Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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1932 S. T. C. We IHLISE not neglect those extra-curricular activities which added considerably to our first year's happiness! Of the various activities, perhaps the W. A. A. attracted the most studentseSophie Baranowski, Kay Connelly, Mary Conley, Roy Goren, Mary Horrigan, Alice Kiember, Evelyn Murphy, and Kay Powers. Murph represented us on the winning Field Ball team. At Mid-Year report cards proved the rumor that some of our faculty members are staunch believers in the normal curve of distribution. Note that the Glee Club and M. A. A. introduced us to more of the social life of Teachers College during the month of February, while the seniors showed us that they were human in their inspirational presentation of an operetta in March. It has been said that freshmen delight in missing classes. Our class proved to be no exception as was evidenced during our trip to the Salem Laundry. Ask Mary Conley and her followers for further particulars. May 29 proved an important social date on many of our classmates' calendars, for, it was the date of the eagerly anticipated Trimu Dance at Pickman Park Manor. We surely cannot overlook that often-recalled geography class hike to Devereux Beach. I-low dumbfounded we were when we learned that we had to display our ob- servatory reactions to the trip in an artistic QD map. We wonder at the advisability of Miss Flanders' attempting to decipher them. Shall we ever forget those long history assignments which continually haunted us, especially the one due after ranks had been passed in to the office? Who but a fresh- man could overlook so line but important a point as this last! Thus passed our Freshman Year at State Teachers College! September, 1929, found us another step nearer our goal. How little did we dream in our childhood days that typewritten budgets and geography lesson plans, more typewriting budgets and more geography lesson plans, could cause those deep dark circles and mar or sour the sweetest of dispositions? Then came the Sissy Football team as an indication of our extraordinary athletic QD ability. Our Sophomore year, however, brought us one disappointment of a lifetime for we were deprived of the opportunity to give a practical display of our selling prowess, and incidentally, to take the role of breadwinner for three weeks. Whether the disappointment consisted more in the former or the latter is difficult to determine. Surely, we shall never forget that surprise Christmas Party instigated by Mr. Phillips, our faculty adviser, and Alice Kiember. How cleverly it was financed! How little we realized when we contributed toward the cost of replacing a supposedly lost book that our money was to be used in purchasing joke presents, etc. Yum, can't Mrs. Phillips make delicious candy! We do not have to be reminded of the delightful harbor trip on that bleak day not long afterwards. Our friends from the western part of the state certainly enjoyed 23

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TM? TQLYII' B005 1932 Qlibrunitle uf the Qlummertial Qlllass nf 1932 FELLOW CLAssMATEs or THE COMMERCIAL SIINIOR Crass: Before leaving the sacred portals of our dear Alma Mater, let us pause a few moments and, by means of mental television, view the activities which constitute the history of our class. First of all, note that in September, 1928, forty-live eager young people of excep- tional merit and promise, representative of our country's youthful intelligentsia, entered the portals of State Teachers College as Commercial Freshmen. How enthus- iastic we were! My, weren't we glad that the upperclassmen had adopted us and had written, giving us pointers! As members of this entering class, how eager and ap- preciative we were of our opportunities to train for that most worthy of all profes- sionsfteaching! Note how, just as had the freshmen of previous years, we, too, became perplexed at our new surroundings, and how rude a jolt it was to realize that we were not the looked-up-to members of society that we had been as seniors in high school. Then, to plunge us still further into the depths of Uundignilied nothingnessf' we were sub- jected to that most dreaded of ceremonies, initiation, which assumed a particularly gruesome air by being cloaked as a Halloween party. The fact that the girls were arrayed in bloomer-dresses and green hair-ribbons, and the boys in costumes not be- fitting their advanced teens must certainly have been a good test for our poise. Had we asked for a rank in this test we would probably have been told that measur- ing results in education had not yet advanced sufficiently far to cover the case. The walk is ended, but the memory lingers on -especially in Bubbles' mind. Perhaps it would also be well to note that, after what seemed hours of humiliation and mental torture, our kind QD hosts and hostesses, heeding the well-known admonition to practice charity, allowed us to partake of the refreshments and join in the dancing. Meanwhile from dawn to dawn, We became acquainted with such noted authori- ties as Gras, Averill, Gregg, and Jackson, Sanders and Sproul, all reeking with that ominous air known only to freshmen. Horrors, witness the distribution of those cute white slips by Miss Wellman, our Registrar, to some unfortunate members of our class at the end of the first quarter of our Freshman year. How flattered must certain parents have felt on being singled out to receive notices elaborating on the message given by the white slip. Note that the Commercial Freshman class was honored when one of its members, Kay Santamaria, was elected a class officer. Remember that we elected Alice Kiember as our able representative on the Co- ative Council. My, wasn't Roy Goren also busy as an active member of the Girl Scout Club? 22

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T290 Tear Boob 1932 their first real boat ride. My, what commotion accompanied the news that several of our classmates were ill on the following day! Even three of the live sailors from Glou- CestereeeDot, Kay, and Macfwere among the victims. Murph and Muniz must have felt obliged to uphold the fish city's reputation! lt was on this same trip that Roy suffered the loss of a heel. Particulars concerning the tale attached may be pro- cured, free of charge. from the individual in question, Alice Kiember and Dot Ernst represented us on the Council, Alice as Secretary, and Dot as a member of the Social Committee. At last, after over thirty weeks of work, work, work, with only a few precious moments taken off for that most needed and appreciated of life's oiferingsesocial life -our Sophomore year came to a formal close with the appearance of still more slips from the controllers of students' destinies, the faculty. Note that September, 1930, marked the beginning of a third epoch in our normal school career. From all indications, thellunior Class was quite evenly divided between work and school, twelve being enrolled in the business world and ten in S. T. C. My, didn't the ten miss the twelve employed in the business vvorld,especially at initiation time when they were obliged to put on the customary stunts without their clever assistance. How the ten missed the business members again not long afterwards when they were obliged to put on the chapel program. No wonder they often re- gretted that Mr. Pitman allowed us to remain away so long. How the faculty rejoiced when we appeared on the scene! QD Let's see, whom did the other ten choose to represent the Commercial Juniors on the Co-operative Council? Oh, yes, Kay Powers as a regular council representative and Mac as a member of the Social Committee, Mac having been elected to take Dot Ernst's place since Dot had decided to work the first semester. By the way, didn't Mary Horrigan and Kay P. add other feathers to the crown of the Commercial Class of 1932 when they were elected as Secretary ofthe Council and as Chairman of the Hand- book Committee respectively? As usual, marks announced the end of another period of mental toil. Deep sighs of relief greeted the news that the faculty had found us all capable of entering the senior class. Note that more students from our class remained to Witness Class Day activities than in previous years. Reasons? 1. To get ideas for our own Class Day. 2. To back our classmate, Helen Henderson, who was ably taking the leading role in the Pageant. Triumphant expressions on the brows of the surviving twenty-one members of the original forty-five marked the return of these students to Salem Teachers College as Commercial Seniors. Each one of these twenty-one students proceeded to exploit his talents, previously overshadowed by the more forward members. The class certainly exercised good judgment in electing Helen Donahue the class 24