Boston University College of Practical Arts and Letters - Sivad Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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l A HAROLD LIVINGSTON PERRIN, A.B., A.M., LLB., LL.M., Ph.D. Professor of Commercial Law Dr. Perrin gave me the startling and gratifying news that girls learn law better than boys do! This he attrib- utes to the fact that girls are more analytical, while boys possess a more logical turn of mind. Girls also devote more time to law. He declares that a study of law teaches us to know what we are doing when we make a contract. He warns us to be careful of what we say, and to tell the truth-if possible. When asked for a humorous experi- ence, he said he considered being interviewed for his life history one of the funniest. Bridge, chess, golf, and Hshing are his favorite pastimes. HAROLD JUDSON SMITH, B.B.A. Professor of Accounting Professor Smith told me a little story that I think will interest every girl who takes Accounting. When he first came to P. A. L., he was told that girls could not learn Accounting -a fact which disturbed him not a little. After teaching here for three years, however, he has discovered that this theory is wrong. The Accounting Department has grown, and he attributes that growth to two things: First, there is need for knowlf edge of Accounting in business, and second, young women are as keen to see the requirements of the times as young men are. I EARLE OLIVER AMES Instructor in Mathematics and Accounting L Mr. Ames is one of the faculty members who really appreciates our school picnics. He suggested that we have two picnics a year instead of only one. By careful inquiry I learned that his favorite recreation is playing baseball or tennis with the students 24 and winning from them. He hesitated to add anything more, because he approaches a broadcast to SIVAD readers as some people apparently approach their initial radio broadcast -in a state of fear and trembling. EOA signing off.

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.Lf, CHARLES ST. JOHN, A.B., A.M. Instructor in Education Mr. St. john attributes many of the troubles of the average college girl to the fact that she has too many selves She has a Sundayfgoftof church self, a Mondayfgoftofwork self, a home self, and a college self. The real work of the college girl lies in the reconciliation of these various selves. Be yourself! --that is the secret of personality and success. Try to harmonize these selves, not by compromise, but by a careful study of your own individual problem. See that you have one wellfharmonized. integrated self, and-be yourself! This is most important. MONDELL MORTON Bossa, B.S., M.A., PH.D. Lecturer of Sociology What appeals to me in P. A. L. is its spirit of youth, joyous, spontanef ous, challenging, its good number of able students, industrious and alert, the neverffailing courtesy and attenf tion accorded to every one by the staff in the administrative ofhcesg and even the ingenious tales of catastro- phic occurrences, intricate twists of fortune, and peculiar decrees of fate, tendered as an excuse by those who are ,overtaken 'unprepared' by an untimely quiz. We surely are not fond of quizzes! A JOHN PATTEN MARSHALL Professor of Music Professor Marshall: Music ap' preciation contributes to general culture. Students who are training for secretarial work and for business ordinarily do not have sufficient opportunity to keep in contact with the fine arts while they are in College, and after they leave College, they are usually too busy. Interviewer: Whats do you think of jazz? Professor Marshall: jazz is an expression through music of the feelings of these times. It belongs to the class of folk music. Some of it is very enjoyable and clever, even artistic. And, on the other hand. there is a good deal of it that bears about the same relation to serious music as the comic section of the newspapers to serious painting and drawing. 23

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is A i NORTON KENT, A.B., PHD. Professor of Physics A serious episode in the Colorado Wilds: My horse was in poor condif tion. As I had but one rifle cartridge left, I was thus keenly seeking game. Fortunately, I saw on the limb of a tree, by the edge of a stream, a young grouse. While aiming, however, I noticed that there were three birds, all sitting upon the same limb, and on the other side of the stream, I spied a young fawn. I Bred low, and the one shot split the limb of the tree Cwhich immediately closed upon the legs of the birdsb and killed the fawn. I tore the limb from the tree, and laid it, with the birds still alive, on the bank. Then I rushed over the small stream and dispatched the fawn. Loading my shoulders with the precious meat, I recrossed the stream. Looking down, I noticed that the water was full of trout! I caught some in my hands and filled the pockets of my coat with wriggling fish. So heavily laden was I then, that when I mounted the bank of the strean-, a button of my coat flew off and killed a rabbit! WALTER HENRY MBCHLER, PH.B. Professor of Secretarial Studies I think that the funniest thing that I ever received from a Senior was the statement a girl wrote on her examination paper that a teacher should be a friendly 'couch' Ccoachb. On the other hand, in my Freshman work, just the last time, one paper received from a very demure little miss contained the word 'sweety' Csweetlyb. Another one was perspirf ing over the work, and she got it back 'sweatyf But I think that one girl who should have transcribed the word 'applause' gets the prize when she wrote back 'applesaucef As for a message, just this: You have been awfully Hne in classroom work. Moreover, I have always found you good fellows at social functions, and on the field days when we played baseball and tennis together, there was absolutely no question about your not playing the game. Keep on playing the game for all its worth! MARGARET GUTHRIE, B.C.S. Instructor in Office Methods Miss Guthrie confided to me that she is very fond of Connecticut where she has taught in several places. She likes to teach Office Methods, be' cause it combines the desirable points of teaching and of ofhce work. Her hobby is playing practical jokes, although we never should have suspected it. She said that she does not feel very well acquainted with the Juniors, but she wishes them all possible success. 25