Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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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,

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Volume XII NORMAL GFFERING Page 19 Baccalaureate Sunday. HE graduating class of 1909 followed the custom inaugurated by the class of the previous year, and met for its Baccalaureate exercises in the Assembly Hall on June 20. At four o'clock in the afternoon the graduating classes took their places in the centre of the hall, while the Faculty were seated at one side of the platform. The Normal Glee Clubtsang during the exer- cises, O Shepherd of Israel, In Heavenly Love, and a response after the prayer. Rev. E. B. Maglathlin of West Bridgewater was the speaker. His text was I. Corinthians ix, 24, also Hebrews xii, 1: Even so run that ye may attain, and Compassed about by so great a cloud of wit- nesses. To all who listened to Mr. lVIaglathlin's address this thought came clearly, -that only by the accomplishment of our daily work do we get the means and inspiration to go on to new achievements, and that the heavenly vision is required to give a broad and cheerful outlook on the difficulty of the course. In speaking to the graduates the speakers said that although they would make many mistakes and false steps, there would always be the encouragement of friends, of their Alma Mater, and above all the word of God to uplift and strengthen. As we went out from our Baccalau- reate service we had this thought to carry with us to encourage us in the work before us, -that although our way might be hard, attended by many difficulties and discouragements, the goal we have before us will be attained at last. M. E. G., '09,