Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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24 OFFERING Section C. XXX I 5 Il 'L -I 1 XX - I' , 5 .1.4 in i 4ll,i.ffffl,,. , . ? '4 'lui ii' . ll N fy' I' Preszdefzf Eff' F A it ll ' ' sk 1 . 1, ' r all zu . 'guy Al l SARAH A. PACKARD. A '1 f. 1, ,, I-N 55 X if ,HJ-- 3 i N, , '.': , -Zyl IM? I I si i' ' i li 7 f - ill 'll-4. ' ' l I X l Vz'ce-Pzfeszkiem' ? , Q' .,4,'-,,,,yv Q W ll.. ku f' f f- . 1 A . . ntl, Y ll ' I ' ' ?lL:f,'i-2-953 -.-' ' ' I-' A H P F , u lin: PN' 1 y, X p -4 H' V tai ENRY . 1TToN. A .f,fv'w wi if . ll ui I '- ?s2 mtf.ll'lf.1', ggi' ll.aAL aa . ll. N I f ':A' Xa pl lull Secffeiflffy- Tffeasznfer X 'lk' CYRUS BENSON. lk 'tl T l lil 7 A - it J i in A TV , ,T 'l 1 '- lam l i , - - O if l' it ll 'f2l'lfW'fitfwffflr6'-it'flllkw .. i F L c NL- - -i T1 ,DWARD . URRAN. . SOCIAL LIFE OSF SECTION C. I, QOMPARING our notes labelled General Exercises with the 2 Q present morning-talks we find a peculiar coincidence of dates 6? and subjects, which warns us, with no slight emphasis, that the 5 A school year is fast drawing to a close. Looking back over this short year we are conscious of great changes, both in our looks and in school-life. To account for the marked transformations the class now places its humble history before you. The object of the present panorama is not to dwell upon Hold stories, but rather to supplement the record of a Section, almost indispensable to the growth and development of the Bridgewater Normal School. , In defense of this last statement ample proof is given in the editor of the Offering, also the business manager of the same. Four sturdy men including a captain were prominent factors in football, while an equal number with the ad- dition of captain and manager uphold the honors of the baseball team. We are represented in basketball and tennis as well as in the library. The Normal Club is also benefitted by our amateur actors. A The social lie of the class was renewed by the advent of the Junior recep- tion. On this occasion it was rumored that the young ladies of the class were among the first to label themselves. The boys took advantage of this fact to tag after them, which they have continued to do ever since. The following Monday found us sailing with all sail set toward that distant isle called the seventh of February. just at this time some members, famous

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OFFERING 23 litical duties. Another young lady put us so far behind the times as to state that Columbus made his important discovery in I62O. Still another showed great interest in the FrenchiExplorers, Hengest and Horsaf' ' After our Christmas celebration, which, by the way, was a very festive occa- sion, oh, why was the review question in Zoology, explain the chewing of the cud, omitted? Perhaps our honored instructor can explain. Very few persons, I think, realize that the gypsy moth is a romantic insect. The fact is that it is an excellent sample of the old, old storyl' which has been since Adam and Eve, for we learned it in Nature Study. In our struggles over Greek Art, we painfully copied borders and made portfolios from Greek originals and compli- mented each others efforts with a cheerful attempt to feel satisfied. During our course here, we surely have learned our principalls views in regard to certain subjects, so imagine our surprise when one of our number boldly asserted that she liked the Hosea in our Frieze of the Prophets best, giving as her reason, because he's yozmgf' The first time during our Model School practice that we heard the teacher's words lower the slides, please, what heart did not echo the dull bump as the slides slipped down into place and we knew that our time had come? This feeling, however, soon left and we found the work exceedingly pleasant. It was during this time that most of us made strenuous efforts to do less talkingf' i And how we have struggled in room I7 trying to perceive and explain the activities of our own minds. If we cannot now read correctly the youthful mind we have only ourselves to blamed So, as the new century opens before us a fresh field of opportunities, let us enter it with the wisdom and worth of our principal's and teachers' precepts firmly in mind, realizing more and more as time passes, how much we owe to their kind guidance and the examples they set before us during our two years at the Bridgewater Normal School.

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OFFERING 25 for their bursts of speed Qdue largely to the aid of a horsej commenced skip- ping over the billows of trouble which lay in their path. These wanderers soon sighted in the distance a worn-out bluff which gave fossiliferous evi- dence of being formed in 1840. Others in the class wished to introduce a class in horticulture to a course already crowded with studies. These may even now be discriminated by their tendency to cultivate pairs.', The appearance of new dresses marked another epoch in Normal life. This display of finery is the herald of Thanksgiving recess. IfVhat a pleasure it is to stagger under the weight of a heavy dress-suit case, or to be fortunate enough to share the same seat in the railway train with a girl of more than a passing acquaintance ! At Christmas-tide the same act is repeated together with the exchange of a few tokens-prizes you know, for good scholarship. The New Year brings with it the customary resolution I'll quit fooling and get down to studyf' These we recollect were made then but put off until the new term for execution. With the month' of February, comes a new course of studies. Cleaning house in the physical laboratory, we marched across the corridor to drown our sorrows in H25 gas. In..Chemistry an evaporating dish was given to us, an article for which Section C has little or no use, as Dr. Kirmayer can testify. In the History class there is a grand reunion as this is the only lesson that the three and four year members have in common. This meeting in No. 2 every day reminds us that another dear classmate has followed the footsteps of the first, and has already broken the ties now growing strong with age. Soon the members of the three years' course will step before the class for the last time, and with one backward glance, will leave the field and the century to the naughty ones COID. Note here that some of us graduate in this century while others will have to wait for another century before forming distinct ideas of concepts and general terms. Now that we are bound together by the golden bonds of a class pin, the prospective parting in June will not seem so heart-rending. These beautiful pins will recall the animated discussion in that class meeting which decided their lot. And if perchance, one should take Cby mistakej a pin with another's initials, who could blame him? In preparing the foregoing history the author has borrowed freely from various class authorities such as, Telegraph Poles and How to Know Them by J. H. Glover, whose knowledge of genealogical trees have proved invaluable in securing the chronological order. Spauldings's Football Rules have rendered valuable service. Use has been made of Benson's version of The Bridal of Malahidef' while Parliamentary Law by W. R. Kramer has been a loadstar to a wandering transgressor.