Framingham State University - Dial Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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12 Study Hours in the Early Days of the School IT may be of interest to those who sometimes question, although in the slightest degree, the conditions which now govern 'study hour, to know the conditions as they were in the early days of the school. We quote from the earliest statement of Conditions of En- trance, Study Hours, etc. It is expected, as a matter of course, that the young ladies will conform to the general order and usage of the families in which they reside. Where it can be done conveniently, it is desirable that they should breakfast about one hour after rising, dine at a quarter past two o'clock, and sup from six to six and a half o'clock. The hours for rising, studying, etc., will vary somewhat with the season of the year. For the winter and autumn terms, the pupils will rise at six o'clock and study one hour before or after breakfast, as may suit the custom of the family. In the summer time, they will rise at five o'clock and study two hours. In the afternoon, they will study from four till five and a half o'clock. Evening study hours for the winter and autumn terms commence at seven o'c1ock and continue two hours with a short recess, for the summer term, evening study hours commence at eight o'clock and continue one hour. All study hours are to be spent in perfect quietness. At all seasons of the year pupils are to retire at ten o'clock. Every light must be extin- guished at half past ten at the utmost. H. W. it-Oi Abraham Lincoln CHRIST, the persecuted, the harassed, was arrested and brought before Pilate, who, seeing him, was impressed by his noble mien and exclaimed, This is the man ! I believe these words express more than surprise alone, but the whole power of the noble, heavenly beauty of character and bearing which Christ possessed. Is it wrong for us to apply these words to Abraham Lincoln, who, in spite of everything, became the leader we know? He has been compared to Gladstone, that distinguished statesman so well known. Gladstone started with inherited ability .and culture, with every advantage which Mr. Lincoln lacked. He

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11 john Keats has said: A thing of beauty is a joy forever Its loveliness increases, it will never Pass into nothingnessi' So it is with our trees and shrubs. They are always a source of enjoyment to us, and we are grateful to those whose love of the beautiful has led them to make our grounds so attractive. And let us hope that as the years roll on the graduates of our school will add their share and not forget that The trees That whisper round a temple become soon Dear as the temple's self. K. E. M. DQDQG Father Peirce's Bible WE do not say one of Father Peirce's Bibles, for he undoubted- ly had more than one, yet we speak as if he had but one. There is in the possession of the school a Bible, published in 1816. Please note the date. It is a copy of Collins' Stereotype edition and is illustrated. Turn over one page and you come up- on a blank white page. At the top is written with a pencil in a clear, bold hand- Cyrus Peirce. It is the handwriting of Father Peirce. As one turns over the pages, examining the illustrations with a great deal of interest, he comes upon pages near the middle of the book which mark distinctly a family Bible for there is the Family Record. On the tirst page are spaces given to Mar- riagesf' And on this page we find this record in ink - Cyrus Peirce and Harriet Coffin married April ISY, 1816, at Nantucket. Hence the significance of the date 1816. Turn over this page and the family record continues. Now, Births is the heading. And here we find the following record written in a beautiful hand, probably that of Mother Peirce, Cyrus Peirce born Aug. 15th, I79O,,, and, under it, Harriet Coffin born june 26th, I7Q4.H There is no further record. This Bible was presented to the School by the Hon. C. F. Stone of Waltham, who is the son of Elizabeth Brown Stone. She is a niece of Father Peirce. She graduated from the school, August, 1845. Her home is in Waltham, Mass. H. XV.

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13 never knew the meagreness of childhood which would have over- whelmed anyone with a soul less noble and inspiring than Mr. Lincoln's. He was educated in one of the great universities of the world, but he gained not the true value from that education which the other received, educated in the University of Life. One of the characteristics of Mr. Lincoln was his wonderful simplicity. Many of us seek to cover up our true feelings and motives with afalse manner and evading words. Not so with him. Perhaps this is due to some extent to his surroundings in early life. Each morning he awoke to see the sun rise over the rolling prairies 5 each night it set below them 5 each night the stars gleamed in the azure above them. When he looked abroad it was only to see the monotony of the plains stretching away, away to their meeting with the sky. If this simplicity of landscape did make his nature so simple and direct, it certainly did not destroy that noble sentiment drawn from close communion of his soul with Nature and with God. . When he was working hard and earning little as a lawyer, he was offered a case which promised to bring him a big fee, but which he felt was lacking in a foundation of truth. He refused the case, saying that he feared he should cry out before the court, I am a liar,l' and that the jury could not help but see the lie in his face. This love of truth, this fine sense of discriminating be- tween right and wrong characterized his entire life. When before his great tribunal he stood the test nobly. The force of his personality, of what he represented in the truest sense, of his will and character, won the confidence of the majority, and he proved how worthy he was of that confidence. We know of his career as President, of his wonderful tact and insight into the heart of things. He brought forward Mr. Chase and Mr. Seward, each more polished and better educated than he, and each believing in his inmost heart that he would guide and help the new President. When, however, they grew to know Mr. Lincoln, they submitted all questions to his superior mind and his knowledge of men and affairs. The memory of Seward and Chase and other men of the same type, and of their great work in time of need, will pass away, but the words of Abraham Lincoln in such speeches as the Gettys- burg Address and his Second Inaugural Address will remain with us, because through them shines the glory of his great genius. Of his sad death you all know the circumstances. When we review those who, in every age and land, have stood first in the affairs of men, Abraham Lincoln, whose heart was large enough to love a whole nation, the noble, martyred President of the United States, stands first, he, who loved. his neighbor as him- self, who sacrificed his life that his fellow men might be free.E A. E. .