Westfield State University - Tekoa Yearbook (Westfield, MA)

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Junior Class, 193 2- 1933 Bancroft, Dorothea Benedict, Gladys M. Boyer, M. Gertrude Brick, Anna F. . Bronner, Lorraine C. Bryan, Elizabeth A. Carmel, Alice M. DelDotto, Florence M. Dineen, Alice C. Falvey, Marjorie E. Fleming, Marjorie L. Fournier, Mary J. Gajda, Albina G. Hagen, M. Louise R. Hartt, Margaret B. Jones, Helen E. Kiesznowski, Wanda B. Knickerbocker, Alice G. Langworthy, Elizabeth M. Leary, Margaret M. Lynch, Marion T. McDonald, Frances Mahan, Eileen F. Malerba, Desolina Meadon, Thelma Mitchell, Margaret Paier, Mary T. . Pearson, Gerda V. Phelps, Mary S. Plouf, Lepha C. Przanoski, Anna N. Rising, Mary E. Schenna, Helen E. R. Schrader, Dorothy E. Wyman, Elizabeth A. Zajchowska, Julia T. . Zukowski, Adella H. . 21 Homecrest Street, Longmeadow 30 Maple Terrace, West Springfield Middlefield 8 Fowler Avenue, Westfield 201 Woodmont Street, West Springfield 26 Chestnut Street, Westfield 274 South Street, Holyoke 94 Orange Street, Springfield 96 White Street, Westfield 63 Homestead Boulevard, Longmeadow 632 Chicopee Street, Willimanett 7 Ashley Street, Westfield 268 Hampden Street, Chicopee 31 Prospect Street, Westfield 32 Orlando Street, Springfield 14 Madison Street, Westfield 12 Woodmont Street, Westfield 109 Carson Avenue, Dalton R. F. D. No. 3, Chester 40 Pearl Street, Holyoke 105 Dawes Street, Springfield 266 Pine Street, Holyoke 40 Nevins Avenue, Longmeadow 15 Greenleaf Avenue, West Springfield 34 East Silver Street, Westfield 812 Carew Street, Springfield 28 Belle Avenue, West Springfield 11 Ashley Street, Westfield Southwick Blandford 94 George Street, Westfield Northwest Road, Mundale 16 Parker Avenue, Westfield 24 Larkspur Street, Springfield 74 Highland Avenue, Westfield 10 Nonotuck Avenue, Chicopee 312 Chicopee Street, Chicopee

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' Julia Theresa Zajchowska Julie Chicopee They are never alone that are accompanied by noble thought. — Sidney Characteristic : Earnestness Julia is an excellent student, especially in science and litera- ture. Commuters ' Club (1) (2) (3), W. A. A. (1) (2) (3), May Day (2) (3), Literature Club (2) (3), Class Will (3). Adella Helen Zukowski Del Chicopee High flights she had and wit at will And so her tongue lay seldom still. — Holland Characteristic : Optimism There is never silence when Del ' s around. Commuters ' Club (1) (2) (3), W. A. A. (1) (2) (3), May Day (2) (3), Literature Club (2). -3 SU? Class Celebrities 1. Has done most for class MARION LYNCH 2. Has done most for college Elizabeth Bryan 3. Most popular Margaret Mitchell 4. Most brilliant Mary Phelps 5. Most business-like LORRAINE BRONNER 6. Most serious Julia Zajchowska 7. Class grind Elizabeth Langworthy 8. Best all-round Margaret Mitchell 9. Best Mixer Gertrude Boyer 10. Prima Donna Alice Knickerbocker 11. Artist Wanda Kiesznowski 12. Athlete Margaret Mitchell 13. Fashion plate Helen Jones 14. Best looking Dorothy Schrader 15. Coquette Louise Hagen 16. Bluffer Lepha Plouf 17. Man hater Mary Paier 18. Sweetest Elizabeth Bryan 1 9 . Wittiest Gertrude Boyer 20. Peppiest Gertrude Boyer 21. Most sophisticated Margaret Hartt 22. Class Baby Marjorie Falvey

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History of the Class of 1933 I OOKING over these familiar halls as we are about to leave them, it seems utterly impossible that once they appeared so formidable to us, and that we actually got lost dozens of times before we found Mrs. Wins- low ' s room, Miss Fickett ' s, and the others. When we finally reached the stage in which we could find the room for our next class in the prescribed ten minutes, the upper classmen thought it well to decorate us in a manner becoming to those of such low degree. For two weeks, then, we wore green bows straight on top of our heads, bowed to the upper class- men, opened doors for them, did not use the mirror in the locker-room, came in the back door used by the first-grade children, and left the building by the faculty entrance. We then attended a Get-Acquaint- ed Party at which, we still strongly suspect, there was a great deal more laughing than we did. At any rate, we were formally introduced to the whole faculty and the Training School teachers. How could we re- member so many! But, strange as it may be, we know them all now. There were five dances this year which we greatly enjoyed. In the operetta our class was well represented. Then came the Commuters ' Club Minstrel Show, and again the Freshmen car- ride away some of the laurels. Our first Teachers ' Convention ! We were real teachers now, we thought, and with much dignity, as befitted prospective teachers, we ap- peared in Springfield that October morning prepared for anything. We listened dutifully and prepared our notes for questions in classes later. For several years previous, a Forum had been held each year with Fitch- burg and Bridgewater Normal Schools. A representative was chosen from each school to meet the other representatives. Here, again, a Freshman came to the fore. Since then, the Forum has not been con- tinued. This year, as our Henry Todd lecturer, we heard Lorado Taft, the noted sculptor. This lecture was ex- ceedingly interesting and instructive. One September morning, in 1931, we entered Normal School as Soph- omores. It now became our pleasure to renew old acquaintances, and to watch the Freshmen struggle through their first days here. This year we had sever al dances, the Commuters ' Club also giving a dance instead of its usual Minstrel Show. We had the privilege of hear- ing two most interesting lecturers, one of which was Dr. George Rom- mert, who showed us slides of living microbes which were totally unaware that their private lives were being observed by a group of eagerly in- terested students. The other, our Henry Todd lecturer, was Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, the famous historian. In the history of the school this was an outstanding year, and we are glad to have been here. In the first place, we became the State Teachers College at Westfield on April 1, 1932. This year also marked the introduc- tion of the four-year Junior High School course leading to a degree. One other important thing — we re- ceived our first period of training. Will we ever forget the panic when we stood up to teach our first lesson? One sad spot stands out on that bright year — the death of Miss Eliza Converse. We had not, as yet, known her well, but we felt her loss, and went about our work quietly for a few days as a tribute to her. And now our last year! Our last period of training came and went. Dances, the operetta, the Commuters ' Club Minstrel Show, and other club activities took their turn in the spot- light. Another milestone in the histo- ry of the College is found in the in- troduction of the Senior year of the four-year elementary course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. The Seniors appeared about the first of March in their caps and gowns, and continued to wear them on all important occasions. Last April, the first, was important, and so is this one, for on the first of April in 1933, our college registrar, Miss Ida R. Abrams, was married. We wish her the greatest possible hapoiness in her new venture. Then, for the last time, the Inter- Class Promenade, Class Day, Ves- pers, our Class Banquet, and Gradu- tion. Now has come the end of training and the commencement of service. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth A. Wyman.