Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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Dr. Bealer Smotherman Dr. Finis Poole Education Department all the areas of the elementary teacher ' s responsibilities. Miss Mary Hall is the recognized campus authority on ele- mentary education. However, there are education majors offered for the M.A. degree. The major may be in either Administration and Supervision or in Curriculum and Super- vision. It looks like Drs. Womack, Martin, Raper, and Pittard might be conspiring to overthrow the rest of the college. Or maybe they ' re hearing a new joke as told by you-know- who. Dr. Smotherman may be viewed in his natural sur- roundings, the field of audio-visual aids. Drs. Moore, Abbott, Greever, and Beaty are hard at work outlining the policies (and pansies) of their department. ■ Dr. R. E. Moore, Dr. Abbott, Dr. Greever, Dr. Beaty Curriculum— Page 27

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{ f • 1 Dr. Wilmoth Bowdoin, Head of fhe Department Dr. Womock, Dr. Martin, Dr. Raper, Dr. Pittord Education Department Although no major is offered in education, it is generally recognized to be one of the more important departments of the college. Especially this is so since this institution was founded primarily for the purpose of furthering professional education in Tennessee. Dr. Wilmoth Bowdoin heads this department which purposely has no major to fit the design of the teacher training program. The program provides that those preparing to teach on the secondary level major in the subject which they plan to teach, while those becoming certified in the elementary area take a distribution major in- cluding a significant number of hours in art, music, mathema- tics, humanities, science, health and physical education, and social science. That is, these students become proficient in Miss Mary Ho Ptige 26— Curriculum

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Student Teaching The Campus School Like ham without eggs would be an education department without a campus school, the teaching laboratory for edu- cation students. The M. T. S. C. Campus School serves pros- pective teachers by providing a place for them to teach in grades one through eight. With a teacher who holds an M.A. degree or more for each grade, the campus school also has the advantage of a controlled enrollment. The school serves, too, as a situation to be observed by students in the lower division education courses. Strange and amusing events are sometimes observed, as was the case when one third grade girl came running up to her teacher to report that she had been called a bad word by one of the boys, but this little girl didn ' t know whether she should tell the word or not. Well . . . she hesitated, it starts with a ' e ' . Unable to hold it any longer the little girl burst out, He called me a ' ediot ' ! Page 28— Curriculum