Fitchburg State University - Saxifrage Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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FOREWORD t last the busy pen rests, and its product, The Saxifrage, is before you. We ask you who turn its leaves to graciously scan the flower of our planting, not as a bloom of rarest seed and growth — but as a sprig of the saxifrage which, having pushed itself up through a rocky crevice, has at length blossomed forth naturally and sweet. Xo one can say how many or how few of us are going to clan together again in the future and live over the ways of time ' s all-golden yesterdays. It is for The Saxifrage to see that these clays shall live; that Nineteen Twenty-Two, heart with heart, and hand in hand, shall advance far into the dim reaches of the future with unbroken rank . We accept our mission, we welcome it! And if you, who count the leaves of this first small Saxifrage, may find hidden in its petalled heart any fragrance, any joy, then we who have labored shall feel we have succeeded in perpetuating the finest traditions of Fitchburg Normal School the chronicle of Nineteen Twenty-Two. The spiril of Twenty-Two lives!

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FACULTY John c. Thompson, Principal. (Absent on leave) William D. Parkinson, Acting Principal Elementary and Junior High School Departments Prestoh Smith Science and School Hygiene Edwin A. Kirkpatrick Psychology and Pedagogy Elizabi in D. Perry Music and Ethics Matilda B. Doland Arithmetic and Penmanship Sarah E. Lamprey .... Handwork and Drawing I riu rim M. McCarty Reading and Language Lois Mossman Handwork and Drawing I ' i orence D. Conlon Handwork and Drawing Arthur C. Harrington Geography, History, and Civics John L. Randall Nature Study and Gardening Henry J. Clancy Mathematics and Related Work Bawita Lawler Physical Training Ellen C. Magoon English Elsie P. Schmidt Librarian Practical Arts Department Willis B. Anthony Director Charles E. Akeley Woodfinishing and Glazing David W. Colburn Woodworking Frank S. Livermore Printing C. Blair MacLean Mechanical Drawing Ci. rk H. Morrell Automobile and Ordinary Repairs Schools for Observation and Practice George F. Hubbard Director Junior Higli School Mary McConnell, Principal B. Evelyn Grammont, French and English Mamie A. Cole, Commercial Dept. Carl F. Holloran, Geography, History, Marion E. Rowley, Household Arts and Civics Edgerly School — First Six Grades Ida M. Austin, Principal Elma M. Johnson, Assistant Supervisor L. Frances Jones, Supervisor Susan L. Clark, Supervisor Day Street School — First Six Grades Caroline G. Hagar, Principal Pauline I. Moore, Assistant Supervisor K.AMJERINE F. McConnell, Supervisor Highland Avenue School — First Two Grades Laura A. Woodwortii, Principal Maud A. Goodfellow, Chief Clerk Helen M. O ' Horo, Clerk

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Saxifrage hoard wishes to extend to various faculty members its appreciation for the encouragement and advice that helped us make this book a possibility. To Mr. Harrington, our advisor, we are especially thankful. ' Twas his keen insight that saved us bom the shoals, and on the other hand ' twas his deep sense of humor that made us forget some things and forge ahead. We thank in turn Miss Goodfellow, for her help in the Alumni records, and Miss McCarthy, Miss Magoon, Miss Lawler, Miss Conlon. Mr. Randall, and Mr. Livermore for their advice and cooperation. And now a word of farewell to some of our faculty who this year are to leave our institution. Miss Elizabeth D. Perry, dean of women and supervisor of music, has been granted a year ' s leave of absence from her duties here. The whole Normal School will greatly miss the presence of our loved teacher, whose twenty-five years of -i rvice here at school have been an inspiration to all who have come under her kindly guidance. The Class of Twenty-Two will never forget Miss Perry. Miss Mattie A. Cole, supervisor of commercial work in the Junior High School, has tendered her resignation after having been connected with the Normal School for twenty-five years. At all times Miss Cole has been a firm friend of all the students, and her resignation will leave a gap in the ranks of the faculty. May the future years be filled with health and happiness for her. Miss Caroline Hagar, supervisor of intermediate grades at the Day Street School, has resigned from that position to live in California. Miss Hagar is another member of the faculty who resigns after a quarter of a century teaching in the training schools connected with the Normal School. We wish her many more years of good health and happiness. Four of our faculty members are leaving us this year to enter the matrimonial -Kite. Miss Elsie Schmidt, librarian, who has been with the school since 1916, is to marry Mr. Lyman Sleeper, instructor in the continuation schools of Fitchburg. She will always be remembered as the patient, kind instructor who so many times had to forbear with us during our noisy study periods. Miss Eois Mossman, instructor in handcrafts, is the second member who is to be married. Her fiance, Mr. Harry Howard, is employed in the office of the Simonds Manufacturing Company. The Day Street School will miss from its faculty Miss Pauline Moore, assistant supervisor of primary grades. She intends to be married soon to Mr. John Shields, salesman for the Whitney Paper Box Company, Leominster. The last member of the faculty who has resigned this year to be married is Miss Ellen ( . Magoon, instructor of English. Miss Magoon has been with us but one short year, but during that time she has won the esteem and respect of all the students here. Her marriage to Prof. Randall Waterman of Dartmouth will take place this summer. Our best wishes for happiness in their homes go with them.