Evening star., 1922-11-19
Has Live Publication
In a Dead Language

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AV1 Rose Parkman. members of the
faculty of the Wilson Normal School.
who are advisory members of the staff
OF the Normal News. are very proud
OF the magazine as published by the
hve girls who Will leave the school
tomorrow To begin their work OF
teaching in the public schools.
This Is the first staff of the maya
zine and they are handing their jobs
to members of the junior class In a
condition that Is worthy Of praise. In
the year that they have handled the
different divisions of work connected
with the publication of this little
school Journal they have done much
to merit admiration, both from q lit
erary and from business standpoint.
Miss Norma kale, the first editor
in n-chief of Normal News. was born in
Membley. near London, England.
When she vas just child she came
to the United States with her parents.
who settled in the western part of
Washington state. beyond the Cascade
range. She received all of her edu
cational training in convent schools
Of Oregon AID Washington state un-
til her fourth year Of high school
work, when her parents came east and
she entered Central High School of
this city. When she graduated after
this first year of work in a public
school her name was on the honor roll
of her class. She is also listed as hav-
ing proved AN unusually apt pupil
while at normal school.
Miss The!ma Fryer, assistant editor.
especially in charge of the depart
enthusiasm for books. both what they
contain and what they are made Of.
She was in the Central High School
print shop for year. and brought
with her enthusiasm for the art of
printing when she came to the nor
NAL school. She worked on the make
up of Normal News during it's first
year and. through her efforth. much
of the pleasing mechanical work was
accomplished. When assigned a spe
cial topic on the publishing of pa
per, to teach in the eighth grade of
the Ross School while a junior. Miss
Fryer left no stone unturned until
she secured the loan Of a miniature
printing press from a local depart
ment store. SO that children could see
at first hand the method of putting
material through this process. Miss
trail and secured the scholarship for
the University of Maryland at the end
of her senior year, but she relin-
Gufshed it to attend the normal school.
Miss Alice keliher, the local editor
OF the paper. has been Responsible
mai Knocks" She was departmental
editor for the Bulletin at Central
High Scnool and associate editor OF
the year book Of that school Miss
keliher undoubtedly inherits much OF
the clever originality in her writing
from some of the long line Of brilliant
newspaper people In her family. Her
grandfather. John T. Crow. was the first
editor of the Baltimore Sun. and 9TH
crs in her family were of the journal
istic profession. She, too. was on the
honor roll at Central High and won
the c i'll tennis doubles at that school.
Miss Keliher not only had excep-
tionally broad interests while at
school, but a distinctly original ambi-
tion to follow out after she has had
some preliminary training in actual
teaching. She has laid her plans for
full care that few young high school
girls display in this regard. She has
a very practical idea to develop the
teaching of science in the schools. She
Is particularly interested in the chem
istry Of foods. Her very cleverly
the normal school was on coal-tar
products and bi-products.
Miss Keliher was in the high school
glee club and Is president of the nor
NAL school glee club. Last year she
was an ardent worker on the student
council Oh the uOTiidl SCHOOl.
Miss Winifred Williams. another
graduate OF Central High School. was
business manager Of the Normal
News. She was a good student, but
did not engage in many of the school
activities except the rifle club. She
took a business course of training
and intends to specialize in teaching
She has been popular
at the normal school.
Miss Virginia Parton, the artist
member of the Normal News STAFF, is
still another Centralite. She was art
editor OF the Brecky, the year book
Of Central high, and was assistant art
editor Of the Review. the high
magazine. for the year 1920.
She majored in art and is particularly
fond of charcoal sketching and Of
work. She intends to
keep up her interest along art lines
even while teaching school. for she is
planning to take special courses at the
Corcoran School of Art of this city.