Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Ella M. Smith, A. M. Assistant Professor of Rural Edac A. B., University of Michigan A. M.. Columbia Universicy W. S. Hoppes, A M. Associate Professor of Education B. S., University of Oregon A. M., University of Michigan Herbert T Olander, A. M. Assistant Professor of Education A. B., Augustana College A. M., University of Wisconsin iduate Student, Iowa State University and Iowa State Teachers ' College Grace M. Skinner, A. M. Assistant Professor of Education Graduate, Narional Kindergarten-Primary College, Chicago A. B., B. S., Columbia University Graduate Student, Wisconsin University and University of Chicago A. M., Columbia University Page Thi

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Orland O. Norris, A M . Professor of Education and Mythology A. B.. M. S. N. C. A. M., University of Chicago Noble Lee Garrison, A. M. Associate Professor oj Elementary Edu A. B., University of Missouri A. M.. University of Missouri Theodore H. Irion Professor of Education B. S. and A. B. University of Missouri A. M., Teachers College, Columbia University Ph. D. Columbia University A. A. Metcalf, A. M. Associate Professor of Secondary Ed B. Pd., A. B., M. S. N. C. Graduate Student, University of Michigar Thirty-one

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Florus A. Barbour, A. M. Professor of English A. B., University of Michigan A. M. iHonorary), University of Michigan ENGLISH DEPARTMENT The English Department is doing a great service in helping the students acquire a larger and a finer appreciation ot the better things ot life. Its numerous courses vary from grammar to Shakespearean comedy, and arc taught by a staff of about thirty teachers who arc at all times at the service of the hundreds of students enrolled in these classes throughout the year. The students graduat- i ng from this department have a very broad field in which to work America is a cosmopolitan nation, but throughout the country the peoples of all races are learning to speak English- It is generally recognized that parents in families of foreign birth learn from the children. And where do the children learn ' They learn English from teachers in the public schools who have been trained in our colleges. What an opportunity there is for a young person graduat- ing from the English department to be of service in the lives of these people, helping them not only to speak our language, but also to understand our Ameri- can ideals and customs, so that they may be true citizens of this great democracy.