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1931 Campus Comment, May 1931 Bridgewater State Normal School

Volume 4 Number 8

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VOL. IV. MAY - 1931 No.8 D-6 Goes to Ne'vport June Issue a Dramatic Club Miss Davis Resigns as Faculty Hold Banquet Copeland Jumps Chasm Twenty Graduatillg Issue Puts One Over Faculty Adviser of Pro at Soutll Sllore Coun- Feet Across. • Judging from the enthusiasm and Con. _ try Club By Fred Small. of EIgllt Pages of the audience, Dramatic club, The taculty held a banquet in Miss Ruth Davis has resigned Nine 0 'clock, Thursday, 1\Iay 14, d ue to the coaching of its direc- honor of Dr. Boyden at the South her position as faculty adviser despite dubious weather condit­ It has been decided that the tor, gave a most successful ren- Shore Country Club at Hine-ham, for Pro and Con because of other ~, ions and the absence of t\'\'o of its last issue of Campus Comment dering of "The ]\.ferchant of Ven- Mass., on May 7. duties which conflicted. On members; D-6 donned sou'west­ should be a graduating issue. The ice". All of the parts were well The banquet was in charge of Thursday evening, May 14, she ers, buttoned them up to their purpose of this issue will not be c h osen and well done, even, when the faculty committee of which gave a farewell party to the chins, put on their rubbers, and to take over the idea of Normal the actors were not actually Mrs. Neva Lockwood is chairman. ' members of the club at her home set forth to conquer new worlds Offering, but rather to give the speaking. A great deal of credit Mr. George Durgin had charge on Summer Street. The club jn the \realm of Physiography. graduates an opportunity to have should go to Sally Suttill, Rusty of the speaking after the ban- This final field trip to be taken the paper contain their news prin­ Randlett, Anne Clarke, and Doris members, to show their appre- quet. by the men of the freshman class cipally, also to have it as a mem­ Southwjck for the work \vhich ciation of her efforts, presented The speakers were: - Mr. her with a pewter bon bon dish. under the expert guidance of orandum of the life at school, the they did in painting the scenery. Harlan P. Shaw, Misses Martha Mr. Sha\v proved to be the most teachers, the building, the classes This type of work takes a great Normal Hall News Burnell, Julia Carter, and Neva etc. Dr. Boyden has already interesting, arid surely the most deal of time as well as patience, Alice Swenson and' Miriam Tilden Lockwood. eventful of those trips included written an article on his twenty­ and talent and these girls proved A t this time Dr. Boyden was five years as principal which \yi11 get First Prize at Open House. in the program of the course. their ability. Recently vases were awarded presented with twenty-five silver be printed in the June issue. It The first stop \vas made at Fall A brief business meeting was as prizes for the most attrac­ dollars in a pewter casket in rec­ River. Here the attention of the is hoped that the paper will also held on the following Tuesday at ognition of his twenty-five years contain a class history, and per­ tive rooms in Normal Hall. Sec- group was called to the "Rolling which time dates for the try-outs ond floor r00111S looked so well as principal of Bridgewater N or­ haps a prophecy. Stone"; that precariously bal­ and for the party for the new that it required the best efforts mal School. anced vast mass of rock material members were decided. The elec­ of all four judges to decide which Studellts Hear that for so long a time has a­ tion of next year's officers will Brailltree Supt. should be the 1'00111. The honor Admiral B d mazed the world with its apparent take place very soon. was finally conferred upon Alice yr defiance of the law of gravity. of Scllools Speak.s I On Monday, May 11, a group Mrs. Beach, Swenson while Mrs. Crane, Ruth of students had the pleasure of Portsmouth Coal Mine was the at Men"s Club Koss, and Anna Pickens received next stop to be visited. This lo­ Captivates hearing Rear Admiral Richard E. honorable mention. On third Byrd speak in Memorial Hall at cation is famous for its quantity floor Miriam Tilden's rooms in and quality of fossil specimens. "You can catch more flies with Audience Plymonth. The photography for Next in order was an inspec-- molasses than you can with vine- The Glee Cluh has just closed the suite received the prize and the lecture was excellent, there tion of Newport Beach. Then gar", declared Ivlr. C. Edward one of the most successful sea­ Jane Mazzotta's honorable meI~- was an amplifier so that everyone tion. came Purgatory and the famous Fisher, the Braintree Superin- sons of recent years. The group in the hall could hear distinctly, "Lover's Leap". "Lover's Leap" tendent of Schools, in his talk to has presented two delightful con­ Dorothea Averill is gal11l11g ancl all in all conditions were per­ is a chasm, twenty feet across' the Men's Club on l\lay 13. Mr. certs, the second of which was health and SUll tan by spending fect. The Admiral is a ready and and seventy-five feet straight Fisher stressed particularly the given on Friday evening, May 1. these fine days on the roof. fluent speaker and held his audi­ Soon we shall have to 'have do,vn. A rather romantic tale is usc of tact by School executives Music lovers of Bridgewater ence captivated for slightly more t'jgn-U,l?)il1e>e,J§",f,(),r_,>,~,ec"k,., - .. ~--.. " ",c,.1_1ai"rs~>, , ·,tt-l.w.,J:.,.(""\oV.,~0u,,;;;;".,..!.l.I 1 rrl :l.R~~~ .. :;'ll'1l.,s.. l' "::,;'l;;;;Mi,,! ~ld cCfn"C'c=rrrt'ftg'" a; hcir" darrrset;- 1 fi--'meetiflg-s chQdt- STtu;:t trmrs:--~ 'in -a'l.rti-, S UHV ttW.:l:il15 \.-0 Wtil:>~W c1't-<.if­ Gladys Wilkie spent one glor- moving pictures, '''lith few excep­ who, to test her lover's courage his lively talk he related many in.:. forded a rare tn:at when they ions weekend at the Dartmouth and affection, dared him to jump teresting experiences of his car- attended this concert, which con­ ti011S, were from the picture re- the chasm. He accomplished the eer as a student, teacher, and sup- sisted of a program of composit- House Party, May 8, 9, and 10. leased to the theatres last year, feat, but returned only to spurn erintelldent. ions by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach. Mrs. Irene Goody and her corps of but with the running comments her love and to look elsewhere Beach herself, a famous pianist freshmen served a delightful tea of the Admiral, they acquired new Mr. Fisher and Mr. Durgin in Normal Hall reception room interest and appeal. al~d composer, gave groups of for a less athletic minded mate. were guests of the club at din- piano solos which were enthus­ during Open House. In the opinion of the writer Mr. Copeland, of D-6 division ner in Normal Hall. At the evell- iastically received. Before play- the most sttiking .thing about became instantly obsessed \vith ing meeting, following. the lect­ Gates House ing she explained the circum­ the whole expedition is that from the quaint notion of repeating the ure by M1'. Fisher, refreshments stances under which many of the Elects Officers start to finish not a single life performance. Protest was of 110 were served and at this time the selections were written. Mrs. Elizabeth Stromdahl was elect­ was lost. This fact alone estab­ a vail. Breaths "vere held while feature of the Men's Club meet­ Reach's magnetic personality, as ed president, Ruth, Ferris, vice­ lishes Byrd's status as a leader lvIr. Copeland was being support­ ings took place, namely, the well as her masterly playing, add­ president and Charlotte Murray, of men, for it 111USt be remem­ ed by nothing more substantial round-table discussion. Quest..: ed to her ever increasing list of secretary-treasurer, at the elec­ bered that the expedition was than a seventy-five foot column ions and opinions on every exist­ admirers. tion of house officers for next gone for two years, and that the of air, and gratefully released ing educational subject kept the when he reached the opposite Mrs. Lillian Buxbaum, soprano year held May 1. The situation greater part of those two years attention of everyone. was spent amid dangers of all wall in safety. soloist, sang groups of Mrs. is unusual in that these girls The trip was brought to a close Beach's compositions. Her skill­ are all freshmen. The upper­ descriptions. classmen in the house are all grad­ It would seem that one of the by a tour of the Ten Mile Drive. Illforillal Dance ful renditions proved very delight­ uating. most interesting phases of the ad'­ Glimpses of Fort Adams and the t ful. Given by Normal venture was neglected in the lec­ home of Cornelius Vanderbilt vVhile it was a privilege and a Gates I-Iollse tUl-e by Admiral Byrd-that of were possible at various points pleasure to hear these noted art­ Offerin,g Delia Gaudette and Ester LoraIIe orga111z111g. Probably the gen­ along the route. ists, no small praise is merited by the Glee Club. Under the Get First Prize for Most eral public does not realize the First Annual eh,oral Dancing to the music of the skilled direction of Miss Rand, Attractive Rooms stupendous amount of work of COllclave of tl1e May­ "Nite Revelers" of Randolph was the girls rendered the choruses of The Gates Honse girls are in infinite detail required before the indeed a joy to the one hundred several of Mrs. Beach's compo­ search of a good lawyer who will expedition even left New York 'flower School Festival and fifty couples who gathered sitions most expressively. prosecute for them in the suit harbor. An absorbing article Association at the gym on Saturday evening. The concert program elicited they intend to open against the which clescribed all this work of The first Annual Chol'ai Con- Many visitors, particularly men, much applause, and those of us Kellogg Company, for its insinua­ planning the trip on paper and clave was held in the Horace were welcomed by the patrons \"ho were privileged to attend, tions against their character then assembling all the necessit­ Mann auditorium on Satin-day and patronesses. All afternoon kno\v that each burst of applause" when one of its representatives ies appeared during the past year morning, May sixteenth, at ten can had been arriving leaving its signified genuine enjoyment and left a sample box of HPep" at in the Saturday Evening Post, o'clock. Children from the pub­ load of boys. If all dances were appreciation of a very fine pro- their door last week. and brought home the fact in a lic schools of thirty cities and as popular as this one seems to gram. First prize for an attractive convincing manner that such an towns of this section of the State have been, perhaps two informal room was awarcled Delia Gau­ expedition is far from being a a ttended. This festival was not dances could be given next year. Normal flaIl dette and Esther Lovelle, cluring matter of merely getting on a a contest; no prizes were given, the inspection which preceded ship and sailing in the righ~ direc­ Those in the receiving line Elects Officers but the children came to sing for Open House, Miss Nye and Alice tion. were: the joy of singing. For Next Year Atwood of the design class made This voyage o-f discovery is This is a new movement in the Mr. and Mrs. J 01111 Kelley. The officers o-f Normal Hall -for the decision. ,Honorable mention probably unique in that every sin­ field of music and Bridgewater Mr. and Mrs. Brene1le Hunt. the year 1931-32 were elected as was given to the room shared by gle man engaged was an expert is proud to be the first school to Miss Irene Graves. -follows: Dolores Rousseau, Charlotte Mur­ in some particular field, This put it over successfully. It is Miss Elizabeth Pope. President, Ruth Fall. ray, and Eleanor Meyer. accounts for the wealth of val­ expected that this type of group Miss l\![ary Caldwell. Vice-president, Barbara Hart. This seems to be Delia's lucky uable scientific data bronght to work will' become most popular Miss Suttill and escort. Secretary - treasurer, Barbara year. She has just signed her light by the expedition. in the new education. Miss Hayes and escort. Horton. contract to teach in Quincy. Continued on page 4, col. 5 2 CAMPUS COMMENT

STAFF BOOI(S Mr. Doner">s Classes Mr. No Y Ollg Park Editor-in-chief, Elizabeth O'Donnell; Assistant Editor. \Valker Trafton; Literary Editor, Dorothy Gallant; As­ Studellts alld Faculty Tell of Write on "What Con­ and Prof. Hersey sistant Literary Editors, Doris Ekstrom, Edward Landy; Business Manager, Nathan Bulotsky; Assistant Business Tlleir Bool~ Enthusiasms stitutes a Good Lecture Manager, Charles Clough; Advertising 1Ianager, Ida Warr; By rvlary Corey Assistant Advertising Manager, Margaret VanHouten; "\\T ould you think of going back four hundred Teacher?" Social Editor, Cerise AIm; Art Editor, Florence Brown; years for information on airplanes and eyebrow Mr. No Yong Park a vvell Exchange Editor, Tillie Jacobson; Sport Editors, Dorothy pencils? For such, and for enriched knowledge of Mr. Sukeforth's and Mr. Naver­ Dinegan, Thomas Cullen; Joke Editors, Harold Goeres, history, literature, philosophy, poetry, religion, ouskis's Papers Chosen. known speaker gave a most in­ Alfred Averill; Alumni Editors, Day Students, Norma teresting lecture on the "Making Johnston; Dorm Students, Jean Ferguson; Reportorial and for exquisite portraiture do read "Leonardo In a recent penmanshipperiocl Staff, Cora Anger, Verda Dunn, Betty Evans, Ruth Mars- da Vinci", Translated from the Russian by Con­ 11r, Doner asked his class to of a New China". Mr. No Yong ~ den, Elizabeth 1fcConarty, Ruth Petluck, Em­ stance Garnett. - E. H. Bradford. Park was brought to us through ~ ma \Vhite. write on "\:Vhat Constitutes a the culture fund. B Members of Columbia Scholastic Pres~ \Varwick Deeping's newest and most different Good Teacher". The students Association. book, "Bridge of Desire'''. - Doris Ekstrom. were given thirty minutes in Mr. No Yong Park is a grad­ Published by State Normal School, Bridge­ uate of Harvard and the Univer­ water, 31ass. which to put their thoughts on Published monthly; Subscription $1.00 per "Laughing Boy" by Oliver La Forge, Pulitzer paper with the practical purpose sity of Minnesota. He is often year, $.10 per single copy. prize winner. 1930. - Lucy l\1cGrath. of correlating thinking with good called the Oriental Mark Twain handwriting. The two best because of his quaint humor. He "Shakespear Gardens" by Esther Singleton. is a great student having won EDITORIALS "Colorful - like it because I hope some day to papers were chosen by Mr. Doner, How many of us are looking forward to the end have a Shakespearian garden". - M. K. Hill. and until they read this paper the several prizes; and is a popular of the term? How many of us are thoroughly owners of the papers will not speaker due to his wealth of in­ enjoying these last few ~veeks of school? Cer­ "Romantic Czecho Slovakia". - McDermitt know where their papers have formation, power of analysis and tainly we all should have time. to "la:1de: abOl;t Linky. gone. keen sense of hU111or. Mr. No the campus during our spare time, enJoymg thIS Y ong Park has written a book very much talked-about spring! \Ve have had "Ethan Frome" by Edith \iVharton. - Ruth Answer by E. Sukeforth: all term to do our long assignments, thirteen full Cushman. entitled "Making a New China" \veeks to leisurely complete our note-books. But The things that constitute good which is an exposition on the pres- -just how many of us smile complacently as we "The Romance of an Art Career, by Chase is teaching are many. The teacher ent clay conditions in China and add a note here, or a note there, a title page to filled \'lith common ordinary facts, but it is an must have a thorough under- a vivid presentation of the Nation­ this article, a paper clip to that? Am I mistaken eye opener an enlightenment to anyone standing of the subject matter aEsts struggle for freedom. in believing that the very air screams, "hurry, who is planning to take special courses in art \vhich he is teaching. This ma- 1\1r. No Yong Park showed his hurry, hurry"? Am I wrong, or are my "powers There is a chapter there on color that is of perception" amiss, in surmising that most of excellent". - Priscilla Nye. ,terial . must be well organi~ed in interest and enthusiasm in tell­ us are indeed subj ect to the frailties of human na­ his mind so that he may present ing us of the Nationalist program ture? Since it is unprofessional to necessitate "Liberty" Everett D. Martin, - E. Landy. it to his class in a way which will that is now being carried on in onr being stimulated to keep these 1'1:otelJooks up, be constructive to them. China. This program is three and write these articles, let us try, 111 the future "\Ve always think of Benjamin Franklin as giv­ Understanding children is an fold, to educate the people; to in­ to keep them up to date - then (as usual) ing us ideas like "Early to bed and early to rise" asset to good teaching. No two troduce . social reform in abol­ sigh, in the future, when they are late!! . but Fay's l'Life of Benjamin Franklin pic­ hlres him as a diplomat, a traveller, man of the children are alike, they all have ishing opium smoking, foot bind­ FORUM world. I never really appreciated him until I read their individual differences, No ing and child maFriages; and to pANGEROUS PROPAGANDA Fay's book - never realized what a many-sided one can teach a class successfully· introduce an industrial program man he was". - Julia Carter. \Ve listen with consuming interest to all speech­ if he thinks every child is similar, into the country. but if he realizes their differences Mr. Park urged all to give their es and lectures to which i,ve are exposed that are "At last I've learned the inside lives of guests concerned with our behavior and activities in the at the best hotels" in "The Imperial Palace" by he can plan his teaching accord- support and help in cr~ating the teaching field and some of us have taken these Arnold Bennett.! - Mary O'Keefe, ingly and make a good piece of new China, a land of democracy. general truths and experiences and made personal work of it. Professor Hersey of Harvard application of them with the sole purpose of mold­ "The Good Earth" by Buck. "It gives such an Good teaching to my mind in- 'College gave a most interesting ing our own fufure courses of action to the truest insight into the life of the poor among the Chin­ volves personality and voice. I and valuable lecture on "Walks " .. :i~1e. But we hear some glaring inconsistencies ese." - Verda , Dttnn. believe that the teacher that has Through Dickens' Land" to the .• _~~~~e~fte':~1~~~g-~~er~:~'d~~:1~~r0t1~~~~!he~.:~tus "Mr-.--Dtlr·gir?ss"Vb~~F~ tob~;Y· ~'--G'~'-Iaird. -a pleasant-perscmdity anc1a-pleas::-· sluaent-s--j;ecentIy. . "·Hislecture vVithin the last month we hav~ heard a highly ing voice has an easier time of was illustrated by unusual pic­ intelligent field secretary, whose logic was the vic­ BQOK REVIEW doing a good piece of work when hues which he had collected and till1 of her own enthusiasm, state that in order to give value received a teacher should work from Laughing Boy - Oliver LaForge teaching. taken while visiting in England. ten to fourteen hours per day. And she believed To the Navajo Indian beauty is a religion and The last point I am going to The most striking pictures were it ! Now I'm not adverse to working half the Oliver La Forge, who lived long among the~, has make I believe is very important, those portraying Dickens Char­ twenty-four hours when the situation demands, made every page of his book fairly shout their that is, the attitude of the teach- ac.ters done by various artists. but, as a point of social justice why should the credo - a credo that it would be well for people er. By this I mean whether a The lecture will be one of those supposedly more' civilized to adopt. The book teacher have to bear the "white man's burden" teacher is putting his heart and remembered 'for a long time be­ in the community? Other c1ass.es of workmen is refreshing after the wearing tales of the "real­ (and we 'are workmen) have shorter hours and ists". soul into' his work, or whether cause of its unusualness. receive equal or greater remuneration for services he is teaching because he thinks less technical and professional. If the attrac­ MAGAZINES it is an easy position. For a per­ Campus Campers. Have You Seen- tiveness of the teaching profession is to be in­ son to do good teaching. he must The whole school population creased that we may get better raw material of "The Editor's Easy Chair" in Harper's Monthly have the proper attitude. for May'? I mean that article called "Our Evil male and female seems intent 011 genuine potential teacher-making value we need It is my belief that the points less propaganda that paints the teaching profes­ World and Why". -the one that expounds such maintaining, perhaps on cultivat­ I have mentioned go to constitu.te· sion as a self sacrificing, four-decade martyrdom. truths as "If we are going to .work less with our ing, that school day complexion, Let us hear some testimony declaring that teach­ hands we must work more with our heads"­ good teaching. as the popularity of the campus ing is an attractive field that offers compensation and shrieks such heresies as - "the effort to Answer by V, Navcrol1skis: and tennis courts this spring term make the world too good is the next worst thing commensurate with service rendered. ' In my experience it seems to indicates. The standards of the Let us not believe that teaching is' some strange to the effort to make the world too bad" .. me that various teachers have physical education department and futile interlude of continual and endless work .had various ideas of what consti­ between getting ones first job and receiving ones "The Literary Landscape", Scribner's different are not being violated either, for 60-year retirement. . book review department which has gone Oriental tutes good teaching. To sonle, there seems to be mass parti­ in the May issue. it is cramming children full of cipation - the only competition hen The American Language -:r: there's that semi-heavy but terribly true facts. To others, it is the teach­ ,being the rush for tennis sign up artIcle called "The Rich Curriculum" which pic­ It has long been a matter of some concern that ing of good citizenship. Others sheets and for deck chairs. School the American language suffers in comparison with tures students as lamenting "I want to be round­ concentrate on other fields. ed in; I'm sick and tired of being rounded out". spirit is being fostered too. Bal­ the languages of the world. Its Anglo-Saxon be-. To me, good teaching is good my, spring days, friendly chats, ginning has so deteriorated that tracing words only when it molds character with Do you know "So They Say -" in the Golden tennis enthusiasm of players and· to their sources is often dependent upon shrewd knowledge. Knowledge· alone conjecture. Immigrant invasion has brought with Book. If you don't you'll like to. lookers-on certainly make for a This month in that same magazine J ona than may be a dangerolls thing if not it peculiar~ties of thought, custom, and mode of most congenial spil"it. Oh ---'- it's Swift proves that Latin and Greek are descended guided into proper channels. life; and foreign ideas and phraseology have been good for the soul, everybody! indiscriminately mixed and blended with our own. from English - proves it conclusively too and Character alone is without a ca 11 s It• " Etymology in Earnest". ' StUdying seems a cinch after a The result is a hodge-podge, whos~ only reason for foundation, if 'without education, half hour of this cheerful atmos­ existence is its remarkable usefulness as an in­ Without a doubt then, subject strument of speech. . The ev~lutio~ of a pure la'nguage, American in phere! Try it ! Join the Campus matter is necessary. But when Those who bewail the passing of the pure An­ Its own. ng~t, IS d5l>endent on the work of time, , Campers! glo-Saxon from· our language seem to forget that blending allen beauty and eliminating crudities, a teacher can show the practical the Anglo-Saxon, French, and Latin were formed leading eventually to the survival of the best. use of this subject matter, he is Mr. Shaw took divisions D~l at a time when the only existing languages were From this. melting-pot we may draw a pure Amer­ opening his pupils' eyes to new and D-2 on a geological trip to so few and of so' little account that they might be ica~ language, with a tremendous capacity for sub­ truths and great possibilities. In­ incorporated in a language with no visible effect tletIes of expression, for individualism, lucidity, Quincy, Squantum, and Nantask­ upon the language itself. To refuse to take into and service. side the child is started a desire to et. present consideration the foreign element and investigate for himself. He thinks .alien influence would be but to impede progress In spite of the variety of articles in Campus about them, looks up further ma­ to teach a child all he knows, but and leave a language stagnant in the early stages Comment most of them are about ourselves or ottr terial, and finds some subject in it can act as a Hstarter" which of development. The Mongolians, who have re­ school. What is happening in' other normal schools which he is absorbed. The great­ tained their language unchanged for thousands of and colleges is in many cases of more interest, will give the child the impetus er part of his time is now taken years, have acquired no emip.ence in the eyes of since it is from them we get many ideas for our­ tha t will carryon through life. up in working on this material. the world; 1101" have the Swiss, compact in mount­ selves. A column as the one submitted herewith If a teacher can instill such an ainous seclusion, achieved any distinction for pur­ serves as an interesting means of keeping in touch Thus the teacher has acted as a amhition, she has done' some good ity and beauty of language. with other schools. - K. M. Bozoian. "starter". The school cannot hope teaching. CAMPUS COMMENT 3 Mrs. Crane of the Sen-I Selllors Hear Lectures Woodward Chooses TIle Adeline Tolleson ior Class Rene,vs lm- on Various ~llases of House Officers String Quartet Plays Faculty Notes . EducatIon For Next Year preSSIOllS The sen~o,r at class, in ,methods Each vVoodwardite ,"vas as busy Bridgewater W Miss Caldwell has been most fortunate in hear- as the to Worl~ By Alice Guinea. proverbial bee on Thurs- On Tuesday afternoon, May ing many speakers during its day, for May 1. In fact, Woodward nineteenth at 2 :30 P. M. the Ad­ her Masters' De­ Bridgewater weekly meetings in Modern Prob- resembled has welcomed a beehive and all the eline Tolleson String Quartet gree at many ne\v students lems. bees University of this year, and were very busy. What do- gave a concert under the ans­ it is keeping Among those who have l:ec- ing? up its everlasting Cleaning, and arranging pices of the Normal School Or- Wisconsin tured were: ...-n,\" ur. R 0 bAS 11 h h motto that its doors are ever open ert . ma t e rooms to t eir best possible c h es t ra. vVith director outside actl'vl'tl'es- raIle--'--' to people of worth. However, it of vocational education advantage. No one was seen This year the orchestra is un- ing from journalism to tap is only too glad to f or the state, who gave the his- 11 . 1 danc- take back once SCrt! J J111g ler ceiling, but aside dergoing a period of reconstruc- ing Miss Isabel Cald\vell, our tory 0 f 1t le d 1 · h' more those who have already eve opment 0 f vo- f rom t hIS eac gIrl did a thor-' . tIon. popular youne- gy'm teacher, cational Because so few new people '-' leads gradua ted and have returned to education, as well as ough job. Scrubbing ceilings is joined to take the places left va- a busy and interesting life. take advantage of some many new facts concerning this doubtless of the against some unwrit- cant by graduates, the present "It courses work. 1\1r. Lord. director of Edu- would be quite perfect here now in the curriculum. ten rule anyway. members felt that they cation Research were nn- if \ve had a swimming pool", she It is always to our students of and Statistics, The rooms were open for in- able to give, the annual concert. enthusiastically declared when today to w 110 covered a ld WI'd t' f th . d try to picture the Nor­ wor e range spec lon, or e J11 ges on Tl1urs- questioned f · h' l't The Tolleson String Quartet is as to the recreational mal School of yesterday - Mrs. o t OpICS eac WIt 1 I S va Iua bi e d ay a ft f 3 45 '1 5 ernoon rom : nnt! a new grouping of familiar and opportunities offered to tIle s'ttld- Crane, a graduate of this statistics. o'clock. Miss insti­ Beckwith, Miss I seasonal chamber , Mr. Maire mnsi~ artists ents. Her own favorite sports tution in 1912, was only too glad - who has charge Bradford, and Miss Beal, assisted under . the management of Mr. A. she said to be swimming and bas- to give her ideas about o f adult educatIOn particularly b y H 1 Gl the aze eas~n, Ida Warr: and H. Handley. This eminent group ketbal1. changes that have taken university extension work. Mr. Eleanor place Hazeltme acted as Judg- of musicians has played recently on our Hugh Nixon, Secretary Miss Caldwell has written and campus and 111 our of Massa- es. They made several tours 011 the regular music program at had published an article on hockey school since 1912. chusetts Teachers Federation and of t.he building, and .after careful Mount Holyoke College. . in the April Miss Alice O'Connor, head of the thought issue of the "Health In regard to the Campus, we chose what they believed The P department of education rogram consisted and Physical Education" mag'a- ought to for social all things being taken into con- Q of consider ourselves very service. uartet. zine. Concerning this she hesi- Miss O'Connor gave a sideration, the best room on Op. 33 No.3-Haydn. . fortunate in now having so much each tat1l1gly and rather shyly valuable talk illustrated by charts. floor. Attractive bowls said, "I land, for, in Mrs. Crane's day, of Ital- (Called the Bird quartet). just like to write. The seniors are beginning. Allegro I am interest- what is now to ian pottery were given as prizes Moderato. d" l' ·the Hockey field know e 111 Journa Ism, while I was at something about the state to the 'lucky occupants of the Scherzo Allegreto. I 1 I d'd was then the campus. "I was sc 100 1 d epartments an d t 1lelr· k' . some newspaper writ- impressed wor mgs, prIze rooms. Adagio. l' 11 e-", with the loveliness of <.> as well as having the privilege of Finale Rondo. the quadl'angle", said Mrs. Crane; Mary Sullivan, Mona Morris, meeting the leaders in the var- and Mary Schrieber, If anything, my opinion of the "and also with the effective received a 'Quartet, Op. 96-Dvorak. ious fields of education. prize students of this school has beauty of the on first floor; Lillian Lus- (Called the American Quartet). well cared for changed for the better. I have s hrubbe ry". W. A. A_ Board Enter- sier and Ina Wittanen on second ~~l~f:o rna non troppo. been much impressed from the -US MI-SS Hodglr~ns floor, The addition of the fine audi- tal and Sally Suttill, Doris V· very beginning with :!LI. Sonthwich, and the lJfofes­ · Effie Post on lvace ma non troppo. torium, with its lovely murals, Aft er dmner, on W e d dnes ay third floor. Intermission. sional attitude of the students. and its well-equipped stage adds evenine-, April 29th, members of It is very different from the tl11i­ ~ On Sunday afternoon t h e rooms Tema Con Variazioni from to the dignity of Bridgewater W. A. A. board and their guests f 2 30 versity where many of the stud­ were open rom : unt!'1 5 ' 0 - Q~~artet Op. 2 - R. Gliere. Normal School. The singing in tendered. an informal reception to ents go aimlessly through their . clock for the bene fi t a f tne1. par- Andantino. the choir seems to give Miss Anne Frances Hodgkins courses with no object a more in ents 'and friends of the girls. Var I-Poco Tranquillo. or aim in reverent attitude to morning ex- Normal Hall. Music was view. Miss Caldwell vivaciously provid- \Voodward has chosen her of- VVar 2- Poco Agitato. ercises. ed by l\'\"' P 11 D . 1 replied on being asked lYl.ISS 0 Y reV111S

I Wood1vard Hall w. A. A. Board Makes Change in Dr. Boydell A,vards Buckley, doing the twirling for Girls Sport Ne,vs Meetings for Next Year Bridgewater, kept the Middlesex Sport Heads Make Press lIas HOllse Party Another change that is an im­ Athletic Letters- team's hits well scattered and he Statements! Freshman Stunt Night the provement is the changing of \V. managed to fan seven of the op­ Dr. Boyden recently awarded "Tennis is going over with a Feature. A. A. board meetings from every posing batsmen. certificates and letters to the men bang. Fifteen minutes after the On I\[onday night, May 18, the Tuesda:r evening to one \Vednes­ John Sweeney. of the school for participation in sign up sheets are posted they incoming house officers of \Vood­ day afternoon every two weeks athletics. There are thi-ee men Normal Defeated in Baseball by are filled" says Freckles Schrieb- ward Hall were welcomed at a with the officers of the club meet­ in school who have played in Providence and Keene Teams er. head of tennis. party which took the place of the ing on the alternate vVednesdays. three varsity sports. They are By John S\veeney "Practically every afternoon last house meeting of the year. This is an effort to allow more George Lo~wcler, Edward \Velch, Freshman Stunt Night was the commuters to participate and also Playing their second game of the campus IS swarming with and J olm Shockley. The letters feature of the entertainment, and those students \vho have club the season the Normal ball toss- students out for archery, tenna­ were red on a white background. it deserved the name. Laura meetings on Tuesday evenings. ers again went down 111 defeat quoit, horse shoes, and volley The soccer letter \vas a block "B", ball. There are more out this Mitchell, chairman of the com­ Don't you think this is better? at P rovidence Saturday, May 9, baseball, an Old English "E", and mittee. was· assisted by Helen when they endeavored to hand year than ever before," declared the basketball insignia was a Abbott and Dorothy Hixon. Continued from page 3, col. 4 the Moses Brown team a lacing "Mitch". head of minor sports. block "N". The first stunt was an operation All of the music sung by the but were double-crossed and came Questioned as to the interest in which, when seen behind a screen Choir had been read from the Those honored: out on the small end of a 10 to baseball, Eleanor Hazeltine said, ".We have five freshmen teams, and forming shadow pictures, was Braille, by the sense of touch, Basketball: P. Burke, coach; 4 score. B rown gathered six so realistic that the audience and committed to memory. No P. Sawyer, managet"; L. Ash, E. runs in the first few innings and two sophomore teams, two jun- gazed in wonder while Dr. Hexon errors \vere noticeable and the \!Velch, J. Morey, F. McMahon, Normal never seriously threat- ior, and one semOL Judge for assisted by Nurse Frances Nor- voices were most pleasing, having H. Spracklin, 'c. Johnson. G. cned thereafter. Eel vVelch fea- yourself." She laughingly added, ton, operated on Miss Dvewenski. a depth of tone and range not Lowder, T. Culler., and J. Shock­ tured with a home run for Bridge- "vVe may not be Babe Ruths but water. we sure get a kick out of it". For yonr peace of fi?ind, let me usually found in untrained voices. ley. assure YOll that the operation was \\Then the choir came on to the Baseball (1930) ; A. Averill, After a long trek to Keene the Eight "Dont's" for Tennis Players successful, if the amount of 1augh- stage the audience of over a manager; Martin \Vhite, coach; Normal boys \vere so overawed 1. Don't "ride" beginners. ter meant anything. thousand people was amazed to F. Desmond, C. Clough, J. Shock­ by the sight of nearby Mr. Mon- 2. Don't come down a half Picture a machine which would see how well they got into their ley, B. Buckley, C. Lewis, F. Car­ adOl1ock a.nd environs that they hour before you signed for the change your whole personality. places by joining hands and roll, P. Burke, O. Bearse, J. Car­ found difficulty in settling down courts in the hopes of making the Sounds good, doesn't it? It was. marching in. The signal to rise reiro, J. Sweeney, T. Cullen, E. to such a common place occur- players so nervous they'll quit ahead of time. lvIiss Mitchell was the foreign or sit down was given by Mr. Welch. ence as a baseball game and again doctor, inventor of the machine, Gardiner and consisted of two Soccer: O. Bearse, coach; L. they were on the \'-Tong end of 3. Don't "hog" the courts fot" three or fonf hours on weekends and her l)atients were the Misses definite taps with the baton. P a 1opo 1· 1, manager; R\.. N ag 1e, T . t Ile score when everything was Moran, Molloy, Shea, Bliss, Cul- The present and'forme:r ad- Costello, W. Altier, W. Nardelli, totaled up. The final count was because you happen to get to the 13 " f sie-n HI) sheets first. len, Libby, Hawes, Lewis, Mor- . vanced pupils l)articipatinQ"'L> were: .F ' • M elY111 a 1lon, F-1. C alTO,11 H . t o 12 111 avor of the New ~ gan. and Alexander. As they Edtith Milner. viol,inist, a pupil. Spracklin, J. Carreiro, G. Lowder, Hampshire people. 4. Don't borrow tennis rack- ets. (no one really wants to lend went thru the machine, they at Perkins Institution. Senior at . J. Shockley, and E. Welch, T. The game was the closest and them; they're just being polite). emerged on the other side as var- the N eWcEngland Conservatory of Cullen. most interesting that Normal has ious members of the Senior class, l\lusic, Boston. Loretta Noonan, ' 5. Don't borrow tennis balls, engaged in. this semester. J 0-J 0 (no one can a.fford to). and the clever impersonations soprano, graduate of Perkins In- Bridgewater Normal Loses to Morey featured for Normal by· 6. Don't wear shoes with heels ('brou.Q"ht~ clown the house". . stitlIte an(lc of tIle Ne w E ng1 an d . Middlesex 6 to 3 obligingly propellin2"'-' a trilJle into on the tennis courts. A joy nite lull of sorrow ended Conservatory of Music, Boston. right field with the bases loaded, 7. Don't be a poor sport about the entertainment. The tires Robert Barrett, baritone, post-· On Saturday, April 25th Bridge­ scoring three runs. Ahearne also playing doubles. were the Misses Abbott, Henry, graduate pupil at Perkins Insti-: water Normal baseball team was played \vell for the Red and Sizer, Dix, anct Norton. They tution, vVatertown, Mass. Ed-: handed a 6 to 3 setback by the vVhite. 8. Don't invite anyone but normal studel11s and alumni to had parts which mayseem small ward Je~lkins, organist, graduate' AJid

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