Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

Page 31 text:

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.

Page 30 text:

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

Page 32 text:

25 OFFERING Section B. , , 1' ' Preszdwzl .KX u -ZZ? F i. SUMNER W. CUSHING. K tl f,-,ff ,- f 'Lf ,gs at Vz'ce-Preszkimt 6-4 If ,Q 1 ETHEL BOYDEN. i Seczfefaffy- Trefzszzreff , 'W If I i EDMOND L. S1NNoTT. I f - 1 ,A ' 1 Q, so 4 , H z'st01fz'a1z it ' I , .- A CHARLES P. SAVARY. B. lf 1, 4 f gs ,iq . Hd I ldfpfvfi gi g I 4 - l if ff 1 5 L- I H' 5- 64 QXN fY?'-'ifrg 4' - 1 xi 6 if-4 . ,Z x s v - JC' 'f' , 43. fix? TPS- ' A L i I fi r s-... f' SECTION BOSS CRACKING A JOKE. u W 'N..Ax ..Q,,f' , EAD the history of Section B in the results of her enter- prise, in the tens of the school, in the lives and deeds of her members. Never has there been collected a like company ,ff of artists, poets, composers, authors, and lions in society, Qfor i 7 this Section has a lionl. Never was a class endowed with such a variety of talent in this institution. When this remarkable constellation reappeared in September and found two of their fellow stars not present, did they shrink into a corner and mope P No! Within six weeks after the first burst of grief they had forgotten their sorrows in the dizzy whirl of social life. And when, later, another member dropped out, we see the class, though staggered momentarily under the blow, soon rise supreme over downheartedness and give a party. Receptions, exclusive, elegant, were gotten up for the entertainment of the Section, and what mattered it that they were usually given by the Section to itself? Since the picnic at the Nip, it has been the ambition of Section B to keep up its social prestige then acquired. Early this year facilities were most opportunely presented by the chairman of a committee appointed for that pur- pose when she invited the Section to her home. Q .