Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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'draining School jfacultxg Dinaon H. Roberts, A. M., Hester P. Stowe, Superintendent of Training School. Kindergartner. Margaret E. Wise, Adella Jackson, Critic Teacher, First Grade. Critic Teacher, Second Grade. Abigail Lynch, Harriet M. Plunkett, Critic Teacher, Third Grade. Critic Teacher, Fourth Grade. Mary M. Steagall, Abbie Roe, Critic Teacher, Fifth Grade. Critic Teacher, Sixth Grade. Cloe McCartney, Edna Hope Barr, Ph. B., Acting Critic Teacher, Seventh Grade. Critic Teacher Eighth and Ninth Grades Mary Ida Mann, Clyde E. Foster, Special Supervisor of Physical Training. Special Supervisor of Music. Bertha Hull, Special Supervisor of Drawing.

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Gribute to the jfacultg E. C. S. HE PRO FESSION of teaching stands out pre-eminently as a force whose powerful influence has wrought great changes in the lives of men and of nations, Unostentatious, it quietly but effectively does its work, entering homes and touching lives with which no other influence could come in contact. The cause and source of this infiuence is the teacher himself, for the life of the individual teacher makes the pro- fession what it is. The effect upon the world of the life of one true, noble teacher cannot be measured. He holds sway over the heart of childhood and of youth-the period when character is moulded, and when lasting impressions are received. The teacher's word is often respected, his example followed, when the word and example of others higher in authority are disregarded. This unmeasured infiuence is exerted everywhere, no less in the college than in the elementary school, and grateful, indeed, should he be who is privileged to come under the direct guidance of teachers who are faithfully devoted to their profession. In this respect, we who are students in the Michigan State Normal College consider ourselves most fortunate. The members of the faculty of this institution are widely known as men and women of broad and liberal culture, who are inspired by the highest ideals of education and of life. They are earnestly devoted to their work, their noble aims and purposes finding expression in this life work. We have ever been made to feel that the principal object of their teaching has been to place before us that which is highest in the moral as well as the intellectual realm, and to give us all possible assistance in our attempts, both present and future, to realize those ideals. YX'e cannot repay the benefits we have received from the faculty of the Normal College, but we would express our sincere appreciation of the interest they have taken in ns, individually and as a student body, and further. we would strive so to live that their expectations and hopes for our future may be realized. l