Seniors Will Enjoy Party This Evening
This short article about a party for senior Mount Hermon students at Northfield can be found on the front page of the Nov. 22, 1930 issue. It concludes with the following sentiment: “By ten o’clock the party will be over, and our Seniors’ first adventure to Northfield will become 'just a memory.'" As archivists and librarians, it is our mission to collect, preserve, promote, and make accessible the materials in our care. It is our responsibility to help ensure that these memories live on.
Northfield Student Scrapbook - Program
Thankfully, a Northfield Seminary student felt similarly. Marion A. Fernandez '35 kept a scrapbook of her freshman (fact check) year at school, and was likely present for the festivities of Nov. 16, 1930. We can't say for certain. But we do know that she saw fit to collect the program from the Dream Pictures show. If you want to learn more about Ms. Fernandez, you can find her senior photo and some club photographs in the Commencement Issue of the Northfield Star. This is available along with the other bound volumes in the printer room of Schauffler Library.
Northfield Student Scrapbook - Ephemera
Mid-November and the lead-up to Thanksgiving is always an exciting time, and it was no different for the students of 1930. Marion created a program of events for the night before Thanksgiving (which she and her friends apparently did not follow!). We also know that Marion stayed in Room 87 of the Northfield Inn on that Wednesday, Nov. 26, and that she had to toast classmate Eileen Wilson at the Thanksgiving Dinner. In 1930, the year 1999 was still a little way off...