Framingham State University - Dial Yearbook (Framingham, MA)

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DOCTOR CHALMFRS Dr. Chalmers came to Framingham as the principal of our Normal School in September 1917. He has led us in our work and play in the years since. During Dr. Chalmers' administration the number of students has greatly in- creased. There have been well over five hundred students in each of the last eight years. Through our principals effort the Vocational Household Arts School, made pos- sible under the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917, was gained for Framingham. This new department was opened in September 1920. ln Dr. Chalmers' first year the corner-stone of Horace blann Dormitory was laid. lt was his wish that it be named after Horace lylann, the founder of the normal school system of teacher training in 1VIassachusetts and in the United States. Our campus has been enlarged so that it includes the entire top of the hill, pre- serving for us not only the use of it for recreation and the outlet upon llllain Street, but also the inspiration that comes to us from the beauty of the view from our hill top and the free swing of the breezes over its crest. VVe shall always remember how much Dr. Chalmers loves this hill with its Widespread view over the valleys around us to the hills beyond. The lengthening of the Household Arts and Vocational Courses from three years to four years with the consequent granting of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education has come to us under Dr. Chalmers. How much he has enjoyed the autumn morning when each successive Senior Class has made a ceremonial ofdonning cap and gownl Through Dr. Chalmers' influence the school and the community have had the unusual opportunity during his administration of listening to such eminent men as VVilliam Howard Taft, Charles VV. Eliot, George Herbert Palmer, Bishop Ander- son, Dr. Cadman, and Dr. Angell. . ln our life here in the school Dr. Chalmers has always fostered in us the spirit of initiative and of individuality, maintaining that as professional students we could find and attain that control of self which results in an efficient, co-operative society of responsible individuals. Our Student Government Organization has been greatly appreciated and supported by him. ,lust as Dr. Chalmers has brought to us at chapel his Scotch philosophy of life for work and study, so too he has brought to us his fund of Scotch song and story to beguile us at party and at feast. To Dr. Chalmers we owe the gift of our annual Christmas festival. Of all the short lessons which Dr. Chalmers has sought to help us to learn, four stand out distinctly: A real appreciation of our home people. The beauty of the world around us as the expression of the Divine. There is no To-morrow. There is only To-day in which to work toward the goal. The man that minds his own business has a good, steady employment.

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To the Class of 1.0410 So live with your pupils that they will grow to be better and more eflieient just because they have associated with you for a year. CYASSIUS S. Iexxlsxx

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MR. LYMAN lNIr. Lyman came to Framingham Normal School in September 1919 as instructor of mathematics and supervisor of practice teaching in the Elementary Department. Previous to his coming to Framingham he had been superintendent of schools in Hudson, lVIassachusetts, for twenty-live years. Nlr. Lyman's interest in the art of teaching from the standpoint not only of teacher and pupil but also from that of superintendent gave him an especially broad apprecia- tion of the work of a supervisor of practice teaching. ln this position llflr. Lyman has devoted himself most generously and sympathetically to our interests as student teachers and to the Welfare of our Framingham graduates.