[Magdalen] Tightrope?

[Jay Weigel]

When I was in high school, Wisconsin still had 2-year county teachers'
colleges that trained teachers for rural schools. I think they closed them
all in the early to middle 60s.

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I know about the origin of "Normal School." I was just amused at the
> juxtaposition of the two words.
>
> On November 18, 2015, at 9:59 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>