Atlantic Union College - Minuteman Yearbook (South Lancaster, MA)

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;. Rochelle Philmon-Kilgore, inspirational Head of Department f English, has done much research work in the literary field. English language and literature is the basis and background for all other subjects. To be able to put commas where they belong, to write an article for the school paper, to give a speech that swings the final vot e on a de- bate, to have a fine feeling for words and their proper uses — all this and much more is taught and cultivated in this popular department of the college. The study of the masters, recog- nizing their philosophy, seeing things through their eyes, having higher hopes and ideals because of their works, being inspired to greater heights, develops in the student a greater appreciation of the finer things of life. There are some classes which are, as Mrs. Kilgore says, The strawberry shortcake of life. These are the poetry classes. Even the stu- dent who thinks he does not like poetry will go away from these classes with his ideas entirely re- versed, his outlook broadened, his vision cleared, his purpose ennobled. English Mrs. Ivamae Small-Hilts, Instructor in English. Professor Winton H. Beaven, Instructor in Speech. Miss Evlyn Lindberg, Instructor in English.

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To be able to communicate knowledge to other people, and at the same time to inspire them to a greater desire for learning, is the gift of the real teacher. The study of education and psy- chology helps the student to view all subjects in relation to the whole as they assume their proper per- spective. Through this same medium, the study of education and psychol- ogy as pursued in the past, com- pared with the present systems, adds to the knowledge of what is being accomplished along educa- tional lines in the light of the teach- er ' s responsibility towards the lives that he is to influence. Courses in the learning and teaching processes, followed by participation, observation, and di- rected teaching in the elementary and secondary fields, prepare the student for actual teaching. As one learns how to train others, his own life will be molded after the likeness of the divine Teacher. Professor Gerald E. Miles explains a theory of psychology. Education Miss S. Ellen Klose, Director of Elementary Teacher Training and her group of critic teachers.

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Professor Godfrey T. Anderson, Head of Depart- ment of History, a scholar in his field. History Professor Ellis R. Colson, History Instructor, whose wide travels add interest to class discussions. To understand better present world conditions, social and political, one must understand the events of the past that have brought on these conditions. History studied under the excellent guidance of Professors Godfrey T. Anderson and Ellis R. Colson, becomes a living subject, giv- ing a background for the student to ac- guire more knowledge and culture for building his own future. The story of men ' s lives and how their actions have affected the welfare of a nation or of the world is, in the last analy- sis, history. And how one profits by the mistakes or wisdom of these men is the real test of the benefit of the study of history.