Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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ybrefaoe. ITH the present volume, the NORMAL OFFERING makes its - fourth appearance as an annual publication. Elsewhere will be found a history of the Offering, tracing the course of 6' ' E its development through its various stages to the present form. i g i The aim of the present Board of Editors has been to represent accurately and interestingly all the phases of Normal Life, in a way to be acceptable to both graduates and undergraduates. Some features of former numbers have been omitted, some new features have been added. The changes, we hope, will be viewed in the light of improve- ments. If we have produced a book which to undergraduates will prove a treasured souvenir of the last and best of their student days, and to graduates will recall the scenes of their preparation for battling with the cold cold world, we shall feel repaid for our labor and thought. Our task is finished, 'and we await the verdict. U This year, special attention has been devoted to the Literary ,De- partment, where the less serious side of life is reflected, and good natured grinds have their place. The laughable side has been depicted in a spirit, entirely free from malice or personal spite. No one can can complain because the editors have not received their share of the grinds. Let the roasted join in the laugh with the roasters. we wish to express our grateful thanks to our illustrators, to Mr. A. C. Boyden, and to Miss Emerson for their 'advice and assistance, and to all others who have contributed in any way to the success of the present Offering. As we present our readers the result of our labors, we are con- scious of its many faults and deficiencies, but we beg them to judge not in a spirit of harsh criticism, but with kindness and consideration and with loyalty to the school of their choice. I N THE BOARD OF EDITORS.

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TO OUR DEAR TEACHER AND FRIEND, ARTHUR CLARKE BGYDEN, WE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATE OUR WORK

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Gable ir .- ff ljgaxx 3? A - ' THQ QS, F, I, - If 401' ,T H. ,w ifi A A A M My , A ,C,,,U4,: ARTHUR CLARKE BOYDEN, . Frontispiece DEDICATION, . . . 3 PREFACE, . . . 4 ARTHUR CLARKE BOYDEN, A 7-8 'THE FACULTY, . . , O-IO THE YEAR: a Review, II GRADUATION, 1901, . 4 I2 CLASS A, . . . I3-I5 SENIORS, . I6-I8 TSPECIALC, . . 19-2O 'CLASS B, . 21-22 'CLASS C, . . 23-24 'CLASS D, . . 25-26 JUNIORS, . . 27-29 UNCLASSIFIABLE, 30 .ALUqMNI, . . 31-33 ASSOCIATIONS, A BRIDGEWATER NORMAL ASSOCIATION, 34 THE NORMAL CLUB, . . . . . 35-36 Y. P. S. C. E., . . 37 THE NORMAL QFFERING, . , 38-39