Crane Normal Institute Notes,

Mrs. Grace Safford Humphrey, '02, writes from Los Angeles, California, where she has lately accepted a position as teacher of music in the High Schools: "There are two large High Schools in the city with fifteen hundred students in one and fourteen hundred in the other. The supervisor of music needed an assistant and Mrs. Humphrey secured the position. She finds the work very interesting, and is finding the climate most enjoyable.

Miss Harriet Palmer. '96, also writes from "the land of sunshine and flowers" as she is spending the winter in Los Angeles. A year ago she was teaching elocution and physical culture in Aberdeen, So. Dak., and was taken ill with asthma, for which she was sent to California where she has remained. She writes of having met Miss Janette Rule, '95, who was touring the country, and Miss Stella Mérrick, '97, who is living at Long Beach, Cal., She says physical culture is not required in many of the schools of California. She teaches two days of the week in one of the schools, and does some private work.

Mrs. Adelyn Downing Welch, '01, is living in Chicago on the north side, 1358 Leland Ave., Sheridan Park. She writes with all her old enthusiasm and does not mean to be forgotten nor to forget her associations with music. teaching. The reports of her popularity as a singer and teacher are still coming this way.

No more enthusiastic letters reach us than those from Miss Bessie Prine, '04, who is teaching both music and drawing in Gouverneur, N. Y. She is evidently giving to her work as teacher the same devotion and interest that characterized it as a student which must mean suc

cess.

Miss Barbara Moore, '05, Supervisor of Music in Watertown, N. Y., was invited by the Music Club of that city to read a paper on school music. Miss Moore illustrated her paper with classes from one of the Grammar Schools, and gave to the people who were present a new

idea of the possibilities of school music. Nothing is so convincing as to see the actual work being done.

The New York World of Feb. 19 contained a notice of a piano recital given before the Professional Woman's League of New York by Miss Anna Granger. The notice reads: "She was assisted in the recital by Miss Beaudry the well known and talented contralto soloist of the Mount Vernon Baptist Church." This is Miss Clara Beaudry, '01, who has continued her voice work since leaving Potsdam and has been very successful.

Miss Elizabeth Cameron, '01, is having a pleasant year in her work in the Normal School at Asheville, N. C., She says this has been an ideal winter. In connection with her other work she has started a class in harmony. Asheville is a winter resort for many northern people, and during some seasons many fine musical entertainments are to be heard there.

Miss Nina Provin, '05, is very happy in her work in Palmyra. The work is so arranged that she teaches all the music classes herself. In order to make the morning singing more satisfactory she has organized a chorus. choir, and this choir practices the new music outside regular school hours.

UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENT

MISS MARY REVNOLDS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.
School Notes.

The second term under the new regime is now well under way. There has been very little confusion in starting in as the order of things is nearly the same as last fail There are some new students this term but not as many as enter at the beginning of the school year, this being partially due to the facts that the course is better fitted for entrance at that time and that winter commencements are to be done away with.

Several took advantage of the vacation on February 22nd to visit the Normal. Among these we noticed Mrs. I'ower, now of Carthage, Miss Marion Bixby, and Miss Helen Stowell.

The B Class have organized with the following offcers: President, Dixon Fox; vice president, Grace McLaughlin; secretary, Mary Reynolds; treasurer, Charles Sullivan.

Prof. Allen has been absent from school for several days during the past month being called away by the death of his mother. We extend to him our sympathy.

The A Class, having decided that a little "feed" together would add to the class spirit, provided for such in the Kindergarten rooms on Tuesday Feb. 20. They assembled there in the evening with Misses Johnson and Ryan as chaperones and spent a very enjoyable evening eating and making merry.

Professor Simpson of Carthage, formerly Principal of Potsdam High School, was a welcome visitor at the Normal recently. Mr. Simpson was given an opportunity to speak to the student body, as most of the "old boys" are when they return to us. He gave a very able speech holding the interest of the students by his humor and at the same time emphasizing the fact that to get to the front we must do our part, and that to do our best we must have more or less of that "I can" feeling.

On Monday evening Feb. 19, an illustrated lecture was given in Normal Chapel for the benefit of the Classical students. The lecture was given by Prof. Edgar Emens of Syracuse University. The subject was "Modern Athens."

Young Women's Christian Association.

Several new members have been added to our society this term.

Mr. Hosanna, a Persian Missionary, was present ai

one of the meetings recently and gave an interesting address. He also sang several songs in Persian.

At the opening of this term the Young Women's Christian Association held their reception for new students. A goodly number were present and had an excellent opportunity of getting acquainted with each other. The reception was given in the Kindergarten room! which was tastily decorated for the occasion. During the evening the following program was given: Recita tion, Miss Washburn; instrumental duet, Misses Haight and Smidt; recitation, Miss Ellsworth; vocal solo, Miss Wilmarth. At the close of this program refreshments were served and the party broke up about 10:30.

Calliopean.

We have begun the work of the spring term under the leadership of our president, Miss Schermerhorn. The meetings have been very interesting thus far and we hope to have a successful quarter.

We are glad to welcome Miss Bella Harris back after her long illness and absence from school.

Miss Helen Stowell, a former Calliopean, visited our society one evening during this term.

Our society lost a number of its faithful workers in the February class. Although we will miss them from our ranks we wish them much success in their new work. The following among our members belonged to the graduating class: Louise Stowell, Ruth Bartlett, Nina Shepard, Lois Sherbourne, Hannah Jones, Mabel Whitney, Clara Lewis, Frances Weed, Blanche Lake, Mary Smith, Cecile Allen.

Our open meeting occurs March 3. The debaters for that evening are Misses Zaph and Scott, Misses McLaughlin and Washburn. A full program will be printed later.

Francis Baconian.

We were pleased to see one from our society carry off the Clarkson Prize. The fortunate one, Mr. J. Chester Herring, is to be congratulated on his success.

Regardless of the fact that three of our representative men left us in February the meetings this term are of a high quality. Mr. McCormick is not only working hard himself but he is keeping the members steadily at work.

We are pleased to hear that Mr. Albert Reynolds is nicely located at Ann Arbor and enjoying his work.

Messrs. Scruton and Herrick have been elected to represent us at the Frank-Calliopean Union which will probably be postponed until after the Easter vacation on account of its being the only union meeting we will have this term.

On the first night of duty as President Mr. McCormick gave the boys a light "spread" which was enjoyed by all.

Alpha.

The Alphas hold their Open Meeting Saturday evening March 3rd. The subject for the evening will be historical in character.

At the regular meeting of Feb. 10 the program was of an excellent character. The subject was Kate Douglas Wiggin's "Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm."

Saturday evening Feb. 24 the program was based upon fiction. One of the important features of the program was a discussion on the subject, "Resolved, that the prevalence of fiction in modern literature has been a good rather than an evil." The affirmative was supported by Miss Myrtle Chapin while Miss Ena Buchanan upheld the negative.

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