4 the hero of the tower miss anna landis 5 triumph through faith miss salama steigerwalt 6 the indian attack miss mary ripple 7 farmer whipple-bachelor miss nellie provost orations have been delivered as follows 1 formation of character mr deaver 2 liberty's heroes miss maude hallman 3 american ideals miss mary book 4 the quest of liberty mr john land 5 mary stuart miss anna renner 6 abraham lin coln mr amos hoover 7 rise and fall of nations mr f thomas landis those who have prominently assisted in the music are the following miss hanna wismer miss katharine hobach miss ethel taylor miss nellie lauer miss fay beam mr hoff man garber mr george mcginnis miss florence rife miss maude hostetter miss anna may lane mr ulsh the presidents during the term have been mr herbert roeder mr rice mr george mc ginnis the secretaries have been miss hilda steel miss sophie yeakle miss mary book the censors miss jeannette conklin miss florence ely miss barbara mylin the officers elect are president mr martin royer secretary miss maude hallman censor miss edna haller normal literary society h justin roddy though the change in the course has for this year greatly lessened the number of seniors in the school yet it has not affected the working efficiency of the senior society not only have the seniors contributed their share to the excellence but also the middlers and many of the juniors have done very good work in every feature of the society's varied programme in only one feature may any unfavorable criticism of the society's meetings be made too few of the students remain in the chapel during the most valuable feature of a literary programme the debate a number of excellent orations have been de livered during the fall term among those of special merit we may mention   lest we forget by george ely giants of destiny by willis hackman   robert e lee by eugene evans 0 temporal 0 mores   by ross hull   nathan hale by darwin shoop and   hannibal by benj k lehman the debates have been quite spirited at times and on some questions the facts have been arrayed and the arguments presented with very commendable skill several times the general debate has aroused more than ordinary interest and inspired some excellent ex tem pore debates some of the students taking a prominent part in the debates are messrs brooks bory bitner george ely revel ely hackman and hull and misses brooks castner bordner patterson wentzel and wright some of the questions for debate arousing most interest were resolved that a protective tariff is determined to the interests of our country that it is to the best interests of the public for the government to control the coal mines that the negro does not deserve the same political rights as the white man that it is to the best interests of the citizens to incorporate millersville as a borough that a lawyer is justified in trying to secure the ac quittal of client whom he knows to be guilty that morality increases with civilization that labor has as much right to organize as capital that senators should be elected by popular vote and that the decline of england as a world power has begun the essays presented have generally been lively graceful in style and interesting some of those deserving mention are the following electioneering by miss fleming lady jane grey by miss margaret hirschman the influence of music by miss bauman the land of the midnight sun by miss lauver   fairy tales and their authors by miss mcallister loyalty by miss wright and what should a young girl do by miss lillian gable the recitations are always talked about and some students look forward to them as the most enjoyable feature of the programme engineer conner's son by miss bordner flying jim's last leap by miss brooks the general's client by mr j a farrar   robert of sicily by miss wentzel and a knight's false vow by miss patterson were well rendered and elicited much applause those who have attended the society's meet ings have been favored with some excellent music during this term among the enjoyable music was a vocal solo by miss annie clark head of the music department of the school and a piano solo by miss helen clark teacher of piano the society is fortunate in having among its members many who are quite proficient in music among these we may notice mr king a clarinetist arthur hull cornetist juan estiu flutist louis lyte player of the mandolin and horace hull violinist be sides the music furnished by these soloists misses keiser and bauman rendered a beauti ful piano duet miss bausman a piano solo mr george ely a vocal solo messrs farrar bitner and strieker a vocal trio mr laurence bitner a vocal solo miss wentzel and mrs bitner a vocal duet miss keiser a piano solo and messrs king arthur hull and horace hull an instrumental trio music has also been furnished by the mandolin club the normal orchestra and the lyrian glee club quite a large number of books have been added to the library during the past term the normal junior society as reported by mr revel a ely president has had a very successful term of training excellent ora tions have been delivered during the term which has just closed among them are edgar allan poe by mr brubaker the present crisis by mr enck   patriotism past and present by ross hull   bunker hill monument by mr stonesifer other ora tions were delivered by messrs geo ely ber lin gilbert lyte hess and zartman readings recitations and essays are promin ent features of the programme excellent violin mandolin and clarinet music has been rendered by messrs enck keesey zartman and king by far the most interesting feature is the debate some of the questions debated were resolved that the united states should con trol the nicaraguan canal resolved that the strikers are justified in their cause resolved that steam is of more value than electricity some of the most active members are messrs passmore emig shaw myers snyder edgar bory risser gable and long the president during the past session have been messrs hull brubaker and ely y w c t u amanda landes president   that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth that our daughters may be as corner stones polished after the similitude of a palace these words from the 144 th psalm are the corner stone and foundation and aim of the v branch of the w c t u the normal school v is working hard at the same place we reorganized for work this fall with the following officers president miss amanda landes recording secretary miss janetta wertz corresponding secretary miss bertha wright vice-president miss mary rice treasurer miss anna beitzel miss lillian gherst was appointed superin tendent of flower mission work and mrs cora bitner of the department of music on the evening of september 14 miss belle kearney of mississippi addressed a large audience in the normal chapel she spoke strongly and made an earnest appeal to the students especially to help the temperance work at the school we have had six regular meetings very well attended the different speakers have been miss landes on   the strike mr tillman garber on   why should one sign a temperance pledge   miss gherst and miss hirschman on   sunsnine and miss myers on our children's heritage one meeting was given to hearing about the state w c t u convention at allentown where the v   was represented by miss landes at another meeting mrs bitner gave a report of the county convention on november 6th the union held a sunshine meeting at which all the exercises were designed to teach the gospel of cheerful and helpful living the union has also been favored by a visit from mrs belle mooney-haines 84 who addressed the union on the subject the price paid our reciters have been miss may hull miss grace brooks miss anna beitzel and miss anna landes y w c a elizabeth barnhart president the ninety members now in school send greetings to that large circle which the jour nal reaches a special thought to the girls of 1902 whom we have greatly missed is that our mizpeh beautiful in parting is also signi ficant in joining many juniors and middlers are proving ex cellent workers this year miss florence der hamer is now our recording secretry and miss ruth lyte our corresponding secretary who will be pleased to answer any communications you may have to make to the association the girls who were sent to lake george are most helpful having gained much inspiration at the large and successful conference we sent one delegate to the state convention at in diana pa who has brought us encourage ment from reports of the work in other schools during the week of prayer the topics were truth righteousness peace and faith dr alleman of st john's lutheran church in lancaster preached our annual sermon it was admirably suited to the occasion strength ening the young men and women engaged in christian warfare and stimulating those who have been inactive y m c a t e garber president the majority of our young men are either active or associate members of the association quite a number of the members seem to feel an active interest for the work the attend ance at the devotional meetings is not so large as it should be several bible classes have been organized which have weekly meetings professor miller meets the foot-ball men in a class by themselves the week beginning with november 9th was recognized by us as a week of prayer it was opened in our chapel on sunday morning by a sermon preached to the whole student body the normal journal 6