Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

Page 32 text:

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

Page 31 text:

CLHSSES x K lf. ...hx - U X Q XY 1 2 X X if 2 , 5' D A. 23 Z 5 HZ Z i L-. . fx--.. 4 ,Q ' '- 1 N', N g... ,- 4 J ABN. I ,AQ 9. I I v f K 3 I g I

Page 33 text:

NORMAL OFFERING 29 wall by assignments which seemed to grow larger and larger, to lo-om up greater and gieater, sweeping down upon us and resist- ing our every effort to grapple with them. But we had learned that play is one of the great natural in- stincts, so we began by lending ourselves to the festivities of the Acquaintance Social, where we helped to welcome the new classes. Some of the Juniors thought we had just arrived, too. We must be bearing the burden of years and cares gracefully. Our Hrst special event was our class social, at which we gave 'CA Day at Normal beginning with our tooth brush-towel prom- enade, then breakfast, through morning Classes and lunch, with a song for every activity and a few kindly jokes at our faculty. Then came afternoon classes, ending with Modern Problems, when we presented our own special modern problems to our audience. We didn't forget mass meetings, nor fire drill either, with the aid of Mr. Stearns' garden hose. How glad we were to welcome those B's who returned for their first reunion since graduation. We had expected that, by the time we were ancient A's, we would be able to hobble around easily, not to speak of participating in such youngsters' play as sports, but after much anxious waiting and coaxing, we formed a hockey team and went out for practice. It was often difficult to gather together enough players for a game, but we played. Our only claim to glory, however, was Wounded in Actionf' We surely enjoyed ourselves at the hockey spread, where we broke the record-because Teddy had a strong right arm. We were also well represented at basketball where several A's upheld our class honor, and two of our members made the varsity team. L Those artistically inclined had joined Miss Prevost's class as the Art League and made their first formal appearance on November 19 when they gave their first Art Lecture. A second program was given on- December 8. We think that we established a reputation as a group of de- termined salesmen at Christmas time, when we button-holed every- one who came in sight to buy a card or two. So successful were we that we planned other financial ventures to enlarge the funds of our treasury. Our flourishing business was interrupted by the ire on Decem- ber 10, when we packed up and left for an extended vacation. We wondered if we should be able to complete our final year, but, I