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

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Mrs. Qiherga Van QEttzn RS. Van Etten came to us as matron in 1915. She attended the Oneonta, N. Y., High School, the Oneonta State Normal, Business School, and Boston School of Domestic Science. By her many kindnesses to us all, she has won our great esteem, and has helped many a homesick or unhappy girl to a more cheerful frame of mind. Because of her readiness to further any good cause, and to make things more homelike for all the girls, she has a warm place in our hearts. For all that she has done for us we are profoundly grateful, and to her the Class of 1917 extends its best Wishes. 24 i W-Miglia g gg-Q

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Mrs. Qiuunb I RS. Couch, you seem to be our best friend, remarked a Senior to her one day. That is what I desire most to be, she replied, and that is what she always has been. To Whom do we go with tales of woe concerning lesson plans or tests? Who always gives us wisest counsel? To that dear lady our debt indeed is great. Wherexfer the girls of N. A. N. S. have gone, the reputation of their beloved Mrs. Couch has spread. Students have been influenced to come to our school by stories of her kindness. Who would knowingly hurt her? just her I'll take your Word for it arouses the best in each and every one. Mrs. Couch is a graduate of Butchel College, Akron, Ghio, where the A.M. degree was conferred on her. Also, she took a special course at Edinboro Normal School. In the high schools of Union City and Cambridge Springs, Penn., Mrs. Couch taught German and mathematics. Afterwards, she came to North Adams and became principal of Veazie St. School and, later, of Mark Hopkins School. At the opening of the Normal School and the establishment of Mark Hopkins as a training school, Mrs. Couch was made instructor of the Normal students in penmanship, child study, school organization and manage- ment. On the top Floor of Mark Hopkins she meets the girls, and succeeds in tucking in many useful suggestions and bits of advice between the facts of the lessons. 23

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Marion iiantnarh ISS Howard came to us in 1915 as Assistant Matron. She is a graduate of the Lexington Mass. High School, and the Boston School of Domestic Science. 7 Always ready to enter into any fun, always ready to go on hikes, to go coasting or skating she has indeed come to be loved by all the girls. The members of the Class of 1917 leave to her best wishes for happiness. A 25