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French People Very Courteous Miss Congdon Gives Impressions of Trip Abroad—Visits Many Cathe dral Towns of France Attended the Passion Play For two months Miss Congdon, tin* French teacher in the High School Department, has been traveling through France and Germany. Her object was to perfect her own French pronunciation and to study the cus toms and manners of the people hy coming into contact with them. She traveled independent of any party so that she could visit the places which interested her most. The steamer 011 which she sailed was owned by France, and she was one of the four American passengers that were on board. Miss Congdon’s tour included the visiting of many cathedral towns, among which were, Americans, Char tres and Rheims. She also went to the seaports of Marseilles, Brest, Bordeaux and Nice. For ten days sin- stayed in Paris and found that city most interesting. Before leaving France she hud the opportunity to climb the French Alps. This proved to he a feat worth trying. In addition to visiting t h e s e renown ed places Miss Cung'dmi went to Ger many and saw the \Passion Play.\ Perhaps it is not commonly known that the play is given every t e n years by tlie inhabitants of Oberammergau in full fill 111 ent of a promise to God which was made three hundred years ago because He saved the town from a plague. Several interesting talks have been given to the French classes hy Miss Congdon since her return. Curios and pictures have helped to make the re counting of her experiences viv id. As a ivhole she found the people of France very courteous and friend ly, hut they show a lack of progress in rural districts. This condition is probably due to poverty. Possibility of Simplifying Geneseo Social Life How many forma Is may we have this year? The que-stion has caused no little discussion among the stu dents who are looking forward to the year’s prograim of social events. It has been customary in the past to have four formal dances during the year. One held before Christmas, one sometime after Christmas and then later in the spring the Junior and Senior “proms.” Informal dances are held at various times. However t h is year, t h e r e is a prob ability that the social life of the school be simplified. The question will be brought up in conference between t h e faculty social committee and the students’ social committee. The results will he given in the next issue of T h e L a 111 r 0 n. Enjoyed Trip In Canadian Wilds Shooting Partridges Miss Holland’s Favorite Sport Dined With In dian and His Squaw In Storm. Cleared Laad For Tents A throe weeks’ canoe trip in the wild and uninhabited regions of Can ada. Could anything be more i n t e r e s t ing or move F al for recreation and change? This has been Miss Hol land’s unusual experience during her leave of absence from Geneseo. W i t h a party of three, and two guides she traveled many miles north of Cochrane in Ontario, Canada, by canoe, camping in places where it was necessary to clear tlie land before tents could be pitched. Hunting and fishing were the sports indulged in. Miss Holland’s specialty was shoot: ing partridges, pivfeiing t h i s to shoot ing deer, so she was given t h e duty of providing' birds for the party to eat. I 11 speaking of her many impres sions, Miss Holland said the most pa thetic thing she saw was the thous ands of miles of forests burned over by a L-w settlers, so that blue berry bushes might grow. The most intern sting and unique single experience was eating dinner in a snow storm with an Indian and bis squaw, who had evidently never -an 11 a white person before. For beautiful the sunsets 011 Marshal stands firsi in Miss Holland’s memory. Teachers* Convention To Be Al Syracuse Program to be Interesting Noted Men to SpeaSi Ten-Thousand Teachers Expected The New York State T e a c h e r s ’ As- -.oeiatien will hold its 77tli annual 11 a <'ting in the city uf Syracuse, No- vendx r ?7th, 3 t h and 29tlih. ’I he .general program, which will be of unusual interest, will include speakers in the country. Among t h e s e are II< 111 . Frank P. Graves, Com missioner of education; Hon. Nathan L. Miller, Governor of New York; Dr. PTecleriek Ferry, president of Hamil ton College; Dr. George S. Cutten, president of Colgate University; Dr. Livingston Farrand, president of Cornell University; and Dr. Charles W. Flint, Chancellor of Syracuse Uni versity. The programs have been prepared with the greatest of .care and with a special view to meeting the needs of those who are interested in various fields of educational work. The. Syracuse school officials are counting on an attendance of eight to ten thousand and have made ar rangements to aeeomdate that num ber. U Why Can’t we Have Library Open Evenings?” Ask Students Gent Faculty Gives Other Side of Question—Impossible to Have Extra Librarian—Unhealthful Plan. Why cannot the library be open in the evening? This question has been raised by some s t u d e n t s who feel t h a t they have not enough free time to spend in the library. Realizing that there is much to be said on both sides, and the side which we hear most often being t h e students side, a L a m r o n reporter undertook to find out t h e faculty side. “Is it possible?” was the first ques tion asked. “Not with our present staff” was Miss Richardson’s answer. “Any stu dent who knows anything about the hours of t h e library staff knows that it is impossible. If the students de cided that they would rather have their history or English class after supper, would they think it reason able to ask those teachers to change to evening hours? “The regular closing hour for the library from time immemorable has been 5:00 o ’clock. To accomodate more students, the m e m b e r s of the staff are now volunteering their ser vices for an extra half hour. It would be unreasonable for any one to ex pect them to come hack and work in the evening.” “Would it be possible to have an extra librarian?” “Not at the present time when th e n 1 are so m a n y calls for money from the state. It \would necessitate a larger appropriation to our school.” “Couldn’t the difficulty be over come by the student librarians tak ing charge in t h e evening?” “The teacher librarians already have more hours than any other stu dents, and their health would not per mit it. Even then it would require Liu* supervision of a member of th e stall. Moreover the building is not an ideal one to close up alone 011 a dark w i n t e r ’s night. “If il were possible, do you think it would be an advantage to the stu dents?” “No, I think it would lie a decided disadvantage in a great m a n y ways. The stud e n t s art* given unusual free dom in the fact that everything in the library is allowed to be taken out when the library closes, even to ail encyclopedia. If the library were open in the evening, 110 books could be charged out until then. “Reserve books would probably not be allowed to go o u t at all. How many students after a hard day’s work would want to walk back to the li brary after a book that might have been obtained in the afternoon?” “Another point to be considered is the length of time it would be open in the (‘veiling. With a H:fJ0 o ’clock supper hour, 6:45 would be as early as tlie laws of health would permit for an opening hour, and with our present rules, 7:15 would have to be the closing hour. How much could you accomplish in that Ju s t think it over.” Miss Thomas Returns To Nursing Home Has Had Varied E x p e r ience—Was in Europe Two Years During the W ar—Leaves Geneseo, Feb. 1st. Students and faculty are glad to welcome back for her second year, Miss Adeline Thomas as nurse in charge of the Elizabeth W a d s w o r t h Nursing Home. Miss Thom a s ’ professional career has been one of wide and varied ex perience, After being graduated from the Lee Hospital, Rochester, she was superintendent of nurses at th a t hos pital for the four years previous to the outbreak of the war in Europe. In 1914, attached to Hie British serv ice, she sailed for England on the Red Cross ship which carried doc tors and nurses and was t h e only r e p resentative body sent across the first year. Miss Thomas spent one year in the English hospitals. When the United States entered t h e war in 1917, Miss Thomas went to Gamp Jackson for eight months. In June, 1918, she was again sent across. T h i s time ’ she spent 14 .months in service in France. The time was filled with vivid experiences which she will never forget. On h e r re t u r n to the United States after the war, Miss Tlmmas took some special courses at Uolumbia Teach e r a ’ 1 Go lie go. Miss T h o m a s ’ experience also in- ( eludes work in a settlem e n t cam p in ! New H a m p s h i r e during the past s 11111 - 1 mer. I She expects to stay at the Nursing j Home until about February 1. Then she plans to take a trip to California and later to Europe. Mrs. Turell Temporary H. S. Teacher of Biology Has Had Experience as P r incipal o f L e icester Union School— G r a d u a t e o f HrocKport. The vacancy in the science d e p a r t ment caused by tlie resignation of Mr. Green is being filled tem p o r a r i l y by Mrs. Albert Turell of Mt. Morris. As yet there, is in view for pcr'manent appointment. Mrs. Turell is a graduate of tlm Brockport Htate Normal School and has been a member of the faculty of the Villiumsville and Dundee high Capital S urplus T. F. OI J. W. Vt W. IVI. S H. E. Ri ,M E > I ns Provide Keep T M, Mi Good PI MF ML In miline I Rest style is small bi with much Uection. Mrs. . I,S744<5 ( Reader w i l l fin e ducati I ^ o o d at No Place (Continued on Page Three)
