Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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The Tall' Woof 1932 With the announcement of the Yiafxrt Book staff we were glad that several of our class were honored: Mary Horrigan, Business Manager, Alice Kieniber, Associate Editor, Kay Powers, Humor Editor, Dorothea Lucia, Photography Editor, Kay Santamaria, Printer, and Roy Goren, Typist. Is it any wonder that our book is one of the best ever? Due to the fact that a bill was before the State Legislature to change the name of the State Normal School, Mary Conley. chairman of the Ring and Pin Committee, had some job before the pins and rings were linally ready for distribution. Can it be true that our senior year is a thing of the past with graduation,classes, all too soon mere memories to be recalled and relived with the aid of mental tele- vision? Since such is the case, Fellow Classmates, stand prepared to meet the many challenges which the future holds and rest assured that the history yet to be made will be fully as brilliant as the history of your college days. EVELYN MURPHX' Z1 Qllnmmertial Seniors Erwin The world has ended and all the people thereof are standing at the golden gate of heaven. Well, said I to myself, here is a good chance to see all those people who didn't appear at the last reunion of the Commercial Senior Class of 1932, and find out how they have been treated by the cruel, old world. Standing head and shoulders above the crowd is Marion Macdonald, and as usual, she is furnishing music for the occasion. Suddenly I spy Kay Santamaria standing placidly awaiting her turn to enter upon her eternal reward. Of course, Kay has no doubt that she will be given a pair of wings, because since june, 1932, she has been editor of the True Love magazine and has helped many love-lorn and torn hearts out of difliculties. She tells me that one of her most constant customers in this line is Mary Horrigan. Ha, look hereeFran Altieri, sound asleep, but I wake her up to see if she knows any news. Fran always seemed to have gotten in on everything. She herself, since '32 had been secretary to a Turkish sultan. She had also satisfied a life-long desire to travel, having embarked on the matrimonial seas more than once. In her travels, Fran encountered Sophie Baranowski who spent her life on earth singing in a church in Algeria. Anne and Kay Shoppes were known everywhere throughout the United States and Europe. Anne used to do the buying and Kay the selling, but somehow they never made any profits. They finally hired a first-class accountant from the firm of Donahue, Inc. to help them out. Helen Donahue could always make a profit, Of course, it was 26

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1932 S. T. C. treasurer. Helen must have liked to handle money for she sold candy every day while a senior. Don't overlook the preparations for the Commercial Freshman initiation under the chairmanship of Kay Powers. How we delighted in initiating those unfortunate individuals, even as had the upperclassmen of four years previous. So acute was the memory of our feelings in bloomer-dresses that we leniently allowed the freshmen to appear in beach pajamas. Roy should be congratulated at this point for her ability as a good stunt finder. The Cooperative Council seems almost like another Commercial Senior class due to the fact that tive of our twenty-one are members. Marion Macdonald is president, Frances Altieri, Commercial Senior representative, and chairman of the Welfare Com- mittee, Helen Henderson as president of the Trimu represents that club, Mildred Rose represents the International Relations Club, Evelyn Murphy as representative of the Geography Club. Now that we have been considering the Cooperative Council, we should give a vote of thanks to our Welfare Committee chairman for her kindness in seeing to it that the upperclassmen received an additional mirror in their locker rooms. The Commercial Club should also be noted as one of this year's undertakings. Mary Conley, Kay Connelly, and Helen Henderson ably represent the seniors in this new organization. Anne Chaisson and Helen Henderson possess acting ability as was evidenced in their performances in the Christmas Play. Who would have thought it possible that our much admired Anne could become transformed into a bent old lady? Owing to the absence of Miss Flanders, three Gloucesterites, Dorothy Ernst, Evelyn Murphy, and Kay Powers, active members of the Geography Club, are in charge of the Bookstore this year. It is only fitting at this time that our chapel pianist, Marion Macdonald, should be recognized. Surely, more of us wish that we had her musical talent, but it is certain that more of our students are not displaying the musical ability they possess, because in the Geography Club program Betty Goldman, and Kay Santamaria were noted as the violinists, and Mamie Russin as the pianist. Injanuary the much anticipated trip to the Federal Reserve Bank was made. Mr. Phillips decided that since we were in Boston we might as well make a day of it, so we went through the First National Bank and then to the Stock Exchange. Last, but not least, we ate and thence went to the theater. We are still wondering if our teachers noticed our laziness next day. Exactly one week later, the privileged eight of our class -the shorthand division-visited the Boston Clerical School. We are wondering why Bubbles was so eager to evade observing a certain young male te.1cher's typewriting class! Our teachers evidently thought that depression was far away from us, because after some of us had gone to Boston twice Miss Roberts decided that we should go again. This time we went to the State House to see to what extent Parliamentary Law procedure was carried out, and incidentally to hear heated discussions. 25

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1932 S. 71 C. only on paper, but Mr. Phillips always used to say that the world's business was figured on a paper basis. Look who's flying around on a beautiful pair of white wings'Mary Conley. Mary, during her stay on earth, became a play producer and was said to have written, produced and acted in the worst Cand incidentally in the bestl shows ever shown on Broadway. Mary tells me she was talking to Mamie Russin a few clouds away, and found that she married a certain dentist. Mamie always did have a weakness for dentists. Betty Goldman spent her life as an acrobat in Sells-Floto circus. As a sideline she studied the status of society with a view to improving it, but now the world and society just ain't no more. This proves Betty's life-long contention that study is a great waste of time. Now, I wonder who this little fellow is? Oh, yes, I thought he looked familiar, Musty or Professor Muniz. Ahern! Sees all, knows all, and never misses anything. Wherever Musty is, Cohen must be too. We all remember Mr. Cohen's skill in arith- metic at S. T. C., and since opposites attract, Mr. Cohen, so it was reported to me, married the belle of Marblehead, his former student in algebra. Wonder what all the excitement is over on that white cloud? Why, someone is being helped up the ladder from earth to heaven! Late as usual-it's Alice Kiember. Well, I'm not so surprised as I might be, for after all you just couldn't expect Bubs to be on time. She made a dramatic appearance at the eleventh hour for her wedding. Bubs' life work on earth was that of congresswoman from the State of Holyoke. You say that's a city? You see, even Teachers College graduates can't know everything. It was made a separate state due to the wide publicity given it by A. A. M. Kiember, Ph.D., M.A., etc. Dot Lucia, sitting peacefully on a cloud, states that she has chosen lecturing as her work. She spoke on any subject from A to Z for any desired length of time, and was awarded the title of the worId's greatest lecturer. Dot Ernst, Kay Powers, and Evelyn Murphy were chemists of wide-spread fame. Dot spent a life of earnest effort to prove the value of a one-mouse power lung. Kay definitely established the fact that the most important things in life were the shortest, while Evelyn worked on the theory that 'tis better to have spoken and have been heard than to wait until you are called upon, and then give the wrong answer. Roy Goren worked on the Like and Unlike Theory of Twins. I was just talking to Helen Henderson and asked her how she spent her days on earth, and to my surprise she answered in bed. You see, she was a night-club hos- tess. Suddenly it begins to grow dark, and I can just see Mildred Rose, who reports that her life had been devoted to the interests of international affairs. All things must have an end and so did my dream with the sound of the Chapel Bell. 27