Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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NORMAL OFFERING 17 C6n111111211r21112111 mPPk, 1914. ZHrihz1g, 311112 12. Faculty Reception. Smiurhag, 3111119 13. Biennial Convention, 10 A. M. Alumni Baseball Game 3 . 30 P. M. Svunhag, 3111112 14. Baccalaureate Address, by Principal Boyden. !J1Hn11h11g, 3111119 15. Model School Graduation. FIIIPEDEIH, 511112 113. Graduation Exercises, 10.00 A. M., Address by Dr. Charles A. Prosser. Presentation of Diplomas by William Orr, Deputy Commission- er. Ivy and Class Day Exercises, 2.00 P. M. Reception by Advanced Classes, 4.00 P. M. Graduates' Reception, 8.00 P. M.

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16 NORMAL OFFERING iihiturial. S editors of this volume of the Normal Offering we have en- deavored faithfully to perform the duty that has devolved upon us. In this issue we have attempted to improve upon the pub- lications of other years. Of our success, if success it is, we do not need to invite your criticism--that will willingly enough be given. But we ven- ture to hope that you will discover not a little in this volume worthy of your approval. We ask you to receive it on its own merits. The bur- den of the fault rests upon us, but we are confident we could have done no better. The Editor-in-Chief wishes to take this opportunity to thank the following persons who have contributed such good material to this vol- ume. To Miss Bishop and Mr. Kendall: In the history of the Normal Offering we have not had a more capable Art Editor and a more efficient Business Manager than has been my good fortune to work with this year. The success of this volume has been due, to a great extent, to your untiring efforts and skillful accomplishments in your respective departments of work. To the Associate Editors: We can only say that you have done your duties willingly and faithfully. We thank you kindly for your efforts so generously given for the successful editing of this Normal Offering. To every one else who has made contributions to the Art or Literary Departments of this book: We assure you that we appreciate every help and suggestion that has been our good fortune to receive from you. We also wish to acknowledge the drawings taken from the Newton- ian and from the Westminster College year book. THE EDITOR.

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18 NORMAL OFFERING Eivnnial, 1914. HE biennial convention of the Bridgewater Normal Association was held on Saturday, June 13, '15. About four hundred graduates came back to visit their Alma Mater once more. At ten o'clock all the classes met in the Assembly Hall and then passed to the various rooms for their separate reunions. The business meeting was presided over by Alfred Bunker, vice-pres- ident of the Association. The following officers were elected: President, Dr. Albert E. Winship, vice-presidents, Robert L. O'Brien, Dr. C. Irving Fisher, Mrs. Clara B. Beatley, Julius H. Tuttle, Mrs. Clara T. Guild, Barrett B. Russell, secretary, Miss Flora M. Stuart, treasurer, Charles P. Sinnott. At twelve o'clock dinner was served in the gymnasium, the under- graduates serving as waitresses. The after-dinner speakers were Arthur C. Boyden, representing the Normal School, Miss Sarah Louise Arnold, representing the Board of Education, Reverend Sarah A. Dixon, Miss Emily C. Fisher, Mrs. Clara B. Beatley, Miss Mary H. Leonard, and Mrs. Clara T. Guild. Miss Emily C. Fisher, in speaking of the teacher's response to the needs of the community, quoted Goethe's statement that no one could consider his life complete until he had written a poem and built a house, in other words, until he had really done creative work. She urged the fact that the housing question is the largest national problem before the United States at the present time, and to the teacher is permitted a special lead- ership in the solution of this problem, because she knows this work better than any other community worker. Mrs. Clara B. Beatley was called upon to tell what Bridgewater has done for the home. She declared that the fathers and mothers who have been trained for teaching at Bridgewater have found all that they have gained in the way of education a most valuable asset in the home. She spoke especially of the high ideals of health, the systematic training of the mind, the indispensable qualities of patience, courage, and self- control which have ever pervaded the Bridgewater teaching, making it contribute equally to the highest good of the world through schools and homes built upon sure foundations. Miss Mary H. Leonard, asked to speak as a poet, read several poems which she had composed in honor of various celebrations at the school. These included those verses which she wrote for the dedication of the en- larged school-house in 1872, her verses in memory of Miss Woodward