Fitchburg State University - Saxifrage Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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MR. CHARLES M. HERLIHY Principal

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MM [■I To Qharles M. Herlihy Graduate of the Cambridge Latin School. Graduate of Boston College, class of 1912, A. M. in 1914. Submaster in the Thorndyke School in Cambridge. Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Cambridge — 1917-1920. Second lieutenant in the United States Army. Instructor in army hospital schools at Teachers ' College, Columbia University. Supervisor of rehabilitation work at Parker Hill Hospital, Boston. New England representative on the National Ameri- canism Committee of the American Legion for three years. Member of the advisory board of the Division of Immigration and Americanization, appointed by Governor Fuller in 1926. State supervisor of adult alien education in the State Department of Education — 1922-1927. Author of publications on Americanization. Our Principal, Inspiring Teacher and Sympathetic Friend, We Lovingly Dedicate The Tercentenary Saxifrage of 1930

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Foreword THE creation of any book is an adventure — an adventure into which one enters with all the zest and zeal of a band of Puritans setting out to establish a new home in an unknown land. So it was that the Saxifrage Board set out to create a new yearbook, one which might reflect the ar- dent spirit of a class, and radiate some of its ideals in the pages of a book. In this year of 1930, which commemorates the three hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when the nation pauses to pay homage to the memory of pioneer souls, it seems only natural that a book which represents the ideals of young men and women who will soon teach the lessons of patriotism to young Americans, should have as its theme the spirit of the Tercentenary. In the work done by the art department, we have tried to portray the customs and characteristics of those stern and sturdy people who sought our shores for the pur- pose of religious freedom. The little Saxifrage, chosen flower of our school, seems, too, to symbol- ize the purity and perseverance of these God- fearing leaders. With this theme in mind, we worked that our book might be perfect, even to the smallest detail. Before it was finished, we realized that all our dreams had not come true. However, as our pioneer forefathers clung to their vision of future freedom, so we have fostered our hopes of per- fection, which have culminated in this Ter- centenary Saxifrage of 1930.