THE GATE POST
Vol. V	STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, FRAMINGHAM, MASS., NOVEMBER 22, 1935	No. 3
HARVARD
Hockey—Captain Kathleen Ryan, '36 Basketball—Captain Edith Blackburn, '37
YALE
Hockey—Captain Evelyn LeFort, ’37 Basketball—Captain Catherine Hamey, ’36
New Officers for the
Gate Post Elected
This year we have started somewhat earlier than usual to select the 1936-37 staff for the Gate Post. The new editor will thus he afforded the opportunity of working along with the present editor until February and thereby will be more fitted to assume the responsibilities such an office requires. She will also have a longer time in which to choose her staff carefully.
We thought you would like to know how the various candidates were chosen. A number of girls were suggested by Miss Sparrow and Miss Gerritson as eligible for the position of editor. An appropriate questionnaire was proposed, to be filled out by each of the suggested candidates and submitted to the Gate Post staff for consideration. The three ultimate nominees for editor were thus selected by the staff as were also the candidates for business manager.
The following nominations were made by the staff:
Editor	Business Manager
Louise Sondermann Helen Louise Howe Elizabeth Stone	Ella Anderson
Frances Martin	Barbara Kester
The final decision of the entire student body was as follows:
Editor ’	Louise Sondermann
Assistant Editor	Elizabeth Stone
Business Manager Helen Louise Howe Assistant Bus. Manager Ella Anderson
Dr. Meier Elected Honorary Member of Class of ’36
Mock Man Dance
Tonight, November 22, you won’t recognize May Hall, — you’ll be trying to puzzle out whether you're in a Malay jungle, or simply enjoying night club atmosphere—and no wonder, with Dot Aronson, Ruth Sondermann, and Betty Sands on the decoration committee.
Anne Geoghehan and Mary Bond have put their wise, little heads together and as a result, we have the freshmen giving us our entertainment—and you remember what the precocious youngsters did for their initiation performance.
So come one, come all in your most original and eccentric costumes, (an unusual prize for the most exceptional couple), in your most hilarious mood, with twenty-five cents, and your dignity left at home.
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International Night In the Air
Reservations (at ten cents each) should be secured early for the annual Home Economics International Night if you don’t want to miss this activity, which promises to be even better than ever this year. On the stage a program of dancers and songsters will begin at 7 o’clock Wednesday night, December 11, in May Hall. While sitting at your tables which will be arranged to remind you of Pops, you may purchase foreign foods with which to appease your discriminating appetite or inexpensive gifts to appease your Christmas shopping instinct, as well as gay, crisp wrappings or fascinating cards to accompany your purchases. We doubt if you'll be able to resist the tempting sweets brought to you by “natives” of Scandinavia, France, England, and other European countries.
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BUTTERWORTH’S
Framingham, Man.
Student Government
Conference a Success
Delegates representing all state teachers’ colleges in Massachusetts cast anchor at F. S. T. C. on Friday, October 25, for a discussion of student problems, the solution of which will profit student affairs. Never before has Massachusetts had a conference of this kind. Marjorie Whittier, our Student Cooperative President, conceived the idea of the convention as a result of having attended the Eastern States Conference held in New York last spring.
The gathering-place for the guests was the Horace Mann living-room. From here they were shown around the campus and through the buildings. Mrs. Bagnall, Dean Savage, Miss Gardner and Marjorie Whittier, then greeted the visitors in Crocker Hall where tea was served by the House Practice Juniors under the direction of Miss Hall and Miss MacMillan. After the tea everyone grappled with the problems pertaining to budgeting, chapel and assembly programs and miscellaneous topics, thus making an interesting and advantageous discussion.
Helen Chase of Dedham directed games in the evening after dinner. Later coffee and doughnuts were served and everyone toddled to bed weary but happy.
Consultation and discussion of extra curricula activities’ programs, commuters, Dean’s list or Honor society, clubs, smoking, absences, sign-up regulations, possibility of a song for Massachusetts State Teachers Colleges, and powers of the Judicial Board and Student Council filled the short hours of Saturday morning.
Early on Saturday afternoon our new friends embarked and weighed anchor.
The conference was successful. Therefore we feel sure that each college will benefit by the suggestions given by various ones at the meetings.
Framingham College participants were President Bagnall, Dean Savage, Miss Gardner, Dr. Foster, Miss Larned, Miss Gerritson, Connie Lincoln of Waltham, Betty Oliver of Huntington, Betty Ryder of Lawrence, Helen Chase of Dedham, Evelyn LeFort of East Dennis, Marion Spring of Wellesley Hills, Hildegarde Oster-lund of Arlington, Marjorie Whittier of Wenham, Virginia Crowe of South Braintree, Maric Schweitzer of Westfield, and Mary Murphy of Fall River.
The representatives of other colleges were Helen Blinkhorn and Mary Mylott from Lowell, Barbara Albret and Ruth Cronin from Bridgewater, Ella Mae Carrey, Shirley Champlin and Miss Underhill from North Adams, Roberta Wall, Rosemary Regan, and Miss Pratt from Westfield, Gertrude McBreen, Irene Lewis and Miss Goff from Hyannis, Anne Ward, Elizabeth Power, Mary Haley, Miss Simmons, and Mrs. Bradt from Fitchburg, Lillian McHugh, Dorothy Covell, and Miss Roberts from Salem, Gretalyn Lund, Dorothy Carlson, and Miss McKelligett from Worcester, and Evelyn Crook-er, Dominick Severino, and Miss Philips from the School of Art.
—I. O., '39, Cub reporter.
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F. T. C. Alumna Elected to School Committee
Edna Granitsas, F. T. C. ’33, was recently elected a member of the school committee of Marlboro, much to the surprise of citizens of that town. Miss Granitsas, who has already received A.M. and B.S. degrees from Boston University, is a twenty-two year old student at Radcliffe College, working for a Ph.D. degree. This victory is exceedingly remarkable in that Miss Granitsas is the first woman to hold elective office in Marlboro.
—M. R., ’39, Cub reporter.
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Bulbs and Evergreens
Planted on Campus
Have you noticed what’s been done on our campus? If you haven’t, why haven’t you? On occasion we boast of and admire our lovely campus, but how often do we really look at it?
This time we are indebted to Dr. Meier and his Elementary girls for the latest addition to cur campus, one which we’ll appreciate more in the spring. They have been planting bulbs in front of Crocker and in the rockery near the power plant. And—don’t tell me you’ve missed this—on either side of the walk leading from Horace Mann there have been planted some very perky and upstanding little evergreens; to
“Can United States
Stay Out?”
On Tuesday night, November 5, eighteen girls gathered in front of May Hall to go to the Civic League in Framingham to hear speak Mr. Eichelberger, past president of the League of Nations Association.
Mr. Eichelberger spoke in very clear terms about international affairs and carefully answered questions which were uppermost in the people’s minds. He explained how peace institutions have been built up since 1918 and showed the progress made in an effort to build a world community.
He concluded his* speech with an explanation of the position the United States holds in this moral fight for peace.
The faculty was represented at the meeting by Mr. and Mrs. Bagnall, Dr. Chase, Miss Armstrong, Miss Taylor, and Miss Cummings.
The lecture was made possible through the efforts of the Women’s Club of Framingham.
Dr. and Mrs. Meier
Entertain Seniors
On October 28, the Senior H. A.’s experienced a delightful change of program. After the brief but inspiring talk by the Rev. Ralph Baldwin, of the Center Unitarian Church, on the Constitution of the United States, Dr. Meier allowed the Seniors to write immediately, which left the regular period for Microbiology lecture free.
The hour was spent at Dr. Meier’s home where Mrs. Meier, Miss Lombard and the Vocational Seniors served delicious cider, made from Dr. Meier's own apples, and luscious cookies made by Mrs. Meier. The girls were shown around the yard where the bee-hive and orchard proved very interesting.
We certainly enjoyed the afternoon, Dr. Meier. Thank you again.
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be exact, a Mugho pine, a Thread cypress, a Plume cypress, a golden Plume cypress, and a Samara cypress. They were planted by Mr. Powers according to a plan supplied by a Little Tree Farms landscape architect.
Even though we’re too busy to dwell very much on the more abstract aspects of life, can’t we take a moment to gather the inspiration of our beautiful campus? It is those memories which are with us long after the lessons learned in haste have passed away.
—J. H., ’38, Cub reporter.
What Happened at Bridgewater
Since you all couldn’t go, may I at least tell you about it? What I mean is the A. A. Conference. Oh, don't shy so at the word conference. I did, and even groaned when I knew I had to go, but three hilarious days so changed my mind that you’ll find it recorded in my diary as the House Party at Bridgewater. In fact the only difference between a bonafide House Party and the Conference is that I think we’ve brought back something besides a headache and tales of a new boy friend to Framingham. If you’re particularly interested in the latter sec anyone of us personally, but here we’ll attempt to tell you about the unusual, the "besides” part.
The first problem concerned the pros and cons of Inter-Collegiate Sports, data having been assimilated by a Framingham committee which had previously canvassed the Massachusetts Liberal Arts Colleges, such as Smith, Wellesley, and Wheaton, for individual opinions. The decision was a seven out of nine vote against inter-collegiate games, a rather surprising majority since so many colleges do now conduct such activities. The only favorable argument was that highly-compctitive sports promote a higher degree of skill. This pitiful, solo argument was submerged by at least a dozen negatives, the most constructive of which seemed to be the tendency to develop these same skills by the less harmful inter-college Play Days, without any of the unfavorable features of the intensive, selective, costly, and strenuous varsity games. Congratulations, Mary Bond, on an excellent resume.
The possibilities of Outing Clubs in New England Colleges was a subject which very directly interested the five Framingham delegates, since we readily admit that our A. A. is weak in the individual sports which are not organized into teams. Hyannis concluded definitely that Outing Clubs in Teacher’s Colleges are so far either unborn or in extremely doubtful embryo stages, but the enthusiasm of the speaker, plus the feeling of the modern trend toward more individual activity, was so contagious that both faculty and students unanimously voted to make Outing Clubs the main theme of next year’s conference. Until that time “watch local developments”, as your doctor would say. We’ll guarantee that Framingham will exhibit some interesting symptoms of the infection.
An innocent panel, discussing what a girl should expect of her A. A., dropped a bombshell into the assembly when it brought up the question of whether or not juniors and seniors lose interest in A. A.; if so, why, and what’s to be done about it. Since the majority of delegates were third and fourth year students, explosion was inevitable. Needless to say, no decision was reached, but it evidently brought every A. A. President to her toes.
There should be a law against trying to put the next six hours down in black and white, even for the sake of sharing it. As Martin himself said, “Words can express only the ordinary.” And neither John Martin, nor Martha Hill, nor a one of her dancers were ordinary. They represent that vivid sparkling life which we plain folk suppose is walled away from us
by Broadway, or Greenwich Village, or the ultra-ultra Bennington. How I wish we could import a bit of that startling group to Framingham for a day. You'd like John Martin— smooth, dapper, red-headed, witty, and sarcastic! His job as Dance Critic of the New York Times made it possible for him to present to three hundred sedate greenies a talk on the Ancient Art of the Modern Dance which was so absorbing and quick that it left even Bridgewater’s brawny he-men weak in the knees from the struggle to keep up.
First of all, he gave us to understand clearly that modern dance is not modernistic dance. The modern dance is a movement which has risen inevitably out of today, a thing which could never have existed at another time, as different from all its precursors as is the skyscraper from the Greek Temple. As for modernistic—“as vile as any other movement which is planned to shock the human equanimity,” says Martin. With that bit of an explosion, Martin went on to explain, in terms so reminiscent of Mr. Workman's Sociology or Miss Armstrong’s Psychology, that movement is the first form of human expression—. Most of us have been so conditioned against such an elemental sensation as the kinaesthetic sense that we cannot detect the meaning of mere movement unless it is accompanied by music, which gives it an excuse for being, or by a literary explanation, telling you that the dancer is smelling a flower, or killing his father, or by a fanatic fervor on the part of the dancer that warns us that all this la-de-da is self-expression. How Martin hated that word self-expression, a polite synonym for showing off, he called it. “Two yards of chiffon for self-expression, bah I”, was the way he put it. And so, having robbed us of our three crutches, music, words, imagination, Martin proceeded to teach us how to enjoy the dance itself, without the aid of such props. “Leave your reasoning outside. .Let your kinaesthetic sense rather than your brains, your eyes, your ears, your voice, receive the appreciation of a dance.” And we soon found it worked, even as we watched the demonstration which Martha Hill planned, to show us how dancers develop a vocabulary, the skill background from which the dance is evolved. And words fail me here—for again, as Martin said, if it can be expressed in words, it's ordinary. It wasn’t I Half an hour found the audience at least as exhausted as the dancers. This modern dance is very strenuous business, no matter which end you're on, as we found out: in the morning, as the N. Y. U. girls flexed, extended, rotated and percussed; in the afternoon, as Martha Hill led us delegates in an amateurish but earnest attempt to ourselves percuss, relax, and flex. It was all very thrilling as you've probably gathered from some one of us five, who cannot find words to thank you for sending us. Good excuse, it was not an “ordinary" weekend!
—Helen Chase, ’37.
Good Luck!
Mary McDonald, Elementary degree senior, who so ably talked on Leisure during Education Week has accepted a position as first grade teacher in Merrimac on December 2. (We shall miss you, Mary.)
Resume of
Education Week
Nov. 12—Mr. Farley speaks to student body during the Chapel period.
Nov. 13—Miss Rochefort leads the devotional exercises and speaks about “Education and Democracy.”
Nov. 13—F. T. C. Glee Club sings at program in Nevins Hall. Dr. Alexander Stoddard, Superintendent of the Providence, R. I., schools speaks on “The Function of the Schools in this Democracy.”
Nov. 14—Elementary Senior girls lead chapel exercises and present a skit bringing out certain education theories originated by such men as Plato, Socrates, Rousseau, Loyola.
Nov. 15—Mary McDonald speaks in chapel about Leisure and its relation to school education.
Luncheon Discussion
On Saturday, October 26, 1935, a group of Framingham girls, students from Miss Cummings history classes, attended the first luncheon discussion of the fifteenth season of the Foreign Policy Association, Boston branch, at the Hotel Copley Plaza. Christian A. Hertin, Chairman Foreign Policy Association, Boston branch, presided over the discussion, the subject of which was “Italy’s ‘Irresistible Destiny’ in Ethiopia.” The following speakers presented their controversial views: Lieut. Col. Francis T. Colby, Field Artillery Reserve, who showed motion pictures of parts of Ethiopia; H. E. Signor Daniele Vare, formerly Italian Minister to Cuba, 1927-31; Peter Koinange, formerly resident of Kenya, South Africa, whose father is a tribal leader of three million people living near the Ethiopian border, and whose “fellow tribesmen” are Ethiopians; and Captain G. F. Sheawood, Reserve Officer, British Army, who has commanded native regiments and has spent ten years among African tribes, with experience on the border of Ethiopia among slave runners, etc.
Framingham Forum
On November 12, Mrs. Victoria Schaack was the guest of the Framingham Noon Forum and the Framingham Evening Forum. Her stories of the history, government and customs of her native country, Liberia, led to a new interest in an unfamiliar land in Africa.
The Framingham Evening Forum extends its appreciation to Mrs. Bagnall in securing Miss Helena B. Shipman as guest on November 19. Following dinner at Crocker Miss Shipman spoke on World Organization.
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Published every month during the school year by the State Teachers College, Framingham, Mass.
STAFF FOR 1935-36
Managing Editor
Ruth Lovelace, ’36
Assistant Editor
Eleanor Lacouture, ’36
Board of Editors
Literary—Helen Chase, ’37
News—Jocelyn Case, ’37
Sports—Helen Archibald, '36
Social—Grace Russell, '36
Exchange—Marjorie Whittier, ’36
Personals—Rhoda Barnicoat, ’36
Rosamond Patten, ’37, Isabel Daniels, '37
Faculty—Eleanor Draper, ’37
Alumnae—Anna Smith, ’36
Training School—Karen Johnson, ’36
Reporters
Hermaline Gage, ’36	Frances Martin, ’37
Louise Sondermann, '37 Eleanor Peskin, ’37
Artist
Irja Wiitanen, ’36
Business Manager
Engla Anderson, ’36
Circulation
Eleanor Dutton, ’36 Hildegarde Osterlund, ’36
Alice Gaw, '37
Advertising
Manager—Mary Falvey, ’36 Dorothy Tribe, ’39
Finance
Marie Schweitzer, ’36
Distribution
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Literary Advisors
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Harvard-Yale
Who talks it, thinks it, eats it, plays it, plans it? What is “it”? Harvard-Yale weekend, of course—the biggest, most important weekend of the year when all sports enthusiasts thrill to the sight of a real game and real fighting varsity teams in action.
Not to be outstripped by Dame Public, we, too, run the gamut of excitement, anxiety, and thrills during that weekend when our varsity teams battle for victory in a bang-up basketball game and a breath taking hockey game.
But—that is not all! Think of the hilarious Mock Man Dance, consider the marvelous banquet (not beans, even if it is Saturday) with its head table of celebrities—the varsity teams and toastmistresses. And don’t forget the grand fun at the theater party!
Does your pulse beat a little faster? Are you all pepped up for a rip-roaring weekend? Don’t you want to yell out loud your favorite cheer for your favorite team? Here’s how you can have the best weekend of your college year: (1) decide whether you will be a Harvard or a Yale supporter and stick to your decision; (2) be a faithful attendee at all cheer practices; (3) catch and spread the atmosphere of fun, competition, and good fellowship; and (4) be present at every single activity of the weekend. You will never regret the Harvard-Yale weekend at Framingham.
—L. S., ’37.
Thanksgiving
What will you do on November 28? Attend a football game probably, and then keep your special date with the turkey and his accompaniments. The afternoon will vary with the individual. Perhaps, at relatives’ homes, or entertaining relatives at your own home, you will spend the day visiting; or perliaps the boy friend will take care of the afternoon quite satisfactorily.
But no matter who you are or how you spend the day, this thought will be in your mind—this is Thanksgiving Day, and I am thankful for all my blessings even though I may say nothing about it.
However, is it only on this day that you realize in your mind that you do have something to be thankful for? It seems to be a recognized trait of human nature to be unconscious or semi-conscious of the value of things until they are in danger of being lost. It seems to take misfortune and grief to make us aware of our blessings. Only in cases of great stress followed by relief do we learn the feeling of being truly thankful. Then thankfulness wells up, too deeply close in our hearts to be expressed in mere words.
But is it not possible to cultivate a feeling of thankfulness in our hearts and minds for the happiness of daily life—the trivial things that brighten the world we live in ? Thanksgiving Day is a time to begin or celebrate the’ cultivation of daily thankfulness by searching our lives and realizing the millions of things people of this age have to be thankful for. It isn’t that we aren’t thankful when and if we think about it. It’s the lack of conscious appreciation of things for which we can be glad.
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EXTRA-CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES
Extra-curriculum activities, be they in the nature of club work, athletics, dramatics, music, or N. Y. A., should be indulged in with temperance. A record of faithful attendance in one club’s affairs is preferable to a long list of dormant club memberships. One is continually being urged to participate in athletics and join more clubs. True, this urging probably comes from too great a lack of school spirit, but doesn't this lack of school spirit probably come from an attempt on our part to do too many things for which we cannot afford the time leaving us with a multitude of things on our mind? Probably this lack of school spirit is also a result of too much compulsory school work itself. From eight to five is a long day! However it was not the writer’s intention to lecture on school spirit. A thousand pardons for the digression—but may it serve as a stimulus to action for the coming weekend to some of you Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores. The Freshmen will prove themselves true blue—or red as the case may be, we feel sure.
Since we cannot afford the time for extensive participation in both athletics and club affairs let us analyze our time and duties. First and foremost is our loyalty to studies. These should not be neglected. In planning consider these first. Secondly, we may be on the N. Y. A.— but let's not “N. Y. A.” to the point of indifference to school activities. Let it be remembered that we are a college—an institution for education both scholastic and social, and not a commercial workshop.
It is certainly true also, that we do not come to college simply to stuff the various pockets of one's brain through the medium of study. The social life offered us here on the hill is varied and interesting. There are many clubs and athletic activities through which we can express ourselves. But here is where so many of us err. One with several talents and abilities often feels that allegiance is owed to several different organizations. Dates conflict; no peace of mind ensues, and finally the inspiration for one or all activities fails.
We all have such questions to decide, and, unfortunately, are often disappointed after making the decision. Nevertheless, we all give our loyal support to one chosen hobby; so, let us select one activity and give our best to it.
NOVEMBER
O November, whimsical month that you are, I love you:
Your winds so glorious and free,
Your heavy clouds scudding o’er gray skies;
You are so free and joyous, O herald of winter.
O November, treacherous month that you are, I hate you:
Your winds so sharp and biting,
Your sky o’erhung with clouds of rain and snow;
’Tis you who have closed the door on golden October.
—Jane Wolfe, '38.
Helen Miller was among those who aided in the Holy Cross victory celebration November 9.
Dear A. G.
We are two representatives of that senior class which you, perhaps, thoughtlessly criticized. Permit us to say that we read your paragraph with genuine amazement. While of course, we realize that we are not as perfect as we sometimes think we are, we feel that you have been looking at our faults with a magnifying glass.
We are sure we do not hate our freshmen sisters, any freshmen, or in fact anybody or anything, with the possible exception of radio crooners, or the dog that rudely arouses us from our slumbers every 4.30 A. M. We are broadminded enough to recognize the fact that a few of our fellow classmen may have transgressed and are deserving of your criticism. But why condemn the entire senior class for the shortcomings of a few ? You say that every individual senior hates every individual freshman. Do you actually believe that? Surely there are some friendly ones among us!
However, if what you say is true, then our education has certainly been wasted. Real education should give people more than knowledge. It should teach them to be more thoughtful and understanding of the feelings and problems of others.
We, too, were once Freshmen; we experienced many difficulties, just as you do, and gradually learned what adjustments we had to make for college life. We are certain that every senior desires to pass along to her freshman sister the wisdom she gained from her mistakes and so enable the Freshmen to avoid making similar ones.
The truth is that the average senior is tremendously absorbed in her work. She keenly feels the responsibility of her last year at school and the approaching graduation; this may give the impression to others of her being self-centered. If we have sinned—therefore, it has been unintentional.
We cannot close this letter without congratulating you for your courage in expressing your opinion. We feel sure that your letter was prompted by a need for sympathetic encouragement which the seniors are able to give.
To the seniors then, we say, let’s prove that A. G. is wrong. Let’s examine our consciences and improve our relationship toward our freshmen by giving them the help and understanding they may need.
—G. S. and R. L.
FROGS, AGAIN
Have you ever thought that some event or happening was very far removed from you or would never in any way affect your way of life? I felt like that too, before last June, and now, well, I don’t know. I’ll tell you what happened and see what you think.
We, the counsellors and a couple of the campers, were sitting around the fireplace in the main camp house holding forth on the relative worth of college education for women. We were comfortably aware of the frogs croaking in the bog beyond the pines but they weren’t disturbing our friendly debate. “College life made people aware of a fuller, richer life which was within their reach and would continue after college was a thing of the past.” Right there we stopped! Something was lacking that had
been present just a moment before. Good night I Would you believe it? The frogs had stopped croaking 1 Amazement and wonder seized us and kept us quiet for almost five minutes when the frogs very gradually resumed their familiar song. We, no, not a single one of us, had ever heard of such a thing. What could have caused it? The next day in our Boston newspaper a slight earthquake was reported in that district from Harvard Observatory.
What effect did this have on us? Well, an immediate effect. We looked up the records of town affairs, searched books about the cape, and decided no one had ever felt this phenomenon was important enough to report. Beyond that, it has made me consider every day thoughts and actions from an entirely different angle. How do all of our commonplace actions influence other people? Do my everyday actions effect my chances of securing a position at some time in the future? Who is observing me or being effected in some way by what I am doing? One never can tell the ultimate effects of her actions, can she? What do you think?
RABID RAMBLINGS
While glancing through the dictionary the other evening, in her perpetual search for a still higher education, your Raving Reporter was electrified by the shocking fact that “antidis-cstablishmentarianism” which all intelligentsia had considered the longest word possible, has been replaced by “antielcctrophotomicrograph-ically”, a word with a four letter increase. Now this set your R. R. to thinking and she came to the amazing discovery that perhaps, after all these years, she could do her bit to make this world a brighter, happier, and more progressive place to live in. Why not enlarge the verbal capacity of the less ambitious students in view of possible ameliorations,—and with the proverbial same stone, get off this article to the chief.
Now, as you know, we want this column to apply to you,—it’s for your use and benefit, therefore if you intend to teach primary grades, don’t waste your time. We don’t bother with baby talk here.
If you plan on a literary career, or if your talents run along the more cultural lines it would be well for you to become acquainted with the word “eleemosynary.” Goodness knows, if you’re a true artist, you’ll come in for plenty of contact with it. Isn’t it a pity that such a lovely-sounding word should have so humble a meaning as “supported by alms, subsisting on charity"? But then our language is very odd. There are nine meanings to the word “fast”, and seventeen to “force”. “Cleave” is the only word that means both “to unite” and “to separate”. To return to the subject, an “elegiac distich" is a couplet of verse, consisting of the queerest combination of scanning and meter that these wordly eyes have ever seen. Look some up and see if you can make sense of it. They say it’s good for the soul.
In the future, when you make a remarkably clever and witty remark that embodies truth, always refer to it as your "apophthegm”. If you can ever pronounce the word you're bound to make an impression. In sound though, it is the direct antithesis of the word we have. And,
“A CHALLENGE TO THE FRESHMEN”
“And because they are so fine,
We will cheer them all the time.
We’ll cheer, cheer, cheer, for the freshman 1”
Thus sang the seniors on our first Thursday night at Peirce Hall. But they were sort of taking things for-granted, weren’t they? Or arc we just as fine as they chose to believe? Anyway, we’ve got something to live up to, not only as a class but as individuals. Today, we are college women and as such have a certain responsibility to our school, our state, and our country; a responsibility which demands that we better the world and make it more livable for the generations to come.
It’s a challenge, girls! Shall we accept it? Let’s! And let's start right now (if some of us haven’t already) giving our biggest and best to our Alma Mater so that when our four years are over and we are ready once more to go out into the world, this time as college graduates, the Class of 1939 will not have been cheered falsely.
—A Freshman.
HARVARD-YALE
The autumn leaves are scarlet red, The roadside asters, blue.
These colors flaunt themselves, ’tis said, In honor of teams, two.
—Alice Gaw, ’37.
believe it or not, the most musical sentence in the language is “I adore a cellardoor”. Personally, I can think of much more animate things to worship, but that’s another story.
And now for our more scientifically minded— the word “eleidin” is truly fascinating. Except to minds, such as Dr. Foster’s or Miss Russell’s, the meaning is unfathomable, but isn’t it pretty? Just picture it in a letter game, e---n. I'll bet you’ll get results. The word “electrotelluro-graph” should excite your mind and stimulate you,—all you have to do is look it up in the dictionary.
This is for the benefit of those who feel themselves excluded. Instead of teaching classes the usual “When We Were Very Young”, keep them abreast of the times with
IPc Were Very Stung" John had a great big elegant margin. John asked his brokerman “Where am I at?” “Well,” said the brokerman. “You haven’t even a margin now.” “And that,” said John, “is that.”
F. P. A.
All of which leaves me in a most “empyreal” mood.
—Your Raving Reporter.
The Fine Arts Club met for the first time this year on Tuesday, November 5. At the beginning of the meeting Kay Weeks was chosen chairman, and Betty Sands, assistant chairman, for the Thanksgiving program; Marie Brady, chairman, and Eleanor Goldthwaite, assistant chairman, for the Christmas program. Rhoda Barnicoat was elected publicity chairman, and Eileen Hartnett, Gale Post reporter.
The club was fortunate in having as its guest speaker, Mr. Robert Graham, of the Caspar Gordon Studios in Boston, who spoke on “The Preparation and Presentation of a Radio Broadcast”. As salient features in presenting a broadcast, Mr. Graham emphasized the importance of condensation of material so that only the vital points are used. The scene of a play must be set properly by the announcer. Most important is the choice of voices for tone, enunciation and harmony.
After numerous rehearsals, the program is ready for presentation, with certain important facts to consider such as the warning buzzer and the red light meaning that the program is on the air. No unnecessary sound is made after the red light is seen. Sound effect instruments must be ready to produce, as nearly as possible, all sounds called for in the script, and the man at the controls awaits the first word to adjust the voice for the air. Every program is strictly timed and the announcer gives a warning signal just before the close.
Mr. Graham spoke interestingly on the respects in which a radio program is similar to and the respects in which it differs from stage and moving picture work.
A’Kempis
The first meeting was held Monday, November 4th. Reverend Father Dunford welcomed the club giving a brief sketch of future A’Kem-pis talks.
December 8 was the date decided upon for the Communion Breakfast of the club.
Veronica Bahleda gave a resume of Federation activities. She announced that the fall Federation breakfast in Boston will be held November 24 at the Hotel Brunswick. The Federation is expecting the usual support of Framingham.
Watch for news of the biggest Federation dance of the year to be held soon. Here is our committee.
Virginia Crowe General Chairman
Grace Russell	Orchestra
Helen Tomasz	Ballroom
Blanid Queeney	Tickets
EXCHANGES
THE NORMAL SPAN OF LIFE (by the Campus correspondent)
Diary of a Campus Charlie: Fleeing my downy bed In the chill of a bitter dawn, and finding my best pants gone to school with my roommate. Off to my travail, and wondering if a peanut really provides enough mental energy for an hour’s study. In the late afternoon to the archery range, and despairing of ever attaining proficiency. Dancing with my darling at the S. L. Dance and the music good-ish. Afterwards down town for a bite and slowly home ’ncath a sentimental moon. Late to bed.
—The Pen Dragon, State Normal School, Oneonta, New York.
BOB’S FAREWELL
You can keep every kiss I gave you,
You can keep every golden caress,
You can keep all the tricks that I taught you, And the stories you made me confess:
You can keep whatsoe’er you care to—
My lovings and the parties we threw;
But—please—give me back what I’m missing: The cold cash I’ve wasted on you.
—The Pen Dragon, State Normal School, Oneonta, New York.
Poem written by a pupil in the Horace Mann School, Columbia.
YOUTH
I must laugh and dance and sing Youth is such a lovely thing. Soon I shall be old and stately, I shall promenade sedately Down a narrow pavement street; And the people that I meet Will be stiff and narrow, too, Careful what they say and do; It will be quite plain to see They were never young like me. When I walk where flowers grow I shall have to stoop down low If I want one for a prize; Now I’m just the proper size. Let me laugh and dance and sing Youth is such a lovely thing.
—The PS.N.S. Mirror, State Normal School, Farmington, Maine.
IN ALL FAIRNESS
A new development in campus etiquette is outlined by a dean at the University of Iowa. He thinks that students should wait three minutes for an instructor to appear, five for an assistant professor, eight for an associate professor, and ten for a full professor or dean. To which we amend—Allow freshmen to be two minutes late; sophomores, five; juniors, ten; and seniors, fifteen. (A. C. P.)
—The Connecticut Campus, State College,
Storrs, Connecticut.
For Sale: Slightly used golf balls. If interested, consult Mary McCauley.
At the October meeting of the Home Economics Club, Miss Cummings told us about her trip to Mexico. We had been waiting patiently all summer to hear about it and our expectations were fulfilled to the highest degree. Miss Cummings illustrated her talk with a very interesting exhibition of pottery, glassware and textiles which she had purchased while in Mexico.
At our November meeting, Mr. Gregorian spoke about Oriental Rugs. In showing us many beautiful and valuable rugs which he brought with him, he traced the history and development of the designs and colors.
On October 26, 1935, three members of the Home Economics Club, Helen Louise Howe, Barbara Knapp and Marie Schweitzer attended a meeting of the Student Clubs at Mass. State College. Talks were heard by Dr. Helen Mitchell, research professor of Home Economics at Mass. State College, speaking on “A Nutritionist’s View of Russia”, and our own Barbara Knapp reporting on her trip to the Chicago Conference of Home Economics Associations. Luncheon, a tour of the campus, and a tea at the Homestead, the student practice house, were enjoyed by all.
REFLECTION
“If you sit down at the set of sun
And count the acts that you have done, And counting find,
One self denying deed, one word
That eased the heart of him who heard, One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went, Then you may count the day well spent.”
—George Elliot.
Training School Notes
The tides are changing as Senior I division comes in from teaching and Senior II goes out. Miss Cook has Ella Bony man and Florence Pacetti in her Grade I, Fro Georgas is in Miss Donahue’s first and second grade; in Miss Hawes’ room, grade II and III is Ruth Douglass; Dotty Dillon is in Miss Thacher’s room, Grade III and IV; in Grade IV with Miss Davis is Anne Garvin; Addie Pear is in Miss Dennett's Grade V; Margaret Gleason and Anne Hagerty are in Miss Long’s 6th grade; Chris. Allach and Helen Murphy are in Miss Ward's 6th grade; in the 7th grade with Miss Caunt is Claire Foster; with Miss Hall is Dot Brown; and Jean Marshall is in the 8th grade with Miss Joyce.
We wish these girls the best of luck and hope to hear of their experiences.
Pay Your Dues!
A. A. News
Personals
You are, cither in part or in full, in arrears of the compulsory three dollar blanket fee, payable to your class treasurer, Marie Schwcit-
or Helen Chase.	
Alach	Kinham
Ames	Kohler
Anderson, E.	Kremen
Anderson, L.	Landry, M.
Anderson, V.	Lang
Angelo, P.	Larkin
Archibald	Lemek
Armstrong	Logiodicc
Aronson	Long
Aucoin	Lycctt
Baker	Lyons, K.
Benson	Mace
Besse	MacFarland
Boston	Macord
Boyd	Macusty
Brockhovcn	Mahoney
Brown, Eleanor	Mancini
Bryant	Maroney
Burr	McAuliffe
Campbell	McCauley
Charko	McDonald, Mary
Champncy	McKeon
Codyer	McMullen
Condon	McPherson
Cook	Meyerovitz
Cox	Miller, E.
Crowe	Miller, H.
Cuniffe	Momian
Daley	Molloy
Danforth	Mondello
Davis, I.	Nagle
Davis, Marion	Nelson
Davis, Muriel	Oram
Dolan	Osborne
Doran	Paladino
Falvey	Patten
Fecrick	Pcskin, B.
Finn	Pcskin, E.
Fitzpatrick	Price
Frazier	Randall, E.
Fuller	Raynes
Gage, H.	Rothkopf
Gatti	Russo
Georgas	SantiHi
Gilboy	Schmauck
Gleason	Shufelt
Greenglass	Smith, A.
Guilfoyle	Smith, Margaret
Hall, Betsey	Smith, S.
Hall, J.	Solomon
Hamel	Tapp
Harney	Thompson, V.
Hixon	Torrence
Hubert	Valentine, D.
Hurley	Waterman
Kaplan	White, H.
Kenny	Whittier, B.
Kiely	Wilcox, P.
King, E.	Zinkowski
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Spread the Gate Post at class reunions.
Class hockey games have been played off as far as the weather will permit. Results of those already played arc as follows:
Srs. vs. Jrs. Won by Srs. 2-0 (default) Soph. vs. Fresh.
Won by Fresh. 2-0
Srs. vs. Fresh.	1-1
Jrs. vs. Soph.	1-1
Several girls have been enjoying riding on Wednesday afternoons with Miss Taylor. If you arc interested in riding, why not sec Miss Taylor and find out how you may join the group.
Basketball players have been a little more fortunate in that they practice indoors. The Freshmen again have taken the limelight with their spirit in coming out to practices. There is plenty of talent in this Freshman class; so they will offer competition to those old players of other years.
Six Framingham girls attended the recent conference of Women’s Athletic Associations of the various State Teachers Colleges of the State, at Bridgewater on October 31, November 1 and 2. Several subjects of vital importance to all the schools were discussed. Our own president, Mary Bond, gave an excellent report on, "Should Our Colleges Participate In Sports With Outside Schools?”
r Faculty Highlights
On November 2, the Misses Hunt, Larned, and Ritchie heard Ella Enslow, author of “Schoolhouse in the Foothills”, tell of her experiences as a teacher in the Tennessee Mts.
The Misses Ritchie, Hunt, Larned, Ramsdell, Gerritson, Carter, Nietzold heard William Rose Benet read his poems at Wellesley College, November 4.
Mr. Archibald spent the weekend of November 2-3 in New York where he visited Radio City.
Miss Kingman and Miss Taylor, with a group of A. A. girls, attended the Bridgewater A. A. Conference the same weekend. (See the article, “What Happened at the Bridgewater Conference” for further details.)
President and Mrs. Bagnall spent the holiday weekend visiting in New York.
Miss Ritchie attended the fall meeting of the New England School Library Association held in the Brookline High School, October 26. The speakers were Ernest Caverly, Superintendent of the Brookline Schools, and Professor Morton of Amherst who read some of his poems.
Miss Lombard and Miss Turner spent the weekend in New York. Miss Lombard visited Mrs. William Masters (the former Miss Louise Brightman of our faculty) while Miss Turner visited friends at Columbia University.
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Armistice Week End Notes
Enthusiastic reports about "Midsummer’s Night’s Drcam” from Elsie Miller and Betty Ryder.
An incorrigible romanticist like Bertha Carter would have to sec “Romeo and Juliet.” And —Maddainc Brockhovcn, too!
“It’s always fair weather" when this crowd gets together—Barbara Knapp, Marion Barni-cle, Madclainc Brockhovcn, Ruth Anderson, Eleanor Murphy, Celia Holt, Eleanor Timmins (yes, ye Staff still remembers you, Timmins!). The party was on Saturday night at the home of Barbara Knapjj.
Seen at the foot-ball games:
Dorothy Hixon Mass. State—Amherst
Helen Chase	Harvard—Dartmouth
Isabel Daniels	Holy Cross—Colgate
Barbara Kester All the Holy Cross games 1 Mary Murphy Professional as well as collegiate I
And who was the girl who turned down two invitations to a game on Saturday to buy a new dinner gown?
Weekending were:
Chasic in New Jersey.
Jocelyn in Maine learning how to milk a cow.
Maric Brady in New Bedford.
Dot Hixon at Mass. State.
Frieda Sherman in Fitchburg.
Evelyn Martin in Foxboro with Marion McDonald.
Emma Nelson, '39, at Eileen Hartnett’s home —Wellesley.
Frieda Sherman visited Ruby Wilson.
Anna Gage visited Camp Devens on Armistice Day.
The fact that Catherine (Rickey) Ellis went all the way to Nantucket over the long weekend of the 11th bears mention.
Marion Nourse, '39, is ill at her home in Sterling Junction, Mass.	.
—o----o—
Tsk! Not a kindergarten?
Quecney—“What sort of a school does the state provide for people who can’t complete their grammar or high school education?”
One of her pupils—“There’s a Normal School that they have down at the Center.”
Dorothy Long attended the Balle Russc on November 1. The Balle plus that particular escort must have created an entrancing evening!
Catherine Blyth has already been to Scotland and is looking forward to another trip to Europe after she has graduated from F. T. C.
The lecturer was giving an informal talk on physiology. “Also,” he remarked, "it has recently be found that the human body contains sulphur.”
“Sulphur!” exclaimed the girl in the blue and white blazer, ‘■‘And how much sulphur is there, then, in a girl’s body?”
“Oh, the amount varies,” said the speaker.
"Oh!” returned the girl. “And is that why some of us make better matches than others?”
—From "The Vancouver Province,”
Alumnae News
We have received news from the various Framingham Clubs of their meetings.
The fall meeting of the Cape Cod Framingham Club was held in the form of a banquet October 14 at the Hyannis Inn.
Miss Antoinette Roof, Miss Cora E. Morse, and Mrs. Carl A. Page were guests from the Boston Framingham Club, and during the evening gave information concerning many Framingham Club activities.
Mrs. Irene Pease was presented with a hand-forged aluminum bowl as a token of farewell. Irene leaves Cape Cod for North Wilbraham in November.
The annual election of officers was held.
President—Mrs. Jane Crowell, ’28
Secretary—Betty Waite, '34
Treasurer—Ruth Dexter
Delegate to the Council—Marjorie Long, ’31 The December meeting of the club will be held in the form of a Stunt Night.
The Brockton Club which holds its meetings in October, January, March, and May, on the third Tuesday of the month had its October meeting at the home of one of its members. The officers are as follows:
President—Miss Muriel Thayer Vice-President—Mrs. Helen Berquist Secretary—Mrs. Don McLaughlin Corresponding Secretary—Miss Emma
Holmes, 128 Copeland St., Brockton Treasurer—Mrs. Marion Raymond Auditor—Mrs. Irene Loring
The Old Colony Framingham Club held a meeting on October 25, at which the officers for the coming year were elected. The list of officers includes:
President—Miss Avis Hodges
Vice-President—Catherine Parker
Recording Secretary—Helen Crandell Corresponding Secretary—
Mrs. Miriam Bowen
Treasurer—Miss Marion Rhodes
Directors—Miss Elizabeth Wentworth
Miss Lois Heywood
Mrs. Grace Wilmonth
Miss Grace Bartlett, president of the Alumnae Association, was guest of the evening. She gave a very interesting address, describing the activities, and explaining the purpose of the Alumnae Association.
At the conclusion of Miss Bartlett’s address a delicious collation was served by the committee.
Here is a little news I
Gladys A. Woodbury, ’34, married Robert W. Davis on September 7, 1935, at Lynnfield Center Congregational Church.
Ruth Sarano, ’31, is studying at Hyannis Teachers College.
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A very pleasant and rushed weekend in New York was spent by Elizabeth Smith, '34, Loretta Kiely, ’34, and Claire Keating, ’34.
Mary Stack, ’28, is to be married on Thanksgiving morning. She is the assistant librarian in Brookline High School.
Edna Folsom, ’35, is training at the Eastern Maine General Hospital at Bangor, Maine.
Florence Courtis, ’35, has announced her engagement to Mr. R. Frederick Becker of Methuen.
On October 24 the Boston-Framingham Club held its first fall meeting at the Y. W. C. A. on Clarendon Street. Miss Timper, the president, and the other officers welcomed the sixty members and guests.
It was a real Framingham Night, for President and Mrs. Bagnall and ten faculty members were present. “Archie” led the school songs in his familiar, brisk, fashion, accompanied by Miss Hunt. Miss Kingman and Miss Larned delighted everyone in a one-act play, Outwitted. Barbara Chadwick, ’37, sang delightfully.
The Boston Club announces early that the annual Christmas Luncheon is to be held at the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union— 270 Boylston St., Boston, at one o’clock. The Glee Club will sing. Any Framingham alumna and her friends are cordially invited to the luncheon or to the Christmas program. Send your luncheon reservation early ($1.00) to Cleo Aucoin, 47 Thornton St., West Newton.
A reunion of the class of 1928 (Hilda Allen Haskins, president) was held at the 1812 House on October 26, with forty-five members present. Plans were made to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the class in 1939 with the one-hundredth anniversary of the college. When eighteen of the forty-five members called at Horace Mann Hall on Saturday afternoon, October 26, it seemed as though the dormitory was living over again the year of 1927-28. A longing to see all the old familiar faces in the students’ rooms kept some of them, however, from going beyond the living-room. The friends who called were: Mary Rich Quirk, Dorothy Brown Owen, Virginia Paul Knudson, Julia Ikonen Poole, Minnie Henry, Vera Langill Glen-denning, Elsie Booth, Pauline Armitage Hooper, Margaret Little, Lucy Shepard Reed, Marion Bethune Eames, Velna Chase, Frances Crawley, Ella Frost, Margaret Woods, Shirley Walker, Frances Robinson, Marion Leonard Smith.
Catherine Rockwood, ’32, called at H. M. H. on October 26 after attending the Alumnae Council meeting in May Hall.
Here is a list of the Elementary girls who have positions. Several girls were included under Household Arts teaching positions in the September issue, which was quite unintentional, so we are relisting them all, correctly.
1935 Degree Seniors
Eileen Cunningham—Apprentice teaching and substituting, Framingham.
Dorothy Fisher—Bellingham.
Alta Hamilton—Apprentice teaching and substituting, Framingham.
Muriel Hanley—Newton.
Gertrude Harrington—Waltham.
Mary Lundergan—Sacred Heart School, Cambridge.
Marjorie Munsil—Newton.
Eleanora Prestininzi—Waverley State School.
Elizabeth Sandford—Ass’t. Ed. Dept., Wellesley. Harriet Werner—Bycfield.
Louise Winslow—Wrentham.
1935 3-year Seniors
Ruth Gill—Hudson.
Barbara Houston—Plainville.
Rose Jaffey—Worcester.
Lorraine Larson—West Boylston.
Isabel Lynch—Private kindergarten, Newton.
Eleanor Rhode—White River Junction, Vt.
Allison Swanson—Holliston.
Jacqueline Taft—Uxbridge.
Frances Tyndall—S. Bellingham.
Twenty-seven of the 3-year seniors are studying, most of them at F. T. C. Twelve of the Elementary Class of '35 are working at substituting or business positions; five of the twelve are Degree seniors.
On October 5, the Henry Whittemore Framingham Club held its first real meeting in the form of a bridge party. An added feature was a style show and talk presented by Miss Bowery of Filene’s. Gift bonds from Filene’s were given as door prizes, the first prize being $5.00.
The $50 cleared from this meeting will be used by the club to help carry out its aim. Organized in February, 1935, this club has for its purpose the earning of money to help worthy girls in this vicinity to come to Framingham. Application will be received through Dean Savage or a member of the Henry Whittemore Club.
We would like to know whether any other Framingham clubs carry on work of this kind. Won’t you write in to the Gate Post if you do?
The Framingham Clubs have published a Pook of Information under the auspices of the Alumnae Association. Material is given concerning the officers of the Association, the secretaries of the different clubs, the funds of the Association, and the school, and other interesting particulars. Three hundred copies of these have been distributed among the clubs.
Death of Mr. Howe’s
Daughter
On October 30, the eldest daughter of Mr. F. W. Howe, former chemistry instructor at F. T. C., passed away after having been injured while horse-back riding. She leaves two children.
MARY HACKETT
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