Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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■h h 3tj o r e w o r It has been our earnest endeavor in compiling this volume to fill it with B. S. N. S. atmosphere. 5 We have tried to depict individuals on the campus and in the classroom as they are known to us; to select spots that we have learned to love through constant association; and to help elevate, perpetuate, and increase our love for our lma Mater. J If you derive as much pleasure from these pages as we have in preparing them for you, we shall feel satisfied with our work. H IDJ

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Reorganization of formal School OX .rune f. 1926, the Council of Education of the Commonwealth en- dowed eight of tin- State normal schools with the privilege of granting the degree of B.S. in Education. Application for this privilege had been made in accordance with the requirements of the Council. It had been necessary to give in detail facts concerning the grounds, the buildings, the equipment, the faculty, the students, the training-school facilities, and the Financial status of the institution for the fiscal years 1925-1926. The faculty received the must careful scrutiny. All its members had to meet the minimum requirements set by the Council, to the effect that every teacher should have, after September 1. 1926, at least a bachelor ' s degree and two years of experience. Fortunately the Bloomsburg State Normal School was able to meet this requirement with hut two or three changes. This reorganization of the Normal School has entailed some revision of the curricula. One year was added to the three-year course for prospec- tive junior-high-school teachers; and two years to the two-year courses for teachers in the elementary field. The former course leads to a 15. S. in Education in secondary education; the latter, to a B.S. in elementary education. Till ' Normal School will, however, continue its regular two year courses for prospective teachers of the elementary grades. It will also give the regular three-year course to those prospective teachers of the Junior High School, who registered for this course prior to September. 1926. With this revision have come higher standards of admission. The Normal School no longer admits students who are not graduates of ap- proved four-year high schools, or who have not proved to the Department of Public Instruction that tiny possess equivalent training. It is clear that the Bloomsburg State Normal School is now on a college liasis. All of its teaching is of college grade; it offers four years of work: its graduates from these courses will receive degrees. The Normal School is now a Teachers ' College. 2T §