Slippery Rock University - Saxigena Yearbook (Slippery Rock, PA)

Page 30 text:

19 The Senior Slippery Rocket 21 A Dream dreamed that S. R. met a wonderful fate - uouder if dreams come true!' t hat everything went at a smooth rapid rate— wonder if dreams come trite? That the Varsity hive had just beaten State. t hat no person ever attended class late. That meals in the dining room simply were great. I thought that to breakfast we came with a smile; That students arose with the lark. That no list of cutters was ever on file. That no one stayed out after dark. The clock in the tower was seen for a mile. Its chimes sent a thrill ever new: That marble and tile graced Society Hal! wonder if dreams come true■? And thus did I dream till the bright morning came. M v slumbers ‘were sweet the night through. How Slippery Rock halls ‘were well—crowded with fame— wonder if dreams come true? The six-thirty bell! I awoke with a start. Could I this, my dream, but renew-! What generous fairy had played such a part To verily make my dreams true. grew less amazed as I thought of the change. Saw the old things depart for the new. At first I saw dimly as though in a ha e. And wondered if dreams could come true? The only result which could thus come to pass. Came forth from a class of true blue; Tor all were so helpful, each lad and each lass. So wonder. thought, dreams come true. The name of this class, did hear you inquire? Was it you. was it you. or you ? The class which has shown such a depth and a power. Whose dreaming comes literally true? The name of this class is 1921. The ninety and six plus you. Great honor and fame for S. R. it has ‘won. And know- that my dreams are true. hi this good old class there are those to be found. Whose sun shines out clear from the blue; The sort who will turn this old world up-side-down, Who make their mere dreams come true; With students, and athletes, and artists who sing. Who sparkle and shine as the dew. Whose fame through all ages like silver bells ring. Tor now- my day dreams are come true. —Ruth Peters, ll 2l

Page 29 text:

The Senior Slippery Rocket 21 ADA ARMSTRONG Clerk Retired Members of the Faculty The Class of 1021 express I heir gratitude to these two men. Mr. John Calvin Ricketts and Mr. Isaac Newton Moore, who spent so many successful years in the service of our Normal School. For them, each one of us has only best wishes. MR. JOHN CAI YIN RICKLI I S Mr. Ricketts began his teaching in Slippery Rock State Normal School the day it was opened, March 2 . lSf-9, and taught continuously till June 22, 1920, a record held by Mr. Ricketts alone. Practically his entire career was given to teaching mathematics, for which he became known over the entire western half of the State. During the more than thirty-one years that he was connected with the school, Mr Ricketts had in his classes from one to seven terms each of the J.048 graduates of the school except live, and thousands of others who did not complete the course. Mr. Ricketts will always be remembered as a teacher who labored systematically and conscientiously to broaden the minds of all students who came under his guidance. MR ISAAC NI AVION MOOR I W ith the exception of three years which he taught in Westminster College. Mr. Moore was a teacher in the Slippers Rock State Normal School from March 26. IXK . to June 22. 1920. During fourteen years of his career at this place he was vice-principal of the school and for one year was acting principal. As a teacher Mr. Moore is best known in the field of science, although he was well versed in Creek and Latin. He has impressed his students with a wonderful grasp of definite knowledge, not onlv in the particular line to which he was for the time devoted, hut also in the field of general knowledge. Twenty-five

Page 31 text:

Twcnty-s -vrn