Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Class prophecy m ELL Carrie! How are you? I did ii’t expect to see you liere. Vvdieu did you come to New York? Great lecture, wasn’t it? Ah, that man knows what he is talking about. Did you notice how closely he said the Y. M. C. A. had been connected with many of the social reforms in our country? If his prophecy regarding our future comes true, some of us will have to work. But I doubt not that thru the Association wonderful social revolutions will yet be hrot to pass.” Thus did Foster greet Carrell in the lobby of the Auditorium at the close of the address hv ex-President Roosevelt. ‘T say, Carrell,” he continued, “it ’s been a long time since I ’ve seen you. Only once in ten }-ears? How fast time Hies! Well, Henry, come over to my rooms ; it ’ll be quieter and more comfortable there.” “These are my quarters, you see, quite near the elevator. Not so bad, are they ? This, you see, is my ‘reception’ room — a kind of lounging room and study, you know. Here I ‘worshijr sweet Morj)heus’ — that is, during the time that I get for that occiq)ation. And that is the bath. Fine quarters, you see — convenient, tho small. Now pull that chair up here in front of the fire and tell me what you ’ve been doing with yourself since we left T. S.” ‘A ’e used to say,” began Carrell, “that being good was such a lone- some job, you remember, Bailey, but 1 haven ' t found it a hit lonesome. I made lots of friends in the Y. M. C. A. out there ” “Out where?” interrupted Bailey. “Oh, 1 thot that you would rememljer about my going to St. Louis as assistant physical director! I stayed there until a year ago, when I went into business. I had a mighty good place, but did n’t like that kind of a life, so have come to New York.” “What do you think you ’re going to do here?” asked Bailey. “Do? Oh, amuse the public, act the clown in the Ilippodrome. The fellows at T. S. used to say that 1 was pretty good at that, you know. You ’d better come over and see if I ’ve improved any.”

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■28 THE M ASSASOIT Hq Others Sec Os In closing the brief history of onr class we would with all Innnility present the statements of two of our beloved instructors. They have been very closely associated with ns as a class, and also as individuals. In the position they occupy towards us they are more capable of judging of our strong (pialities, as well as our weak ones, than are we. “ ' 07 has done much to establish a high ideal of the relationship of the students to all the property of the school, d ' hey have sought to make every member of the class feel a sense of proprietorship, the influence of which has been ver - marked upon the whole .student body.” “ ' 07 has some characteristics which stand out. Those that have impressed me most are these. . s a teacher I have always found them responsive in a high degree to the claim of the ideal in thought and con- duct. They have always been eager for the broader outlook and the wider horizon. 1 shall not remember this class so much for its peculiar individuality as for its strong personality, which is better. It is possessed by what we have called the ‘Social Spirit of Christianity.’ “Last, but not least, it is an eminently likable class, it has always created a pleasant atmosphere. It will he missed. “I think that its cpuck response to the larger appeal along all lines is the (juality that impresses me most.

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30 THE M ASSASOIT “I ' or some reasons I like to, Carrie, but 1 might meet some of the fellows, and 1 ' d rather not eneonrage them to go there. They kind of look up to me. Pretty had thing to do, eh?” “W hat fellows? asked Carrie. ‘‘Why, the fellows from the . ssoeiation. 1 ' m at rwenty-third Street now, you know. When my eontract as teaeher of physical training in the city schools ran out, tlicy asked me to go over there, and .so 1 went. They said that their physieal director must he an M. 1). as well as a teacher. ' I ' hat ' s where mv course at Xew York Meil. came in handy and helped me to (lualify. I ‘ve been there for two years now.” W ho was there before you?” Reinhardt. 1 snp])ose ou thot that he’d he an artist before this, after the work he did for the class hook.” ’es, 1 should say so. And then he took indvatc lessons in Spring- Held, too. did n’t he ?” riie fellows used to say so, hut when he came down here the first hit of information that he gave to the hoard of directors was; ‘I ’m from ( Irange, ves. ' Fhomas Edison, Henry Reinhardt and other great men have come from that town.’ That was too much for them, so they fired him, and he went hack to C)range. The people took pity on him and gave him the job of re])resenting them at ' ashington.” “He must have worked a good bluff. lie always was pretty good at that, wasn’t he? Remember Royce’s laundry?” “W ell, I guess! P)Ut you ’re not going, Henry. No! I expect Burgess in after awhile. He will want to sec you. Mrs. Burgess is away, and he .said that he ’d come in as soon as the opera was over at the Metropolitan. 1 Ic ’s still managing the historical library for the International Commit- tee an l just latelv thev elected him assistant editor of Association Men. He’ll know where all the fellows are. Sit down.” ‘‘W’ell, if that ’s so I will stay a little longer, Bailey, hut you know I begin m ' work to-morrow and really should go to bed before the clock upon the wall is striking one — two — three. However, I want to see Bug. You still do some fencing? Say, where is Briggs?”