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Normal College Echo
Vou. IL. ALBANY, N. Y. OCTOBER, 1893. No. 3
Lirerary.
Once and Now ..
Secondary Instruction in France
Under the Sun
Colored Hearing.
Flower-Souls..
Alumni Memorial Window ..
Musings -
Eprrortat Norss.
Eprroriats.
Prayer Meeting. Amon THe CoutecEs
Popular Education 7 | Evucartonat Norss ..
News. Amone THe Macazinus..
’94’s Reception... - 8 | Book Reviews.
Phi Delta Banguet. - 8 | Booxs Receivap
Delta Omega Recept
ONCE AND Now. SECONDARY INSTRUCTION IN FRANCE.
H ever and ever so long ago,
In a tower up ever so high,
There lived a Jeautiful princess
HE University of France may be compared
to the University of the State of New
And that beautiful princess was I. York. The value of the Regents’ certificate is
My hair was so long and so golden, never contested, and nobody thinks of asking:
My eyes were darker than night, “Where did you pass your examination, Albany,
My mouth was just like a rose bud, New York or Buffalo?” It is the same with de-
My hands, oh weren’t they white ! grees conferred by the University of France,
whose organization resembles so much that of
our University. ‘Prominent French educators
And then I was ever and ever so good
And oh! how accomplished too ;
My voice, I couldn’t describe it at all
There wis wiline Tcoulaat ce, tell us that they very well know that the great
And I never wished for a single thing, Napoleon, when he looked over the world to
Because I had every thing there ; find the ideal system which he might appropriate
And wonderful stories and beautiful songs, for France, recognized it in the University of
AGRI SOC EHR ORS the State of New York, and we find to-day the
And whenever I grew the least lonesome,
T used to run down on the shore
And play with three dear little mermaids,
And hadn't we fun, we four!
great University of France, which is a similar
federation of the colleges of the entire republic,
the result of Napoleon’s wisdom in applying the
New York idea.”(') The University of France
And of course there were hosts of princes
Came riding every day, provides for primary, secondary and superior in-
But whenever I saw them coming, struction. There is nothing to say about primary
T always ran away. instruction, whose reputation is established the
* * +
And now, just once and a while you know, world over.(*)
When things get dreadfully dry,
I wish it was ever so long ago (q) Circulary addressed to the Presidents and Principals of the in-
‘i stitutions of the State, April 20, x89r.
INES ie LC H.S. D, (@) See edycational reports of New York State, x892.
2 THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO.
Secondary instruction, so named because
it comes after primary instruction, may be
dwelt upon. The French college, or Lycée,
which is usually a college on a larger scale, in-
cludes the studies made in America in the col-
legiate departments of academies and most of
those pursued in the American colleges. In all
times, classical studies were held in honor in
France. Lately an irresistible movement put in-
struction within the reach of all, and public
opinion, in France, is unanimous in acknowledg-
ing the superiority given by the study of arts and
sciences, Secondary instruction, already popu-
lar, has now a greater part than ever in the life
of the nation. If the program of the studies
made in the /ycée does not differ much from what
it is in America, there are notable differences in
the organization. The chief one is that the
French college takes the pupil when he leaves
the primary school and leads him without inter-
ruption to the end of his classical or scientific
studies. It might be well, in order to better un-
derstand the course of study in a Zyeée, to follow
a boy through its different departments.
In most dycées there isan annex called petit lycée,
There, is given primary instruction, from the
roth to the 7th grade.(*) Leaving the petit lycée
for the Zycée, our boy comes to the 6th grade,
entering in what we may call, by analogy, the
academic course. There begins the study of
Latin, which the pupil shall not drop till his
leaving the dycée. After the 5th grade (4th
grade), the study of Greek begins. After this,
the student is ready for receiving his secondary
instruction. After the 3d grade, according to
his desire of pursuing classical or scientific studies
he enters one of the following courses:
a. Classical course, leading to the degree of
Bris Le
Seconde
Grades 4 Rhetorique
Philosophie
4. Scientific course, leading to the degree of
Bz bs. St.
Mathématiques préparatoires.
Cra { Mathématiques bémentaires.
) This, of course, is independent from the ordinary primary
school, which gives boys and girls from six to thirteen gratuitous
and obligatory instruction.
Latin is pursued in the scientific course, but
Greek is dropped.(*) It would be too long to en-
ter into the details of the program, but let us say
that the degree of B. és. Z. corresponds very
nearly to that of A. B. in America, and the de-
gree of B. és. Sc. to that of Ph. B.
Yet all this is going to be modified. A slow
change has taken place these last two years. In
1894, one degree only will be conferred, that of
Bachelor of Arts. A happy compromise, it will
give France still more of this uniformity, easy in
a country hardly as large as the State of Texas
alone.
Though, from the confession of a Regent of the
University of New York, France has so much
improved upon her model that she is able to tell :
It takes us two years less to lead the young man
to the same attainments — She still learned some-
thing from her sister republic about fifteen years
ago. The United States were ahead in the ad-
vanced education of girls. France has promptly
remedied this defect; she was the first in Europe
to create large institutions, special for girls, and
called dycées de jeunes filles; according toa foreign
inspector, they are as useful as well governed,
and indeed worthy of being proposed as models.
In doing so, France has not been afraid to
emphasize the truth that a woman shall not re-
ceive the same education asa man. What may
be true in France does not seem to hold in
America, and in order to bring light on this point,
let us translate an old French expression, Aard-
headed asa Teuton. Properly interpreted, this re-
calls the firmness and tenacity of the Teutonic
character, a quality that may, to a certain extent,
explain to a Frenchman why the Americans are
not afraid sometimes of giving the right of suffrage
to representatives of the fairer and gentler sex.
DanigEL JORDAN.
(4) Students remain at least one year in each grade. Special
courses aré also given in French colleges.
UNDER THE SUN.
HE night in the British jail is long,
Narrow and close is the cell;
The walls of the British jail are strong,
And the bars —like the gates of hell.
O God ! for a breath of clear, free air,
For a sight of the shining stars!
And my native town in the moonlight fair —
Let me out from these prison bars!
“‘T must grasp once more a hand that’s true,
I must clasp a form that’s dear,
And look again in those eyes of blue—
She shall never see me here,
With wasted limbs in felon clothes,
Pale cheek and brow of care;
Ne’er come to a place that my spirit Joathes —
Let me out from this stifling air!”
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THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO. 3
When morning dawned, to the jail there went,
And stood by the prisoner's cell,
An officer, duly empowered, sent;
Who whispered, ‘I’ve news to tell.”
The patriot listened — calm, keen-eyed,
While a thrill through his frame there ran
“Free! if we'll swear in the case that’s tried,
For the Paper,* against the Man!”
“Well, no; ll not. Do not ask me why
There are hearts that can understand,
‘They are beating, out ’neath freedom’s sky;
They are ’mured in the jails of your land,”
Messengers went to the jails of the land,
From morning till set of sun;
But of all that imprisoned patriot band,
There answered them “ Yes ”— not one.
‘The sun shone clear o’er the land of the West;
It looked on stripe and star,
It saw a country with freedom blest,
And heard from the towns afar,
A sound confused, like the roar of the sea,
When it dashes along the shore —
In the streets assembled the sons of the free
To elect their rulers once more.
And out there stepped from the motley throngs
Earnest men, of thoughtful mien,
And cast their ballots to right the wrongs
‘That on every hand are seen.
Some huddled in groups till their price was paid;
Then closely linked on the arm of Sin,
Slunk slowly away from Truth betrayed,
‘And slipped their ballots in.
O sun of the East, and sun of the West!
Strange in this sight thou dost see —
What seems a freeman, a slave confessed,
And a prisoner — bound, yet free.
‘ARY A. McCiettanp, in the N. Y. Mail and Ex-
press, Oct. 26, 1888.
*The London Times. + Charles Stewart Parnell.
COLORED HEARING
ITHIN the last few years many investiga-
tors in the realm of psychology have
been turning their attention toward an apparently
new subject, which they call colored hearing,
and which they define as the faculty possessed
by any one who sees colors in connection with
the hearing of sounds.
Now, while many individuals who are now
found to possess this faculty have been seeing
these colors for years, they have never before
given a name to the sensation, nor indeed have
they thought enough about the matter to realize
whether such sensations were peculiar to them-
selves or experienced also by others. In fact it
was not until a Mr Nussbaumer, of Vienna,
Austria, called attention to this phenomenon
several years ago that any especial interest was
manifested on the subject.
He tells us that one day as he accidentally hit
his foot against a glass of water standing on the
table,he produced a ringing sound, and imme-
diately saw or thought he saw a distinct color in
connection with that sound.
Thinking this very curious, he sought to reas-
sure himself, and so stopped his ears while the
sound was going on, when he found that he
could still detect its intensity for some time,
by the clearness or dullness of the colors seen.
When by various experiments he felt sure his
experiences were not imaginary but real, he be-
gan to question his friends about the matter, and
this gave rise to the most careful investigation of
the subject in its various forms, not only by
him but by many others.
‘As a result of these investigations many inter-
esting facts have been discovered, and numerous
instances have been found of people who receive
such impressions, when they hear such sounds as
the pronouncing of letters, words, or numbers,
while one story is told of a young lady who asso-
ciates a certain color with each letter of the
alphabet, such as a, brown, i, black, g, white, and
so on, and when reading, she can see before her
an illuminated page, even without hearing the
letters or words pronounced.
But while these are the most common instances,
by far the most striking are the experiences of
those who associate colors with sounds in music,
and it will be of interest for us to note a few of
these cases.
One man, who says he can see colors in the
voices of his friends, as for instance a red voice in
one case, a yellow in another, declares his enjoy-
ment of chorus music to be much increased by
the beautiful harmony of colors, that he sees
apparently proceeding from the voices of the
singers.
He also notices a difference in the sensations
of color, when the same piece is played on differ-
ent instruments: for to him, a Breton melody
played on a saxophone is yellow, on a ciarinet,
red, and on a piano, blue, but in any case the
louder the noise the more brilliant the appear-
ance of the color.
And we find others have classified music in
various other ways. For instance, Bach’s music
to some is dark blue, Beethoven’s like a sky in a
storm, there being dark gray clouds with an
occasional ray of light shining through: Schubert's
serenade is black, while one of Chopin’s nocturns
is gray with a shading of red and another blue.
In general, full rich tones are red, and higher
tones violet, and in the case of one individual,
4 THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO,
music brings to him different impressions of
landscape, so that on hearing Wagner's pieces he
invariably sees rocks and old trees, all being
overshadowed by a quivering yellow light.
Some musicians are said to play by color, and
a piece of music might by such be easily worked
into a painting, or on the contrary, the colors of
the rainbow might be formed into a beautiful
harmony of music.
Now while in many of these instances it is hard
for us to conceive of such sensations as possible,
yet we find that all those who do experience
them are very clear in their minds as to the colors
seen on different occasions and in connection
with different sounds, but it is an interesting fact
to note that in very few cases do we find the
same impressions made upon any two people.
Therefore it has been very difficult for those who
have looked into the matter to discover any one
law of association or memory by which they may
account for these peculiarities. For the question
arises, why should some people possess this
faculty and others not, under the same con-
ditions, or why, if they do see the colors, should
some associate yellow and another blue with the
same sound?
Some explain this difference by assuming an
accidental confusion of the auditory and visual
fibers in the case of certain individuals, and con-
cluding that such a confusion, if possible at all,
could not produce the same effect in every case.
But by far the most universally accepted
opinion, and perhaps the most plausible, is that
the existence of those sensations is undoubtedly
due to association of some kind, whether re-
membered or forgotten, and until a more satis-
factory explanation is presented, it is probable
that many will be content to accept this.
Mary R, Eastman, ’94.
FLOWER-SOULS.
H the wind has oft wafted the fragrance of flowers
To revive a fainting heart.
Their beauty has crept on our darkest hours,
And become of our lives a part.
As they lift from the earth their spirit wings,
Each seems on a mission sent.
How in touch they are with human things, —
Rooted to earth, yet on heaven intent.
A gaze in the deep pure heart of a flower
May have given some soul a new birth,
But alas ’tis soon faded, and then is its power
To be lost forever from earth?
Ah no, for the flower souls there's a land,
‘And from hence they fly here unseen,
To do lovely deeds, not great nor grand,
But things felt like the breeze or the starlights’ gleam.
Oft their spirits’ breath comes in the twilight hours,
Perchance as we think of the past;
More like thoughts than like fragrance of living flowers,
Or like light on a wave that a moonbeam has clasped.
With whispers soft, so low, so light,
Some call flowers still asleep in the ground;
They tell them of morning suns beaming bright
And soft evening dews falling round.
But oh the fair lily, that flower so blessed,
And the rose for whom each heart has thrilled,
The forget-me-not meaning so much not expressed,
‘And the violet whose perfume the spring air has filled,
A destiny gladder than all the rest
By this happy band is fulfilled;
For the lily soul rests on the maiden’s brow,
And the rose souls glow on her cheek.
The violet’s deep blue from her eyes looking now,
Shows the heart that for truth ever seeks,
And the maiden’s eyes speak the forget-me-not's thought
Though the lips of the maiden be mute.
H. W. B. '95.
THE ALUMNI MEMORIAL WINDOW.
XHE undergraduates of the State Normal
College, upon whom the beautiful alumni
memorial window in our chapel to-day looks
down, can have but a feeble sense of what it
symbolizes, and how much of labor and money
it represents; the graduates who for eight suc-
cessive years received notice that more funds
were needed to finish it, must surely have had a
lively sense of the efforts made in raising the
money to pay for it.
It was first suggested at the “great reunion”
(600 present), in December, 1883, by Edward P.
Waterbury, ’49, then president of the New York
State Normal School. His proposition was
adopted with enthusiasm, and a committee of
one from each class was appointed to obtain
subscriptions, President Waterbury, Charles R,
Abbott, 48, and Wm. M. Giffin, ’73, were ap-
pointed committee on the alumni memorial
window, and to them was intrusted the duty of
making arrangements for its construction and
erection in the chapel of the new building then
assuming form on the Willett street side.
Dr. Waterbury was chairman and treasurer of
the committee, and as the other, members resided
at a distance from Albany, the work devolved
principally upon him. He set to work with his
accustomed energy, issued a circular to all living
graduates, and such was his faith in the desire
of all to be represented, that subscriptions were
limited to not more than “ten dollars each.”
‘The window was designed by Ezra Prentice
Treadwell, of Boston, and has, as its “central
motive,” “the development of mankind and of
the arts and sciences as the result of education.”
It will repay a few moments’ study. Let us take
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a favorable position on the floor of the chapel
and examine in order, beginning at our left, the
five upper and principal panels.
First, the “poet,” scanning her verse, and the
“ musician,” playing the harp; second the
“painter,” at her easel, and the “sculptor,” in
the act of giving the finishing strokes to a marble
bust; third, as the central figure, “the teacher
and the scholar,” the teacher having the ideal-
ized face of David P. Page, first principal of the
school, the pupil, a good likeness of Miss ———,
who graduated 18—; fourth, the “orator,” who
with bared arm adds emphasis to the eloquent
words addressed to the “scientist,” seated at his
feet; fifth, the “historian,” whose eager pen catches
the fast-falling words of the “narrator,”at her side.
You have doubtless already observed that each
of these ten figures is life-size, and that each is
represented as engaged in a manner suggesting
the character assumed. Notice, also, the
“Academy” as a back-ground, and in the arch
above, the “marks” of the early printers, “ sym-
bolizing books, the great means for the advance-
ment of education.”
‘Turning now our attention to the five groups
in the lower section, we notice that they are in
striking contrast to those above them — recalling
the Dark Ages. At our left the “ warrior” (not
a soldier who wore the blue of our Union Army);
then the “fanatic” and his victims; in the center
“folly, ignorance and vice,” fit companions of
each other, and also, as they should be, beneath
the feet of the “teacher;” next, the “iconoclast ”
breaking in pieces the noble works of those he
would destroy; last, the “ignorant and bigoted
who martyr the saints,” thus proclaiming their
hostility to progress and education.
At the death of Dr. Waterbury, he had received,
including interest on deposits, $2,313.78. Six
years had elapsed and less than one-half the re-
quired sum had been secured.
Prof. Husted was now appointed to succeed
Pres. Waterbury as treasurer.
Prof. Burt devised and successfully carried
into execution, a plan for obtaining subscriptions
conditional on pledging the whole sum necessary
to complete the structure.
The contract price for the window was $4,723
Printing, postage and incidental expenses
amounted to nearly $300, making the total cost
about $5,000.
The whole number of contributors in sums
varying from fifty cents to fifty dollars, and rep-
resenting all the graduating classes, from the
first to that of June, 1891, was 1,418.
The reunion notice of December 10, 1892, an-
nounced “the alumni window is now complete
and funds sufficient to pay for the same are in
bank.” Thus was finished, after the lapse of
nearly nine years, “the largest single window in
this country ”— thirty-two and a half feet by four-
teen—this magnificent memorial of the loyalty
and love of our Alma Mater’s sons and daughters.
H.
MUSINGS.
F we were judged alone by man,
Who judg’st from outward show,
Our better natures no one could
Discover here below.
But by an all-wise Providence,
‘We're not alone by man,
But by the One whose vision is
Upon the heart and can
See good where only evil seems
To clothe our thoughtless moves,
And whose divine, pure influence
Our characters improves.
We're guided by His mighty hand,
In all we say or do;
If only we'll be led by Him
The toilsome journey through.
Though rough the road and hard the toil,
No fear we need to have,
For Jesus’ staff and rod abide,
‘And peace and comfort give.
‘We can not tell by looks or deeds
What lies within the heart,
For only One there is who knows
What motives fill each part.
God gives some beauty, others grace,
To aid them on their way;
To some He gives a faithful heart,
And takes the rest away.
And unto those who beauty, grace
‘And faithfulness all have,
A double portion has been given,
And they must doubly give.
What is man’s worth, man ne’er can tell,
‘Tho’ many think they know,
And judge they ken a man’s full worth,
Beneath the world’s vain show.
And true they can, to some extent,
Tell kind and Christian works,
But in the heart may ne’er divine
What good or evil lurks.
For in that sacred, holy place,
God is the Great High Priest;
“Tis He alone can enter there,
Till life and time have ceased.
If men could know just what occur
In all our hearts to-day,
Would they not think us viler far
Than God does all the way?
And would we not, down in our hearts,
Feel lower than our brothers,
And have a fuller sense of love
And charity for others?
Then let us all, both strong and weak,
Strive hard to do our best;
Judge worth of man by Christian deeds,
‘And leave to God the rest.
ALvin A. Lewis, '93.
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Many and sweet are the compliments for the
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Just one alumnus has been dropped from the
subscription roll.
Norma methods are hard on grasshoppers,
students, frogs, and the like.
Our Alumni Window should mean more to
the students after reading this number of the
Ecuo.
Tr ts surprising to hear some of our students,
who have never been elsewhere than in a country
village, find fault with the capital city of the
Empire State.
Wuat a field the Normal College would be
for Brigham Young! Some thoughtful youth
has figured out ten ladies for every gentleman.
Was it our financial editor?
Sritz the English graduates are coming back
for the languages. However worthless they
may be in the ordinary pursuits of life, they are
indispensable to the teacher.
TueEre are those people in this institution who
are so contemptibly mean that they not only re-
fuse to support their college paper themselves,
but criticise those who are giving their time and
energy to its support.
Our exchanges, with few exceptions, fill their
pages with borrowed articles from the Forum
An original poem seldom
We have
and other magazines.
appears. The Ecxo never borrows.
enough to fill our pages.
TueEre is a strong feeling in each Normal
School Literary Society to form chapters in other
Normal schools. Few succeed, however, for
each one insists upon being the Alpha Chapter.
Several have attempted to form chapters of the
Phi Delta and Delta Omega, but they could
hardly expect the “child to be father of the
man.”
Tose people who have passed criticism on
every one from the faculty to the janitors, who
condemn our literary societies, and who see
nothing worthy of praise in the grandest build-
ing on the American continent, could spend their
time better conducting an educational institution
in accordance with their ideas, than in attendance
at this college.
Ir is a mistake to suppose the success of the
Ecuo rests alone with the board of editors.
The faculty, students and alumni must all lend
ahelping hand. It is the mission of the Ecuo
to greet old friends and new, to keep us bound
together, to carry messages of interest to us one
and all. Any news that would be of sufficient
interest to tell your friend if he stood by your
side, is just what the news editor wants. Send
it along.
PRAYER MEETING.
UR institution is broad enough to cover all
that is required in our profession. But
there is a feature outside of the class-room, out-
side of the lecture platform, outside of the train-
ing department quite as essential as any. In the
class-room we travel up and down the centuries,
meeting in turn the great educators who have be-
queathed us their wisdom, who beckon us onward.
But, as they live to-day in the class-room, how
often the intellect only is stirred. The intellec-
tual sky is clear; the mind moves with astonish-
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ing rapidity and accuracy. But, after all, it is
only fitted to win in the mad scramble for the
best positions. How often the only aim of our
education is to enable us to harness the toiling
millions to do our bidding.
Such an education only adds to the individ-
ual’s and to the nation’s danger. No; the needs
of the times are not a cold, clammy intellectual
training. An education that divorces itself from
the religion of Christ is more than futile. We bow
in respect to Plato, Bacon and a score of others.
But Christ is the central figure of history, He
is the central figure of pedagogy. THe is the
foundation upon which all true education must
rest.
Then, as we strive for success, as we strive to
prepare ourselves to lift our pupils into a higher
life, can we afford to absent ourselves from the
Sabbath afternoon prayer meeting? Can we neg-
lect the study of that beautiful life, the sublime
lessons He taught, the wonderful methods He
employed? What wisdom, strength and inspira~
tion are gathered in that brief hour! Teachers
taught of the world’s greatest Teacher.
“THE FAILURE OF POPULAR EDUCATION.”
RESIDENT ELIOT, of Harvard, has been
writing some sweeping statements on the
“Failure of Popular Education.”
No one will contend that our public school
system is all that can be desired, or that we are
satisfied with it. An intelligent, manly criticism
coming from President Eliot is very much to the
point. But this gives us an opportunity to inquire
what the colleges are doing for our country. Is
Harvard running so precisely upon true educa-
tional principles, so closely in touch with Ameri-
can institutions that her president can spare so
much of his valuable time swinging the common
schools into line? Is college education all that
we might hope for?
Ten years ago Harvard’s most eloquent son,
in the ripeness of his years, came back to her
halls to tell her that college men show a lack of
a distinctive American character, a love for
things foreign, a chronic distrust of the people.
Instead of leading in the great agitations that
stir our country to its foundation, they stand
aloof, or scorn at what they are pleased to call a
vulgar and dangerous interference by incompetent
hands with matters above them. Said he:
“Book learning does not make five per cent of
that mass of common sense that runs the world.
Two-thirds of the inventions that enable France
to double the world’s sunshine, and make Old
and New England the workshops of the world,
did not come from colleges or from minds trained
in the schools of science, but struggled up, forcing
their way against great obstacles from the irre-
pressible instinct of untrained power. Her work-
shops, not her colleges, made England for a time
the mistress of the world; and the hardest job her
workmen had was to make Oxford willing he
should work his wonders.” Herbert Spencer,
speaking for England, says essentially the same
thing.
However great the “ Failure of Popular Edu-
cation,” it has at least remained true to the sim-
plicity of American institutions. It can boast of
no hall, as Harvard can, with an aristocratical
constituency that says to the poor boy, “ you can-
not enter here!” that has only a jeer for honest
labor. It has not yet learned to shower all its
honors on the athlete of the Sullivan type, while
it sends industrious study a beggar by the way-
side. It has ever nestled close to the heart of our
nation. All that our country has accomplished,
all that it can hope to accomplish, it owes to
what our leading college is pleased to call a
“failure.”’ We commend to Harvard the words
of one of her own alumni, speaking before the
Columbian Educational Congress, “it is my de-
liberate opinion that the three hundred odd
colleges in the United States could be obliterated
without perceptible change in the forward march
of American progress.”
But education does not consist merely of in-
tellectual gymnastics. There is an education
that is more dangerous to a republic than ignor-
ance itself. Greece and Rome did not fall victims
to poverty and ignorance, but to the licentious-
ness that always accompanies great wealth and
superficial education. The French Revolution
was a legitimate protest against the tyranny of the
“Yrefined ” classes of France. George W, Curtis
declared that “the wrongs and crimes in the
annals of the race, the wars that have wasted the
world and desolated mankind were not the work
of the masses, but of the upper classes.” Ignor-
ance is a national danger, but more dangerous still
is the corrupting power of immense wealth and a
“higher education ” that gathers up its garments
scornfully about it and looks askance upon re-
publican institutions. Wealth and such a higher
education are not the soil upon which democracy
thrives. Is it not well that the democracy of
this land should keep a studious eye upon the
spirit of our colleges ?
8 THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO.
’94'S RECEPTION.
'O the class of June, ’94, belongs the honor of
being the first class in the State Normal
College to effect an organization at the beginning
of the term, and extend the ‘freedom of the
college’’ to entering students. The invitation
given to the faculty, students of the college, and
high school for Saturday evening, Oct. 7, was
accepted by the majority of the invited, and
many regrets for inability to be present were
verbally sent.
The guests were welcomed at the threshold of
the reception hall by a committee and were
introduced to the receiving members of the
class. The cordiality of both these committees
revealed the spirit which pervaded all the ’94’s,
and even the stranger found many who were
pleased to greet him,
To one familiar with the kindergarten rooms
by day, the transformation at night was a marvel.
With the use of portieres, rugs and lamps, the
rooms and the court adjoining took on a home-
like appearance that banished all thought of the
wonted daily routine.
The tiles of beautiful autumn flowers standing
about the room, and the red and green foliage
decorating the walks lent the charm of a sylvan
scene. The middle room gorgeous in red, white
and blue called forth many patriotic sentiments.
For those who wished to retire “far from the
madding crowd” there were cosy nooks where
many quiet talks were enjoyed and many con-
fidences exchanged.
The court seemed the favorite place of as-
sembly, and judging from the confusion of
sounds that emanated therefrom, the students of
the college are well versed in the art of con-
versation.
A pleasant variation in the evening’s entertain-
ment was the singing of college songs, which,
senseless as they are, have a ring that always
fires the soul of the college man and woman.
Many of last year’s students and friends in the
city were present and were heartily welcomed.
In addition to the fact that the evening was an
occasion for social intercdurse among acquaint-
ances, the new junior class was given an oppor-
tunity of meeting their fellow students and
knowing them socially.
The class of ’94 may congratulate itself on the
success of its first ‘‘at home,” and be assured
that another of these pleasant functions is antici-
pated by those who attended its inaugural re-
ception,
THE PHI DELTA BANQUET.
O* SATURDAY evening, September 3o, the
Alpha chapter of the Phi Delta fraternity
held its first banquet in honor of the new fraters
who were that evening initiated into the mys-
teries of the order.
At 9:30 the fraternity assembled at the festive
board and proceeded to do ample justice to the
tempting array provided by C. H. Zautner, the
popular caterer.
After disposing of a part of the many good
things Mr Zautner had provided, the brothers
sang the fraternity song, “Our Dear Old Phi
Delta,” and G. A. Brown, president of this
chapter, assumed his station as toast master, and
the flowing bowl went round while Mr Brown,
in a few well-chosen words, made an address to
the fraternity, and ended with the first toast
to the “ Delta Omega,” which was responded to
by G. C, Streeter in a manner which left many
in doubt as to whether the charms of sorority or
fraternity had the greater hold in his heart.
The next toast, the “ Phi Delta,” was ably re-
sponded to by G. R. Green, who showed both
ready wit and originality.
Samuel Slawson, in response to “Our Married
Men,” gave a glimpse of how large a hold his
better half has obtained in the few brief weeks
of their married life.
Next, Mr Spicer responded to the toast
“Man wants but little here below, nor wants
that little long,” showing his partiality for good
things done up in small packages.
Prof. Race, of Crown Point, made a short and
appropriate response to “The Alumni Phi
Delta.”
Next, Mr Stanbro gave his impressions of
the “Phi Delta’s First Banquet,” and Mr
McLaury graphically described his experience
“ Riding the Goat.”
Mr Sleight spoke very enthusiastically in re-
sponse to “College Fraternities,” impressing all
with their advantages and their necessity as an
adjunct to colleges. j
Last, Mr Losey gave his “ First Impressions”
of the fraternity, and we hope all will be as
pleasant.
After the toasting was over, the brothers sang
college songs until they woke the slumbering
policemen three blocks away, after which the
chapter disbanded and the members departed
with many pleasant remembrances of the oc-
casion.
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DELTA OMEGA RECEPTION.
HE warm cordiality, without too much for-
mality, characteristic of the Delta Omegas,
was well displayed on the pleasant occasion of an
informal reception given Friday afternoon, Sep-
tember 22, in their room, the kindergarten.
The blinds being closed tightly, daylight, as
well as street spectators, was shut out, and the
room lighted artificially, and prettily arranged for
the occasion.
After some time had been devoted to intro-
ductions and social conversation, light refresh-
ments, consisting of lemonade and wafers, were
daintily served, after which those delighting to
“trip the light fantastic toe” took possession of
the floor, and dancing was enjoyed until the
adieus were said, and the guests departed.
Contrary to the usual custom of the society,
which has been to hold an open meeting at the
beginning of the year, this reception was given ;
and though the first, it was acknowledged by all
a success, and the guests went away feeling that
they had been warmly received and welcomed
by the Delta Omega Society.
AN APOLOGY.
E would herein express our regret that in
the September issue the members of the
kindergarten training class of-last year shared
their oft-lamented fate, “forgotten,” and were
unintentionally omitted from the list of ’93’s
GRADUATES.
Knowing their locations, we will give them in
this issue, and trust we are not too late to obtain
pardon for the oversight:
Helen C. Arnold
Anna McBride
Louise Sanford
Maude Stewart
. Dolgeville, N. Y.
. Greenbush, N. Y.
. Niagara Falls, N. Y.
. Cleveland, Ohio.
ALUMNI LETTER.
Counors, Oct. 10, 1893.
EAR ECHO.— As we feast our eyes upon
nature’s gorgeous display these beautiful
October days, we are at once pleasantly and
painfully reminded that Father ‘Time has made
rapid strides since we, the class of ’93, broke
ranks and realized that we were henceforth to
be deprived of the inspiration to be obtained
only by daily personal contact with our dma
Mater. We watch the daintily tinted leaves
yield to the gentle zephyrs as with a silent good-
bye they leave that which has been their source
of life, strength and beauty to be wafted hither
and yon to further fulfill nature’s plan, and again
another of the close analogies between life and
nature presents itself. Particularly is this true
as regards the Normal student. How often have
we silently lived again those days when we felt
the great need of the best possible equipment
for our chosen work,
We entered the college not with the feeling
that the common school diploma for which we
labored so many years was useless, but with a
realization of the fact that we were living in an
age which demands even greater qualifications
on the part of an instructor than was considered
necessary in the days of our forefathers, when
the schoolmaster was a combination of janitor,
choirmaster and spiritual adviser. And then,
too, if no other incentive presented itself, the
one is ever before the feminine portion, at least,
that at the end she may have the blessed privi-
lege of holding a life certificate for work in her
beloved profession.
However incompetent and discouraged we felt
when we first entered those classic halls, many of
us took courage when we heard some one whisper
that not always the one possessed of the highest
scholastic ability succeeded best in the profes-
sional field. In due time it became our great
pleasure to be honored with a personal acquaint-
ance with that famous Method family, whose
presence we soon found to be the secret of suc-
cess of the institution. Particularly do I recall
one charming member of the group, whose
greatest delight consisted in leading those who
were not happy in the possession of a complete
encyclopedia to supplement our poor, insufficient
geography, through green valleys, over snow-
clad mountains, pausing now and then to makea
more vivid picture, with a description of some
ancient village, where it became necessary to
halt for rest. How delightful were these stories
of those dwellings, customs and costumes of the
quaint lads and lassies. These were made
doubly instructive and attractive oftentimes by
the bright crayons so effectively and artistically
used.
Doubts often presented themselves as to the
possibility of making a practical application of
to THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO.
many of the excellent ideas brought forth.
How often have we seen the teacher who has
been successful in his own estimation along a
particular line hold tenaciously to his way of
thinking and doing- He could not see wherein
the new excelled the old.
Methinks I hear one ask “ Were all converted ?”
Did all readily yield to the new ideas? No! nor
would such a course lead to the best results. It
is not possible that any one person can fix a law
which shall prove the best way for every per-
son and under all circumstances. But in the
discussions provoked by the differences of opin-
ion did we often realize the greatest factor of
development. And it is this broadening of mind
and soul by contact with the same which is to
tell on future generations.
This has been a year favorable in thé extreme
for making broad-minded, unbiassed men and
women. Who can spend one day amid the splen-
dors of the ‘‘ White City ” and not be overcome
by the mind’s capacity for attainment? And at
the same time be prompted to exclaim, “ What
is the limit of its power and possibilities ?”
How many times we thought we had reached
the limit, when the order came to again write
one of those model sketches. But when we saw
how well John behaved, and how readily Mary
caught the idea, the mist began to clear and
brightness came to fill the place of chaos. But
how often did we pause and wonder if we should
ever have the pleasure of meeting any of those
ideals when we had left the fountain-head of life
and inspiration, Well, we wonder no more.
More than one-tenth of our first school year has
passed and an opportunity to test, to a small de-
gree, newly acquired theories has been ours to
enjoy. And were an experience meeting possi-
ble, what tales would we hear. Of failures to
always proceed logically and systematically — of
the dreadful specimens of humanity to be found
in the border schools — the mischievous boys,
the talkative girls —the children who cannot
distinguish do and re. But, equally balancing
these, I fancy would be heard the happy exclama-
tions of delight from the lips of the true teacher
who does not allow the clouds to hide the sun-
shine, and, seeing in every child something good,
is ever seeking the development of that good
part.
But if, amid the babel of experiences, a voice,
however weak, should propose a round of cheers
for the good old college days, how quickly would
we lay aside school, with all its pleasures and
trials, and join in one prolonged hearty cheer for
the S. N. C.
Jesstz OWEN, 93.
THE PHI DELTA ELECTION.
The officers elected by the Alpha chapter of
the Phi Deltas for the quarter ending November
11, are as follows :
Presiden . G. A. Brown,
Vice-President. Frank Stanbro,
SeTOLAPY eee vee . Samuel Slauson.
Financial Secretary . . G. C. Streeter.
Treasurer. John McLaury.
Chaplain . Myrtus R. Spicer.
Marshal... . Hazlett J. Risk.
Inner Guard . . Geo. R. Greene,
Outer Guard . Chas. M. Frost.
ECHOES.
ECEPTION.
Society festivities.
Don’t wait to be solicited, but leave your subscription
at the Ecuo Office.
The institute season has opened and the services of
our faculty are again in demand.
The first meeting of the graduating class of June, '94,
was held Friday, September 29.
‘The Euterpean and Cantica Laudis have been laid on
the shelf, and replaced by the Student’s Hymnal.
A party of eighteen young ladies of the entering class
visited the iron works at Troy, Tuesday, October 2.
The Eco is largely indebted to H. P. French for
information concerning the whereabouts of our alumni,
In place of glee class on Fridays, all the students now
assemble in the model chapel to listen to general talks
on deportment from Pres. Milne.
Music is being taught in the high school by pupil
teachers. The department has been divided into four
sections, each reciting once a week.
Eight of our students witnessed the foot ball game
between Williams College and the Laureate Athletic
Club at Troy, Saturday, September 30.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather many
of the students witnessed the unveiling of the King
Fountain in the park, Friday, September 29.
A bit of advice to the young men, given by one of the
critic teachers a short time since, was indirectly to marry;
we offer this as a warning to our pretty young ladies.
No more “ standing in front of the ice cream saloon,”
after six o’clock, as the ‘‘rules,” otherwise known as
“instructions to landladies” were sent out, Friday,
October 6.”
THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO, 11
Cheek grows with age, as was evident when the doors
of 303 were closed and locked, and not even the college
faculty admitted without the password.— Thus behold
the present Physics Method Class.
Dr. Riggs’ brief pastorate at the Madison Avenue
Reformed Church last winter was highly appreciated by
the Normal students in attendance there, as was shown
by their eager return to hear him, Sunday, October 1.
To the Delta Omegas,— Beware. The kindergarten
is an unsafe repository for official books and records at
all times, and especially when the esteemed and scrupu-
lous Phi Deltas meet on the self-same evening in the
self-same place.
PERSONALS.
M* WOODWORTH is on the sick list.
Dr. Milne attended the Indian conference last week.
A sister of Miss Aitkins from Johnstown spent Sun-
day in town.
Miss Roberta Cochrane returned to college the first
of the month,
Miss Corkerdale has gone to her home in Newburgh
because of illness.
Miss Sadie MacGowan has been suffering with an
attack of “La gripe.”
Mr Samuel Slauson was called home October 7, by
the death of his brother.
Miss Grace Jones has discontinued her school work
this year because of ill-health.
Mrs F, J. Bartlett and children returned from War-
saw, N. Y., Friday, October 6.
Miss Mary Boughton’s father and uncle, of Mariner's
Harbor, spent Sunday with her.
Prof. Myron E. Scudder, of the Board of Regents,
visited the college, Friday, September 22.
Mrs W. C. Windsor, of Canaseraga, is spending a
week with her sister, Miss Edith Holliday.
Miss Mabel Taylor, of Port Jervis, was the guest of
Miss Florence Lockwood a week in September.
Miss Mary J. Newman entertained her sister, Mrs
Wasson, of Salem, Ore., Thursday, September 28.
Rev. J. M. Sturdevant, D. D., of Aurora, Ill, graced
the rostrum in chapel exercises, Monday, October 9.
Prof. J. R. White visited Prin. R. H. Bellows of Fort
Plain and Prof. M. E. Newbury of Johnstown last week.
Miss Kate Stoneman and Prof. Wetmore addressed
the institute at Rhinebeck during the week October 2-6.
Mr G. N, Sleight attended the centennial anniversary
of his Alma Mater, Williams College, October 9 and ro.
Miss Mabel Arrowsmith, a former student of the
High school department, visited the college Monday,
October 9.
Mrs H. A. Curtiss and Mrs C. 0. Wilcox, of
Oxford, were the guests of their respective daugh-
ters, September 16, 17, 18.
James McLaren, of Adams, Mass., and Charles E.
Smith, of New Haven, Conn, both students at Yale
College, visited our institution Wednesday, October 4.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
We like the idea of learning to sing by note.
Miss Greason is suffering from a severe attack of
typhoid fever.
Mr Morey, a former member of this department, is
now teaching in Rensselaer county.
Mr De Voe, a former member of this department, is
now teaching near Voorheesville.
‘The members of the Elite Society always make their
meetings very pleasant.
Mr D. D. Fisher, a graduate of '93, is now attending
the Albany Business College.
If one were to take notice of the number of compo-
sitions that have been written on the “ King Fountain,”
it would seem that this grand fountain has been an ob-
ject of great interest to the second year class during the
last week.
Ata recent meeting of the Elite Society, the follow-
ing officers were chosen:
Presidente. ccccvcccevens Mr Chas. Kilpatrick.
Vice-President. Mr J. C. Bogardus.
Secretary... Mr R. J. Hotaling.
TROSUIET osc e ev eeeee Mr C, Hallenbeck.
The election of new officers of the Quintilian Society
was made at the beginning of the term, and the fol-
lowing were chosen:
President ....... ... Miss Lottie Hungerford.
Vice-President « Miss Florence Williams.
Secretary . . Miss Seta Eckert.
Treasurer . .+. Miss Grace Shaller.
Many pretty girls have recently joined the Quintilian
Society; twenty-six new members were initiated at one
meeting. The Quintilians have decided to have a
society pin, which will be very dainty and pretty, as it
is to be the outline of an oak leaf in gold, with the
letter “Q,” of green enamel, in the center, At a
meeting on September 28, Miss Mae Roff, an honorary
member, gave a very interesting account of her visit at
the World’s Fair. A program of each meeting of the
Quintilian Society may be found in room or.
12 THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO.
KINDERGARTEN NOTES.
HERE are fifteen free kindergartens in New York
city.
“Miss McConnell, of Alabama, visited our department
last week,
Misses Saunders and Strain visited the kindergarten
October 12.
Miss Lillian Prichard has been ill several days with
“La grippe.”
There are twenty-three little people in attendance in
this department.
On the second Saturday of each month visitors are
invited to meet with the association.
We hope in our next issue to announce a popular
course of lectures for this department,
A lecture is to be given at the next meeting of the
Albany Kindergarten Association, of which Miss Ida
Isdell has been elected vice-president.
New York has a kindergarten union similar to the
Albany association. This union meets monthly for the
mutual improvement of the members.
A new free kindergarten has been opened in connec-
tion with the Benjamin Street Mission, to be conducted
by Miss Isabel Saunders, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Albany Kindergarten Association met here
Saturday, October 14. Dr. Gilbert, of the Albany High
School, addressed the union on How to read. At every
meeting hereafter some prominent educator will speak.
Last year Cohoes established a trial kindergarten, in
charge of Miss Frances M. Crawford, which was so
successful that it has been made a permanent part of
the school system, Miss Crawford being in charge, with
one assistant.
ALUMNI NOTES.
"74. (SHRISTOPHER KELLER is teaching in Mine-
ville, N. Y.
79. Miss Anna E, Pearse is teaching at Blue Mountain
Lake, N. Y.
’87. Miss Nellie Farnham is teaching at Athens, N. Y.,
and Miss Jennie Potts at Niverville, N. Y.
88. S, H. Lyman has a position at Cherry Valley, N. Y.
R. W. Wickham, now teaching in Greenbush, was
greeting old friends at the reception, Saturday
evening, October 7.
Miss Cornelia Hasbrook is teaching at Maynard,
Mass.
90. Thos. J. Kivlin is teaching at Echo Lake, N. Y.
Miss Mable G. Wylie is another York State Nor-
mal, teaching at Maynard, Mass.
Miss Margaret Ruland sways the sceptre at Johns-
town, N, Y.
Miss Mary A. Hayden, of Hackensack, N. J.,visited
the Ecuo office, Friday, September 22.
89. Miss Ada J. Riggs, of Albany, called at the college,
Friday, September 22.
‘The friends and classmates of Mrs Olivia Avann
Wilbur will regret to hear of her death which
occurred the past summer.
‘ot. Miss Helen E, Randall teaches at Johnstown, N. Y.,
and Miss Cora A. McKown, at Carthage Land-
ing, N. Y.
C. H. Anthony made a hasty call at the college,
‘Thursday, September 28.
92. Ernest E. Daring has recently returned to college
for the classics.
Mrs T. Cramer, née Miss Sophie Ammenheuser
visited the college, Thursday, October 5.
Miss Mary Worrall has a position at North Ben-
nington, Vt.
+ Miss Maud Tallman has a position at her home in
Nunda.
Miss Alice J. Nichols is another a/ummi at Johns-
town, N. Y.
Miss Ella G. Houghton is teaching at Lansingburgh,
N.Y.
Miss Mary Keeler represents our institution at
Milton Center; Miss Jennie Rathbune, at New-
tonville; Miss Agnes D, McCarthy, at Oliveria;
Miss Anna M. F. McCann, at Pleasant Plains;
Miss L. Belle Whitbeck, at Tonawanda; Miss
Margaret Hefferman, at Reedstown; Miss Mary
J. Gladstone, at Hunter; Miss Frances M.
Streever, at East Berne; Miss Cora M. Roy, at
Lansingburgh, N. Y., and Miss Ida E. Clark, at
Bohemia, N. Y.
Miss Elizabeth J, Dunham will sail for Europe the
latter part of October.
¥93. Miss Nellie Blood was shaking hands with old
friends at the Normal, Tuesday, October 3.
Miss Jessie Sherman was seen in the halls at recess,
Thursday, September 26.
Russell H. Bellows was in the city a few days in
September.
Raymond E. Brown visited familiar scenes and
places, Saturday, September 30.
The Ecuo is pleased to hear good reports of our
alumni in Margaretville, and acknowledge with
thanks their remembrance,
An interesting letter has been received from Daniel
Jordan, who is teaching his native tongue in two
private preparatory schools in New York city,
Miss Catherine M. Rider made a short visit with
friends in the city, Saturday, October 7.
Miss Jessie Owen and Mr. Edward B. Harris were
among the guests at the reception, Saturday
evening, October 7.
We regret to announce that Miss Anna Belle Mc-
Bride has been compelled to suspend her work
in Greenbush owing to illness.
EXCHANGES.
‘© (\UT OF SIGHT —out of mind,” is an old adage
and yet we hope that this is not the cause of our
having received thus far so few of our exchanges. We
have had the pleasure up to date of seeing but three of
our old friends for whose coming we so eagerly watch.
“The Progressive School” is with us again full of
useful hints and helps to wide-awake teachers,
THE NORMAL COLLEGE ECHO. 13
The September number of “ University Herald ” con-
tains a very interesting and instructive article on coal
mining and also some very good specimens of college
verse.
We would suggest to some of our exchanges the idea
of putting the date of the issue on the title-page. It
would be a convenience in many ways, especially help-
ful in filing.
The oration on “American Sympathy for the Op-
pressed,” by Rowland L. Davis, and also the one on
the ‘‘ Heritage of the Present Age,” by Arland D. Weeks,
in the September issue of the ‘Normal News,” are
scholarly efforts and well repay perusal.
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
Usox registers seventy-eight Freshmen.
Wesleyan University is to have a new gymnasium,
Hazing has again been carried to a dangerous excess
at Princeton.
Wesleyan is endeavoring to organize a guitar and
mandolin club.
Greek is no longer required for admission to the
A.B. course at Williams.
An electrical engineering school will soon be added
to the attractions at Stanford University.
The new associate judge of the Supreme Court, Hon.
W. B. Hornblower, is a Princeton man.
Leland Stanford University stands first as the heaviest
endowed educational institution in the United States.
Columbia College ranks second.
Ten thousand four hundred and ninety-nine degrees
have been conferred by the University of Michigan
since 1841, the year of its opening.
__ Prof. A. H. Pepper, Union, ’87, formerly instructor
in the department of modern languages at Rutgers, has
accepted a similar position at Union.
Oberlin ranks fitst among colleges for independence.
It was the first to admit women on the same plane as
men, and received negroes twenty-eight years before
their emancipation.
Williams College began the celebration of its one-
hundredth anniversary on October 8, 1893. ‘The fes-
tivities lasted two or three days, and consisted of exer-
cises, speeches, orations, teas, lunches, etc., and closed
with a grand ball and banquet.
Union is going in for athletics in earnest this year.
A training table has been set apart at which the foot-
ball men will be put on a systematic diet, in prepara-
tion for the coming test of strength. The fall athletic
field-day will be held at the college grounds on Oc-
tober 20.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES.
HE little college at Rockbridge county, Virginia,
founded by George Washington, has educated 37
governors, 80 United States senators and 31 college
presidents.
Prof. W. H. Mace, who delivered a course of Uni-
versity Extension lectures before the summer confer-
ence at Cambridge, England, will lecture on American
History at Rochester this winter.
Ex-State Superintendent Waller, of Pennsylvania, is
now principal of the State Normal at Indiana
In San Francisco, teachers must serve a probation-
ary term of two years before being considered regular
teachers.
Philadelphia has discarded the Grube system, claim-
ing that it is opposed to the natural development of the
child’s mind.
Corporal punishment will hereafter be allowed in
Arizona only when administered in the presence of a
parent or school trustee.
The meeting of the Association of College Presidents
which was to have taken place on September 22 at
Syracuse has been postponed until some time in October.
There has been a much larger attendance in the
schools all over the State, The fact that the demand
for labor is much less, owing to the financial depression,
has been given by many as a reason for this.
The Temperance Instruction Law of South Dakota
provides that instruction as to the nature and effects of
alcoholic drinks, and especially their effect on the
human system, shall be as thoroughly given as in arith-
metic and geography.
The new principal of the Michigan State Normal
School at Ypsilanti is Dr. Richard G. Boone, formerly
of the Department of Pedagogy, at the Indiana State
University. The Ypsilanti Normal is to be congratu-
lated upon securing the services of so able and efficient
aman,
In the name of New York's commissioners, Governor
Flower has presented the New York State building to
Mrs. Potter Palmer, to be held for the use and benefit
of the permanent organization of women now being
formed. Headquarters are to be in Chicago.
AMONG THE MAGAZINES.
‘There are many fine contributions to Seribner’s Magazine for
October, J. G A. Creighton, an officer of the Canadian Senate,
writes the history of the Northwest Mounted Police of Canada,
which is finely illustrated by Frederic Remington, This paper re-
counts the work of those brave men “whose ‘Scarlet tunic for
twenty years has been the symbol of law and order” in an extent
of territory equal in area to France and Germany. Our popular
novelist, . Howells, introduces "The Man of Letters as a
Man of Business,” and reveals the interior life of the literary pro-
fession, He openly discusses the dollars and cents to be gained
from a literary pursuit and presents the subject from a point of
view not usually taken by the uninitiated public, The reminis-
cences of Sir Walter Scott, by Robert Stevenson, the grandfather
of Robert L., under the title of * Scott’s Voyage in the Lighthouse
Yacht,” makes a unique and striking article, A portrait of Robert
Stevenson by T. A. Butler accompanies it
‘A new feature of this number is the first article of F. N. Double-
day who tells, from personal acquaintance of the famous French
artists, Monyel, Delort, Lynch, Marchetti, Jeanniot and Courboin,
and illustrates the articles with the work of this group of artists,
Joel Chandler Harris describes with vividness a great fox hunt in
5 d_ Fox,” while A. B, First, contributes
“Historic Houses of Washington” are
4 Shriven” touches upo
hides sadness beneath it. Duncan Campbell Scott contributes a
short story ("Tn Vigier Again,” Bliss Carman a quaint. poem,
“Nell Guy,” and Edith M. Thomas and Margaret G. George,
beautiful though sad litile poems. ‘The uniformity of Seribner’s
Magazine ns well as the notable list of contributors secured every
month makes the magazine one of the leading periodicals published,
14 THE NORMAL
COLLEGE ECHO.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.
English Classics for Schools. American Book Com-
pany. Boards, 3o cents.
‘Two copies of the English Classics series, bound in most attract-
ive covers and carefully annotated, are sent us this month. Some
excellent features of the " Lady of the Lake,” are the glossary de-
fining obsolete words and those which are foreign to the pupil, and
the map showing localities mentioned in the poem. An introduc-
tion gives a short biography of Sir Walter Scott and outlines the
story of the poem. ‘The other copy contains three of the most
familiar essays of Emerson: ‘The American Scholar, Self-Reliance,
and Compensation. A good likeness of Ralph Waldo Emerson
appears on the first page, and the introductory chapter tells a few
incidents of his life and discusses his religious belief
For supplementary reading, language work or literature, these
Classics are invaluable, and with such books offered at so small a
price, every school can’afford to be supplied with the entire series.
The Educational Labors of Henry Barnard. By
Witt1am O, Monroz, C, W. Bardeen, Syracuse.
Prof. Monroe of the Leland Stanford University furnishes a
study in the history of American pedagogy from the life of Henry
Barnard, the well-known editor of the American Journal of Educa
tion. The work embraces an account of Mr. Barnard during boy-
hood and school days, as State Superintendent of Connecticut,
State Superintendent of Rhode Island, Principal of State Normal
School and State Superintendent of Connecticut, College President,
U, S. Commissioner of Education and Editor of American Journal
of Education, i
Many. interesting facts are gleaned from the life of this fore-
most of American educators, as well as many facts that serve as
incentives to the young pedagogue. The matter is so condensed
and well classified that the salient points in the biography of
Henry Barnard are covered in thirty-five pages. The book ap-
pears in a very pretty cover, and with photographs of Dr. Barnard
at different ages, is a most valuable addition to any library, whether
pedagogical or otherwise.
A practical Course in English Composition. By
AxpHonso G. Nnwcommr, Ginn & Co., Boston, Mass.
Prof. Newcomer's book is just what the title designates it, “A
Practical Course in Composition.” The work is intended to sup-
jlement the usual grammars and rhetorics and furnishes practice
in rules previously learned. While the book is arranged for use
in high schools and academies, it is also well adapted to the lower
classes in colleges and universities, Models of the several styles
of writing are Sometimes taken from classic selections, but more
Often, are the best productions of the students—a merit in its favor,
‘An introductory chapter to the pupil suggests how to find material
for compositions. The familiar address of the writer invites the
‘attention, and the pupil at once receives the impression that com-
Position is a delightful subject. The exercises, seventy-three in
humber, are arranged in three parts and each part is divided into
sections. ‘These parts are absolutely perfect in their classification.
‘The topics selected as subjects for written compositions are from
the beginning within the pupil’s comprehension and he is led bi
successive steps through all literary departments. ‘The subjects
wl and varied and are, without an exception,
thoroughly practical, ‘The author’s method bears the same relation
to all other methods that objective presentation bears to abstract
teaching. ‘The principles of composition are left until the pupil
has had some practice in writing, and the formal essay is treated in
an introductory chapter in the same colloquial style that runs
through the whole book, The entire scope of literary work is
carefully covered, while the style is so simple that the pupil seems
conscious of the personal instruction of the writer. ‘The student
who uses this book is of a necessity enthused with a love of com-
position writing,
The History of Educational Journalism in the State of
New York. C. W. BarpEen. Syracuse, N. Y.
‘The editor of the School Bulletin has published in pamphlet form
the entertaining and instructive history read at the World’s Colum-
Dian Exposition, before the Department, of Educational Publica
tion of the International Congresses of Education. Beginnin,
with The Academecian, 1818-1819, the writer gives, in chronological
order, brief sketches of the various educational journals down to
the present time, Mr, Bardeen’s wide knowledge of his subject
and his personal acquaintance with school journalistic work enables
him to present the facts of his subject with comprehensiveness and
in a pleasing style. ‘The photographs of some of the prominent
editors of the journals discussed are an attractive feature of the
article. ‘To the teacher who desires to be informed on the history
of educational progress in his own State the paper is especially
useful.
Amold’s First and Second Latin Book, Revised by
James E. MutHoxianp. Price, $r.00. American Book
Company.
_ In his first American edition of this work the author states that
imitation and frequent repetition are the principles governing his
atrangement, Parts T and IT are included in the same volume.
‘The First Part is adapted to the ranks of beginners in the Latin
language. The Second Part, containing a Practical Grammar, is
sequel to the First Part and’ introduces some of the chief difficul-
ties in the Latin tongue. ‘The American editor has merely revised
the book, making only those changes necessary to unite the two
parts into one volume, adding a few explanatory notes and enlarg-
ing and improving the Latin and English vocabularies. The les-
sons and exercises contain many excellent points,— the vocabulary
gives the English word derived from the accompanying Latin
word, the exercises are remarkably adapted to the beginner but
are progressive and in the later lessons give practice in the more
difficult constructions of the language, though they are introduced
sufficiently early in the work to enable the pupil to become familiar
‘with these difficulties before the work of translating the classics be-
gins. In the Second Part the studiesin word- building are anoticeable
point of excellence and furnish a splendid aid in studying the deri-
vation of English words. The exercises for translation are well
chosen and systematically arranged by aiternating the Latin and
English text, This revised edition of a well-known text-book pro-
vides an easy way of learning the Latin language,
Vergil's neid and Bucolics. Harper and Miter.
American Book Company. Price, $1.50.
According to the authors of this work “ the object of a text-book
on Vergil should be two fold,—to present, the facts in the Latinity
Of the author in as suggestive’and accessible a form as possible, and
to afford stimulus and material for the study of the poet from a
Iterary point of view.” The introduction contains all the princi
ples of syntax used in the first six books of the Atneid presented
inductively. ‘The method of teaching the Vergilian verse and the
principles of quantity by comparison with the English verse is es
pecially noteworthy. ‘The literary study of the poet's lines is a
prominent feature of the text-book. Numerous aids for this study
are given in a bibliography, —lists of topics for investigation, an
account of the Royal House of Troy, rhetorical studies and copious
notes. Among tliese notes, those giving quotations from Greek,
Latin, Italian and English authors for whom Vergil served as a
model are exceedingly helpful, and demonstrate to the student the
importance of being well versed in the classics. ‘The book has
twelve full-page illustrations and many woodcuts, making a most
artistic volume, and giving to the public we believe the only text
50 profusely equipped as to cultivate the aesthetic taste of the
pupils. ‘Tostudy from so beautiful a book is a delight to the pupil
Outlines of Rhetoric. Joun T,Genune. Ginn & Co.,
Boston, Mass.
agaffording an opportunity for the application of principles learned.
aud forms containing many words and phrases needed in the
Vocabulary of the pupil. “In the method and arrangement the
author is decidedly original and displays much inventive genius.
‘As the author says, the “ new departures must await the verdict of
actual use.” We are confident that the plan of the rhetoric will
prove a success and that the book will find a ready sale.
BOOKS RECEIVED.
Xenophon’s Anabasis— By Harper & Wallace.—
American Book Company.
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