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

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Thomas jf. Qllummings ERE we have a man, born and educated in our own city, who, as teacher of manual train- ing, has the hard task of introducing a man's tools to a hundred or so girls. It is not what you would call plane sailing for him, for such hard work of it as the girls make, you never saw. He knows how to teach them to hit the nail on the head without sacrificing a thumb nail, and how to do many kinds of carpentry, which, we think is very square of him, since the girls have to screw up their courage to obey a single rule, If you have never taught girls how to do these things you cannot appreciate the difficulty of his occupation. However, he must have many occasions which keep his sense of humor in good working order. For three years he has taught manual training to the boys of the North Adams' public schools and this year added to his work by teaching Normal girls. In 1916 he took a summer course at Columbia University. 26

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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

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william H. Johnson MR. Johnson came to teach in Normal in 1912 and remained here until 19113. As juniors We greatly enjoyed his work in handicraft. His patience must have been unlimited! as it was no small task to teach so many girls how to saw and plane boards. Mr. Johnson took a course in mechanical engineering at the Lawrence Scientific School in Cambridge, Mass., and summer courses in theory at Hyannis, and in metalwork and pattern- making at Columbia University. A year ago he left us in order to engage in business in Mattapoisett, Mass. 27