Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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24 NORMAL OFFERING S .J -V,' ' ir 5 5 OFFICERS President, RUTH E. HUNT Vice-President, GERTRUDE T. FAY Secretary, H. VIRGINIA GAY Treasurer, I-IARRIETTE E. ANNIS CLASS HISTORY. After four years spent within the sacred walls of our Alma Mater, it is fitting that we pause to look back upon the experiences which have been ours. So numerous and varied are these experi- ences that, obviously, all cannot be included in this account. How- ever, the milestones in Class Ais journey will each be given a place. The journey began on September 15, 1920, when forty-eight people, known as Classes C and D, entered Bridgewater Normal School. We proved to be good travellers and in a few days were initiated into the joys of our course and were developing crushes, a type of disease frequently encountered on this journey and one which lasted until the end of the trip. Our first shyness wore off, and we bravely faced arithmetic, where we were given Latin quotations to translate, and music, where we were permitted either to render solos or to conduct group singing. This first part of the journey was en- livened by socials, picnics, and hikes, so almost before we realized it, the summer vacation arrived, and the first stage of our journey was over. 1 The second part of our travelling was under the illustrious ban- ner of Class C, so well-known during the year of 1921-22. We made a famous history scrapbook which will guide many future classes

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NORMAL OFFERING 25 along the paths of modern history. During thirteen weeks of that year we decorated the blackboards of the art department with pic- tures which fittingly bespoke our artistic temperament. If the jour- ney tired us, a poem written by some member of the composition class was sure to revive our spirits. The road we travelled in the fall of 1922 was one of the most fruitful of our itinerary. Our class took up its life in the training school. No one will ever know how many hours were spent writing lesson plans, learning rote songs, making reading and arithmetic charts, and working out projects. Class B had thirteen weeks in the training school and is glad of it, for some of our happiest hours were spent there. During the winter months we separated for excursions into nearby cities and towns, where we were scheduled for practice teaching. This part of our trip will not soon fade from our mem- ory, for thoughts of snowy days, delayed trains and helpful super- visors make it a never-to-be-forgotten thirteen weeks. When we were united in the spring, there were but a few weeks of jolly companionship before graduation, when the majority of our class left to take up work in schoolrooms of their own. During this short period two very important events occurred. One was the much talked of Hymenopftj era, or B opera, which was the biggest social of the year. It surpassed all our hopes for success and stands as proof of the never-failing co-operation of the class. The other important event was the May festival given by the training school under the direction of the gymnastic department and Class B. No one, who saw this festival, will forget the hobby horses which es- tablished our claim to fame. In June we left Alma Mater with heavy hearts for we had said God speed to many dear friends who had been so intimately connected with us for three years. On September 12, 1923, but thirteen of the original forty-eight started on the last quarter of the journey, hence we were eager to welcome two new members and to have several of Class B with us during most of our recitations. We missed those who had been with us the previous years, but we who returned are not sorry, for the year has been a happy and profitable one. Our discussions have broadened our vision of the work before us, and many helpful sug- gestions have been given for us to use next year. The course in psychology has given us much to think about, and f