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The Hawthorne Piano Forte School.

A delightful musical was given on Tuesday evening last in the rooms of the Hawthorne Piano Forte School by Prof. F. E. Hawthorne and Prof. Edson W. Morphy. A large number of invited guests were present and were most delightfully entertained for an hour. The program was very carefully prepared and rendered in a very artistic way. The program follows: Sonata for piano and violin. Greig, Allegro conbrio, Allegretto quasi. Andantino, allegro molto vivace. Romance for piano and violin, Jensen. Violin solos, Evening Song by Schu mann, Romance by Wieniawski.-Courier and Freeman.

Thursa Looby, '05, is teaching in Ogdensburg, N. Y. Grace Walters, '04, has charge of a large class in Carthage and Lowville. We hear good reports concerning her work.

Henry Ward Peason is continuing his studies in Boston and enjoying the fine advantages afforded by that great musical center.

Edna Morgan, '05, is giving private piano lessons in Plattsburgh. Miss Morgan is an experienced and successful teacher.

Florence M. Calkins, '05, is assisting Prof. Hawthorne in his work this year.

Mrs. Marion Wilcox Thompson is one of our most successful graduates. She has a large number of pupils in Winsted, Conn., and is continuing her studies. She hopes to go abroad for study in the near future.

Mrs. Alice Kellogg Reily, another of our successful pupils, made us a pleasant call recently. She is an enthusiastic disciple of the Leschetizky method, as we ali

are.

Mr. Leon Marvin, the talented blind pianist, has returned for further study.

Remember our custom for Xmas is a greeting. Make this one a cheery one for all.

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UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENT

MISS MARY REYNOLDS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.

School Notes.

The regular rhetoricals were held in Normal chapel Friday morning the subject being, "George Eliot's Mil! on the Floss." This was the second division. Because of the changes in the school curriculum, it became necessary to alter the rhetorical work slightly. However, the same interest in this work is manifest.

Dr. T. B. Stowell spent several days last week in visiting the schools of Rochester and other cities in western New York.

Mr. George Haight of Syracuse visited the Normal during the past week.

Among the recent visitors to the Normal are Mr. Alexander, '06, and Miss Eugene Marks of Lowville

Saturday evening, Oct. 31, the faculty and students of the school assembled in the Gymnasium for their annual Hallowe'en party. The room was carefully and artistically decorated to represent everything that was weird and uncanny. In this respect it was in accordance with the program. Professor Flagg acted as master of ceremonies. Ancient games, contests, and "stunts" of all kinds were cheerfully entered into by all. Refreshments were served and all joined in the grand march. The excellence of the program and the skill with which it was carried out made each person feel that they had enjoyed an olden-time, typical Hallowe'en evening.

While several new faces appear among the faculty this year, we miss the presence of Miss Cholar and Miss Gilbert. Miss Cholar has given the past sixteen years of her life to the Normal, and during this time she has made hosts of friends. She was an earnest student herself and was ready to devote time, money and labor to further her knowledge along the lines of her work. She loved teaching, and was happy in working for and guid

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ing her pupils. She was patient and sympathetic in the extreme, and many a timid student has in her found a friend who was successful in developing confidence and courage, thus insuring success. She was high-minded and honest, and consequently was not looking for tricks or meanness. By example and requirement she incul cated habits of industry, scholarship, order, faithfulness, happiness and kindness. To her associates in the teaching profession she was courteous and generous, inviting exchange of views and honest criticism. Her many friends among the former students of this school will regret that her work and influence are not to be continued here by her presence, and they will unite in wishing her continued joy and success in her future fields of labor. Miss Gilbert was known to a comparatively few of the graduates, for she had been connected with the Normal but two years. But her gracious personality, and her kindly sympathy with honest effort will be warmly remembered by those who were her pupils here, while her enthusiasm and devotion to her work were a constant example to all who came in contact with her.

On the morning of the 8th inst., the chapel of the Normal was the scene of a demonstration, the like of which has seldom been seen in the building. The occasion was the presentation to Mr. Geo. L. Eastman of a solid gold medal and $25 in gold coin for heroism in saving the life of Miss Lizzie Henderson on the 27th of last May. The circumstances were as follows. Messrs. Wood and W. F. May and Misses Mallon and Henderson were canoeing on the river just above the village. In trying to pass through the swift current at the old boom a jam of logs came down and struck the canoes, overturning them instantly and throwing the occupants into the deep water. May managed to get to shore as did also Mr. Wood and Miss Mallon without other assistance. Miss Henderson was carried down with the current and logs but was rescued by Geo. Eastman who had witnessed the accident and plunged in, bringing Miss Henderson

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safely to shore. The medal and money were awarded by the Life Saving Benevolent Association of New York, and was presented to Mr. Eastman by Dr. Stowell in a neat speech. Mr. Eastman was completely surprised, and while receiving the hearty plaudits of the school was visibly affected. This is the second medal conferred on a Normal student for heroism, the other being given to Miss Jennie Johnson in 1898, who, while teaching school at Brown's Bridge rescued a small boy from drowning. Mr. Eastman is also entitled to recognition by the Carnegie Commission.

The Fortnightly Course.

The Fortnightly Society have arranged for another course of lectures and entertainments for this winter. A similar one was given last year which was both instructive and entertaining and many of the students availed themselves of the opportunity of attending these lectures. Again this year the tickets are given to stud ents at half price, making the cost only seventy-five cents for the whole six entertainments. This is indeed a rare opportunity which every student ought to make use of. The same course, if given in some of our large cities. would be more than double the price charged here and with such a chance in reach it is hoped that a large number of the students will attend this lecture course. A program has been prepared which will afford both instruction and amusement.

Athletics.

It has been thought advisable to organize no ladies' basket-ball team this year.

The foot-ball season is proceeding fairly successfully; the enthusiasm in not what it should be, however, The following is the report of the games already played: Potsdam at Massena, P. N. S. 5, Massena 0. Potsdam at Malone, P. N. S. 11, Malone 0. Potsdam at Ogdens

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burg, P. N. S. 0, Ogdensburg Free Academy 16. The next game will be on Friday, Nov. 3, with Malone at Potsdam.

The basket-ball season is opening and the squad is in regular practice. The first game is to be in the first week in December.

Young Men's Christian Association.

The annual reports of the delegates sent to Northfield and Silver Bay were given in the Presbyterian church on Sunday evening, October 22. The Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. may well feel proud that they had such worthy members to send as delegates to these conferences. We feel that they have gained much good and that the associations will gain much benefit from them while with us. Mr. Allen Doty spoke on "Practical Christianity at Northfield." He brought home to the audience truths that must be admitted by all, and made us feel that the conference had not been in vain. Miss Louise Stowell spoke on "Impressions Gained at Silver Bay." Miss Stowell took us down Lake Champlain and Lake George to Silver Bay, a place for which nature has done so much to beautify. She was inspired with the spirit of such a conference and laid before us, in her forceful manner of speaking, a few of the many impressions gained at the conference. Mr. Albert Reynolds spoke on "Northfield's Call to Service." The earnestness with which Mr. Reynolds spoke, together with the thoughts and enthusiasm gained at the conference, would make many of the audience feel their call to service. There are still four delegates who will report at union meetings of the two associations later.

Mr. Powell of Syracuse gave an illustrated lecture on the Philippines in Normal Hall Monday evening, Oct. 30, under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. The attendance was not large, but those present were well paid for coming. Mr. Powell took his audience, in imagination, from Broadway, New York to San Francisco, stopping at Al

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