Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1939 volume:

T+H-E- CONNINO TOWE-fx 19 39 VlNCIT QUI se- VlNCIT •PLYMOUTH NOfcMAL SC+4 OOL TABLE OF CONTENTS CLASS BOOK STAFF Dedication President’s Message Class Ode Faculty Seniors Alumni Underclassmen Sports Literature Campus Social Calendar Advertising I U u u a a a a a a k We wish to thank Mrs. Furlong for her assistance in making this Conning Tower a success. Editors Marian Collins Isabel Plummer Associate Editors Elinor Parmenter Gladys Hinman Genevieve Goudie Art Editor Walter Scott Business Managers Lucille Smith Elvi Keurulaincn Advertising Dorothy Luzo Helen Johnson Gertrude Sargent Photograph Committee Arlene Caldwell Olive Marshall Dorothy Berry Faculty Adviser Mrs. Eva Furlong 2 MAY DAY 3 Luther John Pollard In appreciation of the many kindnesses which you have shown us during our attendance at Plymouth Normal School, our class of 1939 wishes to dedicate this Conning Tower to you, Mr. Pollard. 4 CLASS ODE pp fvr'c n hi w 1 w si - r -H — T d d J r 4 —p L: —j—: 4 7- =j = ibL ■� -1-M H-1 We sing to thee, Alma Mater, With hearts that are true and sincere, Thinking o’er the years together. The joys we hold so dear. How cherished arc the mem’ries Of friends and teachers true; How well we will remember How much to thee is due. We’re aiming toward our goal, And yearning to make it true. We will keep the pledge before us, As we tower toward the blue. Thy trust we’ll hold so high; Let others behold its light, And keep the torch ever burning For ever in thy sight. 5 The President's Message A decade is a long time in youth; it is a short time within an era of change. For ten years our world has been in stress and torment. Your instructors in high school and college have not been so sure of themselves in teaching service, especially in social and economic lines, as were teachers of earlier decades. Perhaps this has been good for you as well as for the teachers. You will go out from Plymouth, I hope, still questing, mindful of a great challenge to find Truth. Wisdom, sophistry, error, hatred and injustice are in high places struggling for mastery. The world is everywhere on the march; but whither? 1939 marches. We who teach have great responsibility especially in the democratic states. In totalitarian culture, indoctrination is easy; it need not involve truth. Indoctrination is easily backed by force; unthinking minds are easily made receptive by emotional propaganda. Even strong minds denied information by censorship and misrepresentation may logically draw conclusions from false premises. Hysteria of almost any kind can result from clever propaganda. Most of us are susceptible. Americans are not ready yet to surrender faith in our democratic institutions, but millions are so confused and so insecure in economic status as to be easily led by those who might advocate fundamental change holding promise of alleviation in some particular way, yet fraught with grave dangers to the fundamental principles of our American pattern. We must never forget that all our teaching aims to develop intelligent citizenship in the United States of America. We shall recognize that nature, the child, human society, and governmental institutions are not static; eternal change makes them all dynamic. Shall that change be progressive, errant or retrogressive? In a democracy everything depends upon the quality of thinking of the people. Which leaders shall be followed? On that following hangs destiny. Because we common people are free to follow, our majority choice must be sound. Out of the schools must come personalities of goodwill because a complex of hate builds undemocratic societies. To goodwill must be added intelligence in judging what is truth, half-truth or error. The wisdom of all the books you teach will be as nothing compared to the personalities you lead along paths of intelligent discovery, social participations, economic sanity and spiritual goodwill. Ernest L. Silver v He did his very best to makf The billows smooth and bright And this was very odd because it was The middle of the night Lf vlS CMftOLL WAlT-t ALAN SCOTT Ernest Leroy Silver President Dartmouth College, B.L.; Pd.D.; Harvard Summer School. Guy Edwin Speare Superintendent of Schools and Director of Training Dartmouth College, A.B.; Harvard University, Ed.M. - N fk Beatrice Ella Hodgdon Physical Education Plymouth Normal School; Posse Normal School; Harvard University, Summer Term; Columbia University, B.S.; A.M. Harry Preble Swett History and Social Science Amherst College, A.B.; Harvard University, A.M.; Harvard University, Summer School; Columbia University, Summer School. Eva Earll Furlong English Cornell University, Ph.B.; A.M.; Columbia University Summer School. Geneva May Smith Mathematics Farmington State Normal School, Maine; Boston University, B.S. in Ed.; University of Maine, Summer School; (Leave of absence first semester, 1931-1932). 8 William Freemont Skelton Training School Supervisor Plymouth Normal School; Boston University, B.S. in Ed.; A.M. Ruth Olive Bozarth Geography Illinois State Normal University, B.Ed.; Columbia Teachers College, A.M. Robert John Ernst Commerce Iowa State Teachers’ College, A.B.; State University of Iowa, A.M. Evelyn Marguerite Waugh History Farmington Normal School; University of Maine, Pd.B., A.B.; graduate work, University of Washington; University of California, A.M. Bertha Elizabeth Farrell French; Latin Middlebury College, A.B.; graduate student Middlebury College; Summer School, Middlebury College; (Leave of absence first semester, 1931-1932). Luther John Pollard Education Lawrence College, A.B.; University of Wisconsin, A.M.; Harvard University, Graduate School; Professor of Education and Philosophy, Lombard College; University of Maine. 9 Beatrice Mary Witham Commerce Tuft College, B.S.; Boston University, Ed.M.; Bryant and Stratton Business School, Summer Session and Evening Session. Gertrude E. McGunigle Music Mount Holyoke College, A.B.; Teachers College, Columbia University, A.M.; Summer at Institute of Music Pedagogy, Northampton, Massachusetts. Voice study in Boston, Springfield, Indianapolis, and New York. Robert L. Stevenson Art Massachusetts School of Art, B.S.; Boston University, Ed.M.; Boston University Art School; Harvard Art School. Robert Lucius Boyd Band Director and Gardener Massachusetts State College, B.S.; University of New Hampshire, Ed.M. Mildred I. LeMaire Health and Nursing Bridgewater, Mass., State Teachers College; Boston University, B.E.; Taunton State Hospital School of Nursing; Boston City Hospital, R.N. Elinor Parsons Librarian Wellesley, A.B.; University of Illinois Library School, B.S. in L.S. 10 Irene Szalajeska Home Economics Keene Normal School, B.Ed. Rosamon Cole Assistant Librarian University of New Hampshire; Simmons College, B.S. Gladys Pearl Twitchell Critic and Headmaster Orford High School Farmington Normal School; Colby College, A.B.; Summer Sessions, Columbia University; Columbia University, A.M. Carmen Taylor Critic and Headmaster Dalton High School Bates College, A.B.; Columbia University Summer School; Boston University, Ed.M. C. Adelaide Merriman Critic and Headmaster Hampstead High School; Farming-ton Normal School, Maine; Boston University, B.S. in Ed.; Columbia University, A.M. Anna Bean Brown Critic Simmons College, University of Maine, B.S.; University of New Hampshire, Ed.M.; Summer School, University of New Hampshire; Summer School, Plymouth Normal School. 11 Evelyn Werme Critic State Normal School, Worcester, B.S. in Ed. Marion Katherine Seavey Principal of Training School Plymouth Normal School; Rhode bland College of Education, Summer; University of New Hampshire; Boston University, B.S. in Ed.; Boston University, Ed.M. Marguerite E. Waegeneerc Critic Plymouth Normal School, B. of Ed.; University of New Hampshire, M.A. Berthe-Marie Desmarais Critic State Teachers College, Lowell, Massachusetts; Boston University, B.S., A.M.; Substitute teaching in Lowell High School; Bartlett Junior High School, Lowell, Massachusetts. Lulu M. Hoyt Critic Gorham Normal School; Castine Normal School, Hyannis State College; Boston University, B.S. in Ed. Mariettc Bowles Critic Middlebury College, A.B.; University of N.H., M.A. 12 Clara E. Morion Critic State Teacher! College, Salem, Mass.; B.S. in Education. Constance Fowler Kindergarten Graduate of Wheelock School of Kindergarten and Primary Training, Boston, Mass.; Organ study. New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. Gertrude Ida Shaw Registrar and Secretary to President 13 Mrs. Mabel Haigh Mary Lyon Hall Matron Maud V. Gile Clerk I- • 14 ■■ 11 SEEMS A SHAME I HE WALE US SAID, fot-iA them such a tpick After wf vf brought them out so far And made them trot so quick I t r hjfcx LEWIS CARROUU VALT£f. A LAN SCOTT Beatrice Mary Witham To the Graduates of the Four Year Commerce Curricul um Vocational guidance in the small high school is largely the responsibility of the teacher of business. The assumption of that responsibility should be taken seriously and gladly by the business teacher to whom teaching is more than a means of earning a livelihood. Without wise educational and vocational guidance, both the individual and society must suffer. To prepare himself for this service, the business teacher must keep in mind that Commencement is but the beginning of a broad program of enlarging his field of vision. Vacations offer splendid opportunities for the business teacher to obtain that practical business experience, so necessary for an understanding of the requirements of the job, and for vitalizing and modernizing the courses he offers in his classes. The business teacher who takes these responsibilities seriously does not find teaching a soft snap; and unless he is willing to sacrifice self to service, he should pass the torch to someone more vitally interested in a life of service to the community. 16 Beatrice Witham ELVI E. KEURULAINEN Eek” New Ipswich, N. H. Junior Glee Club (I); Forum (1) (2), Secretary-Treasurer (i); Representative (3); Class Secretary-Treasurer (3) (4); Athletic Association Secretary-Treasurer (3); Yearbook Staff Business Manager (4); Varsity Basketball (1) (3) (4); Volleyball (1) (2) (3); Speedball (1) (2) (3); Baseball (1) (2) (3); Baseball Leader (2); Bowling Tournament (1) (2) (3); Badminton Tournament (2) (3); Tennis Tournament (2). DOROTHY MAY LUZO Luzo” Lancaster, N. H. Varsity Basketball (1) (2) (3) (4); Orchestra (1) (2) (3) (4); Speedball (1) (2) (3); Pan-Athenaeum (2) (3); Advertising Manager of Yearbook (4). Her personality has won us, her wit has made us laugh, but with all her fun-loving spirit, she was one of the most conscientious girls of our class. GERTRUDE SARGENT “Tilla” Ashland, N. H. Commuter’s Basketball Team (1) (3), Secretary-Treasurer (1); Class Basketball Team (3); Class Marshal (3); Advertising Manager of Yearbook (4). Gertrude's charm and good qualities have won the admiration of all who know her. LUCILLE ELIZABETH SMITH Smitty’’ Hinsdale, N. H. Speedball (I); Basketball (1); Representative (2); Chief Justice (3); Orchestra (1) (2) (3) (4); Band (1) (2) (3) (4), Secretary (2), Librarian (3); Junior Glee Club (I); Forum (1) (2); Class President (3); Business Manager of Yearbook (4). “I shall never laugh but in that maid’s company.”—Shakttptart. 17 Harry Preble Swett To the Graduate of the Secondary Curriculum The final aim of man's intelligence is to understand the universe of which we arc a part. In the nineteenth century many intellectual leaders thought they had reached solutions, which already do not appear so satisfactory. There were often interesting cases of the fallacy which Bacon called the Idol of the Theater. By this he meant that “many principles and axioms” are used in such a way as to cause errors. One of these was the evolutionary fallacy which is a misuse of the concept of origins. This fallacy has been given different names: the fallacy of genesis, reductionism, the nothing-but explanation, the explanation of the higher by the lower, or of a complex structure by a less complex. An illustration of this kind of thinking would be the statement that man is nothing but an animal with a higher intelligence. This illustration of the fallacy of genesis is an example, also, of another of Bacon’s idols, which he called the Idol of the Market-place. By this fallacy “the ill and unfit choice of words” “leads men away into numberless empty controversies and idle fancies.” The error in this thinking violates the first law of thought, the law of identity or consistency. The term man is not used identically in both cases. A man is not an animal with some additions. A man is a man. Emergent evolution, which explains the lower by the higher, has helped to clarify this thinking. 18 Another error of the nineteenth century might be called the mathematician’s fallacy: Given infinite time, all kinds of worlds will result. In harmony with this theory is the remark that man is a cosmic accident. There may be accidents for our limited vision, but they are not cosmic, because they occur in the cosmos. A universe that did not contain any higher principles than those necessary to produce a sand pile would never produce animals. In a cosmos that did not harmonize with mind there could emerge no being with self-consciousness. The exposure of these fallacies has given a much wider opportunity for logical conclusions. Consider the argument by presuppositions. This means that if anything is given, or experienced, whatever is logically necessary to make the condition possible is true. You are familiar with this logical process from Kant's examination of man’s moral nature. Man does have a conscience, and if his analysis is without flaw, then his conclusion is valid: “It is morally necessary to presuppose the existence of God.” The problem of genesis, of man’s origin, does not enter. Important problems for careful thinking are to be found in the realm of values. If values, such as truth, beauty, goodness, freedom, justice, arc of utmost importance for man, then they must have a meaning in the universe as a whole. The universe will be better understood in the twentieth century than it was in the nineteenth. Harry Preble Swett 19 MARIAN MORRILL COLLINS Laconia, N. H. Speedball (1) (2) (3) (4); Volleyball (1) (2) (3) (4); Varsity Basketball (1) (2) (3) (4); Basketball Leader (3); President Athletic Association (2); Representative (1) (2) (3); Solicitor (I); Associate Justice (4); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3) (4); Pan-Athenaeum (2) (3); Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook (4). A good sport, a good friend, Merry brown eyes. Bring one end — Marian. HELEN MAUDE LEE General Medfield, Mass. Speedball (1) (2) (3); Volleyball (1); Baseball (1) (2); Bowling (2) (3); Badminton (2) (3) (4); Math Club (2). Helen is one of our Out-of-Staters, but we think that during her four years here she has found that New Hampshire has many charms. OLIVE HARRIET MARSHALL Nashua, N. H. Speedball (1) (2) (3) (4); Basketball (1) (2) (3); Junior Glee Club (1); Math Club (2); Social Club Council (3); Baseball (1) (2); Class Vice-President (}) (4); Photograph Committee for Yearbook (4). She’s witty, sociable, full of fun; With knack for getting all work done.” 20 BARBARA ELIZABETH PATTEE Barb — Bar Plymouth, N. H. French Club (1) (2) (3) (4), President (3); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3) (4); Badminton Tournament (3). “Merry eyes, serious eyes, high ideals; a loyal friend—that’s Barb.” MARGARET ISABEL PLUMMER “Issey” Plymouth, N. H. Speedball (1) (2) (3); Volleyball (1) (2) (3); Tennis (1); Badminton (3) (4); Ring Tennis (3) (4); Bowling (1); Baseball (1); Band (1) (2) (3) (4), Secretary (2); Orchestra (1) (2) (3); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3); Math Club (2); Editor-in-Chief of Yearbook (4). “Here’s to the girl with the golden hair, When you need a pal, she’s always there!” WALTER ALAN SCOTT “Scotty” West Thornton, N. H. Social Club Council (2) (3) (4); Manager Basketball (2) (3); Forensic (1) (2) (3), President (4); Varsity Debating (2) (3) (4); Sheriff Grafton House (2) (3) (4); House of Representatives (1) (2); Art Editor of Yearbook (4). Do you want any art work done? Want any poems written? Have you any questions? If so, find Scott. 21 Gertrude E. McGunigle To the Graduates of the Elementary Curriculum “And then come the children and bring with them a diversion that remains forever new.”— “The Dream Play” by Strindberg. Yours will be the privilege and the opportunity of helping to guide and to shape the character and the mind of a child. You can, through music and poetry, help him to enrich and ennoble his own spiritual and emotional life. One of your greatest opportunities is to encourage him to think for himself and to develop his own faculties. You have not chosen an easy road. You will need energy, courage, patience, enthusiasm, and sincere respect for the opinions of others. Remember always that the work you have chosen is well worth doing. If you work wholeheartedly with a definite purpose, you will realize an inner strength and a sense of true satisfaction. Your life is before you—“Hitch your wagon to a star.” Gertrude E. McGunigle 22 DOROTHY LORRAINE BERRY Dot Stratham, N. H. Speedball (2) (3); Volleyball (1) (2); Baseball (1) (2); Hike Leader (2) (3); Forensic (1) (2); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Representative (2) (3); Basketball (1) (2) (3); Councilor (3). A fun-lover, co-operative, sincere, and loyal. A student, witty, humorous, and dependable. DOROTHY LOIS CARTER “Dottie North Hampton, N. H. Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3); Representative (1) (3); Class Secretary (1); June Pageant (1); Pan-Athenaeum (2). Dome's charm and her musical talent will always be a bright spot in our memory. ARLENE LOUISE CALDWELL Grasmere, N. H. Glee Club (1) (2); French Club (1) (2) (3); Art Club (2) (3); Pan-Athenaeum (I) (2); Associate Justice (2); Representative (I) (2) (3); Photograph Editor of Yearbook (3). A good sport, a good student, and a grand friend—that’s Arlene. KATHLEEN DOROTHY CARLETON Kay Meredith, N. H. Representative (I) (2) (3); Basketball (1) (2); Speedball (2) (3); Volleyball (1) (2); Baseball (1); French Club (1); Forensic (2) (3); Pan-Athenaeum (2) ; Cheer Leader (3). An able sport—a true friend. Her winning smile reveals her vivacious personality. 23 GLORIA ODELE DAY West Stewartstown, N. H. Band (1); Representative (I) (2). Gloria is dependable in her work, sincere in her convictions, confident in her resources, ambitious for her future and steadfast in making friends and keeping them. MARY HELEN DEVINS East Ryegate, Vt. Representative (1) (2); Speedball (I); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Volleyball (1); Basketball (1). Mary's the one that keeps us in stitches most of the time. She seems the quiet type, but wait till you know her! GENEVIEVE MOORE GOUDIE •Toosic” Lisbon, N. H. Orchestra (1) (2) (3); Glee Club (1) (2) (3); Basketball (1); Councilor (2); Associate Justice (2); Associate Editor (3); Band (I) (2) (3); Representative (1) (2); Pageant (1); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Social Club Council (3). Fun sparkles from her eyes; yet even more we admire her thoughtfulness and sincerity. HELEN LOUISE GRACE Grade Union, N. H. Volleyball (2) (3); Bowling (1); Badminton and Deck Tennis Tournament (2). Grade always had an answer, Both in the class and out. They will always come in handy; Of that, there is no doubt. 24 HELEN RUTH GREER Colebrook, N. H. Cheerfulness, helpfulness, perseverance and determination are qualities Helen possesses. Her friendship is an asset and her character an inspiration. RUTH ELIZABETH JEWELL “Ruthie Piermont, N. H. Representative (1); Orchestra (1) (2) (3); Band (1) (2) (3); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3); Solicitor (3); Pool Leader (3). Ruthie” is one of our Keene” thinkers, who upholds our standards by plenty of study along certain lines. GLADYS ELIZABETH HINMAN “Gillie” North Stratford, N. H. Orchestra (I) (2) (3); Band (2) (3); Representative (2) (3); Speedball (I); Volleyball (I); Associate Editor (3); Pan-Athenaeum (2). Gladys is cheerful and helpful. Her jingles made many a dull class brighter. BEULAH EMMA JENNEY Beul” Plainfield, N. H. Representative (I) (2); Speedball (1) (2); Varsity Basketball (1) (2) (3); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Social Club Council (2) (3); Volley Ball Leader (2); President of Class (3); Vice-President (2); Vice-President Athletic Association (3). Although Tuff’s Alley hates to part, Another Tufts has won Buel’s heart. 25 HELENA ELIZABETH JOHNSON “Johnny Monroe, N. H. Forensic (1) (2) (3), Vice-President (3); Varsity Debating Team (2) (3); Basketball (1) (2); Bowling Leader (3); Speedbali (1) (2) (3); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Representative (I) (2) (3); Secretary of State (3); Junior Glee Club (1); Cheer Leader (3); Advertising Manager of Yearbook. “Johnny is a grand sport, a true friend and a lively and pleasant companion. GRETCHEN ANN O’MARA “Gretch Franklin, N. H. Glee Club (1) (2); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Representative (1) (2) (3); Volleyball (1); June Pageant (1). Small in stature, quiet in her ways, All of which is soon forgotten, When her many pranks she plays. HELEN PAULINE KENISON “Polly Newhelds, N. H. Art Club (1), Vice-President (2), Secretary (3); Band (1) (2). Polly’s love for all that is beautiful, and her fine ability to express that beauty in poetry, art, and in living itself, have helped to enrich the lives of all about her. LILLA MAY MITCHELL “Lil Campion, N. H. Basketball (2). Not only did she inspire us by her high scholastic standing, but also by her cheerfulness, helpfulness, and cooperativeness. The best was never too good for her. 26 ELINOR HARRIETTE PARMENTER Ellie” Hcnnikcr, N. H. President Athletic Association (2); Representative (1) (2) (3); Volleyball (1); Social Club Treasurer (1); Social Club Vice-President (2); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Varsity Basketball (1); Class Vice-President (3); Pageant (I); Associate Editor (3); Councilor (1). Underneath that coat of charm, A clever wit is ready. Both a leader and a dramatist. That, of course, is Ellie. ALICE DELENA THIBODEAU “Tib” Tilton, N. H. Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3); Representative (2); Forum (2). An amusing companion, a true friend! That’s Alice! ELLEN M. PILLSBURY North Sutton, N. H. P.N.S. 1928—Grad. Bowling Tournament We certainly enjoyed you in our classes, and your sense of humor has won many friends in P.N.S. May success follow you wherever you may be ISABELLE ANNE SUROWIEC “Izzy” Sanbornton, N. H. Basketball (1) (2); Volleyball (2). Reticent, conscientious, and possessing a heart of gold.1 27 THELMA ALBERTA WADE “Thellie Plymouth, N. H. Basketball (1) (2); Deck Tennis (4); Badminton (4); Bowling (4). As a desirable friend, cheerful and sincere, you'll find none better. FRANCES BERNADETTE ZAREMBA Frannie” Manchester, N. H. Basketball (1); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3); June Pageant (1); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Volleyball (1). We shall always have memories of her sweet and melodious voice. ANNE HEDWIGE WOJNILOWICZ Anchka” — Woji” Manchester, N. H. Junior Glee Club (1); Volleyball (1) (2). Ready, willing, and able—that’s our Anne! RUTH HELEN YEATON Ruthie'’ Barnstead, N. H. Ruth was ever willing to do for others at any time. A real friend. Good luck! 28 ALUMNI As the students of the Senior class at Plymouth Normal School become members of the alumni body, a sincere welcome is extended to them by those graduates who .have striven to organize and maintain an active alumni association. Your school will need you as alumni in the years to come, fully as much as it has needed you while you were active members of its student body. Come back to your class reunions. Organize your own groups, keep informed concerning the work which Plymouth Normal School is trying to do, and above all be loyal to your school at all times. The following letters were recently received from the three presidents of our active alumni organization. From Mrs. Ella Batchcldcr, President of the Plymouth Unit: Dear Seniors: The Plymouth Alumni Unit extends greetings to you! We have been organized eight years and through our small organization, we feel a closer relationship with Plymouth Normal School. We have about thirty active members, including alumni from Ashland, Campion, North Woodstock, and Plymouth. We entertain the graduating class and faculty each year and hold two other meetings, one being our guest night and the other an annual business meeting. Of the various entertainments we have given, I think our Gay Ninety Pops Concert was the most successful. We have had as our guest speakers, Professor Eric P. Kelly of Dartmouth College, author of the well known trilogy of Polish stories for children; Mrs. Ella Shannon Bowles, P.N.S. '05, notable author of New Hampshire; and Mrs. Elizabeth Elkins, P.N.S. ’06, now a member of the State Minimum Wage Board. Last year we were guests of the Concord Unit, where we heard an address by Dr. Fred Englehardt, President of New Hampshire University. During the first few years of our organization our funds were sufficient to enable us to present several gifts to the school. We contributed fifty dollars to the camp at Loon Lake, and in the living room of Samuel Read Hall dormitory are a mirror and an urn, both of which were gifts from the Plymouth Unit. Meeting with our fellow alumni always brings us great enjoyment and makes our memories of P.N.S. most precious. Cordially yours, Ella Fleming Batchelder, Class of T8 From Mrs. Charlene Pettengill Lyford, President of the Concord Unit: Dear Plymouth Seniors: As president of the Concord Unit of the P.N.S. Alumni, I am very happy to send you a short note concerning our activities. Although we have been organized less than three years I feel that we have definitely established ourselves among the organizations of the community. We have about 55 members, 60% of whom are very active. We have four meetings a year from October till June. The first one is a business meeting with a speaker and tea; the second a social meeting; the third our annual guest night; and the fourth is a picnic. One year we had our picnic at the P.N.S. camp at Loon Lake. Our main purpose is to establish a scholarship fund from which any needy girl in this community may borrow. We have earned our money in various ways and have already made a fine start toward a substantial fund. 29 At our first meeting this year we were fortunate in securing Mrs. Ella Shannon Bowles as our speaker. Being an alumna herself made her seem even more interesting to us. We should like to hear in the near future that other alumni groups throughout the State are getting together as we are, to work for P.N.S. Sincerely yours, Charlene Pettengill Lyford, Class of ’23 From Mildred Stone, President pro-tern of the Metropolitan Unit, Boston, Mass.: Dear Seniors: I should like to send you a brief story of our last Metropolitan meeting which was held March 26, 1937 at the Pioneer Club on Stuart Street in Boston. In the absence of the president, Mrs. John Curtin (Jimmie Keenan ’15), the president pro-tem, Mildred Stone, conducted the meeting. We elected new officers for the coming year. There were twenty of the alumni present. Miss Laura McLean (for many years art teacher at Plymouth Normal School) was with us, as she frequently is. We discussed the 1937 reunion at P.N.S. Since it was the reunion year of the class of 1917, several of us had been back and took this occasion to tell of events and happenings at that time. We were told that at least one other group of P.N.S. graduates holds occasional informal meetings in Boston. In fact, Miss McLean told us that she had been present at one such meeting. We voted to urge these people to join the Metropolitan Unit. Miss McLean gave us the names of leaders in that group. We all wish that more meetings were possible, perhaps regional meetings, at the homes of alumni, but we are so scattered and all so tremendously busy that we don’t seem to get to it. We are very glad to keep the spirit of P.N.S. alive through our Metropolitan Unit, and we feel that if it were not for this unit, many alumni teaching and living in Massachusetts would lose contact with the school. Sincerely yours, Mildred Stone, Class of ’17 PERSONALS The alumni and students of Plymouth Normal School extend congratulations to Miss Augusta Nichols, P.N.S. ’25, upon her recent appointment as assistant-superintendent of schools in Manchester, N. H. Miss Nichols was formerly a critic teacher in the training school here. At the time of her appointment, she was headmaster at Hampstead High School, one of Plymouth’s secondary training schools. Miss Nichols received her B.S. and Ed.M. degrees at Boston University. At the present time, she is working on her doctorate. She has been justly recognized as an able executive in the supervisory field. Plymouth Normal School is proud of Augusta Nichols and of her excellent teaching record in the schools of New Hampshire. Mrs. Ella Shannon Bowles, P.N.S. ’05, is now State director of the Federal Writers’ Project at Manchester. Mrs. Bowles’ most recent book, “Let Me Show You New Hampshire,” has received considerable recognition since its publication a year ago. Always an interested and loyal alumna, Mrs. Bowles has addressed two of our meetings in different parts of the State within the past year. Plymouth Normal School is proud of Ella Shannon Bowles as an alumna and as a distinctive contributor to the literature of New Hampshire. 30 WALTER ALAN SCOTT Wl you WALK A LITTLE FASTER. ' SAID A WHITINS TO A SNAIL , There's a porpoise close behind us and hestrea: ikig on M y tail ktWI S CAAA6LL JUNIORS 1 First row: H. Dowse, V. Ham. M. Fitch, R. Belanger, M. Renfrew, R. Burnham, S. Haley, F. Hike!, E. Papacostas. Second row: M. Burnham, C. Knott, F. Crego, B. Couhie, M. Finnigan, M. Pcaslec, L Morin, C. Guay. Third row: C Gould, P. Sillgren, D. Stone, H. Thomas, M. Grace, B. Downing, R. Richards, C MacConnell. Fourth row: A. Mahurin, W. Carter, J. Amato, C Chmielewski, L. Roy, B. Mason. 32 SOPHOMORES First row: P. Sommers, D. Wormstead, D. Sanborn, H. Glannon, C. Gaudrcau, E. Telfer, B. Wood, F. Lefabvre, M. Albcc. Second row: D. Clark, R. Stearns, L. Bachelder, L. Kelly, G. Seaver, B. Place, M. Halpin, G. Holt, C. Lewis, E. Bartlett. Third Row: V. Littlefield, J. Mitchell, J. Morse, E. Doe, R. Densmore, M. Davis, V. Nelson, F. Piecuch, G. Watson. Fourth row: A. Helme, M. Parshley, H. Chase, L. Demers, 1. Folis, L. Watson, V. Tourville, M. Robinson, P. Eldridge, M. Colby, G. Woodward. Fifth row: A. Kosauba, L. Smith, N. Bagley, M. Leonard. 33 FRESHMEN From row: J. Carr, E. Hayes, G. Blackburn, J. Weiss, V. Griftin, H. Brown, M. Martin. D. Wilson. R. Theuner, E. Page-Secopd row: M. Sawyer, E. Nixon, K. Hartafelis, A. Whittemore, B. Miller, C Hawkinsen, B. Fuller, R. Cannistraro. Third row: E. Smith, R. Vittum, B. Donovan, H. Wittig, P. Sulloway, A. Harrison, A. Kosiba, R. Pearson, E. Rowell. Fourth row: A. Lewis, E. Page, S. Holmes, R. Dennis, D. Newling, M. Meserve, E. Freethey, A. Comproni. Fifth row: D. Croat I, P. Pushee, E. Roy, F. Bachellor, J. Le Clair, E. Corson. Sixth Row: C. Gay, B. Shepard, P. Aigle, L. Follet, R. Masavage, A. Mitchel, A. Drew, S. Huckins, F. Caswell, S. Flint, E. Loring, R. Rushlow, M. Looney, P. Stickney. Seventh row: A. Cassarino, J. Paulson, M. Harrigan, A. Huntress, M. Brown, R. Brooks, R. Person. Eighth Row: R. Whitcneck, A. Rich, L Beatty, S. Ray, J. Doloff, G. Campbell. 34 Mir£f A IAN SCOT T GIRLS’ BASKETBALL First row: E. Miller, L. Morin, G. Seaver, B. Wood, P. Brown. Second row: J. DollofF, E. Pearson, B. Jenney, M. Colby, R. Richards, M. Harrigan, M. Finnigan. Third row: H. Brown, M. Renfrew, R. Vittum, MissHodgdon, Coach; A. Huntress, M. Peaslcy, E. Telfcr. 36 First row: C. Gay, C. Chmiclcwski, G. Campbell, J. Amato, A. Koszuba, W. Carter. Second row: A. Rich, R. Person, L. Smith, N. Baglcy, Mr. Stevenson, Coach. 37 PING PONG tr� 38 39 40 to )t din? j , votcef ouellip9, n?urrr?ur of biljf ar; ,u 1 .9°' c Then van n fence ... WALTER ALAN SCOTT SARTOR RESARTUS—STREAMLINED It is generally considered that the mixture of youth and wisdom is about as possible as that of romance and tcn-cent jewelry. This has been the constant theme and variation of critics and advisers alike, with improvisations from hobos and other anti-social characters who give good advice only because they no longer can set bad examples. That youth’s greatest enemy is youthfulncss we can easily concede, but the lack of experience is amply compensated by the limitless energy and endurance which can be used to such great advantage when an idea does chance to penetrate and play around the gray matter. In maintaining the energy and absorbing the experiences, impulse and inhibitions meet on a common battlefield with neither ever winning. The apparent misuse of vitality, the instability of emotions, the vagueness of mentality have led critics by the score to mend us, but youth is in tatters and shreds, and the best of tailors could only make a better patchwork in which it would be more difficult to find the original cloth. Under our so-called higher civilization, we listen to the call of the jungle with impunity and act helpless when virtue’s insecticide seeks to exterminate jitterbugs and other insects that hop around a dance floor. Unfortunately the problem could not be solved, for the conditions still exist that would cause the problem to reappear. Our music is a reflection of a tense age and although the lack of beauty and the growth of free rhythms in both dancing and music have caused a flood from the greatest of all waters—ink—one cannot expect this intricate age to produce anything by an intricate dance rhythm. As the machine increased Liberality, so has the dance, but the lament from our parents is that we wear out our shoe leather in the dance hall instead of looking for employment, while our teachers have almost resigned themselves, gracefully and stubbornly, to the fact, that we express ourselves better with our feet than with our minds, and think there is a greater unemployment beneath the skull than the kind we are seeking to alleviate. We cut our wisdom teeth on dances, movie heroes, and soda-fountain snobbery, and never think of the day when wisdom and teeth will go in different directions. The quickly unreeling celluloid drawing card has caused bad eyesight and has increased the profession of psychology to take care of the neurotics. The vicarious sympathy involved causes an increased demand for handkerchiefs. The dust that all the Indians and villains have been biting since Buffalo Bill, finally rises, exposing school boy heroics and tin-plated courage. Snaky villains have twirled their moustaches and chuckled inwardly so long now that the audience is languid. The hero for the adolescent girl is the one who docs the dress designing. Chest-beating and bad haircuts arc still going strong, but they will go the way of high collars and derby hats. Not so the styles in dress designing and hair conditioning however; they remain as unstable as the mind of women. Haughty heroines are doing more and more nose tilting. It’s too bad they include the stage directions in their acting. The publicity involved to keep the stars glittering, rocks the nation with sighs and envy. Oh, yes, we have had enough. We know that life is not true to the movies, but this passive time-killer and recreation spot may have prevented revolutions. To many this is no revelation. The actions and words of youth itself throw more light on delusions and ideals, but the light is merely a lamp in darkness, not a spreading dawn. We greet each other with equivocal platitudes: “What do you know?” “How are you doing?”, etc., and talk tritely of ephemeral things with a passing grade of wit. We burn countless gallons of gasoline and sit through many kilowatts of midnight oil, but during the process the brain isn’t even charred, let alone the vague possibility of its being on fire with some sort of enthusiasm. Boys and girls think 42 each other in a constant state of suspended animation. With this our teachers agree, but we try to cultivate the gift of insomnia in the classroom even though we arc in the dark. Boys accuse girls of gazing at fashion magazines as their favorite indoor sport. They no doubt dream of matching their silks and woolens with proper footwear and millinery. Girls accuse boys of possessing merely mechanical ability nd an unbalanced conversational line. Morally the tendency is that the straight and narrow is becoming a tight rope and that tight rope walking is a rare art. They denounce many great thinkers as men whose stomachs or livers continually worked under false pretenses, thereby transmitting false ideas into the brain—Dante, Montaigne, Carlyle. At one time or another we rationalize upon the major and minor problems of existence with the help of Omar Khayyam and sink into intellectual resignation reading his quatrains about wilderness, shady boughs, and the potential qualities of the grape. Utopias flitter across the brain with feeble attempts to interpret Karl Marx. The general apathy with which we feel regarding economic and social problems of the times causes parents and teachers alike to wonder if we are mice or men. Music supposedly means two clarinets, a discordant trumpet, and a drum instead of Beethoven and Brahms via Toscanini and Stokowski. Our main exertion is rolling back the parlor rug for dancing and emptying full ash trays. We arc accused of going to college merely to carry a football under the arm instead of a book. No one thinks of the possibility of our carrying something in the head. But in the face of all this mental anemia, pink intellcctualism, and defeatist attitudes, there is a red-bloodedness that lives because it must. We have passed through the flower-holding idealist stage where a disarranged tie or rumpled hair would cause us to say that things were not right. We are beginning to know that ideals are realized by means of shirt sleeves, callouses, and headaches. Only by making granite foundations for our ivory towers and air castles, can we grasp the ‘sorry scheme of things'. We have not been fooled by rabbit-out-of-the-hat security programs which arc partly visions and mostly unsound economics. To convert the soul by means of swastikas and goose-stepping may be matters of blissful ignorance to those across the ocean, but to us it means intellectual suicide. Our goal is truth, not in its useless abstraction but in its application to practical idealism. Fortunately this cannot be undermined, nor can it decay even if good customs do corrupt the world. It is an intangible jewel that resists all the acids and solvents of prejudice, fear, and ignorance. To maintain its brilliancy let us re-tailor ourselves with new resoucefulness, unlimited enthusiasm, and indomitable will to make the cloth worthy and strong enough to withstand the ravages of petty weaknesses, air castle thinking, and other minor faults by which we are judged. Only by showing our sincerity can we carve higher notches in the tree of human values, not by concealing it behind the medieval custom of stern armor, and cynical lance points that make newer wounds in an already bleeding society. Caesar Chmielewski 43 I’M IN TRAINING If anyone should ask me what the most common expression was in Hall Dormitory this year, or any other year for that matter, I should answer, “Oh! I can’t. I’m in training.” This expression reminds me somewhat of the figure of Father Time, old, bent, white-haired, and time-worn. Surely this remark is as old as the Normal School and probably older, as bent as a hairpin, and has been white-haired for so long, it must be nearly bald by now. But nevertheless, it still works, and to what an advantage, sometimes! One who has never trained in the elementary course, and lived at the dormitories will ever know what a grand excuse, or a great blessing this expression is. Doubtlessly some of you are wondering about its ever being a great blessing. Well, may I quote an example? It is around Hallowe’en time, and the Social Club is planning the Hallowe’en Party. The decorations are to be com stalks, pumpkins, and jack-o-lantems arranged artistically around the room. You are asked to go with Mr. Boyd to gather com sulks and pumpkins, devote a good two hours or more to making peculiar looking jack-o-lanterns, and then spend the whole of Saturday afternoon decorating Livermore Hall with them. You think of the work, the dirt, the time, and then of the check test you have to have ready for history Monday morning, and with a sweetly resigned smile, you shake your head, and say, “Oh! I’m so sorry, but I can’t. I’m in training, you know.” Surely, training has its advantages, but it also has its disadvantages. Remember the night the W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra played, and when the gang came along and asked you if you weren’t going, you answered sadly, “Oh, I can’t. I’m in training.” Or the time the whole alley went hiking Sunday afternoon, and you had a unit test to prepare for Monday. However, you know that your alarm clock is still in good working order, and of course it is a well established fact that the mind is fresher in the morning, so with a few more well based arguments by the gang, you can put your work away and go on the hike with a clear conscience. “Oh, yes, you’re in training!” Well, don’t let them fool you. It’s a wonderful excuse, but it really doesn’t amount to anything. It’s an expression which automatically jumps up at the slightest hint, but it can usually be beaten down. If you really want something of someone, don’t let this expression be your Waterloo. But of course it all depends. If you should come along right now, and ask me to write a poem, draw a picture, or contribute something to the yearbook, or the next chapel exercise, my answer would be very definite, “Oh, I can’t. I’m in training!!!” Gladys Hinman 44 But I was thinking oha plan TO DYfc ONtS VHISKirfNS CifstfrN AND ALWAYS USH SO LA-KOtr A HAN THAT THt-Y COULD NOT Btr Stt N. L-fc lS CA OLL W'ALTt+% ALAN xrrntT OUR GOVERNOR President Silver and Fellow Citizens: The most interesting lesson true democracy teaches is the way in which its principles, taken together, may develop in the average person, to an extent never reached before, those qualities which make a good citizen—shrewdness, moderation, common sense, tolerance, and a sense of duty to the community. These three principles—Faith, Justice, and Liberty—simple yet at the same time complicated, are firm and deep-rooted in the foundations of democracy. We must know them, understand them, and apply them, in the right way, before we can develop within ourselves those qualities which make for true citizenship and loyalty to this, a state truly democratic in its ideals, which is our heritage. By faith is implied that which man has in himself, in his fellows, and in his government. He must necessarily have faith in himself in order that he may trust his neighbor and fellow-citizen to carry out the responsibilities and offices of his government. Despotism has governed and still governs without faith, but true democracy cannot and never will. Justice is the great and simple principle which is the secret of success in all government. But there are different kinds of justice applied under different types of rule. In some states we sec justice as a derivation of force and power, not as a principle applied by a group of free individuals. This is not true justice. It serves in this case as the insurance which a people has on its lives and property, and obedience by force is the premium they pay for it. True justice exists only where it is honored rightly, and there is the foundation for social security, general happiness, and the improvement and progress of our race. The question has been asked, “How can a people be free that has not learned to be just?” May I ask this, “How can a people be just that has not learned to be free?” In democratic government justice and freedom are essentially interdependent upon each other. Whenever a separation is made between the two, neither one is safe, and the ideals of democracy arc sure to fall before the onslaught of despotism. There are two kinds of freedom, the false where one is free to to do what he likes, and 46 the true where one is free to do what he ought to do. True liberty, therefore, can never interfere with the duties, rights, and interests of others. Our ideal of Liberty, which is the greatest blessing of democracy, must consist in the right of doing, getting, and enjoying all the good iit our power, according to the laws of God, of the State, of justice, and of our conscience. These fundamental principles, as I have pointed out, form the basis of true democracy, and it is only through these that those qualities making for good citizenship may be developed to their fullest extent within the personality of man. I take this opportunity to extend my deep appreciation to you, for bestowing upon me the high honor of serving you as your governor, and I earnestly seek the whole-hearted cooperation of every citizen in maintaining the ideals and principles of this, our right to govern. Let us, as citizens of a democratic state, above everything else, preserve our heritage. Winston Breck OP. 67 The long grey city with its busy noise Becomes indistinct in the crowded sense, Because some hundred men already poise Their instruments above the audience. A quiet hush, who knows that certain laws Will hold the music in the four same beats, And four can quite subdue the hollow roars The subway made in passing twenty streets. The symphony unfolds its flashing wings As endless waves play on a morning sea That ends in silence there and unheard sound Between past joy and all futurity. Lost in the world of suns and endless light. While love and Beethoven sing in the night. Walter Alan Scott 47 OUR GOVERNOR President Silver and Fellow Citizens: . Recently I noted this quotation: “Character cannot be bought; it is homemade.” The full significance of it came to me one day in regard to our government here, namely, that the reputation which our government gains can not be bought; it is made right here in Plymouth Normal School State by us as citizens and for us as citizens. It is difficult at times to express our theories regarding necessary improvements and then to give specific ways to bring about this improvement. But how comparatively simple it is to criticise. It must be remembered that criticism is welcomed provided it is constructive. Our ultimate aim is to have in effect a government that fits the need of all in this state of ours, not merely the needs of individuals. I say this only because we all at times tend to look at various phases from our personal points of view, oblivious of the fact that the entire state should be considered. Every citizen in this state is fully responsible for upholding the principles that constitute “the greatest good to the greatest number.” The ideas I have expressed are not new—they are merely repetitions of phrases that we hear every day. We find an excellent example of the same idea in our own constitution in. Section 6 of Article 1: “It shall be the duty of every citizen to vote upon every public ques- tion when opportunity affords; to obey the rules of the state and assist others to obey them; to aid in enforcing the laws; and by every reasonable means to promote the dignity and honor of the State. Adams, the historian, expressed the same idea in a different way when he said, “Either such a form of representative government or pure democracy clearly demands that the people and their representatives must place the good of the whole above their individual interests and that there must be a general unselfishness, wisdom, and honesty in relation to public affairs.” If we, as citizens of Plymouth Normal School State tend in any way toward the theory that we as individuals should act for our personal interests, then surely our mistake will soon be discovered. Every modern democracy is faced with the difficulty of striving for the good 48 of ail, and even if we represent but a small democracy let us prove that we arc fully capable of putting the good of the whole above our personal interests. Let us not be satisfied with just letting things slide along until a future time, but instead let us set an example to future citizens of this State. Let us show that we not only recognized our duty “to promote the dignity and honor of our State,” but the most important thing of all—we also fulfilled that duty. Even if we do make mistakes, let us not consider it too serious and give up; it is far more serious not to profit by our own mistakes. I accept with sincere appreciation the honor you have bestowed upon me, but I shall appreciate even more the co-operation of every citizen in Plymouth Normal School State. Maybell Renfrew WALKING IN THE WOODS I’ve just come back from walking in the woods, And, oh, they were so beautiful today! The trees were crowned with gold and crimson hoods; Above the grass the lavender of asters lay. Like incense smoke, whose perfume filled the air. The wind’s hushed murmur and a squirrel’s laugh Made the sweet stillness seem the quieter, And rich green moss and sunlight paved my path. This kingdom is by God’s love ruled, I thought, And all things dwell in perfect harmony. If men loved men as well as moss loves rock, Would not our kingdom just as lovely be? 49 Frances Caswell JUSTICE Justice is one of the most ancient of concepts. When a prehistoric man stole a fist-hatchet, he started a problem of justice. When Socrates and Plato were beginning the science of ethics, they listed four comprehensive concepts which have come down to us over the centuries as the four cardinal virtues. Justice is one of these. At present, problems of justice are interesting people throughout the world in an unusual degree. Recently, one thousand students at Harvard gathered to protest against what they thought was injustice toward the Jews in Germany. The carving of Czechoslovakia at the Munich Conference has caused discussions throughout the world. The undeclared war between Japan and China, and the conquest of Ethiopia by Italy, both contrary to the Pact of Paris, have caused widespread meditation concerning justice. One of the most commonly repeated phrases in our recent political history is social justice.” The adjective social” is not needed, because in thinking of the cardinal virtues at least, justice is the social virtue. Sometimes it would seem that the phrase “social justice” is used by propagandists for purposes that are not just, in which case it would be better if the term justice were used alone. Justice will aways furnish a problem for human beings; for we live in a changing world, and social changes require new judicial arrangements. There arc two types of justice. One is group or collective justice, and the other is individualistic or democratic justice. In collective justice, the group is the center of interest. In democratic justice, the individual is all important. This gives rise to two theories of government. In the one case, the state is everything, and the individual exists for the glory of the state; in the other case, the individual is everything and the state exists for his benefit. Bismarck refers to the bones of a Pomeranian soldier as if he were of no account except statistically. He refers to “blood and iron” for building up a country, and it makes little difference how much blood is spilled providing the nation seems to gain by it. But blood can flow only from the individual organism. Hitler tells the Sudeten youths that they can never be wholly free because they belong to the state. The bills of right of the Constitution of the United States and of the State constitutions formulate the hard-won principles for protecting the individual. These two theories are now dividing the world into two armed camps composed of the authoritarian states on the one side, and democratic states on the other. There are two phrases that are used to help secure better justice in the world. Of these is the easily said and often quoted statement that one should seek the greatest good to the greatest number. When that phrase is quoted in this country, I think that it usually is not meant literally. The phrase is probably taken to mean for social well-being, or for the general good, or for the good of all. The phrase may not necessarily include the rights of minorities or the rights of the individual. Hitler says, and doubtless believes, that in treating the six hundred thousand Jews the way he is, he is doing justice for the state because he is helping the seventy trillion Germans. He considers that to be justice and claims to be doing the greatest good to the greatest number. The second phrase has been formulated by moralists and political scientists. It is negative in form and like many maxims in ethics, as for instance the Ten Commandments, it is in the form of a command. It reads: “Let no known injustice be done.” 50 If you are teaching a group of twenty-five pupils, and a child comes to you and says that something has occurred which he thinks is not fair, you will not say, “You are only one, and for the greatest good to the greatest number we won’t spend any time over it.” Rather, you say, “If that isn’t right we will make it rights” Never mind how small a minority of the twenty-five are involved, as American teachers, you will naturally think in this latter way. It will help you to know that this principle has been formulated, “Let no known injustice be done.” You are familiar with the phrase, “law and equity.” Courts of equity were established in order to rectify particular cases of injustice, which necessarily arise in connection with laws which have to be general. The purpose of a court of equity is to prevent any injustice being done. Corresponding to these two types of justice are two kinds of methods in government. The one uses force, the other discussion and persuasion. Democracy is not infrequently called “government by discussion.” At the conclusion of the World War, it was hoped that international law and international justice would be placed upon a higher plane than ever before. The League of Nations was organized to accomplish this, and later the World Court and the Pact of Paris, which was signed by practically all nations of the world, were instituted to supplement the League. But these hopes were premature. The League of Nations has failed to maintain justice between nations; conditions involving international law and international justice are very unsatisfactory. I said at the beginning, justice is one of the most ancient of concepts. Such a review indicates the supreme importance of justice. At some time the world will be a juster place in which to live. There is no profession more important than teaching to bring about in time a reign of justice. Harry Preble Swett TO MAURICE EVANS AS HAMLET (After the manner of the Man of Stratford) The light is dim and all two thousand hear A voice through liquid silence shake the .gloom With five iambics. Soul’s music finds the ear, And poets stay their pens to watch a room Where Homer sings again of Priam’s fall, While apparitions plot and kings define Against all love. There with the dusty pall, Two sons in desperation poison wine And worlds, while the silent earth cools love With life. The night belongs to this and these: The actor speaks, and mellow, far above Our dark, in a world that action flees. He moves the night across a hollow sea And leaves the stars to Shakespeare and to me. Walter Alan Scott 51 SOCIAL CALENDAR September:— Faculty Tea for Freshmen Freshman Reception October:— Entertainment—“The Cave Man” Debate—Salem Teacher’s College vs. P.N.S. Hallowe’en Banquet and Party Entertainment—“Snakes” November:— Governor’s Inauguration W.P.A. Concert December.— Christmas Banquet and Party Christmas Glee Club Concert and Presentation of “The Coming of the Prince” February:— Scholarship Banquet Valentine Parry Boys' Basketball Games— Plymouth vs. Castleton there Plymouth vs. Castleton here Entertainment—Pitt Parker March:— Girls’ Basketball Games— Concord Business College vs. Plymouth here Concord Business College vs. Plymouth there Varsity vs. Alumni Entertainment—Bird Imitator Governor’s Inauguration and Dance Dramatic Group—“The Florist Shop” April:— Entertainment—“Mysticism Exposed” May:— May Party Scholarship Day Spring Concert— Girls’ Glee Club combined with W.P.A. Concert June:— Last Campfire Last Chapel Faculty Tea for Seniors Alumni Tea for Seniors Baccalaureate Class Day Commencement Exercises MAY DAY ORCHESTRA 54 BAND 55 GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB 56 BOYS’ GLEE CLUB 57 FORENSIC 58 FRENCH CLUB 59 SOCIAL CLUB 60 SOCIAL ROOM-HALL DORM 61 ART CLUB 62 LOONSIDE 63 MODERN UP-TO-DATE EQUIPMENT AGGRESSIVE ORGANIZATION SERVICE ... 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