Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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- ,. A , ..,.,,.,.-. ,,,.,a..-. -. 'swf-U a . :. ,. L-7- -psi: :,..., YTg ,,:4n7-ag, T., V .W E - i':5k ':1:ffjg11 ', .-I f 7 5 -V ' 9 -. Hr IV' . . .9 . F 2 Y ' , l :.':- J Wf'Ii'i5:12-A A- if aqif' , nr..-'-A ,...Le1.a: --4 wfgif5qw3AE - mfg,- 1,55-5-fl 7 ,i,.:,.,' L i-5 ., A ix .-.Ls-J!?I..d', . ,,.., -.,,.,,..- counsel. Mr. Putnam and Mr. Wfillets shared authority and responsibility with the Faculty. .After the establishment of heads of departments and the Normal Council C1892j, the Faculty ceased to be an influential body. During the early history of the school the Principal was assisted by the Preceptress, a forerunner of the modern dean of women. During Prin- 1 . STL . ,. -15.1-,. Alf . 12' 'A ' -1 T -gf . 'His ' ----..-551 Zi1?E52, fi-fi: ' , ' Ania . we Mi - . ' A 'W 'ran g ml m: - V . o' Q 'NME +- J at 1 ' 1-is 1'-'fi 33, 4 3 faq -. . L-yet, 5:-,E ,.,11.,. .-i,i,i:g-Q5 Jef 1' ,Gmini 1. 1 ,U V we it i l .li r : ,-if If 2' :JJ v'?'l4f-T 4 5' ,,.,fz,-:,-51.5, ' , -?- 1 fif' f1'i12.,1- '? ': -ist , 'A H ',Y,1,-ggigti 51, Llifiiih. -3 'Y aslrn 3-,'2 . i Wi ' '- 'Q .:. ' lyl5-5155-'if '5?'3.::,:.:,,i :,4:A,.,.-.I Main Bulldlnn Alter Front Addl!lon.1B15. cipal Lyman's administration this position, so admirably filled by such women as Miss Hoppin and Miss King, was abolished, but in 1910 the position of Dean of VVomen was established at the recommendation of President Jones. i A ' An account of the Faculty as individuals can not be given in a short history. The Faculty has always stood for scholarship and teaching ability. Several of the early Preceptresses came from Oberlin which, at that time, stood for the best in women's education. As is unavoidable in a large school, students and teachers have now little opportunity for per- mill: 'fsl5'7S3f1'.Q V 525-ffl it 'lv ' 31-'3f 7' -'ff'- -its 'K 5.2 .lf, E-41 , .:Q 1-i,.5- -:aff ' .if-3.3 .Q J .V . .-psf. 'Qin ,..H.o.r:' .vG: fQ1 - -,bt Lv?-Tl ' . 77 H .. . A Ll A 57212 .J .w i 1 ,i . l ,f?F,1b5fh,T i s 'f F learnt .:i?E'2ff',wz:- -4 ---- 'f' , ,'g,,, , Q .k by , 15.-.sf nag-I-.f,:e:.x:5f -- -- -.- - ga-1-.-Q,- - Rear Addlllun to Main Bullulnmivzzled wal. um -un mi-W mam Ms umnmm-v. sonal acquaintance. In the days when Principal Estabrook led the weekly students' prayer meeting, and Professor Bellows was seldom absent from the Normal lyceum, students and' teachers knew each other, as is no longer possible. , The Students' Christian Association, an outgrowth of the Students' Prayer Meeting, has been fortunate in receiving a home of its own, and EIGHTEEN

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l 50: 'L 5-,::,.,i.fq,5:5T'. ikpfiiivh . , 3 i 1- I L fsiet.,,,.rjgK-4'f :1.3?5efi-fe fl : 1. gi 'lil '-A:1'fff':1' ' - ii-5---anezusxwam-ef-Qld 1 '- ' - ,ffvff -m me if-sfrff-7 l'.-:--.-iwiia-l A7:S 7'- 'i iw '-nriif : fr ' ' . . 'W 'il lzi ' '- : f ' f ' A 'f f s- -'gg ' , eh I f '- . 1 -' ,V as , an 1' 1 ff, f .7- N ,Tu ul-U ,L-4 D, J S f f I I I 1 ka i e M53 ,N , Q gk -' m , , V its-1 1 1 n .......ux.ie -A 51. 1 E ' wF'f5.l, ' branches that pertain to a good common school education, also to give instruction in the M echauic Arts and in the Arts of H Hsbamiry and Agri- cultural Chemistry, in the fimdameiital laws of the United States, and in what regards the rights and duties of citi.sa21is.'J Students were to be ad- mitted on examination, but any one not of good moral character or who would not make an apt and good teacher should be rejected. Sixty years ago there were but five normal schools in the United States. Hence the work of the Ypsilanti school was pioneer work. What is now called the training school was then the experimental school. and those in charge of it did not hesitate to try in it new ideas. An unsuccessful attempt was made to use the Union School as a model school, and in 1871 the city Board paid the tuition of its high school pupils in the high school depart- ment of the Model School, and the Normal seniors used the grades of the city schools as a school of observation. At this time the Principal of the Normal, Mr. Estabrook, and the head of the Model School, Mr. Putnam, had recently been superintendents of the city schools. In 1873, kinder- garten work was introduced by Mr. Putnam, who urged unsuccessfully the establishment of a kindergarten in 187 5. In 1876 the regular Normal ,r,!.- A Vg , . 1 ' QQ ,, V H 'lf- ' F' ' 0 1-'J ' , ' I fgl Iygl 1 ll. fp tl.- 'l a l! at . it ilillg il ' S ' '-rl ' W MP3 5 'fif f'1 wld' - li 1' ' awed I' rlflffeaif '-' 1-2:2 ,V :ii i V .l . - ', 1: , 2' In .4 lf' .':Z1l,,i'v -ll at -f -1 nn- li 1' - e , -. 4 5 - u-' 'GFX if 15-Ttghv 54 is 5 . Conservatory of Music, Ercclcd 1864-1570. USED FOR YRAINIV-G SCHOOL Uh1'lL ISB2. teachers did supervision in the Model School, but this, while desirable in theory, did not prove so in practice. A long list of things that have been tried and found good-or bad-might be given. As the secondary schools ofthe State became better and more numerous, the Normal could raise its entrance requirements, move forward its course of study for the life certificate, and finally offer the work necessary for college degrees, gaining then the title of Normal College. The system of administration of the school has passed through various experiments. At hrst the Principal was an executive officer, the Faculty holding weekly meeeings at which the details of administration were dis- cussed as was possible in so small a body. During Dr. McVickar's short administration, the Faculty had no authority to do more than advise and 1 SEVENTEEN

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Y A ?5:3PT.'15: , , ...., ' 1 el.: 4- :agp Q,-:.au,::' F-'-'ig'-5129:-ff' - , ,'- -. i75g,i-3,5-ff .fi , f wsiiswi-:Le .-.raw'gf-q5:g:,F3'51E5l'?2i,r. ll ' ' - f f W, s 53U2riCf.,'!R ' :v77.ig1 'jfLf P an q. 1, L - f -1 ,, like E ,. ..,,:, r lg--,z,.,,,s.,r. tag- an I .1 7,5-life, S, 'j '. . ,J 'L 5, -- Z,2.:,,:: ,..'gg-efjjjzj V. 4 Ffa: g,,.f----a-:.fzs:,suu::ar1fi-y1.1m11fss-s3sm-:z-.-. J 'ggi :M -.1 .---as. viii, -.t..a-:rff:ausl-L-a-- S re . ' V - has been important in the life of the school. Another factor in securing to the Normal student the many-sidedness needed by a teacher, has 'been the Normal Choir directed for so many years by F1-ederic,H. Pease. The real history of a school is not an account of the material equip- ment, the courses of study, or even the Faculty, but it is written in the lives of its students. To know what the Michigan State Normal College has been, one must know the work and the lives of many men and women, some now living, some through with this world's work. Principal Welch at the dedicatory exercises in 1852 said: This day's work will form a prominent item in the history of western progress - VVho will venture to predict the influence which its success will exert upon the educational interests of the entire North-west. More than our own State and sec- The Original Training School Bulldlng Erected 1897 tion is feeling the influence of our College in high positions. Not only those who have honored their Alma Mater in a public way, but those who have taught little schools in out-of-the-way places, or who have made homes beautiful, and have remembered f'the rights and duties of citizens form part of the history of the Michigan State Normal College. The words of Professor Sill to the graduates of 1858 might be as suitably addressed to those of 1912: Michigan, too, expects much of those who hail from the Normal School. See to it that she is not disap- pointed. He closes: And may He, who holds all destinies in His hand grant that our common Alma Mater may never have cause tolblush for us. ' MARY PUTNAM. NINETEEN