Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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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

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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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ut not Fd Personal 10113 of the 5- But the 21 record of Jecial appre. 1FtormaI School anb Gollege. -iii: OR A number of years it has been the custom of the graduates of this school to supplement their work by one or more years of colle e instruction This has especially been true of the s - , s ' ' . ' ' ' young men who have attended Harvard University and there- y years, Mr, ince twenty- ate teaching orthy of the .lumni of the LEGNARD. ize this year, iful service of .d for us, and dents during y, the dignity hest, We h f the teacherS HVC attri- Their In thtlll' get' ug Piraflon to the we Ointed. ide with these S May rh6Y rilhai they W1 EDITOR ll' by gained their degrees On the other hand this school has for many years had college graduates enrolled in its special course. Each of the plans is good because in this way advanced scholarship and profes- sional training are combined. The teaching profession today demands an adaptive personality, high ideals, broad scholarship, and technical training. After a thorough founda- tion is laid in the principles of a subject and in the methods of effective study, a student is ready for expert instruction and can use the extensive facilities which the best colleges furnish. D For several reasons Harvard University has been particularly attrac- tive to Normal graduates. Credit is allowed for a large number of Normal courses, the opportunities for advanced work are varied and extended, the scholarships open to Normal graduates make the plan financially possible, and the chances for earning' money in various ways attract the struggling student. The high stand invariably taken by the Bridgewater men has enabled them to win their degrees with honors, while some of the men have signally distinguished themselves in different departments, and as a result have gained enviable positions after graduation. It behooves all future alumni to live up to the high standards set by their predecessors. The Harvard authorites have spoken in the highest terms of the ability of the Bridgewater men and of their power to grasp the stronger sides of the work, It is sincerely hoped that this pleasant relation will last for a long time. Doubtless similar relations might be established with Radcliffe for the young ladies, and surely the future will demand this fullness of pre- paration for the higher grades of teaching. Not a few of the graduates have taken courses in other colleges where or examination to advanced standing has been ranted 'So much more is demanded of a teacher than formerly that the g . - g , ,broadest possible equipment is needed for those who make teaching a life Pfofgssion, ARTHUR c. BOYDEN. credit or opportunity f T9