Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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20 THE NORMAL OFFERING a 'fmaple-sugar party given by one of the Vermont girls. All who enjoyed her hospitality heartily responded to her favorite toast, Verrnontl Noted for her men, horses, maple-sugar and girls. The first are strong, the second, fieet g the third and fourth, remarkably sweet ! . Perhaps the love we bore to learning was in fault 5 for, as a class, we were not athletically inclined. So few of the members of the class took gym- nastics that a basket-ball team could not be formed. Nature-study and the search for geology specimens, however, lured many to long walks in field and wood where some acquired such proficiency that I would vouch for their ability to identify any natural object from a violet or vireo to a volcano. In February one member of the class resumed her work as teacher, but, as three new students joined us, our number was not diminished. S' As the year draws to a close and we take a wistful backward glance we begin to realize what the year has brought us and unanimously cry, Long live Bridgewater l Members. Packard, Leonard Oscar Rockville, Me. Joslin, Della Elizabeth Northfield Taylor, Charles Ralph Arlington june, Elizabeth Lorraine Bridgewater Wells, Reuben Field Hatfield Kerry, Alice Sumner Norton Albee, Helen Mabelle. St. johnsbury, Vt. Leonard, Harriet Agnes Bridgewater Bearse, Isabelle Maria South Chatham Lermond, Aubigne Morton Mansfield Clark, Mattie Gray Ludlow Center Maxson, Persis Henry Warner, N. H. Crowell, Myra Delia Chatham Merrifield, Flora Lincoln Cummington Dodge, Dora Boyd ' Newton Pottle, Abbie Goulding Dorchester Gammon, Addie Lillias . Lynn Sawyer, Annie Lawrie Warner, N. H. Gilfillan, May Candace East Barnet, Vt. Seyser, Abbie Augusta North Easton Goddard, Edith Campello Smith, Ethel Dedham Guild, julia Ethel Roxbury Smith, Helen Lincoln Leominster Guptil, Myrtie Florence Waterbury, Vt. Upham, Carrie Abbie Springfield, Vt. Hull, Mabel Knowlton Newton 'Wilson, Eva AQice Winthrop Irish, Emma Sophronia 'Hillside, Me. - former Member. Washburn, Mabel

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THE NORMAL OFFERING I9 efjveczafs. ' 'lfj jw' C. RALPH TAYLoR, . Pzfeszdem' -' 11. 11 j ,sf?f:' t -,--. w, , I Tj IQ. My M-j'?f ' f jjf',1Lif ALICE S. KERRY, Vz'ce-Pffeszdefzl ioolxuis .9 . K 1' l I Y X i , f',:.rV aa.- T 97' ft. ? Q, 'j,M,f' fx. Xl ix lVIvR'r1E F. GUPTIL . Secretary J 1. K f Jil' H .F 2' xx. X l ' ' ,ff l X Is- Xi , - X- f ay V AlJlJlE. L. GAMMON, fffeaszwfeff xx I ,L 5 -- i - L i AUBIGNE lVI. LERMOND, Hz'sf01fz'an Jifzlriory. AST September, twenty-seven individuals, twenty-four women and three men, the majority experienced teachers, found them- selves irresistibly drawn toward Bridgewater Normal School, B S Each honestly believed that the desire for knowledge was the flats impelling force, but- Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as others see us! - the feminine portion of the class was informed by knowing juniors and Seniors that Specials come to Normal for solace, the special class being the meeting place of disappointed women I We meekly listened, wisely shook our heads, but said nothing fthat is, outside of our own circlej. The fixrst real difficulty that confronted us was the making out of programs. As we carefully thought over what the various courses had to offer, still the wonder did grow how one small head could carry all one wanted to know, but, remembering that with subjects as with men The unknown are better than the ill-knownf' we decided to limit ourselves to such branches as we were tolerably sure of mastering. A For the first twenty weeks a great deal of our time and attention was de- voted to Psychology. As we listened to Mr. Boyden day after day, our chosen profession took on added dignity and we could not but feel 'that we would be better teachers for having come under his inspiring and invigorating influence. Early in the winter, feeling the need of a little diversion, we decided to have a class social. Thanks to the strenuous efforts made by our president, we had a most delightful gathering shortly after the Christmas vacation. Then, too, in Woodward, where the majority of the disappointed ones were domiciled we had many pleasant times. One of the most noteworthy was

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A THE NORMAL OFFERING 21 Ufass 2. N ,S age 3 can g,.,W LULA E. PAYSON, Pvfeszdenf . 8 Enough., 2 . . 10 bi this ROBERT E. PELLISSIER, Vzce-Pffeszdwzz Summer? F134 OB R x5ldbSX BEss1E I1. WATERMAN, . 'Kb 5 Ext U eg lt it A -,Q -1- E-QE. Seczfefary and Treasmeff fr- Q 20 -A , gg- gg AMY W. LAWVRENCE, . Hzsfmfzafz t' F f or .1 if fr T: E, Class Colors,--Blzze' and Gold ' l+' ,4' fzbiory. ' D 5 But time in its slow rotation 3 Doth bring all things to pass, '05 would be a good motto for Class B., or, as we like to be called, Section D. Every year of our Normal life we feel better acquainted with each other, but this last year has been unusually remarkable along the lines -of development, and some startling revelations in regard to our members have come to pass. A' few illustrations, based on facts, will suffice. The nrst of the year we spent considerable of our spare time in that place that strikes you into silence, that empties you, as it were, not only of words but -of ideas. ' Surely, that was the case of the witless individual who, invited'to remove the parenthesis in Algebra, mechanically picked up an eraser and proceeded to do so. It is needless to say that he had a second invitation. 'Shrinkage methods, polyangles fthe pet name for some favorite geo- metric termj, and the necessity of having your hand held while you draw an angle on the board, also show the emptiness of our upper stories. Yet, strange as it may seem, it was sometimes a relief to go there and have -our faults picked out for us, instead of being obliged to confess them individu- ally before a whole class. The latter came rather hard, but then it was good for us, and we are now helping each other overcome such terrible things as lack of projection, minor slides, and the timidity of the youth who expects a bag of peanuts every time he is patted on the back. It is a well known fact that people are apt to reveal great secrets in their sleep, and considering what bad ones have been told inside the walls of No. II, you might think that a sleepy apartment. There it was that a certain young lady, after three weeks faithful study on German verbs, told us confidentially that she croaks! Again, that is the place where the cow started thatQwas .afterwards heard bellowing in the physics room. There, too, a retiring young