SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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cfMiss Slizabeth t M. Ketchum Miss Elizabeth M. Ketchum was horn in Oswego, New York, and there re- ceived her early education. Upon her graduation from the Oswego High School she entered the Oswego State Normal and Training School, from which she was graduated with honors. After graduating from the Normal School she entered the Rochester Business Institute for special commercial work, later transferring to Syracuse University and from there to Columbia University, where she was regis- tered for special courses in the higher commercial suhjects. Miss Ketchum ' s first teaching experience was in Oswego, New York, her home town. She organized and was head of the Commercial Department of tile Oswego High School until the September of nineteen hundred twenty-two, at which time the Plattshurgh State Normal School was fortunate in securing her services. Miss Ketchum is held in the. highest esteem by the students of the Normal and has en- deared herself to the students by the interest she has shown and the help she has given in our school activities. While, a student at the Oswego State Normal School she was among the number selected for membership in the Kappa Epsilon Sorority, and always took an active part in its functions. She had not been at the Platt shurgh State Normal School long before she was singled out by the Agonian Sorority for membership, and she has since acted as faculty advisor for that sorority. The Agonian girls are indeed for- tunate in having a woman of her ability and personality among their number, for she has alw ays manifested an unceasing, loyal interest in the welfare of that sorority. Miss Ketchum is an active member of the Catholic Daughters of America, and is now lecturer of that organization. In nineteen hundred twenty-six she organized, and has since been leader of, the Study Club in connection with this society. In addition to this, Miss Ketchum holds membership in the Adelphi Literary Club of this city. The best wishes of the Class of ' 27 are extended to Miss Ketchum for success in whatever she undertakes in the future. Four

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Dedication JWiss glizabeth 3X1. Ketchum, who has ever manifested a deep in- terest in our success and whose scholarship and excellent teaching ability has won our admiration, we, The Class of Nine- teen Hundred and Twenty -seven, affectionately dedicate this volume of the Cardinal. EE En 32 33 EE lE 33 32 EE 33 33 EE3 33 EH: EE 33 EE EE «

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To the Editor of the Cardinal: In complying with your req uest for a word of counse to the students of the class of ]927, I desire first to congratulate you upon the completion of your work at th I ' ormal School. Hard as life here sometimes appeared to yen, im- patient as you sometimes became with its restrictions and exactions, eagerly as you sometimes wished to be done with it, you will find later in life that it has yielded keen enjoyments, rational pleasures and lasting results to willing and well ' directed labor, t owever, you should realize that your ■ education is not com- pleted; it has barely begun. Your predecessors in the teaching profession, until recently, had not so many or such diverse opportunities as you have for continued study along the lines of your chosen profession. Today, numerous colleges open their doors every summer to thousands of teachers for six weeks or more of intensive study. Many school systems, realizing that new contacts and a broader and deeper appreciation of the world outside one little sphere, will bring teachers back to their work with renewed enthusiasm, now offer a sabbatical year for study or travel. Both state and community are endeavoring to provide for teachers ' better living conditions, better working conditions and better salaries, and, in turn, have a right to demand teachers- -who teach--teachers who in the truest sense conscientiously give of their best to those who receive their instruction. These opportunities will be to you and to those under your guidance as you may use them, sources of permanent benefit and happiness or of deep and never ending regret. With best wishes for success and happiness to all, I am sincerely yours, Plattsburg, New York March the twenty-seventh Nineteen hundred and twenty-seven Five