Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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Page 16 NORMAL OFFERING Volume XII Spinning. TG . ni . P 'f ii ND myself to the daily task Of learning the stern Truth's way, it NE And Knowledge, my master, would teach me well, C . - And I try hard not to stray, But my thoughts will go a-gathering wool Of the fleece of white and gold, Of the dream-lambs playing in meadows green, Where the Dreamer watches the fold. Oh, I gather the fleece that is caught on the briers, And I sit me down to spin, - I weave a web of wondrous things, With marvels painted in. Oh, I weave a tapestry full fair, Of the things that never can be, Of a castle besieged, of a lonely tower, Of a lost ship far at sea. Of a mother that weeps and a child that laughs, Ay, a child that knows no wrong, Of a sob and sigh and a cottage lone, Of a sweet and joyous song, Of a garden gay and a rosebud sweet, And a lord and lady fair, A river, an isle, and a desert place, With a soft mist everywhere. Oh, I weave a tapestry full fair Of stranger, curious things, Of a Sorrow that dies, and a Hope that soars On her strong, swift, heavenly wings, Of a broken Heart that mended is, Of a Love that is young and bright, Of a Yearning that knows a cup o'er1 illed, Of a Life that is seeking Night. Oh, I gather and- spin and weave unseen In the fields beneath Youth's sky, And I notice not when the lambs are gone, When the Dreamer passes by, But I feel that the charm that has held me long Steals silently, softly away, And leaves me alone with the homely things Of the Life of the Every-Day. HELEN A. MURPHY

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Page 18 NORMAL OFFERING Volume XII The Faculty Reception. GAIN this year the Faculty Reception Was held at Groveside. Long shall We remember the cordial Welcome by Mr. and Mrs. Boyden and other members of the Faculty, the pleasant mingling of teachers and students that followed, ending with the happy i'Good Nights, for although We Were soon to leave Normal Land, Were We not going on to something further? ' Perhaps it Was With a more sober feeling that We gathered on the quadrangle to sing the old songs for the last time, and perhaps it was With a deeper devotion than ever before that We sang, Praise and love be ever thine, for When that Was ended one more happy evening passed into a memory. M. D. B., '09, The Promenade. S this the same Gym Where squads of girls in gymnastic costume can be found every day in the school year? As if by the touch of a fairy Wand it has been transformed into a palace of glory. Bright and cheerful the colors, bright and happy the facesg and light the hearts of all present, made lighter by the inspiring sound of music. Mr. Boyden and the class presidents received the participants and then the promenades began. Marvellous patterns were Woven to the accompaniment of cheerful music and gay talk and laughter. Not until the last prom did the realization of the full meaning of the end to the festivities of the day dawn upon the graduates, and When the strains of Alma Mater rang across the night the gayety Was hushed into reverence. R. c. M., '09,