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Objection lias been made to the word ‘pedagogue5 on the ground that it was originally used to designate the Greek slave who lead. the. hoy to school, and was .consequently a term of con- tempt. But has the shift of meaning been any greater in this word than in many others to which no objection has ever been raised ? The word ‘school5 comes from the Anglo-Saxon •seol,5 and this in turn is derived through the Latin from the Greek word scliole, meaning ‘leisure.5 ‘Master5 was likewise originally ■magister ludi,5 and meant a ‘master of sport.5 It seems that the word ‘slave5 is not-much wider oi the mark as applied to the man who teaches fifty-seven youngsters six hours.a day in a little old ramshackled school'-house, on a bleak hillside, for twenty-five dollars a month, and “finds his own board,55 than is ‘leisure5 for the name of school where that ‘slave5 presides as the ‘magister ludi5. But there has-been a shift of meaning in all of these words. The school is no longer a place of leisure, but a bee-hive where everybody is busy; the pedagogue is not the slave that leads the boy to school, but the most important citizen in the state, who ‘leads5 the mind and the heart of the child in the development of intellect and character. It makes little difference by what name we call the teacher, so long as we appre- ciate his worth to the world. The thing to be most regretted is that the common school teacher is not rightly appreciated. Every citizen in the state i s largely, al- most entirely, a creature of. environment. The earliest impressions are the deepest and influence our lives the most. The position of the college professor, the minister of the gospel, or the law-maker is indeed important. But the teacher (pedagogue, if you will) in the Normal School reaches more lives and has higher responsibilities than anyone of all of these; for lie it is that molds the life and shapes the destinies of thousands and thousands of boys and girls whom lie never sees through the life.and character of those whom lie instructs and prepares for the great work of the common schools. Prof. Milford White, who became Dean of the Normal School in 1905, has proven himself a most efficient head for this department. 'By his energy, his good judgment, his fine scholarship, and by his interest in those who matriculate in this department, he has gained the confidence of people all over the state and raised the school to a position of dignity- and high regard among the faculty and students of the College. Prof. A. C. FleShman, who was elected l the Professorship of 1 Vdagogy in January, is a strong teacher and fine scholar. He has studied in some of the best schools in our country and has had wide experience in school management and super- intending. The new Normal Building, which is about ready for..occupancy, is a thing of beauty. It has one of the best locations on the. campus and lias added much to the beauty and artistic effect of the architectural• grouping of the buildings along the main drive. The Literary Society has been a prominent part of the work this year. The teachers who come to our society are interested in literature as an art as well as a science, and some of the best debaters in the College are found in this department. Those students who entered the College from the Normal School this year have taken higli rank, the head of the English Department especially commending the work of the Normal School.
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