Fannett Metal High School - Tuscaroran Yearbook (Willow Hill, PA)

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Robert W Kothenour BS M A Sluppcnsburg., Sfwtc Tmtlurs College Columln 1 Umvt rsltv Supt rvxsmg Prmtrpfxl To the Graduates of 1957 It IS very approprmate that you the graduates of 1957 should turn your attentxon to the new unlt of our sthool sys tem the kmdergarten lt would seem to mdlcate a maturxty and socral conscrousness not al ways possessed by h1gh school senxors Whrle to us kmdergarten rs quxte new rt represents an educatxonal concept that has been growmg for many years Durmg the Amermtan Revolutlon rn a lmttle German vrllage named Oberwe1ssbach was born the father of the kmdergarten Frredrrch Wrlhelm Frobel accordlng to hxstorxcal accounts was not a popular boy Hrs chlldhood was most unhappy and perhaps because of this he endeav ored to establxsh a school that would brrdge the gap between home and the usual first grade class At that trme the gap was qune large even as lt IS todav rn many places There IS some evrdence that Frobel learned much from another great educator whose name IS fammhar to all students of educat1onal hxstory Pestalozzx Frobel apparently belreved that Pestalozzx had done a great deal but that he F robel could do much better Wxth a few frxends he establxshed a vxllage school at Ke1lhau Th1s school was called The Universal German Educatlon Instrtute and was at trmes under severe attack Frobel s dream of' an xdeal school led hmm to develop rn hxs mmd the klexnkrnderbeschaftmgungsanstalt whxch ln German IS small chxldren s occupatlon mstltute We may well be thankful that Frobel s mmd was practical enough not to saddle the ldeal school wxth such a cumbersome tltle He accordmgly changed the name to kmdergarten lkmder for chlldren and garten meanmg garden hence a garden of chxldren' D My vrsxts to our kmdergarten umts mdrcate that they are truly that These students by means of dances games and other act1v1t1es have developed a readmess for formal school work seldom found among youngsters of therr age Recently on a v1s1t I asked one of the chxldren to show me the number xndxcated by a certam number of objects Much to my surprrse every one of the students then proceeded to prove that he could show assoclatron between the cardmal numbers and a hmte number of objects up to and mcludmg the number ten In addxtxon they were learmng to ldentnfy cxrcles squares and trxangles Thrs w11l prove of mestrmable value to them m thexr future educatxonal work Truly our two kmdergarten classes would Justrfy Frredrxch Frobel s belmef rn the xdeal school It mxght be of some mterest to you to know that whxle the kmdergarten was establmshed xn Germany rts concepts are certarnly not Prussxan As a matter of fact, the Prussran government once banned the establxshment of the kmdergarten belxevmg It detrrmental to the Prusslan sys tem It mxght also be of mterest to you to know that thxs addxtxonal servxce not only does not cost the local taxpayers anythmg but by a queer qumrk of the law mt may actually support the remamder of the school system by several thousand dollars per year If there rs one final word to add to thms page whxch IS already becommg longer than mtended, xt would be ask you to turn your attention now to the extensron of the educatronal system upward to mclude at least grade 13 There is no reason not to assume that 1f the proposed reorgamzatlon of the mtermedxate unrt takes place there cannot be one or more Junxor colleges establlshed m the Frankl1n Fulton Adams area Above everythmg else let us endeavor to capture the spxrrt of the kmdergarten and endeavor to make every part of our educatlonal expermences outslde that system a Joy That IS not to say that school xs not work however for surely there IS Joy ln accom phshments that come as a result of hard work As Robert Browmng has sa1d Thxs the taught already that profits by teachmg May we always be among the taught'

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Albert E Prxce Venus Thompson Russell K Harry Presrdent V1ce Presldent Secretary -nin- an- ' if Wh.. 'ix MR W Q IP .TU U Q 'U U llll UU DU C3 v-3 C 'FU Merle McGee Ralph S M1ller James Carlm Member Treasurer Member 4

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Y ix 'F if TNIN. W. WiIlL'IY1flIl Sew' llllx rn-tary totl1c'SLlpvrVisir1g Prinri 1 I'r1m'1p:1l Mr, Thomas Bnkcr, M. Ed Somnl Stuciivs, G1-wgmphy P1'IXIlSy'1X'lll1i1l State Collvgc Prinvipzxl