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The New Vear January 1, 1906.
The Lookout Man
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Geological Features of Albany . 101
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JANUARY, 1906. [No:s;
LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
The New Year January 1, 1906.
Time has been defined, “eternity in
sight;” that is, as regarded by our per-
sonal senses, forming an infinitesimal
segment of the great circle of eternity;
and yet, by it we measure the greatest
span of human existence, And he, who
renters the open gate of a new century, a
mere decimal of time, is seldom found
at its closing portals. Time, with its
mysterious companion, space; forms the
great frame-work of the machinery of
creation, in which “The mills of God
grind slowly,” but surely, as we move
onward in our earthly pilgrimage, re-
cording the limited experiences of each
succeeding year, the conventional ex-
pressions of the New Year become little
more than the mere interchange of
social greetings—mere, pass-words of
the season, for time, like the Creator, is
without beginning or end. The Gre-
cians believed Old Father Time a great
monster tyrant, who devoured his own
children; but Zeus, escaping his power,
dethroned his father, yet ever regarding
him as the ruling power behind the
throne.
It is difficult to ascertain the origin of
New Year festivals; as the traditions of
prehistoric events seem only to involve
in deeper obscurity. Evidently, they
were founded in heathen customs and
temples before the dawn of civilization
or the influence of Christianity; and
gradually handed down the annals of
time tempered to the softer amenities
of life and to the more refined conditions
of society. The month of January was,
I believe. of Roman birth; and the tem-
ple of Janus as sacred as the temple of
Jupiter. It was the beginning and the
end; the opening of the gates of the
New Year and the closing of them, in
December. In the temple of Janus
twelve altars were erected in his honor;
before which all men bowed in holy rev-
erence and honor. And, to-day, we are
rejoicing in the brightness of the new
dawn, standing upon the very thresh-
old of the twentieth century; moving
on in the wake of former glory; more
powerful, more brilliant, more hopeful
of wider, deeper and higher attainments,
because of the rich experiences of the
past.
Let us not forget, as we look with
gratitude down the dark vista of centur-
ies, the guiding Hand that led us on, and
by whose unerring wisdom we have at-
tained the honored heights of earthly
fame, rejoicing in the happiness of our
loved homes, and the peace, prosperity
and liberty of our country.
Mary C. BENNETT.
Class 55.
Washington, D. C., January, 1906.
98 THE Ecuo.
The Lookout Man.
(With apologies to Mr. Maupin.)
Now: listen, fellow students, an I’ll tella
story true;
An’ better you remember,
means a lot to you.
An’ if you heed th’ lesson, when ’xamin-
ation time is here
You'll git a lot o’ pleasure an’ double
punches dear,
Th’ Lookout Man is walkin’ when the’
stars begin tpeep,
To see if Normal Students rules and
regulations keep;
An’ all who act up naughty and don’t in-
stant actualize
Th’ Lookout Man is watching, an’ he is
awful wise.
7cause it
I knowed a little feller once who got
real bad and said
He didn’t b’lieve that we’uns breathed
th’ way th’ teacher said;
An’ that he didn’t have to trace associa-
tion’s trains
An’ didn’t care the leastest mite about
*vibratin’ brains.
But when it come ’xamination time he
only got one punch;
Th’ Lookout Man had been around
when students in a bunch
Had talked in halls and corridors *bout
methods good and bad,
Th’ Lookout Man was list’ning and that
boy was mighty sad.
I knowed a little girl who’d an’ awful lot
of cheek.
She never would philosophize in Latin
or in Greek.
And when th’ Dr. told her to be still and
hush her noise,
She kept right on a chatterin’ an’ never
lost her poise.
But when ’xamination time was past, t’
her wonder an’ surprise,
On her card, a single punch in th’ corner
met her eyes.
You see, she acted naughty, the rule
she’d never find;
An’ th’ Lookout Man was watchin’ all
her attitudes o’ mind.
Th’ Lookout Man is peepin’ through
windows large and small.
An’ countin’ up the students who think
they know it all;
An’ keep a talkin’ in th’ chapel e’en
when th’ hymns announced;
An’ skip th’ music hour at th’ risk of
be’in’ bounced.
He puts ’em in his good book, but th’
bad ones in th’ bad,
An’ when he writes a bad one he looks
jus’ awful sad.
Cause he knows they’ll git a single
punch at examination soon.
This means “No Sheepskin” later on, in
th’? merry month o’ June.
i. NG.
Glimpses of Life in the Art Students’
League.
At 215 West Fifty-seventh street,
New York city, there is a very unusual
building, though in its architecture very
ordinary, and not causing the eye
trouble that the slightest particle of dust
from the street might.—both being un-
heeded unless the attention is called to
them.
The lower part of this particular struc-
ture contains the galleries of the Society
of American Artists. The upper stories
contain the studios of the Art Students’
League. These studios were placed
in this position that the student might
capture the thoughts of the great artists
as they winged their way upward to the
heavenly heights and incidentally that
they might have sky-lights.
The student does not, however, get a
chance at this thought-capturing until
he has paid his money at the league of-
fice on the ground floor. Then if he or,
as in most cases, she be blessed with
heart and lungs sufficiently developed to
enable her to climb six flights of stairs
she may reach the top with glowing
cheek and fluttering heart ready to drop
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down on the wooden bench in the hall.
Here if she be of the more earthly and
less idealistic nature may spend many a
happy hour in gentle converse. And this
—while mother has father pay Chris-
tine’s expenses that she may study art.
This same bench holds the members
of the class who come first, while the
monitor, the student chosen by the
powers below to pose the model, per-
forms this pleasant duty. If, however,
he takes too much pleasure and time in
so doing, he is gently reminded of the
fact by some members of the class, who,
tired of trying to find out which foot is
most artistically adapted to the support
of the remainder of his anatomy, gently
reminds him by trying to push the most
ambitious foot through the door panel,
This brings the monitor with a hat in
which are small pieces of folded paper,
each bearing a number. He allows
each member to take one. When No. 1
is called, Mary, who has it, rushes into
the room, seizes two chairs, goes
to one side of the model, turns her head,
twists up her face in the endeayor to
shut one eye and then tries three or four
other positions. In the meanwhile,
after going through a somewhat similar
performance, Antoinette, who has No.
2, sits in the very place that Mary
wanted, and poor Antoinette thinks that
Mary has the only decent place in the
room. This goes on until all are seated.
Then Mary makes some chalk marks on
the floor around her chairs, so that she
may have the pleasure of driving some
thoughtless person from the spot on the
next day. For the poses in the life
and portrait classes continue for a week.
The model. who generally poses on a
throne, a very ordinary movable wooden
platform, yes—very ordinary and twice
as dirty as ordinary, has to sit or stand
in the same cramped position for three
hours, resting for five minutes at the end
of every twenty-five minutes. These
school models get but six dollars a week
but the great artists have very beautiful
models for which they pay enormous
prices.
The visitor, as he comes into the illus-
tration class,—for that is most frequent-
ly invested with visitors—spends the
first few minutes in looking over the fur-
niture of the room. This is very sub-
stantial, though most of it is renewed
several times a year. For art, though
long, seems to need new “settings” fre-
quently.
Almost the first things that meets
one’s notice is the figure of some long,
lean, raw-boned fellow, trying to dis-
pose of his anatomy in the most conven-
ient way possible while sitting on a kin-
dergarten chair with his work propped
up before him on a kitchen chair. All
the students, who are able, obtain this
same combination of chairs, but once in
a while, as from the younger growth
you see an old pine towering above the
others, we see a student sitting on a
long-legged stool behind an easel.
The floors of these rooms are of a
very beautiful somber hue, caused by
the grinding of charcoal dust into them
On one side of each room
On
the other sides are two rows of green
lockers, each about three feet high and
having a lock and key. What delight-
ful things they would be in which to
keep the hatpins and furs of the Nor-
malites!
year after year.
is a rack for holding wet canvases.
The side walls and lockers are painted
green and the ceiling is cream-color.
Do you suppose that students, endowed
with a great longing to create pictures,
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could refrain from decorating that
space? Why, of course not! Each
part must have its share and some a lit-
tle more, For instance: one of the up-
per lockers, of which the owner was very
choice, had on it the inscription, “hands
off,” but some other student, who
wishes it still further preserved, added
the words, “feet too.” Another has on
it a Sargent picture made with three or
four strokes of the brush. Still another
has the impressionistic methods put to
shame. These ambitious students show
partiality to certain portions of the
room, benefiting that favored portion by
another coat of paint an inch thick, and
containing all the colors of the rainbow.
There béing no set rule for the colors
used in a masterpiece, the pupils have to
arrive at their own conclusions by the
process of elimination, and the colors
eliminated go on the wall.
Of the other decorations of this wall,
on which, and in which art is borne,
some are borne high, as, for instance, the
brown foot-prints which cross the ceil-
ing and go out at the sky-light.
Foot-prints that perhaps another
Painting on life’s somber main,
A poor, forlorn, ambitious brother,
Seeing may turn home again.
In the women’s life class the vain
creatures have represented themselves
in silhouettes as black geese picking up
crumbs as they fall from the open sack
held by a little boy who represents the
teacher. This motto is painted where
all may read—‘“‘A hair on ye head is
worth two in ye brush.”
The men’s life class, in order that the
new-comers may judge themselyes by
their predecessors, have pasted silhou-
ettes of each other on the walls with such
explanatory attachments as wings, ha-
los, pipes, glasses, or especially culti-
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vated sprouts of hair. There are also
various sized owls to represent the night
classes. Most of these latter “stunts”
were done in the life class at the
“treats’—an old and honored custom
brought from across the sea.
In this “treats” after all the musical
and dramatic talent, of which there is no
small quantity nor inferior quality, has
been disposed of, the room is cleared for
the chariot and horse races with oc-
casionally a tilting match or a grand
meélée.
The chariots are easels turned down
and drawn by two ambitious pupils,
The race consists of four leaps around
the room and generally ends with a
broken easel and one or two dirty chari-
oteers. In the horse races the jockeys
sit astride the chairs, take a firm hold of
the back, and jump up and down, about
twice as high as on the ordinary saddle
horse. As the regulations here are not
very strict one rider frequently heads
his horse to break the legs of another,
so that most all of these horses are sure
to be crippled for life and thrown aside
for the junk man.
In the tilting contests they revert to
their memory of Ivanhoe. The knight
climbs to the back of his sturdy steed,
which in this case must be very sturdy,
and, at the word, sends him thundering
down upon his opponent, frequently up-
setting both horses and riders.
Do I hear you say—“What rough
boys!” Well, at those times they are
not exactly what the Sunday school
teacher would call ideal. But the next
day even the most careless student of
the day before will be found zealously
working on the picture before him,
which, in all probability, will prove to be
the best canvas of the group. As for
the furniture broken at these times the
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students replace it, for the league is self-
supporting and self-governing. When
the several instructors come on their
semi-weekly visits, the students give ex-
cellent attention, crowding around the
instructor as he goes from pupil to pupil
criticising his work. Of course, here as
elsewhere, there are those who will not
work. But art can not be hammered in,
it must be worked out and, if given a
chance, it will work itself out.
The methods of the Art Students’
League are novel, compared with most
school methods, but they have points
well worth considering, especially by
those most interested in school govern-
ment. I have pictured for you the
worst side of life in the league. If you
are interested you can easily find out its
best side.
CuHartes L. Austin, Jr.
Geological Features of Albany.
On Saturday afternoon, December
ninth, more than a score of Normal
students and others interested in the geo-
logical and physical features of Albany,
met at the Kenwood terminus of the car
line for the first excursion in the course
of lectures and excursions given by Pro-
fessor Cook of the State Normal College.
Just west of this point, on the old mill
site, an excellent opportunity was had to
compare the broad, flat valley of the Hud-
son with the steep-sided gorge cut by the
swift Normanskill. The latter also fur-
nished good illustrations of the phenom-
ena resulting from a stream flowing
swiftly through mantle rock of varying
hardness.
On examining the rock we found two
kinds: a soft, friable, black shale and
hard, massive, gray sandstone. We then
entered the Delaware and Hudson rail-
toad cut, where the commercial needs of
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man have unconsciously aided us in our
geological investigations. In the steep
sides of this cut these rocks are seen in
alternating layers extending diagonally
to the top. Professor Cook told us that
these rocks are known to geologists as
the Normanskill beds of the Hudson river
formation. This includes several rock
beds of different ages, some of which are
contemporaneous with the Trenton lime-
stone, but we are to regard this as a unit
lying above the Trenton limestone and
extending vertically to the limestone com-
posing the Helderberg escarpment.
These rocks are found at the surface far
up and down the river, westward beyond
Altamont and Schenectady, and eastward
to Ryesdorph hill, seen on the horizon.
These rocks belong to the Silurian age,
being, save the Cambrian and Archaean
systems, the oldest in the world. -In the
west these strata lie nearly horizontal,
while here and toward the east the tilting,
twisting, and folding show the tremen-
dous forces which built our mountains.
At'the top of the hill the soil had been
removed to show the sandstone, the sur-
face of which has many scratches from
one thirty-second to one fourth of an inch
in depth, and extending uniformly in the
direction two degrees east of southeast.
These Professor Cook explained as being
cut by the last glacial advance. The ice
sheet is supposed to have been turned in
its contact with the Helderberg escarp-
ment, so as to follow the path of least
resistance across New England to the sea.
Our next investigations were at Bab-
cock’s brickyard, along Third avenue,
where a good cross-section of the mantle
rock has been made by the excavations.
Above the shale, a section about thirty
feet thick, composed of alternating layers
of sand and gravel, curiously arranged,
was seen. And'above this were thin
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layers of clay for six or eight feet. Pro-
fessor Cook told us that this was an inter-
esting point for geological investigations,
as the pebbles which make this gravel are
of various kinds; some found in. this
locality, and. some, as red sandstone,
granite, gneiss, and quartz, are from rock
a long way from Albany. One of our
objects of. inquiry was to find how they
came here. We know that the layers of
gravel were deposited by swift streams
while the clays were formed in deep water
or water with but little carrying power.
These and other interesting points were
left for further inquiry.
We then visited the brick kiln, which
was in operation, and found many things
of interest in regard to the manufacture
of brick. Many fine geological speci-
mens were obtained from the brickyard,
besides considerable fine clay, which was
of just the right composition to be sticky,
and we all carried away generous speci-
tens on our shoes.
We returned by-the way of the old
Albany and Mohawk railroad bed, and
the gorge cut in the shale by Beaver
creek, both of which were referred to by
Professor Cook in his lecture on the
previous Wednesday. g
THE SECOND EXcuRSION.
The success of the first excursion was,
shown by the larger number of Normal
College and High School students who
met Professor Cook.at the corner of Liv-
ingston avenue and the Northern boule-
vard, Saturday afternoon, December. six-
teenth, for the second excursion in the
course.
Our field of investigations was. North
Albany, and the first point examined was
a fine exposure of clays north of the cor-
ner of Colonie and Lark. streets. This
showed the thin and highly-colored layers
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in which the clay was deposited, and the
curious concretions which it contains. We
then descended to the brickyard to view
the deep-water deposits. On climbing to
the top of the hill on the opposite side, we
found sand above the clay. This Profes-
sor Cook explained as haying blown there
from. extensive deposits of sand and
gravel between Albany and Schenectady.
Here he reviewed our work from the
beginning of the first excursion, showing
that we had followed the deposits from
the ancient Paleozoic rock to that of re-
cent formation, and the principal changes,
which have been caused by the tilting of
the earth’s crust, the action of water,
glacial movement, and wind.
From the south side of the valley of
Patroon’s creek we saw that the opposite’
side is composed of gravel, sand, and
large boulders mingled. These appear
more or less stratified along the side,
while at the top they appear as if thrown
together. From its structure we regard
it.as a moraine. We crossed to this side
and examined the gravel lying above the
shale at a peint just above the pretty falls
in Patroon’s creek. We found that it
had been consolidated by the lime carried
by rain water, thereby forming conglom-
erate rock. At several points in the ex-
cursion photographs were taken. The
last one on the. accompanying sheet
is of this point, showing the shale and +
a mass of ice frozen. from water that
flows out of the bank. This shows that
the water percolates through’ the. sand,
gravel, etc., until it comes to the imper-
vious shale, then seeks escape at the
lowest point possible, which is where the
shale has been. cut out by the ¢reek, and
the water flows over the edge, or, in
this case, to the surface, forming a spring.
This moraine, generally called the
“Van, Rensselaer Sand Bank,” was ex-
<THE VAN RENSSELAER BANK —A MORAINE~>
> OLD SHORE-LINE OF PATROON'S CREEK
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amined at several places where the exca-
vations have made cross-sectional views,
and where erosion is constantly at work.
One of the latter is the rock known as
the “Engineer’s Face,’ which has been
‘curiously formed by the erosion of the
adjoining rock, leaving this in such form
as roughly to resemble an engineer’s face
with cap. Professor Cook explained the
peculiar stratification of the moraine and
many interesting facts in regard to the
anining of sand. At one of the excava-
tions the second photograph was taken.
This shows the bank in the background
and a pile of boulders remaining after
removing the sand and gravel.
We then proceeded to an outcrop of
shale near Wolifert’s Roost. This we
examined, also two large glaciated boul-
ders found in an adjoining field. The
surface of one of these contains many
scratches due to glacial action.
At about a quarter of a mile west of
High Point, a large kettle hole, mére
than one hundred and fifty yards square
and about fifty feet deep, was studied.
This kettle hole is shown in the first pho-
tograph. Professor Cook said that this
was the most important piece of evidence
found in our excursion, and that they
are formed in a number of ways; but
those in glacial material, as is this one,
are thought to be caused by the melting
of large blocks of ice partly buried by
gravel and clay. That the bottom was
partly swampy, while the depression was
not filled with water, he explained by the
fact that the clay depositing water barely
reached the edge of the depression — that
is 325 feet above sea level. With this
fact to guide us we decided that the gen-
tle and uniform slope, a short way below
the edge of the kettle hole, was the shore
of a prehistoric lake —lake Albany. By
use of our imaginative power we could
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look across this lake to the opposite shore
against the Helderbergs; the high hills
across the river are islands; and the roof
of our college chapel (as it was during
the excursion) is covered by about fifty
feet of water.
We examined Black Rock cut, Tivoli
jake, and the gravel pit east of the reser-
voir on our return... At the last-named
point our party broke up, being well
pleased by the interesting and. scientific
work of Professor Cook.
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Public Opinion.
One of the greatest forces for good in
the world to-day is that intangible, far-
reaching, relentless force, public opin-
ion. It is a force more feared by certain
classes. of peope than even prison walls,
for its decisions are final and lasting.
It is the wisest of judges, for it
reaches its decisions only after the most
careful and accurate weighing of the evi-
dence before it. Its conclusions are al-
ways just, for they are based solely on
the evidence before it without regard to
person or place. It can destroy as it
can build up that most precious and
most frail of human possessions, reputa-
tion. It can force men to do that which
they do not want to do. It can make or
mar a human life.
The power of public opinion has never
been so strikingly demonstrated as during
the year just closed. In one short year it
has destroyed forever the reputations of
men who were so strongly intrenched in
the confidence of the people as to be
almost public idols.
At the beginning of the year just closed
newspapers, magazines, and books were
filled with articles dealing with the lives
and achievements of these men and set-
ting forth the so-called reasons for their
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success. They were held up to young
men as models whose examples they
eculd not do better than to emulate. Lec-
tures were delivered by these same meti
before audiences composed largely of
young men, on honesty and kindred sub-
jects.
At the close of this eventful year we
find the veil has been at last torn from
the eyes of the people. They have seen
their idols hurled from their pedestals,
their honored and revered names dragged
in the mire. The people know now that
they have been deceived, that these men
did not practice what they preached and
were not what they seemed.
In some cases the result has been such
as to severely try one’s faith in human
nature, but it has at least served to prove
the truth of the saying “As ye sow, so
shall ye reap,” for truly these fallen idols
are reaping a bitter harvest through that
force which they have so long defied —
public opinion.
Grace L. GrRirrin.
Permanent Work Eighth Grade
English Model Department.
Forr CRratro.
Fort Crailo was built in 1642 by the
Dutch Patroon, Killaen Van Rensselaer.
It is on the east bank of the Hudson river,
in the city of Rensselaer, across from
the city of Albany, and it now belongs to
the Van Rensselaer estate.
Tt is quite a large building and was
once surrounded by a large tract of land.
Now other houses are built within a few
feet of it and are separated only by a
picket fence.
It is square and is built of stone, but
with a gabled roof. The door is in the
center of the building, with two windows
on each side, and there are five windows
in the upper story. The windows in the
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garret are three in number, and are
gabled.
There is a loophole between the two
windows on each side of the door. These
loopholes are cut in squares of solid
brown stone, which are fitted into the
wall. Above the loophole on the right-
hand side is a plate bearing the date of
the erection of the fort, and the names of
celebrated people who have stayed there.
The fort, which was named after an
estate in Holland, was changed into a
dwelling house in 1704 by Hendrick Van
Rensselaer, the grandson of Killean Van
Rensselaer, and in 1740 it was enlarged
by Col. Johannes Van Rensselaer, the
great-grandson.
‘There was a stone in the cellar of the
fort bearing the inscription “K. V. R.
1642,” and another one bearing the in-
scription “Do Megopolensis,” which
stands for Dominie Megopolensis, who.
was the first Dutch minister to come to:
America. These stones have lately been
removed. Over the north door, however,
is the inscription “J. V. R. 1640.”
Fort Crailo is noted for being the first
home of the Van Rensselaer family in
America, and also for being the oldest
continuously inhabited dwelling in the
United States.
General Abercrombie made the fort his
headquarters before marching to attack
Fort Ticonderoga. It is the house in
which a famous army surgeon was stay-
ing during one of the battles of the Revo-
lutionary War, and while there he wrote
the song of “‘ Yankee Doodle.” It is said
that he wrote it sitting by an old well at
the back of the building.
The fort is not in use at the present
time, though the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution thought of changing it
into a museum and headquarters for their
society.
Jesste Luck. .
Eighth Grade English, Section A,
Model Department.
EDITORIALS.
THE ECHO.
Published Monthly by the Students of the
New York State Normal College.
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Class of 1906 :
AI,MA JOHNSON.
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Editor-in-Chief; businesscommunications to the Busi-
ness Manager, Normal College, Albany, N.Y.
EDITORIALS.
ux N account of the fire which recently
destroyed our college building
appears in another column. It is true
the structure is in ruins, but we are glad
to say that every department of the
work is still being carried on. This has
been made possible through the kind-
ness of the trustees of Trinity Methodist
church,» who offered the use of their
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chapel to the college authorities while
the old building was still burning.
Trinity chapel is especially adapted
for school purposes, since it can be di-
vided into many class-rooms by lower-
ing slide doors,
In the morning the High School,
Grammar School and MWKindergarten
meet and in the afternoon the college
proper holds its session. The Primary
building was damaged slightly by the
fire, but not enough to interrupt the
work of that department.
ITH this number the present
board of editors withdraw from
editorial duties. While we realize that
our work might have been done very
much better, we offer no apologies. We
have simply done the best we could with
the time and the material at our disposal.
During the past five months we have
sometimes felt that the proper col-
lege spirit was lacking among the
students, but as we recall scenes the
night the college building went up in
flames, and the spirit manifested by all
since that night, we feel that we have
had a mistaken impression. So it is
with hopeful hearts that we extend our
best wishes to the new board of editors.
\ K 7 E FULLY appreciate the support
that has been given us by mem-
bers of the facul alumnae, and the
student body during our term of office
and take this last opportunity of ex-
pressing our thanks.
True Stories.
a
T WAS Thursday afternoon, the first
one of this New Year. One
of the teachers of Normal High School
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sat in room 216, lost in the pages of her
German book. A half hour passed and
still the German held its charm. The
sound of a bell broke upon her ear, but
what of that? Bells ring every forty-
five minutes at S. N. C. Again she set
to work. At last the task was finished;
slowly she closed the book. Still ab-
sorbed in thought, Miss J-h-son wended
her way along Willet street. A few
minutes later she was overtaken by a
friend. After the usual salutation, Miss
J—h—son exclaimed, “ Why, where have
you been?’
“To crits, where were you?” came
the reply.
* aK cos oe
With all possible haste Miss J———
made her way to High School chapel,
where Dr. A———— and a few teachers
were detained.
At last her turn came and with
flushed cheeks and trembling heart, Miss
jJ——— gave a brief but accurate ac-
count of her afternoon. At the words
“T think you may be excused this time,”
she looked once again as though she
thought life worth the living.
Since this memorable Thursday, Miss
J——— has added to her list of New
Year’s resolutions “I will remember to
attend criticisms.”
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One of the Model School pupils was
writing a letter to her grandmother, tell-
ing of the burning of the college. She
had written, “my school burned up last
night,” when, looking up at her father
in all earnestness, she said: “ Say, papa,
did it burn up or down?”
NOE
In one of the smaller rooms at Trinity
sat a young lady and gentleman, on op-
posite sides of a table studying. Dr.
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H— coming in exclaimed, “ Well,
Mr. B. ———,, this beats Old Normal,
doesn’t it? No such cosy corners up
there in which to study.”
NEWS DEPARTMENT.
The: Fire.
On Monday evening, January the
eighth, at about eight o'clock, fire was
discovered in the Normal College, in
the northwest corner of the Grammar
chapel. Ina few minutes the room was
a mass of flames, which soon broke
through the ceiling to the High School
chapel on the floor above. Next, the
drawing room on the fourth floor
caught, and soon the roof was all
ablaze. About the same time the fire
broke through from the Grammar
chapel into the reception room, and
from there into the office. By this
time it had eaten its way down into the
Kindergarten room, which was the last
part of the north wing to take fire.
At about 9.30 flames were seen com-
ing from the roof of the College chapel.
The heat soon destroyed the windows,
after which the wind swept through
and drove the fire on into the south
wing, where were located the physical
and chemical laboratories. An explo-
sion in the chemical laboratory caused
a part of the wall to fall, and then the
flames spread on towards the front of
the south wing, where Dr. Milne’s resi-
dence stands. When it seemed that
this, too, must go, members of the
faculty and-others helped Dr. Milne
remove his goods to places of safety in
nearby buildings. However, through
the heroic efforts of the firemen, most
of the residence was saved.
The primary building, being con-
nected with the main building only by
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a narrow hall, was not reached by the
fire, but was damaged slightly on the
first floor by smoke and water.
Most of the records of the College
proper were in the safe in the office, so
they were not destroyed, but those of
the High School and Grammar depart-
ments could not be reached. Some
valuable books on kindergarten work,
which are now out of print, were saved.
One of the greatest losses was that
of the beautiful memorial window in
the College chapel. This window was
presented to the College by the alumni
several years ago, and was one of the
best of its kind in the world. It was
constructed of American glass, in
which the color is made instead of be-
ing painted on, and which retains its
color indefinitely. Under ordinary cir-
cumstances this window would have
lasted hundreds of years.
The bronze tablet, also erected by
the alumni, in honor of the graduates
of the Normal who fell in the Civil
War, was among the valuables de-
stroyed. In the corridors, chapels, and
recitation rooms were many portraits
and copies of valuable works of art,
which cannot be replaced in years, if
ever.
Wanba- TOMPKINS.
Election:of Echo Board.
Friday, January nineteenth, a meeting
of the College students took place.in the
large assembly room of Trinity. M. E.
Church parlors for the purpose of elect-
ing a board of editors to hold office from
February to June, 1906; The meeting
was called, to. order by C. J. Campbell,
who stated the purpose for which it was
called. Miss Alma Johnson was. made
chairman and Miss Helen Kerr secretary.
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At this meeting the following College
students were elected to act as the edi-
torial board beginning with the February
number :
Editor-in-Chief - - - - Edward Leefeldt
Literary DEPARTMENT.
W. J. Nolan, Sonia Ladoff,;
Elsie Engle, G. E. Patrie,
William Randall, Alice Wheeler,
Gincie Gould, Charlotte Waterman
Claudia Allen.
News DEPARTMENT.
Emma Montrose, Margaretta Shanks,
Gertrude Gifford, Vincent Brown.
ALUMNI NOTES.
Mary Sharpe, Anna Jameson.
CLASS OF 1906.
Elizabeth Stafford, Lois Riedel.
YW. © A. Norns.
Elizabeth Dietz, Wanda Tompkins.
KKINDERGARTEN NOTES.
Sara Mills.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
Anna Murray, Caroline Hunter,
Charles L. Austin.
REVIEW DEPARTMENT.
Mr. Miller, Jessie Treible.
Business and Subscription Manager,
Charles J. Campbell.
Seminars.
Mrs. Mooney completed her seminar
course in School No. 24 corner Yates
street and Delaware avenue.
The destruction of the College build-
ing will not interfere with the carrying
out of ‘the lecture course offered by
Professor Cook: under ‘the title “ The
Site fora City.”
The Albany Institute and Historical
and Art Society has generously offered
the use of its rooms at 176 State street,
and lectures will be given there at 8.15
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in the evening on the dates given be-
low. As before, these lecturés are open
to the public, and no admission is
charged:
February 7.— Hills and Valleys of
Albany.
February 14.— The Gravel.
March 7.— The Clays.
March 21.— The River.
April 4—— The River, continued, and
Recapitulation.
The excursions will be taken to the
places and on the days announced.
The detailed arrangements will be
made later.
Delta Omega.
The destruction of the college by fire
has filled hundreds of people with great
sorrow. Besides the loss of. the college,
with all its associations of pleasant and-
profitable years, the Delta Omega Soror-
ity has suffered, moreover, a serious
personal loss.
Many articles and implements, a collec-
tion of several years, were in the lockers
belonging to the Sorority. The principal
articles lost were cups and saucers, two
dozen beautiful new plates, a Christmas
gift from a friend, pillows, banners, new
silver spoons, and various materials for
decoration.
Miss Kate Algie has accepted a posi-
tion in the Boys’ Academy in this city.
Miss Algie will teach in the third grade.
Miss Barbara Sammons visited a few
of her college friends for a few days be-
fore her return to her duties in Maryland.
Miss Sammons enjoys her teaching in
the Jacob Tome Institute, Port Deposit,
Maryland.
Miss Frances Burlingame spent Mon-
day, January eighth, observing the work
at college.
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A regular meeting of the Delta Omega.
Sorority was held on Friday, January
twelfth, at 307 Hudson avenue. New
officers were elected for the ensuing half
year. 3
Miss Minnie Schultz has returned to
college and will take up her work again
with the beginning of the new term.
Kappa Delta.
A meeting of the Kappa Delta Society
was held in Primary chapel January nine-
teenth for the purpose of electing officers
for the remaining half of the year.
Miss Anna S. Horth, ’05, has a position
in Poughkeepsie.
Miss Florence McKinley, ’o05, is teach-
ing a class at St. Agnes’ School.
Miss Emilee Yelverton spent January
the thirteenth and fourteenth at her home
in Poughkeepsie.
Miss Juliet F. Murdock was recently
visited by her mother.
Kappa Delta’s loss by the fire was com-
paratively slight, for, fortunately, the
president had most of the society’s pos-
sessions at her home.
Psi Gamma.
The regular meeting of Psi Gamma
was held in Dr. Richardson’s room De-
cember fifteenth. Important
was transacted.
business.
Miss Marie Hewson visited the College
January third.
Miss Mabel Kingsbury, ’o5, visited
friends in the city Saturday, January
thirteenth.
A special meeting was called Thursday,.
January eleventh.
NEws.
Miss Roosa and Miss Meigs presided
vat the Psi Gamma tea-table at the Y. W.
C. A. reception Saturday, January thir-
teenth.
The society dishes and decorations, in-
«cluding Japanese lanterns and bunting,
were destroyed in the fire.
Eta Phi.
A regular meeting of the Eta Phi
‘Society was held in the kindergarten room
Friday, January fifth, at 4 o’clock. After
the regular business meeting refresh-
ments were enjoyed.
The society is glad to report that they
lost nothing in the fire, since most of the
possessions happened to be at the homes
of the members.
The Phi Delta.
The Phi Delta Society held their
regular bi-monthly meeting in~ the
Grammar chapel on Friday evening,
January fifth. The meeting was called
to order promptly at eight o’clock by
President Van Auken. Roll call was
answered by each member relating an
anecdote. This exercise met with such
favor that the roll was called a second
time, and the pleasure of the meeting
was enhanced by a second anecdote
from each member.
The debate on the question, “ Re-
solved, That a protective tariff, as the
Dingley tariff, is against the best in-
terests of the American people,” was
next called. The affirmative was sup-
ported by Messrs. Brown and Miller,
and the negative by Messrs. Dann and
Austin. Each speaker was limited to
ten minutes in his first speech, the
leaders being given five minutes each
for rebuttal. At the conclusion of the
debate Mr. Leefeldt, who had been
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chosen special critic for the debate,
ably criticised the several debaters on
their manner of speaking and general
appearance before the audience, giving
many valuable suggestions which, if)
followed, would be very beneficial.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
Y. W. C. A. Notes.
On Wednesday afternoon, December
the twentieth, Miss Ritchie led a
Christmas meeting in the Primary
chapel. The topic was “ The Spirit of
Christmas,” and Christmas songs were
sung. Because of the pressure of holi-
day work only a few girls were able to
be present, but those who were there
enjoyed this meeting very much.
Miss Claxton led the regular mis-
sionary meeting held on December
_thirteenth. The topic was ‘‘ The Four-"
fold Method.” The meeting was
largely attended and thoroughly en-
joyed by all.
Owing to some happy mistake the
SAW OON: song books, instead of be-
ing put away in the Echo office, were
left on the piano in the Primary chapel,
and so were saved.
An Informal Tea.
The Y. W. C. A gave an informal tea
Saturday afternoon, January 13, 1906,
in honor of Miss Dorothea Day of
Bryn Mawr. The affair was held in
the Primary chapel, which had been
tastefully decorated.
After a vocal solo by Miss Jessie
Treible, Miss Day spoke on Bible study.
She impressed upon her hearers that
we could get along without Bible study,
but that we could not afford to. Miss
Day is a very interesting and delightful
speaker, and all thoroughly enjoyed her
talk.
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At the conclusion of Miss Day’s re-
marks a list of places where Bible
Study Classes are to be held was an-
nounced, and the girls were given an
opportunity to join these.
"Tea and wafers were then served,
and those present enjoyed the privilege
of meeting Miss Day.
Alumni Dinner at Syracuse.
The educational meetings held at
Syracuse during the Christmas holi-
days were made the occasion ofan en-
joyable gathering of Normal College
alumni. Forty-six graduates met at
the Hotel Warner, Wednesday even-
ing, December twenty-seventh, at 6:30,
when they dined together and enjoyed
the greetings and expressions of loyalty
“of both faculty and graduate members
of the alumni. Dr. William B. Aspin-
wall, ’00, who is president of the Asso-
ciation, acted as toastmaster, and at the
close of the dinner introduced Dr.
William J. Milne, Dr. E. G. Reveley of
Syracuse, Supt. James M. Edsall of
New York, and Mrs. Margaret S.
Mooney, who responded “with hearty
words of good will.
Dr. Milne outlined the scheme of re-
organizations for the College, which was
received with interest. and enthusiasm
by all present. The Heusted Vellow-
ship was discussed and the generosity
of the graduates was shown by the
fact that the president was enabled to
take their subscriptions to the amount
of $300. The complete list of those in
attendance is as follows:
Faculty — Dr. William J Milne, Dr.
E. Helen Hannahs, Dr. William B,
Aspinwall, Mrs. Margaret S. Mooney,
Miss Eunice A. Perine.
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Graduates — B. H. Boorn, Keese-
ville; C. V. Bookhout, Hancock; F. J.
Bartlett, Auburn; W. J. Ballard, Jam-
aica; Lucy R. Buell, Palmyra; Mary E.
Berns, Cohoes; A. Z. Boothby, Alta-
mont; R. G. Brownell, Syracuse; Rich-
ard E. Coon, Poughkeepsie; John D.
Edwards, Walden; Alvah G. Frost,
Utica; Thomas, E.. Finegan, Albany;
Lillian E. Francis, Ellinton; William
C. Franklin, Oneonta; George M.
Galarneau, Amsterdam; William D.
Graves, Albany; Floyd E. Gilbert,
Waterford; R: B, Gurley, Walcott;
Anna S. Horth, Utica; W. D. Johnson,
Greene; C, Edward Jones, Albany;
C. Kellar, Luzerne; S. W. Krull,
Buffalo; F. De L. King, Lawrence;
Margaret Leonard, Syracuse; W. A.
Mackey, Buffalo; Charles F. Mac Far-
lane, Brockport; Elmer Myers, Clyde;
H. W. Maxson, Utica; M. C. Plough,
Hammondport; E. G. Reveley, Syra-
cuse; Irving D. Scott, Syracuse; Anna
M. Smith, Hornellsville; Addie A.
Sleeth, Syracuse; S. J. Slawson, Wells-
ville; Levi R. Tubbs, Callicoon Depot;
Sherman Williams, Glens Falls; Ralph
E. Wager, Syracuse; Burton G. Whit-
aker, Dunkirk; William Wood, Hicks-
ville, and Emma S. Wardle, Cohoes.
Glens Falls Alumni Association.
The Associated Alumni of the New
York State Normal College were in-
vited by Dr. and Mrs. Bowman to spend
the evening at their pleasant home on
upper Glen street, December 9, 1905.
Dr. Milne found that he could not be
with us and Dr. Aspinwall, president of
the college Alumni, came as a very ac-
ceptable representative. It is needless
to say we were pleased to see him and
to know of the interest manifested in
our association by Dr. Milne.
NEws.
Dr. Sherman Williams, president of
the Associated Alumni, called the meet-
ing to order. Short speeches were made
by the President, Dr. Aspinwall, and Dr.
Bowman. During the evening music
was rendered by Misses Bolles and Rob-
inson, and Professor Ling.
Many graduates of former years
showed their regard for their Alma
Mater by attending. When the time
came for departure, all voted the doctor
and his wife excellent entertainers and
hoped that this might prove but one of
many such pleasant evenings.
Alumni Notes.
A banquet of the New York Alumni
Association of the Albany State Nor-
mal College is to be held at the St.
Denis Hotel, on Saturday evening,
February 24, 1906.
Miss Myra L. Ingalsbee of Hartford,
N. Y., gave an address at the meeting
of school comissioners and supervisors
of New York, which was held in
Albany, January sixteenth. Her sub-
ject was “The New Course of Study
for Elementary Schools.
Arthur G. Cummings, of the Class of
1898, graduated from Andover Theolog-
ical Seminary in June, 1905, with the de-
Bree Of SL Be
On the 21st of November, he was or-
dained and installed as sixteenth pastor
of the First Church, in Middleboro,
Massachusetts.
Professor Ryder, of Andover, preach-
ed the sermon from John 20, 22, 23.
Rev. Geo. F. Kenngott, of Lowell,
gave the ordaining prayer.
Mr. Cummings has assisted Mr.
Kenngott during his course in the Sem-
inary.
Tit
Other parts were taken by Rev. F. R.
Shipman, Andover, Massachusetts, Rev.
G. W. Sterns and Rev. S. M. Cathcart.
Misses Barbara Sammons and Marie
Hewson visited college on Wednesday,
January fourth.
Miss Maude Countryman stopped at
college on the fifth.
REVIEW DEPARTMENT.
A British business man’s views of
economic conditions in Japan, Korea
and China during. a journey made three
yeats ago, are entertainingly set forth
in the well-illustrated and indexed book,
“Far Eastern Impressions,” by Ernest
F. G. Hatch, M. P. The outbreak of
the Russo-Japanese war suggested to
Mr. Hatch the idea of making a record
of his-notes, with revision and additions,
which was done sometime before the
treaty of Portsmouth. The reproduc-
tions from photographs are unusually
good and these, with the excellent maps
showing at a glance railway develop-
ment in the three countries, makes this
an attractive and-timely volume. The
illustrations seem about as good as the
text, for little of purely original matter
of any great importance enters into the
book, which is rather too rich in quota-
tions. Mr. Hatch crossed the Pacific
ocean to Japan with Kank Yu Wei, the
radical Chinese reformer, and then had
interviews with such opposite characters
as Li Hung Chang and Sir Robert Hart.
The author calls attention to the Shansi
coal fields. Beside the deposits of coal
and iron, the cheapness and abundance
of labor in the mining region have en-
abled practical iron mantifacturers to
demonstrate that a ton of pig iron could
be produced in Shansi at three dollars
a ton.
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In Mr. Long’s “ Northern Trails,” the
‘stories are rather tense and dramatic,
partly because the author is so sensitive
to the world in which the dumb crea-
tures move—‘his soul, like a wind-
touched harp, thrilling to the melody of
woods and waters ’— that he never quite
detaches his drama from the back-
ground. For this reason his stories
have a charm and an excellence of their
own. There is a peculiar fascination
about these northern trails, not only be-
cause in following them one finds him-
self face to face with new animals, but
because the far north country which
they traverse, “ the land of space and si-
lence,” has an unfamiliar and mysterious
beauty. If choice were to be made
where each is good, perhaps the prefer-
ence would fall upon The Quest of Nap-
tonk, the tale of a wild goose, whose
valiant defense of mate and goslings
win the intruder’s whole-hearted
admiration.
Wholly different in character from
the book above mentioned, and in some
ways more significant than any of them,
is Mr. John Burroughs’ “ Ways of Na-
tare:
between those who believe that animals
reason and those who do not, Mr. Bur-
roughs has set himself to give a compre-
hensive statement of his own views. This
he does with considerable clearness and
no apparent rancour or prejudice; and
what he says will command the perma-
nent attention and respect of all nature-
lovers. Briefly, Mr. Burroughs thinks
that animals seldom, if ever, reason. Ie
says:
“Tt is as plain as anything can be that
the animals share our emotional nature
Having in mind the controversy
in vastly greater measure than they do
our intellectual or our moral nature;
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and because they do this, because they
show fear, joy, anger, sympathy, jeal-
ousy, form friendships and local attach-
ments and have the home and paternal
instincts, in short, because their lives
run parallel to our own in so many par-
ticulars, we come, if we are not careful,
to ascribe to them the whole human
psychology. But it is equally plain that
of what we mean by mind, intellect, they
show only a trace now and then.
“Instinct, natural prompting, is the
main matter after all. It makes us at
least nine-tenths of the lives of our wild
neighbors.”
His advice to the writers of animal
stories he sums up thus tersely: “ Hu-
manize your facts to the extent of max-
ing them interesting, if ysa have the art
to do it, but leave the dog a dog, and
the straddle-bug a straddle-bug.”
“Who is it in the morning light
Appears with face so fresh and bright,
And greets the eye, a charming sight?
The school ma’am.
“Who is it trains the young ‘ idee,’
That he may sail o’er life’s rough sea,
And from the wrong may ever flee?
The school ma’am.
“Who is the very salt of earth,
A being of unmeasured worth,
An angel even from her birth?
The school ma’am.
“Who is it, when her course is run,
And all her duties nobly done,
Deserves a crown that weighs a ton?
The school ma’am!”
If you loiter in the hallways,
If you tall upon the stairs,
If you whisper in chapel,
Or if you sit in pairs,
You’ve got to be most careful
And you've got to look about,
Or the Faculty ‘ll get you
Tf you don’t watch out.
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EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
A large number of exchanges have been
received this month, but unfortunately
these were left in the Echo Board room,
which was entirely consumed by fire.
We are sorry that we cannot acknowl-
edge these exchanges, but feel sure that
all will appreciate the reason and give us
an opportunity next month to resume this
department.in the usual way.
- BRANDOW
Printing Company
State Printers
10 to 16 State Street, ALBANY, N. Y.
“ Children,” said the teacher instruct-
ing the class in composition, “ you should
not attempt any flights of fancy; simply
be yourselves and write what is in you.
Do not imitate any other person’s writ-
ings or draw inspiration from outside
sources.”
Asa result of this advice, Tommy Wise
turned out the following composition :
“We should not attempt any flights of
fancy, but write what is in us. In me
there is my stummick, lungs, hart, liver,
two apples, one piece of pie, one stick of
lemon candy, and my dinner.”
“The Pathfinder.”
The following sign was noticed on a
wayside tree by one of the readers of the
Echo during a recent visit to Long
Island:
Tee Le Dirt,
Jas. Jay: Smith,
Jamaica.
What. was the commodity for sale?
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Needs 1450 Women Teachers for 1906. Salaries, $600—$1440.
ARE YOU ELIGIBLE?
YOU ARE if you have ONE of the following qualifications:
1
Graduation from High School and approved training school plus one year in teaching. ‘The training
schools approved for City licenses are Albany, Auburn, Buffalo, Elmira, Ithaca, Johnstown, Lockport, Rochester,
Syracuse, Troy, Utica, Watertown, Brooklyn and New York.
2. ‘Graduation from a four years’ Normal School course plus two years in teaching.
8. Graduation from a High School and a two years’ normal school course plus three years in teaching.
4. + The holding of a State Certificate granted since 1892 plus five years in teaching.
5. Five years in teaching plus the passing of the New York academic examination for admission to training
schools.
6, Graduation from the New York Normal College.
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7. College graduation plus (1) the completion of a pedagogical course of at least one year satisfactory to
the City Superintendent of Schools, or (2) three years’ successful experience in teaching.
. Graduation from one of the training schools of the City of New Vork, or from a State normal school located
within the City of New York, provided admission to such school took place prior to March 1, 1902.
EXAMINATIONS
January 4 and 5, 1906. Passing in Januaty assures appointment for September.
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New lessons in book form; low tuition; small commission after appointment. We lose if you don't pass.
Send two-cent stamp for Pamphlet No. 10, Albany Normal College Graduates Are Our Best Students.
THOMAS J. McEVOY, 832 Flatbush Ave. BROOKLYN, N.Y.
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To be perfect and lasting, have them
taken at our studio. -~- Weare past
masters in picture making and taking.
Modern methods and a love of our
work is why we excel.
| Albany Art Union
\ 48 NORTH PEARL STREET.
PRINTERS
BINDERS
ELECTROTYPERS
THE ARGUS COMPANY COR. BEAVER
ALBANY AND BROADWAY
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Just what you've been looking for
“The care that is taken with fine colored
shirts, cuffs attached, hand ironed’’
BY THE
PARKSIDE LAUNDRY
H. D. MURRAY Prop.
PHONES 1176 457-459 MADISON AVE.
ALBANY, N.Y:
REGENT SHOES
$3.50
S. E. Miller
34=36 Maiden Dane
Violets_- -YRES--Mlolets
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING PLANTS
ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW IN FLOWERS
BOTH PHONES 208
11 °N©O, PEARL SPREET
GREEN HOUSES, SOUTH KNOX STREET
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cre Union Crust Company
OF ALBANY, N. Y.
200 WASHINGTON AVENUE
Located in the heart of the residential section, it gives particular attention to
the business of its lady customers and offers special facilities for their convenience.
Small checking accounts invited.
A liberal rate of interest allowed on time deposits by special agreement.
OFFICERS
GRANGE SARD, President
T. I. VAN ANTWERP, Vice-President
MacNavuGHTON MILLER, Secretary
W. B. VAN RENSSELAER, Vice-Iresident
JosEPH R. Swan, Treasurer
ARTHUR L, ANDREWS, General Counsel
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We sell only good clothes, the kind we know are just
tight in every little detail.
We ask the lowest possible prices for this good clothing.
We have this good clothing for men, women and children,
and we feel that you would make a great mistake in buying
any clothing until you have seen our assortment
* Babbitt @ Co.
Albany’s Greatest Clothiers to Men—Women—Children
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