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

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Sigma Key Cherished bit of gold, Your shining surface gleams With the joy of achievement, A realization of college dreams. In your brightness is reflected Those qualities which constitute A firm, tenacious character, Wherein a Purpose has its root: The Will to keep this Purpose first, To pledge it all Fidelity The Patience, Strength and Courage To grasp each Opportunity. Industry and Application, Determination and Diligence— All things which lead to Knowledge and Power, These create your radiance. [ 36 ]

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on ae shia anee cadet, POP casas Wa ap Attn eit ahd manecsannet ” gE i i 4 . x j Basa : y ; | ¢ Hae ea || Eee) ee i panera narescecsaicesenevertre taaeletesltinbetserteantivinsecarnedivenssslbrastesert seb eTnAeenn Sigma Suriety Sigma Key—a symbol of four years of hard work and study—is pre- sented to those Seniors who at the end of their college career have main- tained an average of “B” without any failures throughout their course. To our College a Sigma Key means just as much as the Phi Beta Kappa means to a Liberal Arts College. The key itself is engraved on one side with an open book with the Greek letter Sigma on one page and a quill representing secretarial work on the other page. The reverse side is engraved with Boston University, the date of granting, and the name of the member. Sigma Society has several honorary members, persons who are distin- guished in the field of secretarial science. They are Mr. Edward William Bok, of Philadelphia; Mr. John Robert Gregg, originator of the Gregg Shorthand System; Mrs. Gertrude Street, formerly registrar of the college; Professor Joseph Richard Taylor, of the Faculty; Mr. George B. Christian, Jr., secretary to the late President Harding; Miss Alice Harriet Grady, former secretary to Justice Brandeis; Dr. Edward H. Eldridge, Director of the School of Secretarial Studies at Simmons College; and Dr. James Arthur Tufts, Professor of English and Secretary of the Faculty at Phil- lips Exeter Academy. For the third time in the history of the Society, last year a Sigma Key was presented to a Junior, Aurelia Frances Schober, of Winthrop. Not only was her scholastic average very high, but also she performed the office of Editor-in-Chief of SIVAD in a very commendable manner. The student members of 1927 are Rita Helen Barnard, of Lynn: Nathalie Case, of Plainville, Connecticut; Dorothea Victoria Kellar, of Auburndale; Ethel Frances Parker, of Osterville; Frances Rosenbaum, of Worcester; Kathleen Frances Sharkey, of Medford; Agnes Louise Sheehan, of Lynn; Lydia Gertrude Thiel, of Andover; Margaret Chamberlain Tre- fethen, of Portland, Maine; and Mabel Evelyn Trulson, of Worcester. [ 35 ]

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