Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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Miss Harriet Laura Martin On November 27, 1920, the Salem State Normal School lost one of its most loyal friends by the death of Miss Harriet Laura Martin, who passed away at her home after a very brief illness. Miss Martin had been a member of the Salem Normal School faculty for fifty-one years, resigning from active service in December, 1918. She was born in Salem, received her education in the schools of the city, and had always made her home there. In September of 1865, she entered the State Normal School with the twenty-third class, graduating at the completion of the regular two years' course, during the principalship of Dr. Daniel B. Hagar. Her unusual ability made it possible for the Board of Education to invite her to become an instructor of mathematics, and she began her duties at once in the autumn of 1867. Her term of service was unbroken. but her teaching sometimes included other subjects besides mathematics. During the last few years, when the courses in higher mathematics were discontinued, she became the librarian, conducting classes in library practice, as well as attending to the duties which one naturally associates with that position. Miss Martin has always been a very valuable member of the Salem Normal Association and one of its most dependable workers. She has held practically all of the ofilices of lllllJO1't2ll1CC in the association, serving as Treasurer from 1897- 1900, Vice-President from 1900-190-al, President from 1907-1910, and Recording Secretary from 1916-1919. At the time of her death she held the position of Fustodian of Records, the new oflice created in 1919, to which she was unani- mously elected at the triennial celebration of that year. Her intimate knowledge of the many classes which had passed under her care and her intense interest in all things concerning the school and its welfare, made her of inestimable worth at the council table of the Board of Directors or the less formal committee meet- ings and personal conferences. At the triennial reunion in 1919 a reception was given in honor of Miss Martin, and the large number of former students who exchanged a word of greeting with her was a delightful testimonial to the esteem in which she has always been held. Gisirrnnnis B. Gonnsmrrn. :lx 1 As a student in Miss Martin's earlier classes, l wish to express my admiration of her wonderful power as a teacher of mathematics. and my appreciation of her warm-hearted interest in her students. 'l'o some of the girls she seemed at first a hit nnappl-oacliahle, for she was at all times a very dignified and gracious lady, and some ol' the students stood in awe of her. Many of them were immature girls who had not been taught to take responsibility and who had not yet come into f'unt.:u't with many persons outside ol' their little circle ol' home friends. To those of ns, however, who liked work and who saw Miss Mal't.in's keen appreciation of fnn hehind her rather austere exterior. she hecame a very human teacher, and we loved her dearly. Miss Martin was my girlish ideal of what a strong teacher and a lovely woman might lie and she is still. .li-:ssnc l'. Liafmovn. f