Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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A NORMAL OFFERING 27 Elizahprh iamg, 1359--1912. HE Bridgewater Normal School has always been fortunate in the high quality of devoted service of its teachers. It is not too much to say that this has made the school what it is. In September, 1891, there began a long period of such service, when Miss Elizabeth H. Perry became Director of the Manual Arts Department of the school. Miss Perry was educated at Miss Carring- ton's Private School in Richmond, Va., at the Westfield Normal School, and at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, in addition she took many courses of instruction under the best specialists, and was always in touch with the foremost thought of the time concerning her profes- sion. While Supervisor of Drawing in Chelsea, Mass., she was selected by the State Supervisor of Drawing CMr. Henry T. Baileyj to assist in formulating a course in art education for the Normal Schools. While at Bridgewater she was selected by the ten charter members of the Council of Supervisors of Manual Arts for membership in that body, and was among the first to be elected to its active membership. In 1902 she prepared for the Year Book of the Council a bibliography of her profession, called A Working Library for the Supervisor of Manual Arts, which is still the best work of its kind extant. Her wide influence, both in and out of her profession, was of the highest order. She was both student and artist, combining the eager, open mind of the one, with the enthusiasm and lofty ideals of the other. Nothing short of excellence contented her. If exacting in her demands from others, she was more exacting with herself. A task was to her an opportunity for the consecration of all her energies. She counted no amount of time spent in preparation as lost if it made the perfect result more probable. Her teaching was marked by wonderful clarity, penetration, and power. An authority says of her, Miss Perry was one of the most capable supervisors of drawing and handicraft in the United States. For nineteen years she gave to Bridgewater Normal School the very best of her life. ,

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26 NORMAL OFFERING of the faithful agents of the Board-some of them Bridgewater gradu- ates-who had been his associates in striving to uplift the common schools of Massachusetts. Thus, in an address full of sparkling wit and shrewd wisdom, he made us partakers for the time in his experience and thought. No wonder that a former pupil, in writing of his remarkable keenness of perception, said, No word ever meant more to a pupil than Mr. Martin's 'Goodl ' I wonder if he knows how much it meant. The absence of Mr. Albert G.. Boyden was a great disappointment to everyone and called forth many expressions of regret. The numbers and unmistakable enthusiasm of those present gave promise of a large and successful Biennial gathering at Bridgewater in June. r MYRA E. HUNT, , Secretary. Uhr 012111 nf Thr Spring. OUT in the fields and the meadows, Away from the lessons and all, Out in the green, grassy places, Where the whip-poor-wills softly call: Down by the clear, sparkling brooklet, With its pebbles still shining below, Down on the soft, mossy banking, Where' the dainty blue violets grow: Under the whispering pine trees, Away from the gentle shower, For no tiny raindrop from cloud-land E'er came to this safe-hidden bower: Up on the far-away hill-top, i Scanning the country around, You feel just a bit lighter hearted For here perfect freedom is found : Out where the April breezes V Right merrily fan your hair, 3 And take, as they gently blow onward, Your hurry, your worry, your care : f Yes, this is the call of the Springtimeg Refreshing, inspiring. -Your creed :- Haste g give of you life to its beauty, And of its first calling take heed. G. B. RANDALL

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28 NORMAL OFFERING In an address at her funeral, Mr. Henry Turner Bailey named as her chief characteristics her love of truth, devotion to duty, and love of children. His closing Words Were, In the life upon which this loyal soul has novv entered, she Will rejoice in knowing as she Was knowng she Will be glad to be included among those servants Who serves Him and who see His face, she will take delight in the beauty of the city Whose foundations are precious stones and Whose gates are pearls, but perhaps most of all she will be happy to see the fulfillment of the prophecy: 'The streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls, playing in the streets thereof! Elwilight. TWILIGHT deepens far and Wide across the Waters, And the sun's rays fall in glittering splendor. Through the tall pines on the bank the breezes loiterg Darkness falls o'er all with softest grandeur. Thus may come the twilight of a mighty lifetime Spent in all the noblest deeds of kindness. After all the brightest colors of the conflict Shadows lengthen into gentle darkness.