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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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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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