Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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:Y-B ve years ed teach er of ection of hun stimony, And' are them. te2iCl'lCI'3 the nd teacher is Wl'10 it teacher of P fi generation, t HS 8 teacher skillful stimu. al interest in g enterprises 5 rendered is in her seems Ioted woman ose personal :ration in the izher may be o the future es come the he lives and will call her rs Prince to ointment In -ed to me In Jliss Prince rd,--also H .le and will uming t C today thlS .El the fHPld escflf high nce'S loyal Skill as a 't f. v-.N . fpy-1-agus Ir. S :fit fum-,gif ow ea! Y? L 5 2. rr 1 ? may-q-Q-gsef musical artist, and to heripower of inspiring others with the best ideals, both in performance and in the teaching of the art of music. As a successful teacher of mathematical science Miss Prince has filled an important place where her labors have been abundant and fruitful. And to her also has been given the honor and happiness of writing her name deeply on the hearts of hundreds of young people whose personal lives she has helped and befriended. MR. A. C. BOYDEN, fI87Q- .Q Last but by no means least ofnthis noble quintette of long-continuing Bridgewater teachers. As a pioneer in the introduction and development of Nature Study in the public schools, Mr. Boyden's fame far transcends the limits of the direct patronage given to the Bridgewater Normal School. His plans for such courses of study have been widely published and adopted in many parts of the country. We believe that we speak within reason when we say that it seems as if the future of the Natural Sciences in America will owe much to the labors of Mr Boyden in this department, as impressed upon the public mind through the common schools As a teacher of history Mr Boyden's ser vice, thouffh less widely known, perhaps, than his work in Nature Study, has had a profound and far-reaching lnfluence, having extended itself much beyond the direct teaching fields of the Graduates of this school Yet it IS Mr Boyclen's pupils alone who can fully appreciate the loOf1cal mental grasp of every subject the keen and critical yet 1nsp1r1ng and always k1ndly and sympathetic elements of his teaching that have made Mr Boyden in the minds of many of the Bridgewater graduates thelr highest 1deal of a teacher of power and inspiration But Mr Boyden s work is not alone that of a teacher of classes and of subjects As Vice Principal of the school he has now for many years exercised a strong and ever increasin influence in directing the trend of its growth both in ideals and in scholarly attainments That the guidmg head and shaping influence of Mr Boyden may be continued to the school for many years to come IS the wish of all who know its history and desire 1ts highest prosperity In recalling my own personal relations to these five teachers as a co laborer with them 1D the Bridgewater Normal School there are other names that come quickly to mind as representing those whose influence was strongly felt durin that period of the school life which I knew best of all The names Woodward Martin Winship Russell Richards Currier Armes Hutchinson Murdock call to the minds of many graduates the personalities and labors of others who also left their 1mpress upon the life of the school Some of these have entered into still larger fields of

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vice upon the altar of hisadopted country has added thirty-five years of unwearied and unbroken labor as a successful and beloved teacher of teachers To his wide and profound linguistic acquirements many learned scholars would give endorsement, and to his steadfast devotion to the interest of his pupils an drieds of now through the professional labors of sons and daughters who are them- selves filling important places in the ranks of American teachers the influence of this accomplished German-American citizen and teacher is d of the school the esteem and affection of hun- teachers who have been his pupils give abundant testimony. And being extended and multiplied. I M1sslsA1313LLE S. HORNE, CI875- .D As an Cff1CiGHt 'C6HChCr of vocal expression in the Bridgewater Normal School for nearly a generation, Miss Horne's service has been rare and noteworthy. Yet not as a teacher of vocal expression alone. In her gracious personality, her skillful stimu- lation of the appreciation of noble literary ideals, her cordial interest in the promotion of all social, dramatic and generally uplifting enterprises undertaken by the members of the school, the service she has rendered is deserving of the highest praise. But going deeper still, upon her seems to have descended in some sense the mantle of another devoted woman teacher, Miss E. B. Woodward, who was Miss, I-Iorne's close personal friend and who also for thirty years served her day and generation in the Bridgewater Normal School. Although to the woman teacher may be denied the privilege of extending her own personality into the future through the lives of her own children, yet to her sometimes come the happiness and the opportunity in no small degree to mould the lives and destinies of hundreds of young persons who in later life will call her memory blessed. N . Miss' CLARA C. PRINCE, QI87Q- .Q The service of Miss Prince to the Bridgewater Normal School did not begin with her appointment in 1879. Five years earlier, a yearls furlough which was granted to me in my own teaching work was made possible by the fact that Miss Prince, then a student in the school, and my sister Miss Edith Leonard,-also a student and later also a regular teacher in the school,-were able and will- ing to undertake most of my teaching dutieg M155 Prince assumin the 0 9. g chaff? of mY geography classes. I hold in grateful memory today this service then rendered. , 511106 Miss PfiHCC'S appointment as a regular teacher, the rapid development-of the school in its musical standards, and its present high efficiency in such lines, give abundant testimony to Miss Prince's loyal devotlon to the highest Principles Of musical art, to her own skill as a 16 i I . 311 As 1 an .impOj to I name de' e niuSiC lives sh MR' noble qui the intro Mr. BOYG to the BI have bee We belie the futur of MT- Il through ' vice, thot has had much be Yet it is mental g always ki Mr. Boyz highest it But of suhjet exercised its growtf head and for many its hlgheg In rc laborer y names th WHS StrOr Of all. Clirfisfgr i Pttso iilfer-ifffiith

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educational influence, some have taken up the more restricted but not less important duties of domestic life, and some have passed on to their eternal reward. In more recent years other men and women of fine culture and large ability have entered this teaching service, and some of these have already served the school faithfully for many years. They are my valued personal friends, their labors are loyal and efficient, and later generations of the school's graduates will write for these their personal tributes. But the Eve who have been specially named as having made so long a record of unbroken effective service are those to whom our words of special appre- ciation are iittingly given today. V I The united labors of these five,-Mr. A. G. Boyden fifty years, Mr. Kirmayer thirty-live years, Miss Horne thirty years, Miss Prince twenty- six years, Mr. A. C. Boyden twenty-six years,-the aggregate teaching results of these 167 years of first-class teaching effort is worthy of the best tribute of praise and admiration that the students and alumni of the Bridgewater Normal School can give to them today. MARY H. LEONARD. E, THE present students of Bridgewater, realize this year, - with ever increasing force, the strong and faithful service of . . , those who have so willingly worked with us and for us, and who have lived in the lives of hundreds of -students during ,Q these twenty-Eve or more years. ' As we have grown into the understanding of the beauty, the dignity and the nobility of training others to develop toward the highest, we have come to realize far better the true meaning of the life work of the teachers here in the school. K To them we have looked for help and counsel and for the true attri- butes of the teacher, and we have never been disappointed. Their earnestness, loyalty, truth and kindness we shall never forget. In their lives and work they have been, are and will ever be an inspiration to us and we give to them our deepest gratitude. E Soon, others who have for a long time worked side by side with these will be looking back through the years of a quarter century. May they then know that their work has been done not in vain and that they will always be honored in the hearts of their student friends. EDITOR. 18 for manl' of the P1 sional U2 The ideals, bl tion is la study, 21 facilities For tive to N courses,t scholarsh and thel student. enabled 1 have sign result ha future all The Han the Bridg W0fk,- It time, D, the young Paffitloni Not 1 Credit 0, gltllited, 'lirllilflest I lpfllllihsiox