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

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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.

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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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18 NORMALOGUE BERTHA SHOLES Not the size of the task, but the spirit shown in the task, is the measure of the manf, ISS SHOLES came to us in our Senior year. To her kindly teaching many of us owe our tirst thorough knowledge of those things which make a home a delight to live in. Although she has not been a member of our faculty during our entire course she has endeared herself to the Class of 1916 and will not be soon forgotten by them.