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

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1945 volume:

T++E- CONMNO TOVE- 19 5 JT PROSIM That I May Be of Service PLYMOUTH TfACHffiS COLL€G£ TABLE OF CONTENTS YEAR BOOK STAFF DEDICATION PLYMOUTH CREED PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FACULTY SENIORS CLASS ODE UNDERCLASSMEN ONE YEAR BUSINESS STUDENTS TRAINING SCHOOLS STUDENT GOVERNMENT LITERATURE SOCIAL CALENDAR ACTIVITIES REMEMBER WHEN VICE AND VIRTUE SNAPSHOTS EDITOR’S PAGE ADVERTISEMENTS YEAR BOOK STAFF EDITOR Barbara Ritchie ASSISTANT EDITOR Susan Zurik ART EDITORS LITERARY EDITORS PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Wilfred Turmelle Frances Corley Louise Lancaster Ellen Houston Lola Mac Harriman ADVERTISING MANAGERS Jane Vogel Winona Ford BUSINESS MANAGER Helen Brown FACULTY ADVISER Mrs. Furlong YEAR BOOK ART Beatrice Jennings Zoe Head PHOTOGRAPHY Hilda Boyle Lucilc Hawkins Theresa Wheeler Verna Sargent Barbara Stewart COMMITTEES LITERATURE Sylva Davis Harriet Kelley CLASS ODE Jane Vogel Sylvia Albany Ruth Matthews We wish to extend our sincere appreciation to Mrs. Furlong for her wise counsel and guidance and for her untiring efforts in making our edition of the Conning Tower possible. We wish, too, to thank Mr. Boyd for making it possible to portray pictorially P.T.C.’s activities. Philmore B. Wass DEDICATION To you, Mr. Wass, in appreciation of your helpfulness, patience, and interest, wc dedicate this Year Book. 4 PLYMOUTH CREED Loyal Perseverance in effort JLoyalty to ideals Yearning for service JVtemories tliat kless and kurn Opportunity for self-expression Unity witk kumanity Trust in God H onor to country and self The President’s Message To the class of 1945, as well as to recent earlier classes and classes immediately to follow, I would give praise for devotion to a calling most important and truly patriotic in these war times. Temptations to seek immediate inflated wages in war industries or to enroll in subsidized fields or to seek more glamorous enlistments have been alluring, doubtless. You have held fast to your ideals of service for a lasting civilization. You have sensed the true foundations of safety for peaceful people in a free world. You have prepared to make the tomorrows good days for America. Legions of brave men and women arc fighting the enemy in battle; it had to be so. You have to hold high the torch, symbol of light and learning, that coming generations may know and have the lights of literacy, understandings and emotions fitting for the civilization our warriors are struggling, even dying, to preserve. A few years of good teaching lost to impressionable youth can never be retrieved. Nascent periods do not recur in any lifetime. Praises be for teachers who hold the lines lest there be lost battalions of American youths! 6 Ernest L. Silver Ernest Leroy Silver President Dartmouth College, B.L.; Pd.D.; Harvard Summer School. Eva Earll Furlong English Cornell University, Ph.B.; A.M.; Columbia University, Summer School. Guy Edwin Speare Supervisor of Campus Schools and Director of Training Dartmouth College, A.B.; Harvard University, Ed.M. Geneva May Smith Mathematics Farmington State Normal School, Maine; Boston University, B.S. in Ed.; University of Maine, B.A.; University of Chicago, Summer Quarter; Graduate work, University of Maine. Beatrice Ella Hodgdon Physical Education Plymouth Teachers College; Posse Normal School; Harvard University, Summer Term; Columbia University, B.S.; A.M. Ruth Olive Bozarth Geography Illinois State Normal University, B.Ed.; Columbia Teachers College, A.M. 8 Evelyn Marguerite Waugh History Farmington Normal School; University of Maine, Pd.B., A.B.; graduate work, University of Washington; University of California, A.M. Robert L. Stevenson Art Massachusetts Normal Art School; Massachusetts School of Art, B.S.; Boston University School of Education, Ed.M.; Harvard University. Robert John Erast Commerce Iowa State Teachers College, A.B.; State University of Iowa, A.M. Robert Lucius Boyd Natural Sciences Massachusetts State College, B.S.; University of New Hampshire, Ed.M. 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. Elizabeth Whiting Doolittle Librarian Bates College, A.B.; Simmons College, School of Library Science, B.S.; Summer School, 1909. 9 Philmorc Burton W«$ History Washington State Normal School. Machias, Maine, 1937; University of Maine, B.S. in Ed., 1940; University of Iowa, M.A.; University of Iowa Summer Session, 1941. Elizabeth Harding Edson Home Economics B.S. University of New Hampshire, 1941; Summer School, University of New Hampshire, 1944; Instructor, Rundlett Jr. High School, Concord, 1941-1944. Annie E. Sheridan, R.N. Fanny Allen Hospital, Winooski, Vermont; Industrial Nurse for International Paper Company, Berlin, N. H.; District Nurse for Berlin, N. H.; District Nurses Association. Rena Davis Akin Commerce Graduate, Plymouth Normal School; State Teachers College, San Diego, A.B.; Boston University Summer School. Elsie E. Davis Critic and Headmaster Orford High School Plymouth Teachers College, 1934; University of Minnesota, Summer Sessions; State Teachers College, Duluth, Minnesota; State Teachers College, St. Cloud. Minnesota; Keene Teachers College; Harvard College. Anna Bean Brown Critic Simmons College, University of Maine, B.S.; Summer School, University of New Hampshire; Summer School, Plymouth Teachers College; University of New Hampshire, Ed.M. 10 Marion Katherine Scavcy Principal of the TraininR School Graduate Plymouth Normal School; Boston University. B.S. in Ed.; Boston University, Ed.M.; Summer Instructor in Kindergarten and Nursery School, University of New Hampshire; Leave of Absence, 1944-1945. Stella Hughes Durkce Critic State Normal School, Castleton, Vermont. B.E.; University of Vermont, Ed.M. Charlotte Gould Wilson Critic Plymouth Teachers College, 1940, B.Ed.; Boston University, 1942, M.Ed. Marguerite E. Wagoneer Critic Plymouth Teachers College, B. of Ed.; University of New Hampshire, M.A. Lulu M. Hoyt Critic Gorham Normal School; Castinc Normal School. Hyannis State College; Boston University, B.S. in Ed., Ed.M. Mary Abigail Fitch Critic B.Ed., Plymouth Teachers College, 1940; University of New Hampshire Summer School, 1942; teacher New Hampshire public schools, 1940-43. 11 Helen Hagi Mallis Critic Student University of New Hampshire, 1938-1940; B.Ed., Plymouth Teachers College, 1942; University of New Hampshire Summer School, 1943-1944; teacher, New Hampshire public schools, 1942-1943. Dorothy M. Clark Critic Plymouth Teachers College, 1941, B.Ed. Lilia M. Adams Critic Plymouth Teachers College, 1939; New Hampshire public schools, 1939-1942; Plymouth grade school, 1944, Emma Walker Matron, Mary Lyon Hall Gertrude Ida Shaw Registrar and Secretary to President Hazel Downing Clerk 12 Robert John Ernst To the Graduates of the Commerce Curriculum At the time of this writing, the chief topic of discussion for the leaders of business education, as well as for leaders of education in general, is the question of postwar education. I am hoping that by the time you start your first real job of teaching, we shall have passed the “talking stage” and have reached the “doing stage”. Business educators cannot solve their problems by themselves. We are a part of education in general — not apart from it. The basic pre-war problem for us has been to discover just what part of the whole we are to be responsible for; that problem has never been definitely solved. Now we have a new problem — what is to be our responsibility in the program of postwar education? One of the first essentials in planning any program is to state clearly the purpose of that program. Only after we have done that can we decide on methods, subject matter, equipment, sequence of courses, and the other questions which must be answered before a complete program is realized. Our plan for the future must recognize the increasing complexity and activity of business. Our world is not static; our plans must be elastic. I am sure, however, that if we all do our part we can successfully accept this challenge of the times. Robert J. Ernst 14 HELEN MAUDE BROWN Salem, N. H. The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, and the hand to execute. Class President 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 1; Yearbook Staff 4; Publicity Committee 1, 2, 3, 4; Publicity Committee Chairman 2; Class Marshal 3; Social Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Basketball J, 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Tennis 3; Badminton 1, 2, 3; Deck Tennis I, 2, 3; Deck Tennis Champion 3. ELLEN FLORENCE HOUSTON Plymouth, N. H. He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Class Vice President 4; Yearbook Staff 4; Prospect Staff 2; Handbook Committee 1; Senior Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball 1. BARBARA ELLEN RITCHIE Salem, N. H. 'Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control.” Student Council 2, 4; Vice President of Student Council 2; House Chairman 2; Assistant House Chairman 4; Editor of Year Book 4; Junior Glee Club I; Senior Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Pan Athenaeum 1, 2, 3, 4; Forensic 1, 2, 4. 15 Eva Eari.l Furlong To the Graduates of the Secondary Curriculum Yours has indeed been a war-time class! You have been depleted in numbers, in answer to the call of your government for military and civilian service. Those of you who have remained in college to finish preparation for your special field of postwar teaching have experienced disappointment, disillusionment, doubt in much of your youthful philosophy of optimism. But these years have also proved a profitable time of challenging, a time that has demanded of you, qualities such as no peace-abiding time could have called forth in you. It has demanded of you an endurance through which you have developed a stronger character, a deeper loyalty, a creative energy, essentials of all right teaching. You have become convinced of the need in all places in this democracy of ours, for men and women of clearer insight, of deeper understanding, and of action on a high moral plane. May you inspire in the youth under your guidance, a faith in the basic principles of world co-operation, not only a faith in scientific inventiveness and in intellectual power, but most of all, in the high fulfillment of the evaluations and standards of a morally and spiritually law-abiding world. Our faith in your loyalty to such teaching ideals goes with you in your service to your country. 16 Eva Earll Furlong FRANCES BERNICE CORLEY East Jalfrey, N. H. “One man with a dream at pleasure Shall j10 forth and conquer a crown.” Yearbook Staff 4; Publicity Committee 2; Prospect Staff !; Junior Glee Club I; Pan Athenaeum 1, 2. 3. 4; Forensic 2, 3, 4;%Art Club 1, 2, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Varsity Basketball 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3; Field Hockey 2, 3; Badminton 2, 3, 4; Deck Tennis 2, 3, 4. ANNA LOUISE LANCASTER Northfield, Vt. Serene and resolute, and still And calm, and self possessed. Yearbook Staff 4; Class Treasurer I; Publicity Committee 2; Junior Glee Club 1; Pan Athenaeum 1, 2, 3; Forensic 2. 3; Vice President 3; Volleyball 2, 3; Badminton 1, 2, 3; Deck Tennis 1, 2, 3. JANE RIED VOGEL Manchester. N. H. “And music too—dear music! That can touch Beyond all else the soul that loves it much. Student Council 4; President of Student Council 4; House Committee I; House Chairman 4; Yearbook Staff 4; Handbook Committee 1; Social Club I, 4; Secretary of Social Club I: Glee Club I, 2, 4; Librarian of Glee Club I; Vice President of Glee Club 2; Director of Glee Club 4; Forensic I; Volleyball I, 2, 4; Badminton I, 2; Deck Tennis 1, 2; Bowling 1, 2. SUSAN MARY ZURIK Hollis. L. L, N. Y. Nothing great is ever achieved without enthusiasm. Hunter College. N. Y., 1, 2; Assistant Editor of Yearbook 4; Social Club 4; Publicity Committee 3; Pan Athenaeum 3, 4; Forensic 3, 4; Volleyball 3, 4; Badminton 3. 17 Guy Edwin Speare To the Graduates of the Elementary Curriculum You have chosen the profession of teaching, with all that means. Nine of your number arc already carrying the responsibilities of the schoolroom, a service that is difficult to appraise. You are, indeed, the saving remnant. Three others have achieved uniquely in student teaching: the first seniors in recent years to extend their training throughout the college year, the smallest group of cadet teachers. Thus your class has a right to feel satisfaction, both in your teaching and your work in the college, in this critical period for education. I am grateful and proud to have known you in the classroom, in the training school, and in the delightful, informal friendships I have richly enjoyed. Since yours will be the privilege of guiding the young people in your care, you must think about what they mean to you. A child is a bundle of possibilities for social adjustments, a creative being, of unknown potentialities. Fate only dimly, discloses his future realities. Every child is worthy of your love and devotion. You have learned how to foster those creative abilities, how to sponsor and direct those activities that will result in growth and self control that will bring out the special type of living that is best for each pupil. You will never be able to forget this happy job which is yours. In your teaching experiences may you always find the power for constant and happy growth in your profession. Your friend and teacher, 18 Guy E. Speare SYLVIA JOULNY ALBANY Littleton. N. H. The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more.” Glee Club 1. 2. 3; Special Glee Club 1, 2; Pan Athenaeum 1, 2, 3; Forensic 1, 2, 3; Art Club 1, 2. 3. HILDA DOROTHY BOYLE Dalton. N. H. My heart is like a singing bird. Pan Athenaeum 1, 2. 3; Art Club I, 2, 3; Vice President of Art Club 3; Athletic Association 3; Volleyball I. 2. 3; Softball 1, 2, 3; Badminton 1, 2, 3; Deck Tennis 1, 2, 3. SYLVA ANNE DAVIS Franconia, N. H. for his head was in his work, and his heart Giveth grace unto every art Class Secretary 3; Class Marshal 3; Band 3; Pan Athenaeum 2. 3; Art Club 3; Volleyball 2, 3; Badminton 2; Deck Tennis 2. WINONA ADELAIDE FORD Holdcrncss, N. H. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. Yearbook Staff 4; Volleyball 2; Badminton 3; Deck Tennis 3. LOLA MAE HARRIMAN Plymouth, N. H. For he that once is good is ever great. Class Secretary and Treasurer 4; Student Council 2; Glee Club 4; Yearbook Staff 4; Basketball I, 2. 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Field Hockey 3; Softball 2, 3, 4; Badminton 3, 4; Deck Tennis 3, 4; Bowling 3. 19 LUCILE ANN HAWKINS Pituficld, N. H. Friendship is a sheltering tree. Class Vice President 1; Student Council 3; Social Club 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2. 3; Band 2, 3; Secretary of Band 3; Pan Athenaeum 2, 3; Board of Directors 3; Athletic Association 2, 3; Vice President Athletic Association 2; Basketball 1, 2, 3; Cheer Leader 1; Volleyball 1, 2, 3; Field Hockey 1; Softball 1,2; Badminton 1, 2, 3; Deck Tennis 1, 2; Bowling 1, 2, 3. ZOE ALMA HEAD Eaton, N. H. Honor it the reward of virtue. Social Club 2; Pan Athenaeum 1, 2, 3; Art Club 1, 2, 3; Volleyball 1, 2. 3; Badminton 1, 2, 3; Deck Tennis 1, 2. 3. BEATRICE MAE JENNINGS Salem, N. H. A heart with room for every joy. Student Council 3; Junior Glee Club 1; Senior Glee Club 2, 3; Pan Athenaeum 1, 2, 3; Art Club 1, 2, 3; Softball 1, 2. % HARRIET ELIZABETH KELLEY Pittsfield, N. H. But what is your dutyf What the day demands. Class Secretary 1; Class Vice President 3; Student Council 3; Secretary Student Council 3; Social Club 1; Pan Athenaeum 1, 2, 3; Board of Directors 3; Art Club I, 2, 3. RUTH ESTHER MATTHEWS Dover, N. H. Music it well said to he the speech of angels. Class Secretary 2; Social Club 1, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Secretary Glee Club 3; Band 1, 2, 3; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Librarian of Orchestra 1; Pan Athenaeum 1, 2. 3; Forensic 1, 2, 3; Recording Secretary Forensic 1; Corresponding Secretary Forensic 3; Volleyball I, 2; Softball 2; Badminton 1; Deck Tennis 1; Bowling 3. 20 VERNA SARGENT Grafton, N. H. Gentle of speech; beneficent of mind.” Pan Athenaeum 3; Art Club 3; Badminton 3; Deck Tennis 3. BARBARA ELIZABETH STEWART Danbury, N. H. One thing it forever good; That one thing is success” Junior Glee Club 1; Pan Athenaeum 2; Volleyball 2, 3; Softball 2; Badminton 1, 2, 3; Deck Tennis 1, 2, 3; Ping Pong 1, 2. WILFRED JOSEPH TURMELLE Plymouth, N. H. Wise to resolve and patient to perform” Yearbook Staff 4; Art Club 4; Student Council 4. THERESA NORMA WHEELER Dover, N. H. 'Happiness seems made to be shared.” Student Council 3; Social Club 3; Junior Glee Club 1; Senior Glee Club 2, 3; Band 3; Art Club 2, 3; Basketball 2, 3; Volleyball 1, 2, 3; Badminton 1, 2; Deck Tennis 1, 2; Bowling 1, 2, 3. 21 CLASS ODE Today wc leave your honored halls To make our way in life; Today wc hear our nation’s call; We go to meet the strife. The glorious things which you have taught Will give us inner light, To help us guide the youth we teach Along the paths of right. Oh, we shall need each golden strand Which has been woven here, To meet the challenge of these times With intellect, courage, cheer. Now life is calling; we must go To carry forth a flame To set the minds of youth aglow And bring honor to your name. 22 Juniors First row: N. Moulton, E. Colby, C. Goodsell, C. Philbrook, F. Eldridge, D. Donati, B. Wil-mot, B. Rowland, L. Whitcomb. Second row: M. Lucy. M. Donovan, P. Warren, M. Joslyn, R. Merrill, P. Gordon, R. Crandall, E. Thomas, F. Clement, E. Drew. Third row: D. Keniston, D. Pierce, R. Bacheldor, D. Libbey, B. Sanborn, B. Pattec, E. Rail-ton, G. Brown. Fourth row: B. Gove, R. Gilman, P. Wade, V. Hallisey, B. Brackett, N. Thompson, P. Tillotson, E. Sanborn. Sophomores First row: B. Varney, P. Farnsworth, A. Cryan, E. Jackson, R. Morgen, V. Manila, B. Lord, M. Randall. Second row: D. Elliott, A. Layne, D. Fiisette, S. Dyson, E. Fraser, S. Stover, A. Fiarrigan, M. Gould. Third row: R. Hennesey, B. Stoncsifcr, B. Tobin, M. Collison, C. Davis, S. Grindle, E. Pushce, E. Randall, N. Delaney, M. Thompson. Fourth row: E. Sinclair, R. Hood, E. Berry, I. Berg, D. Ycaton. Freshmen First row: R. Birch, M. Cliche, B. Bishop, P. Hobart, M. Reynolds, E. Thompson, M. Devoy, H. Berry. Second row: E. Gusmai, A. Dupuis, K. Rogers, N. Johnson, B. Bishop, P. Storcr, P. Baker, E. Dustin. Third row: J. Collison, E. Colby, J. CoPP, R. Falkenham, M. Day, N. Lyman, V. Brown. Fourth row: W. Willey, E. Comproni, O. Howe. Commuters First row: A. Dupuis, I. Berg, P. Baker, F.. Comproni, I. Colby, F.. Dustin, J. Pease. Second row: L. Yc3ton, D. Ycaton, R. Hammond, J. Dole, B. Gove. Third row: M. Moses, P. Bel yea, B. Pattee, A. Moses. Rena D. Akin To the Students of the One Year Business Curriculum As you arc about to join the vast army of office workers on the home front, keep climbing the ladder of success on the rounds of loyalty, dependability, and tactfulness. Always keep the wheels of industry humming with neat, accurate letters, as your keys echo back to you the words the manager dictated. Cultivate the habit of getting along with people and keep skid-chains on your tongue with regard to office secrets or when spoken words might hurt another. While you reminisce y ?u will recall the pleasant moments spent doing your best as you scattered kindnesses along the way. Success to the original four! Rena D. Akin Maxine Willey, Lebanon; Phyllis McGee, Twin Mountain; Orcgine Dube, Lebanon; Rita Hammond, Plymouth. Orford Training School Tis a world of lightness and darkness, of spring rains and sunny summer days, of winter snows and gray afternoons, of living, learning, and doing. You do just that during those weeks of training. You live with the beauty of Orford’s hills and shaded paths. You live with real folks and children who look to you for the answers to life’s questions. You learn how to make each day better than the one before, learn to seek and to give the best; above all, you learn to be appreciative and tolerant. There is no more writing of “if’s” and “when’s” on paper—the time has come—you actually do a day’s, a week’s, a month’s teaching; you actually do coach the Senior play, advise the student council, participate in social activities; you actually do develop and grow to be a person and find your place beside your neighbor in helping to make this the kind of world we're fighting for. And soon the time is gone, the weeks have fled, and your training is past. Then it comes over you again how fortunate you were to have the guidance, the tolerance, and understanding of your critic teacher. A. Louise Lancaster 28 Plymouth Training School As we have advanced through the years, we have had experiences which have resulted in happiness, joyfulncss, and sometimes in tears. The training school has offered us many opportunities to share in the experiences of children, who, in turn, have given us many experiences we shall never forget. At times we have been discouraged and down-hearted, but under the careful guidance and supervision of our critics, results have been successful; and in watching the children gaining and growing in knowledge, we too have gained and grown in knowledge. We also have acquired a greater and deeper appreciation of the enjoyment obtained from working and planning for young minds eager to receive the wealth of information that lies in store for them. It is indeed a wonderful and ever to be remembered experience and a privilege to start our career as teachers in the Plymouth Training School. Lola Mae Harriman 29 Jane Vogel President of Student Council Student Government These are challenging times! This day is demanding tremendous things of us. We must help our world to climb out of this valley of shadow up steep and rugged slopes where direct rays of the sun can search out intrigue and reveal truth. We are admirably equipped for the task because the hope for the world lies in education. Here at Plymouth, both in the classrooms and in the student organizations, we have learned the importance of individual thought. That is what we must give to the children we teach. The principles of democracy cannot be taught by means of indoctrination, for indoctrination leads to narrow and prejudiced views, not to convictions. Democracy, to be itself, cannot indoctrinate even itself. In democratic education the youth must learn to think for himself, so that in a changing world he can use fine ideas in new situations. The school has a vital part to play in making democracy work, and it must play it well. Jane Vogel, President of Student Council. 30 Education and Democracy “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth” —Diogenes We have witnessed within the past decade the results of educational programs. It is an accepted fact that one cause for future trouble in Europe is, and will be, the educational program of the German Reich. Our age has some of its roots in the period of enlightenment of the Eighteenth Century which produced a Revolution in France and the North American colonies of England. We have benefited by it, for it has brought to us individual freedom in a representative government. The forces of reaction are at work today. We see signs of retrogression, and we wonder whether we arc approaching a new period of darkness. We shall not be greatly affected because its approach will consume more than our life times. Perhaps the majority are willing to rest secure in that realization. Perhaps we do not feel any responsibility to our generation, let alone a future one. Again, we may feel a responsibility to our generation and the future. We arc not necessarily victims of a peculiar psychoncurosis if we entertain the idea that we have a mission in life that transcends the normal self-preservation instinct manifested in the choice of a vocation. Teaching is more than a vocation. It is self impartation. Emerson said, “There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; he is you, you arc he; there is teaching; and by no unfriendly chance of bad company can he ever quite lose the benefit.” In our society there is a need for the inculcation of a sense of responsibility. It must have a moral basis. J. Edgar Hoover has said, “A creeping rot of moral degeneration is threatening the life of the nation.” He should know. An important contribution of teachers to the welfare of our society can be the impartation of a sense of responsibility to those taught. It must have a moral basis which is the eternal rightness of God. Frank N. Beach 31 Think It Over! Hey you, Stranger! Stop a moment and let me talk to you! Who am 1? That’s not really important; truth is, I’m just another little guy whom you are pushing aside as you rush through life. What do I have to say? Well, now, 1 think that is important, and if you Think It Over, you'll think so too. First oil, I’d like to ask you, when did you last stop a moment to look at the moon and all the blinking stars that are his friends, and that sunset last evening—why the sky was alive with streaks of pink and gold —were you too busy to look? Oh yes, 1 know, you don’t really care for nature, and besides, those stars will be there next year and the year after; of course, there will always be golden sunsets. Yes, I know, but just you listen to this. How long has it been since you took time out to glance at the people around you, to help a falling friend, or unlucky neighbor; how long has it been since you glanced at the faces of children and little furry folk? ’Cause you know, they won’t be here next year and the year after. No, they may not have died; instead they will have lived and in living, they will have changed; the look of childish innocence will be gone; the deep, questioning eyes of children will be the wiser eyes of adults. They will have passed from children to men and women, and Stranger, you will have missed it all. Therefore I say to you, Pause awhile. Stranger, and as you grasp for that extra dollar, let your reach, instead, bring forth an hour for story telling, an hour for lending a hand, and an hour for observing the quiet beauty that is this day's rich gift to you. Then, Stranger, you will no longer be a stranger, but instead a human being. Oh, the beauty of just plain daily living and the privilege of being a part of what makes this busy world tick! A. Louise Lancaster ’45 Delusion A beautiful flower, A rose-colored thing growing in a pasture. Growing in the rich brown earth In between spilled rocks, Contrasting with the milkweed And the many-colored asters. A beautiful child Playing in the rough pasture, Between junipers, Gaily chasing butterflies, Elusive and tantalizing, Which dash around the flowers. A teasing butterfly Leads the small child to a beautiful flower. And she clasps with baby hands The protective stem. Beneath the fragile thistle: And finds—a nest of thorns. Frances Corley ’45 War College frowned as she watched them go, For they were still just boys. War beckoned and said, “Come, play With all my treacherous toys.” Culture sighed as they learned new games, And she was thrust away. The Present looked at yesterday’s boys, And saw hard men of today. The battlefield’s toll is rising still. And still we query, Why?’’ The answer we seek is so obscure; The price they pay so high. You read the words: “He died of wounds. You cannot understand. It isn't right! It isn’t fair! He had tomorrow planned. And when in grief you close your eyes And breathe a simple prayer, You lock a picture within your heart Of just a boy, alone,—over there. Betty Rowland Sunset In the pray dusk of the awesome, shock-filled streets, the sun pierced with nonchalant ambers of burnt gold and autumn flamboyance—pierced without regard to toil, sweat, or tears . In the distance, the fragments of a shattered bell lay—blown to inhabit the far torners of the little European town—a bell once beauty and mellowness, now only another token of man’s devastation. It was time for church bells—time for a tune to go with the sun; but no one here thought of the time. These few human skeletons left didn’t think of time as this particular time, but as one drop in Eternity. Everything now was to them, measured in Eternity—and when it comes to Eternity, what matters now one life in Eternity—? What matters any one speck of time? The women wandered about the courtyard, picking up a few chips of wood to warm the tips of the little one’s fingers—warm them if could be from the cold which somehow you couldn’t seem to escape. No one escaped the cold—no one. The cluster of house shells, reminiscent of a village, was hushed with the quietude of the enemy, hushed in expectation, absent of anticipation. Somehow, to the existent, this was one short moment of the old life—this hush—until you felt the dearly retrieved chips of wood in your numb fingers, so numb now that you couldn't even feel the numbness. Suddenly as if at call, everyone scurried, fell through the cobweb-framed cellar windows, clutched their grainsack rags about their skinny forms, and slithered like human rats into their holes at the earth’s level. The clang, the commotion grew louder. Approaching from the distance it soon arrived—arrived with the arrogance and barbarity of the Master Race. A little girl, brave as only the young can be brave, flew from the shadows to which she had molded—flew, clutching in one hand a wooden shape, her Dolly”, as great machines rolled past the pitiful refuge in curt disdain of time spent here. Time rolled down the sky yet in its splendor, and poked a friendly, nosey finger through the cobweb den of the little child; she listened, with her head cocked, to the last rumble of the big wheels. Dolly, dear, she said, I am going to tell you a story”. She held the wooden shape in thin arms and rocked it as young mothers have for centuries. She hummed a tune—a lullaby that she had learned (Oh! so long ago)—and thought of the fun that she and Doily had had that day—and the crusts of bread that she had found. So she sang a long time until the sun left the shambles more drab than ever, and at last took Dolly, laid her in bed, and made the motions of tucking her in. Then the child went to bed herself to keep Dolly warm, cradling her against her gently beating heart. Thus with the setting of the sun, playland, in that little town, as in many other little towns like it, reclaimed its kingdom in the supremacy of its dreams; and playland would live there but momentarily until those dreams once again held supremacy with the sun. Frances Corley '45 Man’s Star Midst the crashing of the nations And the clanging of their shields, There’s a star up in the heavens Looking down on peaceful fields. Though the breath of man must grapple ’Mid the gory mass of man. There is one star in the heavens Still along the milky span. Starkly, cries and shrieks do linger In the suffocating air; There’s a tint of dawn beyond it. Behind the darkness everywhere, And the buddies in their foxholes Howl forth in holy blasphemy, In this noisome hell of dirt, Oh, God—Thanks for coming back to me! Frances Corley ’45 Paradox When you feel you arc all important. That you have reached a towering height, That the earth couldn’t turn without you, Look out in the sky at night. Compare the earth to the heavens; And you’re just one tiny star Shining out there among millions; Then you’ll sec how wrong you arc. When you feel lonely and downcast. And, though you try with all your might, Nothing you do seems to matter, Look out in the sky at night. Find solace out there in the heavens; For though you’re just one tiny star, You give off as much light as the others, Then you’ll sec how wrong you are. Wilbur Willey ’48 33 Mountain Heart You can boast of your busy city street Or of your valleys so fair. But give me a hillside under my feet And a breath of mountain air. You may live in some foggy ocean town Or out on the prairie wide; But give me a rocky hillside mound And mountain friends by my side. You may settle down in some lowland place, Or roam the whole world o’er; But give me a rugged mountain to face And the tunc of a waterfall's roar. Way up in the Arctic you may toil, Or go to the tropics to roam, But I’ll have a patch of highland soil And a mountain cabin home. Wilbur Willly '48 Ode to The Noble Wiener (With apologies to Longfellow’s Hiawatha) Sing, O picnickers and campers, Of the happy days we spent there, In the land of lake and forest. In the pleasant land and peaceful. Sing the blessings of the hot dog. Sing the blessings of the frankfort! Tempting food with rolls and relish, Tempting food with mustard pickles, Tempting food in all its glory. Ten course dinners were forgotten, There was peace among the campers; With this ecstasy in silence. Dipping dogs into the mustard. Covering them with luscious relish, Eating them in fleeting goodness. First they gathered wood for toasting. Then they heaped it on the fireplace. Then they toasted noble wieners, Ate them with great sense of gusto. Where would picnics be without ’em? How would campers do without ’em? So here is to the earthy morsel, To the heavenly, earthy morsel, To the noble, mighty wiener. Wilbur Willey ’48 A Plea Dear God— To every little child that grows Give him a place, so that he knows Of songs and birds. And brooks, sweet flowing, Of whispering thoughts All sweet, all-knowing. To every little one that’s born Into this great wide world, Give him a hope to look upon, That when his soul’s unfurled He’ll find in manhood, yet a child, A sweet flower in half-bloom. Never let a little child Grow too old too soon. Frances Corley ’45 34 SOCIAL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 11 Registration 16 Langdon Park Supper 20 Faculty Tea for Freshmen 23 Hike to Camp OCTOBER 6 Freshman Reception 15 Parents’ Day 27 Hallowe’en Party NOVEMBER 4 Saturday Night Frolic 11 Hike 18 Hall Dorm Entertainment DECEMBER 10 Carol Concert 13 Christmas Party 14 Christmas Party and Banquet JANUARY 13 Sports Night 20 Faculty Entertainment FEBRUARY 3 Winter Carnival 10 Valentine Party 17 Movies 24 Pan Athenaeum Play and Dance MARCH 3 Mary Lyon Entertainment 10 Truth or Consequences Program 17 St. Patrick’s Day Party 24 Sugaring Off Party APRIL 12 Freshman Tea 21 Hare and Hound Chase 28 Pan Athenaeum Play and Dance • MAY 1 May Breakfast 5 Commuters’ Entertainment 12 Outdoor Sports Night 19 Alumni Home-Coming Day JUNE 2 Hike 13 Faculty Tea 14 Last Camp Fire 16 Class Day and Band Concert 17 Baccalaureate 18 Commencement 35 GLEE CLUB Officers President - ■- -Vice-President Secretary - - - Librarian - - -Librarian Student Director - Elizabeth Brackett - - Marion Lucy - Eleanor Thomas Shirley Dyson - Norma Johnson - - Jane Vogel The Glee Club gives students interested and talented in music a chance to participate in various programs presented during the college year. The most impressive concert is the Vesper Service given in Rounds Hall at Christmas time. ORCHESTRA Officers President and Student Director Vice-President Secretary - - - Librarian - - -Asst. Librarian Faculty Directors Mr. Davis Marion Gould - Marion Randall - Eleanor Jackson - Barbara Varney Roberta Hennessey - - - Mr. Boyd The orchestra plays a major part in the various activities of the college. Weekly rehearsals prove to be profitable and provide a source of much enjoyment to all the participants. 37 BAND Officers President - - -Vice-President Secretary - - - Faculty Director - Beverly Wilmot - Ruth Merrill Mary Donovan - - Mr. Boyd The college band furnishes opportunity for all students who desire instruction. The weekly practices arc enjoyed by all of the members. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Officers President - - - - Barbara Patch Vice-President - Barbara Stonesifer Secretary - - - - Agnes Harrigan Faculty Adviser - - Miss Hodgdon The Athletic Association is composed of the officers of the club and the leaders of the various sports. Throughout the year it holds sports nights and annually sponsors a winter carnival. These events are eagerly looked forward to by all. 38 STUDENT COUNCIL Officers President ----- Jane Vogel Vice-President - - - Ruth Morgen Sec'y-Treasurcr - - Roxanna Hood Faculty Adviser - - - Miss Hoyt The Student Council, composed of representatives from the three dormitories and a faculty adviser, capably directs the activities of the student body. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Officers Chairman - -Faculty Adviser Grade School Adviser - - Gertrude Brown - - Mr. Ernst Miss Mallis This organization is in charge of all the college publicity. Its membership is composed of the presidents of the four classes, the presidents of the Social Club and Student Council, and five assistants. 39 SOCIAL CLUB Officers President - -Vice-President -Secretary - - Trcasurer - - - - Pauline Warren - - Agnes Harrigan Marguerite Reynolds - - Pauline Hobart The Social Club, with the help of the faculty adviser, plans social functions for the enjoyment of both the faculty and the students. Its calendar includes week-end entertainments, holiday banquets, a mid-year dance, and an annual Parents Day. FORENSIC Officers President - - - - Elaine Sinclair Vice-President - Frances Eldridgc Corresponding Secretary - - Beverly Sanborn Recording Sec'y - - Eleanor Colby Faculty Adviser - - - - Mr. Wass The Forensic society offers excellent opportunities to those students who arc interested in public speaking and debate. This year the society became a member of the Carnegie International Relations Clubs and through this new affiliation is looking forward to broadening its activities. 40 ART CLUB Officers President - - - Nellie Thompson Vice-President - - Roxanna Hood Secretary - - - Cynthia Philbrook Treasurer - - - - Drina Perkins Faculty Adviser - - Mr. Stevenson The Art Club offers many opportunities for those students who possess creative ability. Weekly work periods and monthly socials provide a source of inspiration and enjoyment for all of the members. PAN ATHENAEUM Group Directors Beverly Sanborn Pauline Warren Eleanor Thomas Ruth Crandall Catherine Goodscll Faculty Adviser Mrs. I'urlong Pan Athenaeum strives to bring out the best in all of its members. It offers an opportunity for them to express their ability by acting in and by directing the plays presented by the club. 41 Remember When Wc slept seven in two beds.' There were more than five on the alley? We had man trouble at the dances? Bunny went to Orford? Turmclle was pistol-packing Mama? We walked from Lincoln to the Flume? Tabby had bangs? Five young ladies met the genius”? Our Junior year came to a close? Pudgie finally had her operation? Jane found a visitor in her room during Chapel? Tessie taught the seventh grade? Sylvia slept with Pudgie? Jane and Helen cleaned their room? Tuffy adjusted the room conditions”? Barbara knit her yellow sweater? We had our birthday parties? The little kitchen was forbidden territory? We had a zoo on Junior alley? Sibi prayed? Helen told two faculty members to be more quiet? Sylvia got Bat? Sue wanted us to jump out of a pumpkin? Lorraine lost her Valentine chocolates? Bunny wasn’t taking aeronautics? Wc had the scream” for a password? Jane got in the mud? Sibi got a bushel of oranges? The Wood Caravan came to town? Sue and Barb went to Connecticut? Zoe had scarlet fever? 107 men week-ended on the campus? Bea cleaned her closet? Sibi was chosen as a pin-up girl? Ruthic had her turtle on the fire escape? Korky was with us? There was “muchmorc” on the campus than we wanted? Wc took law and program? Helen knit some mittens for her father? Wyatt and Regan came to visit? Zoe got a feather cut? Sibi took Verna’s bath tub? Bea drank the coke and aspirin? The commercials didn’t have accounting to do? Walter couldn’t decide between Bea and Helen? Barbara Stewart was Arbor Day and Helen was Columbus Day? Bca’s little green elf sat in his pockets? Wc had watermelon in Lola Mae’s room? Susan made her telephone calls? Tabby cut the steamed pudding? We could wear bandeaux to history class? Sylvia thought the Germans had arrived? Zurik, Vogel, Brown, and Ritchie received Dr. Silver’s message at breakfast? Pudgie smiled by special request? Lola Mae flooded the laundry? Zoe and Verna taught music appreciation? The Elcmentaries had noon lunch? Helen and Jane hiked to Rumncy? The O’Brien block burned? Zoe got a new brown hat? Lanky went to breakfast? Bunny whistled “White Christmas”? There was a Yardstick in class? Goodyear forsook Ellen in gym class? A bill board served as Sue’s dressing room? Wc went to Wentworth? Wc played games on the balcony? Wc were a class of 47? VICE AND VIRTUE SYL Vice: Animals Virtue: Loyalty PUDGIE Vice: Chocolate bars Virtue: Cheerfulness HELEN MAUDE Vice: Laughing Virtue: Good nature BUNNY Vice: Aeronautics Virtue: Poetry SIBI Vice: Cooking Virtue: Poetic ability SQUEAKY Vice: Walking Virtue: Nonchalance LOLA MAE Vice: Cowboy music Virtue: Co-operativeness LU Vice: Horses Virtue: Ambition BUTTERCUP Vice: Books Virtue: Dry humor ELLEN Vice: Whist parties Virtue: Rhythm 44 11EA Vice: Walter Virtue: Wit TABBY Vice: Shampoo Virtue: Coyness LANKY Vice: Peanuts Virtue: Oratory MATCHES Vice: Sailors Virtue: Music FERN Vice: Bottles Virtue: Blue Eyes STEW Vice: Hawaii Virtue: Frankness BUD Vice: Singing Virtue: Personality JANIE Vice: Brucie Virtue: Singing TESS1E Vice: Baby talk Virtue: Self-confidence BARB Vice: Math Virtue: Efficiency SUE Vice: Lateness Virtue: Enthusiasm 45 UJ fat EDITOR’S PAGE Whispering snow under your boots oh the way to camp—syrup candy from snow (mostly snow):—a laugh around the corner;—the friendly squabbles of the carnival; the capricious moods of weather;—and the skies in winter,—sports—and the quaint hilarity of each year’s freshmen;—above all, the friendliness of all we meet,—the smiles of someone new;—and the first angels, singing carols—vespers—last campfire when old friends go to make way for new,—the ever-growing thoughts inside of you that this, all this, is yours,—ever-pleas-ant recluse of Langdon Park with the comradeship of forest paths beneath your feet,—cold walks up a blasty hill, closing the door and leaving the stars behind. 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