Emerson College - Emersonian Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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SENI O IB 8 Lovers of beauty without having lost the taste for simplicity, and lovers of wisdom without having lost manly vigor. — PERICLES.

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Edna M. Shaw Elsie R. Riddell H. James Rockel Arthur Edes George Demeter Grover C. Shaw Elvie Burnett Willard Harry L. Kozol Elmer Hall John C. Scammell Paul Kelsey

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SENIOR OFFICERS Alene Lincoln, President Gertrude Muldowney, Secretary Natalie Ackerman, Vice President Toba Berman, Treasurer SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Station E. C. O. presents a historical sketch entitled “Four Years With the Class of 1933.” We now turn the microphone over to the principal players and the supporting members of the class. “Hello Everybody! Imagine yourselves back in the year 1929. The scene is in the chapel, and the principal role is taken by Ann Herzog, who, as president, guided the greenest of the green freshman through all the various vicissitudes which confront all freshmen. The high spot of the year was the Freshman Stunt, an original Spanish musical comedy written by one of the members of the class. The plot seems to have slipped our memory, but the songs and dances will be added to that small group of never-to-be-forgotten recollections. The scene jumps to the year 1930. The principal role this time goes to Mr. Stanley Ma- son, the sophomore president. The class worked very diligently to make the Stunt a huge suc- cess, with the result that the most eminent critics acclaimed it to be the best sophomcVre panto- mime ever given at Emerson. Knowing that all work and no play makes Jack and all the little Jills a trifle dull, the sophomores entered into plans for a Hop. The Hop was held at the Cop- ley Plaza, and was one of the big social events of the college year. We shift scenes again, and find ourselves in the Junior class. The year is 1931. Alene Lincoln is president, and under her able and enthusiastic guidance, the class plunges at once into the work that characterizes Junior Year. With perseverance and lots of hard labor, the class ac- complishes several important things. A Year Book is published; Junior-Senior debate is held, with the honors going to the juniors: a unique Song Day and Stunt begin Junior Week; a play “Kismet is given, the first Junior play to be held at Emerson; and Junior Week ends with the loveliest of Junior Proms held at the Statler Hotel. The Junior year is often the hardest, but we think that without doubt it is most pleasant. And now we are in the present. Alene Lincoln still plays the principal role as president. The first important event of the senior year was the Sneak-day picnic, which the seniors won. There was never a more beautiful autumn, nor more fun had by any class at any time. The Revival play, Thomas Dekker’s “The Shoemaker s Holiday” was the next which required the time and efforts of the Senior Class. Mid-year exams roll around and the seniors spend a hectic- week cramming and burning the midnight oil. so that they may all be graduated. That mile- stone is passed successfully, and all thoughts are turned toward Commencement Week and its many activities. The annual Commencement Recital and Tea, the Debate, the Play, and the Alumni Luncheon are memorable events which take place that week. Finally the great day dawns. The seniors live through it some way or other and find themselves walking up the aisle and climbing the platform to get the cherished diploma. When the last diploma is given, many tearful adieus are said, and four happy and profitable years come to an end. Station E. C. O We have given you a brief resume of the historical sketch entitled “Four Years With the Class of 1933“ and are signing off until the next reunion. “We hope you like it. I H 1