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Western Normal — Physical Education 20 I am proud of the fact that I had an opportunity to be a member of the various athletic teams which represented the Brown and Gold. The kind of school you are, and the kind of backing you get stands out most prominently in the kind of a team that represents the school. In order to have a winner there must be in evidence plenty of co-operation. Western always was a winner. That one fact alone shows the spirit of faculty and student body. In reference to my work here in Mount Clemens there is not much to be said. I came to this town with an idea of working and I found that there was plenty of that to be done. I have met with the heartiest co-operation in everything. There had never been any work of much consequence done along the lines of Recreation, and that, which had been started had always been stopped for some unknown reason. However, we are past that condition now and are in a fair way to compare favorably with any city in the state. I have found in my work here that Service without a price tag attached to it is the only kind of service that will succeed. It is the only kind the people appreciate because it is genuine, and will stand the wear and tear. Whatever my success has been or .will be, I have but one source to thank — the faculty of Western Normal School. OLSEN. NOTE : Olsen has made a great success at Mount Clemens. The town thinks there is no one quite like him.
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One of the outstanding experiences of my college life there — I dare riot mention all — was that football game in the fall of 1913, when Kalamazoo licked Ypsilanti. Can you not remember the parade, the theater escapade, and finally the big bonfire on Normal Hill? That game was a landmark in Kalamazoo athletic history! Besides the athletic events, the social life was a great pleasure. The dances were all carefully planned and managed in a very attractive manner. They have constantly improved in nature and enjoyment since I left, and now I understand that there are almost enough men to go around ' at these parties. Be that as it may — the parties cultivated our taste for refined, well-chaperoned dances. I belonged to the Normal Literary Society which — we were led to believe — was very superior to the Amphictyon Society. I am not so sure now, for I do not recall ever having attended a meeting of this rival society. This group gave the students a chance to develop many necessary qualities for public activities later in life. Probably the thing in our training which proved the Waterloo for many of us was Practice Teaching. In some way we suffered, learned, survived, and later came to look back with gratitude on this practical training. Although there is much more to be said, such as the broadening experiences of having room-mates and landladies, and other necessities for a college education, I want to demonstrate that a woman can stop talking. Still, I must add just this word more. The facidty of the Kalamazoo Normal School do not stop educating and advising their students at graduation. Instead, they map out for themselves a life task, and as each graduate appeals to them for help they are always ready to lend a hand. God bless them. Sincerely yours, MARY E. HOWE. Western State Normal School — High School Life Certificate 1913-1914 Lawton, Mich.— Taught 8th Grade and History in H. S 1914-1915 University of Michigan— A. B 1915-1917 Grand Haven, Mich.— Principal County Normal 1917-1920 Detroit Teachers ' College — Director, Rural School Department 1920-1923 The Alumni have made good. The stories given above are but a few of the many that might be told. Seniors, let ' s carry on.
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