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

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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

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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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Qgsiijiiejilg as ajejsesff V, 1 -v ' , V f , Z i A 5 ann, . J , E A ' Q .f 5 ha 5 E i 2 J 1 bg 1 71,92 -fi ' ' ,.s....L m ' ir jx -:gs e- l3-mn3-lim-l,nl!g-AnE1.iL1'1i':AzL.b K TZ- 12: li-fztgf 5-gf - 1a:'t'.I-.egv 1355 of 1917 Qfmma mary Barrett ADAMS, MAss. I t was only ll cheery song, And little it cost in giving: But it brightened the irholc day long, And made lzfe worth the living. Each morning Em rides from Adams. We must not think, however, that she would try to bribe the conductor to make his car late. Indeed it is rumored that she wept quantities of tears when obliged to miss chapel because the car and the track parted company. A faithful member of the Glee Club and the Emporiall' society is Em. The meetings of the latter she attends generally on week days. Why? Better ask her. Onc more thing must be mentioned, namely, her indiscribable laughg No patent is necessary, as it cannot be imitated. Qlmira luuise Blancbarh NORTH ADAMS, Mass. Hlllrlrle of wisdom and of fun, She is virtuous, and she is fair. Nine o'clock A. M.! Almira has not arrived. Nine three A. M.! Almira quietly slips into her carefully picked seat in the back of the hall, and nods a good morning to all. She is an enthusiastic worker and ever faithful to her Alma Mater, even though she will file out along with her classmates without becoming reconciled to every afternoon spent on the hill. She is a great athletic girl and we all have to look up to her. In other ways, too, she is a great girl, first in ambition, and again in disposition. 'tFor conscience' sake! Yes, there's no mistaking, that's Almira. And now for the secret: she took the Household Arts Course! ! Congratulations, Myra! lump Ziillian ZBIUUU STAMFORD, VT. She hath a llflhllffll, wise sincerity: a simple l7 Illl1flll7lCSS, and these have Icnt her a dignity as mozielcss as the center. Lucy has spent two quiet years here, enjoying to the fullest extent the opportunities offered by the curriculum. At the Dorm, her chief diversions have been conversations and repose. Those who know her best say her conversation is worthy of a. better name, and her manner itself is indicative of the last-named quality. Lucy's soft, sweet voicc is almost Quaker-like. Perhaps glikelthe waters still shc's very decpg she knows a heap, I've ounc . 28