Fitchburg State University - Saxifrage Yearbook (Fitchburg, MA)

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ALONE Sun, moon and stars have gone: there is no light. The deep, pulsating blackness of the night Surrounds the house. Within, a candle blows Queer shadows into corners as it glows. While I, in quavering bravado. dress In all the meager grandeur I possess- A Chinese coat, its edges dulled and frayed By long-dead mandarins, a ring of jade, A pair of padded slippers and a fan. And now I sit upon this low divan Cross-legged, with hands in sleeves, to welcome all My lordly courtiers who come to call. I dare not look about me lest I see A very frightened child, who might be me. GERTRUDE HARTY, Poet Laureate ,35 l20l

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY WITH every sweeping change in the organization of any institution there must be a trail-blazer, and it was in this capacity that the Class of 1935 began its career as the first four year class in the Fitchburg Normal School in September 1931. On March 31, 1932, the two announcements that were to affect our school and our careers most greatly. were made--the right to grant the degree of Bache- lor of Science in Education, and the accompanying change of name to the Mas- sachusetts State Teachers College at Fitchburg. For the first time in its history, the college now offered programs in three departments: the Elementary Cirades, the Junior High School, and in the field of Practical Arts. Curricula were re- vised to establish the college on a collegiate basis scholastically, and to allow students the opportunity to major in the fields in which their interests lay. Physically, our college has grown just as rapidly and as strikingly. A new and beautifully modern Practical Arts building has been added to the campus: a dormitory, Palmer Hall, has been given to the men: and, due to the rise of our athletic teams to collegiate ranking, plans are underway for a new gymnasium. Our athletic field is also in the process of change, and will shortly be remodeled, enclosed, and equipped with stands. Many new features have also been added to the social life of the student body, the most outstanding of which are: the Junior Promenade, the Senior Prome- nade, the colorful Winter Carnival Week-end, the hilarious Saxifrage Stunt Night, and the Sophomore Class Day Hop. As trail-blazers we were confronted with many new situations. experi- ments, and problems. In meeting them we met with successes and failures, and if we blazed out guide posts for future classes at our Teachers College then we feel that we have been successful in our attempt to fight all our might, and onward to victory strive. 1221