Westfield State University - Tekoa Yearbook (Westfield, MA)

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1.969 WESTFIELD .v01fM.4L. .o Alice Geran, of whom we always expected a great deal, was merely the head of a. kindergarten establishment, where she took special care of her n1ale charges. and her little Johnnies, NYillies and Pauls were the means of giving renewed vigor to her wearied faculties. He spoke of Esther Dalrymple as having become famous by getting a patent on a clock by which one could regulate the time to suit his necessities and conveniences yet live happily in a com- munity. 'We were not surprised as you know Esther began this practice in both the school and Dickinson Hall. May Powers! Now can you believe it? was touring the con- tinent giving lectures on 'clnternational Peace. and accom- plishing wonders. May was always a peace making and peace loving body, but we never dreamed she was so infatuated with the subject. And Eleanor Goodyear was a gymnastic teacher. lt was al- ways expected she would pursue a course in music, but if you remember correctly after Eleanor gave up her responsible posi- tion of monitorship she took courses through the gymnasium in the evening after nine and found it a most pleasurable pastime. Miss Mary McGee had attained her heart's desire by enter- ing New York society. She was a well known spectacle at the horse races and entered into all sports with great enthusiasm. excelling especially in ping pong. She also favored her friends with tickets to the Hippodrome as Mate was also interested in the theater. Genevieve Pease had become a '4Prima Donna in a Bijou establishment. Wie wondered if that was the reason Genevieve practiced the popular airs at late hours. XVe expected Marion Clark to be in an infirmary, but was much relieved when we found that she and Maude Forsythe had become Christian Scientists and often hired a hall for Miss Edith Vfarner to deliver their sentiments and converse with the differ- ent members of the audience. but Edith, true to her habit. disap- pointed C ?l her friends by having the entertainment consist of a monologue. Edith was our great Hstandby' to deliver criti- cisms on United States history teaching lessons if you remember correctly.

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8 IVESTFIELD NORMAL. 1909 could tell funny stories, and we could never forget what a Hhowl- ing effect they had upon us, and the teacher especially, so we could not be very much astounded when we found she was with Will S. Monroe, who with his increase in years was becoming somewhat sarcastic, and this was kept down somewhat by using all her wit and humor on him. Vle had to sing praises of Kate for the good work, and our one wonder was if she told him any stories like, '4NVas your grandmother a monkey? And the Kearney sisters! 'Why, Miss Katherine is a grand opera singer fulfilling the promise of her youth, while Miss Mary is a speaker on NVoman's Rights. She gave a lecture not long ago at Dickinson Hall, the monotony being broken by songs and speeches. Once in a while they combine their talent, giving interesting lectures on the American authors, whose lives they became interested in while at school, and one night while Miss Kearney was singing, in the most touching part, one in the au- dience in the front row, heard a low voice about two seats from her say, Crescend! Miss Kearney, Crescendo ! and turned in time to see Ethel Corrie in an excited manner giving directions. Ethel we understood had supplanted the former instructor at XVestfie1d Normal school and paid special atten- tion to the '4Crescendo, so could not control her emotion at the concert. Imagine our delight at the success of May Dooley and Irene Horrigan, who after working patiently for a few years had in- vented a novel design in a spread of high colors. Although it was closely observed and the different parts tested beyond the strength of the material, yet it was not necessary that they should be granted a copyright as no one ever had the courage and endurance to imitate their example. Their invention practically abolished that old form of spread that we used about ten years ago. But wonder upon wonder! Could we believe our ears when he said Catherine Higgins was in a convent. IVho would think that the slight coniinement she endured while at school would have given her such a taste for seclusion. But I suppose she thought she might just as well do penance continually. as she had practiced doing it at intervals so faithfully.

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10 IVESTFIELD XURJI.-IL. 190.9 Poor Irene Squires! She was the only classmate that was still teaching. and her ambitions never rose higher. for she was still hunting for her mate. Here the old man paused. looked sad. stroked his beard and informed us of Anna Dalton who had studied in Germany at a hospital which if named would be easily recognized by all her classmates. Anna became a faithful nurse both to the institu- tio11 and her profession. although she did lose her first case by sleeping over and forgetting to give the 111edicine. But who would ever think there were so many talented peo- ple in our class. There was Miss Parker whom we always thought very sedate. writing funny stories and contributing largely to Puck. Agnes Dowdall had edited a newspaper entitled The Label. with a clever phrase of advertisement preceding it, namely. Keep an eye on -The Label. Agnes found this fact especially valuable in chemistry. To this paper Marian Bridg- man contributed Lively Gossip and always drew the informa- tion maps. The latter must have come quite easy to her as she had every reason to be quite familiar with maps for she was al- ways looking up places that were not o11 that dear old Orbis Romanus. ' ' He then told us of Claire O'Neill and we were surprised be- yond measure at his words. Claire was gaining a reputation of renown by giving exercises to young hopefuls by the noble work of instructing at a skating rink. The old man paused for breath and as my pencil was by this time worn down. and contrary to Mrs. Knight 's earnest solicita- tion--that we should always carry fountain pens-I had none with me. but Margaret who acted upon her advice was in posses- sion of one and took up the old man's words when he began again. Mrs. Knight may question the truth of the statement that I had a fountain pen, as she realized I took a trip down stairs one day for the ink to save time. yet as I needed it for literature, I at last did one thing that was suggested. The next '09 girl we heard about was Frances Egan who was touring Europe. She spent a considerable length of time on the Rhine, especially at the place where many years before Cae- sar had proposed to bridge it CBridgetD. She must have become