Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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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

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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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22 THE NORMAL OFFERING lady who- Well, -after trying for three years to tell us something, has at last told it-she analyzes cats--ah I QKatzej. l There is another place dear to the hearts of all true artists, where the whole soul is laid bare. Black must be that of the person who can go through Room 25 without expressing his thoughts elsewhere than on paper. Those thoughts are sure to be found inside, not only blackening the soul, but checking all free- dom of movement and producing those mechanical results. Yet we have some in our number who put their whole souls on the paper--souls big and bright and glorious as a sunset, for instance. What are four thumb tacks to such a person ? Although thumb tacks applied in the wrong place may hurt. ' A short time ago Section D. had a class sociable. I suppose it was that idea of social that led one or two to go a little farther and become confiden- tial. What else can explain the motive of the young lady who said You dear! to the young man nearest her in reply to her own well planned question ? What a penalty must be awaiting her! But let us hope that it be no such cruelty as dying without air Qheirjf' . Another surprising revelation that night was our introduction to the sweetest in the class -one you'd hardly expect to answer to that description, from the fact that he had to be presented with a littleibook of Dewdrops, for daily reference. ' These revelations and acknowledgements have been to the class more or less startling, but there came one day that actually took our breath away, con- sidering the absolutely harmless youth who uttered it. A word to the wise is sufficient T'-let us hope that that pitiable fellow, although willing to confess that his own ancestors were bankrupts and criminals, will never again try to impose like misfortunes on his mates. This much has a year revealed to us 3 and knowing each other this much the better, what a field lies open before us for the next year. Let us hope, however, that if there are any more discoveries to be made, next year will do it rather than the one after. ' Mem ber.-J. Carroll, Michael Davitt East Bridgewater Edwards, William F. C. Bridgewater Matossian, Jesse Aintab, Syria Pellissier, Robert Edouard Brooklyn, N. Y. Powers, Roger Arthur Campello Vinal, 'William Gould Norwell Bennett, Ida Thomas New Bedford Clapp, Ida May Scituate Gunn, Sarah Cameron Dedham Lawrence, Amy Winifred Lebanon, N. H. Neal, Ethel Lawrence Payson, Lulu Estelle Camden, Me. Sworer, Alma Newton Centre Valentine, Jennie Judith Fairhaven Waterman, Bessie Everson Campello farm er Members. Desmond, john Francis Desmond, Thomas Francis, jr. Harding, Annie Laura Paine, Louise Frances Prince, Lucy Sherman Stevens, Myrtie Belle