Lock Haven University - Praeco Yearbook (Lock Haven, PA)

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CONTRIBUTE TO THE PRCFESSION Mr. Ulmer organized and conducted the first Field Trip Course during Post Session. During the tive-day trip covering 856 miles in Pennsylvania, the students taking the course studied the topography, plant and animal life of the sections in Pennsylvania that were visited. Dr. Weber spoke before the Educational Advisors of the Civilian Conservation Corps at College Park, Nlaryland, on Character Developmentgi' his talk Lubri- cating the Power Wl16ClSi, has been popular at Parent-Teachers Association meetings. A speech by Dr. Flowers on The Place of General Education in the Program of Teacher Preparation: How Miicli, How Organized, and How Related to the Professional Elements, given at the 1939 meeting of the American Association of Teachers Colleges, was published in the Eighteenth Yearbook of that association. During the past year Dr. Flowers served as Chairman of the Student Section of the Eastern States Association of Professional Schools for Teachers. Mr. Fredericks, President of State Association for Health and Physical Educa- tion and Recreation, spoke to the Convention of Colleges of Physical Education Association in New York, in December, on VVeaknesses of Professional Cur- riculum as Experienced by 'The-Lian-In-The-Field.U At Boston he was elected Secretary of the States Presidents' Association. Miss Hatcher spoke on '6Children's Literaturev at the Round Table Meeting of Supervisors and Directors of Elementary Education which met at Harrisburg as part of The Pennsylvania State Education .Association Convention in December. Bliss Poole attended the National Convention at St. Louis and, as chairman of the Committee on Revision of By-Laws of the National Association of Deans of VVomen, gave its reportg she likewise addressed the Student Leadership Con- ference at the Pennsylvania State College on Choosing a Vocation with a Purpose. Nlr. Stemple is Supervisor of the unique Civil Aeronautics Authority Training Course on our Campus. lVIr. Sullivan's speech. Is History Repeating Itself?',,which he first gave at the college Armistice Program, was repeated by him at many civic and service clubs' programs in this district. An address given by Bliss Ullemeyer at the Bucknell University Educational Conference on lVIusic and the Community School was printed in a 1'ecent issue of The B'1mlrm'll Journal nf Eclucat-ion. 19

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MEMBERS OF OUR FACULTY THREE NEW DOCTORATES A record unequaled in the history of the College was established when, within five months-June to October-three members of the Faculty were granted their doctor's degrees from three different universities. In June. Dr. A. D. Patterson received a Doctor of Philosophy from Ohio State University after having written The Implications of Newer Practices in Secondary Education for the Preparation of Teachersf, Dr. Charles Coxe completed work for a Doctor of Education degree at The Pennsylvania State College in August. His thesis was based on a study of special education programs for mentally-handicapped children in the third-class school districts of Pennsylvania. Dr. Catherine E. Geary was granted a Doctor of Education degree by New York University in October. The subject of her dissertation was The Difficulties and Needs of Beginning Teachers as Criteria for Evaluating and Enriching a Student-Teaching Programf' She is the first woman faculty member in the history of our School to receive a doctorate. MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES At various high school football banquets lVIr. Bossert was the main speaker and addressed the athletes on HT he Benefits of Physical Education Extra-Curricular Activities. Two of lVIiss Bottorf's recent studies were accepted for publication in Pennsyl- vania State College Studies in Education: Annotated Bibliography of Art Studies Conducted from 199.7-19395 A Comparison of Two hiethods of Teaching Appre- ciation of Artf, Miss Brong is serving on the State Auditorium Teachers Board which has been organized to make available bibliographies, units, and lesson plans for speech teachers in Pennsylvania. Her article on Creative Dramatics and the Auditorium Period will appear in the Boardis next Bulletin. lwiss Deach inaugurated and directed the Hrst Camp Training Course con- ducted at our college. Of the eighty students who took the course, sixty persons were Physical Education majors. Last summer hliss Dixon studied annual historical pageants in the United States by actual visit to all from New York to California. In October she addressed the Center County Teachers, Institute on the subject New Meaiiings in Health Educationf, 18

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COLLEGE DEPARTM ENTS CREATE Acnvmzs IN THE CAMPUS scHooLs Each day brings something new both to the teachers and to the children in the Campus Schools. Certain activities, however, either because of their newness or their value, deserve mention. A new method of reading is being used more consciously in the first two grades of the Campus School, it is an application of principles of reading readiness in which no child is asked or urged to read until he is ready for the work. Each child does work on his own level, allowing the ones who are ready to go ahead to do so and the ones who have less ability or preparation to progress more slowly. Games are provided for those who cannot read, so that their time is actually occupied in learning even while they are waiting to be able to read. Practicality seemed to be the keynote with First Grade playing house in a replica of a real domestic situation and Second Grade tapping trees to make maple syrup as part of an Indian Unit. Third Grade carried out a six-weeks, unit O11 Baking.', Starting with the grain, which most of the children had seen grown on their own farms and the home-baked bread with which many are familiar, the class went on to learn the processes necessary to make the finished product. A high light was a visit to the college bakery, after which the u11it was completed with textbook work on city bakeries. Prices and distribution were also considered. A study of Building lXIaterials in this vicinity brought that unit close to home, and a project on wild flowers was especially designed to teach appreciation and conservation of wild flowers. A Poetry Box as part of the work in English gives opportunity for creative writing. The children put into an attractive box poems that they write. The Fourth Grade experimented with seeds and soil in a project which included a visit to a local greenhouse and the actual raising of plants. In the Junior High, three new clubs Cthe Stamp Club, the Shop Club, and the Science Clubj were organized the second semester. There has been a keen interest in club work that has allowed improvement and extension of activities. The Camera Club has been doing more and better work, having invited outside speakers and expanding generally. The older clubs-Hiking, Fresh Air, Sewing, Airplane, and Dramatic-have also been functioning successfully. In the classrooms, students made productive maps of the United States and Europe, field trips to the Packing Plant and Flour Itlill, and first-hand investigation of trees on the Naturalist Trail supplemented classroom activities. MUSIC DEPARTMENT A large cast of ca.mpus school pupils appeared on March 29 in two performances of Hansel and Gretel, an English Song-Play, adapted from the opera of the same title written by E. I-Iumperdinck and A. Wette. The general direction was under the supervision of the music department, but all departments of the college ably assisted in the production. The fine facilities of costuming, lighting, and staging, which the new auditorium made possible, were admirably combined to make a truly colorful presentation of this familiar story, which was told by the children through story and song. A double cast of principal characters, the character and costume choruses and dances, and the chorus which sang the story enabled one hundred and fifty children from grades two through nine to take part in the presentation. Many college students gained valuable experience by assisting with this, our Hrst large, major children's production. 20