Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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OcTOBET? 28. Lecture on Social Dancing by Miss Fannie Faulhaber of Boston. Miss .lames assisted at the piano, and Miss Catherine T. Donovan and Mr. Wilfred Rob- erts demonstrated the positions. OCTOBER 31. Hallowe ' en Party given by Senior 1 to the teachers of the training school. November 3-7. Better Speech Week. November 5. Readings by Miss Mary .1. (iuerber. November 6. Lecture by ( ' . Fred Nichols. Director of Commercial Education. Federal Board for Vocational Education, Business Aspects of Good English. XovEMiiKH ] ' ■]. Beet ure by Dr. Prank] in Biddings, professor of sociology. Colum- bia University, The Education of Democracy. November 18. Lecture by .lames F. Hosic. Director of English. Chicago Normal School. Democratization of Educational Methods. November 20. Lecture by Dr. Cheesman A. Herrick, President of (ierard Col- lege. Philadelphia, Education for Efficiency. November 21. Senior reception to the Juniors. December 17. Mrs. Sarah Cone Bryant Borst, An Hour of Story Telling. December Christmas party to the faculty, students of the normal school assisted by children of the training school. Mr. Archibald, soloist and director. Prepa- rations made by Mr. Whitney in his arl classes. All members of the faculty presented with gifts made by the students and placed in two large Christmas pies, special feat- ures of interest, in which were found card cases, leather shoe polishers, leather-topped blotters, twine holders and scissors, and raffia hags. Students presented Mr. Whitney and Miss Burnham with large boxes of candy harmoniously arranged. Students re- ceived Christmas cards, on w hich were printed views of the school. L920 JANUARY 23. (dee Club Dance. The firsl of a series of dances given to raise money for the concert. January :i ). Basket-ball game. February 5. I ' feel of snow; no session. February i. Sleet; no session-. 28 girls present. FEBRUARY 7. Bain, clearing at night: 1.6 inches of snow. February 10-13. 3.3 inches of snow. FEBRUARY 19. 2.8 inches of snow; one session only. February 20. Valentine party given by Senior I to Junior V. February 24. Tea given to the Art Club. Mrs. Whitney, Miss Wellman, and Miss ( ioldsmit h. hostesses. March 6-9. Rain, snow, sleet. No traffic on Georgetown branch, Newburyporl Bianch, and Saugus Branch. March 12. Lecture by Dr. Merrill E. Champion under auspices of the Massachu- setts Board of Health. March 16. Lecture by Mr. Whitney, Indian Lore. March 19. Concert of Musical Clubs of Salem and Framingham Normal Schools. The chilis, faculty, and class presidents entertained at a tea, in charge of the Intermediate Seniors. March 2 Lecture by E Howard Griggs, Woman and Dei racy. MARCH ' 2C Lecture by Mr. Pitman, The History of Normal Schools. April 2. Talk by Dr. L , .limes of the Massachusetts Board of Health, Public Health. 12

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Class History 1918 September 9. Entrance t o ' Normal School. ' October. Field trips of the Junior divisions to West Beach. Raymond ' s Hill, and Devereanx Beach to study local geography. January. Formation of Geography Club by Miss Flanders. 1919 January 11. Junior V entertained by Junior I. Presentation of A Country Wedding. February 7. Presentation by Dramatic Club of A Salem Captain ' s Commercial Expedition in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century and of Joint Owners in Spain. written by one of the former students. February 12. Concert by Tuft ' s College Musical Clubs with S. X. S. Glee Club. February 18. Art Club leeture, The Artistic Value of the Study of Poetry by John B. Willis. February 19. Party given by Junior I to Junior III. Costumes represented well-known songs. February 28. Junion V entertained Senior I. A School for Queer Children given. March 13. Art Club lecture, an illustrated talk by Mr. Pitman on City Com- munity Planning. March 14. Glee Club concert. Pemberton Whitney, pianist, and Mr. Archibald, soloist. March 19. Visit of Dramatic Club to Holds St. Theatre to see A Well-Remem- bered Voice. by J. M. Barrie. March 19. Presentation of A Saturday Morning in an Office by the Commer- cial class for the benefit of the Thrift Stamp Drive. March 21. Joint (dee Club concert with the Framingham Normal School at Framingham. March 26. First of a series of live lectures on Americanization by Charles F. Towne. agent of Department of University Extension, State Board of Education. March 28. Lecture by E. Howard Griggs on The Future of Democracy: the Program of Reconstruction. April 14. Art Club lecture, Indian Lore by Mr. Whitney. April 17. Joint recital. .Mi-. Archibald, baritone, and Pemberton Whitney, pianist. April 20. Lecture. Free Public Library Commission. by John A. Lowe. May 6. Visit of Art Club to Boston Museum of Fine Arts. May 9. Lecture. The Culture of the Commonplace by Rev. W. II. Spence. May 15. Art Club lecture. English Cathedrals by Miss Peet. May 16. Junior reception to Seniors May 19. Trip of Senior I to Forest River with Miss Flanders. May 29. Dramatic Club presents The Florist Shop. Dancing afterwards. Junk 3. Trip to Salem Public Library with Mrs. Blake. June 9. Trip to historical parts of Salem with Miss FitzHugh. June 25. Class Day — tennis tournament and (dee Club pageant in morning, class luncheon, entertainment by different Senior classes and clubs in afternoon. Miss Peet presented with a leather writing case by Junior V. her only Junior division. September 10. Opening of school. October 10. Talk by Mrs. Almina Steele, a former member of the school, about the Steele Home for negro children Chattanooga, Ten nessee. Sixty dollars was raised toward the education of these children. 11

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April 13. Lecture by Mr. Whitney, Harmonious Color in Dress and the Home. April 15. Lecture by Frederick W. Reid of the Framing-ham Normal School. Craftsmanship for Summer Schools. April 16. Illustrated lecture by Mrs. A. W. Sandwall, Health Instructor on Foods from the State Department of Health. Subject Food and Its Relation to Health. April 16. Dance in the Training School Hall under the auspices of the Inter- mediate Seniors for the benefit of the Year Book. April 20. Illustrated lecture by Mr. Kenyon, The Art of Seeing Pictures. April 22. Reading of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. by John Duxbury of Lon- don, England. April 23. Lecture to Bird Club by Mr. Whitney. The Study of Birds from the Point of View of the Novice. April 27. Lecture by Miss Amy Rachael Whittier, Illustrations of Children ' s Stories. April 28. Lecture by David Snedden, professor of educational sociology, Co- lumbia University, formerly commissioner of education of Massachusetts. Subject, Out- look in the Teaching Profession. May. Lecture to Commercials, Women and Finance by Edna Hassett. May 11. Lecture by Gertrude B. Goldsmith. Rambles in Italy. May. Lecture by James F. Hopkins. Art in Public Prints. M vy. Annual trip of the Art Club to the Museum of Fine Arts. Junk 14. Class Day. June 15. Graduation. Speaker, Frank W. Wright. Director of Elementary and Secondary Education and Normal Schools of M assachusetts. Dear Friends at the Salem Normal School. Since I came to Cambridge in October I have continued some writing begun during the summer, and, in addition, have been doing research work in educational measurements under the direction of Professor Dearborn of the Department of Educa- tion at Harvard. It has been interesting to follow the later developments in this field. At first there was a good deal of injustice done by rating the work of classes irrespec- tive of the native intelligence of the children. A teacher who was doing superior work with a slow class would be ranked lower than a teacher who was doing compari- tively poor work with a class of children who were unusually bright. To do away with this injustice, the movement is toward measuring the achievement of pupils in the light of an intelligence test which gives the mental status of the pupils. The first experiments in scientific measurements naturally laid the emphasis on mechanical accomplishment. Another improvement is the broadening out of the field so as to include appreciation in the tests. For example, I came across a test the other day in the appreciation of poetry. Each part of the test consisted of several stanzas. One stanza was taken from a great poet. The other stanzas gave the same thought and imagery, but worked them out in different ways. One stanza was over-dramatic, an- other had a rhythm too marked for the thought, and another was too commonplace in its meter. The stanzas were so cleverly written that it took close thinking to select the one that was really the best. I thought of you girls and wondered how many of you had developed the tine discrimination necessary to pass the test. 1 have no doubt that most of you have. Many of you will soon be teaching. You are undoubtedly looking forward to it with high hopes. I do not need to say that I wish you all success in your work, and much richness of experience and happiness in your lives. Sincerely yours. - Cambridge, Massachusetts, April, 192U. Harriet E. Peet. 13