Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-19

tenant-governorship.
in Maine, where in the lakes perch,
bass and trout abound.
Author of School Books
DR.. Brumbaugh has devoted him
self to active teaching and executive
work rather than to producing books.
Still he has found time to write a
number of school books. He has also
published the History of the Ger
man Brethren in Europe and Amer
lea" The Life and Works of Chris
topher Dock" and the Maker of a
Teacher" Another of his works, writ
ten in collaboration with Joseph Wal
ton, is called "Stories of Pennsylva-
MIA"
The real man is known only to his
friends and coworkers. Governor
Brumbaugh is popular with those he
meets occasionally. He is loved by
those who know him. He has been
the friend of the teachers, and stories
of his devotion and kindness to the
men and women grown old in the
service have shown him to be n man
of deep sympathy. One of these has
to do with a woman, who, because
of the fnfirmity of age and mental de-
rangement, had to be dropped from
the service. She visited the office of
DR.. Brumbaugh, almost haunted it,
seking reinstatement. This he could
not grant her, but he listened pa
tiently to her appeals and recital of
her troubles. One day he crept from
his office, tears in his eyes. leaving
the poor unfortunate behind. He
emptied his pocketbook, borrowed all
that an associate had and sent his sec
retary to the woman with n big gift.
Such things he did in one form or an
other almost daily.
1t is an old saying that the real
man is known by the way he treats
animals. DR.. Brumbaugh almost hu-
manizes pets. He has always shown
a fondness for dogs. When he was
superintendent of schools in Hunting
don county he had fox terrier.
Spot" which accompanied him
everywhere on his trips in his car
riage from schoolhouse to school
house. This dog would sit up in the
seat beside the young educator. He
became as familiar to the school chill
dren and the farmers of the county as
the superintendent himself. Before
this dog died he was called the las
sociate" because of being the con-
stant companion of the head of the
schools.
Seeks Personal Touch
There is another dog that occupies
the same place in the heart of the
Governor. He is called Fritz" an6
rides on the front seat of the Doctors
motor. He has come to Harris
burg and will romp and play with the
Front street children who play in the
park fronting the Executive Mansion
Fritz has a good time of it in the
Brumbaugh home. He gets his din.
ner, or rather his dessert, with the
family. AS the coffee is served Frit;
appears, and is asked: ITO which
college will you go when you grow
up-Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Cor.
nell, Lafayette. Pennsylvania ?" In.
stantly, at the last word, Fritz leap:
up and seizes the cake the Doctor
has held in his hand.
DR.. William Lauder, an associate
of DIR. Brumbaugh OH the School Code
Commission, has given this apprecia.
tion of the Governors:
"Brumbaugh is not desk admin.
istrator.' He believes too much IL
people to be content to push button!
and handle rubber stamps! Always
he is seeking the personal touch witt
the men and women who work witt
him. No unexpected orders go ou
from his office. IF big thing is to bt
done, he gathers his staff about hin
and talks it over The idea is never
n small one, nor is 1t ever a selfisl
one. In a short time he will have the
reluctant opponent on his side as al
enthusiastic supporter. He has large
vision, a sure insight into the move
ment of events and an intense con.
viction-amounting almost to relig.
ious fervor-of the sacred task o
educating all the children of all the
people. 1t is always for the good OF
the coming generation that he speaks
of those who are now children. bu
who soon will be the men and womer
in whose hands our destinies lie
Small minded people become great by
the contact of his presence - theS
partake of his own greatness anG
gather strength from him.
80 in his dealings with the com.
munity he is the same frank, fear.
less advocate of right things. Brum.
baugh always works in the open
When he wants Fairgrounds for the
children, he tells the whole towr
about il, and as good men and womer
going down into their pockets to pay
the bills; when he wants high schools
for the outlying districts he takes
everybody into his confidence until
meetings spring up spontaneously, de-
manding as a right what perhaps a
few months before they had not
thought of at all; when he wants tC
give every boy and girl a chance for
better start in life. he visits the
schools of Bavaria and comes back
with his message to everybody.
Strength as Administrator
"Brumbaugh's strength as an ad-
minstrator in Philadelphia has been
his ability to make a conservative
community see with his eyes and feel
with his own great heart. This has
been his only big stick When Brum-
baugh has spoken there is no argu-
ment left on the other side. He is
always persuading you to do the best
thing for yourself and giving you
abundant reasons therefor No one
has dared attack successfully his
school program, no one has dared to
interfere with his plans for school
betterment. The whole community