Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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A Negative Rose. Whoever named her Rose either had no sense of the fitness of things, or else u. 1 i' VII Qi N W i s mil Va l 1 it l is liiii '- '71 ,R,,.:' back. Although the different articles of clothing which she wore, were did not realize how marvelously she would outgrow the flower-like appearance which she must have had in infancy to have merited the name. She was stunted in size. Her narrow shoulders drooped from lack of strength to hold them up. She walked with a peculiar gait, her knees taking the lead. Her face was never placid. lt was screwed as if to glean more from the world than would be possible other- wise. When interested her lower jaw dropped, and although this added nothing to her personal appear- ?f,1FQly ance, it might have assisted her in hearing all that te was said. Her eyes were narrowed down to mere slits XXWXX and wore a perpetual quizzical expression. Her hair was dust-col- ored and dry and wispy. It was intended to be dressed a la pom- padour but had rebelled and now rested in a discon- solate heap on the top of her head. A long irreg- ular pig-tail, ending in a washed-out compromise between a bow and a knot, meandered down her i gv fl wi X if-iresf ' irsnnoszi READ E -,T Fouiii i il i NEWS TRIED svuoAY GR- A' ' Kuuiol ig! F-RONI PkPF-R SEVEN ' 4 SAN BY -.l URY FQR fr QN i mivnev FWE 1 . - TEC ' N A FRANCISCO SFDASL AcC0vN ' CLAS'-l ' 1ARtY No? or ANDOYER BETWEF' N Gi .wr-N MW 0 wwf . mmf'-'ff long 0 O OU-T YSIERI0 E F LL ' emo T1-LL GP-M' wi 'Wi ficcoum-J FQLL g PPH'R nib i 'N l To ANC5 FRElc,117 ,rfb Nnml ' if ' BE RCCDUNT oi' AN f PERA ix' F-ATALLY nv MR- M. 4 i ' - 'T ' PAPER Hou- H -LED fl HQJURED 1 HE i A-NY NNNY oxen 'TN wmvfssfs M, i i li A-CITUA L 'TENS-'Z AT' MAGNHTE 'SA - WANT 'gc,ENE xii J 15

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of different hues, it was impossible to distinguish them from each other. Her clothes hung loosely on her frame and drooped at all imaginable angles. In general. her character resembled her personal appearance. Intensely alert to all that was going on, she absorbed the papers for News. Tragic events awakened her deepest feelings, and her glory was at its height when recounting ghastly incidents whose deep significance she could not realize. Her nervous, fidgety manner was accompanied by broken, uneven utterances. Such was Rose, a creature of whims and fancies, with no thoughts of the serious business of life. C. E. M., 'o6. Defeated Expectations. September 13, 1906, found the Normal School Graduate at the District School. The Man on the School Committee met her at the door and showed her where five hours of each day of the ensuing school year would be spent. The Normal School Graduate had brought with her two massive trunks. The Man on the School Committee asked, Have you made plans for the year's work ? Yes, said the Normal School Graduate, I have a few courses of study with me. That is the reason I have brought my trunks to the school. May I see your plans ? asked the Man on the School Committee. Yes, said the Normal School Graduate. Here is the material with which I ani to work. Thereupon she opened her trunks. First, she drew out a portfolio of tremendous size. On both sides of 333 I-3 sheets ul tomposition paper the Man on the School Committee found work pertaining to lan- guage. At the top of every few pages he saw, in bold letters, Antonyms, Synonyms, llomonyms. 't lt seems to be a carefully prepared course, said the Man on the School Com- mittee. Yes, said the Normal School Graduate, I spent an entire year in completing it. Next, there was a yellowish brown covered book with interleaving so thick that the covers could not be made parallel. The Man on the School Committee examined it and found it dealt with lathing, clapboarding, plastering, papering, shingling, carpeting, paint- ing, ctr., etc: ,.,.. Upon further examination he found it to be Arithmetic as taught in the Salem Normal School. You have a hue plan here, replied the Man on the School Committee, I hope you will have splendid results. Yes, said the Normal School Graduate, I think I ought to accomplish a great rlc':il. Then a neat little booklet, with covers of bogus paper, met the eyes of the Man on I6