Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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SECTION F. '99 The choice and master spirits of this age. i ERNEST W. BENTLEY, . Pzfesziiezzzf BESSIE F. NASH, . Vzke-P1fesz'a'e1zt FLORENCE WY KEITH, . Secretary ERNEST LIBBY, . Twrzsznwf BESSIE F. NASH, HZ.Sf07Z.d7Z MEMBERS. EMMA L. BENSON, Somerset EFFIE F. HEATH, Reading. FLORENCE W. KEITH, Bridgewater. BESSIE F. NASH, So. Weymouth I ERNESTIW. BENTLEY, Bridgewater. GEORGE M. HAWES, No. Stoughton. ERNEST LIBBY, Bridgewater. ARCHER M. NICKERSON, Manchester.

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HI STGRY. -wk-X-S'k'k'k-R-Rfk-BJ J-I I div! Jdvl- . 5923392239332i5SmOO:x:SQ?i3SSe66.s XB .X U: - V ,A .ww - ' 'f ' 'X ISTORY, according to Webster's International, is the record of the devel- opment of a people, race, institution, or individual. We, therefore, shall seek to lay out a retrospective panorama which shall present an unbiased account of the stages of development of Section F and the achievements and manoeuvres incident thereto. This remarkable class began its career in September, eighteen hundred and ninety-five,.having more or less successfully passed the ordeal of the entrance examinations which left many of us faint-hearted and lacking courage for the coming struggle for existence. According to Bridgewater customs, we were on the first day enlightened concerning the laws and principles of the institution of which we were a part, and were requested to sign the solemn compact with the Commonwealth which binds all the innocent, unsuspecting creatures who enter here to endeavor, so far as in them lies, to train up the young of Massachusetts in the way they should go. During this first stage of growth, when we were in our infancy, we were tenderly cared for by the faculty and broken in to Nor- mal ways. VVe acquired self possession, in fact we excel in this characteristic even to this day to such a degree that some misunderstanding ones have dared to call it by another and a harder name. X1Ve also cultivated that quality of manner so essential to the teacher, which has ever since been a distinguishing property of the section,-Enthusiasm, wild enthusiasm. We may add that this property is more obvious just before vacation than at any other time, but that fact has no especial significance. These are but two of the many attributes which make Section F unique in its way Qnot a bad way, eitherj. if In our next stage we organized and differentiated, organized formally with a magnificent constitution-much too good for everyday use-which no one but the committee who drew it up ever read. Business meetings were held which 4137