Western Oregon University - Yearbook (Monmouth, OR)

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T H E N O R M TWENTY-TWO While she enjoys playing Some nice game With her playmates, she is never seen in anything Which has a touch of ttrowdyisrhfj' Her hair is always tidy, her dress just so; these characteristlcs, Which denote calmness and placidness, show all' through her life. She has a wonderful memory and recites at the church and at SCth'l functions. I hear her speak of finishing colleges and. uni- versities, but if we had never heard this we would know she was highly educated by her language, Which is always the essence of culture and refinement. 'We are glad Miss Morrison came to the West to take her N ermal training and teach the boys and girls of Oregon, and feel that the class of nineteen hundred twelve is to. be congratulated upon having her as one of its members. The class recognized her-ability by selecting her as Class Orator. Our next member, a boy, is seen starting to school very young. He is nervous, ambitious, cannot wait for the Wheels of time t3 pass, so he insists upon starting to: school. He learns rapidly. His teacher is ever at her Wits end to. know What to have him do next, for leisure spelled mischief With this lad. As he grows older his special delight is to: torment his teachers; Patience, a few punishments and by the time he is through highscho-Ol, the worst is over. Realizing that he would be able to interpret readily v signs of mischieVio-usness in boys and girls. fram his own prac- tices, he decided to take up the profession of teaching, and his success proves that he made no mistake. His characteristic, not being able to wait, is still the same, for he could not wait until after the graduating exercises to begin to teach and Mr. Sacre is now busily engaged in this time-honored vocation and is prin- cipal of the 'Laidlaw Public Schools. ' a e The last member of the class being the Historian, is, as his-t torians usually are, Without a history, so- will now close this book Which tells of these illustrious graduates, and trust that the name and fame of nineteen hundred twelve may long endure, not for herself, but in' order that she may prove her undying interest in the Welfare of the Oregaln N oer'mal School.

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TWENTY-ONE T H E N O R M take it to school. The imperative Iino from her parents deters ' her and she consoles it saying, iiNever mind, Dolly, I shall be yolui' teacher when I return home. All through school she is inter- ested in teaching the little Iito-ts,i and when she finished high school, was advised to attend a normal school, which she did and graduated from the Oregon Normal in nineteen hundred nine, making a specialty of primary work. When the Oregon Normal re-opene-d, Miss Hyde enrolled and took pcast-graduate work, again specializing in the Primary Department. She was elected Sec- retary 0f the class and has kept a faithful record, which I trust will be suitably cared for by our executors. The next member of the class has shown so many sterling qualities that it is hard to picture her other than she is today. Imagine her as a child without any faults. Very early she learned to count everything and gained the name of being the youngest mathematician in the country, rivalling the famous Sidis and his four-dimension theory in her mathematical demonstrations. A1- ways diligent she soon climbed to the top and we find her attend- ing the Oregon Normal in nineteen hundred nine. The school closing, the next year she attended the normal at Bellingham, Washington, but when the Oregon Normal re-opened, she enrolled immediately, thus showing her loyalty to. our dear 01d Normal. We see her capable not only in mathematics but in everything she attempts. We judge this by the great success she has made of the iiNo-rm, of which periodical she has been Editor-in-Chief, and much of the success of the publication is due to. her. Miss Strachanis propensity for mathematics was acknowledged by the class when they assigned the iiClass Will to her, for they realized she would make an equitable division of the vast estate which has been accumulated by the class of nineteen twelve during her few months at the O. N. S. The next member of the class was born somewhere in the East, but has gotten the Western spirit in an astonishingly sho'rt time. Some years ago, but I am baffled to even surmise how long or how short, I see a very sedate Miss starting to school. She knows her A B Us and how to. count to one hundred, but has an abun- dance of patience for those who do not know them. Her little girl friends like her, but stand somewhat in awe of this young lady who seems to know so much and to: do every thing so well.

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TWENTY-THREE ' T H E N O R M $12155 .IHrngram MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 8:00 P. M. Orchestra. ' Class History ............................... Louise McAlpin Giftatory ...................................... J essie Hyde Music .......................... - .................. Selected Class Prophecy ............................ Hazel Bothannon The Sweetest Flower that Blows 0Haw1ey0 O. N. S. Girls Glee Club Optimist and Pessimist .......................... Queen Lynn Class Will ................................... Lexie Strachan Class Song. CIL anmmmwmmt iarngmm . TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 10:00 A. M. Orchestra. Invocation ................................... Rev. GueffrO-y 020 Carmena Waltz Song 0Wilsom, 0M The Rosary 0Revin0 ............. O. N. S. Gir'ls0 Glee Club Class Oratioln ............................... Alice Morrison Violin Solo ............................... Katherine Gentle Address ............................. Governor Oswald West 00 Barcarolle, Tales of Hoffman 0Offenbach0, 0b Slumber Boat 0Gaynor0 ........... O. N. S. Girls, Glee Club Presentation of Diplomas . . . . Superintendent L. R. Alderman Anchored 0Watsom ........................ O. N. S. Chorus Benediction .............................. Rev. W. A. Wood