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

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SAMUEL A. BROCATO Gotham, Maine Art B. 5.. Rutgers University M. ECL, University uf Maine With sincere appreciation we wish to dedicate our yearbunk to our most versatile and beloved Z'Sani.

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Fundamentals in education must neceesttribj.F change with the needs of pre- greeeive eeciety. Hence, these fundamentals which suffered fifty years age are he lenger adequate. Such needs then, are in no wise frills. They are essentials. Briefly, 1 went to list what I feel are ceneidered essential fundamentals in the educational endeavor of our modern society. I dc: this with apelegiee ten the specialized teachers whe are experts in their Fields. SCIENCE: The sciences are absolutely indispensable te the very life of a modern nation. Our children eheulcl he steeped in the sciences item first grade en. thud we de expose them through integrating experienceej . . . We deet he the eciehtihe eppreeeh. LANGUAGES: Five at six major tenguee eheuld be included even in our elementary schcele, at leeet cm a cenveteeticnal heeie. Nething helps peeple un- derstand cine amether there than having a feeling'! for the iclietne ei ene anether'e languages. . . . We teech fee wertd understandings. THE SOCIAL STUDIES represent knewledgee of human events and trends -paet and present. Gut future citizens must Imeeeee a wealth of knowledgee and understandings in these areas in erder te deal intelligently,r with werld problems. . . . We teach the wettd eehcejite. HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATIUN, tegether with clean, uncom- mercieiieed eperte represent the safeguarding of healthy, happy future American citizens. Games teach ce-erdinetien, eelf-relience, team-werk, end ce-eperetien. Our men in battle eituatiene have given ample prcucnf Elf SHPEIiDFitY .in all branches ef the armed Eercee. Reeeen? When unusual situations arise, they are able tct meet them, individually through eeltlrelience, end cellectiveiy threugh team- work heceuee theta;r have net been restricted by regimented discipline. We teeeh te eehieee the ideal: settnd minds in hehtthy hediee. ART AND MUSIC ere cultural aesthetics which lend beauty and enjoy- ment to living. These universal languages teeter inteilectual appreciations among all peeplee and helps us th teach that men tteeth net by breed etehe! I am making me attempt to develop this diecueeien as fully.F as I might have dene from the Maine Teachers! Aeeeciatien convention platform fer which event this presentation was curiginttll'g,r intendedt But an extended summary wc-uld have brought out ether-Whet 1W e Ate Teaching Fete: By our own eeciel attitudes We teeeh te perpetuate the epitit ej independence compatible with demecrecy. We teach te preserve end preteet httt' freedeme, ESPECially the freedom of worship, freedcntn of speech and ef the press in which we Clare question even presi- dential interference . . . We teech th strip eehdeeceheti-hg hypeettey team the ideet ef tetemhee. In its place we would instill The Brethetheed of Meet: end the Fethetheed ef Cred!

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