Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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mestic animal given to purring and shedding its fur. Planting of squash and bean seeds for botany class. April. Dramatize Sing, little Bluebird in the tree. Visit the petro- leum works in Beverly with Mr. Whitman in the midst of a rain storm, only case in the history of the class where oil and water mixed. May. Field-trip to Devereux and Marblehead neck, girls study rocks and pick violets. Glass become interested in bacteria through the botany study, for a while the class live in an atmosphere of imaginary microbes, looking through every glass of water they drink to see if any germs are present. June. Graduation day, class of 1911 makes daisy chain for the seniors and now feels itself master of the field. September, 1910. NVeather serene and sunny. Events of the month :-Class of 1911 return to school, look pityingly at the hordes of be-ribboned, bewildered juniors Wandering aimlessly in the cor- ridors. October. Introduction to the practice school. Mr. Cushing's departure for India, coming of Mr. Vinal. Famous goblin party of the commercials. N ovember. Alpheus Crosby memorial. Seniors learn to follow the elu- sive track of the central thought on juniors' papers, become hardened in be- stowing 'tD's on said papers. December. Marks given out in main hall for the first time. Christmas tree party to the faculty. J anuary. Improvement of the lunch-room, color scheme, neutral green and natural wood brown, dark green mission furniture with round tables and square chairs, embroidered doilies and artistic vases, whole conducive to good appetite and cheerful spirits. February. Seniors learn the seven pedagogical principles. Friday estab- lished as basket-ball day, girls spend recesses in practising cheers. Mr. Whit- ney invites class to have their feet measured for moccasins. M arch. Seniors study drainage and irrigation in geography, Mr. Vinal's original method of irrigating 5 Plant potatoes and onions near together, and the onions will cause the potato eyes to water, and thus secure irrigation. April. Are introduced to the skeleton in the physiology room. Do Salem as a preparation for Work in local history 5 with the assistance of yellow guide-books, visit the Witch House, the House of the Seven Gables, and other places of interest. May. Prepare for pageant for graduation. Bring down old clothes and dig in the school garden. June. Graduation and its attendant ceremonies. Smiles and tears and farewells. Magni orbes rerum ordinem perturbant-Livy. M. C. M. 23

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.,...,..-.-.... . jars tossing ' aaa , r X J Calendar of the Class of 1911. Q CF rom the memoirs of Miss Florence Swanson of Pigeon Cove, Secretary of the elass.j Class motto :- Id nunc faeitef' September, 1909. Weather uneertaing inclined to be cloudy and rainy. Events of the month:-Class of 1911 first finds itselfg members get lost in the corridors while trying to find the lunch-roomg are overwhelmed at the amount of statuary in the main hall, both senior and elassieg make resolution to discard hair-ribbons and other high sehool frivolities. October. Vlleather more settled. Members beginning to get aeelimated. Learn to regard worms and cater- pillars kindlyg are introduced to the amoeba in zoiilogy. November. Saw wood in manual trainingg learn the difference between a plane and a chisel. Mr. Adams resigns his position in the science de partment after twenty-four years' service. llrvvembcr. Famous leeture on the earth-wormg students spend leisure time digging that. animal out of their front lawns for dissection purposes. Study of the hrain in psyehologyg learn to observe the workings of their own mindsg learn about the liustaehian Tubes, l'ons Varolii and other wonders. Jrmurzry. Learn to jump the horse in gym. lleeome interested in the eric-kr-tg works of art inspired hy that inseet. Felmtnry. Mr. 1Vhitman eomes to the physics departnientg elass unani- mously pronounce him a peaeh. Students learn in pliysiography that moun- tains are wrinkles in tht- eart.h's crust. March. Exciting times in zoiilogyg dissection fnot viviseetionj of a do- oo

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