Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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Baclc Row-Lord, Morrison, Richards, Taylor, Bunger, Cruickshank, l-letmansperger, Wortley, Bentley, Ringman. Front Row-Wade, l-latton, Roser, Flint, Olds, Pauls, Svvartvvood, Wood. Bottom Row-Slcivens, Smith, Lantz. Top Row-McFolI, Stearns. SPECIAL EPUCATIGN .X RURAL EDUCATION The modern building lcnovvn as the l-lorace l-l. Raclcham School oi Special Education has avery important function in our educational system. At Raclcham, students receive training in the instruction ol deal, blind, mentally deficient, and crippled children. Upon the death ol Rrolessor Charles M. Elliott this fall,thedirection olthe department vventto Prof. Francis Lord. l-le and his carefully trained stall watch and assist the development ol teachers vvho will carry special education to the handi- capped student. For observation and experimental purposes, special dormitories with home privileges are available. Students on the two year rural school course receive their education vvorlc from the department directed by Prof. Troy Stearns. With the aid ol his co-vvorl4ers,l3rol. Stearns ably prepares students lor the vast vvorl4 to be accomplished in the rural district schools ol Michigan. Q3

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EDUCATION Leslie A. Butler Managing a schoolroom with tact and Finesse calls for a special type ol instruction. Courses in Educational psychology, principles ol -leaching, l-listory ol Education, and School Administration are a levv requirements of the department that furnishes this lcind oleducation. Professor Garrison heads this group in guiding the prospective teacherls development. lhen Professor Leslie A. Butler,director ol practice teaching,talces the pro- spective teachers and assigns them to duties at either Roosevelt Training School or Lincoln Consolidated School. l3rotessorButler plays an important part in every senior's lite since he is also director ol placement. Left to right-Wilber, Whitehouse, Edson, Marshall, Stearns, Skinner, Kelcler, Smith, Garrison.

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First ?ow?TIf'1mpkins,McManus, Leib, Laing, Vanden Belt, Becker, Turner, Miller, Barsack, Dunning, urn a . Second Row-Beal, Pieitler, Rice, Brimhall, Kiddoo, Kusterer, Tovv, Roscoe, Kirchbaum, Binns, Bruce. Third Row-Van Ameyde, hlacobs, Martin, Brown, Ruggles, O'Connor, Mink, Feuerstein, Brink. COLN TRAINING SCHOOL ln T919 the Michigan State Normal College organized its department of Rural Education. This began vvith one college teacher and one training teacher in charge oi a one-teacher country school. But this did not last long, For Within Five years the Lincoln Consolidated Training School was lormed by the union of thirteen ordinary rural school districts. The consol- idated district covers an area of more than sixty-three miles. Besides the academic subjects, the student body, which is mostly composed oi Farm children, is provided with home economics, agriculture, music, art, manual training, physical training, and commercial subjects. Transportation is alliorded by a Fleet of buses which covers about sixty miles every day. Although the school sutiered a set-back in T926 when a Fire destroyed the building, it was rebuilt a year later finer than before. Boarding the bus opposite Pease Auditorium, the pleasant journey to Lincoln, and the associations with its faculty headed by Mr. Vanden Belt, and the students will linger in memories oi the student teachers oi Michigan State Normal College for many years.