Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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CLASSES CLARA MARY ALMSTEAD 79 VVest Street, Greenfield, Mass. VV. A. A. '24-285 Hockey '24-'28g Basketball '24'-285 Baseball '24-'28g VV. A. A. Board '27'-285 President of NV. A. A. '27-'28g NORMAL OFFERING Board '25-'27g Class Secretary-Treasurer '25-'26g Clee Club '25-'26g French Club '25-'26. Clara has poise and a ready vocabulary, thus making us proud of her when she speaks in Chapel. She deserves praise in studies and ath- letics, for she excels in everything that she does. Clara was one of the noble group who elected English history this year. As president of YV. A. A., she continued to uphold the high standards of that organization. MARY DOROTHY BAIR 1 Healy Street, Dudley, Mass. NV. A. A. '25-'28g Library Club '24-'28g Secretary-Treasurer of Library Club '26-'27g Dormitory Council '26-'27g Vice-President of Normal Hall '26-'27g Hospitality Committee '26-'27, Mary Bair is one of those fortunate persons who possesses a disposition which refuses to become ruffled. Mary gives one the impression of being demure, but don't you believe it! One day, just before school, she succeeded in locking herself in her room and had to be rescued by a knight in overalls, armed with ham- mer and screw-driver. Mary is worthy of being called friend, LILLIAN ISABEL BLINN Main Street, Dighton. Garden Club '24-'26. NV. A. A. '24-'27, Blinnie belongs to the group of commuters from Fall River. A straight black bob buried perhaps in a book on the history of arty rimmed glasses perched on a straight noseg a smile even in the face of difficulty-that might describe Blinnie. ...z 1... m 15 r

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l928 NORMAL OFFERING I - f-w -ea t t t r A J President ...... THOMAS CHESTER BARHAM, JR. Vice-President . . . FRANCES MAY BRYANT Secretary . . . ELEANOR VVILSON GOMLEY Treasurer . . . ALFREDA OSBORNE RITCHIE History SCENE: The front steps of the main building at the Normal School, Bridgewater. CHARACTERS: A stranger - An undergraduate of the school QThey are watching a huge passenger plane disappear into the air.j Undergraduate: I see, stranger, you are watching with interest the departure of that air plane. i Stranger: 'fYes, I am. Can you tell me about the passengers in it? L I should be glad to, for you should know about them. They are the forty-three illus trious members of the graduating class of 1928, leaving school after four happy years spent together in work and play. They are unique in one experience, for they have attended classes in the old building being Freshmen when the fire occurred on December 10, 1924: in the Basement Col lege, and they are fortunate in having been in the new building two years. S How interesting! Tell me more of the activities of this group. U They have stood their ground admirably in all their endeavors: scholastically, athlet ically and socially. As Freshmen they were content to follow the lead of their super iors, but made their presence felt in a quiet, unassuming way. During their Sophomore year they began to step into the lime-light with theirrevival of the old dances at the Social of the '26's. That night Miss Newton appeared in a beautiful old-fashioned gown and told the group about the socials of her day, and in one more way endeared herself to the whole school. In their third, or Junior year, the athletes shone, and the class came out on top in many events. At the end of this year some of their number decided to graduate so boarded their planes and flew into the world. This year was rather saddened by the tragic death of one of the men-one who will never be forgotten for his scholastic ability and ever-pleasant manner. At last their Senior year came. One night early in the year they, as a class, took the whole school on a tour of the Far East at their Social, and from that time forth the Normal School began to be known as Note-Book Land. This final year was a happy and benehcial one to each and every member, and now they have departed into the world to take their chosen places. ELEANOR W. GOMLEY ...Q 14 5...

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'I I 928 NORMAL OFFERING RUTH PARKER BOEHNER 388 Titicut Street, State Farm, Mass. W. A. A. '25-'28g Baseball '25-'28g Basketball '26-'28g Hockey '26-'28, Cfirl Scouts '26-'28, We have often scoffed at the suggestion that students continually burn the midnight oil, but that was before we met: Beanie. She has shown us that much is to be gained by basking in such ghastly light, for she is not only a class leader in scholarship, but a great worker in social and athletic affairs. It is always difficult to say just where she is, but the nearest guess is somewhere between Middleboro and Hanover, going strong. Ruth's crowning achievement came in her A year, when she put the Lost and Found Department on a paying basis. MARION BOTTOMLEY 625 June Street, Fall River. Dormitory Council '28: Library Club '27-H283 Library Staff '28g IV. A. A. '28. One of the first things they told us in 1924 was that good thick notebooks meant something . Marion took it liter- ally. XVe remember the day when she had to make three trips to bring in her literature notebook. Never mind, we may be jealous, but we admit her laurels. Few of us know more about books and libraries than Marion, and that will give her prestige-that indefinable something-in teaching. 9 Paul Rex ere Road, Arlington heights, Mass. Clee Club '24-'26, WV. A. A. '24-'28, NV. A. A. Board '26-'27, Hock- ey '27-'28g NORMAL OFFERING Board '27-'28. Briny, with her curly smile and pale gold hair, has been a staunch friend during all four years. Unassuming, yet one always finds her present when occasion demands either hard work or a bit of nonsense. Briny's penmanship causes her much an- noyance, so she usually resorts to a special system of printing with characters all her own. Normal Hall is going to lose a Fine song-leader and hockey-team member when Briny leaves in june. The campus will lose the sight of Briny and Peg strolling about, and they are going to be missed. -4 16 t...