Westfield State University - Tekoa Yearbook (Westfield, MA)

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CLASS HISTORY The aim of a Teachers College is to produce efficient teachers. In order to prove ourselves capable candidates for the teaching profession we submit for your approval the history of the class of 1936. That we may be in keeping with a Teachers College we have chosen to record our doings in the form of a lesson plan. We hope that this will serve as a model for preparing daily lessons when you secure that job . HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1936 Objectives: — 1. To give the undergraduates a knowledge of the marvelous attain- ments of the present senior class. 2. To initiate everybody in the correct technique of making lesson plans. 3. To provide a reference for the incoming seniors that they may observe, study, and learn. 4. To serve as a guiding star for our sister class of 1938 that they may attain the fame which we have enjoyed. I. Preparation : Teacher — ■ Wake up your memory so it will take you back at least as far as September 1932. II. Preparation : A skeletonized outline of the main events of our history with comments and essential points to be noted and stressed during the lesson. Events 1932-33 September 14 — Settlement made by a most intelligent freshman class September 22 — Get-Acquainted Party September 28 — ■ Initiation Points to be Stressed Who in your opinion were more con- fused, the Freshmen who were meeting that long line of faculty members for the first time, or the Juniors who were trying to remember the teachers ' names? Contrast the initiation of the present Freshman class with the indignities we suffered for two long weeks. (Consult 1933 Tekoa p. 17) Look at this picture of the poor little Freshie. 25

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SENIOR CLASS, 1935-1936 ELEMENTARY Helen Baker Esther Barnes . Frieda Barnes . Esther M. Bartlett Edith Busansky . Ann K. Connor . Evelyn Crowley . Katherine I. Foley Evelyn Gunn Virginia E. Holt . Mary Kos . Harriet M. Richard Helen Richardson Margaret Richardson Lillian Rouillard Wilhelmina I. Rura Mary Serra Ruth Warner JUNIOR HIGH Eleanor Ackerman Pearl Bean Elizabeth Crean Ann H. Cronin . Barbara Dickerman Elizabeth Enright Ruth F. Fielding Florence L. Fox . Dorothy Gilman . Margaret M. Josko Mary E. Llewellyn Ruth E. McCann Rose McMahon . Muriel J. Marshall Santi M. Mazza . Marjorie Moriarty K. Rita Neylon . Mary E. O ' Connor Sophie Pallock . Gertrude Rintala Beatrice Rogers . Rosemary P. Ryan Francise M. Sears Rose Shapiro Roberta H. Wall Mary M. Welch . Bernice Whelan . 118 Ashley Street, West Springfield 65 Gilbert Street, North Brookfield 125 Roseland Street, Springfield Oak Terrace, Westfield 388 Carew Street, Springfield 41 Howard Street, Holyoke 255 Suffolk Street, Holyoke 18 Goodrich Street, Springfield Southampton 87 Wilbraham Avenue, Springfield Thorndike Road, Bondsville 11 Murray Hill Avenue, Springfield 62 Harvard Street, Springfield 577 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow 5 Cochran Street, Chicopee Falls 30 Cross Street, Westfield 43 Waite Street, Springfield 7 Avery Street, Westfield 23 Dawes Street, Springfield 1730 Main Street, Agawam 15 Morris Street, Westfield 54 Nonotuck Street, Holyoke 30 Summit Street, Springfield 858 Belmont Avenue, Springfield 35 Ohio Avenue, West Springfield 154 Franklin Street, Westfield 38 Thorndyke Street, Springfield 141 Warrenton Street, Springfield 95 Cromwell Avenue, Pittsfield 92 Euclid Avenue, Springfield 52 Worthen Street, West Springfield 107 Maryland Street, Springfield 111 Andrew Street, Springfield 454 Hillside Avenue, Holyoke 83 Bowdoin Street, Springfield 2 Morris Avenue, Westfield 76 Maiden Street, Springfield 172 Prospect Terrace, Chester 15 Princeton Street, Westfield 76 Union Street, Westfield 168 Essex Street, Holyoke 38 Algonquin Street, Springfield 148 Pineywoods Avenue, Springfield 110 Main Street, Westfield 47 Huntington Street, Springfield 2t

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October 10- Commuters ' Club Party October 28- Teachers ' Convention November 18- W. A. A. Dance January 13- Interclass Prom April 27- Commuters ' Minstrel Note how ill she looks. See that only one side of her face has color on it; a dozen or more pigtails crown her head, while the green bows around her neck and a green wash cloth bib suspended from a chain of safety pins make at- tractive decorations for her gown. How many noticed that her costume is completed by two different colored stockings, and one shower sandal and one sneaker? Don ' t you think it was a good thing she was denied the use of the locker room mirror? (We do.) The end of initiation. But recall those two long lines of students armed with paddles or hymn books for the pur- pose of assuring us a warm welcome. After this reception we were hon- ored by being given the privilege of entertaining those present. Our dis- played talents ranged from conducting model music classes to Going Through the Stick. How important we felt at our first convention. Being conscientious stu- dents, we supplied ourselves with pens and notebooks so that we might take copious notes to be used in future classes. This was the first time we had had to invite men instead of being invited. — Could their elusiveness have been due to the depression ? In a lovely, wintry landscape, youth ruled supreme to the strains of A Boy and A Girl Were Dancing . Note how the Freshmen blossomed forth. Blackened faces added power to our lusty chorus of voices. The celebrities of the occasion were: Beatrice Rogers, who flitted about gracefully in a waltz specialty, Mildred Carlson, who proved her ability as a tqp dancer in 42nd St. ; Marjorie O ' Brien, an endman, who contributed, Two Tickets to Georgia . 26