Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts - Mohawk Yearbook (North Adams, MA)

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ogg F QQQLTV ROY LEON SMITH Do the duty zrhielz lies nearest thee. Thy second duty will already hare become elearerf, tfczrlyte. HIT is with a feeling of sadness and regret that we say, fare- 'vvellw to Mlr. Smith. During our Junior year our some- what dreary existence was often brightened by his witty stories and unfailing sympathy. In our Senior year he gave us some of our most helpful words of advice. Surely Mr. Smith must have adopted the following lines of Foss as his motto:- Let me live in a house by the side of the road, And be a friend to man Cgirlsjf'

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1 f'7l'tx fj , ,, xx ,W 0 iwllmg j ll i ffl ' l A 70? X' x I I 1 f I1 1 LJ 221125 ' f ll lf Z W WM3 4 l , ' ' ,f . s A --L f L-M 'ii W c. ,g , As We judge the life of every nation and people by the records left by that nation or people, so will we be judged by our records. In order that the judgment may be a just one We have tried to put forth our best efforts for It is not the number of onejs failures but the value of his successes which affords the just gauge of his genius and everyone has a right to be judged by his bestf' However, it is not for this alone that We have issued this, our Class Book but that when in the future the burdqns of the day have become almost more than we can bear and life seems sad and lonely, We may open the pages of this little volume and find therein tributes to old friendship for, 'cCelestial happiness whene'er she stoops To visit earth, one shrine the Goddess finds, And one alone to make amends, For absent Heaven-the bosom of a friendf' lNIayhap it may serve another purpose. It may inspire with hope some future member of our Alma lNIater who has for the time being forgotten that, behind the clouds is the sun, still shining.

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7 l L ! r w l l 5 ll P i l l 10 NORMALOGUE WILLIAM JOHNSON T he day of the mere professor, who deals in knowledge is gone,' and the day of the doer, who creates, has corne. The brain and the hand, too long divorced and each weak and rnean without the other, are henceforth to be one and inseparableg and this union will lift rnen to a higher level. . i -Dr. S. Hall. 4 VERY girl who leaves N. A. N. S., has some piece of wood- working, however crude and simple, which she managed to fashion under Mr. Johnsonls directions. WVhether that piece adorns her schoolroom or home it will always bring back pleasant memories of that kindly teacher whose difficult task it was to make carpenters out of girls who would fain be other- wise.