Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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26 NORMAL OFFERING The changes in regime brought about by the above catastrophe are numerous. First and foremost, is the resignation of Gertrude Lamb and the subsequent taking up of Presidential duties by Mary Bacon, our House Vice-President, heretofore. The vacancy thus created is being filled by our former Secretary-Treasurer, Mary Hubbard, while her duties are being ably executed by Margaret Dun- ham. , The return of the B's and the loss of the C's have made necessary the selection of new head proctors, and the acquaintance of s-ome new neighbors. Inasmuch as we know that silence is golden, we feel that it should henceforth reign supreme. M. H. Training School Gems One on Miss Keyes. Youngster to- Marion Aldrich: Is Miss Keyes your mother? A Normal lady teaching a language lesson with Lincoln for a topic: What great man was born a long time ago in the month of February? Second Grader flustilyl : Adam! Student-Teacher: Use the word 'empty' in a sentence, spell- ing it out. Young Third-grader: I have an e-m-p-t-y stomach. And the student-teachers sighed in unison, as they thought of their 11:20 lunch.

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28 NORMAL OFFERING OFFICERS President M. DOLORES MURPHY Vice-President LILLIAN HOLLAND Treasurer ELIZABETH SAVAGE Secretary EUNICE HARVEY Class History September, 1924. And we are A's, A's! We must repeat it over and over, for it can't seem possible that we have come to the beginning of the end-our last year at Normal which seemed, when we were D's, a never, never time. We missed those other B's who left us in June, leaving their studies that they might try their heads and hands at teaching. Somehow the class seemed only half present, and when roll call came-what gaps in our ranks! We had become so accustomed to the old order of Bacon, Carr, Carter, Conner, Coulson, that we felt like a battalion ready for attack but weak in numbers. We finally awoke to the fact, however, that we had reenforce- ments. Fitchburg, Framingham, Jackson, Smith, Dartmouth, Boston College and Simmons had sent nearly enough to take the places of our lost members, and we rejoiced that Class B, I mean A, was not a mere handful of recruits, but a whole detachment. In unity there is strength, thought weg and off we started to battle for success against the combatants of our new program. And we needed all our reserves. Eighteen periods a week, with Sociology, Psychology, History of Education, History, French, Hygiene, Lit- erature, Composition, History of Art, Library, Geography, Mathe- matics, Junior High Science and Modern Problems to choose from. A modern problem, indeed, to select a program which 'would give us a few breathing spells. We struggled on, almost driven to the