Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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Class Officers P' I .3 K, . 1' R - -1:3-. HELEN I. MULLANE IANTE5 A- CRONIN PRESIDENT v1C1e.PRHs1DENT Aa:-' I . an ilk ,iff 8 ,-'qi 41, , MARGARET Y. LAMB GERTRLFDE ODONNELL SECRETARY TREASURER

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Ode to the Salem Normal School Salem Normal, fair, we hail thee! We, thy children,-g'athered hereg For our sehooldays now are ended And the time of D31'lllllg',S near. Many lessons we have learned here As we daily came to thee,- Many lessons with our pleasures, That will live in memory. Salem Normal, fair, we thank thee! For thy blessing' and thy care, For the knowledge We have gained here, For the friendships that we share, All the hopes that flood our future, All the victories we attaing For the fruits of earnest labor We have g'arnered in thy name. Salem Normal, dear, we leave thee- For 'tis time to say farewell, liut we never shall l'or,Q'et thee, Tho' Time weave his mystic spell: And no matter where We wander, Or where'er our lot is cast, All our hearts will turn to Salem, And our friendships ol' the past. If l

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The History of the Class of 1918 1915--1916 On one bright morning in the early part of September, the ninth day of the month, to be specific,-and specificness is a desirable thing, as we have learned from sad experience,-twenty-two young women and men, almost all strangers to one another, arrived in a strange land. Who were these young people 'Z They were no less reputed persons than the pioneers of the class of nineteen eighteen, and the place of their arrival was no other than the State Normal School at Salem, Massa- chusetts. Emerson says: 'ttlo where he will, the wise man is at home. Although we hold Emerson in the highest esteem, when we, who were among those strangers, first greeted the Salem Normal School, we were inclined to disagree with him slightly on this point, for our wisdom had always been unquestionable, at least in our own minds, and still most of us felt far from at home. We were not alone in our mis- fortune. however, for that year three new members were added to the faculty-Miss Flanders, as assistant in geography: Miss Terrill, in charge of the history depart- ment: and Miss Inglis, as assistant in English and history. It was evident from their actions that they were quite as much at sea as we were. Happily, though, we had all heard the maxim. ln Rome, do as the Romans do, and we used it to advan- tage-so successfully, indeed, that we were sometimes mistaken for seniors. After the newness of the place had worn off, we began to think about governing ourselves. and, on the twentieth of October, with much noise and tumult, we elected our class ollicers. The class of which we formed a small part was large and jollyg we did not feel isolated during our first year. The year was one of great social as well as mental activity. Junior One set the ball rolling with their Hallowe'en party. In quick succession followed the Senior- Junior reception. held on the twelfth day of November, at which we all had a delight- ful time. During the year, each of the five divisions of the class had the customary number of parties, ranging in variety from the more plebeian type of amusement, a cabaret party, to the more refined and high sounding diversion, a Robin Hood Tea. One event of the year which interested the school at large was the girls' basket- ball game played between the seniors and the juniors on April seventeenth. Every- thing was done to make the best of this game. The Main Hall was decorated with red and white for the seniors, and with green and white for the juniors. The sen- iors wore red boleros and the iuniors wore green capes. The only thing about it that was a little disconcerting to us, was that the seniors were victorious, and lili- fortunately, since basketball has been given up, we have not had an opportunity since to retrieve our reputation. Another event of general interest was the Glee Club Voncert with the Framing- ham tllee t'lub, which was followed at a later date by an equally enjoyable one with the filee Vlub of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ln the course of the year, we had the pleasure ol' two visits from lllr. llubbard, a great favorite at the F-alem Normal School, who delighted us with Jewels of the Madonna and The Xlastersingers. We went on the usual field trips to the gravel pit, the glacial region, Forest River, and llevereux lieach, where we listened to the poem I am the rock, as our pre- decessors had done for years before, and as our successors will do for generations to .Y