Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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16 THE MASS ASOIT — 1912 “7 am of a constitution so genial that it consoles and sympathizeth with all things .” jT. ccrlcp, TB.pb., 03.0., 03.1!). Dr. Sccrley will ever remember the class of 1912. He has many friends in it and has been a friend to many of us, but still we have been a great care to the Doctor. He has had seme disasterous times while teaching us and found few willing candidates to perform his hypnotic stunts upon. We have enjoyed going ovei his special course in psychology which he has puisued with his classes for the past decade. The Doctor was very frank and above all eager to impart the truth to us. As Dean he has been very lenient with us altho many long sessions were necessary to persuade the Doctor that our conditions had been made up, yet by kind words our pleas have usually brought results. One morning the Doctor came to school with a smile such as we had never seen before. It spelled “Grand-child.” We rejoice with the coming generations of students for now they will hear new and more wonderful stories. Wc are sorry for “Brownie” for now the Doctor’s love must needs be divided. Those of us who have learned to know the Doctor personally have found him to be a man of great sym- pathy, and he will ever live in the memory of all of us and be an inspiration to all, as wc labor in the one great cause of life. “ They cried , they cried , but all in despair. Tor the Doctor sat in the broken chair.”

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THE MASSASOIT — 1912 15 “ Large-hearted and true. Small of stature, but possessing a noble soul.” 3 . €. TBotmic, C13. 1!). This venerable member of the faculty has rendered long and efficient service. He was closely associated with the leaders of the Young Men’s Christian Association in its early years. This led to his being selected as the man best fitted to train the men about to enter association work before such a thing as a training college was thot of. While Mr. Bowne was General Secretary at Newburgh, N. Y.. that Association was made a “training center” where men might be drilled in the history and methods of the organization. Thus our future librarian became the pioneer in the field of secretarial training, Mr. Bowne won our hearts by his sincere, heartfelt concern for the welfare of each student. He has collected a remarkable assortment of valuable curios, relics of the work and skill of primitive man, from all over the world. He is never happier than when entertaining groups of interested students by showing and explaining these treasures. He is animated with a burning passion for service and is always ready to advise or help any student. Words cannot express our gratitude for the loving interest extended by him. Our united prayer is that he may long continue to inspire and enthuse the men who enter the portals of our beloved Alma Mater. “S-s somebody ha-ha-has cut a ch-ch-chunk out of this morning’s Re- Republican.”

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THE MASSASOIT — 1912 17 Altho Prof. Burr has never made the varsity emblem on the football field, we who know of the part he has played in our lives award him the laurel wreath of victory. Fie is our ideal type of an all-round man. A devotee of tennis, a first rank pedagog, a good mechanic and a successful farmer; a student of men and their affairs and tremendously interested also in boys; writer, speaker, scholar; these arc some of the accomplishments of our ver- satile professor. Prof. Burr has contributed a considerable portion to the success of the college. He has introduced many of the courses now taught, e. g., sociology, economics, municipal sociology, social psychology, religious education and ethics, and has during leisure time given us inspiration in concrete form, such as the readers of “Donald MacRae” and “Around the Fire” will testify to. He also finds time to make a personal study of the men enrolled in his and other classes. Prof. Burr is an inspiration to all of us. His forceful spirit is always manifest whether in the class room, chapel, or in private conference. By his wide knowledge of books and men he has proven himself to be invaluable to the student body. His ever ready spirit to help has won the admiration of all, and we who go out carry away something of his influence. “ Virtuous and wise he was, but not severe; He still remembered that he once was young. 1 ’ ID. €13. T5urr, T5.3., T5.D., 90.il). “ Let me back up and start over again.