Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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Qu 'ir t 'Ffrs:.fiQ, Y. wp: ' 'y . Ntmcffi iff- Q . . w...Q3 K Q. r'lc . Urn i'av9,. . wma' ......Q5' R 'g I'-11:52 V. wi' 'lm' Well . Hgff for the 3fffl3f:2z pub- 'ff Ib lf? 0 :Y - A ' A 12 Ring. f Snitz iz i ,jg gm .ic of :big 'Heh the .,.e.'t1ry 356 H1 Tili. what the School Miers to its Stuoents. .i1 ' 1 T INVITES them to the free use of one of the best equipped I Normal School plants in this Country costing ,S500,ooO. Its buildings occupy a square of nearly four acres with apleasant - southern exposure. It has a park of six acres including a beautiful pond and fine shade trees, with pleasant walks and tennis and hockey courts, a fine chestnut grove of one-half acre adjoining the park, and a fine athletic Held of two acres. The main school building is a masonic structure, built of brick and marble, in three connected blocks, eighty-seven feet front, three hundred and fourteen feet long, three stories and a basement, with a large assembly hall, thirty-seven class-rooms, besides offices, coat rooms, toilet rooms, lunch rooms, apparatus rooms, playrooms, gymnasium-room, and engine- rooms. It is heated and ventilated by the fan system, and has an electric lighting service and an electric time service, and heat regulating apparatus. It accommodates two hundred and sixty normal stuzlents and four hundred and seventy-Eve model school pupils. It has nine labora- tories, scientitic and industrial, provided with superior collections of speci- mens in natural history and modern apparatus, and a library of nine thousand volumes distributed in the different departments. The school offers five courses of study the product of sixty-Eve years of experience, the regular course of four years, the elementary course of two years, the intermediate course of three years, the kindergarten course of two to three years, and special courses for College graduates, normal school graduates and teachers of experience. Observation and practice in the model school is a part of each course. Having the model school in the same building brings the normal students in touch daily with actual grade work. The school has a faculty of sixteen experienced instructors in the normal department and thirteen instructors in the model school,-the principal and the teachers in each of the ten 'class-rooms and two teachers in the kindergarten. 25

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ix-1 Sgcial, The Executive Board of Omcers are : President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, and a Club Committee of nine members, Their plans must be approved by the Executive Board. The Club Cnm- mittee shall be divided into three committees according to their duties, Musical, Social or Literary and be appointed by the President. Each Class and the Faculty shall be represented in the lixeeutive Board. Any member ofthe school can become a member of the Club by paying an annual fee of twenty-five cents. The Executive Board appoints for each term an editorial staff for the publication of THE NORMAL OFFERING, which is to be henceforth pub- lished once a year at the end of the school year in the form of an attrag- tive, Hnely illustrated year-book. The Club has thus far successfully attained the object for which it was formed, the entertainments have been fof a high order and of great benefit not only tothe members of the Club, but also to the people of this and neighboring towns. This is shown by the great patronage which the entertainments attract, for the three committees vie with each other to procure for the Club's entertainments the best talent in the literary and musical world. Ad multos annos, FRANZ H. KIRMAYER. If N4 1? N31 lf it Yr il! wi L sl A 4fx?i59-greg'-12f 24 tuba! thai , ,, . 6,1317 41. A 1 1.1-'. . Him- - in ' ,pl x.. T r 01 U' Y K t' cz-S, VH f .A Dfff' A' Q-, M i'. 1

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l 2 gchgol is an institution for the proft-ssional training of teaclierg, The , . , It h 3 history of sixty-sir: years, has a national ri-pulalion, has had only as - - 1 ' ' ' tht-eep1'i1'1Cip3,lS'll'1S enrolled 5,502 students and has sf-nt out 3,624 gradu- L, 4- - l ates who have been distributed in all lines ol educational work and who have gone to every continent. 1 Q The Normal Club composed of the lat-ulty and students furnishes excellent opportunity for literary, musical, and social instruction and enter. tainment. It receives nrst class talent for lectures and musical entertain- ments and has very interesting and helpful social gatherings. Tuition is free to students from MZlSSHCllLl5Ctt5, will SU1flCHtS from other states are charged only about one-fifth the actual cost of their tuition. The use of text-books is free to all. State aid is given to students from Massacliusetts, texcept those living in Bridgewaterl who are not able to meet their expenses, and who subtain a good standing in their work. The school provides for good. living at the wholesale cost price. It has three commodious and pleasant residence halls for the accommo- dation of teachers and students, erected and furnished by the State. The students have their rooms and furniture rent free, they pay only for their board which includes table board, heating, lighting, laundry and service. Living in the residence halls enables the students to do more work and a better quality of work, and gives a training in social intercourse which is very. helpful to the student teacher. The school has a new first-class modern gymnasium of which the students have the use without charge. It has hrst-class furnishings, is well lighted, thoroughly ventilated, is heated by steam, lighted by elec- tricity, and has electric time service. lt affords the best facilities for physical training, for games and social gatherings, and can be used as an audience room and banquet hall. It is an important factor in the life of the school, attractive and healthful. THE QFFERING of last year has a fine description of this building and its equipment. An account of the recent dedication and accompanying photographs may be found in the following pages of this edition. . The school has a fine location in one of the pleasantest towns in the State. Its facilities for indoor study, for the study of nature, for out door life ' . and recreation are unsurpassed, and the expense of attendance is re- duced to t-he minimum. Its graduates are in ' lg l ws quic cemand. Good places in teaching could Slifefgugjeriofelfglgfilrflreiilljqlelpt times the present number of graduates. .lt to prepare for teachig. O young men and young women who desire ' ' - 3' ALBERT G. BovDEN. 26 jgrlltdf YV , l ' I l a,.i I ,.4 W