Boston State College - Bostonian / Lampas Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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MISS GERTRUDE WEEKS

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$n$i cmonant It was hard to bow our heads and say Thy will be done when we heard that Miss Weeks had left us. No one will ever be able to fill the place that she had held for over twenty years, a place for which she was fitted by special training, by years of loving intimacy with nature, and by unusual personal qualities. Her early life was passed in Maine, her birthplace. In 1897 she was gTaduated from the Boston Normal School, and then spent four years teaching in the elementary schools. In 1901 she entered Radcliffe, where, as in the Normal School, she was an exceptional student. Three years later she was graduated and was immediately called to the Boston Normal School, where she became in 1917 head of the Science Department. Not only did Miss Weeks excel in teaching, but in anything that she attempted, as was shown by her skill in the housewifely arts of cooking and sewing, and by her grace and charm as a hostess. Rarely do we meet a woman more beautiful in appearance. Her beauty was en- hanced by her character, unusually fine and distinguished. Everyone who knew her recognized her sincerity and integrity, and her loyalty to old responsibilities and old friends, although her charming smile and generous spirit were ever winning her new friends. If we keep her as a part of our vision, her memory will grow more dear as the years go on. ALICE McTIERNAN, ' 28.

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