Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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NORMAL OFFERING 19 The practice Work includes the preparation and serving of the ordinary staple foods and economical, balanced meals. S. E. P. THE MGDEL SCHOOL. HE term Model School is not used to signify ideal or per- fect school. There is no such thing! It mans a real school of average pupils taught by teachers of experience. The grades serve as object lessons for modelsl to the student observers. A school of picked pupils under perfect conditions would be a model school in the ordinary sense: but would be of small value to students Who need to come in critical contact With actual public school problems. They must have an opportunity to study all types of pupils as Well as diflicult problems of grading and man- agement handled by teachers of experience, tact, and sympathy. B. H. Normal Igrngram. Qfldaptedb 6:30 Silence that dreadful bell. 7 :OO And then to breakfast with what appetite you have. 9:00 Creeping like snails unwillingly to school. 12:30 That all softening, overpowerful knell. The tocsin of the soul-the dinner-bell. 1:30 To that dry drudgery at the desk's deadwoodf' 3:30 Calm, quiet, innocent recreation. 5 :45 And men sit down to that nourishment which is called supper. 7:15 Labor and intent study. 8:30-9:30 Not a creature is stirring. 10:15 Lights are fled.

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18 NORMAL OFFERING READ HISTORY! JUDGE HISTORY! MAKE HISTORY! STAND aside from life for a little and see by what ways man- kind has struggled to the land of the present and mark what ways now lie ahead. Scan the land beyond carefully. Decide which is the path which will lead the race to the land of happiness. Then take your place once more among men and make the history of the future. F. A. F. MUSIC. UNE of our greatest needs of music teaching in public schools is in the art side of the subject. The ultimate aim in all our varied musical activities is to create a sensitive and discrimin- ating regard for good music. The departmental plan favored in Junior High Schools oiers an improved solution that specially trained teachers may be chosen to teach music as applied in other subjects. There is the same need for a specialist in music. Chorus singing is encouraged in our school. Our glee clubs offer opportunity to those who are especially talented in singing to attain higher standing. The same opportunity is extended to the instrumentalists and credit given for good solo and ensemble results. I heartily agree with Professor John Dewey, Columbia Univer- sity. He has said: The teacher who succeeds in imparting zest to education, who brings about an association of books and the things of school with joy is a public benefactor. Why should the adventure of mind into the unknown be associated with drudgery? Is it not possible to make of education the great romance of life, to bring it home as a great drama of exploration, discovery and conquest? H. W. F. DOMESTIC SCIENCE. HE war and food conditions have made us take Conserva- tion as our motto this year and our course has had to be adapted to meet the call for sugarless cakes, wheatless breads, and meatless meals. The aim of the course is to give the students practical knowl- edge of the principles of cookery that they may be able to co-oper- ate with special teachers of home economics and also be helped to better understand the business of homemaking.

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