Elizabethtown College - Conestogan / Etonian Yearbook (Elizabethtown, PA)

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Dr. N. F. Stump and Dr. H. G. Bucher, professors of education, dis- cuss new trends in audio-visual techniques and in educational psy- chology in a departmental conference in the faculty lounge. Problems, problems — Rita Stoner and Gerald Ebersole confer with Prof. E. B. Hoover, director of the teacher training progrom, con- cerning that enigma, the attendance register Education ■EDUCATE FOR SERVICE » society in the elementary classroom, in the secondary school, and in the field of business education, represents the scope of the teacher-training program. Methods courses, supplemented with the history of education and the details of school law, are cUmaxed by the practical experience of student teaching. Technical training is combined with cultural edu- cation to prepare prospective teachers for the chal- lenge of modem American schools. Putting finishing touches on dolls mode in Public School Art class under the supervision of Helen J. Sheeley, art instructor, right, are Kathryn Swigart and Patricia Shelly. An exceptionally enjoyable final examination, a party for twenty Brownies and Cubs in Memorial ffoll Recreation Room planned and conducted by the class in Teaching of Physical Education in the Elementary School in- structed by Julia Risser. Teaching the children a gome are Verna Wearer, left; Doris Spotts, in plaid blouse; Shirley hleller, by the door; and Shirley Prange, right. 21

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Principles of the labor pyramid are explained by Prof. Albert L Gray, heod of the business de- partment, to his class in economics. Business HIS DEPARTMENT oflfers courses stressing the fundamental methodology of account- ing, economics, finance, mathematics, and human re- lations. Courses in this field furnish students with basic methods of analysis and intellectual under- standing so that they can clearly express a problem, formulate a plan of solution, and then verify the re- sult to the end that society will benefit. The curriculum in secretarial science provides adequate technical training in necessary skills for employment at the end of the two-year period. No student devotes himself exclusively to business sub- jects but acquaints himself with the cultural, scien- tific, and humanitarian aspects of the world, all part of a liberal education. Presenting the basic principles of advertising is Irene H. Sim- sack, business instructor. Pausing to discuss the latest business trends are Prof. K. Ezra Bucher, instructor in ac- counting; Prof. Wilbur Weaver, instructor in business educa- tion methods; ond Prof. Henry F. Gingrich, instructor in law. A friendly smile from Prof. Edgar T. Bitting, as he points out a quo- tation in the Wall Street Journal to beginning students in Principles of Accounting 1 1 ab. Elinor Eostlock, instructor in business education, administers a speed test to her first year typing class. 20

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English Dr. Ralph W. Schlosser, head of the department of English, discusses the selection of English electives with Sun Kim and Donald Willoughby in his Memorial fHall office. No man is an Hand, intire of it selfe . . . any mans deatii diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde. — John Donne Literature, the finest thoughts of men, reveals the culture and life of an age and un- locks the doors to the hidden treasures of the thinkers of all times. Facility in communication — the spoken word, the radio commentary, the television panel, the sermon, the news article, research reports — all prepare the student for the professional world of today. Grammar and literory selections are stressed in freshmen English classes by Prof. Raymond C. Franke, shown explaining the diagram of a sentence, and Elinor B. Neumann, pointing out the high lights of an essay by Benchley. An article in the Journal of Higher Education caught the attention of Vera R. Hackman, associate professor of English, who is discussing it with Alice S. Heilman, in- structor in Children ' s Literature. A description of a muffed scene in a past production of The Corn is Green amuses Sock and Buskiners Edwin Ankeny, president, and Lenora Shenk, secretary, as they discuss their forthcoming production with Dr. James R. King, assistant professor of English and odvisor. 22