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66Tia.eTanrlnl! Friday~ of the Shrew"" ~AMPUS· COMMENT May 19. 933 ! STAT'E TEACHERS COLLEGE, BRIDGEWATER, ~IASS.

~lARCHt 1933 No.6 T~"o Delegates to March 20--June 16 Many Friends Plan -1-.\ ttend Teacllers Training List Dr. Arthur Clark Boyden Memol"ial Services College Convention for Dr. A. C. Boyden Abington-Jford; Braintree-Gavin, Ginnetty, Henrikson, Hubbard, Lays; Bridgewater will be represented by Bridgewater-Abbott, Case, Dymonz­ Loyal friends of Dr. Boyden WIsh hvo student speakers at the Confer­ ka, Tobin Wanelik; Brockton-Alex­ to consecrate their thoughts of him ence of Eastern States Association of ander, Baldwin, Beede, Curley, Freitas, in a last testimony of friendship. Sev­ Professional Schools for Teachers, Ferris, Fisher, Homer, Saley, Smith, eral groups are meeting in Bridge­ which will be held at the Hotel Penn­ Stromdahl, Bailey, Beaton, Bumpus; water to honor him in memo~ial sylvania, New York City, April 7 and Dedham-Moren; East Bridgewat.er­ services. 8. Robie, Sampson; Fall River, Bliss, The churches of Bridgewater are to Earle Sukeforth will speak on Cullen, Deplitch; Haverhill-Crowley, have a Union Service Easter Sunday afternoon. Bl'unnell Hunt will give "\Vhat have the students in the State Gillen, Norton; Lexington, Anderson; Teachers College at Bridgev>'ater, I the message. Malden-Shaffner; Middleboro--Bow­ ='vlassachusetts, done in recent years A group of educators are planning man, Caswell, Drevinsky; Needham­ a service through a Supts. Convention to enrich the program of the institu­ lVI. lVlurdie; New Bedford-Davidian; tion through their mvn initiative and Plymouth - Tosi; Quincy - Bivonki; at which Mr. F. W. Wright, of the cooperation and on their own respon­ State Department of Education. and Somerset - Clarner; Taunton - Bou­ sibility." Superintendent John F. Scully of cher, Fenton, McHugh, Stafonivic, Elizabeth Stl'omdahl will speak on Brockton will speak. This will be Westgate; Waltham - Henry; West "What part can the students play in Friday, April 21. Bridgewater-Beach, Brittan; Wey­ the maintenance of a desirable envi­ The Alumni Association of Bridge­ mouth-Bernier, Young. ronment for study in the library?" water Teachers College will meet in The President of the Association is Bridgewater this year and are plan:.. Dr. Alonzo F. lVIeyers of the School of ning a service of commemoration Education at New York University. Juniors Solve June 3. FridaJ.~ afternoon's program will be devoted to student discussion of vital Wood's Problem topics suggested by students, delegates Dorlll Anlatellrs and presidents. Perform at Wood On Saturday morning the topic to By Bessie Freitas be presented is the one on which Earle At last the problem of decorating By B. Freitas Sukeforlh will speak. At this time Woodward Dormitory has been solved Nearly all of Woodward's talent each institution will be represented by by the Art Appreciation Class of B2 a student speaker and the group will participated in the Amateur Night, under Miss Priscilla N yeo given March 13th, in W oodwal'd base­ be organized in four sections. On the right wall. as you enter the Friday evening there' will be a Stu­ ment. door, there is to be a wall hanging The entertainment was provided by: dent-Faculty Banquet, at which the over .the divan. The drab curtains B. Norton and R. Cronin, piano selec,,:, speakers, will be Prof. Walter Rauten­ will be replaced by new ones and tions; B. Albret, violin-HAt Dawn­ strauch of Columbi~ University; Mr. colorful draperies with their valepees ing", CaIman; "Songs My Mother Paul Blanshard,. ~xecutive Director of will replace the old olive draperies. the City Affairs Committee of New Taught Me", Dvo;rak; "Trasquita", The furniture ,vhich has been recently York; Prof. George S. Counts of Lehar; "Sing Me to Sleep", Greene; purchased is to be recovered with Evelyn LafaVE:'!' and Alice ,Can, m~terial ,!,~s~.~blin,g the "'~Iayet';ISa1}~'lw~1:'strtlmtc!~;~~,utlr;' To complete the Dav:i~, song~; B. Randlett, reading; ,Seniors iGuests L. Smith, ,sqngs j Carol. Griffith,' own i "'; ;~9~;t:t9~,~fi~1l: :'d~ ))~~~Oi . >Ruth D~vis, Of Freshnleii The 1'00111 is expected to be finished e regr grea . , ':'i'fil:tta'f1'o'hs. ' Olive" Hosforo 'was' "in in about three weeks. Arthur Clark Boyden, who graciously served our school for charge and the rest of the comniittee By Lucienne Galipau Miss Hixon heads the committee in twenty-five years. Dr. Boyden was loved and rt!spected by consisted of: tickets, Evelyn 'Lafuver, The Senior Class of the French De­ chal'ge of re-decorating the reception us all for the fine way he conducted the college and for the Mui·iel Moore, Gertrude French, Ber­ partment was interestingly enter­ room. Her helpers are: Miss Deplitch, opportunities he gave us' to go to him with our many prob­ nice Luddle; publicity, Ruth Sullivan, tained by the D2 Class on Friday, Miss Cullen and Miss Dix. lems. ' Not great perhaps in a worldly sense and as material Arlene Noyes and Harriet Hall. March 10. success is re~koned; but great in all those human qualities: The Freshman' Class had been of character, of friendship and of earnest contribution to the . Delegates Explor~ . studYIng the play of Maliere and since advancement of human, needs. While his superior intel­ SeIlior . Art Class ligence was recognized-it was his unfailing faith in human the' A's were p~r~uing a c'ourse in the "TIle Bia'b Towii" French Drama an excellent opportun­ Makes l\fusellIll Trip nature that made him an outstanding educator. All those ity to produce a few of the author's with whom he came in, contact-the scared freshman, the Everything frOln. ,Grant's Tomb to great dramas wfis' made available. sufficient s-eniQr, the contemporaries-realized the, friendly Radio City was eagerly explored by Under the leadership of theh* Class interest and wise kindliness which pervaded his personality. By Stella Krupka Ruth Ferris and Charlotte Murray, l'epl'esentative, Dorothy Westgate, the We sincerely wish to continue the outstanding work inspired Bridgewater's Delegates to the ninth' ·enterprise was a great success. The Senior Art Class made its sec­ by him. . Annual Convention of the Columbia Rita Sawyer who was in charge of ond trip to the Museum of Fine Arts Scholastic Press Association held in the costuming and staging of the in Boston, on February 7, 1933, to con­ New York City, March 9, 10, 11. play is to be complimented for her tinue study in the fields of Japanese Dr. Twenty-five Years Their frivolous activities included excellent work. The costumes were and Greek art. A. C. Boyden., these simple' pleasures: . a nodding ac­ indeed an example of resourcefulness A specialization in ceramics was quaintance with those glamorous and originality. particularly stressed because the use President of Bridgewater Dies streets Broadway and Fifth Avenue; The piays presented were: "Le Ma~ of the vase is common to all people ,,--',.,,--- a windy ride down Riverside Drive lade Imaginaire" , "Les Precieuses both ancient and modern. Dr. Arthur Clark Boyden for the he instl'ucted in mathematics and a-top a bus, and hurried" dashes Ridicules", and "Les Fourberies de What a wealth of material for him past twentY-five years president of science. In 1896 he returned to through the Chrysler Building, the Scopin". Bridge'\vatel' at his home on Sum~ Bridgewater not primarily as a stu- Woolworth Building, and the Empire who has the desire to lea1'n about died The cast of Le Malade Imaginaire: those fascinating bits of man's work mer street, March 15th, after an ill-' dent or resident but as an instructor State Building, which towers in the Rita Sawyer, Alice Carr, Mary Mur­ which give an insight into their very ness of two weeks. He was 81 years in history in the State Normal school, immediate vicinity of the McAlpin, ray, Helen Small, Gertrude French, lives! old and up to the time of· his illness the same Year being appointed to the where the two stayed. Rosamond Imhof. actively serV'e(i his office. His son vice-presideJ?,cy. In 1906 .. he became For their further entertainment Japan has much to hold people's The cast of Les Precieuses Ridi­ Professor EdWard Allen Boyden of the. president, succeeding to his father's they attended a luncheon at the Com­ interest by her innumerable forms of 'Cules: Rosamond Imhof, Mary Mur­ University of Minnesota came from position at :the latter's death, which modore, a banquet at the Montclair, this art. They are circular, square, Tay, Alice Rochelle,' Helen Small, Minneapolis by airplane arriving a he has :fill~ up' until 1933. Thus and the Varsity Show at the Waldorf tall, slender, small, everY imaginable Isabel Walsh, ,H-elen Russell, Ruth short time before his father died. has ended fiifty years of service from Astoria. "Home James" 'was the shape. They have a certain delicacy Cronin, Mary Solo, Caral Griffiths, Besides being a noted educator, Dr. father and' son to the Bridgewater clever, ungentle satire of New York with strength in their sh'1lcture and Sayde Stein. Boyden also was well known as a past institution. .' politics presented by Columbia talent. line. Their design is as varied as the The, cast of Les Fourberies de master of Fellowship Lodge, A. F. & Dr. Boyden was also known in other It included the Pony Ballet" a world­ forms because there were, examples of ~copin: Alice Carr, Rita Sawyer. A. M. and past district grand master phases of educational work. He was famous group of under grads-mus­ the drop surface pattern; of the cen­ the Masonic Order. an instructdr in the Mass. Summer cular, bowlegged, artifically voiuptu- tral balance design, of symbolic of He resided in Bridgewater all his Institute anU the Martha's Vineyard ous; overgraceful dancers. . flowers and animals; :of realistic life except for the. time he was at- Summer Institute during the seasons At Radio, City they saw the super­ Chapel Dates people, of alternation of progression tending outside schools and colleges. from 1889-1S97. In the field of edl.l- foolish "King-Kong" and at the Astor and countless others. No 'matter what F.Ie· "'as a student at the B1'idgewater they saw the cel"'bra:ted B r o· April 4-'-Ct~ss meetings. n cational res¢arch he served as a mem- ..., a ryro re pattern was' used, a keen sense of its Acadam"" and continued on to Am-' film' "Rasputl'n and the E .. April 6-Miss Lutz. relation to the space was evident and .- bel' of the e,.ducational commission to ' mpress. herst, graduating from there in 1876. Jamaica in 1890. These celebrated speakers' were April ll-Camera Club. nothing was overdone. ' Later he returned to the same col- \ heard by our delegates: Hurbert April 13-Campus Comment. Some examples even resembled lege taking the degrees of M. A. and Aside from purely instructional Brucker, Assistant to the Dean, School April IS-Open. work which today is termed L. H. p. work, Dr. Boyden was a writer in the of Journalism, Columbia University; April 2O,-Open. grandmother's day'., while there were His public teaching career was be- fields of science and history. He was Miss H.elen Hull, Author of "Hardy April 25-N'. A. A. those which we might decidedly tenn gun. at the Chauncey Hall School, the author: of "Nature Study by Perennial" and "Heat Lightning"; April 27-Stud~pt Co-Op. "modern;', 'as if the Orient had skip­ Boston, Mass.. then a preparatory Months" and "History of Bridgewater Dr. Hughes Meal'nes, author of "Ttle ped ahead of Father Time. school affiliated with Harvard. There Normal School". I Creative Spirit." 2 CAMPUS COMMENT CAMPUS COMMENT Are -y-on. Versed in Local History? Have You Read "Looking Back,vard'~ STATE WORLD-FAMOUS DWARFS By Edward Bellamy By Harriet Burrill . If Have you ever heard of IVIr. and Mrs. Tom'Thumb you read the Boston Post you know that this TEACHERS or Count l\tlagri? Had· you realized that book is now being printed as a serial although tp.e • COLLEGE for· a number first copyright of years this famous group of dwarfs resided in date is 1887. There must be a reason Middleboro? why a comparatively unknown author coul? cause the blase American public to eagerly Probably there is not more than one adult out read hIS book for Established, 1927 of almost fifty yeai·s. There is. every ten who does not instantly identify "General The book presents a O\l'l1ed and published novel scheme of living, supposed bv the State Normal school, Bridge­ Tom Thumb" as the dwarf 1-vhom P. T. Barnum made to be in 2000 A.D., water, Massachusetts.· 1\1 e m b e r of Scholastic Press. world-famo in which the government has complete control of all us. the industry, Charles recreation, art, science, and material pos­ EXEGCTIYE BOARD Sherwood Stratton, better knO\vn as Tom sessions. N or Thumb, was is it a mere visionary Utopia-the au­ Editor-in-Chief ...... Gertrude born in Bridgeport, Conn., January 4, 1838 thor has carefully Assistant Laird of normal conceived his plan, thought it Editor ...... _...... Charlotte Murray par€nts. He showed no peculiarities until through thoroughly Acting Assistant Editor ...... seven and most striking of all character­ _...... Irma Waaranen month of age when he ceased to grow in height. istics-love is Sports Editor ...... _...... _...... John Sweeney In 1842 the central theme of the story-love of Sports his mother took him to P. T. Barnum. At that nan for Editor ...... Elsie Taylor time mankind. This glorious adv€nture in unselfish­ Business Manager ...... the dwarf was but twenty-eight inches tall and ness is believed Arthur Lewis weighed a by the author to come about naturally Assistant Business Manager ...... John Bates little more than fifteen pounds. Barnum without bloodshed. Make-up ...... realized the great In this way, he makes no ties with _...... Evelyn Chasse attraction this midget would be to those groups of people organized Secretary ...... :...... _ Laura Mitchell his show, so he hired to do away with rule him at once. and the existing order of Charles things. REPORTERS Stratton waf; given the name of Tom Nor will you Thumb by Mr. be bored by it-the style is fascin­ Harold Brewer, Olive Britton, Marjorie Keith, Francis Barnum. If we look back over the ating and altogether Champagne, old French challenging. The plot is an un­ Alice Guilmartin, Kathleen Hofferty, Laura nursery tales, we find that Tom is the son usual one-you Mitchell, Myrtle Pray, Ellen Shea, of a poor will be interested to find how a young Barbara Albret, Bessie woodsman. The child is scarcely larger than man of the year Freitas, Virginia Ford, and Eilleen Lloyd. his father's thumb, 1887 was transplanted-and very log­ so is therefore named Tom Thumb. ically too-into the year 2000, Thus the American dwarf received not one of his hairs gray his name. or one second older. The love-story that supports In 1844, Tom Thumb the That Difficult was taken to England by serious back-bone of the novel is also unique and Question of TillIe Barnum and presented to the queen and royal family. surprising. Queen Victoria prefixed the title "General" to the Who mentioned dormitory * regulations? That's a dwarf's name. Perhaps a little about the author himself subject too much charged with electricity to would warrant There is a very interesting story told of Tom interest you. He was born in Chicopee Falls, Massa­ its use as conversational material, yet under the pro- chusetts, tection Thumb's success while in England. One result of his in 1850, and was a brilliant, promising young afforded in editorial argument there may be season at Egyptian author before he some gain in d€aling Hall in London was to discourage became intensely interested in mak­ with a ticklish phase of it. Haydon, the painter. The ing men happy by opening For a long time, latter presented his great the door to material suc­ dormitory students have been work, "The Banishment of Aristides", cess for everyone. "Looking Backward" asking for more leniency in dormitory for exhibition was an over­ regulations, and in the same building. The public rushed whelming success when it was first presented, just now they are asking for a system of "light cuts". to see the (By dwarf. He took in six hundred .pounds the first week as it is now, and offered Bellamy an overnight fortune ~'1ight cuts" is meant) a system by which, under stated while the masterpiece on the strength of the publicity conditions, pupils of Haydon's drew but seven which it brought him would have permission to k€ep their pounds three shillings. -but he would have none of it. He lights on after the The result was that the artist continued to serve regular hour of 10.30. committed suicide in despair. the world through his inspired and consecrated .. I pen admit there must be light regulations to safe- At twenty.:.five until death took him at the untimely age of forty­ guard the health years of age "General" Tom Thumb of the girls.' However, I believe that ,vas thirty-one inches tall eight. Shall we not better say that Death took his one light cut a week or two and weighed about twenty­ physical or three a term would in- fiv€ pounds. He was perfectly proportioned. body but Edward Bellamy can never die. His crease scholastic efficiency sufficiently soul speaks to us in words to warrant ap- In 1863 the midget married a of living fire on every page proval of the system. minute American of "Looking Back,vard"; as long lady, Mercy Lavinia Bump Wan'en. Her father was as mankind year~s ~or These hours are claimed to be free to the students extraordinary education, rest, congenial work, freedom from class dis­ for study: tall and her mother was of average tinctions-and 3.30 - 5.00 P. M.; 7.00 _ 8.00 P. M.; 8.00 _ height. Lavinia \Varren finally provision for loved· ones should 10.00 P. M. (study was about the' s~me height the means of support hour); and 8.00 - 9.00 A. M. The as her husband but ,vas not be taken away-all these and very brav€ may rise as 'V€l1 proportIOned. . much more-then mankind will early in the morning. After a At the Baker store on MUlu'oe breathe a fervent long day in classes should 3.30 - St., Lynn, there is prayer that the ideals of this noble work 5.00 P. M. be used for a pair of shoes that Mrs. Tom Thumb wore. will one day study? Not if one has any faith in the value It is likely crystalize into reality. of extra- that no shoeworker of today ever SaW .,____ ~~Gy.rrkll~~~piviti~.s ~H: Qf_J:e~reatW!1--_-These-..tw a pair of .shoes . :,..{.) (.1('\. Cl: * * ::: * * ;;, • . - '.gooaprepartIon phYSIcally and mentally for productIve child's study 'range, according to the size stick in the Baker ing Backward", "Communism during the ev€ning. Health leaders shy at study store. That can scarcely claim Bel­ immediately means they measure approximately six lamy as its own, for he emphasized repeatedly following a meal. Moreover, individuals inches in length according the· non­ should develop to the foot rule. violent features of the revolution which he socially. vVith th,is_iRmiIld,jrom1.00 -. . Everett Dunbar imagined ~·B.OO-P.- M. Inigntbe made these shuesby hand. They : ~ .. when he preaches the necessity of the cooperative. spent in dancing in the gym or in are welts with a wooden playing cards or in amusing heel of the baby Louis style. commonwealth, he does it with a Yankee-e twang .... oneself in some other way. The pattern is that of anklette, that Since much Did I say, "might be spent't? It is spent is, the ·.shoes have of the fantastic quality of his vision has in just that a strap which fastens around the ankle. : They been rubbed down into way ~ Girls who do try to study during this p€riod also reality within half a century. have a front strap. ' I think there is· at least a find little enough opportunity because of so many fair chance that anothei' dis- Mrs. Tom Thumb must have been a very busy as fifty years will confirm Edward Bellamy's turbances. We have left for studying, just three hours, well position as from as a very small persml for the shoes show the one of the most authentic prophets of our age". 8.0~ -10.00 P. M. a.nd from 8.00 - 9:00 A. M.- sign of much wear. enough. tIme tor some ~llg~ts, :but '" *' :I< * * certam~y not for Many of Mrs. Tom Thumb's clothes are owned The daily appearance' oth€rs. ImaglI~e a conSCIentIous student trYIng to pre- by of the book in the paper has her relatives. In my mother's home town there lived called forth some very pertinent pare for a dIfficult full day. Some lessons are a relatiw:l comments from. ~hor0l!ghly of the little lady. Miss·Drake had in her readers. Here is a typical one: p~epared and others neglected or all are possession several articles msultIngly skImmed. worn by Mrs. Tom Thumb. "To the Editor of the Post: In the collection there Then, blessed be "light was a tiny cream-colored silk "Sir: I am much interested in Bellamy"s cuts" for those 1)OOr souls dress with a long trail, a pair novel who have work to make up. of long-sleeved white now printed daily in the Post, and I trust it is to others kid gloves and a small pair of red corsets. v::ho read your paper. ..----10 To me it is inspiring to feel that (N o. 2-Continued on page ·4) a new day may be dawning in the not far distant Renlarks of the ~Ionth future', when our grandchildren will enjoy so p:1uch o better Dramatic Cooperation and happier conditions than now exist. '~Your.educatiol1 has begun when you have started "After all it is the heart and minds of the people to shape the raw ·material who make the conditions of life in the world, ·of life to ends that you By Arthur A. Lewis and con- may not see and cannot predict." certed action is the only way to get things done and to enjoy blessings . * . * * * * The recent difficulty experienced which we crave and are praying for "The· best educated mind by the men in today. So we of this day must make the start." is that which has alter- securing suitable persons to take women's nated between practical experience and parts in * * '" * * reflection." their current dramatic production has led to oj: the sug- ·When this keen, * * * :I< gestion that members of the women's understanding man left this "All of our great men Dramatic Society world, the. only service read for him was have at some time come be secured to play the feminine roles. a few lines under the influence of some great book". from his own book "Looking Backward". A man who With men playing women's parts we see no * :~ >I< attrac- writes with vision such as this * * tion whatsoever in Bridgewater productions. deserves to be pinnacled UAwaken the powers and gifts and aptitudes' For us high in the hearts of humankind the world over. of no p~easure is derived from seeing tJ:e teminine lead those with whom and for whom you work." hoppmg liDo you ask what we shall look for when un- around the stage, when we dIstmctly remem- numbered generations :): * '" '" '" bel' seeing the same shall have passed a,vay? I "Do we regard it as individual dashing around the ans,Yer, the way stretches before part of our responsibility that lower campus that afternoon in us but the end is lost our students get a vital soccer shorts. in light. For twofold is the return of contact with life?" With 1-vomen playing the feminine the individual * * * * roles we foresee by the way of d€ath, and the return of the i'ace '" a distinct improvement in the quality of the by the Prof€ssor Speight playas a fulfillment of its evolution, when the divine secret ,hid- ~vhole, since a more prof.essional drama would evolve den in the Dartmouth College ltself.. germ shall be perfectly unfolded. \Vith a Anne Batchelder: , , . tear for the d~tl:k past, turn The attitude that men s and we then to the dazzling Hlf we draw the blinds and sit down in women s dramatIc future, and, veIlmg our eyes, press forward. front of activities should not be combined has been The long great-grandfather's musket to live in great deeds done, dispelled and weary winter of the race is ended. Its summer we are selling at many of our New England Colleges. At Brown, has begun. our birth-right for less than pottage. Sock and Buskin (the Humanity has burst the chryslllis. The But if we should shoulder men's dramatic society) has heavens are before it." our own flint-lock and put combined with Komians (the women's . . . love and faith and courage society) to pro':' 0 .. into today's problems, we duce several creditable productions. are better men and women than any The Hasty Pud- Th Z -. · D that have gone ding Club at Harvard has played in several pieces with before." the Wellesley e eltgelst emands >I< Barn Swallows. Boston College has com­ * bined with Simmons. William All€n White, Yale even goes up to Northamp- 1. What are the Barbary author and editor: ton to secure feminine talent. States? . "There is no insanity so devastating After one triai of com- 2. What js a daguerreotype? in man's life bined activity one or the other of the groups has as utter sanity~ Logic is an addiction that drives always 3. Who was Ageus? men asked to continue the amalgamation. .. 4. into acute melancholia and makes dumb bunnies of its What President of the U. S. was also a college devotees." A success elsewhere, the idea should lie followed president? by the same success at Bridgewater. 5. .""h,atwell-known poet died rec€ntly? CA.MPUS COKlIEH, So We Hear For Your ~Iem Book Dorm Studellts Do You Remenlher­ By Kampus Katie Ulliquely Tested Ruth Mardsen? Kenneth Murphy operated the spot­ light used for "Miss Cherry Blossom" All Normal Hall inmates were re­ gi\.Ten in Horace Mann Auditorium bv cently exposed to this test given by Position: Pembroke High School. Bridgewater High school. .. the good old bulletin board method The HighSchool includes grades 7-12. and neither marked nor graded. It corresponds to junior and senior Mr. Doner and his wife, one sum­ 1. What is cooperation? high: mer, owned a tea 1'00111 which they 2. Why should the table be kept tidy? Subject: Social science in the 7th, appropriately named "The Tea Room 3. Why are uniform sign-up slips pro­ 8th, and 9th grades. This subject is That's Different". vided for the over-night sign-up basically history and geography but board? it covers the principles of innumerable Mary Monahan has left school be­ 4. What should be done with the iron­ subjects, sociology, economics, psy­ cause of her brother's illness. ing board after one has finished chology, literature, art, in fact a com­ ;!: '," "," :r= using it? plete study of people (particularly o'~r A small portion of CS with Miss 5. Give one reason for signing "out" people) and what they do, how they Lutz found themselves stranded in and "in". feel, think, and act: and why. . Rockland one afternoon. Finally the 6. What relation has sanitation to the Personal Reaction. Yes I like it far garage mechanic decided the thing bides? more than I exp€·cted I would or could. that Miss Lutz had told him was 7. Explain this proverb: "Actions Training was fine but teaching has wrong with the car, two hours speak buder pre­ than words". been even better. Of course you have viously. really needed attention. MABEL LARAMEE, '33, your ups and down-blue days. But President of Norma] for compensation you have· some Gene Higgins is commuting from And what was Normal Hall Reception the norm at Normal? things which just YOl.l.-YOU Chelsea. Room as it looked on the afternoon of the thrill see first tea eyer given by the Day Students for their mothers. the children (some of them) just grow ~: *' * *' The picture was taken by Mr. Huffington through whose kindness and improve intellectually. There are Mildred Cushman's home in South we are now pub­ Call1pus lishing it. Personalities problems-I shall not quote them all. Bridgewater H20 suffered l'ecently But I find the slow pupil the g:reatest from a slight fire. By Mary Allen one. In an overcrowded room (which Eleanor Schreiber is familiar only is common no'w partly due to the de­ Ida Leino of good old Cape Cod J\Iilady Discusses French re­ Club Enjoys to a small number in the Bridgewater pression) it is difficult to give the cently missed the Cape Express b~T College; but, brightest and slowest a soda. Puffed Sleeves Saint-Saens (:oncert "Freckles" is her real equal oppor­ name at the school, and a mention of tunities. In a class of forty there are that familiar name conjures visions .three of 1 G I Q and about 12 way During her recent harvest of pro­ By L. McHugh By Lucien Galipeau of a tall, slim, freclded girl active dov\'n at the other extreme. This is jects, Miss Smith acquired a collection Sleeves as well as necklines more alike on the athletic fields and the better than "brain teasers" fol' stim­ of war machines, a coach, The aim of and a superb than aid in disguising those bother­ the French Club was social flOOI'. ulating independent thinking. electrical map. highly justified some irregularities of line. Every­ at their recent ll1eet- Value from .. ~ School Tl'aining ing when - ._------_ .. - ._------Praetice one should not adhere to the new the members were enter- Teaching. tained The Freshmen not taking BioI. this puffed sleeve because thay ·will by the music of the great tend I believe as Dimnet suggested that term l"eceived a royal sel1d-off. They to distort the figure. In judging French composer, Saint-Saens. His were masterpiece understanding often comes more dismissed with great pomp and \\'hether or not you may wear these La C(I:/'1Ii~)(ll des A ?li­ ceremony. through experience than through log­ sleeves it will be necessary for you mn/Ix proclaimed him as a genius in the ical reasoning. It is so easy to .say to classify yourself in one of the art of music. This composition "should be done"-but try to do it. The biology d~pal'tment has just re­ two groups: the narrow shouldered is really a symphony and every mus­ From training I think you get poise ceived a shipment of lobsters for the or the broad shouldered ical instrument conveys its own mes­ type. -learn how to· meet enjoYJ?ent of the "zoo" classes. sage. your class and NARROW SHOULDERS how to handle it. I feel I was partie­ (N"o. In so e£:.. Miss Anna McKee gave 3, continued o.n page 4.) far as possible broadened a resume ulady fortunate in being for the most fects are of Saint-Saens life and thi~ was fol­ essential for those \"ho part entirely on my own. Too. strict place lowed by a 111Usical game. themselves in this group. There­ Mi,s supervision, I think, is a hindrance. fore Cronin, a new l:nember, made Cast Chosen for cap sleeves are preferred to the a force­ Personal Knowledge.. ordinary sleeveless type of dress. ful entrance into the club. She has As far as backgl'olmd goes, it is "Tanlillg Capes and be.rthn. colhll's . "T)11 also exceptional ability in choosing titles of .iul-}.lQss.ible_tQ .. iJ.taiDjtL!9.n!'".:y..e..iy~, give the desired width to the that extrigue ~ .... .Ask her what her ...... ,""- __ shoul­ cannot be entirely Bridgewatel"sTe­ the Shrew" ders. In selecting long sleeved favorite musical composition is. sponsibility. A very wide background dresses choose those having wide and The ·meeting was brought to a close ~s pal,ticulal'ly needed in the teaching By L. puffed sleeves above the elbow and bysi'n.ging _~!,llonsQjl' Confreres". From Hewitt of social science but, that~ too,eOill€S avoid fitted sleeves and fullness below the intonation of" everyone's voice they After three weeks from experience and furtber study. of "try-outs" the elbow. :4.ccessories such as bowf' were none tao anxious to part. Dramatic Club ELEANOR SCHREIBER BI-idgewater is pl'imarily has chosen the' follow~ or buttons worn on the aprofes­ shoulder will The able chairman of the commit­ sional 'School ing· cast foi:' "The Taming of the help to moderate in that I find it lB,bso­ this narrowness. tee was Mabel Loramie, assisted by lutely Shrew" which will be presented on One is met by' a pair of fI'ank successful. It also offers May 19, 1933. BROAD SHOULDERS Anna McKee and Eliza Moura. courses \\Thich, . .. umvavering green through the teacher, To lessen the breadth of the shoul­ eyes; and then one lead 'to ~1.3.ny 'fields. if 'these wel'e Baptista, a rich gentleman of Padua notes the long ders all emphasis there • upturned eyelashes f 11 b th t·d should be re­ 0 owed up yes u ent 1le eel'':' Ruth Mannion moved. Always whlCh. guard and enhance them; a . 1 ld h f . Vincentio, an old gentleman of P'isa puffs, flounces, and ,.. ,. ·taw y. wou ave a all' amount f frills Chllg-a-Rlllll! grm comes next, broad and attrac'" k' . 1 d t f 0 . D. Chattel'ton on the sleeves are· to be strictly tive and 11 b k one has met and been en- now e ge 0 a Lucentio, son to Vincentio, in love avoided, and bertha: collars should ae on. . with veloped by "Freckles' " straight­ ~ianca ...... Rose Tinsley never be worn. Fitted sleeves are pre­ (No.1, continued onpag~::;t:.) PetruchlO, a gentleman After forward, engaging character. of Verona ferredto the raglan a careful checkup, it was A l'e­ suitor to Katherine ...... type of sleeve. mark L. He,;itt Because discovered that Brewer is the only to "Freckles" may sub~11~rge Grem.io,. suitor to. Bianca ... M. full sleeves accent the unde­ Kimball member of C5 who has the original opinion that she is all Hortensio, suitor to Bianca . sirable, only those that have ·fullness "that Old New England conscience." smiles and friendliness, for "Freckles" Jane Carrol below the elbow should be wor,n, In Jig-SR"irS Appear Tranio, servant has a quick sarcastic tongue, able to Lucentio connection with this kind of sleeve * * * D. Chatterton '" accompaniment-or should one say .At French Blidge Biondello, the three.quarter and the bell-shaped An orchid to: Mal'y Blake, the servant to Lucentio outcome?-of her vitality and of her are suggested as suitable. Contrast­ sizable mystery; Miss Match, the ef­ V. Cochl'ane analytical mind, but that sarcasm is The Frel1ch Club entertained Grumio, servant to Petruchio ing value in the sleeves and dress will fervescent spinster; Aggie Borden, many in self-protection, her classmates be­ guests on Thursday, M;arch 2nd, H. Kidston also prove to successfully narrow· the the frisky child; Bud Dusenberry, the in Curtis, servant to Petruchio lieve. "Freckles", to the casual eye, t.he reception room of Normal shoulders. Since bright colors and chore boy with dry wit; Ishmael, the Hall., V. Cochrane typifies· the poised, self-assured in­ The occasion was none other th::j.n .·the Katherina, the stripes emphasize width, more con­ woman-hating hermit; and Kittie, the shrew ...... B. Randlett dependent that we. should all like to anticipated Bridge a la Francais.:!,.! Bianca, sister to Katherine servative tones should be affected by shuffling colored maid. be, and all credit is due her for pre­ Well .understood French Celia PerkIns the person: who tends to modify broad was ,the senting this illusion, for it Widow ...... V. Bulger shouldel's. is the language of the evening. Had 111e111- In belief Tailor ...... v. Bulger answer to the following ques­ of her intimates that under- bel'S of the French Academy.been tion, «What would neath she is Scene: inhibit your stating sensitive and afraid. present they would have heard an en'; Padua anq Petruchio's country-house. Atnlospheric Grins that Oats grow on Oak trees 7" a Fear of being feared, fear of not tirely new vocabulary. brilliant Junior succeeding, fear replied, "Chestnuts of revealing her true Everyone, hOWeVel\ enjoyed him- grow on Oak trees!" emotions, all these The following schedule for' 1'ehear- "Did you know that Ireland is the form the back- self. ground for the mask she sals is arranged by Miss Moffitt: ichest country in the world 7" * * * assumes. Miss Dorothy Pilot proved to be rt is an honorable mask and' March 21-pages 41-57. "No, hmv is that?" What a world! I can't wind my it pre~ the Bridge Shark and won the first sents to us the happy March 23-pages 58-64. "Its capital is always Dublin". alarm after 10 :16 nor close my shut­ attractive girl prize. that "Freckles" March 27-pages 64-67. *" *":}: ters. tn fact, I have to have special means to be. Miss Muriel Robie :was victorious In high school March 28-pages 67-83. Dear Ed: croaking hours now. "Freckles" earned over her roomm'ate who, by the way, I met a swell reno un for her track ability, and her ,was March 30-pages 84-90, 91-92. girl the other night Two Junior girls are becoming keen her only opponent 'at the jig':saw' and Ehe called record high-jump still holds in Brock- ;puzzle April 4-pages 95-100. me "maple ~ugar". rivals for the favor of a certain 'table~ What dId ton. Here, at Bridgewater, she has April 6-pages 113 to the end. she 1'11£·an?" Senior favorite. The faculty members present extended her athletic prowess to in­ were: Much-in-Iove. . * ,~ *; Mr. and * 'i' clude the g'ames Mrs. Kelly, Miss Lutz,: Mis~ Dear Much-in-love: «Faint of hockey, tennis, heart never won fair lady,' basket Decker and Miss :Graves. . 8 1.1e prob~bly ball and base ball. Not only meant that you were and those who braved the storm of SCOllts Con.vene as an athletic but also as a social Refreshments were served 'a:r;'d the' a refined sap. -Ed. February 4 were well repaid for their leader has the Schreiber Bridge was brought to a close by sing­ effOl'ts. girl shaped By O. Brittan a personality that arouses admiration ng Bon.:oir, Confreres et Invite's.,·.;. 'Latin :Prof: "Give me the parts of 'I< Saturday, March * * .in the hearts of all. 11; 1933, was the flea;'? Well, this IS news! You have big day for Scouts in all parts of the Dumb Fossil: fleece, itchi, signed up for dances, signed up to· go "Alpha", State. In the Boston Arena .. 1'} Polar Bridgewater's first college .scratchum'~. home week-ends, signed up for din- And then Cal'l1ival there is the question of ;year book is expected to appeal' was held. * * * ing-room tables, signed up for early re- what Mahatma Ghandi would have 'in May. All board Fifteen of the girls from the school Ed: "Do you sing at all, Graham'?" served books in members are pro­ tlie library, signed up . Jone if he were in Sir Walter Ral-gl'essing troop made the trip to .the review. . Graham: '''OnlY'lVery approximately on sduldule; ~o very rarely". to play on athletic teams, and nowyoueigh's· shoes at the ~njoy the exhibition. Ed: "I rescue of Queen .and most of the material l1as been . . . ~e~just' in your bath/' may sign up to take a Biology test! ! Elizabeth from the mud puddle. prepared and sent to press. Se'lliors ~<\.l~e· Number Two I TEACH l w. -LL\.~A. Offers "CllanlpS" ~L\.gain (Continued from page two.) 1 ERTOWN SPORTS Variety of Sports ~------,' t By SWEENEY I Basketball season has ended with By Esther Tan Tom T~mb d~d ~ W~. A fuw - ______~ the Seni.or team, the H. Po's, the years later Mrs. Tom Thumb married One of the principles of the Wo­ champion team of the school. Con· Count l\fagri, a member of the troupe The basketball season is on the must tell you one about the days men's Athletic Association is mass trary to tradition and precedence, of d\vaITs. The Count and Countess wane and it must be stated that people when Robert was one of those "ver- participation. Since March, W. A. honors seem to be falling to the Magri, not real titles of course, con­ hereabouts seem to worry not a whit dant Freshmen." The Normal Soccer A. has been offering a virety of Seniors this year in athletics, for 'was tinued living at the Thumb residence. at its departure. The varsity has team was making its first trip to mid-Heason sports to suit everyone's it not the Senior class who won the Several people can l"emember when completed the year with a more or Boston in fall of 1929 and Nagle, who taste. There are games for two and hockey tournament also? the Count and Countess, in company less spotty record, having won four hails from Fan River, was all eyes four participants as well as teau1 Basketball seems to have been un­ with the Count's brother, Baron Mag­ games and lost a like number, includ- as the bus neared the great metrop- games. usually popular this year, since there ri, gave an entertainment in the ing the all-important Fitchburg cup olis. The bus was held up by a traf- The sports offered are Indoor Base­ was a total of twenty teams, eight Bridgewater To'\vn Hall. My father game. As has been the case for the fic signal in-town and Robert had a ball, Ping Pong, Volley Ball, Tenni­ freshmen, six sophomore, four junior, quotes the following when he was a past four years Eddie Welch was the chance to gaze around him and take quoit, Badminton, Paddle Tennis, and and two senior teams. small boy in grammar school: "I re- high scorer. George Lowder took the in the sights. The view was distinctly Shuffle Board. These sports will be member coming out of school one day runner-up position enthralling and at the same time edu- in season for six weeks and will cul- --- cational to the Bridgewater traveler minate in tournaments. ~ and seeing a group of boys and girls l In the basketball tournament con- for suddenly he' spied something that This year the sports are in chal'ge II N unlber One gathered in a large crowd. I ran as ducted among the men's classes had a familiar look to it and he of a committee composed of Louise {Contined from page three) fast as I could to see the cause for '" ______) the excitement. l\Iuch to my surprise the Seniors walked oft' with all the poked the fellow next to him and said, "Vest, Ruth McKee, Barbara Stack­ I taw two ponies harnessed to a tiny honors. With Welch and Lo\vder "Oh, lookit, lookit, they have a \Val- b1.'1' (1 e.-e, Helen Abbott,'· HalTiett Hull- Athl~tic training has been of double putting up a consistent game, sup- dori in here too !" It just goes to strom,= Anne Chestna, and Helen Line- ( cGach. Standing beside the coach . at least) value: that of leadership were two dwarfs. the Count and ported by an able cast, the other class prove that Boston is a fairly large han. In sports and that of personal recrea- ' ~lfa' Aft .. f teams had a tough J'ob getting ver'.' city, tion. In the first place, physical train- Co u.nt ess lu grl. e1' smgmg a ew .1 ing "is . an asset on one's record and songs, they announced that an enter- far. The Sophs took second place, And they ca)'}'y out order.'!! ' t t b . t1 t f while the Freshies and the Juniors the lmjoyment received in leading it t ammen was 0 e gIven 1e nex a- The Fitchburg Game .. ' . te1'1100n at four o'clock for the school fought it out for possession of the and participating in it is wen worth The men's winter gym meet was h 'ld Y .. 1 f 11 lower regions. the time spent. C 1 reno ou can llnagme lOW u ___ won by Sophs in a convincing sort of Student leadership is also a help in that hall was." fashion this year. The second year With the Harrington trophy, em- While waiting for the weather to b 11 actual experience but the participa- My grandfather laughed when asked e.-roup, led by, Ken Murphy, scored a blematic of the State basket a clear up somewhat the game holding ~ tion' helps so much when ol'ganizing if he remembered the d'warfs and said, total of thirty-fl'-ve points, which was championship of Teachers' Colleges at . . sway right now is volleybalL Some d h B' new clubs. It is pleasurable and help- "1 should say I did know the dwarfs. more than the Freshman and the stake, Fitchburg nose out t e rlge- interesting games are being played 1 d th ful·e~el'ience. Mi'. and lVII's. Tom Thumb used to Junior combined SCOl'e. It was in the water five in a contest that 1a e every Tuesday and Friday afternoon . h ''Vise use of time is an art not al- visit next door to u.s and would S0111e- exhibitions that the Sophomores tal- spectators out of their seats WIt ex- in the gym. Walter Nardelli is in h t d· ways acquired early enough. Disci- times come to call on Grandma and lied heavily. They appeared to have citement. The fact that t e ra 1- charge of arrangexnents with the men '. 1 plineis required. "They say" two- me. I can remember many times spent considerafi1e time in preparing tional rivals of Bridgewater wel'e ab e of the Senior physical education class h thirds of our life is wasted in want- when I held the dwarf on my knee and their gymnastic feats and were so re- to send in whole fresh teams at t e doing the refereeing. . ing. ·As 's'oon as one cuts down this conversed with him. After Tom warded ,accordingly, Almost from the critical points was the mam reason percelltage he finds out how much Thtlnlb died, Mrs. TOl11 Thumb 111ar- --- start of the Ineet there was 11€Ver for their 42 to 37 victory. Baseball is just around the corner h more ;he can do in so much less time. ried the Count Magri, but they did and according to present plans the any question as to the eventual vic- The whirlwind passing and s oot- Time. is always a problem. There are not visit near us Vel'y often." tors ing of Welch and Lowder put the Red B. T. C. will be represented on the . h fi t plans (yes, you are l'equired to have If . t d f f tl' t' and White in the lead at t e rs one can plC ure a war 0 111"'y diamond by a fairly strong team again --- plans"':"""not page assignments either) or thirty-five sitting on the knees Of: this year. Charlie Aherne has been Have you noticed that white sweater ben' After another period 0; t~e thel'e are meetings; P. T. A. Teachers a man of about fifty, the humorous elected captain and coach, and soon that Freddie Bailey has been wearing mos t hectic type of basketbal t e Club,. special meetings, etc.; there are scene is brought out. the campus will be the scene of daily about school? The one that has the score was knotted at 17 all. WhMen soeial'activities, there are sports, and the gong ended the third session r. there is :'always that never-ending op- As the dwarfs got older their pop- afternoon. workouts in preparation block B flanked with the smaller let- Solmer's scoreboard showed Fitchburg portunity for enriching one's own ularity waned and gradually they be- for the opening game. tel'S T an G? I had the notion that 30, Bridgewater 28. Lowder's shoot- backg-round. Thus is goes. To com- came .quite poor.. Count and Coun~e"ss --- perhaps the ~nsignia represented some ing and Welch's foul shots put the p~te with ~his is the ability to organ- MagrI were oblIged to open an 1(:e- Robert Na~le will take chal'ge of club that Ba~ley once graced. But :n0, local quintet.te in the lead, but then a _.~;~J~g~ .. J~ye be.en ~·:ki.dded"aQ9ut t1U.'l _~~~_;~~d o_ll,_P_l~y_m~o~u_t~ stre:: Mld-, the manage~ s en~. of the, ~aseb~~L sOl11e.. ~n~. '\~~~!~ers_ tha~:;..:h,::.,.}:ttel'l~.:. ,,1;r~~h. t~~Il1. wearing the COlOl'S of the b~ft~:;n~~a~ libn~~~ e~o. -~~~~~~~n,·~~,~~~·~~~~~~~~~·~~~·~·~~-~~~l~·~~·-t?~~~~~~~.-••~~,~~~-Q;'~,~~'~~~~~-~.~~~~~~~-~---.~~~ nOF is. .. tt al~ays satisfactory. How- If any of my readers are interestEid large schedule will probably be ar- leve 1 • final rush that overwhelmed their evel~,;j...t..·is vital to pick out the impor- in seeing the home. of these ..dwarfs, ranged, or deranged as you will. I And they sicish 8Ctlal'iI; didn't He'! He must have needed an Bradbury~ Morey. . . The playel's for these two teams The street scene of Shakespearets Unexpected excitement was added engineer to do that." Referee: C~as .. Frolio. were··eliosen according to four stand~ Julius Ceasar was recently put on by to the third quarter of the game when "Well," spoke up the politician, ards1 •. sportsmanship, scholarship, the sophomore men. It was something the basketball, in Doris MacGinnis' "who created the chaos?" health, and· technical skill. to be remembeX'ed - "Very nicely possession, burst ...yith the sound of a The: Red Team included: captain, done" to quote Miss Moffit. SNOW'S bomb. Mary Allc·n; Jane Smith, Helen Ab­ * * * * FRIENDLY STORE· bott. Ruth Cronin, Stella Krupka, Four eight-minute quarters wel'e The freshmen have fOl'cibly learned FERGUSON'S Mary Carroll, Ruth Ferris,' and Esther r>layed, and the Whites held the lead that Shamrocks are green, not orange. ' .. ~. SPORT WEAR Thorley. Those on the White team throughout the entire game, the 'final Fine Shoe Repairing were: captain, Margaret Kimball; score being Whites 41, Reds 22. Thus * Doris !MacGinnls, ElenaI' Schl'eiber, the Whites earned the first points Teacher: "Why are you.boys throw-i At Aloyse Mitchell, Anne Chestna, Irma toward the Winter Meet. 'ng mud at each other'!" 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