State Normal School FRAMINGHAM ARCHIVES Ramlngham State College Framinsham, K.assachusstt8 PROLOGUE "Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in His hands. Who saith, 'A whole I planned, ' Youth shows but half; trust God: see all, nor be afraid!' STATE NORMALSCHOOL FRAMINGHAM MASSACHUSETTS Frederick W. Ried 1 , cueoi Mo u "(De, riic CYu^.of -1927, tl«dteafc £U*£ .to' ahiv l'saclict, .ad<2ia«* ; ana vuana JAMES CHALMERS. A.B.. Ph.D.. D.D., LL.D.. Principal Selected for The Dial by Dr. James Chalmers. From his favorite author, William Shakespeare; Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 3. Affectionately dedicated to the Class of 1927. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each neiv-hatched, unfledged comrade. Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but being in, Bear't, that the opposed may beivare of thee. Give every man thine ear, but feiv thy voice: Take each man ' s censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy: For the apparel oft proclaims the man. Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Honorary Member of the Class of 1927 To the Class of 1927 Look to This Day, For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Realities of your Existence; The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty. For Yesterday is only a Dream, And Tomorrow is only a Vision: But Today well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, Every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day. —From the Sanskrit. EDITH A. SAVAGE, Dean Did you ever think that, had we the chatacteristics which out best friends think we have, our lives would be gradually forming into a thing of beauty, a mosaic, where each little part, bright and shining, would take its place in a perfect design? But we know ourselves too well to believe this. We know that the tiny pieces which should make a glorious whole, are not only rough and unpolished, but as yet have little system of order. However, could we not take these crude pieces, shape them, smooth them, and one by one place them in their rightful spaces, until at the last we made a design, not perfect, but having the semblance of beauty, a pattern that will last forever. Edith A. Savage. CONTENTS Faculty 17 Seniors 33 Juniors 87 Sophomores 93 Freshmen 99 Senior Life 107 Clubs 131 Athletics 145 Alumnae 161 Grinds 165 Advertisements 190 1927 DIAL STAFF Managing Ed/tor Aletha Hurd Business Manager Editor Kathleen Hogan Mary OToole Margaret Harris Assistant Business Manager Marie Jennings Assistant Business Manager Faith Goddard Art Editor Muriel Orcutt Assistant Art Editor Eldora Bispham Assistant Art Editor Gladys Proctor Club and Faculty Editor Eleanor Gammon H. A. Statistician Ruth Romanoff Regular Statistician Louise Kennedy H. A. Prophet Marjorie McKenna Regular Prophet Elizabeth Hammond Vocational Prophet and Historian Catherine Brayton H. A. Will and Historian Margaret Schofield Regular Will and Historian Margaret Kendrick Regular Grind and Athletics Anna L. Shea H. A. Grind Editor Janice Barker Dormitories and Alumnae [16] THE DIAL FACULTY MARY H. STEVENS 239 Union Avenue, Framingham, Massachusetts French and English Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1891. To the Class of 1927: "To keep in the rear of opportunity in matters of in- dulgence is as valuable a habit as to keep abreast of op- portunity in matters of enterprise." —Thomas Hardy. LOUISA A. NICHOLASS 29 Swains Pond Avenue, Maplewood, Maiden, Massachusetts Supervisor of Practice Schools and of Teaching of Household Arts Boston Normal School of Household Arts, 1890; courses at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Har- vard University Summer School, Chemistry certificate, 1892; Cornell University—Graduate School. Principal of Boston Normal School of Household Arts, 1891-1898; Instructor, Drexel Institute, 1891. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1898. To the Class of 1927: "Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartette of virtues that will never be improved upon." —James Oliver. FREDERICK W. ARCHIBALD 24 Greenwood Lane, Waltham, Massachusetts Music Tufts Summer School; Harvard Summer School; Nor- mal Music School. Supervisor of Music. Public Schools of Eastern Massachusetts; Supervisor of Music, Salem Normal School; Instructor in Boston University Summer School. Baritone Soloist and Chorus work. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1898. To the Class of 1927: "He who knows music will be freed forever from human sorrows." —Beethoven. [18] THE DIAL LOUIE G. RAMSDELL Framingham, Massachusetts Geography, Modern European History Diploma, State Normal School, Framingham; Ph.D., S.M., University of Chicago; Member of the National As- sociation of Geographers. Taught in the Normal Train- ing School at Framingham 1904-1912. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1912. To the Class of 1927: "Though we travel the world over to find the beau- tiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not." —R. W. Emerson. FREDERICK W. RIED 45 Harrington Street, Newtonville, Massachusetts Drawing, Handwork, Methods, Activities Diploma, Massachusetts Normal Art School; Industrial Relation Divisions, U. S. Shipping Board during war; President Massachusetts Art Teachers Assn., 1926-1927; Contributor to numerous art publications; Member of Council of Eastern Art Association. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1909. To the Class of 1927: "Every man is the architect of his own soul and for- tune." CHARLES E. DONER King Street, Littleton, Massachusetts . Penmanship Diploma, Zanerian School of Penmanship, Columbus, Ohio; Mettley School of Commerce, Brooklyn; Spencerian School, Cleveland; Editorial Staff, Business Journal, N. Y.; Penmanship Association; Member of New England ' Penmanship Association; Member of National Commer- cial Teachers Federation, Zanerian Penmanship Associa- * m tion. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1909. To the Class of 1927: "Wisdom, knowledge, and education are always modest." it [19] the dial EVA E. HEMENWAY 24 Warren Road, Framingham, Massachusetts Secretary and Treasurer Began duties at State Normal School in Framingham 1909. To the Class of 1927: "They conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the lesson of life who does not each day sur- mount a fear." —Emerson. WILLIAM H. D. MEIER 117 State Street, Framingham, Massachusetts Head of Department of Biology Diploma, Illinois State Normal University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard. Teacher rural schools, principal high schools, and superintendent city schools in Illinois; In- structor Botany, Harvard University; Author "Herbarium and Plant Descriptions," "Plant Study," "Animal Study," "School and Home Gardens," "Study of Living Things." "Open Doors to Science" with Otis W. Caldwell, and "Exercises in Science" with Lois Meier. Began teaching in State Normal School in Framingham in 1911. To the Class of 1927: Non finis sed initium. LINWOOD WORKMAN 17 Church Street, Framingham, Massachusetts Household Physics, Social Relations A.B., Colby College, 1902; Tufts College Summer School of Biology, Harpswell, Maine; Instructor at Colby Academy, Wakefield High, Watertown High; Principal of Higgins Classical Institute; Principal of Southboro High; Harvard Graduate School of Education. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1912. To the Class of 1927: "It is a long way up a hill if you think about the hill all the time." [20] the dial MILLICENT M. COSS 164 State Street, Framingham, Massachusetts Supervisor of Practice Teaching and of Sewing, Clothing, and Millinery; Instructor of Household Arts Education. A.B., Indiana State University; B.S., Teachers College, Columbia University. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1914. To the Class of 1927: "To love to live is well, To live to love is better, And this the best of all To love to live to labor." MAUD B. GERRITSON 22 Orange Street, Waltham, Massachusetts English Literature, Literature Diploma, State Normal School Framingham; B.S., Teachers College, Columbia University; A.M., Teachers College, Columbia University. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1916. To the Class of 1927: "It is better to follow even the shadow of the best than to remain content with the worst. And those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone." —Henry van Dyke. LOUISE KINGMAN 12 Brook Street, Wellesley, Massachusetts Expression, Folk Dancing, Director of Dramatics Diploma, State Normal School, Framingham; Rice Summer School of Spoken Word, Oak Bluff's; Leland Powers School of Spoken Word, Boston; Columbia Col- lege of Expression, Chicago, Illinois; Columbia Normal School of Physical Education; Grace Hickox Studio, Chicago. Teacher of Expression in State Normal School at Framingham in 1917 to 1923. Leave of absence in 1923. To the Class of 1927: Square thyself for use; A stone that may fit in the wall is not left in the way. —Persian Proverb. [21] — the dial SARA M. ARMSTRONG 32 Main Street, Framingham, Massachusetts Psychology, Education A.B., Tufts College; A.M., Columbia University; In- structor Danbury Normal School. Began teaching in State Normal School at Framingham in 1918. To the Class of 1927: "The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it." Theodore Roosevelt. GRACE BROWN GARDNER 33 Milk Street, Nantucket, Massachusetts Biology, Microbiology, Nature Study Diploma, State Normal at Bridgewater.