Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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-T w it - U tg 5 I up q lr ' fs s- l .l ' M tes 'Url ll El ' I l 'fr - , t The other evening as I rode on the trolley to Boston, I made a remark In my eoinpanion ahout the number of people who seemed to he studying on the ear. Ye-s. he replied, There are more than two thousand young people who eonn- into I-ioiton to attend the night eourses at different institutions--an eneonruging eondition, is it not? They ure not all illiterate people either, hut grudinues of grzuninur and high sehools, and even college graduates who :ire speeializing farther in a certain direction. It is to he hoped that our normal sehool students and graduates will also show us great u thirst for iniproveinent. Some of them apparently look for- ward to graduation us the end of all study. They have visions of text-hooks lnid away. and note-hooks piled up in dusty atties. Others, however, have :t feeling of regret that their period of study is ended, but it does not occur to tht-in that there ure other elninees. There are, fortunately, a few who are nlwn-vs :unltitious to eontinue their edueation. One girl wishes to go to col- leze, liut eunnot do so just yet her-:muse lug hrother is there now, :uid the ntain- tennnee of two eollegians :tt at time would he :1 strain on the funiily purse. 'liltere is also :t eluss of girls who diseover, while they are in the norninl sehool, thnt they lnive speeinl gifts in one direetion. For those who show :irti-tie ulvility, there is the possilrility of :I eourse nt the lloston iNOI'lIlI1l Art Sf-hool or :t third yt-:ir speeiul eourse under Mr. ll'hitney. Two girls in the pre-ent senior eluss tum- deeided to return uuother veztr und tulqe this eourse. .Xnotln-r nn-inlier of the elnss shows reinurkuhle uhility in the gyinnnsittin and Xli-- llozers lin- ndvised her lu go to the tlyuinnstie Training Sehool :it lvelles- lov. Sonn- girl- develop xt tnste for the eonunereinl sulijeets while taking the el--nn-ntnry eour-e. They wnnt to teneh in the high sehool, und tind that u ten'-ln-r with training in the eoniuu-renal sulileets und some other study, sueh . - I :is l',nL'lidt, is niueh in deuuiud. A eonuuereiztl eourse has fail' some yeurs liffn e-t:ildi-hed :it the Snlein Nornuil 5f'lltuil wlneh otlers eulturul suhleets us 1 ll :ts the lin-lint-. Inwinelie-. Une of tht- gfruduutes of hoth the elenieutury ind eorniner--iul eour-e- uns reeentlv ollered u good position in the vieiuitv of Yew Y'-rl-. lui-:ni-e she hnd had the training ntlorded lay hoth eourses. sl

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Editorial Staff. MARY C. M CSVVINEY, Editor-in-chief Associate Editors. C. IRENE BARTEAU, Humor. ELIZABETH M. KI.INE, Athletics HELEN G. PARSONS, Literary. EVA L. PRATT, News. LULU B. SMITH, Art. G. FLORENCE SWANSON, Business Manager Assistants. MARY E. FITZGERALD, ELIZABETH CONSTANCE SADIE M. TAYLOR, DORA C. PEDERSEN, ARTHUR J. SULLIVAN. ROCHE

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There are evening courses and scholarships for those who cannot pay their way. The Franklin Union Institute on Boylston street is an excellent place for those who wish to specialize in scientific subjects. The famous courses at the Harvard Summer School, where teachers can study during vacation, offer an opportunity for those who wish to teach in the high school. There are always chances for the ambitious, and if graduates of the normal school would not be left behind in the race, they must not settle down in the belief that their education is now finished, but must keep their love for study and desire for further improvement. There is a common expression set as a schoolma'am. Why the reputa- tion for uruttinessv should attach itself to the teaching profession rather than to any other, I do not know. For that matter, who is more set than the housekeeper with her hundred and one little whims about cooking and cleaning, which she offers as advice to everyone who comes within her reach? Perhaps the school-teacher's reputation for primness is due to the routine of her work and the fact that she is more removed from the bustle of life than the business woman, for example. Whatever the reason, the fact remains that teachers are liable to fall behind the timesf' and this is something that we new school- ma'ams must guard against. We know that teaching is not easy Work. A teacher is apparently expected to be proicient in eight or ten subjects, whereas a business woman is required to be proficient only in her own particular line, for instance, typewriting. It is this strain on the teacher that so often deadens her enthusiasm and drives her to do her Work in the old routine way, instead of reaching out for newer and fresher possibilities. It is what causes half the teachers to become humdrum and out of date, as the popular idea represents them. The important thing is to keep the inspiration and the ideals that our school gives to us. Some of the graduates come back to visit the normal school with enthusiasm in their eye and bearing, while others are depressed and dis- heartened during the first year. If we keep young in spirit, we shall always have the gift of sympathy, the first requisite of a teacher. If we keep up with the times socially, in thought, and in interests, there will be no danger of sticking in the ruts. The croaking of those who have grown old, but not mel- low, in the service must not dishearten us. There is infinite compensation in our work Qnot pecuniary, of coursej. We have the advantage of dealing with live human beings instead of inanimate typewriters or ledgers. Hence it is that the amount of pleasure and good that We get out of our work depends on our attitude toward life. 7