Worcester State University - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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The Ivy Address “ When time who steals the years away Will steal our pleasures too, The memories o) the past will stay And half the joys renew.” — Lowell } N MEMORY of our happy days at State Teachers College, we wish to give tribute to our loval friends and to our understanding teachers. It is fitting, therefore, that we plant l h is ivy which we hope will develop and grow in the years to come and will present to the college a lasting remembrance of our class. To us as we look out to the far horizon, our future seems dim and misty; hut the past is real, full of happy memories and wholesome work. Equipped as we are with knowledge and ideals, we feel we can seek our independent ways. To us the ivy symbolizes everlasting growth — growth of our College in power and fame, growth of each one of us in ability and perseverance. We believe that this ivy will surge ever upwards, that it will be noble and strong. It is our hope that this little green plant will long adorn our building. May Nature guide it along its path, as we have been guided into our channels by our advisers. May our ideals, as does the ivy, ever reach toward heaven, and may we cling to truth as will the ivy cling to the walls of our College. Julia B. Sheehan Eighteen

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Betty DeWitt wrote and directed our skit for the Senior Carnival. That was the year Ferdinand the Bull attained his greatest popularity, but I insist his fame rests secure on the appearance he made on our stage that night. Barbara McQuade and Maxine Hale made a very engaging Ferdinand in spite of their most amusing lack of coordination between parts. Margaret LaBossiere was a very gallant matador, and the villains were most picturesque. The hig event of our Sophomore year was the May Day that we planned and directed our- selves. Alice Delaney and Mary Coolaghan were attendants that year. They were stunning and proved that our class was not lacking in pulchritude. In retrospect, don’t you think that those two years were but the beginning, because it wasn’t until our Junior year that we made a name for ourselves? That’s the year we went out on our first apprenticeship. Let’s admit we viewed it with some trepidation, but it wasn’t long before we felt that we were well on the road to becoming well-rounded teachers. Who will ever forget her first lesson? Do you think that first class of yours ever realized the work and worry that went into that lesson? That first day out in the schools was a definite milestone in our lives, for it marked the transition from mere student to student-teacher. In April, 1940, we made our debut as a class. Let’s stop a moment and recall that Monday morning. Led by Maxine Hale, our class president, and the other class officers, we marched into the auditorium and assembled on the stage for our opening exercises. Everyone remarked how dainty we looked in our pastel dresses of blue, rose, and green. We sang our class song written by Sara Pressman and sung to “Aloha”. Our Monday program was a dramatization of the life of Madame Curie; Virginia Forkey, as Madame Curie, gave a superb performance that brought tears to our eyes. The theme changed for our Wednesday program, for here was all laughter and gaiety. We wanted an old-fashioned melodrama, and Barbara McQuade filled the order for us with her Nell’s A ' Poppin ' ”, We all had a good time rehearsing, for the dialogue was so cleverly written that we looked forward to its presentation. I was little Nell; and Paula Casey, the handsome book salesman from the city with whom I fell hopelessly in love until his wife, Anna Skorupski, with her brood appeared upon the scene. We all remember Mary Cashen’s down east twang as Luke, the hired man, Betty DeWitt’s raucous tones as Maw, Alice Delaney’s down-on-the-farm attitude as Phoebe, the hired girl, and Mary Kearns’ New England common sense with a certain touch of dry humor as Paw. Our Friday program was the crowning touch to our Junior Week, and we all feel that it was the best we ever did. Again it was our versatile Betty DeWitt. who planned and directed a program intended to portray to the audience the horror and utter futility of war. There were sorrow and pathos there, and the message it conveyed will long remain with us. The Junior Prom was the biggest social function of the year, and I remember how lovely we all looked. It was a great success, and we feel that it will always be a bright spot in pur college days. I had the honor of being chosen Queen, and so the Prom will always have a special significance for me. We all worked hard to make the Gym appear beautiful, and under the capable direction of Kitty George, it was transformed into a veritable world of black and white sophistication. Our May Day was held indoors that year, and Paula Casey and Barbara McQuade represented our class as attendants. I believe we viewed with regret the end of our Junior year, for it was so full of events. Through the experience gained from Junior Week, we acquired the leadership necessary to con- duct just such events in our future teaching. June. 1940, saw us a little more poised, a little more sure of ourselves, and a little better satisfied that we were doing our work well. Now we come to the final stage in our college life, and our memories are still too fresh to be locked away. This last year sped by the most quickly of all. and we soon found ourselves on the threshold of Commencement. Our first experience as seniors was last Fall with the assignment of our Freshman sisters. We were only too happy to assist them in their adjustment to their new environment, for it seemed only yesterday that we, too, were Freshmen. As college seniors, we acquired a new dignity, a new conception of what was expected of us, and the full realization of what being a teacher means. Because of these new qualities, our Senior Week in November, 1940, was characterized by a more simple and more quiet note. It marked the official donning of caps and gowns, and emphasis was placed on that rather than on the programs. After assembling on the stage in cap and gown, we opened Senior Week with the presentation of a choral reading under the direction of Frances Feingold. For Wednesday, Mary Cashen directed “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”: on Friday, we presented to the student body and faculty three short plays representing comedy, tragedy, and farce. Our one dance of the year was a Senior Sport Dance held in the Gym last November. Another dance, the Senior Prom, was the climax of our years here at college. We had our Senior Carnival on April 25. This year it was organized around a nautical motif, and it was a huge success. Then, too, there was Class Day with all its color and tradition. It was a day that will always stand out in our memories. We place new significance upon our senior apprenticeship, and we feel that we are ready to assume the careers for which we have been trained. I know that you all feel the same as I when I say that our four years here at Worcester State Teachers College have enriched our lives and opened new vistas that otherwise would probably have remained closed. We owe the devel- opment of our personalities and character to our training; and as we stand ready to graduate and leave forever our student days, we wish each other success and happiness. Sincerely yours, Irene T. Morrison Seventeen

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EVELYN M. ADAMS 80 Shrewsbury St., City Small, dark, lively — poised speaker, clever debater. Debating Club 3, 4 Vice President 3 President 4 Glee Club Latin Club Newman Club Literary Club LUCY M. ALLEN 8 Kensington Rd., City Partridge Hill Rd.. Dodge, Mass. Brown eyes, warm and friendly — capable organ- izer, staunch comrade. Gym Captain 2, 3 Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Geography Club 3, 4 Treasurer 3 Literary Club 3 Social Chairman 4 Senior Carnival Chairman 4 Orientation Day Chairman 4 A RUNE DALE ANDERSEN 13 Fiske St., City 38 Rawson Rd., Arlington, Mass. Friendly drawl, quiet smile, our pride in chape! programs, our contribution to the literary-minded. Literary Club Vice President 3 President 4 Dramatic Club 4 Geography Club 2, 3, 4 Quarterly Revieiv 3, 4 Building and Grounds Committee Nineteen