Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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THE MASSASOIT 1911 1 4 F. N. Seerley, BPh., M.D., M.H. Doctor Sccrlcy is the owner of “Brownie” and the Dean of the Institution. Other duties are his also i)ut these two command the greater j)ortion of his time. “Brownie” since the di.scovcry of the murmur in his lacart is not expected to see many more winters, a fact which troubles the Doctor. Then again as Dean he is more than disturbed by the “condi- tioiied” men who arc continually trying to work ofT the conditions or to work the Doctor. However, this haiJ])y-dispositioncd member of the teaching force spends his leisure moments in cracking jokes out of Noah’s joke book before the classes in j)sy- chology and histology. Otherwise there are many good things to say about the Dean. “Where’s ’Brownie ' ?’’ “Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o’ nights,’’

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THE MASSASOIT 1911 1 3 “ Servant of God, well done.” J. T. Bowne, M. H. One of the first men in this country to teach Y. M. C. A. methods and history was J. T. Bowne, and many a Secretary now in the field received his first inspiration to serve in the Association from this venerable member of the faculty. Mr. Bowne has served the Association long and well, and continues to fill an important position at the School. As Lil:irarian, he has the two-fold duty of kec]jing men out of the reading room during the chajjel exercises and of trying to secure a new library building. In Ijoth these lines of endeavor he has been but par- tially successful. But to any one desiring an inter- esting evening’s entertainment no more suitable l)lace can be found than Mr. Bowne’s relic room on Northampton Avenue. V-y-y-yoH m-ni-must not t-touch the fire- extinguishers.”

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THE MASSASOIT 1911 s 1 5 “Like the driving of Jehu, the son of Minshi; he driveth furiously.’’ H. M. Burr, B.A., B.D. 4 Automobilia is one of the most recent diseases to which the human race is subject. It has invaded the ranks of the faculty and attacked one of the best and brainiest meml)crs. Prof. Burr has fallen sick of the malady. He not only rides around the city in his automobile but he also talks about them in chapel. Gas engines and motors arc to him not only modes of locomotion, but also are an unfailing source from which to derive lessons and to draw similes. Yet in spite of this affliction, Prof. Burr is able to write books and fill the useful position as a teacher at the School. Mis ability as a lecturer in class and his habit of springing e.xamination sur- prises make him especially fitted as a pedagog. “And then he went SMASH to the other extreme.’’