Castleton State College - Castletone Yearbook (Castleton, VT)

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Caroline S. Woodruff ST. JOHNSBURY PRINCIPAL VERMONT M. A. Middlebury College; Ed. D. Norwich University. Graduate Work, Teachers College, Columbia University; University of Vermont; Middlebury College. Instructor, State Department of Education; Superintendent of Schools, Essex County; Principal, Junior High School, Johnson Demonstration School. Principal, State Normal School, Castleton, Vermont, 1921. President, Na¬ tional Education Association, 1937-1938. thirteen

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To My Students of Today All over this country a great event is being celebrated this year. Teachers colleges from coast to coast are marking this anniversary as a red-letter year in the history of education. One hundred years ago in Lexington, Massachusetts, the first publicly sup¬ ported institution for preparing teachers for the elementary schools was born and they called it a Normal School. But out from the Vermont hills sixteen years before this, Samuel Read Hall, con¬ temporary and friend of Horace Mann and Henry Barnard, had envisioned such an event, believing the time not far distant when states should recognize their responsibility as Massachusetts did. He alone, unaided, established in his own house, from his own meagre income, on a hilltop at Old Concord Corner here in Vermont in 1823, a private Normal School. This work of his is our professional heritage—yours and mine. May we be more aware of its significance—may we take the challenge thrown to us by those early educational pioneers. Caroline S. Woodruff. twelve

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Administration Governor of Vermont HIS EXCELLENCY, GEORGE D. AIKEN .... Putney State Board of Education HON. JOHN FISHER, Chairman.Arlington DR. LESLIE EVANS ....... Essex Junction HON. FRED GLEASON.Montpelier HON. HORATIO E. LUCE.Pomfret MRS. MERRILL PROCTOR.Ludlow State Commissioner of Education DR. FRANCIS L. BAILEY.Montpelier A group is no stronger than its leader. And we gratefully acknowledge the distinctive leadership of Dr. Caroline S. Woodruff, wondering the while why she, so dynamic in larger groups, should find us so immensely interesting. Her infectious enthusiasm and faith in us may disclose why we find ourselves dreaming, aspiring—and doing. W. JEROME ARNOLD, Waltham, Massachusetts rapid-fire lecturing interest in student opinion and—his Austin. For all he’s a lion in the classroom, He’s a kitten on the piano keys. FLORENCE ALLIN BLACK, Warren, Rhode Island “Well, where were we?” Her humor is unceasing, Her sympathy is boundless, Her enthusiasm never waning, Her ability to enhance any gathering dis¬ tinguishing. And sh! She’s the founder of the “See America First Progressive School for Future Teachers.” EDITH EWALD, Mt. Carmel, Illinois Interest centered on immediate objectives Senses alert and active Ability to demonstrate anything in the athletic leld All-round Good Sport! fourteen