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

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MABEL STONE MABLE TEBPETTS RuTH THOMAS MARGARET THOMPSON LOUISE WARE ALICE WATERS BESSIE WEIRNICK HELEN WEXLER IDA WHITE SHIRLEY Woop [44)]

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HILDA PARSHLEY DoROTHY PHILLIPS ELVA POOLE BERGET REESE EUNICE ROGERS CONSTANCE SAXSMYTH AURELIA SCHOBER ELLICE SCHOFIELD FLORENCE SIARKIEWICZ MILDRED SMART ESTHER SMITH [ 4: )

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GRAYDON STETSON Hite EAVAOIUN: Sart Em onary ese BOS MOINS MA S'S, TELEPHONE HANCOCK 1310 May 8, 1928. DEAR MR. FUTURE EMPLOYER: I present to your distinguished notice the class of 1928, which has served as an inspiration and has afforded the necessary courage with which to carry on the great work at P. A. L., whose halls will be darkened by the absence of, but illuminated by the example of, the class of 1928. I recom- mend them highly to you for their positions in life. Dignified as is a cap and gown (you may have observed my own colos- sal, but unusual dignity when so arrayed) never has that austerity been so enhanced as when the said cap and gown has been worn bv the class of 1928. These be great words, ladies and gentlemen of the listening and strabismic world, but in a few elegantly concise paragraphs I shall defi- nitely establish quod erat demonstrandum by illustrating some of their history. Even as Freshmen, ’28 was conspicuous for a lack of timidity and for a full panoply of that self-confidence which is a life preserver in the troubled seas of the Twentieth Century. Their physical prowess was dis- played at the annual Freshman gym meet and in the victorious campaign of the basketball team. Both their athletics and their legitimate amuse- ments were conducted without detriment to their scholasic record. The social event of the Freshman year was the Freshman Frolic, staged in the P. A. L. Assembly Hall and sprinkled with balloons, paper hats, fans and suitable frivolities. The fine spirit of fun was fast and furious, but entirely within the prescriptions of that avatar of social usage—the doyen. As Sophomores the activity and liveliness of ’28 were still by-words (please notice the hyphen which, if omitted, would give too feminine a touch to the description). There was a continuous, generous rivalry main- tained between the “Certificates” and the “Degrees”. This year there was [ 45 |