Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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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.

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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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if: Top to Bottom- First Row-Wilcox, Ryan, Boyington, McAndless, Ashby, Gotts, Broad. Second Rowflvlenzi, Todd, Phelps, Myers, Robinson, l-letmanspperger, Goloczynslci McCricl4ett De Boer Third Row-North, Walker, Monroe, Chamberlain, Meston, Lappinen, Stinson, Casper l-lunt ROOSEVELT TRAINING SCI-IOO The realization ol an old dream tool4 lorm in the Roosevelt l-ligh School which vvas erected in the year 'l9Q5. Extending the campus northward, it was intended at First to accommodate the junior and senior high schools. l-lovvever, in recent years the elementary grades have lound lodging there too. To college students who hope to enter the educational Field, it ohfers the opportunity lor the real experience ol teaching. Every semester, numer- ous teachers ol the luture Find practice teaching at Roosevelt an interesting and valuable experience. The rooms in Roosevelt l-ligh School are arranged specilically lor teacher training, each unit composed ol a large and tvvo small class rooms. The gymnasium and swimming pool, the caleteria, laboratories, auditorium, and library together with a capable laculty headed by principal L. W. lVlenzi place this school among the most progressive in the country.