STATE FEDERATION OF PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN
Reading edition
President
Mrs. John B. Hamme
Art Committee for the Guide Book
Miss A. Margaretta Archambault, Chairman Philadelphia
Mrs. Ross BarrowsLock Haven
Mrs. Earl BarnesPhiladelphia
Miss Mary S. GarretsonPittsburgh
Mrs. Ethel Herron HayesMonongahela
Miss Alice HenryPittsburgh
Mrs. Robert McKelvyTitusville
Miss Irene B. MartinAllentown
Miss Sarah R. PaisteWest Chester
Mrs. John G. ReadingWilliamsport
Mrs. Walter King SharpeChambersburg
Mrs. Andrew ThompsonHonesdale
HAIL! PENNSYLVANIA
Hail! Pennsylvania, Noble and strong! To thee with loyal hearts We raise our song. Swelling to heaven, loud Our praises ring; Hail! Pennsylvania, Of thee we sing! Majesty as a crown Rests on thy brow; Pride, Honor, Glory, Love, Before thee bow. Ne’er can thy spirit die, Thy walls decay; Hail! Pennsylvania, For thee we pray. Hail! Pennsylvania, Guide of our youth! Lead thou thy children on To light and truth; Thee when death summons us, Others shall praise, Hail! Pennsylvania, Through endless days! Edgar M. Dilley, U. of P., 1897.
Lo, sons of no mean Commonwealth, * * * * * * * We exultant speak the name of State, Proclaim the great “experiment” that wrought, As if by necromance ’mong doubting men, Fruition sure—beyond his ardent thought, Yet hidden in very heart of Penn! And bear the message, flash it sea to sea, Who freedom serve must of themselves be free! Harvey Maitland Watts.