Central Washington University - Hyakem / Kooltuo Yearbook (Ellensburg, WA)

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Department of Psychology experimental, animal. The Psychology Department moves next year out of the basement of the A lministration Building, with some re¬ gret. The department ha had a number of homes during its existence but the warmest In winter and the coolest In summer ha been In this otherwise unattractive basement. If plans as formulated can be carried out we will have one- Italf of the third floor in the Training School, all to our¬ selves. and these quarters will seem quite commodious. Of¬ fices, experimental rooms, class rooms, a library and a seminar room arc contemplated. A thoroughly trained psychologist who will devote himself to class work will lie added to the present Department Staff, A four-year course has been outlined in Education and Psychology so that students may major along these lines a R well as others. The course In Psychology will not be solely educational but will Include other fieldB. such ns social, and abnormal. so thaMiT alr ‘ 3 ?, , ‘ ,eV ! ped the ,1Hd o ' Intelligence and educational testing snrTsvl „ . established and widely used hy teachers in the state Many made ' ° Ur 8tude,lll, ,ire doing a great deal of this work where and ro ald,n K teachers by correcting test papers, or check¬ ing their corrections and giving advice as to use of results. Our book store is car- In over ' lh Vtlt ' of Whi h , lar demand Is made by the teachers from state. Since 1917 the I sychology Department has conducted intelli¬ gence tests for all students In the Normal School, and for the last three years over « e. . 8 s 7® hnTe Kivcn w,,h this ' !»«« at hand, considerable over-sight has been given to the number of hours our students mav sign ,,p for nml to whether or not review subject, need to be taken. The personnel wor? will be students. “° P ,,nd W ° pe t0 “ ,,f »rvlcc to the „„ ™ . h T 0t ,he ye r a l ' aych moky Club was formed composed of those who are most proficient and Interested in the subject The club holds weekly meeting., in?m h | IT! v ry profi ' able and exceedingly Interesting. Several of ihe members Held d d con,lnue lhe,r education In Psychology and to become expert, t„ this «e, T ! °‘ Plycholo «T n W ranks with Physics. Chemistry, and Biology as a science. It is no longer a mystical or speculative subject as it was twenty or thirl) ears ago This Is one reason why the field is so very worth-while and i, s tems wilh thefr D 1 ° -Ch ° ' hrr han ! ' ,B world ,u Pwudo-psychologlcil terns with their false Character analysis.” ‘ Vocational guidance.” ' How to de¬ velop your mind. How to outwit your nerves. ' and “How ,o get bra ns the, Tous bra, FT ,rr,ned ln fC,e - ' nr P yc hology are needed to combat these apm tous biaiiils. Moreover Individuals in all walks or life need to he sufficiently fa- miliar with modern Psychology to appreciate it so they will not 1 m- led astruv hv the many pseudo-psychologisu and fakers. y ' Opportunities Tor the expert psychologist are increasing Besides teachers for all classes we need clinicians for insane asylums, feeble-minded institutions and reformatories. Those who are skll.ed in intelligence, and ability and vo lon.i test, are nestled In schools and business. Personnel workers are ' also in demand The Psychology of today is profoundly influencing the Departments of Sociology History and Economics. New uses arc constantly developing Sot, lo ‘ Page 8 Mary a. grupe.

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President Black’s Message This year is a transitional year In the history of the Ellensburg Normal school. For the first time wc have first year, second year, and third year students so designated instead of the old names of Juniors and Seniors for the first and second year, respectively. Next year we shall have the fourth year as well and the full four-year course of collegiate grade. In all probability before this shall have been published the definite announcement of the granting of the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in education, will have made officially. This means a new era in all teacher-training Institutions in the Pacific Northwest and in a very short lime the old name will have passed and the more specific and descriptive name of Teachers ' College will have been officially approved for all Normal Schools. With all other professions—law, medicine, dentistry, even veterinary science, on a four year basis and with degrees granted to all who prepare themselves for such professions by finishing a collegiate course Is it not strange that our profes¬ sion of teaching should have lingered so long and so far behind? As in the case of all inventions when they have been achieved and are new we ask—why did we not think of this years ago? So in this case we again accept the new and wonder why it did not happen a decade or more ago. As the enrollment of the school steadily Increases, the difficulty of maintain¬ ing “all-school ’ activities also steadily Increases, and “all-schoor’ participation in all activities semis well-nigh Impossible. In the past two years we have seen the formation of several new clubs or societies, some literary, some academic, some social. Which way are we drifting? Are we approaching the day when fraternities end sororities will soon enter our school life? If we are, let us bo well prepared in advance and let us see to it that the fine “all-school morale and friendliness in students and faculty is perpetuated as a major aim of all new organizations. Thus safe-guarded in their aims the formation of new clubs and societies will al¬ ways be constructive. Might it not be well to begin with an all-school honorary scholarship society? What are we going to do about the housing and the boarding problem? The new project that is farthest along is another large dormitory with a capacity of at least 120 students. The Question is shall we foster such large units, or shall we have more of them and build them for smaller groups, say, 50 to 60 in a unit? Thlg Is another milestone in our transition toward college life. Let us be thinking of this. All two year graduates will be planning to continue toward their degree and will be coming back as soon as they have had some teaching experience. Why not have Junior and Senior Halls for smaller units and have them built for the more conservative life of our older and upper class students. This is something to be thinking about as you plan for your future and for ourB. GEORGE H. BLACK. Page 7

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Department of Education Education la a term not very well understood by the general run of people. It la a science of Individual and bo- clal development and control, growing out of the findings of all other sciences having to do with human life. That la, after the various scientific Investigators have dissected the world into various parts and have given us their frag¬ mentary truths, it is the problem of education to reassemble these truths into a workable whole for the use and enjoy¬ ment of the race. So you see of necessity, education has to do constantly with change. Some one has said that education is the constant progressive change of the be¬ havior of the learner (learner being either individual or institution). A knowledge of the science of education, or progressive living, is being considered today in all of our leading colleges and universities to Ire an essential par ' of a liberal education. A very large part of the blunders of life is due to a lack of knowledge of and ability to practice, the principles of education. The science of education then is coming more and more to be of public con¬ cern and less and less a secret of the teaching profession We are coming as never before to recognise that individual and social growth and development depend upon a wider understanding of this science by the public in general. The men who make our laws, the men who carry on our industries, the men who conserve our religious life and those who associate with ua and our children in the home and on the streets would be greater assets to society if they only un¬ derstood the science of education. Six or seven years ago our entire nation was committed to the idea of indus¬ trial education. Shops were added to our high schools and colleges all over the country. Courses of studies every where were given a decided industrial bias. In¬ dustrial arts, the project method, and the like dominated our elementary schools even down to the kindergarten. But today every where there is a growing feeling that industrial skill In Itself does not make for individual character and social stability, so we are now beginning to swing back toward liberal education, culture, and in¬ stitutional understanding and appreciation. This awakening is not conrined primarily to our schools and colleges, but everywhere ill the business and industrial wnrld we rind men of means and vision giving freely of their time and money to the investigation of the problems of hu¬ man education. The business and industrial leaders arc not so disturbed today about techni¬ cal efficiency and the output of their shops as they are about the intelligent, co¬ operative morale of their men. They arc fast seeing that Ideals and correct standards of values are quite as important in the world ' s work as in manipulative skill. The statesman is coming to recognise that social and civic Ideals are as im¬ portant in solving the problems of national unrest as are taxes, Jobs, occupations and salaries. We. in the department of education along with other members of our faculty, are aware of the rapid changes which are now taking place and are adding new courses In education and reorganizing old courses in order to better prepare- our teachers to meet the needs of this new world order. WILLIAM T STEPHENS. Page 9