[Magdalen] Tightrope?

[Jay Weigel]

James Madison University here in Harrisonburg, VA, was also once a "normal
school" and was also an all-female institution. I think it went coed about
the same time UVA did, around 1972.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> "Normal School" historically means one which trains teachers. My former
> employer, Bridgewater State Univ. (and once upon a time, Bridgewater Normal
> School) was the first such state-supported institution in the country,
> being founded in 1840.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Judy Fleener
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:58 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Tightrope?
>
> The name of my university was originally Dekalb Normal School.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Sorry, that first word was supposed to be "well."  My auto-correct always
>> wants to stick an apostrophe in it.
>>
>> > On Nov 16, 2015, at 7:22 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > We'll, I love the name "Superior Normal"! Talk about an oxymoron...
>> >
>> >> On Nov 16, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> My Cousin Connie sent me a small, faded newspaper clipping yesterday.
>> >> dated from 1922, and was titled "Superior Normal Girls Meet."  She
>> found
>> >> it cleaning out a closet.
>> >>
>> >> Superior Normal School = University of Wisconsin-Superior, and my
>> >> mother was a freshman then with a major in mathematics and a minor
>> >> in teaching gym classes.
>> >>
>> >> This meeting was sponsored by the local campus YWCA, and was billed
>> >> as a "mixer" for the female students.
>> >>
>> >> There was a formal program to start the event, and the initial act  was
>> >> described as "a thrilling piece for three ukuleles."
>> >>
>> >> Next, and more interesting to me, was that the crowd was  "held
>> spellbound
>> >> by Constance Northam (my mother) walking a tightrope."
>> >>
>> >> Walking a tightrope ? [!]
>> >>
>> >> Never did I or anyone in the family during her 98 years hear of  such
>> >> an event (talent?).  I'll just file it under "family legends."
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> David Strang --- who has felt sometimes that he was walking a
>> tightrope,
>> >> but never actually did so.
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan
>