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s A P A A S A A g e TR R

NEWLY ORGANIZED
TRAIL BLAZERS|

SEWEST AND BIGGEST CLUB ON
THE CAMPUS—INAUGU-
RAL PICNIC

The Rural School department of
' the Normal College featured one of
zthe oreat events of the summer
school on Moenday afternoon, with 2
- nicniec under The Oaks.

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: l The function was in charge of the
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newly organized Trail Blazers wifich

~department and anv one else
who V&anted to join. 40 cents cover-
ing initiation fee and picnic supper.

At five o’clock a bountiful luncheon
was served under the chairmanship
of Mrs. Reine Torrey Osgerby, recent
commissioner of Iosco county, one of
our college graduates. She was as-
sisted by the teachers of the Certifi-
cation School, all gay in brilliant

made the coffee. w

The pienic group of 650, sitting on |
the grassy slope made a captivating |
picture, and of course John Miller |
was on hand with his camera. e

When the final ice cream cones |
had disappeared, a group of yell]
masters in motley garb, who were |
chosen from each of the classes,|
called order, and led the program of |
vells and songs, and of greetings to ;
each speaker, all of which had been |

- includes all members of the Rurall

paper caps, and by Dr. Harvey who |

| proceeded to introduce Prof. Hover |

| uine enthusiasm welcomed the dawn
- | of a day he had longed for since he ,

| of the Department of Rural KEduca- |
. tion, who was received with rousing |
- | applause and yells and a song, “How

do you do.” ‘

| noted the fact that 190 County Nor-|
| mal graduates are enrolled in this |
. year’s summer school. |

spoke a word of its giant attainment

' their power and responsibility.

' Normal responded to the sentiment,
| What can the Normal College bring
to the County Normal, and her strong !
| appeal was for more of personal
| touch, and for a systematic visita- |
| tion from the Normal College teach-

| of better rural schools; Mr. Essery |
,, emphasized the readiness with which |
even the untrained trustee recog- |

| rural teachers, of the strong com- |
munity spirit through the parent- |
| teachers club adding a word of fit-|

Mr. Wolfe, president of the club,
for an infant but a few days old, and |

of the Department of AO‘rlculture
as toastmaster. Mr. Hover with gen- |

was a country lad in a distriet school |
when the country schools should have ]
“rural minded teachers.”

The first speaker called to the|
running board of a car, which served |
as a platform, was Dr. Pittman, head | 4

‘Mr. Pittman responded in a speech
eloquent, clean-cut, full of sugges- |
tion and brief. Perhaps its strong- |
est note of appeal was that the six|
hundred young teachers, going out |
into the country schools (one tenth
of the Michigan six thousand rural |
| teachers) should carry thence zeal|
and leadership and a high sense of |

Miss Penoyer of the Flint County |

ers during the school year. She|
Dr. Hoyt spoke of the crymg need

nized the superiority of the well]
trained teacher; Miss Weldon spoke
of the Stone school house, now the
college department for training

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