Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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o NORMAL OFFERING 13 Evpartmvnt iirhnw. HE strong teacher is the one who inspires his pupils to be scholarly and efficient. The inspiring teacher must have a clean knowledge of the essentials of a subject, the power to de- velop clear thinking, and a sympathetic manner that becomes magnetic in the class room. The efficient teacher has the power to do the right thing, at the right time, and in the right way. Effi- ciency in the teacher is contagious. The efficient teacher has the power and opportunity to develop leaders. The spirit of the new Democracy calls for teachers who can inspire and guide pupils to public service. A. C. B. MODERN LANGUAGES. ELECTIVE COURSES IN FRENCH, GERMAN AND SPANISH. HESE courses deal with the teachings of modern languages I in the Junior high school. They are open to those who have had good high school courses in these subjects. Practice is given in departmental teaching by the direct method, that is the foreign language only is to be used in teaching, but when a word or passage cannot be understood by the pupils after studying their lesson in the book, shall listen by closed books, when the teacher or some pupil reads the lesson. The speaking will soon take care of itself. F. H. K. ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS. HIS course is intended to include the mathematics of the Junior High School. While no standard course for that school has been established, it seems to be agreed that such a course should include something of arithmetic, of geometry, and of algebra: in arithmetic, such applications of the fundamental pro- cesses as an intelligent citizen needs to know, in geometry at least facts of observation and simple constructions, with their applica- tions, in algebra, the formula, the equation, the graph and its uses, and the simpler operations. These subjects, with fit methods of teaching them, we aim to include in our course. W. D. J.

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12 NORMAL OFFERING Stair Nnrmal Svrhunl. ARTHUR CLARKE BOYDEN, A. M., PRINCIPAL, Instructor in History of Education. FRANZ HEINRICH KIRMAYER, Ph. D., Foreign Languages. WILLIAM DUNHAM JACKSON, Physical Science, English and Mathematics. CHARLES PETER SINNOTT, B. S., Geology, Geography, and Physiology. HARLAN PAGE SHAW, Home Geography, Mineralogy, Physiography and Chemistry. CHARLES ELMER DONER, Penmanship. CHESTER R. STACY, Educational Psychology and School Administration. LOUIS C. STEARNS, Gardening. FLORENCE I. DAVIS, Nature Study. CORA A. NEWTON, Methods, Observation, and Practice Teaching. L. ADELAIDE MOFFITT, Reading, Story Telling and Dramatics. EDITH M. MOSES, Literature. MABEL B. SOPER, Manual Arts. ELIZABETH F. GORDON, Physical Education. FLORENCE A. FLETCHER, History and Social Science. FRILL G. BECKWITH, Manual Arts. HARRIET FARNHAM, Music. EDITH LEONE PINNICK, Assistant Instructor in Gymnastic. MARY A. PREVOST, Assistant Instructor in Drawing. MARTHA C. PRITCHARD, Library Methods and Children's Literature. ANNE M. WELLS, Kindergarten Theory. S. ELIZABETH POPE, Household Arts fPart timeb. ' FLORA P. LITTLE, Assistant in Drawing fPart timej. Erihgvmaivr illHnhv1 Svrhnnl. BRENELLE HUNT, Principal, Grade IX. MRS. BERNICE E. BARROWS, Special Classes. S. ELIZABETH POPE, Grade IX MARTHA M. BURNELL, Grade VIII. BERTHA S. DAVIS, Grade VII. NELLIE M. BENNETT, GRADE VI. JENNIE BENNETT, Grade V. BERTHA O. METCALF, Grade IV. RUTH M. MOODIE, Grade III. NEVA I. LOCKWOOD, Grade II. FLORA M. STUART, Grade Ia. RUTH E. DAVIS, Grade Ib. ltinhergarivn Uraining Svrhnnl. ANNE M. WELLS, Principal FRANCIS R. KEYES, Assistant.

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14 NORMAL OFFERING GEOGRAPHY. HE school is offering three diferent courses in geography. The two-year students are taking work needed for the first six grades, while the three-year students are preparing especially for the Junior High School. An advanced elective course is oiered for students looking toward supervision or departmental work. Thirty new stereoscopes with several hundred stereographs have been recently added to the geographical apparatus. These are proving a very useful supplement to the valuable collection of lantern slides which have been in use for several years. Several new sets of wall maps, diagrams, text and reference books have been among the more recent acquisitions of the de- partment. C. P. S. 1 PHYSIOGRAPHY. HIS course includes laboratory, iield and class study of com- mon minerals and rocks, agents of change, as heat, air, water and iceg typical formations, as strata, dikes and veins, the properties of, changes in, and improvements of soilsg the making of quicklime, plaster of Paris and cementsg the smelting of ores, the preparation of mineral pigments and quarrying of building stone. Study of physiographic structures and regions in North America as a basis for understanding the present distribution and activities of its inhabitants. The subject opens the students' eyes to the order and adaptability of inorganic nature and makes geo- graphy an interesting because intelligible subject. H. P. S. PENMANSHIP. HE value of a good handwriting cannot accurately be esti- mated. As a commercial asset it is worth much more than it costs to acquire, and as a concrete indication it always shows that its possessor is careful, industrious and systematic. It is more than an accomplishment, it is a modern need and is often a passport to a better position. Good penmanship cannot be bought nor sold as a commodity in the market, but is acquired only by patient, per- sistent practice, and retained by cultivating the habit, early in life, of being painstaking and careful. C. E. D.