Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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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

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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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the School Committee. Within he saw tables, maps, dates and A I other writing which upon careful examination proved to be History. W1 26:21.13 :Sl 1: J This will be very helpful to you especially in the upper If W : I' -Woo grades, said the Man on the School Committee. 'T '4,'A if - Yes, said the Normal School Graduate, 'fbut I hope to have a history class in each grade. What is this? asked the Man on the School . Committee, picking a long line which was very artis- il, 15 end. Oh ! said the Normal School Graduate, that X- N -- q- tically arranged, and to which there seemed to be no is one of the things which I have worked upon very carefully and I have arranged it as logically and artis- tically as I could. It is the line of thought. I have one end of the line, which runs about the room, so that each child is connected with me. You can readily see we can easily guard against any digressions from the thread of the lesson. Excellent ! exclaimed the Man on the School Committee. I brought my Pedagogy Note Book, said the Normal School Graduate, so that I could follow strictly the principles of teaching. I was afraid I could not remember them without some clue. Never trust too much to your memory, said the Man on the School Committee, I see you have also your Psychology Note Book. f' Yes, said the Normal School Graduate, I wanted to cultivate the imagination of the children and fearing that I might confuse imagination with memory, percept, con- cept, will, judgment or some other power of the mind, I packed this book. Those powers of the mind are confusing, said the man on the School Committee, I, myself, have difiiculty in distinguishing one from another. As the Man on the School Committee looked into the trunk he was greatly puz- zled. There before him lay 8 7 little boxes, all covered with various colored nettings, and what they could be used for was more than pa' H: he could tell. 3523 Those are for my caterpillars, said the Normal School Grad- ,,:1'. , uate enthusiastically, '4 I hope to have a scholar for each box. After the excitement, the Man on the School Committee asked, Have you any plans for reading? in .Pl Yes, said the Normal School Graduate, p i here are old sentences cut from books, here my ,I , I' 4 9 ,04 3 phonetic cards, and here my methods. r .9 N: Good, said the Man on the School Com- -A, If V ' , mittee. t 1 A 3 3. Do they have manual work here? shyly , , I , xii' X asked the Normal School Graduate. I 5 Mx ,af if :' foam H The Man on the School Committee bowed . 'X .5 Q his head slightly. if I7