Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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Normal School girl should bel 5 and then the type of person applying' for a position who is all that could be desired. The play was both amusing' and instructive to the club members. THE INTERMEDIATE AND ELEMENTARY DEPARTMENT. 1919 September 10. Opening of school. October 10. Talk by Mrs. Almina Steele, a former member oi' the school. about the Steele Home for negro children, Chattanooga, Tennessee. Sixty dollars was raised towards the education of these children. October 28. Lecture on Social Dancing, by Miss Fannie Faulhaber of Boston. Miss James assisted at the piano, and Miss Catherine T. Donovan and Mr. Wilfred Roberts demonstrated the positions. November Readings by Miss Mary J. Guerber. November 6. Lecture by C. Fred Nichols, Director of Commercial Education, Federal Board for Vocational Education, Business Aspects of Good Ell,Q'llSll.H November 13. Lecture by Dr. Franklin Giddings, professor of sociology. Co- lumbia University, The Education of Democracy. November 18. Lecture by James F. Hosic, Director of English, Chicago Nor- mal School, Democratization of Educational Methods. November 20. Lecture by Dr. Cheesman A. Herrick, President of Gerard College, Philadelphia, 'tEducation for Efhciencyf' November 21. Senior reception to the Juniors. December 17. Mrs. Sarah Cone Bryant Borst, An Hour of Story Telling. December 19. Christmas party to the faculty. Students of the Normal School assisted by children of the Training School. 1920 January Glee Club Dance. The nrst of a series of dances given to raise money for the concert. 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 Goldsmith, hostesses. March 12. Lecture by Dr. Merrill E. Champion under auspices of the Massa- chusetts Board of Health. March 16. Lecture by Mr. Whitney, Indian Lore. March 19. Concert of Musical Clubs of Salem and Framingham Normal Schools. The clubs. faculty, and class presidents entertained at a tea. in :haree of the Intermediate Seniors. March 25. Lecture by E. Howard GriQ'Q's, Woman and Democracy, March 26. Lecture by Mr. Pitman, The History of Normal Schools. April 2. Talk by Dr. L. A. Jones, of the Massachusetts Board of Health, Public Health. April 13. Lecture by Mr. Whitney, Harmonious Color in Dress :ind the 77 Home. April 15. Lecture by Frederick W. Reid of the Framingham Normal School, Craftsmanship for Summer Schools. April 16. 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. 31

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The Class History THE COMMERCI.-xL DEPARMENT. When the Senior Commercial Class entered the Salem Normal School in 1918 they numbered over thirty, but since that time they have lost some of their class- mates. until now there are only twelve graduating. They have had many happy days. as well as days of hard work. while at Normal, and just a few of the good times they have had are recorded below: 1918-1919 C September 9. Entered Normal School. September 16. A field trip with Miss Flanders to Devereux Beach, to study rock formation. October 31. The Seniors of 1919 gave a Hallowe'en party to the Freshmen in the gymnasium. January. Geography Club organized by Miss Flanders for the purpose of promoting acquaintance between the Juniors in the elementary course and the Freshmen in the commercial course. February 14. A party given by the Freshmen to the Seniors on Valentine's Dav. April. The class taken through the House of Seven Gables, by Miss Jackson of the history department. May. The Junior-Senior reception was held. June. A banquet given by the Fen Club for members. June. A farewell party to Miss Brooks and Mr. Tilford. June. Geography Club banquet. 1919-1920 September 10. Began the Sophomore year at Normal, October 31. A party given to the Freshmen by the Seniors and Sophomores. April. A visit with Miss Rollinson to the Riverside Press in Cambridge and the Jordan-Marsh store in Boston. June. A farewell party by the commercial classes to Miss Rollinson. 1921-19:22 September 14. Return to Normal School of the commercial class of 1922, after a year in the business world. September 121. A field trip with Miss Stark around Salem Harbor. September 28. A trip of Commercial Seniors with Miss Stark to Marblehead, to study the contour of the land: Marblehead Fort, Neck, and Devereux Beach. October. All-day trip with Miss Stark and the middle year intermediate class to Gloucester, to study the human response to the phvsical environment. November. A party given to the Freshmen bv the Seniors. November. The class taken to the Textile Show in Boston by Miss Stark. December. Christmas luncheon given in the school restaurant. May. The Fen Club gave Il plav before the members at a regular club meeting the second week in Mav. lt was entitled A Day in an Ollicef' The play portrayed the regular ollice routine that might occur any day in any oflice. Many types of character were shown.-the model secretary who does what the manager wants in 1. pleasing and ellicient way: a model clerk. who is especially nice when talking over the telephone: the perfect type of manager, who is kind and considerate: the other type of boss, who is a grouch: the fiippant ollice boy, who furnished amusement all through the play: the vampire type of applicant for a position twhich no it'

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April 22. Reading of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by John Duxbury of London, 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. Tea by the Library Club. April 28. Lecture by David Snedden, professor of educational sociology, Columbia University, formerly Commissioner of Education of Massachusetts. Subject, Outlook in the Teaching Profession. May. May May May Lecture to Commercials, Women and Finance by Agnes Hassett. 11. Lecture by Gertrude B. Goldsmith, Rambles in Italy. Lecture by James F. Hopkins, Art in Public Prints. Annual trip of the Art Club to the Museum of Fine Arts. June 14. Class Day. June 15. Graduation. Speaker, Frank W. Wright, Director of Elementary Secondary Education and Normal Schools of Massachusetts. 1920 September 15. Opening of school. October 16. Lecture on art by Walter Sargent. October. Lecture by Agnes Hassett, Principles of Safe Investments. October. Lecture by Captain Philip Horton Smith, Study of the Effect of in Central Europe. November 12. Lecture by Hugh S. Magill, A National Program of Educa- and the VVar tion. November. Senior reception to the Juniors. December. Series of five lectures by Mr. Pitman, Conditions of the Schools of the Present Day. 1921 January. Tea given by Junior II to Junior I in the library. January. Junior class reception to the Seniors. The Crimson Cocoanut, by Ian Hay, was presented. February. Pilgrim pageant. given by Training School pupils. February 9-12. Intelligence tests given to the school by Edwin A. Kirkpatrick of the Fitchburg State Normal School. February. Lecture by James L. Hughes on Burns. March 18. Joint concert at Framingham by the Framingham and the Salem Musical Clubs. March 21. Intermediate Middle Class began their work in the Training School. April. Dramatic Club annual entertainment, The Hour Glass by William llutler Yeats and Nevertheless by Stuart Walker. May May 20. May 21. my May 27. May 27. morning i'Hf'kS. May Geography held trips to Legg's Hill and Raymond's Hill. Lecture by Dr. Walter E. Fernald, The Abnormal Child. Lecture by Gladys Commander, The Girl Scout Movement. Memorial Day address by Walter S. Parker. Lecture by Mrs. Carrie E. Fuller, Fire Prevention in School. Forest River trip of Junior II. The division spent an enjoyable Miss Stark discussing Salem harbor, the coastline. Forest River, and 26. with Day spent at Devereux lleach by Junior II. Discussion of geographical topics. Snapshots of the division were taken. .lune I. Hawthorne trip by the .lunior class with Miss Parrott. Juni-. Gift to Miss Stark by Junior ll : a large eraser and an Eversharp pencil. vi -'