Gorham State College - Hillcrest / Green and White Yearbook (Gorham, ME)

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1E'.--HL'I 1EH 12.111141? ltL'SSELL. Ali. WaaLt-wart Fanataatt? Experience in teaehiugg': Hent'a Hill. Seiehee: NEW lh'itain Nermai Sehnnl. Science: GDThattt Nermal t ltttt4-i HUM. Seienee: Principal l:- ltttifjelt JTI'HF as the am: 1'3 ta the maturing true. GERTRL'DE LINCOLN STONE, 1-3. 3.. 3-1. M. CeLt'atata L'an'aaarra, I-laaaaau. CLaaIt LTa- r- VERSITY. O'HFORD, Emmana Experience in teaehing: Kent's Hill. Maine; Kveaieyan Seminary: lGe-rhatm Normal Seheel ilatttiaJ, Payrhafagy, History of Ethteatian, RutaI Eeeielegyt Direct ejr' speech and ertmtmg tt-t'th the pen, Chasm far large denynau EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT The purpaee ef the department of ethteatien is ten give aueh training in payehel- egg: and the primeipiea ef teaehing that students may knew theae laws. and prineiplea which make psychology the master aeienee in the prefeaaien fer whieh they are in training ; and that they may alaa knew the relatien and the applieatiea at these faeta 0f psyehnlhgy tn the umat tt'ttlj,F efficient teaching. The mental life is by far the meet important part of existence. Fayehalegy eheuld help the teaeher te hath pre- ttiet ant! eantrel mental events. Rightljr studied it should reveal the laws in accord- anee with which mintl werha, shtmltl lead to a better knowledge at how to improve the learning preeeea. ehaultl enable the student te understand ether people better and thus knew how to eehperate with them in werk and play, and it should aiti the student in the solution of his earn individual prehiema. In the weil-reuatletl de- velepmeht of human traits whieh ie the aim of edueatien, patch:ht::rlagj.-r should help the student to understand the ptaper halanee ef the aariaue traits whieh make up the desirable personality. Mereever, in additiea to all else it must shew that the ethteative pteeeee deee net eateryr through inte eharaeter until it has resultett in attte-tt. Ne aeheel has fuhilled jte funetitm, it is said. until it has given its pupils a eapn ital of knowledge, of habitat and of ideals. High ideals are the hrieke from whieh I231

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G1: the 011115555 of 1933 '1 departments of this. yearbook the value of eharaeter etlueetien. 111 this . . .1 you are following the preetiee ef the times: 1111:11'e than ever hefere the press. the plat- fe1-111 51111 the pquit :tre stressing the need fer eheraeter 111 11H departments of 0111' eemplex life. 111 111:111e is its need 111ere i11111e1'11tive than 111 111111 of teaching 5111111131. The prospective teaeher 1111111 possess high scholastie attainments, elever teaching ability, and even 11'111511111e personality 1111-1! find herself net wanted long 111 the seheetremh if she leeks stable habits of desirable eentluet. These are the results of care in! training in the heme e11- virenment during ehildheed years re-enfureed 113: the development in youth of prineiples of charac- ter by whieh eentluet may be tested. These prin- ciples are welded inte form 113.- the twin fereee of purpose and persistenee. Far goals eennet be reaehetl by the initial impulse of a dream, however alluring these goats. 111113,r he. 1f 3.51111 weuld make the meet at life fer yeurseif and be of the greatest serviee be others. 311111 111115t eentinue the task of developing worthy prineiples by whieh te direet eenduet. Life that 15 built 1111113,; 1:111 blind habits, 1111 matter how geed 11th may he, or 1:111 the impulse DI the 1111:1111e11t1r will End itself Beundering 111 the 111:1r5he5 ef indeeisieu when a situation eut ef the 1151.151 routine tle1111111t15 aetien. W 51.1511 E51115: RUSSELL. I211

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L'LH'THHD iJSCJH T. H'IEDPEX. H. E- .Kt'atila L'xIt'EasITi'. Limes: lta'rss Experience in teaching: Mapletnn High Sehrmi. Huhmttster: tim'ham Ni'irmai tIH'Hw-j. Setters! .it'rmayrnn'nt. ilit-sts and Measurements. Seeitlltlgt'. English. Physical Edtieatian. 'IC'fitTt'FinSFhDEIEFI'wDEiJHFN', He tfem'I-i- fates a germ armmieut. MARY LOLHSE Il.-KSTINGS CAHTEJE'I'HK Naaarm. SittHeeL. Caliestsm L'st- VERHITR L-mtmane S'I'A'Itlt TrtaCI-Ieas' CUL- i..st:e. Ilsatsa'ts Naastms Settem- Experienee in teaehing: Senth Shattshury. Rt. Tntet'metliate fii'tttititii Adams. Mass. Elementary tiiratles: L.Elt-itilltl Xnttnal Sehtml. Directm' ni 'I'raining: liritlgewater Nthrmal Schmii. Critic ilieaeher; t'itirham th'mal Sehtml fltilfiwy Dir rertar at Student. Teaming, Dhservatien and His: eussien. Her presenre tends ifs tuermth and health Te aH tefm mute befm'e 1'13: seed hahits are huilt; anti gDUt'I hahits, in turn. are the materials from whieh geetl Character results. Aeeerding tti seine psyehniegists, man is but a bundle at habits. The purpose at ethteatian, then. is to give a visien of a better school, a better eeum try, and a hetter self, as well as to give knowledge. This visien should so permeate eur lives that all our aetiens. spiritual or ethetwise. should teatl ta reHeet this ideal- ism. Thusi shall we huiltl fur CI'IARE'ECTER. EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT The ehjeet at the CGUTSE in supervised Dhaervation and tlisettssiun is t0 link up thenry with practice. It prepares the students tm' their practice teaching. This eeurse aims to aequaint students with elassreem eenditiehs and methods. It is a stttdj,F at the practical use at materials and methods used in the elementaryr schonl, tegether with the principles underlying their use. as a means at understanding haw te tlireet the werk and play ef children tewartl effieient TEEllIti An important part 01' the eeurse is ehsetvatien iii the Gerham Training Seheel. The demonstration lessens exemplify the various phases of gaatl etlaeatieaai practice in the iiinEiETe garten, primary, and intermediate grades and in the junior high school. i231