Framingham State University - Dial Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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8 path which looks difficult and hard to climb is made pleasant by a splendid unity of purpose in hopeful preparation for our life work. We leave with you our heartiest good wishes. THE public is calling today for teachers who can do things. The question is not- What does she know, but, What can she do ? An accumulation of subject-matter is necessary-to some degree that can be obtained from books, but the ability to do, to guide and direct and train the child, is the teacher's power, and it can come only through her own development, mental, moral and physical. Framingham has led us to a realization of this fact. She has given us subject-matter, surely, but beyond and above this, she has sought to train us to become true women to understand the situa- tion and able teachers to control it. Live to the Truth Live to the Truth, -'tis for that We've studied and worked and striven, And may it be for that to us, That power and help be given. May we be guided in each deed By the motto of our youth, May we learn always in such need To just- Live to the truth. ' Now we alone must run our race And reach desired goals But may the words Live to the truth Be 'graven on our souls. L. O.

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Editorials IN one of our morning talks, Mr. Whittemore said to us : You have to teach every day in the week. It set us to thinking, as what Mr. Whittemore says is sure to do. ' It is not tomorrow or next week that the important lesson is coming and that the things worth while will happen, but today, in each homely little duty, the teacher is building for that which will count. It will not appear in a week or a month, and often it is only the successor who will see the results of our earnest efforts. Those results, however, have grown through the constant fulfill- ment of homely tasks and the working out of every day problems. As we grow in wisdom and experience we must surely see the glory that so many of us associate with the anticipated things in life, in the little happenings that come each day, and, with en- thusiasm, use what lies at hand to teach the lessons of each day in the week. TO the teacher who has become so dear to us all, whose council has cleared away troubles and perplexities that have beset us and whose bright smile and cheery words have lifted many a mist of despondency, we want to say: We have missed you. The phrase can mean little and it can mean much. We are sure that you, whom we have grown to know and love, will understand all that is in our hearts that has here been left unsaid. Our deepest sympathy has been with you in your illness g to- day, we are rejoicing in your recovery. The love and good wishes of the class of ,O9 are extended to you. EARLY in the year Mr. Whittemore suggested that the Senior Class institute a new custom--that of having a Class Day. With the beautiful grounds with which we are favored, it seems most fitting that Framingham should have a Class Day, and we are glad to announce that the class decided to adopt Mr. NVhitte- more's suggestion. Arrangements for the program are in the hands of a committee and we are looking forward to a most de- lightful day. THE class of 1909 extends its greetings and the hand of good fellowship to the class of IQIO. As you take our place as Seniors, let us assure you that the

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9 Uur Trees and Shrubs I DOUBT if many of us have ever stopped to consider whence came the many beautiful trees with which our grounds are so .profusely studded. Can we for a minute imagine these grounds without the trees and shrubs which some kind hand has placed here for our enjoyment? Surely our beautiful evergreens, elms, and maples were not thirty or twenty years ago what they are to- day. Iam sure a great many of us would be surprised at the change that has taken place in the past fifty years on Normal Hill. When the Normal School was transferred to Framingham in 185 3, the site chosen was a large orchard on Bare Hill, now known as Normal Hill. We all love orchards as such, but there are very few people who would admire an orchard as a setting for a State institution of this kind. So from time to time the orchard trees gradually disappeared, until now the only remnant of the orchard is the large Baldwin apple tree in front of Crocker Hall. In my Search for a little knowledge concerning the present trees and shrubs on our grounds, I found that Miss Annie E. John- son, principal of the school from 1866 to 1875, and Miss Ellen Hyde, principal from 1875 to 1898, were the chief gardeners, while several classes from 1890 to the present day have con- tributed many valuable trees to the collection. The maple trees which are on the grounds were planted when the first school building was erected, as was also a fine cork bark elm given by George B. Emerson, author of Trees and Shrubs of Massachusetts, a very valuable book. This elm was destroyed when May Hall was erected, but in front of Wells Hall we have a new cork bark elm given by the class of 1904. The remaining elm trees on the grounds were planted by Miss Johnson. It is probable that the early budding plants were favorites of Miss johnson, for she also planted the horse chestnut tree in front of Crocker Hall, the sweet briar and honeysuckle at the south end of Crocker Hall, and the honeysuckle at the south end of Normal Hall. For the cluster of beautiful evergreens, the one green spot the whole year round, we are indebted to Miss Hyde. Around Normal Hall we find a great deal of her beautiful work. The crab apple tree, the lilacs behind Normal Hall, the hemlocks, the silvery birches, the barberry bushes, and the sweet scented pine- apple bush are all of Miss Hyde's selection. just at the south end of Normal Hall is a pink Deutzia given to Miss Hyde by Miss johnson's mother. Another beautiful cluster which Miss Hyde