Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - Mohawk Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

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ALBERT GouLD ELDRIDGE Blessed is he who has found his work: he has a life purpose: he has found it. and will follow it. Last Novemher, Mr. Eldridge, was inducted as President of our State Teachers College. He had been with the Normal School for a numher of years, and his election as President of the State Teachers College was hut a fit' ting reward for his term of loyal service. May he have all success on this, his latest voyage in life. MARY Louise Baiziciir 'Her x i.'l mrds are fair as bloom or air, They shine lil-ze any star, And l am rich who learned from her, How heautiful they are. For thirty-tvso years, Miss Baright has given her untiring services to this institution, work- ing unseliishly and devotedly for its members. Her character stands as a pillar of light shining with virtue and purpose. It enriches our lives by awakening within us the power to enjoy the finer things that life holds. May Miss Baright remexnher us with the same kindly aff fection we feel for her! ALICE Oxvriivs A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. Miss Gwens has given us many happy and worthwhile hours in her classroom. She has always extended to us a helping hand in our need, and has made our lives richer by offering us the cream of her experiences. Hers is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends. 13

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ALBERT GouLD ELDRIDGE President of State Teachers College Head of Department of Geography President Eldridge received his Bachelor of Sciencc degree from Harvard University, and later the degree of Master of Arts from Teachers College, Columbia University. He taught in the High School at New Bedford, Mass.: then he was Principal of Elementary Grades and High School, at Canaan, Conn.: later he was a Superintendent of Schools in Massa' chusetts. He has been a member of our North Adams Faculty since 1916. He has also taught during summer sessions at North Adams, at Hyannis, and at the johns Hopkins University. MARY LOUISE BARIGHT Teacher of Literature, Story Telling, Speech Training, Public Speaking, Professional Ethics, and Director of Dramatics Miss Baright was a threefyear student of Boston University and is a graduate of the Curry School of Expression. She has also taken various summer courses at Columbia University, Chicago University, and Boston University. She has taught in: Rural school, Town of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., private school, Nashville, Tenn.g State Normal School, Westchester, Pa.: University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.: State Normal School, Milwaukee, Wis.g State Teachers College, North Adams, Mass.: Curry School of Expression, summer sessions, State Normal School, Castleton, Vt., summer sessions, State Normal School, Hyannis, Mass., summer sessions. GRACE BARR Instructor in Music Miss Barr has had private music lessons in Omaha and Chicago: has attended schools for music supervisors in Chicago, Boston, and Lake Forrest, Ill.g Boston University, University of the State of New York: Albanyg and Clark University. Her varied experience includes: Supervisor of Music, Council Bluffs, Iowag Professor of Public School Music at State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, and instructor at State Normal School, Fitchburg, Mass.: Lecturer for R. C. A. Victor Co.: Member of Summer Faculty in N. Y. University, Buffalo University, State' University, Chapel Hill, N. C., State Teachers College, Albany, Eastern Conservatory, Instructor in Music, Division of University Extension, Mass. Dept. of Education. FANNIE A. B1sHoP Principal of Mark Hopkins Kindergarten, Instructor in KindergartenfPrimary Methods Miss Bishop is a graduate of the State Normal School at Willimantic, Conn., and of Teachers College, Columbia University. She has been kindergarten training teacher at the Willimantic Model Schoolg Principal of Kindergarten at Norwich, Conn., and is now Principal of the Kindergarten at Mark Hopkins School, as well as our instructor in Kindergarten'Primary Methods. THCMAS F. CUMMINCS Instructor in Practical Arts Mr. Cummings is a graduate of the North Adams Schools and has taken a summer course at Columbia University. His services have been rendered to the pupils in the city schools of North Adams and to the students at the State Teachers College. V1v1AN Dix Instructor in Music Miss Dix has been on a leave of absence for the year 1933f1934 in order that she might study for the degree of Master of Arts at Boston University. She is a graduate of Boston University, and of the Faelton School at Boston. She has had private study with Stuart Mason and F. L. Grover on the piano and organ. The New England Conservatory of Music awarded her a soloist's diploma and a teacher's diploma. Miss Dix has been Director of Music in the Colby School, New London, N. H.g Supervisor of Public School Music, Chatham, Orleans, and Harwich, Mass.: State Normal School, Keene, N. H.: Plymouth, Mass., St. Petersburg, Florida, and State Teachers College at North Adams. ELIZABETH M. JENKINS Instructor in Arithmetic Methods, Educational Psychology, Rural Education and Civic Education Miss Jenkins is a graduate of Aroostook State Normal School, has had graduate study in Plymouth, N. H., Normal School: Johnson, Vt., Normal School, Columbia University, and Chicago University. She has taught in a rural school in Limestone, Me.q Primary grades, Presque Isle, Meg Demonstration teacher and supervisor of primary grades at Aroostook, Me., Principal of State Teachers Training Class, Barre, Vt.: Supervisor of Rural Schools in Dover, Del., Instructor in Rural Education in Delaware University. 14