San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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and it has been largely through the tactful and efficient management of these two women that the club has been able to accomplish so much. One could scarcely believe that such noble and dignified results could flow from such delightfully informal meetings. Each gathering is held around tea-tables and a pleasant social time is enjoyed before the discussion of serious problems. Following is the program for the past year: IDEALS. 1. Music - .' - - - - - - Fisher 2. Library - - - - - Royce, Nicholson 3. Out-of-door-life - McKenzie, Bassler, Schureman 4. Household Arts - - - - Murchie, McCarthy 5. Manual Training - ' - - - - - - Hill 6. Art Appreciation - - Vivian, Kinney, English 8. Ethics tappliedi Citizenship Personal life Howe, Rowell, Rousseau, Sprague 8. Science tappliedl - - .- McFadden, Kinney 9. Training Department Schallenberger, Riebsam, Tirimble, OlBrien, Denton, McCabe, Smith. 10. Social Organization Greathead, Beal, Payne, Bradley But let us take a peep into a. Meeting-Which-Might-Have Occurred. SettingeFaculty Womenls Club Room. Dainty decora- tions, prettily set tea-tables. The members scattered about the room sipping tea and chatting gaily. Mrs. George tPresJ - ilLadies! The lecture on Rome will be given under our auspices on next Friday night, and of course, we would all like to see a. large attendance of the students present. The best way, perhaps, to accomplish this is to impress them in some unusual way. Miss Rowell texcitedlylvliGive them an apperceptive basislv . Mrs. Georgee-llExactly! Has anyone any suggestions? ll Miss NicholsonellHow would a series of announcements in Assembly do? Something real snappy, you know. The women could start the ball rolling and weican depend upon Mr. Wilson to start it up among the men. ,it ' Mrs. GeolrgeellGood idea! Well, lets try it out here? tPauses a momentl liAll those who have ever taken Geog- raphy Methods, who are taking it now, or who ever intend taking it, please be present at the lecture on Rome. l, Miss Bradley tcatching the cueleliAll those who have taken Ancient History, who are taking it now or who don,t want to take it but have to, kindly attend the lecture on Rome. Miss English- l'All designing young ladies kindly attend and get an inspiration for your design. Miss VivianellAll those students who are studying the Italian School of painters please be sure to hear the lecture on Rome. Miss Beal-llAll roads lead to Rome! , Miss McFadden- llRome was the city of bath tubs. physiology students kindly attend the lecture on Rome. Mrs. Rousseau-JlAll those young ladies who ever had a suitor, who now have a suitor, or who ever will have a suitor, kindly bring him along and attend the lecture on Romefi A11

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Changes in The Faculty NWell, you J unior, what are you looking so pleased about. iiOh, live just come from Miss Smithis sewing class. She certainly is the most patient creature, never gets angry when stupid people like myself canit understand thelesson. Presi- dent Dailey did well when he persuaded. her to come to S. N. S. HSpeaking about new teachers makes me think of Miss McCarthy. Of all the clever, witty people she surely is the cleverestmand a fine teacher, too, let me tell youfi iiHello, Mary, how are you? Oh, Iim fine. What are you teaching this term? You don,t say so--and for Miss Hall, too. I hope some dayI can teach under her, I know that Iid enjoy ite-sheis so pleasant in her manner. HThere goes Mr. Barker. Have you had any of his work? Iid advise you to take his course, he gives many valuable things? . HYou know weive got another new teacher, Miss Foster, . whois teaching drawing. Marie told me sheis fine. iiDo you know that thereis going to be a show in Assembly this morning? iiIs there? What Iim interested in is how much is the admission ?i i ' iiOh, just bring your live icentsesf ii iFive centsesf that reminds me of Miss Payne. No doubt, she is covering herself witthnors at the Towers Schoolof Expressionf She makes a fine teacher of iPublic Speakingf ' , iiIndeed you are right. But Miss Beal is doing excellent work along that line during Miss Payneis absence. iiWell, we certainly haVe a great faculty. Now that Mr. Bland is back teaching iLiterature Methods, everything seems complete. Gracious, thereis the bell for Assembly! We better hurry if we want good seats. Faculty Womenb Club FOICWOTd. The Faculty Womenis .Club was organized in May of 1907, ' with the following aims: ' FirsteTo broaden the influence of women in educational work throughout the state. Secondz-To improve immediate surroundings. Those who have kept abreast of the times know how great an influence the combined School Womenis Clubs of the state have had in educational matters and how largely the Faculty Womenis Club has figured in the work done by the organ- ization. , Ever since its founding the club has had as president Mrs. Mary W. George, and as Secretary, Mrs. Estelle Greathead,

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