Eastern Illinois University - Warbler Yearbook (Charleston, IL)

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War Calls for Care in Making and Placing Future Teachers Culver and Shumaker Discuss Teaching Pros- pects with Dr. Metter. UTURE peace and prosperity is de' pendent upon the kind and type of training the young people of this gen- eration receive. Critic teachers on cam- pus, at Humboldt, Charleston, and the rural schools of Clear Springs, Muddy H E need teachers qualified inf- Elementary Education, Home Economics, lndustrial Arts, Art, Music, Physical Education, Physical Science Awas the almost daily demand on Eastern's Teacher Placement Bureau. A crying need for men and women ca- pable of filling vacancies caused by the national crisis has come. lt has become necessary for Dr. Metter, Teacher Placement Director, to select leaders of our nation's youth, a job calling for unprecedented care and precision. Eastern as a teachers train- ing institution is Well-equipped to offer determined teachers in every field. Point and Oak Grove are especially qualified for this task of molding the lives of the youngsters under their supervision, and guiding the methods to be employed by future teachers. A nation which educates youth to understand and appreciate the demo- cratic Way of life need never fear that the wings of democracy will ever be grounded in the future. Leah l. Stevens, S.M., University of Chicago, Emily V. Baker, A.M., Peabody College, Verna N. Geoffrion, A.M., University of Michigan, Myrtle Arnold, A,M., Peabody College, Arthur U. Edwards, Ph.D., University of Iowa, Principal of Training School, Edith Levake, A.M., University of Southern California, Beatrice Lehning, A.M., State University of iowa, Harry L. Metter, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Director of Teachers Training, Harriet Love, M.S., Western Reserve Uni- versity, Margaret B. Donley, A.M., Columbia University, Olive L. Thompson, A.M., State University, of Iowa, Bernice l. Eankson, A.M., Columbia University, Louis Hoover, A.M., Columbia University, Ethel l. Hanson, A.M., University of Wlfisconsin, Nonnilee Saunders, A.M., Columbia University.

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Students Pause Before World War I Memorial. FTER thirty-six years as a member of the faculty and head of the Social Science department, Dr. S. E. Thomas is retiring. During the thirty- six years that he has been department head, Dr. Thomas has seen the social science offerings of the college increase until a department staff of five teachers has become necessary. Respected and beloved by his col- leagues and by nearly four decades of college students, Dr. Thomas takes with him into a Well deserved retirement their best wishes for a long continued career of useful activity. Although re- tired he Will not be inactive. As an Social Scientists Pay Tribute to Dr. Simeon Thomas officer of the Charleston National Bank, and as a member of the local Selective Service Board, the community will en- joy to an even greater degree the bene- fit of his sound judgment and his patri- otic spirit. lt is fortunate for Charleston that this should be so While our country is at war. The loss of the college is a gain to the community and to the na- tion. Student and faculty colleagues of Dr. Thomas rejoice that he Will continue to be active among them though no longer in the classroom. Eastern is prepared to make this sacrifice realizing once again we offer our best to the nation. Glenn H. Seymour, PhD., University of lllinois, Donald R. Alter, PhD., University of lllinois, 'William G lftfood, PhD., University of Illinois, Simeon E. Thomas, L.l..D,, Upper lowa University, i-lead of Department, Charles H. Coleman, Ph.D., Columbia University.

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S long as the machines of war are run by men instead of robots, as long as soldiers, defense Workers, and civilians must eat and are subject to disability and diseaseefor that long, fundamental training in the biological sciences will be as important in war time as in peace. Several botany and zoology majors are already in the armed forces or in defense Work. But Eastern's staff in these sciences, unchanged since l932, is continuing to give basic and im- portant training in the field of biology, botany, Zoology, and hygiene for the future teachers of America, Biology and Math Play New Roles Walter M. Scruggs, Ph.D., liar vard University, Hiram P. Thut Harold M. Cavins, Ed,D., Stan ford University, Ernest L. Stover Ph.D., University of Chicago Charles S. Spooner, Ph.D., Uni versity of Illinois, Head of Zo ology Department. OMMISSIONED flight instructors, naval deck and engineering of- ficers, Uncle Sam's most effective guardians, are demanding a more ex- tensive mathematics curriculum. More courses in elementary mathematics have been offered to meet ordinary curriculum requirements plus the needs of men Wishing to complete their train- ing before enlistment, realizing that choice positions may depend upon this knowledge. This science of cold, hard figures is playing an unbeatable role toward keeping the home fires burning and American wings overhead. Fiske Allen, PLM., Columbia University, Gertrude Hendrix, A.M., University of lllinoisg Edson H. Taylor, Ph.D., Harvard University, Head of Departmentp Ruth Hostetler, ILM., Columbia Uni- versity, Hobart Franklin Heller, Ph.D., Columbia University, Dean of Men, fi S-NW I e ' Ph.D., Ohio State Universityg l Head of Botany Department,