Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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. T HORACE MANN AND FIRST EXAMINATION AT FIRST STATE NORMAL SCHOOL One of the group of murals painted by students of Mass. School of Art in Horace Mann Auditorium Gift of Alumni ...Q 15 5...

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I 929 NORMAL OFFERING IN MEMORIAIVI-CHRISTINE NELSON I Tuesday, Feb. 28, 1928 VVe had a very interesting period in Comp today. We discussed modern poetry. The verse I like best is: i 'My candle burns at both ends: It will not last the night: But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends- It gives a lovely lightl' Clixtract from her diaryj In these lines we see this girl herself, who was with us for only a short time, yet who everywhere around her lent such a warmth from her lovely light that it still burns brightly in the memory of all those who knew her. ...4 14 15...

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i929 NORMAL OFFERING i -.1 az., T ' Y - ees ex A- Q 5 Fi-'NA ' to A 1 223:55 K i 7 fswnv l President . ARCHIBALD SHAVV Vice-President . . . EUNICE SWIFT Secretary . . MARGARET GRIFFIN Treasurer .... ELIZABETH MCCLURE History An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told. -Shakespeare On September 15, 1925, there met in the cellar college CVVoodward basementj a group of bewildered yet eager students. Ahead of each was a definite and alluring goal to be reached at the end of his or her prescribed course. Timidly, at first, they wended their way through the make-shift classrooms. It did not take this class long to learn how to regu- late the temperature of the classrooms-of-many-posts, nor how to trace the outline map of the United States on the bare brick walls, nor to doubt the unfathomable recesses of a cer- tain closet in a certain room, nor to learn the meaning of Hethicalf' Back from vacation-old friends instead of new greeted one another to travel the road together. Gone was the cellar collegef' but here was a new school building-and to them would fall the task of creating standards by precedent, yet withal, lofty standards. Each term a section of the class departed to realize by experience that pet term- When you are out teaching .... Their ability as social beings was first seen at the staging of their May Party. VVho has forgotten yet how they glided around that May Pole? And again this band of goal-seekers returned. Consternation was aroused on every side when they found the divisions reorganized. Yet consternation was succeeded by a realization of the strong feeling of fellowship and class spirit as the months progressed. The missing Adams returned at the end of the first term from their apprenticeship period. And from thence on they came more in contact with the missing ribs in the daily classes. As an up-to-date and wide-awake class it fell to them the task of giving a Lindy Social. VV ith well wishes on the lips but sadness in the hearts adieus were made to members who left us to set out on their individual roads. The depleted ranks of the class joined forces for the remaining year. As dignified A's it behooved them to show the underclassmen an example of a finished social. Over the gang-planks onto the ship guests and students were ushered. And then these mighty A's lifted the curtain on scenes of their former Normal School days. This year acquaintance was made with Albert the moron, with Mr. Case who led us into deep discussions of the problems of the modern world, and with the powers of oratory as exhibited in the Modern Problems class. Now the end of these four happy years is near-the goal which they ex- pected to find at hand is removed to a higher and holier spot. Yet, they feel that with that noble motto f'Not to be ministered unto, but to minster and with the inspiring ideals offered to them by their patient instructors as they each set out on their own road that they shall meet again near the threshold to success. MARGARET I. GRIFFIN ...Q 16 5...