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Vol. 4-No. 8
MAY, 1925
FOUNDER'S DAY COMMEMO¬
RATION.
On May 24th, 1925, the Maryland
State Normal School celebrated the
one hundredth birthday anniversary
o£ its founder Dr. SlcFadden Alex¬
ander Newell. The Honorable J.
Charles Linthicum, an alumnus of
the school, presided and gave his
tribute as former student to his mem¬
ory of Dr. Newell. He pictured him
as one who never shirked his duty
and who always maintained a warm
personal interest in each individual
student.
Albert E. Winship, editor of "The
Journal of Education,” a very inti¬
mate friend for many years of Dr.
Newell, gave
"Л
Personal Apprecia¬
tion.” He pointed out to us how
far in advance of the time this first
principal was in his educational
ideals. This man had the vision in'
1866 of what had really come to pass
in our day Dr. Winship told us how
glad he was to be able to speak of
his friend in that school which he
founded.
The principal address of the day
was delivered by Dr. William Mc-
Andrew, Superintendent of Chicago
Public Schools. Dr. McAndrew used
the Professional Prospectus of the
first school catalogue (1866) as the
basis for his talk. He took us back
to the days of the new republic and
told us why we have public educa¬
tion. According to the ideals of
Washington and Jefferson, education
is not for the sole purpose of gain¬
ing knowledge, but for the purpose
of making good etizens. Dr. Mc¬
Andrew thinks educators have lost
the real vision of education when
they say "Study hard and I’ll
give you a prize.” We should
not set one student over the other
on the basis of scholarship, but we
should teach all to contribute to the
community according to his ability,
and to lead the generous life rather
than the life for self. Education is
for the purpose of socializing, not
for individualizing. Dr. McAndrew
gave a bit of personal history.
Quoting his old school yell:
“Tink, Tank, Tink, Tank,
Who are we? Who are we?
We’re the class of eighty-three.”
As he looks back he thinks they
should not have glorified themselves,
but the tax-paying citizen, and re¬
vised their yell into —
"Who are you? Who are you?
You're the man
Who’s putting us through.”
Another thing Dr. McAndrew
humorously objected to is the con¬
ferring of degrees upon people who
merely have the time and money to
secure them. "When colleges have
their reunions they dress up their
graduates, who sit on a platform and
say, 'Look at us, we're educated,
you ain't.’ ‘Why not call us Sir or
Count instead of Doctor?' It would
be following out the same idea and
sound so much better.”
Dr. McAndrew brought us a real
message when he stressed "Demo¬
cratic Education.” He told us, as
the teachers of future citizens, to
keep constantly before us the true
American ideal of education, the
good of the people as a whole, and
to use our profession as a means of
material and personal advancement.
The keynote of the entire address
was the need for a truly democratic
education that makes for good citi¬
zenship, the main factor of which is
a broad non-sectarian religious spir¬
it. He interpreted that spirit to be
the same as that of true religion
which is to visit the afflicted in
their distress, and to keep oneself
unspotted from the world. He be¬
lieves the school is a proper place
(o teach morality and to, teach it
directly. In fact, the whoie^ddress
was one of inspiration to his entire
audience.
Among those present were Miss
Tall, Principal of the school; mem¬
bers of the faculty; Albert S. Cook,
State Superintendent of Schools; Dr.
Henry S. West, members of the State
Board of Education, and Baltimore
City Board of Education; Alumni
and members of the present student
body.
After the exercises in the Admin¬
istration Building, a social hour was
held in the new dormitory, Rich¬
mond Hall.
LILLIAN KENLON, Sr. 4.
Dear Mr. Editor — Will you please
read the enclosed poem carefully and
return it to me with your candid
criticism as soon as possible, as 1
have other irons in the fire.
Dear Sir — Remove the irons and
insert the poem. — Bison.
It’s strange how lucky some things
are,”
Sighed poor bald-headed Bopp;
“1 wish 1 were a motor car —
It has mohair on top.” — Belle Hop
Published Monthly by Students of Maryland
State Normal School, Towson, Md.
HONOR SOCIETY FOR
M. S. N. S.
Monday, April 27, was a Red Let¬
ter Day at the Maryland State Nor¬
mal School. Many students who
had worked diligently since the be¬
ginning of their Normal career found
there was a reward for the faithful.
Miss Tall announced the names of
those students having a general av¬
erage of "B” or over in their schol¬
astic standing. These students will
be eligible to become members of
the Honor Society to be established
in this school.
Several plans for the forming of
this society have been considered,
but no definite decision has yet been
reached.
The following students were in
the lead May 1. It may be that some
names will be withdrawn and some
added before the end of the scho¬
lastic year.
The following Seniors have the
highest scholarship. All of these
have an average grade ranging be¬
tween
В
and A.
Bessie Arterburn, Sr. 11; Frances
Lord, Sr. 15; Evelyn Ireland,, Sr.
2; Elsie Munker, Sr. 7; Cora R.
Bowen, Sr. 6; Gertrude Bachman, Sr.
7; Wilhelmina Gluth, Sr. 7; Anna
Trail, Sr. 9; Martha Seaman, Sr.
10; Lyda Keating, Sr. 15; Parepa
Linthicum, Sr. 10; Regina Sheppard,
Sr. 11; Caroline C. Brown, Sr. 13;
Hope Greenwell, Sr. 4; Lillian Ken-
Ion, Sr. 4; Ruth Clagctt, Sr. 8; Eliz¬
abeth Morrison. Sr. 9; Evelyn Gib¬
bons, Sr. 11; Katherine Hurt, Sr. 11,
Helen Stapp, Sr. 11; Mary Louise
Klein, Sr. 10; Alice Rich., Sr. 11;
Isabel Boone, Sr. 12; Marion Wat¬
kins, Sr. 13; Beatrice Cronise, Sr. 13.
The following Juniors have the
highest scholarship. All of these
have an average grade ranging be¬
tween
В
and A.
Grace Lyons, Jr. 13; Edna Caro¬
lyn Rau, Jr. 1; Helen M. Feaster, Jr.
4; Mrs. Allan Baker, Jr. 6; Leak
Evelyn Minnich, Jr. 8; Emilv Gib¬
son. Jr. 10; Margaret Breitling, Jr.
6; Sophie Mindel, Jr. 3; Mabel Poh-
ler, Jr. 5; Louise Siehler, Jr. 7;
Lillian Waldschmidt, Jr. 7; Ethel
| Warfield, Jr. 7; Hazel E. Jenkins,
Jr. 8; Helen Harmon, Jr. 9; Evelyn
Pusey, Jr. 10; Helen Tindall, Jr. 10.
C. BROWN,
R. HAMMOND.
