Eastern Michigan University - Aurora Yearbook (Ypsilanti, MI)

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ORTHOPEDIC YES TEACHER-BUT WHY? OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY The Occupational Therapy curriculum at Michigan State Normal College is within the School of Special Education, with headquarters in the Rackham School. The program offers a degree course with a major in occupational therapy, minors in industrial arts and natural science. Regularly, registered oc- cupational therapists, graduates of the above program, help fill the great need for OT ' s in occupational therapy depart- ments throughout the country. Frances Herrick, OTR, is supervising director of the curriculum. Beatrice Ware, OTR, is assistant. 22

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MAPS AND MAPPING DRAWING PETTY GIRLS, NOPE JUST MAPS! WEATHER AND CLIMATE BUT WILL IT RAIN TODAY? SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT The social sciences, history, economics, and geography, represent a very basic part of our modern education system. The recognition of the relative value of these fields in a v ell rounded education, is something which was left to the twentieth century to discover. In 1881, the year Julia Ann King joined the faculty of M. S. N. C, there were only two his- tory courses offered and these of a very gen- eral nature. Due partly to Miss King ' s very dynamic personality, the history department attained its rightful place of importance in the curriculum. Within the next ten years, two new instructors were added to the department. Nineteen twenty-four, when the enrollment reached its all time high 2675, saw only six instructors in the social science field. In 1950 with an enrollment somewhat below that fig- ure we have fifteen instructors in the history field alone. The geography department too is growing. In 1 900 the department was formed as a sepa- rate one on this campus, one of the first in the country. 21

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SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Normal was the first state teachers college in the United States to establish training for teachers of handicapped children. Earliest offerings in this field were made in the summer of 1915. In 1924, a full-time training center was established under the organization and direction of Profes- sor Charles M. Elliott, who guided its growth until his death in 1941. Divisions were added as funds and teachers were mode available. The laboratory classes include training for teach- ers of mentally retarded, crippled, deaf and hard of hear- ing, and partially sighted children, as well as children of low vitality. Classes in speech reading for adults have been offered since 1926. A curriculum in Occupational Therapy was established in 1941. The first graduate courses were ofFered in 1938. The present Director of Special Education is Dr. Francis E. Lord, who was appointed in 1942. Recent years have seen interesting research projects, and summer programs have included work for the cerebral palsied child, for the adult blind, and for deaf-blind children. DR. LORD SPEECH CORRECTION THAT WE MAY SMASH THE BARRIER OF SPEECH DIFFICULTIES 23