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

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I H. , Xxx., LX--f Mrs. mba Emma Graves HE girls who have taken the Kindergarten Course are those who have especially benefited by Mrs. Graves' extensive experienceg they have also been greatly attracted by her charming personality. f Mrs. Graves graduated from a private school and college in southern Kentucky, as well as the Louisville Kindergarten Association. Here also, she was principal of a private kinder- garten for one year. During the next four years, she was principal of the Parent-Kindergarten and supervisor of other kindergartens under the management of the Louisville Association. . During this time, Mrs. Graves was critic of the Froebelian schools of manual work for the normal training classes. After this, she spent a number of years as training teacher in the State Normal School at Willimantic, Connecticut, and as principal of the practice kindergarten, she supervised other kindergartens in that city. Since 1904, she has been Kindergarten training teacher in the Mark Hopkins Training school and kindergarten Primary instructor in our Normal School. The class of 1917 is glad to have been under Mrs. Graves' sympathetic supervision. 19

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iiaannah iBercihaI Waterman LTHOUGH the class of 1917 as a whole has never come in contact with Miss Waterman in her professional capacity, nevertheless, we will always remember her graciousness. Miss Watennan is a graduate of Bridgewater Normal School, and took special courses at Hyannis Normal School, Massachusetts Agricultural College, and Butler College, In- dianapolis. She taught in the elementary gardes in Taunton and Chelsea, Mass., and Mark Hopkins School, North Adams, Mass., and for two years was principal of a public training school in Indianapolis. Miss Waterman's teaching experience also includes her work in the summer normal schools at Johnson and Castleton, Vermont. Now she supervises our rural training schools, and since 1912 has directed our Extension Department. Miss Watennan is a member of the North Adams Woman's Club, North Adams Equal Franchise League, Massachusetts Audubon Society, Massachusetts Child Labor Commission, National Geographic Society, National Education Association, and the Education Committee of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. V , 18

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Cllilig-ahetb V. Gilaern ISS O'Hern was born in North Adams, Where she received her education in St. joseph's Parochial School, graduating in 1910. Our own Normal School next welcomed her, and kept her till June 1912. Still pursuing knowledge, she went to the Massachusetts Agricultural College, and then to Simmons. These institutions prepared her for her position in the North Adams Normal School, where she is a teacher of Domestic Arts. So the school which welcomed her as a student now is honored by having her among its instructors. 20