9999999996666E Noel. "O, Gran'pere", l'enfant say, w'en she feenish nodder day Readin' all de Magazine from top to toe, "Ev'ry one", she say, "mus' write, tout suite, dis very night An wish de Merry Christmas on dier fren' of long ago." It's long tam' dat I am stay, me, on de place w'ere I was live; An' sometam' I mos' forget w'ere I am born; Ma hair she's growin' gray, an' las' Sunday de pries' say "She's lak' de frost", he say, "was cover all de corn." But w'en de Christmas tam' was come an' de snow is on de groun' I am t'inkin' of de ole home all de tam'; Ma femme say she "give de worl', jus' for be again de girl By de river w'ere de Racquette jump de dam." Ma fader an' hees fader too, was work on Sissonville, You t'ink I was big fool w'en I don't go on de school, All de sam' ma heart she's true to de girl an' de boy I knew, So I'm wishin' plenty fun to ev'rybody-ev'ry one, ALUMNI JOTTINGS Mr. Watson A. Lawrence is taking a course in medicine in McGill College, Montreal. He has been elected president of the Freshman class. Francis Crane, '05, visited the Normal recently. Miss Gladys Botsford is enjoying her work in Rahway, N. J., where she has charge of the music in the schools. Miss Eloise Dawson is at 35 Burnette St., Newark. Mr. Fred P. Close is at White Plains, N. Y. Miss Jessie Buchanan underwent an operation for appendicitis in a Nyack hospital and is doing nicely now. Mr. George G. Sweet is at 56 Phelps St., Lyons, N. Y., engaged in civil engineering. W. H. Kinnear of Brooklyn seems to be getting into politics more or less and was active in the recent exciting campaign in New York City. Miss Bertha Tibbitts writes very enthusiastically of her work in Asbury Park, New Jersey, where she is teaching fifth grade. Miss Eva Briggs is also in the school there. Mr. Albert M. Haley is working in the office of the Smith Premier Typewriter Company in Syracuse. Mr. Edson Farmer, '05, is teaching at Racket River and Michael Regan, '04, at Piercefield. Mr. W. L. Bretch is principal of the public schools at Downs, Ill., where he is meeting with marked success. Mr. Bretch is contemplating a non-resident college. course. Miss Ada E. Strait is not teaching this year, owing to ill health. She is at her home at West Stockholm. Misses Florence C. Howard and Lena Wright are teaching at Perth Amboy, N. J. Miss Florence M. Hamlin is in California, Pa., where she has work in physical training. Mr. O. H. Hill, '04, who taught in Parishville last year, is now in Benton, Cal. Miss Mary McGovern is in Hortonville, Wis. Miss May E. Wright is at 119 S. Flower St., Los Angeles, Cal. Miss Eleanor Briggs writes very enthusiastically of her trip to California this fall and of the beautiful country where she is located. She is teaching a fifth grade in Fresno, Cal. Miss Clara L. Clark has a position as critic teacher in the Model School connected with the Normal School at Mansfield, Pa. Miss Clark brings to this work a broad experience, gained in some of the first Normal Schools in the country, having taught in Oskosh, Wis., and in Ypsilanti, Mich. M. M. Wagner and wife entertained Paul Mann and wife, Miss Grace Goodale and Mr. Leonard Reynolds by one of their happy Thanksgiving dinners. Of course they had a jolly time. The friends of Mrs. Alberta Willson, class of '93, will be glad to know that she is fully recovered from her illness and is at present in Potsdam. After a lingering illness of several months Mr. Oswald H. Kibbe died at his home at South Bombay, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1905. From his youth Mr. Kibbe was characterized by uprightness and integrity of character. We are in receipt of a very artistic program of the dedication of the Tr. O. U. A. M. Orphans Home Industrial School, Tiffin, O.,over which Chas. H. Kernan is Superintendent. Mr. Kernan is doing a splendid work there and the growth of the institution is ample proof of his energy. Spalding's Basket Ball Handbook for this season, contains an excellent cut of the Normal champions of last season. Dr. Wm. W. Wright of Philadelphia, P. N. S. '95, and University of Michigan '04, was looking up old friends in town recently. Dr. Wright has been the past. year in a large hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, and is now looking up a permanent location. The engagement of Miss Claire Louise Mann, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Warren Mann, to Nelson Vinton Taylor of Salisbury, N. C., has just been announced. Mr. Taylor is a graduate of the Normal and of Cornell University and is at present teaching at Richmond, Ky. Frank Lee Austin, Normal '03, left Potsdam recently to fill a position in Kansas City, Mo., as manager of the Holstein dairy at "Hill Crest Farm" owned by Dr. Mosher. On his way out he visited his friend Prof. Washburn with whom he was associated at the Baron De Hirsch School, Woodbine, N. J., but is now State Dairy Commissioner of Missouri. Rev. Julian H. Myers. The death of Dr. Julian H. Myers occurred the 6th inst. at Malone and news of the same reaches us as we are about ready for the press. Knowing, however, the strong regard of the alumni for Dr. Myers we feel we must put in a brief sketch. He was born and brought up in Potsdam, graduating from the Normal in 1873, his bosom companions being William D. Marsh and Charles C. Townsend, both ministers. He taught at Rouses Point Redwood and Lowville from '75 to '81, when he became School Commissioner, living at Lowville. He held his office until 1884 in the meantime studying and being admitted to the Bar of New York. In '85-'86 he taught in North Carolina, in '86-'87 was a student at the Boston School of Theology, and in '87 entered the Methodist Ministry. He has been stationed at Bangor, Madrid, Clinton, Mexico and since 1900 at Malone. He was married in 1888 to Mary S. Bingham and she, with two sons, Frank D. and William M., survive him. He was stricken last summer at Lake Titus with a stroke and since that time has suffered great pain. It was hoped at first that he would recover, but the end came not unexpectedly at the last. Crane Normal Institute Notes. Miss Annie C. Clark '99 is in Paris this winter studying voice culture and French. She is very busy and very happy. She will spend the year abroad, and knowing her ability to work, we predict for her a most profitable as well as delightful year. Miss Edna Curtis, '05, is teaching at Hastings-onthe Hudson. She is introducing the music, and so finds the work elementary in all the grades. Some excellent voices in the High School promise well for the future. Miss Lillian Walker, '03, is teaching at Waterloo, N. Y., where she has both the music and the drawing. Special work is being done this fall with the High School music, probably in response to the demand for regular music in all the High Schools of the State. Miss Beatrice MacGowan, '03, is enjoying her work at South Orange, and many things in her letter show that her lines have fallen in pleasant places. She has just selected a Concert Grand Steinway piano for the Assembly Hall of their High School. One of the songs sung at the Thanksgiving exercises Miss MacGowan composed for the occasion. She has also been giving lectures on Musical History before the High School. She has been able to secure the services of several prominent artists to illustrate these lectures for her. This is a line of work which is constantly receiving more attention, and all teachers who live near large cities where artists may be easily secured, have it in their power to do much for the musical advancement of their schools through these History Recitals. Miss Margaret Aubrey, '05, is teaching music and drawing at Granville, N. Y. She writes of the beauty of the town nestled in amongst the hills and of her pleasure in her work. There are many Welsh children in the school, whose voices have a beautiful quality, and who love to sing. Miss Aubrey was appointed to conduct the music at the Teachers' Institute held in the vicinity. Miss Lucy Reynolds, '04, is teaching in the Atlanta |