Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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4 i Y' 0? Q. 3 E is i- Y ,. u. la Jn rl ff: E l lr if gk A' it 6 if 's w. rJ 'f ,l' .. 'K . r l .,, I as ,. ,. . is il if I 5 T l I 4 f Y fy' rabuation 1903 '1 THE class which graduated June 23d, 1903, in the sixty-third year of the Bridgewater Normal School, twelve had taken special courses, ten were from the four years' course, twelve from the three years', and sixty-four from the two 'years' course. The 7 S. I. ,, .assi peg If -'QQDQ ' -5 1 . . choruses by the school, f'Come Fairies, trip it o'er the grass,' and f'Daybreak, were very pleasing and excellently rendered. The address was delivered by Rev. Charles H, Beale, D. D., of Roxbury. His theme, f'Education, was treated broadly, and in its applications to experience, furnished many suggestive and valuable thoughts. We may regard every event of life as having a beneficent educative power, if we will heed the lesson. The wise ma.n is he who learns to extract from every small annoy- ance, every grievous affliction, its compensating discipline. In this temper, disheartened by no failure, challenging each day to give us its deepest mean- ing, ,we may meet the worst ills dauntless and unmoved. . Hlt matters not how straight the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of. my fate, I am the captain of .,myN'soul. The diplomas were presented by the Principal, who in his address to the graduates emphasized the influence of thought upon character. lVe are no better than the imaginings of our hearts. Our silent thoughts are the founda- tion of all we are, all we achieve. Mr. Carroll presented to the school as the gift of the graduating classes, two interesting pictures, HThe Choice of the Casketsjfainl 'fThe Meeting of Dante and Beatricef' Mingled with the bright mood of the hour was a graver thought., the memory of a voice that is still. The loss of Mrs. Palmer was felt as a new and poignant regret, as we remembered the many similar occasions on which her presence had been a. delight and an inspiration. Let us rejoice that the light of inspiration does not fade when the hunian life is withdrawn from our sight. 25

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based on a thorough scientiiic course. i A most impl-essive sight is the chapel gathering, the last exercise each 1 Ab t 1 '00 students and teachers gather for a brief devotional exer- cise One has not heard the plantation melodies until he has heard them sung voices with 1,el.00 more for the refrain. day. V 'ou ,o by the trained choir of 150 il caine away with the query, when will-the boys and girls in the inore favored North have as good an opportunity for an all-round education as is . t afforded by Tuskegee and Hampton to the children of the despised races? 1barvarb .ll A QHERE has been a growing tendency, during tl1e past few years, - for the young inen to take up university study after graduation H . from the Noi-inal School. The following graduates are studying at Harvard: Pellissier, '03, Carroll, '03, Leonard, '023 1 ' 0 ' Packard, '01, Gannnons, '01, Armstrong, '02, Matossian, '03 is at Yale. MacKendrick, Savary, Tilley, and Perry, who have been with us for a yea.r or inore, are studying at Harvard. 'From two to three years' credit has been given by the Lawrence Scientiiie School to our graduates. This generous treatment by Harvard is greatly appreciated and we are very glad to see our young inen responding to it. NVe are also glad to hear, as we d.o from various sources, that the work done by the Bridgewater graduate has been of suehx a character as to justify the credits given. Those who are planning for arvard in the future will no doubt feel themselves under obliga- tions to sustain the good reputation thus far maintained in order that the pre- sent cordial relations existing between Harvard and Bridgewater may be continued, That the work of the boys at Harvard is not over monotonous would seein to be indicated by the spirit of their e01mmmiw,13i011 found else- where in the Offering. Their visits to Bridgewater'will always be most Welcome. . .24

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lt is a pleasant custom that has recently been adopted, of adding the traditional ivy-planting as an afternoon ceremony. After the Seniors and Juniors had marched in procession to the West side of the school building, the exercises were as follows,-oration, Edna Scott, poem, Hattie B. Grover, history, Linna Ferrer, prophecy, Sara Allen, presentation of spade to juniors, Blanche Brickett, acceptance, Arthur French, singing by Seniors, A new event this year was a pleasant reception given by the four-year classes after the ivy, exercises. It was held in the gymnasium, and was an enjoyable feature of the day. The usual promenade concert was given in the evening in Assembly Hall. ' ,fig Wig. w 1 U4 Q gil N Y .y 1 mg I l 26