New-York tribune., 1903-02-24
NORMAL ALUMNE MEET.
Annual Breakfast a Joyous Celebration
Loyalty to the College.

A goody gathering marked the occasion OF the
Normal College Associate Alumnse's fourth annual
breakfast held at the Hotel Manhattan yesterday
afternoon. Poppies and crimson carnations We'd
with the national colors as shown in innumerable
flags small and large, in making gay scene.
For three hundred and sixty-four days we work
hard we alumna." said DR.. Elizabeth Jarrett, the
president in her Introductory remarks but on
this play"
In DR. Hunters opening address he spoke of
Shakespeare's prophetic insight in portraying IN
his learned lawyer a young and lovely woman
such as we see so of to-day, but hoped
that matters would not come to such a pass as IN
one instance Of historical record when the feminine
lecturer was of such surprising beauty that when
addressing a class of young men she was oohgeo TO
do so from behind screen. as otherwise no Woru
Of her instructions needed. He enumerated
also the items Of the first Normal CoAege cur
riculur, among which were navigation and land
survey and the principles Of pety and morality
In toasting The Young Century" Miss Anna H.
Branch said she forever felt did the old school
master who treated his small charges with great
respect for there's telling" he would say
..vyhat great man of coming times we have mere
with US now Miss Branch confessed 10 sun
very live liking for paper dolls. mud pies ana moe
and 90 seek and told Of a small Boston BOY OF
nine whose mother she had lately visited. and
whom she had tried to amuse one morning by sug-
gesttng the last named play through the halls ana
closets Of his home At this suggestion MISS
Branch said the small boy stared blankly at nTst'
then, with courtesy LnStI yet coCIo iOI ii4NS
certain compassion for her pitiable unmaturtty re-
rlied. .'Oh yes: I know what you mean. No doubt
the arrangenent of the house is advantageous 1or
such a pastime; but, if you will permit let US
defer the matter for a time" Whereupon Miss
F3rancb said she longed 10 pack her trunk and HE
10 a land where the hope of the young century
loved to romp and even play in the mud.
Miss Aida Williams mentioned marriage ana
pedagogv as the two professions making large IN
roads lIpon the ranks of normal school graduates
"Of course" she said. there some lilies OF the
Fold among rs of US are earning our
living one Wav or other. Also. of course, ooth
serve the purpose of experiments though not slhlui
tauaOUSIV alas according to the late mandates u
o1r educational Medes and Perslans. Botn pro-
fe.ssions nave this in common. hOwever-for some
of those concerned they highly instructive ana
on the whole. though. Miss Villa ms decided
that her toast ''Alumn5e Schoolmarras snOuI4
he one of unalloyed congratulation- AS no glrl OF
could he prevailed to toast her sisters OF
the past century. the youngest aIuInna ptestI
tbeir heritage" she said and nothing worth DONG:
from the entire reconstruction OF the BCard pI
F7ducation to the dismissal Of a ianitor can 3e
affertiyely accomplished without their AID 80
signally have they proved tielr love Ioi eyer!
and stone of the college building-even the curves
in the new staircase-that one of the men VINO are
forever hunting for the physical basis or moral
traits recently asked be allowed to take culture
from the inner walls. for he was convinced they
were incrusted with the germs or IoyaIty- .1,o
s,,tiac7 Of Mere Man. BY insignificant si1ecl-
men = he added as he to respond MISS BAKE
toss sted The Girls of To-day and the breaklasI
hroke I'D with a rousing Aud Lang Syne