Black Hills State University - Eoicha Yearbook (Spearfish, SD)

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Th.® SFnOTlfty P l I KK K are t wo very important factors in tho make-up of a school the students and the faculty. On these two bodies, alone, depend the standing and welfare of the school. As (In- students have been d iscussed elsewhere, we devote these lines to t he faculty. The Spearfish Normal faculty is in a class by itself. It would be hard to find another group of teachers so earnest, so efficient, so devoted to their chosen work. A great many of these have not only made teaching their lilV work, but have added to this the responsibility of building up the Spearfish Norma) School and the surrounding community, and have spent the best years of their lift ' , wholly in accomplishing this one glorious aim. Teachers of t his kind are the ones who can be thoroughly loyal to t he school , and deeply interested in the individual progress of every pupil, and leave a Lasting impression upon the students. Not only is their influence felt in the school room, but in outside act ivi t ies as w el I. Few people realize the importance ol teaching, hut what re- forms have been accomplished in this world except through the efforts of great teachers? Examples of the past have shown us that trained teachers are the only teachers who are worthy of the name, and these can be trained only in our up-to-date and ef- ficient Normal Schools. The fact that we have such an able faculty is due to the un- tiring efforts of our beloved president. As a token of our ap- preciation, we wish to say thai we would not exchange our faculty for that of anv other school.