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1933 Campus Comment, November 1933 Bridgewater State Teachers College

Volume 7 Number 3

Recommended Citation Bridgewater State Teachers College. (1933). Campus Comment, November 1933. 7(3). Retrieved from: http://vc.bridgew.edu/comment/46

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Vol. VII NOVEMBER, 1933 No.3 Seven Attributes for Teachers Parents See College, Dr. Zenos Edmund Scott Officially Confer with Faculty, Described by Convention Speaker Opell House Sunday Installed as President of College -- +------, + Teachers Association Pre­ By Kathryn Ross Senior, Junior, and Sunday afternoon, November 5, the Payson Smith Presides At sents Memorial Dial dormitory students were hostesses to Exercises in Auditorium Sopllonlore Attend their families and friends at Open By Barba:!:a Albret Atllletic COllfere1lce House, which has been instituted to To revie... v again the ideals and give the parents an opportunity tc On Wednesday, Nove~ber 15, at principles of child education, the Ply­ see how and where their daughters two o'clock, in the Audi­ mouth County Teachers' Association torium, Dr. Zenos Edmund Scott was By Bessie Freitas live. held its ninety-eighth annual meet­ officially installed as president of the Louise West, Audrey Tripp, and Early Sunday morning those rooms ing in the Horace Mann Auditorium, which the art committee had judged State Teachers College at Bridge­ Ruth Cronin, delegates from the water. Friday, October 27, 1933. the best were presented with lettered \V JnH~n'S Athletic Association, and The meeting was opened with de­ door-plates. Those receiving honors Payson Smith, commissioner of edu­ Miss Lois L. Decker, Miss Mary Isa­ cation, was the presiding officer; Rev­ votional exercises led by 'William D. were: Jackson, president of the Association bel Caldwell, faculty advisers to the er~nd William L. McKinney, of Association, attended the annual ath­ Woodward Hall-First floor in 1896. Music was furnished by the Prize: Barbara Stockbridge and BrIdgewater, pronounced the invoca­ Glee Club and the Male Quartet under letic conference of the Massachusetts tion and the benediction; and greet­ Helen Robinson. State Teachers Colleges, at North ings were received from representa­ the direction of Miss Freida Rand. Honorable Mention: Marj orie After the "Greetings To The Asso­ Adams, November 9-11. While visit­ tives of the State Department of Ed­ Butterfield, Phyllis Adams, Nat­ ciation" by Dr. Zenos Scott, Anson ing Mt. Holyoke College where the ucation, the Teachers Colleges of the alie Dean, and Constance Nash. B. Handy, president of P. C. T: A., Bridgewater representatives lunched, state, the public schools, and from the Second floor paid, in behalf of its members, tri­ they were given an opportunity to see Alumni Association, the faculty, and Prize: Madeline Bartell and Mar­ bute to the memory of Dr. Arthur ':he gymnasium, while the girls from the student body of Bridgewater State jorie Whitney. Clarke Boyden by a formal presen­ Mt. Holyoke explained their W. A. A. Teachers College, Honorable Mention: Doris Grade, PRESIDENT ZENOS E. SCOTT tation of a granite sundial to the organization. Music was supplied by. the Glee Irene Kidd, Grace Knox, and State Teachers College. In closing, "About three o'clock," said Miss Club, under the direction of Miss Ruth Koss. Mr. Handy said, I'May it ever be a Cronin, IIwe started for Smith Col­ Frieda Rand; men students of the Third floor Sectional Meetings, reminder of him--the Imaster teach­ lege, reaching there about four. vVe college ushered. A reception was held Prize: Isabel Tutty and Ruth er.' His principles of life are endur­ visited their new gymnasium, which in the gymnasium at the close of the Mannion. Tea Dance, Feature ing forever, pointing upward, not '.1as a large swimming pool. At the exercises. Honorable Mention: Muriel Eyre, downward, everlastingly right." boat house we saw the shells in which Alumni Conference Payson Smith welcomed ~ll to the Celia Perkins, Mary Salo, and A message from the Massachu­ ::he girls practice rowing. The girls exercises and presented each speaker. Carol Griffiths. setts Teachers' Association was at Smith have student coaches in the (Number 5, continued on page 4) Six Speakers Greet Dr. Scott , brought by John F. Scully, superin­ various sports. We were finally By Barbara Smith taken, to the W. A. A. room where Frank W. Wright, of the Division tendent of schools in Brockton, after The Annual Graduates" Conference, we discussed the W. A. A. systems of of Elementary and' Secondary Edu­ which sectional and business meetings Editor of Atlalltic November ,17-18, began auspiciously the two colleges. cation and Teachers Colleges, said were held for two hours. on Friday evening with the Dramatic " Around the Smith campus the Speal~s to College that. this installation was, " ....the At 12.05 the convention met again Club presentation of "The Passing of girls use bicycles; we saw at least realization of a hope def~ri'ed and a in the Auditorium where an address, By Marjorie Keith the Third Floor Back." ItWhat the World of Tomorrow is twenty-five bicycles in stalls outside dream come true." 'M~.' Wright had Going to Ask of Our the buildings." A young, enthusiastic, and informal On Saturday morning the Grad- long hoped that some day Dr. Scott speaker was the first presentation of uates' Conference was held in Boyden would belong to the Department of given by Dr. JNumh~:r: 3, .corttinuedon pa,g-e 4) theCuJtu!l,e',F~d()nOctohe~2a. AI- Hall, opening with an assembly in the Education. In summarizing the hi~- W ':t lain ""'.:*:..~~~":!.'i!':"",~j~~~~~~,¥!!';.!" ,_____ ._~ very Sl a lon s a e fr~J: 'Woi.)(I~' \.:11l;r~rtll;;.t oft11t::Cul'Lu!.~' T:T Cl't'cR"'f>.]Vf:;J!'.!':A..:IJ!(l]1tJftt:i.u'm.,:with Dr. ,T(lr~'" ot::Jh:i~E'

CA~IPUS (~O~ilVIENT Pllblic lVlust Realize I111portallce of Anlerica's Fifty Best Book~s Health, States Miss Caldwell 1833 M 1933 By Ruth Sanford .. Compiled by Edward Weeks, Editor of the Atlantic "There is''';'g'rea-t-neeessity- for·improvem-ent in our 1. : Tales. TEACHERS COLLEGE physical education departments of the public schools 2. Edgar Allan Poe: Poems. throughout the country", said Miss Mary Isabel Cald- 3. Richard Henry' Dana: Two Years Before the well, physical education instructor, in an interview Mast. on Friday, November 3. 4. William Hickling Prescott: Conquest of Peru. Established, 1927 It is believed by Miss Caldwell that she first 5. : Essays (including "Rep- Owned and published monthly by the State Teachers College, became interested in physical education wheiCshe -was resentative Men"). Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Member of Scholastic Press. enjoying the life at one of the camps in Illinois. It 6. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poems. was her regard for her leaders and her love for the 7. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Journals (complete or in EXECUTIVE BOARD td t"t h' hId h t k thO h l"f the one-volume abridgment edited by Professor Editor-in-Chief ...... Charlotte Murray OU oor ac IVI y W IC e er 0 rna e IS er 1 e Bliss Perry) . . 1:~~t~~a~s~:;!~~ E·dit~~· ...... ·::::::::·.::::::::::::::::::·:.L~cie~~~rteali;:~ 7n°~~pr~~n~e~~:dpt~~Ic~fe e~~~1~i~~ked~~a~~~:~t~ar~ 8. : The Scarlet Letter. Sports Ed~tor ...... Steph.en Lo-yett the schools. 9. Nathaniel Hawthorne: The House of the Seven Sports EdItor ...... BeSSIe FreltaR I d t fit h 1 h' k M' C ld I Seven Gables. :±:~~~I:~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ .. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: .. :.rr~~~l~~lr~:; attende~rNe~rt~west::~eJn~~~;sit~ ~~~ t'w~ I;~ar:, ;~i~ 10. Herman Melville: Moby Dick. Bus~ness M~nager ...... ~. John ~ates versity of Wisconsin for one year, and she had two 11. John Lothrop Motley: Rise of the Dutch Re- Act~ng Busme!"s Manager ...... Luclenne GalIpeau years of teaching experience at Besserma, Alabama p.ublic. ASSIstant Busmess Manager ...... Raymond Cook f. h b b f th f It f th' 12. Oliver Wendell Holmes: Autocrat of the Break- .Make-up Editor ...... Loretta McHugh )e ore s e ecame a mem er 0 e acu y 0 e fast-Table: Assistant. Make-up Editor ...... M?T~le Pr:ay Bridgewater Teachers College. Ne~s EdItor ...... ,' ...... ~arJorie KeIth 'VVhen Miss Caldwell was asked vvhich section of 13. : Walden, or Life in the ASSIstant News EdItor ...... Francls Champagne 'h t d' th t f h' 1 d t' Woods. Soct~al ESdi~orl E.. d.. :t...... ·· .. · .... ··· ...... · ...... · ...... ··· ...... ·· .... HaOrl~Id BBr7twe1" ~h ee croeupnlierdY ~aaSt sOhlnegtho:lgmhotSthaOtr PallYsSeICcatI'Oensucoaf Itohn, 14. Henry David Thoreau: Political Essays entitled Ac mg OCIa I or ...... lve rl t an ~ \. e Miscellanies. Assist~nt S?cial Editor ...... Ruth Bumpus country were trying to do something in this field. ShE Alumm Edlt~r ...... Kathl~en Hoifel'ty said that in the South, the school in which she taught 15. Walt vVhitman: Leaves of Grass. Exchange EdItor ...... Ahce Halloran fi d b th T C I d I R'l d 16. : Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ~:~~~fc~i ~di~~n~~ .. ~~~.~~~ .. :::::::::::::: .. :::::::::::::: .. ::::~~~:z~u~~~~~~ C~:np::;,c~nd ihat\h:;~:::ewilfi~g arhat r~~y a%~~~'~ 11 78' MB artk HTwain: Life on the Mississippi. Assistant Technical Editor ...... Katherine Johns,oll of money be spent for equipment. All that was need'2o . re arte: The Luck of Roaring Camp and Secretary ...... Barbara SmIth here was the suggestion, and the equipment was pur- Other Stories. REPORTERS chased. Miss Caldwell believes that Massachusetts i::: 19. Henry George: Progress and Poverty. Elsie Anderson, Barbara Albret, Belle Barsky, Nellie doing splendid work in the physical education fielrl 20. 'V'lilliam Dean Howells: The Rise of Silas Beaton, Marjorie Candy, Muriel Eyre, Edith Haydn, h M' P Lapham Alice Larson, Ida Leino, Eileen Lloyd, Dorothy Look, tI'ngrolUegahdersI.SS orter and Mr. Schreiber, two outstand- 21. : Montcalm and Wolfe. Mary Osborne, Sylvia Pentikainen, Ellen Richwagen, Kathryn Ross, Ellen Shea, Marie Von Bergen, and "In order to make the necessary changes in the 22.' Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady. Dorothy Woodward. physical education programs of our schools, we must 22~' Henry James: The Wings of the Dove. TYPISTS educate the public, and make them realize that health 25' Joel Chandler Harris: Nights with Uncle Remus. Helen Koyal~~l,T-t~h~aMW~lf~O~~nie Smolski, is one of the essentials of life, and that one way for .. Lafcadio Hearn: Kwaidan. FACULTY ADVISER. them to have good healthy children is to support an 26. Stephen Crane: The Red Badge of Courage. H. Lovett t . h' 1 d t· . h ]" 27 Henry Adams : The Education of Henry Adams. Olive ex enSlve p YSlCa e uca IOn program In our sc 00 S , 28' Henry Adams: Mont Saint Michel and Chartres. concluded Miss Caldwell. 29: Emily Dickinson: Collected Poems. Becallse of Next TIl'ursday --0--· 30. Sarah Orne Jewett': Best StorieS! (edited by ~~South Moon lJnder", by Marjorie "Villa Cather). Thanksgiving Day, we have long supposed, was KUlman Rawling, Tale of Florida ~~: ~m~:: Jj~~~~: Le~~~s. Varieties of ReiigioliS .originated by Our own Puritans only' a few hundred ___._ Experience. years ago, but we have been wrong. The Greeks and The Browsing Corner of our library, through the. 33. George Santayana: Soliloquies in England. Romans, the Hebrews, and the Anglo-Saxons, cele- generosity of Miss Vining, has acquired a novel of .14. Ovnn Wister: The Virginian. brated a hountiful harvest in a day of thanksgiving. th Fl 'd k d '.P. 35 Alb t J B 'd· H' t d d f t't d t 'd b e Or! a crac ers- nfters J.rom the poor white· er. everl ge: Life of . IS ory reeor s many ays a . g"r.a 1 u e se_ .. fl~.!.Lg__ .'.Y_ ~:i:H-~-:Al~£tlaehi'8.i't-Mt>-l1m-a-i-ns";-·-These" 3&,"",·W-illa.-Gather: My Antonia . .nations for martfarprotect.ronor-for -deliverance from people have kept the custo.ms of frontier days, and 37. Edith Wharton: Ethan Frome. ~n enemy. England, under Queen Elizabeth, and Hol- continue to live that life. 38. Sinclair Lewis: Main Street. land were among these. . "South Moon Under" is the story of a family of 39. Sinclair Lewis: Babbitt. The Pilgrims, who reached Massachusetts in the crackers who migrate to the scrub region and then 40. Theodore Dreiser: An American Tragedy, bleak desolation of a New England mid-winter, found continue to live and raise families in spite of the great 41. John Livingston Lowes: The Road to Xana.du,· hunger, sickness, and hostile Indians awaiting them. dd t hId 42 Ed' A l' t . All except fifty-five of the 101 died " the time of a har- 0 s presen ed by t e sparsity of the an . . WIn rIng on Robinson: Collected Poems. Lant is the hero, vividly portrayed; Who cannot 43. Robert Frost: Collected Poems. vest with sufficient food seemed like a far-away un- be moved from his beloved scrub and big mother, 44. Stephen Vincent Benet: John Brown's Body. reality. That it did come, we know. The rest of the Piety. Kezzy waits for Lant and keeps her faith jn 45. T. S. Eliot: Collected Poems (including "Waste- story is familiar. him through marriage, near-starvation and murder. land"). Nto need tlo tVhoicethalnkf0ud lour thanks, but there are These two characters personify the tenacious spirit 46. Edna st. Vincent Millay: Selected Poems (Eno-- ways 0 revea e a u ness we cannot help but of these strange people. lish edition). l::I feel tf?r thfe blessings we enjoy; a word, even a cheery --0-- 47. ArchibaldMacLeish: Selected Poems. gree lng rom us, may cause an acquaintance to bE 48. E.rnE.st Hemingway: Men Without Women. thankful we passed that way. O'Neill Play, f~Ah, Wilderness", 49. Eugene O'Neill: Mourning Becomes Electra. ~-o-- Has American Home as Theme 50. Henry Mencken: Selected Prejudices (Modern In Remembrance of Fifty ,Friends Library). -0- Poignant with human interest, striking in char- Zweig P ortr~ys " Average W omall' , "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he," wrote acter portrayal, is Eugene O'Neill's latest play, "Ah, the ancients 3000 years ago. Lightly we half-realize Wilderness!"'. The author who created the impossible Marie. Antoinette monopolizes once again the their truth; seldom do we answer the challenge. Is a faculty of thought-reading in "Strange Interlude", and world of biography, since her portrait as "the average man what he thinks? And if so, can something 'be who emphasized the melodramatic qualities of "Mourn­ woman". is doubtlessly the most outstanding in any done about it? 'ing Becomes Electra1t to the point of unreality, has recent blOgraphy. If we are a composite of the people with whom we des,cended-or s.hould we say ascended ?-to the level In his. keen. and d~tailed ,Psychological study, associate, the experiences with which we meet, and the of American family life. Stefen ZweIg dep'l(~ts MarIe Antomette as the woman "whom the drama of the Revolution forced intO' play­ . books w.hich we read, as today's philosophers proclaim, .The "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'1, considered by r then perhaps we have the answer. We can choose our young Richard as a perfect code of living, contributes ing a heroic role ". friends, but so much has been written and.. saidupon . the title to the play, although Mr. O'Neill neither lauds The work is magnificent in its conception of a' this subject that it is settled in the minds of most nor discredits its philosophy. Rather, as an impartial mediocrity forced to act by her over-forceful destiny of us; we have no. control over the experiences with judge, he presents the impetuous youth's attitude Th~ incider:ts cho&en are ~oven together to. form ~ which we meet, but every experience leaves us know- toward it in contrast to that of his more conventional serI~s of plCt~re'S so appealmg to the reader that he ing one more vulnerable point to look to in our armor, parents. r~abzes too qUIckly that the four hundred and s'eventy­ and so each has its worth; and, finally, we can decide Already master of tragedy, the Pulitzer Prize SIX pages have come to an end. the books we shall read. winner now proves his worth as a sympathetic handler Directness, frankness, picturesqueness, and read­ Today we present the list of America's finest of homely humor. ableness are s?m~ of the characte~'istics of this biogra­ books, compiled by Edward Weeks, editor-in-chief of --0-- phy. All preJudIces that one mIght have concerning the Atlantic Monthly Press. Mr. Weeks seems like an Marie .An~oinette are easily. ov~rco~e by the reading old friend since his lecture to us last month, and no The Zeitgeist of thIS modern masterpIece bUIlt upon intense research. doubt we shall inspect his choices eagerly. It is rare (The Spirit of the Times) in this day of ultra-broadmindedness to discov.er a man Stefen Zweig h~s ~iven to the w?rld probably one of letters who pays tribute to the literature of Amer­ 1. What Was the real name of Lewis Carroll ? ?f the most authentIc pIctures of MarIe Antoinette, the ica ; let us patriotically check the list with our own 2. Where did "Teddy bears" get their name? Ill-starred French queen. reading. 3. What is the meaning of "Verbum sap"? r~------__ ___ Book Week has become a national institution­ 4. What German emperor is said to be sleeping this p,ast week we celebrated it. We saw books, in a cave in Thuringia until he appears to The Best Jok.e I Ever Heard 1 examined them, compared them, bought them-what make Germany chief among the nations? is left? Only to re-ad them. Should we have a na­ 5. Where is Yap? M~ry V. Smit~, Inst~uctor of History tional "Read-a-Book" Week in which we each delib­ 6. When is an airplane said to zoom? ThIS month MISS SmIth contributes a hum­ erately choose- a book-preferably one which we have 7. In how many of Shakespeare's plays does orous s~~ry: "A little boy was asked to write a long been promising ourselves we should one day read, Sir John Falstaff appear? compOSItIOn on a celebrity and this is what he calmly acquire it (even from the public library if need 8. Who created "Mrs. Grundy"? wrote, 'Socrates Wias a very great man a very be), then meditatively and peacefully absorb it? Not 9. What is the brightest first-magnitude star? great man-he knew everything-he tol'd every­ a national, but a personal "Read-a-Book" Week might 10. Why are German submarines called U-boats? body about it and they murdered him'." he the slogan. (Answers on page four) J 3 Selliors Disapprove Goldfish Code Needs Freshmell Critically Division System Cllapel Calelldar Promnllllg Clause Autumn's Betrothal Discuss the College November 28-Art Department. December 5-Class Meetings. By Marcella Moran By Bessie Freitas The timeliness of this topic is quite December 7-Miss Lovett. Although the Code of Fair Com- From out the north chill trum- By Ruth Ferris certain for it is a subject for heated December 12-Miss Smith. petition of the Tropical Fish Industry, pets sound, The freshmen at the State reachers discussion everywhere that Bridge­ December 14-Miss Bea!. vulgarly known as the "Goldfish That swirl the autumn leaves College at Bridgewater are of the water students meet, whether in Dur­ December 19-Camera Club. Code", has not yet had sufficient time aground- opinion that the dormitory life here gin Parks in , before chapel, for full recognition, there is a chance That leave the trees all cold- at college compares favorably with or at dinner time in the dining.,.room. for a test case here in Bridgewater. That weave a tapestry of gold. their expectations, but the classes and Margaret Molloy, vice-president of It all started with Mr. Louis Through pines sifts cold moon- conduct in some other ways seem to the senior class, when approached on Persollally Speaklllg Stearns' determination to drain out light- them similar to what they have been this subject, for it is the seniors who the garden "frog pond" early last Dusk, purple, pilots night. accustomed in high school. feel most strongly on this point, said, You've heard that a full moon af­ spring. Barbara Smith, who came Winter's troth with autumn One noon a group of freshmen were "As it is now, it seems to me that, fects people at times? Perhaps that's into possession of several patriarchal plighted, conversing frankly and emphatically 0ften, inconsistent and unrelated what was wrong with that junior on residents of the pond, really didn't The seasons soon will be united. on the question of how this college major courses have to be taken be­ third floor, who after prancing up and mind when the hasty purchase of an compares with the mental picture they cause of the conflicts caused by the do\vn the corridor shouting, "Whoa J", out-size goldfish bowl nearly caused had formed before they came here. division system or the theory that calmly announced to her bewildered many persons must stay together to her to miss one of Brockton's rare Wllat' s Going On? Eleanor Tupper said, "I love the roommate, "Gee, I thought I was a southbound busses. She did mourn, dormitory life and all the girls, and I take the same course at the same horse." however, when green algae smothered have lots more fun than I expected time." * * * * an unsuspecting fish, but nothing ever A Christmas sale of novelties will after reading the handbook. I dis- Miss Molloy felt that it might be And now we have the G. G. Club. approached her grief at the later as- be held by the Dormitory Council in agree with those who think we do not wise to have divisions for the first Much to our disappointment, we can't phyxiation of the other pets after a the rotunda of Boyden Hall during have enough freedom, for if we had three years of a student's college ca- find out what they do, or why. Your well-recommended fumigation with the week of December 18-22. Ruth more, our extensive program of stu­ reel' and to allow students to "free- guess is as good as ours-we sug­ tobacco smoke of the glass bowl that Davis is in charge; and the proceeds dies would prevent us from using it. lance" during the fourth. gested Giggling Gallery, Gay Gos- was their world. will aid in the purchase of new fur- "I find the classes very much the "All methods and combinations of sipers, b:ut probably it will always re­ Some very close relatives of the de- niture for Normal Hall reception same as in high school," stated Miss methods and subject matter would, main one of those mysteries like S. ceased were purchased by those di- room. Tupper, "except that here we are oc- in this way, be taught during the O. S. or T. C. rectly involved in their sad demise. * * * * casionally given the privilege of mark- years preceding the senior year, leav- * * * * These substitutes led an existence Margaret Molloy, vice-president of ing our own work or that of our ing that, because the training period Everyone seems to be digging out. very nearly Utopian, if not private, the senior class, has been appointed neighbor. This develops more critical would be over, for individual research Grandma's specs and knitting needles, until the evening of the Senior Prom. chairman of the monthly progran.1 for students, and we can more fully ap­ beyond a stipulated point of diffi- but Grandma wasn't quite as artistk Who was to know that the pseudo- the State Farm entertainments. This preciate a teacher's task. Also, we culty." as we are in her color harmony. The Moorish fountain innocently glorify-. work is carried on through the Stu- are given more responsibility. It is Maureen Shea, another well-known object is to make your sweater bl'ight­ ing the gymnasium contained a cement dent Council. our job to get our work done and the senior, contributes as her opinion: er than anyone else's. Sort of a that meant slow death to Barbara's * * * * teachers do not nag." "To me divisions and consequently "brighten the corner where you are" loaned beauties? Althea Sawyer, of division C4, is Marion Galipeau is one of those few division spirit are signs of pettiness movement. The chairman of the decoration staying in Woodward Hall during her disillusioned freshmen. Her only ideas and should be done away \vith in * * ;,: * committee for the prom, Elizabeth six-weeks practice teaching in the of college had been gathered from Bridgewater." Miss Shea continued Have you noticed Woodward's good- Dunlavy, has a conscience, as far as Training School. reading books and seeing motion pic- in this vein and maintained that social looking bulletin board? We owe its borrowed treasures are concerned. * * * * tures, hence her hopes of football contacts are limited by the system. artistic attractiveness to Isabel Tutty. She carried two new goldfish in a The Library Club anounces its in- games, roadsters, and raccoon coats "My most noteworthy objection is * * * * glass bottle on the morning train tentions of writing one-act plays, dra- were shattered. However, she admits the interference of the plan with true From observations made on the af- from Quincy to Bridgewater in the matizing novels, and writing poetry that the girls seem like college girls. intellectual freedom. Although such ternoon of Open House, rooms in nerve-racking atmosphere 0 f a during the year. Virginia Cummings, a freshman a system is supposedly efficient, Woodward will have to be made larger crowded commuters' car. * * * * from Nahant, has found the courses courses and course combinations are to accommodate our families. One of Hardened by such trials in their Olive Smith, a senior, is at home quite different from her expectations. given every student in the class di- the stUdents entertained twenty-two early life, the present occupants of convalescing from an operation for "I expected lecture courses," said vision regardless of ability and in- guests. And even then a few of the Barbara Smith's acquarium now tol- appendicitis, performed at the Wess- Miss Cummings. "Also, I am amazed terest." aunts and uncles were unable to be erate the gurglings of two small ington Memorial Hospital in Spring- at the amount of knowledge some This student felt that emphasis present. snails because as yet there is no col- field, on October 28. teachers expect us to have acquired plight better be placed on more cul­ >I< * * >I< lective "bargaining in the outlined before coming here. I find this es- :tul:Al.c.QurseaJ;a.ther,.:l;ha~c~~_re . rep!=)­ ,titian of professional rnJe(f;'h~as. . i'A, period of unrestricted study :~~~:~;~~:fE::~:'~[i~ Z~r~~:~ends L-l~on~=f~:mC::e -:;~-'- -~:=i:I~;Ut~=:i::::h: ~-< along chosen fields in our senior year would undoubtedly enrich our person­ "pre-war ginger ale (?}." ) main difficulty is in getting adjusted alities for our future work," said Miss * * * * Day at West Dennis Greetings from the Teachers Col- to the different courses. "Some' are The blatant discord of "Love is the leges were given by J. Asbury Pit- so simple," she says, "and then some Shea. Grace Knox, vice-president of Wood­ Sweetest Thing" and "The Talk of By Anna E. Ginnetty man, president of the State Teachers are so much more advanced." the Town" inspires us to study every The College at Salem; the public schools Miss Robinson finds this college ~vard Hall, stated, "It is an accepted second annual outing of the ·fact that there is too much division morning, noon* and* night.* * L'Ibrary Club was held at the West were represented by Clifton C. Put- dl'ffere'nt from high school in that the "feeling, and alack of general class Did you see the fashion show the Dennis estate of Miss Katharine Hill ney, superintendent of schools in students have a larger share in. the interest here at Bridgewater." juniors of third floor presented? The on Saturday, Novem.ber 4. ' Bridgewater; the Alumni Association government, and there is a more or­ " That the amount of compulsory ma- models exhibited atractive styles of In an interview, Mildred Moren, was represented by Anson B. Handy, ganized school spirit. When consid­ terial to be taken during four years "roommates' clothes you wouldn't club president, said that the girls en- the president of the Association and ering the student, this freshman said is not always equal in all classes is wear." joyed to the fullest extent the hos- superintendent of schools in Ply- that she thought the juniors and ::>itality offered by Miss Hill, Mis:: mouth; the faculty of the college was seniors acted like college students, her stand. * * * * l'If even a small change could be Are you thinking of buying any Cartel', and Miss Vining. represented by Brenelle Hunt, of the but that the underclassmen still "made to combine divisions in required The girls arrived at 11: 30 Satur- psychology department; F. Elizabeth seemed like high school pupils. new clothes, makIng "lit" charts, or Stromdahl, president of the Student subjects and thus eliminate some con­ trying a new shade of lipstick? Bring day morning. After surprising the Cooperative Association, greeted the fiicts, it would help," said Miss Knox. your problems to Ida Berezin-sug­ club members by telling them that new president in behalf of the stu­ Number Seven This student made the suggestion gestions cheerfully given on all mat­ she would show them the Pacific dents. Miss Stromdahl mentioned .that the college trustees and advisers ters. Ocean if they would follow her, Miss that already the students have felt (Continued from page 1) make a list of various courses neces­ Vining led them off on a merry jaunt the force of Dr. Scott's personality, sary for graduation, a degree, and a across the white sands of the beach his unfailing good spirit, and his those in the" abstract or geometric teaching diploma. With these courses to a little body of water which is ac- kindly good will. "We look to this as a professional back-bone a greater C0111111ittee Studying were preferable. tually called the Pacific Ocean. institution for training for meeting When a pattern was once accepted, "selective range of cultural courses W. A. A. Mell1bership "Without exaggeration, this was changing conditions courageously", would be possible, she felt. the next object was to work for com­ the most beautiful spot we had ever she said, and expressed her belief that pleteness of detail and to perfect the seen," Miss Moren declared. "The Dr. Scott will exercise an influence strokes for the final covers. Miss By Bertha Dymowska water was deep blue, placid and pic- that will lUean much to each student. Heinrich Gebhard at A very important and highly signi­ turesque with its border of white sand Nye consented to the use of more ficant step in the field of women's -like a picture one sees in a book. New President Speaks colors if these did not exceed three Ousamequin Recital different hues, including that of the athletics may result from the discus­ "What a welcome sight met us as After Commissioner Smith had in­ sion of two major problems by an offi­ we neared the little grove! There veUum binding. In choosing the color troduced Dr. Scott to the assembly in or harmony, the most popular were By Ellen Richwagen cial committee of members of the Wo­ our hostesses had set tables On which a brief address, the President stepped The Horace Mann Auditorium was men's Athletic Association of the was a typical hike· lunch-hot dogs, triad, (three colors) or complemen­ forward to speak. Those present rose tary, (opposites). These books are filled nearly to capacity on. Monday, State Teachers College at Bridge­ beans, sweet cider, and doughnuts. I in greeting. The audience reseated, October sixth, at three-thirty, when water, Massachusetts. really believe no banquet could have truly representative of the type of Dr. Scott began his address, "Ideals work done by an advanced art class, the Ol.1samequin Club presented a The committee, consisting of Mary been more delicious than this simple in the Education of Teachers". He piano recital by Heinrich Gebhard, to Crowley, chairman; Virginia Prairio, lunch." each pattern individual and character­ spoke of the rich traditions which istic of its designer. which the teachers and students of Isabel Tutty, Olga Anderson, Thelma In the afternoon, the girls went to surround this college; of the factors the college were invited. Westerling, and Anne Chestna, is in­ Toy Village, which is a mile and a which he felt would raise standards MI'. Gebhard played several of his vestigating the possibilities of mak­ half from the house. As Miss Moren in teacher-training; of his own opti­ own compositions. Among these were ing membership in the Women's Ath­ described it, Toy Village is a model mism and enthusiasm. Classroom Chuckles Voices of the Valley, Cascades, and letic Association compulsory and of village, on a small scale, planned and Reception Has Informal Atmosphere Valse CalJrice. changing the present point-system. executed with much forethought. At the conclusion of the exercises, The senior class voted. three times La Cc/,thed'ral Engloutie, or The Members of the committee are in­ There are little streets, real trees, the guests attended a reception in the on the same measure and achieved the S'unken Cathedral, by Debussy, is terviewing individual women students and "toy"" houses in which over-night gymnasium, where Dr. and Mrs, same result each time; this after re­ based on a legend which the pianist of the college. The two points under tourists may live inexp~nsively. This Scott were greeted and" welcomed by solving to abide by the decision of the related. The city of the sunken cath­ discussion are, first, "Should women is not a business undertaking. It is their friends and acquaintances. Tea, majority. edral was covered by a tidal wave as students automatically become mem­ the hobby of a retired wealthy man Coffee, ice cream, and punch were * * * * punishment for the sins of the inhab­ bers of the Women's Athletic Asso­ whose interest in building houses served; the faculty of the college were A member of A4 slept peacefully itants. As ships passed over this spot, ciation by paying dues of this asso­ leads him to introduce splendid archi­ in charge. The art department had through one of his classes while those sailors reported hearing the bells of ciation through the budget?", and tecture and house planning in this decorated the gymnasium with pine about him "howled lustily in merri­ the submerged cathedral, the chant­ secondly, "Should the point-system be little village of his own creation. The boughs and curtained windows and ment. The instructor decided that. if ing' of the priests, and the melodious clone away with, and what, if any­ houses, Miss Moren says, are individ­ the lighting displayed this decorative he were as tired as that, he might a.s.. strains of the organ. thing, should be substituted for it?" (Number 8, continued on page 4) achievement effectively. well sleep. 4 CAMPUS COMMENT Seniors and Juniors D4 Victorious in w. A. A. Board Has Freshmen Choose Sellior Men COllduct Tie in Hockey Game Blue ROll1per Meet Supper at Parkers' Atllletic Leaders Play Day for Boys By Bessie Freitas By Phyliss Ryder The W. A. A. Council of Leaders The senior and junior girls met on The Blue Romper Play Day, in Although the weather tried to pre­ will be assisted by some of the fresh­ By Stephen Lovett the lower campus on November 1, charge of class B4, was held on the vent the members of W. A. A. Board men who will help them carry out The senior class men conducted the 1933, in a hotly contested hockey lower campus, Tuesday, October 31. and Council of Leaders from hiking their work for the year. annual sports day program which was game, which eventually resulted in a Because poor weather interfered with to Parkers' cabin for supper on No­ The freshmen who were elected to held Saturday, November 4, on the tie. the plans made for the first date, vember 6, the girls were not de­ the W. A. A. Council of Leaders are: lower campus. 175 boys came from After the first half of the game, the October 24, the event was postponed prived of going, for Miss Lois L. Anna Anderson Dl the various schools, namely: Peniman until the following Tuesday. That it Ani Puro D2 seniors felt that they would be able to Decker and Miss Mary 1. Caldwell, in­ School, Braintree ; Noah Torrey was a successful project was shown Beatrice Kimball D3 rush a goal, but the junior goal structors in physical education, took School, South Braintree j Bates School, keeper was a keen watcher of an the by the enthusiasm of the participants them by auto. Miss S. Elizabeth ,,,-_T_h_e_l_m_a_W_es_t_e_rl_in_g_D_4_____ '" Middleboro; Huntington School, and the close final scores. balls that invaded her territory and Pope, dean of women, was a guest of Brockton j and the Stoughton, Onset, All freshman women's classes were managed to keep them away. Both the party. Number Three Taunton, and Bridgewater Junior High represented. Division D4 was victori­ sides showed that they intended to (Continued from page 1) Schools. The following junior class ous 'with 24 points, closely followed by The group left Woodward at 3:45 make a goal early in the game, but men training in these schools escorted D2 with 23 points. Division D1 se­ p. m. and returned at eight o'clock. after the first period the teams seemed The business meeting was held the boys: George Jones, John Bates, cured 22 points and D3, 17 points. Hamburg sandwiches, pickles, potato rather even. directly after breakfast next morning Donald Welch, Francis Champagne, All four teams gained their first chips, and cocoa with whipped cream Miss Abbott, coach for the seniors, in Taconic Hall, where the Bridge­ George Jacobsen, Raymond Cook, and five points on attendance, there being was the menu, and, later, ice cream said, "I felt that there was a spirit water representatives were greeted by Harold Brewer. no unexcused absences. Team con­ and cookies were served. of active cooperation among the girls President Eldridge and Miss Bond, tests were held in the form of group Many songs were sung and games Minot MacDonald under the direc­ and though they were fighting hard to President of the W. A. A. Miss Ruth games and relays. played around the fireplace. The tion of Mr. Frank Crosier, physical win, I failed to recognize any signs Evans, assistant physical director of d . After the results were anounced surprise of the evening came when e ucatlOn instructor, acted as general of poor sportsmanship. I liked the Springfield Public Schools, spoke on h' and team cheering was held, the win­ Miss Decker brought out a large box c au'man. Other seniors assisting way the teams played. the topic, "The Place of Rhythm in M ners were presented with attractive of chocolates during the singing. the Modern World." r. MacDonald were; Joseph T'eel- Some of the outstanding players of blue badges in the form of a romper. Ruth Rider was chairman of the "At the general meeting in the col- ing, field director; Richard Gurley, the day are ~elen Abbott, Anna Sta­ committee in charge of the outing. correspondence; Kenneth Cameron fonwic, Arlene Morgan, Betty Strom­ lege assembly hall," said Miss Cronin, ' i Those who served with her were Beat- pUblicity i Alfred Wood, reo-istration " dahl, Ruth Ferris, Audrey Tripp, Number Four "Dr. Clifford Brownell, professor of 0' rice Renzi, Grace Jacobs, Barbara Physical Education, Teachers College, and Earle· Sukeforth, entertainment. Phyllis Ryder and Arlene Kelleher. (Continued from page 1) Dix, Olive Brittan, and Ruth Gould. Playing with the drive and punch I Columbia, New York, spoke on 'Ath- At 9 o'clock the boys were regis- j letic Folklore in the Making.''' tered and classed into two groups- necessary for a good game, the juniors Mrs. Bixby will long be remembered I the Reds and the Blues. From 10 met their opponents, the seniors, for the efficiency with which she ad­ Number Two o'clock until 12, games and activities ready for an afternoon of good fun. ministered the work in the dormi- Freshlnen Score 6-0 l were conducted by the following senior At the end of the half there was no tories. Under her supervision, the (Continued from page· 1) men: Chauncey Copeland, tumibling; score and the players appeared a little details of service were very carefully In Football Game . '" ) Francis Fanning, socceri Simon Moore, tired and out of wind. The seniors organized and carried out, but one h EmotIOnal stabIlIty.' IS the .first of relay', Harvey C a d we,11 vo 11 ey b a 11 . had twice had the ball in the oppon- was seldom conscious of the machin­ tG e ffls~ven akttrlb'~Ttehs of wldhlCdh D::. John Smith, schoolball; Charle~ ent's territory and were ready for a ery by which the quiet, restful, and By Marshall Nay ra m hSPO e. e wor oesn t Aherne, speedball; Kenneth Cameron goal but the hard fighting juniors homelike environment of the dormi­ On the afternoon of November first, want to ear about your fallen arches games At th d f thO . ' . hI' . e en 0 IS perlod the kept the ball away from the goal. tories was created. Her standards the freshman and sophomore men 1'e- -It as p enty of Its own. The old Blues were found to hav '. The whistle blew and the game was for cleanliness and orderliness were newed their hostilities with the first a~age "laug.h and the world laughs the Reds 54. e 61 pomts, over with no score. Playing was con- of the highest and she built up for year men emerging victorious on this WIth you" still goes. tinued overtime for a five minute the dormitories a reputation along occasion. The competition this time "The second demand of the world After luncheon, served in the day period and the score was still a tie.. these lines which is equalled by few was in the form of a football game of tomorrow will be for growing students' room, an entertainment was Scorer: Arlene Kelleher. colleges. which found the freshmen on the right minds. Yesterday the motto was Do given in the Horace Mann Auditorium Timer: Ruth Cronin. She was always a good provider. side' of a six to nothing score. It Now; from now on it will be G1'OW with various school boys starring: Referees: Bernice Ludden and Ev- This was especially true in the din- . The players were attired in va- 01' Go. Dean John J. Kelly welcomed the elyn Whitty. ing room. Plenty of food, attractively rious outfits ranging from that of "Honest to goodness character­ boys in a brief message. Joseph 'feel­ LINEUP served at well appointed tables, was Sam Riley, who had a gym. suit and that is the third. Youth must have ing and Chauncey Copeland ended this SENIORS JUNIORS her ideal. N one of us who enjoyed a pair of shoulder pads, to some of the the ability to stand on its feet and part of the day with a wrestling ~; Freitas,-c. f...... M. McLaughlin her Christmas dinners, comencement more fortunate, who managed to col- look the world in the eye without a match. p A.' Stafonwic-r. i ...... P. Rydei' luncheons, and other special functions lect completesuits;-' - . ..qualm of misgiving. The boys then assembled on the A. Morgan-I. i ...... M. Kelly will ever forget the interest and care The game started off at a lively clip "The fourth is Money Wisdom. It's lower campus to watch an exhibition H. Brown-I. w ...... E. Royster given to every detail, both culinary with the sophomores kicking off to the not what you get-it's how you spend soccer game in which the Noah Tor­ R. Koss-r. w ...... 0. Fuller and aesthetic. freshmen. it. Remember Mr. Micawber's phil- rey School of South Braintree defeated B. Stromdahl-r. h...... A. Kelleher No emergency was so great that she It was in the second quarter that osophy - 'Income-twenty pounds; the Bridgewater Junior High, three to M. Robie-c. h ...... A. Tripp could not find some way to meet it. Clifford, of the freshmen, scored, af- outgo-twenty pounds tenj-poverty. nothing. R. Ferris-I. h ...... M. Cushman She never made decisions impulsively, ter a fifteen yard run around his own Income-twenty pounds j outgo-nine­ H. Abbott-r. f ...... R. Perry but only after thoughtful consider­ right end.. The remainder of the game teen pounds ninety i-wealth.' L. Galipeau-I. f ...... M. Forrest ation. Her steady poise, unruffled was rather slow with both teams "The fifth is the service motive. Number Five D. Clarner-g...... A. Chestna calm, and quiet determination were showing very little offensive power, The world still strikes its medals for (Continued from page 1) SUBSTITUTIONS the envy of all who came in contact and resorting to frequent passing- those who serve. SENIORS JUNIORS with her. She left behind her many necessary because of the fact that "Courtesy-this is the sixth. If you . Normal Hall--Second floor L. West for R. Koss A. Chestna for friends who will miss the pleasant the teams had only four downs, in- can't be Christians you might at least Prize: Ella Lewis. L. Tosi for M. Robie E. l<.oyster associations they have had with her. ~tead of the conventional ten yards, be ladies and gentlemen." Dr. Graf~ Honorable Mention: Joan Rigby. E. Gaffney for L. Galipeau Her loyalty and devotion to the col..; 111 which to make the entire length of flin spoke especially of the Southern Third floor lege will never be forgotten and the the field. people so well versed in "that kingly Prize: Jeanne Douville. Number Six influence of her kindly, upright and thing .called courtesy." Honorable Mention: Olga Ander- genuine personality will long be felt. I The seventh and last requisite of son. (Continued from page 1) Number Eight tomorrow's world is that thing which Boyden Ha1l and the gymnasium the French call "Savoir faire-the were open to visitors, as were the It takes five weeks to make up a (Continued from page 3) The Ze1tgeist ability to carry oneself properly." The dormitories. monthly magazine·. Necessarily, news world asks for men and Women with At Normal Hall, from two until and articles have to be copyrighted. 1. C}-,al'les Lu',widge Dodgson. ual-some being colonial, some mod­ heads up, shoulders squared, eyes five, tea, under the direction of Alice A difficulty met in receiving inter­ 2. In honor of Theodore ("Teddy") ern. Each type is equipped with suit­ steady, mind and body poised to the Magnant, was served. About two esting and revealing news is the ever­ Roose..... elt, who was fond of big able furnishings. Some of these lit­ 'nth degree. "Pull on the outsidt!" hundred guests attended and were re­ busy blue pencil of the censor. Rus­ gam€ hunting. tle dwellings even have an upstairs may procure one a job, but it can't ceived by Dr. and Mrs. Zenos E. sia is particularly efficient in this A word to the wise is sufficient, to them. Toy V!}lage, to the girls, ~ be held without "push on the inside." Scott and other members of the fac- field. un abbreviation for the Latin seemed more like a dream than a reaiity. "If we as teachers can give them ulty. In spite of what many aspiring au­ phrase, "Verbum sat sapienti est". an these," stated Dr. Graffiin in con- --______thors believe, an editor does conscien­ 4. Frederick Barbarossa. "When we returned," the president clusion, "they will meet this old world tiously read all manuscripts-not by 5. 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