Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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20 THE NORMAL OFFERING Sarah Packard, an earnest worker as a missionary in China. Frank Litchfield, senior member of a wholesale house for school supplies. Cyrus Benson, a writer of short stories. Ella Stewart, a spiritualistic medium, because of her powers of prophecy. This was all I could remember of the contents of the strange book. I would advise any one who wishes to learn of the future paths of his friends to try to consult Old Nancy's Book of Fate, and trust that he may be so favored as to have an opportunity. S TG A history of Section C for the current year, we think that the record of the class needs but little comment. Always prominent in athletics we find that this year is even more than ever a banner one in this line. The football team needed the services of four men including the manager and captain, while in baseball, the season would have been a complete fizzle if four of Section C had refrained from activity. The captain and manager of the latter team were included in the number contributed by the Section. In the class-room, our ability has been doubtless realized and we hope appreci- ated. As the time draws near for a separation from the old school, we begin to feel that there is much ahead to give us trial and test. This leads us into a fear that perhaps we are not where we should be in preparation, that our full appreci- tion of what Normal has done for us will come in the future after we have left it behind. ' As we step out, a fervent offering of thanks is given to those who have so earnestly striven for our good and interest. -1' X .5---X Z-ff? x , ff xN,' U'-X-v .NT AX 1 Ab Q ,f14, - . . X-.lgsxtixlb 2514 ' -- , - N5 X: -f 51: .s 'Q' , Q ,,.- -h 1 -1.. -.-L2 ' X ., N- , '41 .. . . ' , ' ' ,, ll , - :.. ,N - . ,.. ,-f, V -fg.. S--ef- -4- '

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THE NORMAL OFFERING IQ Jeoizbn C. HERINIAN GAMMONS, . . p,,g5Z'dmZ KATHERINE C. NICKELS, p3'w.p,,w.,'fge.,,Z ANASTACIA G. LEAHY, ' 5,m,em,,y CYRUS BENSoN, ..... T,,m5,,,,6,, ELLA L. STEVVART, JOSEPH A. ICUSHMAN, , , HA-,0,,,'am. A Colors-lVz'!e G7f66'7Z and Whz'Ze. NE 'delightful day.in summer, while searching in theiwoods for n wild flowers, I discovered aistrangely constructed hut. While gazing in wonderment upon 1t, it suddenly dawned upon me that liyfgx 5 it was the habitation of Old Nancy, the witch. I had heard many Strange stories told concerning her. .ff 1 As there were no signs of life visible, I decided to enter. While prowling around within, I saw an old book made if ig-T , from birch bark, upon the cover of which was inscribed gg in strange letters, Old Nancy's Book of Fate. At 5 22.- first, I was unable to read the book, owing to the odd writing. I soon found a key, by which the weird 11 5 539-iii: L' -..t:v. - :F f.f:,., 7--. , characters could be read. After spending fully an hour -::i.a-Zim-A reading, I was startled by hearing the crackling of bushes. I hastily made my escape. The sun had now set, and the shadows had come. Upon reaching home, I made notes of some of the strange things I had read concerning the fortunes of my classmates, which were as follows :- i George Spaulding, an organizer of schools in the Phillipine Islands. Maude Freelove, Bachelor of Science. Leander Roscoe, author of Travels in Scotland. Herman Gammons, a member of Congress and statesman of great renown. Grace Gardner, a writer of many celebrated odes and Sonnets. Myron Smith, a popular chemist in Washington. Katherine Nickels, presiding over a home with dignity and grace. Annie Leahy, a fashionable milliner in New York. Joseph Cushman, well-known illustrator for the Munsey Magazine. john Glover, the inventor of the celebrated flying machine, which made the first trip to Mars. ' Mabel Davis, an agitator of Woman's Rights.

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THE NORMAL OFFERING 21 Jenzbrs. WILLIAM G. Howiis, , Pyfgsggimg MAIUON R- NGYES, Vz'ce-Preszdwzf SIDNEY T. NoRTHcoTT, 5gC,,em,,J, ETHEL C. LOWRY, Tygagzyygy LOUISE V. BOWKER, ..... Hz's!0rz'rm Class Colors-Dark' Bfzze afar! Gofd. 552 AS we look back upon our last year at Normal, we are bewil- T 'T' dered by the great number of pictures that hang upon ' memory's walls. Cf all these there are some which we never can forget. p Among them are the pleasant hours spent in No. I7lH,VEll1'1 endeavor to think definitely, or in 24 struggling g with high lights. ' Why, on I-Iallowe'en, did the Seniors, who should have known 'ff ef, wh ii' '? 0 9 'nf s . SZ e wg, A-ff' A 2,4 I better, allow the sights and sounds of the external world so strongly to solicit the mind? Alas for our poor human nature! We must confess that under the pressure of these distracting circumstances, we did those things we ought not to have done. A There are some things, however, to which we can look back with pride. It was in Zoology that one member of our class was heard to say that the air sac in a bird's egg was on the left side. Another informed us that the Fly-catchers caught their food on the fly, of course. Still another asked in all seriousness if a bob-white was not a sparrow. It was one of our instructors who made the startling announcement that every teacher should be a story teller, and advised us to cultivate the art. What should we do in English Lit. if it were not for her who has swallowed grammar and ate arithmetic? In spite of Mr. S.'s injunction to let the absent one speak for herself, we must tell you that one of our classmates has been persuaded to leave us, and to seek her sphere of usefulness in a different direction. We trust that we shall not have many more deserters. Some of our number are resolved to be athletic at all costs, and have been .seen kneeling with white faces and bated breath on top four sections of the vaulting-box, or hanging from the top-most stall-bar in momentary expectation of being dashed to a dreadful death below. For all that, we have made for our- selves a record in basket ball that is not to be despised. Yes indeed! The