Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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nllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllll!lllillllllilllillllllllllllllllllvlllilllllllllltilllllilHHlllllillllillllliIllililllift!lllllllllllllllllllllll lHillillllillliliillllllil!ll1lillllilllillilll-Iliiliiili lllLlliillil?lllllilllllll!llHllillllllllllHlllHllltllllllllllllllilli lllllll lllll ll I li S- The Aim of the College l-LE NQRMAL COLLEGE is not a liberal arts college but distinctly and exclusively a professional school. Consequently its single purpose is to serve the state of Michigan and through it the nation and the world by training and sending into the state capable, refined and high-minded teachers. - The adjectives, capable, refined and high-minded, are chosen with delib- eration. They signify the kind of teachers which the schools need and the kind which the college takes pride in. lts courses of study, its social rules, and the idealism which it is constantly emphasizing have for their end the growth and development of such teachers. The College has respect for scholarship. lt believes that the intellectually blind should not undertake to lead the young lest both fall into the ditch. lt holds to the belief that experience is the great claritier of ideas and generator of skill, and for that reason it lays stress upon practice teaching as a means of developing clearness of vision and certainty of procedure in the teaching process. The development and specialization in the public school system demand specialization and diversification in courses, in schools which train teachers, The Normal College is responding- to this demand by offering no less than ten distinct courses with many combinations of the ten. By so doing it gives play to all varieties of taste and talents among its students and effectively meets the needs of the public schools. The College has abiding faith in the principle of democracy. lt believes in government by the people in the interest of all the people. Under such government the individual gains initiative, discernment and self-control. Be- cause of its faith in democracy, the College has made it possible for the student body to have a voice and influence in the administration of the College in .those directions which immediately touch the welfare of students. The College be- lieves that the ideal conditions for student and teacher exist where there is between student and teacher mutual regard for each other and common love for knowledge and seeking after the highes-t and best. I The past of the College is honorable, made so by the faculties and stu- dents of the pastg its present is in our hands, faculty and students of 19152 may it be our good fortune to add to its character and fame. CHARLES MCKENNY T asus

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HIHIIH INVllllllllllllllHIlHHHIlllilHIlllllillHIIlllllltllllllVllllll1llllllllHHVlllH1lIllHHlll!lH1llllllllllIlllillllllH1llllllilllilllillllllllll IilllllIlllllllllllllIilllllllHllllllillllillllilllllllllllIIllllIlllHI!llIllllllHIIllIlllllllllllllIIIlllllllIllIlllllIIIlllllllllllllltlllllllli Q- The Alumni Association HERE are two factors which largely determine the strength or weakness of an institution of learning-its student body and its alumni. By the conduct of its students, by their interest in the work to be done, their loyalty to the established customs, and their regard for what is high and worthy, the character of a school is properly judged. Similarly, through the work of its alumni the strength of the principles which a school emphasizes becomes appar- ent. Their devotion to the cause to which the school is dedicated. their main- tenance of the ideals which it upholds. and the degree of the support they accord to the policies which the school inaugurates, are all evidences of the intiuence which the school exerts in the lives of those who come under its direction. The Normal College has g'ood reason to be proud of the successes which its alumni have attained in. their chosen fields of service. North and south, east and west, in all grades of education from kindergarten to university: in the field of the specialist as well as in that of the general teacherg in the homes of the nation in all lines of public service: the alumni of the Normal College have at- tained distinction. The inliuence which has been exerted by the thousands who during the past sixty years have gone out from Ypsilanti, is beyond the ability of anyo-ne to estimate. It is worthy of note that this influence has been, almost without exception, for the better things in life, and that our alumni are every- where counted on the side of the forces making for advancement. No school can boast of greater things in this regard than can the Normal College. The Alumni Association is the connecting link between the Normal College and its representatives in active life. Through this organization an effort is made to keep in touch with graduates and former students, to acquaint them with the progress made as well as the needs of their Alma Mater, and to foster a re- lationship of mutual helpfulness and regard. During the past few years much has been accomplished by way of bringing the College and its alumni into fuller cooperation. By making the Secretary of the College the Secretary of the Alumni Association, a step has been taken towards the establishment of an office that will serve as a permanent connection between the College and its former studentsg while the action of the Normal College in setting aside one day of Commence- ment week as Alumni Day has served to bring back to Ypsilanti each year a con- stantly increasing number of former students. Everyone acquainted with the situation realizes that much more can be accomplished along these lines. but the present outlook is hopeful indeed. The alumni and former students of the Normal College can do much to ad- vance its interests. There are needs to which these can ministeras no others can. The Normal College has assumed an important place among the teachers' col- leges of the country. lt has entered a field of limitless possibilities for the cause of the professional training of teachers. lf it is to maintain its present import- ance and continue its service for the schools of the nation, it must have the active cooperation of all its alumni. The needs are many, both in a material and in an ideal sense. The alumni of the College constitute its one best asset. Through the Alumni Association it is possible to render valuable assistance. As individ- uals it is to be hoped that all former students will keep in close touch with the old school, will give support to all its policies, return often to its halls and keep green the memories of college days. May Ypsi's interests be their interests, her welfare be their own. 319315 2