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

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16 NORMALOGUE MRS. COUCH The men and the women who are lifting the world tupwarrd and onward are those who encourage more than eriticizef, ZIQOYY dear to the hearts of every girl in the class of 1916 is llrs. Couch. Ever ready with an encouraging Word she lightened the burden of many a sad hearted would-be teacher. In every sense a Woman who lifts the 'world upward and onward. In all our hearts there is a special Corner reserved for her.

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NORMALOGUE 15 .5 rr Y' ANNIE LAMPHIER Remembering what the common man may do, with proper ideals and advantages, there is no higher duty now resting upon all of us, and especially upon our educators, than to unite educa- tion and activity by the closest possible bonds, to prevent on the one hand the requirement of knowledge to no purpose, and on the other the development of operative skill with little knowledge of the true relations of thingsg to see to it that no individual shall be compelled .to choose between an education without a vocation, and a voca- tion without an education. EIN our Junior year lNIiss Lalnphier taught us basketry. Some of us were not Very apt pupils thus making doubly difficult the task ozf our inst.ructor. lYe have appreciated her efforts and realize that hers was no easy subject to teach.

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NORMALOGUE 17 ' MARY PEARSON Handiwork expressed the soul of the worker. That which is soul we weave as we live, and good or bad it tells in our ejorts. The good craftsman is he whose work is done as best he knows how. Not at once is perfection attained, but one day comes the revelation that at last mastery is achieved. This is art. JF you have never tried to make a passable genius out of common material you can not realize the task which awaited Miss Pearson in the class room each day. Never tiring of her task, but by worthy example and interesting lectures she strove to teach us the three great principles of art, namely, balance, rhythm and harmony.