln" ~f tho llbrarl sue sa.ys:- ,

"Since December, 1885, thoy have obtained by en­tertainments and donations of money $1,250. By dOnations and purchases of books they have col­lected thirteen hundred volumes, now in use among the stUdents of tIle college. The inadequaoy of this will be seen when' it is remembered t'hat the college has over tc;)Urteen hundred uila.etgraduates 111 da.ily atteuda.nce. The volumes 'Purchased have been chosen with a. view to supple,ment the college curriculum as tur as possible by standard worka ot reference and books which are not' mere text books. bearing upon tho different departments or stu4y.

"Set8 of encyclopedias, works on bIologIcal and physical science, '\Yorks of famous poets and drama­tists, histories both ancient; and modern are accessible to unuel'gra.dua.tes at two stated times durin!! the school day, and ha.ve been found most useful to them In their studIes. The independent work performed 'oy studenb in l'eference, collation and comparisoD, is essential to a well rounded education.

"Besides a.dding to this very rudimentary refer­ence library, the alumnre a.re desirous of-founding a circulating library to foster and encourage a tas~ for good r eading among the undergraduates by prol. vidinji! them with standard works, not exoludlnallo­tion, for tue' am usemen t of their leisure hours. , '"

"In order to carry out this project it Is nooe88&1'1 to raise money ,for the purchase ot books and for the employment of skilled assistance in the manage­ment of the library, which at present i!l dependent on voluntary gifts of time and labor. ~'

, THE FAIR. The fair will open on Thursday at eight o'clock

, nd remain upen untH ten o'<?lock. On Friday it will be open from three to seven and eight; to eleven. Ou Sa.turday from ten A. M. to six P '- hI. and from half· past seTen to eleven P. M.

'l'here will be orchestral music on Thursday even­ing and a. ' concert by the Urania Glee Glut) 00

~~~il~~~ e~~,~:gibe~~ ~~~t~!d:~:~~~ a~~n;!d;~~~V: for the children, at eight P. M. tableaus. 'and a& halr­past eight an auction &ale of the au'tograph quU' sillned by the President, Mrs. C.leve).a.nd, the mem­bers of tho Cabinet, Governor 'HUl and ."Y01" He~itt. , O( course" there will be everything under the sun to buy, and the ladies say at very reasonable pr1ces. ' A restaurant will bo a.ttached, at which the visitor

~ ma)' havo lunch at a modorate rate, may tro,m the Bruu.llwick bill of;.!ars! the

"-percent,age ot· the '..~~~- ~'.L~'~~II. nds, l1ower 'lItand.!l. ~I

Iitauds, grao bE!t ~, c hiIreli ~ ,,_. stands-·in fact, every Bort of st~l Here are the na.mos of the lao .n Cll ..... lliem:- '

Lemonade Stand-Miss Sarah Stuart, 'Miss Ida J. Kirtland, Miss Lizzie Krom, Miss Lily Stum and MISS Fra.nces Waters.

Fruit Stand-Mrs .• T. Hector Fezandie, Miss Belle Mayers and Miss Gertrudo Walkef. '

Flower Stand-Mrs. Demarest, Miss Eo A. Demar­ellt, Miss J. B. Demarest, Miss L. M. 'Felter, Miss C. ]'. Luyster, Miss C. Shaide, Miss ' M. J. Sha1de and Miss L. D. Wait.

Autograph Quilt, Photographs and . Fancy A.r­ticles-Miss Ruth Merington, l'l'hss Louise S. Acker­man, ~{iss Bertha M. l!'urman, Miss Pauline Mayer, Miss Lucy R. Osborn, Miss Sarah Warreu, Mrs. Rob- ' ert'lY. Bouyuge, Miss Marie L. Dacie, Miss Sarah ' ~artin, Miss Ieh :Nulla, Miss Mena S tueler and Miss \?lizabp.th E. C. Fegal!. ./Art Table, Paintings. Etchings, &c-Miss Sophie

Knil';ht and Miss Mary McAleer. Caudy Table-Miss Bettina H.osenberg, lIiss Mad­

eline Arnold. Miss Flor~nce B. Day, Miss Esther Friedmau, Miss Florette Seligman. Miss Sarah 1!'. Stitt, Miss Grace Wor11er, Miss Blauc11e Arnold, Miss Ka.tharine B. Burr, Miss Clara. Friedman, Miss Milly Loewi, Miss Cornelia. S. tititt, Miss Bella Werner a.nd Miss Augull~a. Surnmerfeld.

Fancy Table--Mrs. E. E. Williams, Miss Rachel H. Elliott, Mis" Isabel H. Hillia.rd, Miss Hattie Summer­field, Miss Sarah A. Stovenson, MiliS Maud Thomson, Miss Rate A. Walsh. Miss Annie C'Unniugha.m, Miss Emily L. Nedham, Miss Susie Stevenson. Miss Carrie 'l'aylor"Miss Anna Whitfield and Miss Carrie Uih-lein. .

Fancy Table-Mrs. Andrew Kellogg, Miss Dma Bracker, Miss Elizabeth Dai'ling, Miss Minnie Smith, Miss Myrtle Spaulding, Miss Addie Curtis' Miss Emilie ]'ries ana Miss Agnell Speugeman.

]'ancy Table-Mrs. Benjamin T. Rogers, Jr.; MIss Mary AHason. Miss Ida liollman, Miss Gra.ce Moor .. Miss Josephine Greene, Miss Rosa Bauma.n, Miss Irene Maybeek and Miss Sophie Schutz.

1!'aUCY Ta.ble-Mrs. Rntsky, Miss Laura Lowinson, Miss Jessie F. Oliver. Miss Ida H. Nessla.ge, Miss F. J. Constantine, Miss Martha Franklin, Miss Ida E. ::>proul aud Miss Esther T. Hearn.

Fancy 'l'ablo-Mn. D. P. Haye8, Miss ,Emma Davief', Miss Lillie Hirshfeld, Miss Alice Prochow­nick, Miss Augusta Sherman, ~Iiss JUlillS Helburn, Mi~s Ethel D. Drown, Miss Josephine Mast, Miss Estelle Salingre. Miss Bella Sykes and Miss Ada 13., W\'nno.

Fancy Table-Mrs. E. Kemble, Miss Florence Oorey, Miss Agues Graham, Miss ,Mamie S. Romaine. Miss Arabella. Denmead, Miss Louise Jaoobs an<l Miss Nina Goldbacher.

Tabla for Useful and Fancy Articles, Knittea and Crocheted Things, Balsam I\nd Rose Petal Cushions-1\1rs. Joseph Kca.ue. nnss Minnie Herts, Miss Anita

I Kuight. Miss Theodora. Krumer, Miss Charlotte Leo, I Miss E thel Merington. Miss Edith Rice, M~ls Eliza­

beth B. Seymour, Miss A. Maud Adams. MiBs Emma. Huber, Miss Ma.ry Knight, Miss Agnes B. Leeds,

I Miss Marguerite Liebre, Miss Virgilia Pia.tti, Misii Huth ltico, Miss Engenia. Wiuans and M.iss MarguQr~ ite 1.Iorington. ,

In Char~6 of Grab Ba.gs-Miss Marguerite Mulla.ne' and Miss Claribel Schutte.

Table for Babies' and Children's Thin"B, Crocheted aud. RuUted, Fancy ,.ml v:;tJl111 A.rticies-Miss Annie 111. Hunter, Miss E lla Calkins, Miss Marl:aret E. Hun­ter, Miss :Fanllie E. Briggs, Mi8s Jenny Hunter ana Miss Kathl'yn W. Price.

Fancy Table and F'ish Pond-Miss E. Ida Conant, hIis!:> Stella. Friend, 1\[iss May Palmer, Miss Mirla.m F. Barnet"t, Miss Nina F. G6ldsniit11, Miss Alice Rutter and Miss Mabel Wright. '

FaL ey Table-Varied and beautiful assortment ot ( Christmas cards, lates t designs-Mr s. G. W. Debe­I voise, Miss Emma Fettrctch, Miss J ~tckson, Mis8

Bertha Ive~, Miss ]' elicie Serre, Miss Mary Eo Mer· ington, 1\1iss ltoxy Greer, Miss Alice M. Hirscb, Miss Mal'Y M. I)owe1l, Misli Ida. M. Vatet I\nd Miss ]'rederica Rosendale.

Fancy Table-Mrs. Frankel, Miss Matilda Gut­man, Miss Flora Levy, Miss Emma. C. Meyer, Mis8 Tillie Shire, Miss Aliee Weble, Mis's Valerie Frankel, Miss Emma Kerr, Miss Be~sie M~ad, Miss Marie Seidenberg, Miss Viola. Vanderbeek and Miss Geor~ina. Grunt11al .

Fancv Table-Mrs. J. It. Halstead, Miss B. B. Davis, ~Iiss Zaideo S. Davis, Miss Howland, Mi8S Iliollo Hurlburt, Miss May Provost, Miss Susanna.ll S, Kirkham and Miss Lucv A. Kirkha.m.

Hefreshruen t.s-Ml's. JOhu D. Robinson, Mrs. H. M. Somerville, Mias :!!'rank l\ooinson, Miss Valleau and Miss A. M. Robinson.

A LUCKY THIHTE EN. All these ladies hl1.l"e ,only tbirteen fortunate gen­

tlemen associated with thell1. These ha.ppy fellows are called the ]'1001' Committee and their names .Lre:-

John II. Scheel, Chail'm:m; Fra.uk Seymour, Vice Chairman; Georbo K Dob evoise, S. Wallace Gueat, J olln .J . 1I1aguire, Henry Pareto Max Ro senberg, Gil· bel·t E. ELiott, Ulifford ,GoodWin, Ernest J\1orin~ton, ]'ra.nk nice, Peretz U.osenb erg and Lincoln A. Stua.rt.

Go up to tbe Brunswick and help the Alumnm Association out.

Give the girls a chance l

HONORS fOR DR. HUNTER ! •

The 'Normal Col!ege President Finds that He Is Held in High Es­

teem by the Alumnre;

I PRAiSED BY ABLE SPEAKERS

A Reception Bit the Colleg'e, at Whie.h

an In'teres'ting Progra:nlJ:n~ 11\ Oar­

ried Out ..... A .Beautlful Cup Pre8ented

to the Fa:rnous Inrstructor-So:rne of Tho,se Present.

The' A~!?OC'iate Alumnae of the Normal , ! CoIle~e h~(La , re.ception' -m tli-; ~~ollege : I burraing ,last evening in commemoration of ; the f~ct_ tnat Dr. Tho·mas Hunter had l serve~ tw~ntY-five years as president and

also, ~efapse It. W3.S the anniversary of the~ ~01:l'~qi:n~ of the college. . '

'rib!:) . assembly. room was beautifully dec­?,rated for the occasion. The galleries were draped with the Stars arid ' St'ripesrelleved

. here and there by huge Imnches' of white" and lavender - bunting intermixed with festoons of laurel. '

The platform was draped with American n.ags, .wh,ich were c,'athered in the centre and held py .an oil p'alnting of Dr. Hunter. /

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THE GIFT TO DR. HUNTER. ----

Directly opposi·te w - ~ ' .... A en pil- '. lows, one bearing the date !'1870'; ' and thE

,other "1895.'" . President Hunter took his seat on · the platfo.rm· behind a lavender table decorated 'with ' white lilies. No sooner was his white head c seen above the throng than cheer aft~r cheer: was sent up 'by the enthusiastic audience~ ' The p ,higra'mme was opened by Mrs, · . .Tohn

.T. Northrop, presid:e.nrt of the ASSOciate Alumnae, who 'm 'ade an address of w _ CGme. This was f,allowed by the reo inrg pf a letter from ,Mayor Strong, "" 0 ex­pressed his \egrets at l!0,t b~t., ~ able to' aJddress the gat'hering, glVrllg- indIsposition ~,g the reas·on for his ab~ehce.

Dther lett~I'.s of regret · we. t! from Mor.· Dl~,,~ecretaIY . LamQ;Dt,,.MolJ..\,,ule--DW -

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~.Y~oP Doane, Jam~s- C:CartBr, \vbtel­el" H. Peckham, Adolph Warner, Mr. and :Mrs. Kendal, M.E . .T. Tompson, .T. Edward Simmons, Grace Dodge, Walpole Warren l\Ir. and Mrs. Wl1son B. Power, .Tames f Coleman, Cha-rle« C. Beeneau, Mr. and M' .T. Benuett and ' "'alter L. Harvey. . Seth Low ga.ve a sketch of his acqu ance ·wtth President Hunter, and told .. good influence he had had over his and over the ,public and high scho(, ,Randolph Guggenheimer, chairman \

Executive Committee of t 'he Normal lege; sent 'a letter of regret~ which 'l'eaa. lristea;d d~ his a:ddr~s.

Supt . .Tohn Jasper came next on the 'pr, ,gramme, and announced that he had on I} 'been allowed five minutes to say all he knew, ?-nd he "guessed" that he eQuId do it in three.

"I' can let figures speak for ' Dr. Hunter," I he said. "There are in this city 3,600 women teachers, and over 70 per cent. of " .1 are gi'adU:<it,;.;' .0f ,tJ1e N[lrm,l'I..l College. ,

;y are good t eache.rs-the very best."; [n the fifty years I have been connected J

.h the scilool I have n ever had sufficient mplaint to revoke a single license. :boes )t this speak w ell for President Hunter's

:aining? I must not forget to mention hat it was President Hunter who abolished

[he use of the rod in the public schools and established the high schools f.or night trainin,!!',

"Of him we may say, with all sincerity: 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' " . Miss M'ary Willa.I'd read an address on Dr.

Hunter's "Wo,rk as a Teacher" and Prof. Silas S. Pa;ckard spoke of the schola.r's influe.nce on men. T,nen Mi,ss Helen Gr'ay recited a poem after whicl. Mrs. Clar.a;

I ]\L W·illiams made an address and presented I Presidena . Hunter with a silver souvenir l in the . shape lof a h andsome cup from Tif­, fany's appropriately inscribed. I Among those present were: M r s . C . . M,

I Williams, V.l1ie Devereux Blake, De Witt J, Seleguian, Mrs. David G. Hayes, Mr. and Mrs. M. J,' Elg as, Miss M. Herts, Mrs. Esther Herrman, Harry Rogers, 'Lawson N. Fuller and the Rev. Father Malone.

·The m embers of tbe Anniversary Commit­tee were: Miss Emma M, Requa, Miss Christiand Metzgar, Mrs. Daniel P. Hays, Miss Nella F. Haynes, Miss Eleanor Boese,

I Miss Hester A. Roberts, Miss Katherine D. Blake, Mrs. Albert J. Elias, Mrs. Otto

'::orwitz, Miss Mary .T. Pierson, ' Miss Sara .. .f.cLelland. Mrs, Arthur R. Gage; Miss Miss Ada B Winne, Mi!'iS Lily H. Wood, ' Miss Alice Gilbert, Miss E thel ciark, Miss Stella Friend, Mrs. Frederick W: Pflrry, Miss Alice M. Fettretcb, Miss Neme Mott, Winnifred Phillips, Miss Sara S. Durham, Miss Emily Ida Conant, Ph. D" Miss Helen '}rey Cone, Miss B etsy B. Davis, Miss Jane Vasson MeEl'binney, Miss Mabel p, Ran-1!ph, se~retary; Miss C::r?Une M, ~eter~ Jasurer, Mrs. C. M. Wllhams, chalrma~

NORMAL 'COLLEGE.

AluDl~re Gh'e' More Than ,4,300 In

Support of SetUeDlent.

The alumnre of Normal College have re­cently published an annual report of their settlement work ,at Alumnre House, No. 476 East Seventy-second Street, one of the old­est settlements in the city. For nIneteen years the house has been a centre of ac-

I tivity f,or a district in which 60 per cent. of the inhabitants are Bohemians, who still keep up the picturesque traditions of thtt old country.

One of the problems that faces the work­ers Is the prevalence of tub~rculosis, due to the conditions of the tobacco factories in Which many of the neighporhood work. Hardly a family has escaped its touch. So great 'is the demand placed upon Alumnre House to furnish training which will fit for other occupations, that the house' has been overtaxed both for clubrooms, and for funds.

More than $1,000 has been raised by the 'neighborhood toward purchasing a new ' h c)use, and the alumnre are working to ·sup- ' plemerit the stim. At present ' the house .furnishes room lor thirty nine clubs ana classes, and maintains a penny provident bank, a library, and an emergency fund. On~ of the new enterprises of the managers was the securing of the establishment of an A. I. C. P. milk ,depot in the neigh­borhood.

Last summer 677 chfldren .. were sent away on trips to 'the countr'y through 'the co~ Qperatlon ·of other societies and funds sup­plied by the alumnre. In the past year the alumnre have given and secured more than $4,300 in SUPPOTt of the.ir settlement.

At the last m~eting of the alumnre exetm-. tive committee, the report of the Gi~let

memorial committee was approved. The j}rst part of the report dealt with the ,pur­chase of a portrait of Profess,or Gillet, the 'second concerned the decision of the jOint committee's as to the ' n;::lture of the rest of the memorial. They recommend that the executive committee of the Normal 8o11ege be asked t~ set aside in the propo9'ld new buildin~s a room, to be called the 'Gillet r()om.' This ~oom is to be d evoted to, the uses of the alumnre, wllo would l()ok after its ,furnishings.

Reception' by N orDlal College AluDlnro

Officers of the Associate Alumnre of the Normal College. received their friends at the .A.lumnre Settlement, ' No. 446 East Seventy-second Street, on November 18. This settlement Js supported by the alumnre and their ''friends. As the settlement was found­ed just sixteen years ago, the r eception took the form of a birthday party, and guests were requested to ' "come with a package or come with . a bill," a suggestion' that met with hearty response.

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NORMAL ' COlLEG~ , t~UM~A£ HEAR NEW COLl{G £J:~~,AN,S

Extension of Work of A~rria Mater--out .. lined at Luncheon.

Ac(~ ol'ding to Prof. HeJen Gray Cone, the birthday of Nornta) Colleg~ on Feb. 14 stRnds with the birthdn~'s of Lincoln and " rashington in the hearts of the alunllue: "the amethyst 't\'ith the spring­time color of th{> college flower, the wh;­taria, bet'f\'e~n the two eaptain jewel~, the ruby of sacrificJal service. and the flawless , peerless diamond of purity." From the moment of drinking the toast to the a.Jma. matE'!"" to th.e singing of the ivy song, this note of lorn. lt~· and. !'en-ice :wa s heard at the n..lnmnre breakfast at the Hotel Astor Satnrdflr.

To the first toast, ' lAlma )[ater in the Dear Old Town," Dr. '1"110111a.s Huntel', president emfl'itlls, responde.d with remin­iscences of the days of the college fr0111 1870 to the present, interrupted with much applause, especially when he spoke of the presen t college building, the finest eXltmple of Gothic architecture in the city. '

Dr. George S. Dllds, president of the college, respo,uded to the toast "Alma Mater in the New Gown." In spite of the regret for the passing of the , old building, the alumnlB were enthusiastic o,er the new buiIdin~s proposed , and especially were they plea~ed with the growth in numbers from 550 to 1,000 in the past three years. and the high coHeglate rank the college has now attained. One~third of the principals of the pubfic schools of the five boroughs, President Davis said. were alumna! of ~ormal College. Par­ticularly WItS he ap·plaud~d when he pledged llimself for the two great prin­ciples for which Normal College stands-a, br?ad collegiate basis in preparing teach­ers, nQ, matter what the grade of the school ill which they are to teach; and the right of a higher education for the women of ~ ew York 8 R well u for the men. The more women prepare them­selves for . the home and for other profes­Mions besidt's teaelling, said President Davis, the better it "'ill be for the city.

Among other toasts were, "The F'acul­ty." by Prof. Lewis D. Hill; " The Facul­ty Wives," by Mrs. George )-I. " ' hicher ; " 'Vhy Not Husbands?" by Prof. Mary S. Kennedy; "The Old Grad." by Mrs. 'Villi am F'oster McDowell, '70; " The New Grad," hy Miss M. ' Gllldys Kramer.

Among the most interesting informal toalllt8 ""lUI one b~' Misl§ Blake, on "Dress a.nd Redl't'!ss .. " This 'VI"as an imvassioned plea to the ahlmna! to undertake still more ,)n the fut\lr~ th8.11 they have done in th(> ' put th{>il' obligation for the ,..rel· fare fo~{ the cllildren of the city. '

Mr8. ~arry Al'nold Day calied th,P"Rt­tention of the alllmnm _the h'i!netit for the Altitnme Settle House" to he given at he Hotel erbocker on the lsf of me to consist of Jriflh . and dance~. Thf':

with the ~inging . 400 alnmnm

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NEW GROWTH AHEAD FORCITY'S COLLEGES

ON PROGRAM FOR EXPANSION OF CITY'S FREE COLLE~lI~S

Institution o.f Higher Learning for Queens and Building for

Hunter Are in Budget.

C. C. N. Y. LIBRARY ASKED

Auditorium and Stadium for Brooklyn College Are Also

Requested by Board.

By VICTOR H. BERNSTEIN New York City's system ot free

colleges, largest in the world, is on the threshold of further develop­ment. The establishment of a new college in Queens and m ajor im­provements to all -three -existing municipal instit11t.;".,,, are sought uy~ .ne Boa~d --;;f igrrer- llill1TcaliOn tor next year. This was otficially revealed last week when the 'board's budget for departmental capital out­lay emerged from its first review by the budget director and was turned over to Mayor La Guardia for further study.

Both the Mayor and the Board of Estimate must approve the budget requests before money for them can be forthcoming. The principal proj­ects urged by the college board are: 1. Reconstruction, furni shing and

equipping of the New York Paren­tal School in Queens, between Flushing and Jamaica, for use as & proposed Queens College . Total cost, $424,137; estimated construc­tion time, ten months,

2. Construction, furnishing and equipping of a new Hunter College building at Park Avenue and Six­ty-eighth Street, Manhattan. Total cost, $4,657,000; money immediate­ly requested, $4,102,000; construc­tion time, twenty-four months,

3. Construction, ~furnishing and equipping of a new library for the College of the -City of New York . Total ~os~, $2,675,000; money im­media£ely l'equested, $2,055,000; construction time, two years.

._ The ~ew York. ParentaIJ:lchooI in Q,\LeC-Ils, site of

ture has been laid on a campus slope at Convent Avenue and 141st Street. Excavation has been com­pleted and retaining walls Bet in. Into that hole the college board wants to put a Gothic tower struc­ture that will blend with the archl­tectuni of the campus.

The requests for an auditorium and stadium for Brooklyn College fall naturally into the master plan for the new ca mpus, which is now under construction at Bedford Ave­nue and Avenue H.

A heating plant, the first of five structures already contracted for, was finished a few weeks ago. The other buildings-a gymnasium, a library and two classroom buildings - are expected to be opened by next Fall. The student body and faculty will then be transferred from their present rented qual'ters in office buildings in the Borough Hall sec­tion.

4. Constructio,n-and equipping of an auditorium 'building for Brooklyn College at a _total cost of $1,750,-000; constl:ucUon time, twenty-one months. The board also requests ~- .!!.tadiu!nr for Brooklyn College to cost $250,000.

There Is no way of telling, at -uresent, how many of these four major projects will go through next year. Usually well-informed sources rate them in the following order from the point of view of imme­diate need: (1) the Hunter College building, (2) Queens College, (3) B rooklyn College aduitorium, (4) City College library. This rating is by educators; city finance offi­cials might have other ideas. It is noteworthy, however, that Mayor La Guardia has taken active lead­e~'<;h\p with regard to the first two

The project for _a Queens College, items . .

Design under consideration for a Hunter College building at Avenue and Sixty-eighth Street, estimated to cost about $4,Oor Such an amount for a Hunter building is included in the new educ budget, causing belief that officials are inclined more to a ._structu the type shown than to a skyscl"al'''~ '11'h as has been discussed ree ----::- - - -

althOUgh the least expensive of the Richmond College Urged major budgetary items, is In many But even the completion of all the S ways the most significant. It will projects will mark only another bring to the city's fastest growing I step in the growth of the city's borough an institution of higher municipal college system, already

ming for the first time since by far t he largest in the world . .Jamaica Normal School was There is already agitation for a mtinued several years ago be- Richmond campus to round out the L e the teacher Jist had already idea of a college in every borough. n Unwieldy. It will, moreover, And Mark Eisner, chairman of the .d to a fourth borough the di- Board of Higher Education, believes benefits of the municipal col- there is urgent need for the estab­vstem, leaving only Richmond lishment of a munici al junior col­_" -"~llcn.a-clmlPu!l:- "eg'€;- ---- ~-""-. -----=.- - '

"A municipal system of higher Site Belongs to Board education should be aimed to give

site of the New York Parental every applicant a chance to con-)1 belongs to the Board of Edu- tinue his stUdies beyond hlr:h -n. The school itself has been school," Mr. Eisner said. "The Jntinued, however, and since city's three existing colleges, which Jl August the Department of Hos- all operate under the charter of the Jl

J.ls hf"" been using the property College of the City of New York, y .) hou!!e children from the Ran- are now serving more than 70,000 a

lall's Island Children's Hospitai, students in the course of a year. c which was demoJi~hed when the Yet budgetary considerations have f T r iborough Bridge and Randall'8 I constrained uS to turn aw~y many n Island Stadium were constructed . I hig_ h school graduates who sought f About 100 children are being cared to enroll as regular students . for in the dozen buildings on the "We "-B.~·s ):;""n iorced to keep n ground. these young men and women out a

c_~ -_1""J·tii-in -a- few week s , hospital au- by raising our admission standards. I!I thorities say. the youngsters will Today a high school graduate needs " be transferred to a permanent about a 79 per cent average to enter t bome in St. Mark's Hospital, Man- a city college. This speaks well for 8 battan, thus leaving the way clear the scholastic standards maintained t for alterations necessary to trans- by our institutions; it does not t form the Parental School property speak so well for democracy and '!I into a modern educational plant. opportunity. d Meanwh;.le, a Board of Education "A junior college otkring a two­committee has under advisement a year course, with due emphasis on t request that the site be formally the vocational needs of its stUdent I transferred to the Board of Higher body, would offer a way out of the e Education. It Is understood that dilemma. It would provide for those the request will be granted as soon studentl!l who could not assimilate, as the Queens College item on the with benefit commensurable to the capital outlay budget is officially time and taxpayers' money in­approved. volved, the four-year courses now

The college board envisages the being given In our colleges. Queens institution as a combined "It would provide, too, for those liberal arts and technical school students who normally drop out of giving a regulation four-year course college for financial or other rea­with a maximum enrollment of 4,500 sons before t hey obtain degrees . day students and 5,500 extension And it would pr:O\;,ide ,a convenient ' and evening students, Some of the method of admInlstermg the two- J buildings contain machine and year p reparatory courses demanded t other shops which could readily be for entrance to many professional 1 adapted to technical college use. schools. t The schOOl would be open to both "All these factors would tend to 1 men and women , but it is believed lighten the heavy.burden that our c that board members themselves are colleges are carrymg. They would n split as to whether it should be enable us to take even better care operated as a fully co-educational of those students who are best S institution or with separate men's fitted for college degree work." y and women's divisions . N ew York Mr. Eisner's position is supported e' City now lacks a co-educational col- by many educators throughout the el lege although Brooklyn College is city. Some have already suggested el ope~ to men and women under the that the Borough Hall buildings c-divisional plan. soon to be vacated by the Brooklyn

The need for a college in Queens College student body could readily bas repeatedly been urged in many be adat ted to use as a junior co'

--querteI'S-:-i-t-w-pcmt~~1f t-bat- at lege. At. any :>a-te, mar htrl:le· least 4,000 students from the bor- that the plan J?ay soon. loom larg< ough are now enrolled in colleges o?- the educational horizon of the \ _ elsewhere in the city and are forced Clty. a, to take long journeys to reach their ea campuses. Observers say that the SCHOOL OF GLASS up Parental School site would not only - to be convenient because of its cen- IS BUILT IN IOWA rie tral location but that Its trans- diE formation into a college would tend Ta to relieve overcrowding in the city's Blocks Used in Construction Ov other institutions. - tai

The Hunter College Request Admit Light Without Any th. fOl

The budget request for a new Hunter College building at Sixty­eighth Street and Park Avenue al­lays most of the fears felt in some quarters that the college might be moved entirely out of Manhattan and into its Bronx campus. Suc'h a development is still theoretically possible, but is regarded as ex­tremely unlikely by close observers of the situation.

Informed persons declare, too, that the sum asked-less than $5,­OOO,OO()-indicates that the Board of Higher Education is not currently favoring the "skyscraper univer­sity" plan that has been submitted to it and has been widely discussed. Although none of the architectural plans submitted for the building has yet been officially approved, many believe that the structure is not likely to run over fifteen stories.

The request for a new City Col­lege library was not unexpected. The. . jJlJ!UtutiQ!l's old library, long inadequate, was silppietii-;;nted by ~ 8Dlall unit of a new one about nine years ago. Since that time the ground work for an adequate struc-

Glare or Overheating. , A glass schoolhouse is under con- th,

struction at Elkader, Iowa. From tho floor to ceiling the walls are to be !~ of glass blocks, eight inches square F( and four inches thick. es

Although the blocks are made of ar clear glass, they have an irregulars or lens surface, allowing proper re diffusion of light and sun rays E within the room and eliminating VI g la re. This method also produces tb less solar reflection than does ordi­nary clear glass, and obviates any S)

overheating due to the sun's rays. w The blocks, a s used on the south a :

and west exposures of the building, c admit about 75 per cent of light. A s ' change -in the structure of the f block for the north and east ex­posures provides means of admit- a ting about 85 per cent. Due to dif- IT fusion of light and reduction of fi solar reflection, window shades a

,pi .not be required. pi The only-WinaoWil 1n---t:hc c!!!!!!ing

will be four in the foyer on the I fo west side of the building. wt

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(3RO UP, , TRAININ@ .sCHOOL, IN 1-___ --=:;...:::;".=.=--=..::::....:...:==-..::.v:~N.~___=J)ER C ONSTRVCTI ON'

IN MISS WADLEIGH 'S HONOR. i

A DEAUTIFUL ALCOVE PRESENTED TO THE NOR­

MAL COLLEGE.

A form,al presentation of the "Wadleigh Alcovo" to the Normal C,ollege was made yesterday morn­Ing at the college 'builain({, at Park avenue and Sixty-ninth street. '

Tbe memorial is in honor of Mis8 Lydia F. Wad­leigb, flrst "lady superintendent" and for eigbtcen years professor of ethics at the Normal College. Miss Wadleigh served the institution in her dual positions from its organization in 1870 until her lleath in 1888. During that. period she exerted bel' influence upon 18,000 pupils, 4, 000 of whom were graduated from the college, under her superin­tenaency.

The ~lcovo is the gift of the Board of Trut;teos of the Normal Collego. The ceremonies were con­ducted in the college chapel. J"ohn L. N. Hunt, president of tho Board of Education, mad e the opening addresil. l'resentatlon addresses were made by School Commissioner Clara M. Williams in b ehalf of the Board of Trustees and Miss MargnerHo Meringtor. on the part of the alulUn re . Miss Susan l\L Van Amringe delivered a memor !;tl addross ill commemoration of the life and work of 1\1is s Wadleigh.

Amoug those also pl'esent on the platfou!! wero' School Commissioners Little, Gray and Mosher, Thomas Hunter, llresldent of the collello; William Wood, president fr om 1876 to 1881; Ale)!:ander Mel.. Agnew, M18s Powell, Mr". Otto Neustadt, Ml·S. E. E. Williams. lIliss Emma llequa, Professor J, A. Gil­lett, Miss L. Matthews, Pr.ofes!:lor Eliza. Woods, M.iss A. Kiorst'ed, Profedsor Achsah Ely. Miss Jessie Bloomfield, Miss L. Holman, Miss Alice Amerman, Miss H. Morgan, MiRS Kate V. Thompson, Miss E. Ida. Conant, Mis8 Ruth Merlngton, Mis s I. Pal'sells, Mis8 Sophie Knight aud Miss Sarah Warren.

1I1is8 Wa1lelgh was born of New England parent­age at Sutton, N. R., Feorua.r.1' 7, Un7. She was educated at dis tric t schools and went to Derry, N. 11., Where she waR an assistant teacher, and also completed her own educatio n. IShe first taught independently at Nashville, Tenn., then at George­town, D. C. , And Freehold, N. J. She came to New York in 1856 and became a t eacher, and afterward was the principal of the famuus old Twelfth street scllool, to which the Normal Collego traces its origin. "I

Upon the foundation of tbe latter institution I' Mis. W~dlcigh was chosen ~ts first lady @uperin­t cndent.

The alcove is at the hea.d of the main stairway. on the scr-ond or main floor of the college building.

!~~~t~~ ~~~~fc t~:~~~~~s 8:e:a~~t:~e ~ ~:e ~~~~ I way are orn:ulleutal panels of stained slass wron~ht into allegorical designs. Above t he doors ~ s II. broIize' bus t in half relief of Miss Wadleigh.

The room Is flfteen feet wide by twenty-four fellt long. It is fitted with carved I>lack walnut book B,belves, and is designed tor a. teacher's oonsulting I l1brary. I/-

NORMAL COLLEGE FAREWELL. 1"'~e,.,S . ---~ ~".,.;"'-

Und~r9raduates ' Entertain the Alum-~ae Before Old Building Goes.

Alumnae of the Normal College said farewell on Saturday to the old portion of the building, soon to be torn, down to

, make room for the new college, which is :10 cost . $2,000,000. The occasIon ' was _tt,tTned by the l<'acuIty ar'td stu!lents into . a ~e.union of old friends and classmates. , The undergraduates had combined to give the · alumnae a royal ·welcome. To the right from · the entrance was the large Exhibit of the art department, con­t:iining water colors, charcoal drawings, and pen-and-ink sketches. In · the phy­sica'l laborat'ories, groups {)f alumnae were stand,ing about the · apparatus, racking their memories, and rallyfng each other

~ about ·learned theories. . In , the natural science lEiboratories, there was a profusion of wHd flowers gathered by the Science Club, and laballed with the old-fashioned names. The Classical Club, in another room, had their exhibit of Greek glass articles taken from the rock tombs, and dating from 800-200 B. C.

B efore the plans of the $2,000,000 bulld­lngs, obtained through the efforts of President Davis

j there .were groups dis­

cussing the ments of the new and prais-ing the old. . ., .

, One regret lingered in the minds of the old graduates, the enforced absence of Dr. Hunter, the President-emeritus.

'£11e alumnae on leaving received as a 's'(:>uvenir photographs of the old college.

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Corn~r8tone , for Firs t 'of Ne,v Build-

ing's to ' De L .aid· In SF'all.

The cornerstone of the n ew Normal Col­lege building, for which $500,000 has been ~ppropriated by th e Board of Estimate :,nd Apportionment, will probably be laid in t he fall. This structure will be t~le first of a s eri es costl.ng from $2,,000,000 to $2,500,000, to be e r ec ted on the site of the present ,-~ol- .

lege builqing. . According to the present plans, th e chapel

will be built in the centre of the site. About it the other . buildings will be grouped ' on open courts in such a manner as to join each other and to present a solid f"ont five stories high when view~d from any of the ' four sides of the ~block. White li~e­stone, the material under consideration, will give . effectiveness to the classical style of architecture to be used.

The library has recently r eceived an td­dition of five hundred volumes presen tt:?d by Mrs. Boese in memory ·o! her husband. On "college birthday," also, one hundred books were given to the library, with. rh e traditional ceremonies, by the varlOUS stu­dent organizations as a token of their l:)y ­alty.

The performa'nce of Moliere 's "Le MMic in Malgre Lui" given by the French Club, 'lD-,

der the direction of Professor Bargy, and coached by M. Perrin, was greeted by a large audience at both productions.

REJOICE AT NORMAL C,OLLEGE. rt'\~ ~ t::. ~ /1pn I '" Girl Students Celebrat-e First Grant of

$500,000 for New Buildings.

Aided and abetted by President Davis of the college and President E. L. Win­throp, Jr., of the Trustees the girls of the Normal College turned the chapel exer­cises on Monday into a jollification over the approPriation last Friday by the Board of Estimate of $(;00,000 as the first installment of $2,000,000, or $2,500,000, for new buildings for the college.

Both President Davis and President Winthrop spoke, each trying to give the credit for the success of the undertaking to the other. Miss Grace Crystal, Presi­dent of the senior class, presented a res,. olution of the appreciation of Mr. Win­throp's efforts and one also of approval of the Board of Estimate.

The corner stone of the new bullding ",ill be laid in the Fall. As soon as plar.s have been made that part of the present building facing on Lexington Avenue will be torn down, temporary structures being erected to accommodate the students af­fected. The new chapel building will stand in the centre, and the other build­ings around it on open courts. The ex­terior will probably be of white lime­stone.

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t /of:-,'1 r ---Modl6ed Dulldlng Plans Under Con-

sideration by the Truetees.

The, executive committee of the trustees has under consideration, at the suggestion of President Davis, a modification ot plans tor the new building of Normal College.

In the plans as originally drawn there are four contiguous wings of Renaissance design occupying the tour outer sides ot the block between Park and Lexington Avenues, Sixty-eighth and Sixty-ninth Streets. These contain two courts separak ed . by the chapel.

Though this design is considered archi­tecturally perfect, President Davis has pointed out that a modification would make it unnecessary to sacrifice all the lawn and trees. The new plan calls for a Gothic structure, which will preserve the beauty of the sur-roundings and remove the unde­sIrable feature ot inner courts. On ac­count of its reproduction of the old struc-

I ture, the plan is particularly pleasing to the alumnre.

T e cornerstone will be laid in the tall, whatever plan is finally adopted.

A branch ot the Consumers' ·League has just been orm'ed by the students.

On April 3, at 4 P. M., the third of the series of free public concerts will -be given in · the chapel. The music will be furnished by the Olive Mead string quartet. On April 22, at 3 P. M., the German Club wlll present two dramas, "Eigensinn" and " Einer Muss Helraten."

NORMAL COLLEGE.

BnUetin. Estal)lished by Latin ' Depart­

ment/Closses to ltlake Gifts.

The Latin department of Normal College has issued the first number of a. bulletin " 'hi'ch it is planned to p rint on ce a month during the a cad emic year. Its ob ject is pri­marily to serve as a means pf communi-

cation among the members of the Classical Club, both undergraduate and alumna:!. Con­sequently, reports and announcements of club meetings and of the classIcal depart­ment, alumnre news, notes from wider

, fields of classical interests, and original productions in prose and vers~ will appear. The na~e chosen is Silvre; applied by Ver­gil in the Georgics to underbrush or under­wood, later used to mean "minor writ-ings." ./

A recent activity of the Latin department is the organization of reading circles in the classics, open to both undergraduates and alumnre.

rhe Science Club is planning to establish a scholarshIp fund which will gIve the science students an opportunIty for study and research work at the Marine Biological Laboratory at ,,!,oods Hole, 'Mass. The es­tablishment of thIs scholarshIp fund has been suggested as a memorial to Miss Else Seringhaus, late instructor at Normal Col­lege and student at Woods Hole. Miss Bea­trix H. Gross, presIdent of the club, has the matter in charge.

The alumnoo committee on buildings has taken action on the suggestion made by President Davis to form groups of classes which will prepare to make gifts to the new buildIng. The first group comprIses classes between 1870-1879, inclusive; group 2, 1880-188( group 3, 1885-1889; group 4, 1890-1894; gro~p 5, 1895-1897; group 6. 1898-1900; group 7, 1901-1903; group 8, 1904-1906; after 1906, by classes. The chairman is Miss Hes­

ter A. Roberts. The Associate Alumnoo w.1ll hold its an­

nual breakfast at the Plaza Hotel on Feb­ruary 18. T ickets can be obtained from Mrs. George M. Daily, No. 525 West One

1.,Hundred and Forty-ninth Street. I ThJ;l3e l ectures on street cleaning and , disposal of refuse are to be dellver~d before th e classes in chemistry, economics, and hygi ene on Thursday afternoons at two 0'5clock , begining February 9. The first two will be given by Edwar~ D. Very, sanItary engineer of the Departm'mt of Street Clean­ing, Manhattan, and t.he third by J. T.

[Fetherston, superinten.dent of stree t clean­ing In Richmond.

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Oftered to 'reachers.

President Davis wip soon lay befor e the trustees of Normal Coll ege a plan ' fo r pro­vidIng supplem entary courses to be offer ed I to those now t ea chlllg i'J} th e school s ystem who do not hold an A. B. degree r ecognized by the State.

There are a number of graduates of c i ty traIning schools who are desirous of secur­ing a bachelor's degree. but whose hours of work make it impossible for them to pur­sue courses to that end in the city coll eges whJ ch offer post-graduate course§!. For m en who desire such supplem entary work for t h e degree of A, B. , City Coll ege has pro­vided in its night courses . But for women there has hither to been no such oppor t u­nity. The plan at Normal College is t o have the r egular professors of the s taff of­fer evening courses open to women .

This wiII also permit the earli e r alumnrer 11: the coll ege, who wer e graduated be fore

the Normal Coll ege degree stood for th e uniform si x.ty hours of coll ege work, to take advanced work leading t o a r ecognized degree. Credit for past courses will be given only for such work as would secure the approval of the State Departmcnt of Edu cation. It is intended that th e degree : thus to be secured by suppl em entary eve- : ning courses shall be t h e standard ' A. B, I

degree. The facul ty ha s r ecentl y orga nized a

c lub, whose officers are: Prof. G. M, Wbi cher , presid ent ; Miss Boese, vice -presi- /' dent ; Miss Sa n ford, s ec r etary; and Prof. Clara Byrnes , treasurer: Members of the council , a s id e from t he officers, a re Pro­fessor Hickinbottom, Miss Grav, Mi ss H e len Messenger . a nd Miss Gould ,

The staff of th e Echo has just been an­nounced . Mi ss Edi th Murphy is editor­in- chi e f ; Miss Anni e Brand a nd Ml ss Ruthl Dauheiser , assoc iate editors; Miss Bea t ri ce Sfhneib{e, business manager ; MIss Georgia ~ittle fi eld and Miss Florentine Israe l, as­sistant bus iness 1l1anagers ; Miss Mary Smith. exchange editor ; and Miss H elene F erra. n ews edi tor. '

At a r ecent ben e fi t given by th e Junior L eague at t h e Hotel Kn ickerbocker , $1 ,700 was raIsed for t 4 Lumnre S ttl em eut. ! Part. of this wiU be 'Put t o the a ccount of the new building. At a, tail' given by clubs of t he settl em ent ~70 " a s ra ised for this purpose also.

The r egula r spring va ~ation wee k be-gan on May 2.

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, SORMAL COLLE~E. 1;~.jJl ' --- 1\ fA..~1 r ~ '/ 1i~.g-e8 In Course of s ,tn y (0 GO-In.

Effect Next Septem.ber.

The new course of study which goes into effect at Normal College next September has some important changes as well as additions , due to t h e equa lization of the value of work 'in the classical, modern language, ma thematical, and natural scien ce g r oups , a nd the establishment of three n~w minors. The la tter in English, history, and domestic science , are open only to students t aking the regular rour yeilrs' , <:ourse.

In general , the assigned credits are dis-~'t r ibuted as before: Forty-eight of elective group work; 40 of prescribed work ill Latin , hls t ory, science, English, and modern langu,ages ; and 32 'Optional, m aking a t ota l lof 120 s em i-annual credits, or 60 full col ­lege credits. In case of the required science, chem istry, 'Or physics may now be chosen in place of geology, which was for­merly requirei1 of everyone.

An important new fBa ture i§ th e minor in domestic science open to those who take the natlM'al s cience group .as major, in which may be obtained all the prerequi­site subje.cts, as biol'Ogy, elemen tary phy­sics, and chemistry. Grouping of l?ubjects in this minor w ill include phYSiologi cal chemistry, chemi s try of foods , hygiene, sanitation, household bacteriology, and th e study of household economics.

In the mathemati cal group , a required minor herea fter will consist of eight points in the physi ca~ s ciences , includ ing ad­vanced phys ics and astronomy. In Eng­lish, it is proposed to offer a new course in Beowulf and Cynewulf. In the c lassical department, the courses in Roman top,o­graphy, Roman life, ' Greek life , and com­parative philology will be extended to tw o hours a wee k . In German it is proposed to 'Offer an op ti onal cou r se in Gothic. In the mat hematicial depar tment. the coul'ses in college algebra and h ist.ory of mathematics will b e extend ed, and new courses tn gen ­eral probl ems of mathematics and in pro­tec t ive geometry will be introduced.

The na tural science department wiII offe r an optional in biol og ical principles, and ex­tend th e work in sys tematic b otany a nd an­thropol ogy. Certain courses in IDcal fl or&. and in anthropology will also b'e given a~

- optlonals for ' whi ch no p revious s pecia l

~nOWledge will be requisite. The peda­

gogical departmen t, w ork in which is r e­~uired of all college students WhO, expect to teach and t o all others is opt ional , wi ll continue and develoD the course in hi h s cho ol m;th-ods s tarted thiS year. -

Acc ording to the new plan , students r ec -ommended as especiall y etncient in h istory, biology, German, French, Latin, English , Dr mathematics will , in addition to receiving ins truction as t o special methods in t he r espective subjects, be r equired to observe instruction ~n that branch in the h igh

<school, and to do practi ce teaching there under t he direction of the h eads of de- , p;:fr'tme nts in the high school.

In the _dap:a.rtmen.L..ot ~._ C_O:J,ll."B£.;~.!.J.-.«I

two years' duration in har mony and in counterpOint, will be offered. and s tudio practice will be extended. The stu<lents have recently form ed a gle e club and an orchestra. In the art departmen t, also, the s tudents h.a,ve formed a n Arts and C~afts ClUb to · fur th er special lines of artistic work.

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Choice of Groups l.y Fre.Jnllau CIIHJ8

-New Conrl!lcs Arranged.

Slxty members of the incoming class at Norma l Coll ege chose th e classical group of e.tective~: fifty-seven, the German 'group r seventy-on e, the Frellca ; eigh ty, the mathe­nlatics; seventy-seven, the h istory, and ni ne­~y.:one. th e , natural science group. The d10ice of th e major requi r es the student to place mor e than one- third of h er a ca-

demic time a t the disposal of th e head of tb e depar tment concerned, and she m ust pursue an orderly training for at least thr ee years under his direction. Each ma­jor has r ela ted groups or minors from which choi ce can be made. Amo~g t h e new courses is one in spoken

English, open to those above t he freshman year who are deficient in enunciation and voice production. It is ,especially designed for seniors who expect to teach, and for foreigners who may have a~ccent. There are new courses on genetic psychology, hy Miss Keit h ; and on the ped'agogy of de­fectives and detlcien'ts, by Miss Higgins. In the German department, an Introductory course to' the literature of the Middle Ages has been introduced by Professor Kayser. There ' has been a complete r eorganization of the required work in European his t orY, and a new opt ion a l is offer ed by Dr. Young on the " DevelGpment of the Revolutionary Spirit in France, the Progress of th e Rev-

, olution, and the E ffect of this Movement I upon Other Countri es ."

'CLASS Of.:380 'ENTERS · .; I~ "t ~' , ~ORMAL CO~~~jG~ I

Returu~ from th~ :I'egis,trar's yffice at , ~ormal Coll('ge silo,,' tlHt-t the incJrning freshman .('!ilss is ,, thelar!test in the . history of tlle ('ollege. Cp to date: 80 girls huYe ·.re:; is te red ; 'as Coml~a l' ed with I :3:1:6 ', last ' Sc~plem her. An :11lalys il'i . oi the ,mati'; culat,ion data s'hows that : only 140 ha,ce cain e fr J lD • th e.,· pr~parator:r sc~ool connected ,~·ith the , !:oJlcge, and in all aho\\t 200 .frOlil latibattan. ~'he fact that ·t he remaining )SO hale come from other botoughs ' of the city and from high ~'ch6ols outside of ' New York C it," llJakes it d ear that the collf:lg'e is .. ' l;cmg' rec('gnized itlOre and {F )l'e as 1\11 I important factpr in the edllca, ~nal sys­

' tem ' of the dty and the vidotf, .:-\p- ,~ p.dicatiolls , alrea~;r . rec~i~ , for -3dmis.- /' f>HOn neH y ear mdlcale tl}.~t'mor~ ISerl,­ous attention is heing piu'd to meeting ('ntrance r equirements , th~:Jl ever- . be-fore. " , " ,: ~ ,

'.lIte 's,tatistics ' of th ~ , incoming class I :11'0. H E; follows: Hegistered fI-«>m Man­h:lttan , 55 (high schools):' 140 (l>.mpar- , atory schools, N : C.); Brookh-u, 62: Bronx. :n: t.!ueens, ' :!3; Hichmond. 5; a total of 3J5. , ., ,

From Xe:w ' York ,.state High Scho()\. ~ : l4: ' K,ew J ersE'Y State High S chool, 6 ; . Pennsylv.auia. Stat~ High Schoo], ·2;

' ~(a"sll.cllI1iole tt1; 8t;~t'e ' J:itgli ::;cl1oo}, 1; I ' Ol'unccticuf Strite ~ Hill:h School, :!; a I total , of ;,25. Paroehial ,and prh"ate schools ,hale sent 40; ., this makes ' R grand tota I of 380. ,'.

From all the boroughR there illl all il1-. '. ~ l ' ~~ Q- ' I I \ ~; 1~·' 1 J.. l~ . r