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

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THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE As the bright sun of a summer morning cuts through the darkness and the early morning mists, so does the light of knowledge dispel the darkness of doubt and the obscurity of muddled thinking. It is our great privilege and challenge as teachers to keep alive the spirit of free inquiry, the constant quest for truth, the power to think critically and constructively. As the members of the Class of 1956 go into the ranks of our stimulators and molders of thought and opinion, may you serve to focus upon the problems of our political, social, and economic life the clear light of a free mind, guided but not confined by the accumulated wisdom of the ages. 6 Harold E. Hyde

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DEDICATION To mention all of the things which Mr. Roi White has done to improve Plymouth Teachers College is not our purpose here. W;e gratefully dedicate our yearbook to Professor White in acknowledgement of the fine entertainment and aid to our cultural growth he and his Plymouth Players have provided and are providing us here at Plymouth. The excellent relationship of college to town and college to state has been further enhanced by Mr. White. To you, Mr. Roi White, this is our way of saying 'Thank

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THE FACULTY HAROLD E. HYDE President Hartwick College, B.S.; State University of New York, College for Teachers, M.S.; New York University, Ed.D. NORTON R. BAGLEY English. Public Relations Plymouth Teachers College, B. Ed.; Boston University, Ed. M.; Graduate Study. University of Connecticut. SAMUEL L. ABBOTT, JR. Elementary Education Middlebury College, B.S.; University of Connecticut, M.A. in Eld.; Duke University, Ph. 1). ELLA F. BATCHEI.DER Supervising Teacher Plymouth Teachers College. B. Ed. M. PRISCILLA ALDEN Physical Education Sargent School of Physical Education; Boston University, B.S.; Teachers College. Columbia University, M.A. ROBERT LUCIUS BOYD Natural Sciences Massachusetts State College, B.S.; University of New Hampshire, Ed. M. BRADFORD AMES Supervising Teacher Plymouth Teachers College. B. Ed. RUTH OLIVE BOZARTH Social Studies Illinois State Normal University. B. Ed.; Teachers College, Columbia University. A.M. 7