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Normal College Echo
Vou. IV.
ALBANY, N. Y., JUNE, 1895. No. r
CONTENTS. a
Lirmrary. PAGE, , Eprrortar Nors—continued. PAGE.
Another View of Commencement Honors...
Some Notes on Summer Sights and Sounds
Commencement Essays...
Synopses —
‘The Correlation of Studies
‘The Importance of the Ancient Classics in
Hducation - 3
Spiritual Training in the Kindergarten. 3
Essay —
Ethical Instruction in Schools 3
Eprrorta Nores, 6
Valedictory-. 6
Exhibition of School Work in Primary Department
Flag Day...
Exhibit of Work in Intermediate Department
A Detuston ...
Avumnr Norss ...
Catenpar FoR CommENCEMENT WEEK
‘Tus American Boy
Ecuozs.
PERSONALS.
Osrruary.
Reviews.
ANOTHER VIEW OF COMMENCEMENT
HONORS.
HE melancholy days have come
That no stern father loves —
Days of ye sweet girl graduate
And ye Commencement gloves.
The father groans among the bills,
Which number manifold,—
And groaning mutters of such things
I've ne’er before been told.
“ Why here are bills for gloves and lace,
And bills for fan and flowers,
While as for bills for dressmaking,
They fairly come in showers.
And duns for class dues every day,
My leisure hours fill,
I dread to come to my own home,
For fear of some new bill.”
Just then his door is pushed ajar,
“0 father, dear, I want”
He hears no more, but flees at once,
While fear his heart doth haunt,—
He vows a vow: “ I'll settle this,
Upon my word I will!”
The last I heard he’d kept his word,
And settled—every bill.
Manion F, BArzs.
SOME NOTES ON SUMMER SIGHTS AND
SOUNDS.
SUNDAY or two ago, I went down to the
brookside for a social visit with the enor-
mous green frogs which inhabit that particular
hollow to which I directed my footsteps. They
were there, though I imagined them already los-
ing the freshness of their fashionable spring
costumes, and looked up with a sigh to see if I
could find any compensation for their dinginess.
Most generous and complete satisfaction did I
find thereupon, for, in all their royal purple, the
Fleur de Lis had blossomed since I was there
before. Is there a more stately flower in the
meadows than this queenly flag? I never see it
without recalling Longfellow’s poem:
“ Born to the purple, born to joy and gladness.”
It does not look well in the house, however.
Few of our wild flowers do.
There is a solitary whip-poor-will who sere-
nades us by night with his “A world for thee,”
as Mrs, Whitney interprets the notes. Person-
ally, I am in disgust with any attempt to set
syllables to bird music. I can find none for that
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hilarious defer of six notes which the oriole now
Tepeats so industriously in place of his early
whistle. What a flash of color there is as he
flies from tree to tree in his black and orange
suit! There is a pair of shy yellow birds about,
and I find my spirit growing wondrously gentle
as I listen to their tender znward voices. I can
find no other adjective for that soft, soothing
strain, as a mother might whisper to a child whose
only existence was henceforth in her loving heart.
But I cannot find their nest, nor am I sure that I
care to give them “a local habitation and a
name.” I am quite interested, however, in a
house which I have discovered in a decaying
apple tree. I followed a mysterious rapping one
afternoon, and it led me there, but ceased abso-
lutely as I came opposite a round hole opening
into a dead portion of the trunk, far above my
head. A few days later I came again and saw a
brown head with two watchful eyes framed in
the dark hollow, At another time I have seen
the bird fly, but could catch no details save a
light brown body low hung between the strong
dark wings, that bore her off far beyond my
following.
Strawberries are ripening now. Perhaps the
weary inhabitants of the heated city have in-
ferred that fact from the presence of sundry
baskets of wilted and acid fruit.
ference can ill compare with that certainty of
ours gained from breezy walks along the brow
of the hills or down in the orchard grasses, from
daily sun-baths, when the hot rays would make
any other exertion than this of our flying fingers
impossible, or, last if not least, from the discus-
sion of short cake made from the freshly gath-
ered field berries. But while this fruition gratifies
our spring-time anticipations, we have still the
fragrant promise of future delights in the blos-
soming grape vines and blackberry bushes.
But I find most fascinating interests in the
ditch previously referred to as the “brook,” a
euphonious title which truthfulness compels me
to yield. Here abound the larger denizens of
such places, frogs and newts and mud turtles, but
there is more variety in the smaller creatures.
Polliwogs in all stages of development from the
But such in-
egg to the tailed frog; water bugs of many kinds;
grotesque larye whose graceful and matured
relatives, perhaps, hover in the air above their
lowly habitation. Water snails creep over the
surface of exposed leaves, and the spreading
peppermint fills the air with spicy reminders of
the sweets of our childhood. On taking up a
pailful of this water, or glancing around upon
the flowers and ferns and mosses that flourish
over the black swamp muck, I find dozens of
objects of whose names or life history I am
totally ignorant, until I come near to losing my
loyalty to the classical education which seems
now so much a matter of “words, words, words.”
Yet, is it possible even for one trained in the old
school, to have a loving interest in nature, if not
a scientific one; to study out her secrets one by
one in her wide-spread laboratories, and to know
the dear delights of independent discovery, even
of facts well known to others?
We are having a very dry season. Yesterday
the clover leaves were so rolled together by the
heat, that no opportunity was offered for finding
a lucky four. The tree-toads, of whom there
seem to be an unusually large number this sum-
mer, have perseveringly called for a shower, but
so far in yain. Great banks of thunder heads,
cream-white and blue and gray, gather toward
the east, and sharp flashes of light, with a long
rumble of thunder, give us promise of rain, but
only a few drops fall upon our heads from the
ragged edges as the storm sweeps by to the
northeast,
Have you ever heard a tree-toad on a warm
summer evening, suddenly startle the air with his
loud “tr-r-r-r-r,” to be answered by another and
another, now in front and now behind, farther
off on the right, and sounding faintly around to
the left, the echoing responses dying away on the
ear, only to continue in the imagination in
ever widening circles, until the message of the
first prophet had been carried to every one
in an indefinitely extended area? I wonder if it
is by some such telegraphy that the swallows are
warned of the approaching end of summer, and
the wild geese summoned from their wide-spread-
ing northern lakes? Such speculations, however,
carry us too far from the green uplands and quiet
June evening where all sounds and movements
are hushing save the quiet breathing of the cat-
tle in the barnyard, and the south wind in the
trees. Saran E, HAwLey,
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COMMENCEMENT ESSAYS.
We print the synopses of the essays read at
commencement by the representatives of the
Classical, English and Kindergarten courses.
We print entire the essay of Miss Reed, the
representative of the Collegiate course.
THE CORRELATI OF STUDIES.
Neti Sracey Fisu,
HE writer introduces her subject by showing
how the aims of education have varied at
different times, and that the end should be the
development of man in his three-fold nature.
The current theory regarding the composition
of mind is that it isa unit. If this is true, the
best results can be attained only when it is
treated as such, will training being the most im-
portant consideration, Modern educators ~be-
lieve that this end is best attained when sub-
jects are correlated. hat this is true has been
proved by interesting experiments,
concludes by saying that there can be no real
unity in studies unless the teacher understands
the child, and works in harmony with that
greatest of all teachers, nature.
The writer
THE IMPCRTANCE OF THE ANCIENT
CLASSICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION.
‘Axna M, Hustap
HE writer introduces the subject by referring
to the question as a practical problem
which is constantly met by the parents of to-day.
She then goes on to show that a business educa-
tion is not really practical, maintaining that
everyone needs general’ culture —an all round
development. The discipline which the study
of Greek and Latin gives is cited as unique and
particularly adapted to cultivate language power.
After emphasizing the broadening influence of
contact with such languages, the writer con-
cludes by expanding this thought, “To disen-
twine the warp of the ancient cl: s from the
woof of our modern written thought is im-
possible.”
SPIRITUAL TRAINING IN THE KINDER-
GARTEN.
Mary Karuerine Pxase,
HE importance of spiritual training in
life.
If man would grow spiritually his spiritual
nature must be cultivated from the beginning of
his existence.
The kindergarten aims to develop in the
children respect for the rights of others, justice,
patience, unselfishness and, greatest of all, love—
love of all living beings and the good, the true
and the beautiful in nature and in art. It lays
the foundation for fellowship in church and
State and all that makes life worth living.
ETHICAL INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS.
HE necessity for moral instruction in our
schools is generally recognized. In the
quaint words of John Locke — “‘ If virtue and a
well-tempered soul be not got and settled so as
to keep out ill and vicious habits, education will
be to no purpose but to make the worse or more
dangerous men.” In our day, there are three
leading theories as to the best method of pro-
ducing “ well-tempered souls.”
The first is that explicit moral instruction in
the school is needed and must be based on
religious sanctions. This theory cannot be car-
ried out in our public schools, where so many
denominations are represented and where the
religious beliefs are so varied.
The second theory demands explicit moral
instruction, but declares the possibility of mak-
ing it unsectarian. Dr. Felix Adler advocates
this method. He recommends the teaching of
what is right and what is wrong without dealing
with the reasons. But teachers hold different
opinions on this subject, and children would
soon demand reasons. Then, if religious dogma
may not be referred to, there is necessitated a
discussion of the nature of good and evil, and of
their origin. Such a discussion could only be
comprehended by advanced students.
Of both of these theories it may be said, in
the words of a prominent educator —“ From
the standpoint of practical moral, the inculca-
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tion of moral rules is no more likely to make
character (or “ well-tempered souls”) than is the
inculcation of astronomical formula.”
The third and most general theory is that no
explicit moral instruction is necessary. Sufficient
moral influence is exerted by the general discip-
line of the school, the personality of the teacher,
and the lessons studied. There is more in this
than appears on the surface,
In a well-conducted school, habits of regu-
larity, punctuality and a regard for the rights of
others are acquired. ‘he teacher's daily com-
mendation of industry, perseverance and achieve-
ment is an important moral factor, and only one
of the many ways in which a noble character
influences for good those brought into daily
contact with him. The general influence from
the studies pursued is of great value. From the
continual search for truth dawns a respect and
love for it, wherever it may be found, even out-
side of school walls.
A strong ethical influence pervades some
studies in particular, Physiology teaches the
laws of health, the violation of which is the im-
mediate and remote cause of much existing evil.
History also may be made a basis of ethical in-
struction, Indeed, it has been defined as
“philosophy teaching by example.” Grouped
about the lives of great men, it becomes an in-
spiration, Throughout it one may see and have
strongly impressed the fact that he serves him-
self best who best serves others. Geography
presented as Guyot’s “Earth and Man” sug-
gests shows a child the evolution of man from his
early savage state to his present enlightened con-
dition, and thereby gives him a “ moral basis for
character, a hope for personal growth.” All
science is refining and ennobling, if it ‘leads
through Nature up to Nature’s God.” But, as it
deals with fact, not motives, its value to a child,
as bearing on rules of conduct, is not great.
The study of economics showing the origin of
law, and the bond of union between all men,
greatly enlighténs the moral understanding. As
regards the importance of this study, it has been
said, “In view of the breakdown of the older
motives for morality, the youth of the next
generation must more and more draw their in-
spiration from a realization of the unity of
interest of all in any one, of one in all,”
Of all these subjects it must be acknowledged
that while their ethical value is great, it requires
teachers of exceptional ability to teach them
with ethical aims. Also, since they are studies
for higher grades, if their influence only were
relied upon, the lower grades would suffer. Yet
the little children are the most susceptible to
good influences and to bad as well.
But there ¢s possible a strong moral influen
in every grade, which need not depend on the
teacher’s ability for much of its force. A broad
and strong moral influence may be derived from
the use of literature as it should be presented.
Of the truth of this statement we have’ the
testimony of experienced educators. Miss Burt
found that “‘a child will take home a lesson of
self-sacrifice, when he has discovered the beauty
of it by looking at it from a scientific standpoint,
when he will revolt against it, if it is preached at
him. * * * The meanest myth from the
lips of a wondering savage has more of aspira-
tion, more of inspiration in it than the whole
world of soulless wonders.” She adds, “The
highest office of reading is to make the child
better understand soul motives and heart needs,
that he may more freely give to the heart hungry
and more freely receive from the soul full; that
he may live out of and away from his meaner
self; that he may grow all-sided; that he may
look with analytic rather than critical eyes upon
the erring; that he may relish the homely side
of life and weave beauty into its poverty and ugly
hardships; that he may add to his own relation
to the eternal.” Dr, Hall says, “ A precept may
be a lie to a child, while a tale of fiction may be
the essential truth, the growing soul needs.” In
the words of Colonel Parker, “Spiritual truths
are hidden in the precious honey of stories.”
Another famous teacher, Hugo K. Schilling,
says, “From the simplest fable or fairy tale to
the masterpiece of poetic genius, every good
work of literature implants ethical ideas, incites
to moral action, and gives a healthy impulse to
the emotions.” Last, but most important, is the
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fact that the Herbartean School of Pedagogics
in Germany has made the development of
spiritual life, by means of fairy tales, a special
purpose of education.
Beginning in the lowest grades with these fairy
tales and ending in the last year of the High
School with the best thoughts of modern prose
and poetry, the moral influence of literature
steadily grows. In the folk-lore legends, myth-
ology, and fairy tales, the children easily see and
appreciate the force of justice, the need of
obedience of conscience, and the inevitable re-
turn of the wrong deed upon the doer. One
grade higher, such stories as that of “ Daffy-
down-Dilly,” showing the ugliness and hardship
of idleness; “The King of the Golden River,”
showing the beauty of unselfishness; Matthew
Arnold's “ Deserted Merman,” wherein is seen
“the soullessness of the soul that would save it-
self at the expense of love and duty.” All these
must have an undying influence on the young
readers.
‘The history of education shows that the study
of literature has long been regarded as an im-
“portant aid to morals. ‘‘ To love letters,” Plato
says, “‘is a long step toward moral perfection.”
In the early Christian eras Saint Basil contended
that the poems of Homer inspire a love for
Amid the darkness of the Middle Ages
there were teachers who saw a correlation between
pagan literature and Christian inspiration. For
centuries the study of grammar, logic and rhet-
oric, based upon the classics, were known as the
“humanities,” a name significant of their human-
izing and elevating influence, when based upon
literature. Fenelon, finding sermons useless for
the moral instruction of the Duke of Bourgogne,
presented the moral precepts under the attrac-
tive guise of fiction. Madame de Serigne speaks
quaintly of the moral value of her own romances.
“J found that a young man may become gener-
ous and brave in seeing my heroes, and that a
girl may become genteel and rise in reading
Cleopatra.”
Ethics deals with conduct or the adjustment
of acts to ends. If reading is to have a distinct
ethical value it must deal with human relation-
virtue.
ships, not scientific facts. To make more plain
the bond of union between all men, it must be
so arranged as to show the continuity of thought
from the earliest days to our own time. For in-
stance, a course in Promethean stories from the
early myth to Shelley’s drama. This kind of
study makes it possible for a “growing soul to
feel little by little the pulse of centuries throb-
bing as one great pulse — the pulse of humanity.””
It enables him in the highest grades to appreciate
the most beautiful thoughts of all time, and sends
him out into the world full of noble impulses,
with the ability to select for his future reading
the best productions of the human mind. Thus
he is provided with a foundation for infinite
moral development.
As it is now, if children leave school without
the ability to appreciate good literature, the ex-
plicit moral instruction they receive at school or
home has little after influence. Temptations
assail them in the shape of bad books and bad
companions, and they have not sufficient dis-
crimination to choose wisely their reading or
their friends.
In conclusion, we know that good taste in
literature leads to good taste in the highest sense,
which is, according to Carlyle, “A general sus-
ceptibility to truth and nobleness, a sense to
discern and a heart to love and reverence all
beauty, order, goodness, wherever or in whatso-
ever form and accompaniments they are to be
seen.”
Joy Asuton REeEp.
My conscience, ’tis of thee,
Thing of nonentity,
Of thee I sing ;
Where twinges never come,
Where prickings there are none,
Where there is ever room
For ponying.
Thou never troublest me,
And, for the faculty,
Alackaday !
That is the only name
Resisting while I cram
My pockets for exam-
Ination day. —Exchange.
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EXHIBITION OF SCHOOL WORK IN THE
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
OR a few weeks past, the teachers of the
primary department have been saving the
work done by the pupils. On Wednesday after-
noon, May 29, this work was displayed in the
primary chapel, the students of the College and
the parents of the children being invited to in-
spect it.
The amount of work covered by the first grade
in number was surprising, being greater than
ever covered before in the same length of time,
while the papers by the third grade, illustrating
fractions by divisions of colored circles, were
very noticeable. Very business-like bills were
displayed by the fourth grade. Maps of New
York State were finely executed by the same
grade.
The drawings were, for the most part, from
nature. The work in color has recently been
started, and shows much latent ability on the
part of all pupils. Leaves of the pine tree and
clover by the first grade, and buttercups and
pansies by the fourth grade attracted much at-
tention.
The language work in all the grades consists
of practical exercises in the use of English, in-
cluding letter-writing, descriptions of objects,
pictures, and events; reproductions of stories,
biographies, and quotations; also short stories
from the imagination. The first grade displayed
reproductions of Miss Mulock’s story, “The
Adventures of a Brownie;”’ also descriptions of
pictures, animals, and plants, all work being
profusely illustrated by drawings. From the
second grade, we noticed letters and reproduc-
tions of the story of Rip Van Winkle; letters
of invitation and acceptance from the third
grade; also the story of the Golden Touch, were
well done. Creditable reproductions of the
biography of Lowell, descriptions of pictures
and events, and well-known quotations written
from memory, were noted among the work of the
fourth grade.
The science work of the first and second
grades has been of a very informal character,
with a view to making the children observant of
things about them. Great interest has been
manifested, as shown by the work of each class
in this subject. The third and fourth grades
have done work of a more scientific character.
Special study has been made of the oyster and
clam, and the papers on the lobster were inter-
esting.
Although the work, in many cases, was not of
so high an order as to attract special attention,
still the marked improvement was very encour-
aging to those having these pupils in charge.
Much inspiration to better work was gained by
both pupils and teachers.
FLAG DAY. -
RIDAY, June 14, was Flag Day. Owing to
lack of time and the pressure of work pre-
paratory to examinations and Commencement,
the day was very quietly observed, The Pri-
mary and Grammar Departments held joint ex-
ercises, having a short program, but for the rest
of the College the celebration of the day con-
sisted in wearing the national colors, admiring
the decorations throughout the city, and wishing
that we had a flag staff.
When arrangements are made to have Flag
Day come earlier in the month, we hope to be
able to observe it more fittingly.
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EXHIBIT OF WORK IN THE INTER-
MEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
GREAT treat was given by the pupils of
the Intermediate Department on Thursday,
June 13, when an exhibit was made of their
yearly work. ‘The work was tastefully arranged
in the model chapel where the parents of the
pupils and friends interested could view the
work at their leisure.
The work did great credit to the pupils, as no
extra effort was made, just the every day work
being exhibited. Special mention is to be made
of the color work which has been introduced
into the department during the last quarter in
connection with science. ‘The pupils were
greatly interested in this work, and although it
was but an experiment it has proved so bene-
ficial to the pupils and has been such a success
that, without doubt, it will be continued next
year.
The display of geography work was made very
attractive by maps of various kinds. The putty
maps showed that the pupils had spent much
time and labor and all are worthy of commenda-
tion. We were much interested in the unique
production map, in that nearly all the pro-
ducts displayed came directly from the British
Isles.
‘The penmanship throughout showed neatness,
and the thought embodied in all the reproduc-
tions was expressed in simple but in good and in
many cases excellent language.
The work showed that the methods employed
inspired the pupils to do their best work and
they become so interested that “They rise
betime and come to it with delight.”
Those who have been instrumental in bringing
about these conditions are to be congratulated.
“Well, Uncle Silas, your boy is home from
college.”
“Yes, wuss luck.”
“Worse luck? Why?’
“He’s larned so much he can’t plow up
nothin’ but my feelin’s, nor harrer nothin but
my soul,” —Zx.
"86.
A DELUSION.
27 XWAS on a pleasant afternoon,
When quict reigned within these walls,
That a gay young Normal student
Went tripping through the halls.
Recitations all were over,
But she'd extra work to do;
So past the silent class-rooms
She went at half-past two.
Now, it chanced that other students
Were also in the place,
As she turned a corner quickly,
She met two face to face.
One there was divinely fair,
And most divinely sweet,
The other —tall and manly,
Was kneeling at her feet.
The girl, who had turned the corner,
Stood aghast at the state of things;
She surely would have vanished
Had she been possessed of wings.
"Twas an awkward situation,
‘Third persons wouldn't do;
Just then the kneeler rose and smiled,
He'd only tied her shoe,
eles
ALUMNI NOTES.
Lucretia Ward, wife of James Richards, died at
Desmond, Ill, March 20, 1895.
Elizabeth Miller, wife of S. J. McDugal, died at
Boston, March 38, 1895.
Florence C. Buffum, wife of A. L. Stockwell, who
has lately died, called at college May 20.
Miss Christina H. Lawson, missionary at Bom-
bay, is home on a visit. She called at the college
June 17.
Daisy Courter Dickinson was married to Irving
Parker Mills at Jamaica, L. I., June 5.
Lilian Robertson died at Cohoes, June 7.
Cards announcing the marriage of Georgiana
Roberts to George T. Campbell, of New York,
were received at the office. They will be mar-
ried at Bainbridge June 27.
Roxoy Jane Griffin was married to James Dixon
Mallory June 4, at Utica.
Anna Fagan was married to Andrew T. Seaman
at Frankfort, June x1, 1895.
THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO 9
THE CALENDAR FOR COMMENCEMENT
WEEE.
S the Ecuo went to press early in the week
it is impossible to do more than give the
yarious programs in this issue.
June 17 and 18 were occupied with examina-
tions. Would anyone like to hear the questions
discussed ?
On the morning of June rg the closing exer-
cises of the Model Department were held in the
chapel, and the following program was given.
In another column will be found a copy of the
poem recited by William D. Grant.
PROGRAM,
Mustc — The Return of the Birds............005 Nevin
REcITATION — A Soul in Grass and Flowers..... Lowell
Bergen Staats.
Reciration— A Belated Violet.
Jessie McGarr.
Music —a. Every Night ..........0...se0rses0> Foster
2) Boan Sone tales
Recrration —The Bravest Boy in Town
Harold Andrews.
Recrration — What the Burdock was Good for...
Mildred Bell.
Polonaise Brilliante......
Gustave Merbel
Music — Piano solo.
Edna Elmendorf.
ReciTATIon — The Saga of Olaf the Young.....
Julia Burrus.
Music — Primary Class,
a. The Little Mermaid Tufts
4, Sweet is the Voice of the Breeze. Brown
~Tommy Looks Ahead........ .++
Lynde Tucker.
ReciTath..
Mustc — Swinging... Addison
REciTaTion — The Minstrel’s Curse...
James Stephens.
Quoratioxs —
Tom Cox,
Ethel Close,
Reuben Sleicher,
Elizabeth Belding,
Mary Danaher,
Louisa A. Wood,
George Cantine,
Mabel Ullman,
Olive Helmes,
James Cox,
Beatrice Merchant,
Bessie Murray.
Recrration — “Good Morning” Round the World,
Mabel Perry.
Foster
Chadwick
Music —a, Lullaby.
Recrration — A Little Quaker
Mary Mattimore.
Music — Primary Class,
a, The Merry Brown Thrush.
4, The Leaflets ..... 06...
Recrration —The American Boy.....-.-+-.--+
William D. Grant.
(Written by his mother.)
Cauistuentcs — Primary Class.
Recrration — How the Dominie Went to Sea...
Laura Wilson.
Music—a, The West Wind........0.2...0000 Barnby
Toa Dalsy.icseacsecnssn dose Dietrich
Presentation or Dirtomas —
a, Primary Department.
é. Grammar Department.
Music — Child’s American Hymn ........... Chadwick
The chapel was filled on the afternoon of
June 20 with the friends of the High School De-
partment, it being their Commencement Day.
Their program follows:
PROGRAM.
Mustc— Chorus, Spring's Sunshine ............ Reay
Essay —The Hudson in Literature. .
Millie V. W. Patterson.
Music — Chorus,
a. The Cossack...
4, Eventide...
Recitation — Boy Wanted .. f
Clara M. Bildhauser.
Persy— Cumehis wiv. cinsas eerste
Annie L. Cannon,
s+ Russian Song
Music — Part Songs,
a, At Night...... : -Randeszer
4, Hail Rosy Morn . Kinross
Sopranos — Misses Goldthwaite, Hall, McGraw,
Miller, Morey, Munn, Nichols, Payne, Van
Allen, Van Derzee.
Altos — Misses Bildhauser, Breakenridge, Gray,
Lamp, Miller, Murphy.
Rucrration —Painter of Seville..........22.044
Vera Devoe.
Music—Chorus. The Violet.... .....s0.s005 Selected
Oration — The Canaan of To-day............+.
Harris Moak.
Recrration — The Norman Baron........+4, 4+
Minerva E. Hess.
Music—Quartette. Annie Lee..........0000+ Barnby
Misses Gray, Hall; Messrs. Moak, Van Denburgh,
10 THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO.
Essay — Beauty and Mystery of the Morning...
Eleanor G, Nichols.
Music — Violin Solo.. Diane
Mr. Posselt.
RecrratTion — Relief of Lucknow.......... . ri
Netta M. Breakenridge.
Music — Part Songs,
a, Her Lovers .:..
4, The Maiden’s Song
Bridge
++ Helmund
Essay — Value of Time.
Anna Hecker.
PRESENTATION OF DipLoMAs —
Music— Chorus. Harvest Home.......... MacFarren
GRADUATES.
JUNE 20, 1895.
Clara M. Bildhauser,
Netta M. Breakenridge,
Annie Loretta Cannon,
Austin Rose Coulson,
Amy Cox,
Vera Devoe,
Ella Gillis Galbraith,
May L, Harder,
‘Anna Hecker,
Lena Mary Herbert,
Minerva E. Hess,
Rosella M. Kraft,
Hattie Luella Lamp,
Peter Harris Moak,
Hattie Agnes Morey,
Julia Agnes Maxwell,
Frank E, Michal,
Ella Blanche Murphy,
Eleanor Gaylord Nichols,
Millie Van Wie Patterson,
Gilbert V. Thomas,
Anna Ellis Van Allen,
Helen Edith Wilson,
Mary Bailey Van Derzee.
On the evening of the 2oth, the members of
the Quintilian Society rendered this “ Closing”
program:
PART 1
Music —
Orchestra.
PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS —
Helen E, Wilson.
RECITATION — Phaeton...
Charlotte DuBois.
Music —
Orchestra,
Socmry History —
May R. Crawford.
Rectration — Brier Rose........-0+ sesesereee
Ella May Lyons.
Music —
Orchestra.
PART 11.
(Pen Pictures.)
Essay —
Annie C. Hunting.
LANDSCAPES —
a. Lady ofthe Lake
4, Green River
¢. Snow Storm. 2
Netta M. Breakenridge.
House anp Home Scenes —
a, The Wayside Inn...
4, Mr. Piggoty’s House .
¢. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata
Jessie B. Gray.
Music —
Orchestra.
PERSONAL PoRTRATTS —
a. Dutch Governor
4. Dorothy Q
¢. Ruth
Clara M. Bildhauser.
Ipea Pictures —
a. Magic Mirror ..
4. Among the Laurels.
Norine Keating.
SoLo —
Nellie Goldthwaite.
Porm —Living Pictures of the 19th Century...
May Daumont Hall.
Executive Committee.
May R. Crawford,
Ella Blanch Murphy.
Marshals.
Anna M. Wallace.
Ushers.
Grace A. Shaller,
Frances Nalley,
Vera Devoe,
Blanche Murphy.
Helen E, Wilson,
Minerva E. Hess,
Charlotte J. Hungerford,
Mary Ironside,
Loretta McGraw,
Jessie Trimble,
Mina Hess,
The Phi Delta Fraternity enjoyed their fare-
well banquet at the Delavan on the evening of
June 19.
On the afternoon of June 21, the College
Commencement Exercises were held at Harma-
nus Bleecker hall.
PROGRAM.
Music — Chorus. Gloria in Excelsis.
Solo by Charlotte E. Lansing.
PRAYER,
Rey. William Force Whitaker.
~Concone
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Music— Welcome Song...... 2.64. Dr. B. J. Hopkins
Ladies of the Glee Class.
Essay — Spiritual Training in the Kindergarten.
Mary Katharine Pease.
Music— Chorus. Oh, the Flowery Month of June.
William Jackson
Essay — The Correlation of Studies,
Nellie Stacey Fish.
Music — The Image of the Rose...........++ Reichardt
Humming Chorus, with Soprano Solo by
Mary J. Newman.
Essay — Ethical Instruction in the School.
Joy Ashton Reed.
Mustc— Part Songs.
a, Night Sinks on the Wave.......+ Henry Smart
4. Ring the Lily Bells ............. WL, Sudds
Solo parts by Misses Husted, Lansing and Newman.
Essay—The Importance of the Ancient Classics in
Higher Education,
Anna E. Husted.
Music —
Orchestra.
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES.
Hon. Charles R. Skinner.
PRESENTATION OF DiPLomas.
Music—Chorus. The Postillion.......... «+. Molloy
BENEDICTION.
GRADUATES.
Jone 21, 1895.
COLLEGIATE COURSE.
Nathan Beckwith, A. B., Stissing, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
Fred. W. Brown, B. S., A. B., Brownsburg, Ind.
Sarah Ellen Hawley, A. B., Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
Co., N. ¥.
Carrie May McFadden, A. B., West Chazy, Clinton Co.,
N. ¥.
Fred. J. Perrine, A. B., Kingston, Ulster Co., N. Y.
Joy Ashton Reed, A. B., Yonkers, Westchester Co.,
Noe
Geo. Coombe Strasenburgh, B. L., B. S., Rochester,
Monroe Co., N. Y.
William Alfred Yerzley, M. E., Ithaca, Tompkins Co.,
N.Y.
CLASSICAL COURSE.
Henry F. Blessing, Guilderland, Albany Co., N. Y.
Harriet Wright Burton, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Jessie Chambers, Ilion, Herkimer Co., N. Y.
Jane Gillespie, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Laura Edith Holliday, Canaseraga, Allegany Co., N. Y.
Anna E. Husted, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Hattie L. Joslin, Rochester, Monroe Co., N. Y.
Josephine Keeny, Bolivar, Allegany Co., N. ¥.
Charlotte Elizabeth Lansing, Albany, Albany Co.,
N.Y.
John C. McLaury, North Kortright, Delaware Co.,
N. ¥.
Hambly P. Orchard, Beekman, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
Hazlett James Risk, Palatine Bridge, Montgomery Co.,
N. Y.
Anna Jeannette Robeson, Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y.
Lena LaRue Sipley, Spencer, Tioga Co., N. Y.
Julia Mary Smith, Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y.
Katherine Toohey, Schuylerville, Saratoga Co., N. Y. *
Mary Marie Van Arsdale, Castile, Wyoming Co., N. Y.
Minnie Estelle Waite, Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
Jennie Agnes Wiley, East Albany, Rensselaer Co., N. ¥.
Ellen Wade, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
‘SH COURSE,
NGL
Margaret Aitken, Johnstown, Fulton Co., N. Y.
Carrie Cecil Balcom, Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y.
Maud Nadeau Beaudry, Westchester, Westchester Co.,
N.Y.
Edna Alcie Bliss, Ph.B., Alfred, Allegany Co., N.Y.
Sara Furman Briggs, Rochester, Monroe Co., N.Y.
Marian Christine Chubbuck, Wellsville, Allegany Co.,
N.Y.
Roberta M. Cochrane, Hudson, Columbia Co., N. Y.
Louise May Coughtry, Slingerlands, Albany Co., N. Y.
Elizabeth Wright Courtney, Newburgh, Orange Co.,
N.Y.
Ella May Dewitt, Chittenango, Madison Co., N. Y.
‘Alice Evanell R. Duckworth, Ilion, Herkimer Co.,
N.Y.
Caroline Dunn, Pataukunk, Ulster Co., N. Y.
Annie E. Finnegan, Waterville, Oneida Co., N. Y.
Nellie Stacey Fish, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co.,
N.Y.
J. Harry Forrester, Buffalo, Erie Co., N. Y.
‘Anna M, Hourigan, Schenectady, Schenectady Co.,
N. ¥.
Charlotte Wells Howe, Plattsburgh, Steuben Co., N. Y.
Mary E. Hull, Spencer, Tioga Co., N. Y.
Aurelia Hyde, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., N. Y.
Katharine Cecelia Kennedy, Cohoes, Albany Co.,
N.Y.
Margaret A. King, Ph.B., Cairo, Greene Co., N. Y.
Mervin Losey, Woodhull, Steuben Co., N. Y.
Mary Genevieve Manahan, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga
Co, Ns
Mary Laetitia Marsh, Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co., N. Y.
‘Agnes McCullough, Newburgh, Orange Co., N. ¥.
Mary McNeil, Argyle, Washington Co., N. Y.
Mary Frances Meagher, Amsterdam, Montgomery Co.,
N.Y.
12 THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO.
May Miller, Utica, Oneida Co., N. Y.
Mary J. Newman, Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk Co.,
N.Y.
Jessie Nims, Rushford, Allegany Co., N. Y.
Cora B. Partridge, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Helen Cecelia Sheehan, Troy, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.
Margaret Edith Stevens, Bridgwater, Oneida Co., N. Y.
Agnes Stow, Clyde, Wayne Co., N. Y.
Anna Isabella Thompson, Canandaigua, Ontario Co.,
N.Y.
Florence Van Duzer, Newburgh, Orange Co., N. Y.
Alice M, Waldron, Schenectady, Schenectady Co.,
N.Y.
Celia Augusta Williams, Corning, Steuben Co., N. Y.
SPECIAL COURSE.
Ella M, Brigham, Fairport, Monroe Co., N. Y.
Mary E. Durkee, Fort Edward, Washington Co,, N. Y.
William Henry Good, Holly, Orleans Co., N. Y.
Rose Mildred Hamill, Utica, Oneida Co., N. Y.
Anna S, Joslin, Springville, Erie Co., N. Y.
William Ainsley McConnell, Pulteney, Steuben Co.,
N.Y.
Martha Sibyl Putnam, Johnsburgh, Warren Co., N. Y.
Elizabeth T. Regan, Wellsville, Allegany Co., N. Y.
Katherine DeWitt Romeyn, Kingston, Ulster Co.,
N.Y.
Lodiski L, Williams, West Italy, Yates Co., N. Y.
KINDERGARTEN COURSE.
Jenny Lillian Arrison, Oxford, Chenango Co., N. Y.
Emma Harcourt Charles, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Grace Foster, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Lillian Foster, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Martha Logan Martin, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Mary Katharine Pease, Albany, Albany Co., N. Y.
Jessie May Pulis, Troy, Rensselaer Co., N. Y.
‘Amelia Marcena Simmons, Cohoes, Albany Co., N. Y.
Laura M, Sutherland, Cohoes, Albany Co., N. Y.
The Class Day Exercises of ’95 were omitted
on account of the death of Miss Duckworth.
THE AMERICAN BOY.
HAT land like Columbia ?— so goodly, so yast,
One foot on old Plymouth, the other far west;
In her right hand Alaska; with her left plucking flowers
From that “Garden of Eden”—fair Florida’s bowers.
We'll not speak of her rivers, her mountains of gold,
In song and in story the tale hath been told;
Her sea-coast, Niagara, with voice like the Lord,
Of these have we learned from historian and bard.
In fullness of time, o'er the waters there came,
A band of true freemen; and New England they name,
Wild, rock bound and dreary the asylum they found,
But well was it called, long ago, “ Holy ground.”
God sifted the nations and mingled in one
The blue blood that flows in America’s son;
No cowardly, plebian vassals are we —
Our birthright unquestioned, the sons of the free.
For each boy in our land there’s a sceptre and throne,
Some wrong to be righted, some victory won,
Every boy is a prince, every son is an heir,
No elder, no younger —all equally share.
Every year adds new lustre to Washington’s crown,
By resisting oppression he earned his renown;
Now crowned heads applaud him, and give him a place
*Mong the bravest and truest and best of our race.
And who can, unmoved, look far back in the night,
In a barren log cabin, with a pine-knot for light,
And behold in the flicker a strong, manly face,
Now chiseled in marble, it fills the first place.
At the sweet name of Lincoln the tear-drop will start,
He who severed the chain cutting Liberty’s heart.
Dusky millions enthrone him; now true is our song:
“The land of the free”— the glad strain we prolong.
“See’st thou a man diligent? He'll stand before
kings.”
Lo, Robert is sent to the court of St. James;
And in the near future when we boys vote as one,
Highest place will we give to the rail-splitter’s son.
When dire rebellion did lift its foul head,
Who was it our armies to victory led?
The son of a tanner, a noble man true,
Who saved our dear banner, the red, white and blue,
Not for conquest, for the life of his country he fought.
“ Advance !” was his watch-word —“‘ this land dearly
bought
With the blood of our fathers must and shall be pre-
served.”
From this righteous purpose his soul never swerved.
Then courteously, kindly he gave back the sword
To the conquered of trophy spoke never a word —
But the voice of the people, aye the voice of the Lord,
Placed him higher, still higher, with wondrous accord.
And now all the land from the South to the North
Vie in doing him honor — extolling his worth.
Hark ! listen! the echoes have scarce died away
Of the words fitly spoken — ‘* Memorial Day.”
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Of a long glory roll, we have no need to tell
Household words by the hundred; we know them right
well —
May we speak of our Morton? a poor yankee boy he—
Three cheers, fellow students, let us give three times
three.
We stand on the watch tower and gladly proclaim
That true worth depends not on station or name;
That knowledge — the handmaid of truth —will dispel
All darkness where error and ignorance dwell.
On a rock stands our Goddess — enlightning the world.
All kingdoms shall totter, all oppressors be hurled—
With the rubbish of ages—and the glad bells shall ring,
Announcing the tidings that ‘Freedom is king!”
Enwrapped in our banner — Jehovah our guide —
What can we wish in the wide world beside ?
Our wealth? all uncounted and free from alloy —
Oh, who would not be an American boy?
E. M. Davis-Grant.
ECHOES.
XAMINATIONS.
Flag day.
Success to our graduates.
Have you packed your trunk?
Shall we see the rest of you in the fall?
‘The Camera club gave an exhibit May 30.
Have you taken your last ride around on the Belt
line?
Normalites at every corner are holding post mortems
on the exams.
Mrs. Mooney’s new book, Foundation Studies in
Literature, has arrived.
Did you make your drawings for your “ standing” or
for your ‘‘ understanding ?”
Several members of the Delta Omega enjoyed a short
sail down the Hudson, June 8.
Did your physics apparatus work? Would your in-
sects classify?—and say, could you make the antenna
stay on?
Photographers are now groaning. ‘They are besieged
by normal students who are proverbially poor and par
ticular,
‘There was a dearth of the Normal element in Albany
Decoration Day. Those who hadn’t note books to
write up, and a great many who had, went picknicking.
The Optimist—‘< Now as to woman, generally speak-
ing—”
The Disagreeable Man —“ Yes, she’s generally
speaking.”
PERSONALS.
ROF. JOHN H. REIGART, of the New York City
Normal college, called June 14.
Miss Nettie Goulden, ’96, is very ill.
Miss Shafer, of Troy, called June 5.
Miss Greason visited college last week.
Miss Marietta Boughton, of Troy, visited college
June 5.
Miss Cora Tibbetts, of West Troy, visited college
June 12.
Miss Woodward, '94, and Miss Utman called at col-
lege June 17.
Supt. Skinner has received the degree of LL.D.
from Colgate.
Miss Grace E. Spurr was among our visitors since
our last issue,
Miss Evelyn Birch spent Sunday, June 2, at her home
in Amsterdam.
Miss Katharine Whitman spent Sunday, June 2, with
Miss Thompson.
Miss Joslin, of Rochester, is visiting her sister, Miss
Hattie Joslin, ’95.
Miss Coughtry, Feb.,’95, has been visiting college
during the last week.
Miss Seta Eckert, who has had an attack of typhoid
fever, is rapidly recovering.
Miss Mary Wilcox, ’94, who has been teaching at Am-
sterdam, called at college June 8.
. Randolph Spicer, who has been teaching at River-
head, Long Island, visited college June 8.
Miss Ida L. Hull, of Cornell, ’96, spent commence-
ment week with her sister, Mary E. Hull.
M . W. Sipley, of Spencer, spent commencement
week with her daughter, Lena L, Sipley.
Miss Martha Bennett, of Canandaigua, is spending
the week with her friend, Miss Anna Thompson, ’9s.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Fish, of Saratoga Springs,
and daughter Florence, attended the commencement
exercises.
Miss Manahan entertained her aunt, Miss Franc A.
Holmes, and sister, Miss Margaret E, Manahan, during
commencement.
Miss Anna Joslin, Miss Thompson, Miss Heard, Miss
Hattie Joslin and Miss Raynor spent Decoration day
at the Helderbergs.
Miss A. M. Spiedell, ’94, who has been teaching at
Canajoharie during the last year, was in Albany during
commencement week.
Tidings of Dr. Hurst, who was for some time a mem-
ber of the college, belonging to the class of ’9t: Dr.
Frank H. Hurst will leave the city to-morrow for Eu-
rope, where he goes to perfect himself in surgery
and gynecology, which he will make a specialty.
Dr. Hurst was graduated from the Medical college
this year, and has studied with Drs. Vander Veer and
14 THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO.
McDonald. After his graduation he received appoint-
ment in the Albany hospital, but has resigned to go
abroad. He expects to study at Berlin and to visit the
medical schools of London, Paris, Berne and Vienna.
He will return in two years to practice in Albany. Dr.
Hurst will spend a week in New York and sail for
Hamburg on the steamer Prussia.
OBITUARY.
Dd
Wuereas, Our Heavenly Father has taken unto Him-
self our former president and much loved friend,
Charles M. Frost; and,
Wnerras, By his death, we feel that one has been
taken from us whose kindly disposition and noble aims
gave promise of a bright and useful life,
Resolved, First, that we, the class of ’95, do hereby
express our deep sorrow at his untimely death.
Resolved, Second, that we ever keep in our minds the
remembrance of his life, so full of cheerfulness, kindly
deeds and self-forgetfulness.
Resolved, Third, that we extend to his bereaved family
our sincere sympathy and trust that they may receive
comfort from the thought that God has called him to a
higher work.
Resolved, Fourth, that these resolutions be published,
a copy of the same be sent to his family, and placed
upon the minutes of the class.
NarHan BeckwirH,
KATHERINE TOoHEY,
Anna E, Husrep,
Henry F, Bressine.
IED, at her home in Nyack, June 15, 1895,
Florence M, Gardner.
Died, in Albany, June 18, 1895, Alice Evan-
elle Duckworth.
Commencement week has been inexpressibly
saddened by the death of two students. Both
were in College a few weeks ago, and it seems
impossible to realize that they are really gone
from us.
The class of ’96 sent flowers and messages of
sympathy to Miss Gardner's home.
On the evening of June 18th, short services
were held at 290 Lark street, before the body of
Miss Duckworth was taken by her parents to
their home at Ilion N. Y.
‘This is a time when words seem useless, and
we think that the air of gloom hanging over the
College, instead of the usual’ happy commence-
ment atmosphere, and the saddened faces of
faculty and students, tell
written words the depth and sincerity of our
sorrow.
far more plainly than
REVIEWS.
‘The June number of the North American Review offers a table
of contents extremely varied, timely and interesting. ‘The opening
pages are devoted to an important paper upon the “ Power and
‘Wealth of the United States,” by Michael G, Mulhall, the noted for-
eign statistician, who forcibly maintains that the American. people
possess the greatest productive power in the world. Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, discusses England, Venezuela,
and the Monroe Doctrine,” in an article of political interest, while
J, Henniker Heaton, M. 'P., writes most entertainingly concerning
‘A Cable Post,” and the possibilities of Atlantice submarine com-
munication. General John Gibbon, U. S. A., asks ‘Can West
Point be Made More Useful?” suggesting certain modifications in
the rules at present governing that famous military academy, and
in the second and concluding portion of “Glimpses of Charles
Dickens,” the last days of the great novelist are pathetically de-
scribed by Charles Dickens, the younger. A valuable contribu-
tion on the Military Lessons of the Chino-Japanese War,” by the
Hon, Hilary A. Herbert, the Secretary of the Navy, will commend
itself to everyone interésted in the recent warfare in the East.
“The Silver Question,””is treated this month by Count Von Mir-
bach, of the Prussian House of Lords and German Reichstag, who
considers * Germany’s Attitude as to a Bi-Metallic Union,” and by
the Mexican Minister at Washington, who describes the effect of
“Phe Silver Standard in Mexico.” ‘The former Governor General
Alvan F. Sanborn; ””
Austen, and “The Silver Question in Ancient
Speaker.
Foundation Studies in Literature. Mar-
GaREt S. Mooney, Teacher of Literature and Rhetoric,
State Normal College, Albany, N. Y.
The aim of Foundation Studies in Literature is primarily to give
an idea of the unity of the literature of the world, and to furnish
for both teachers and students a method of study which will lead to
definite and valuabie results, among which may be mentioned, a
better appreciation of artistic merit in poetry, and a knowledge of
the relation of the mythology of Greece and Rome to the poetry of
every European nation and language of modern times
‘The comparative method is used throughout, and will, it is be-
lieved, generally commend itself. The illustrations, all copies of
celebrated works of art, will form a valuable feature of the books.
Asa text-book or a book for reference, Foundation Studies in
Literature is especially adapted to classes 'in_high schools, acade-
mies, reading circles and literature classes generally.
By Mrs
One of the most beautiful and artistic school
books we have ever seen is Mrs. Margaret S.
Mooney’s Foundation Studies in Literature, just
sent out by Silver, Burdette & Co. From first
to last, it is a veritable artistic gem of book-
making. Its dainty cover in olive green, with a
classical head and appropriate titles in maroon ;
its fine paper and clear, large, accurate type, and,
most of all, its numerous beautiful photogravures
so successfully illustrative of the text, all go to
show the exquisite taste and skill of the authoress
and her publishers. Especially worthy of atten-
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tion are the flucamdone “The “Holy Grail,”
“The Madonna and Child,” “The Sleeping
Ariadne,” “‘ Cupid,” “ A Reading from Homer,”
“The Orpheus and Eurydice,” ‘ Aurora,” and
“Nyx;” and certainly they will prove a never-
failing source of inspiring pleasure.
But there is much more than mere mechanical
art, It has a purpose, and we are bound to say
that, unlike so many books, it attains what it
aims at. From introduction to finish, every
word and every selection has its place given it by
Mrs. Mooney’s long experience and wide famili-
arity with general literature. It would be a
stupid teacher, indeed, who would not find this
splendid volume a mine of invaluable suggestion
and information. In her introductory essay she
shows that there is a great need for some means
of acquainting the student of literature with
those earlier forms upon which all our best
modern literature is based, and proves her point
by several very apt quotations for the under-
standing of which an acquaintance with earlier
myths and stories is absolutely necessary.
She then takes up all the most important clas-
sical myths, telling first the story; then following
that by numerous selections, mostly entire poems,
from various authors, interspersed with historical
and criticalcomments. First comes “ Some Self-
Evident Nature Myths,” “ Nox,” “ Aurora,”
“Apollo,” Diana,” “‘Ceres.” ‘Then “The
Giant Forces of Nature,” “Prometheus,” “ Sat-
urn,” “ Pandora,” “Events Preceding the Trojan
War,” “The Trojan War and Ulysses, “ Cupid,”
“The Blending of History and Mythology,”
“‘Paganism Overthrown by Christianity,” “King
Arthur and His Knights,” are the succeeding in-
viting chapter-heads.
Within the covers of this volume will be found
extracts from the works of every important En-
glish, American, German and Greek poet, in
large number and most interesting variety. No
selection has been admitted which is not entirely
pertinent, and the result has been a book which,
for conciseness, cannot be excelled. The tales
are told in a most engaging way, and the com-
ments are made with a succinctness that is re-
freshing in these verbose days. Her students, to
whom she has dedicated her book, have every
reason to be proud of the authoress and her
work. As an aid in the study of literature, it is
indispensable to every good teacher and to every
earnest student, and we hope and believe it will
meet with the cordial reception it so well merits.
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