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

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MR. SAMUEL BRDCATD Gorham. Main: Art. 1 Gnrhum Hurmul Schnul. y 3.5. Rurgws Univeriitr, M-5. Univar- i .hpff min:r af Maine. MR5. GWEN EAWTELLE . Gurhum, Maine Art and Campus Schnal. 5.5. Univauity af Minnemm, HA. I. Geurga Plubudy Callage fur Teachers. fH-J MIES HEIEH HEEL Gurhnm, Maine Music and CumPu: Enhaul. l5. Gnrhum 51m: Tauuher: Callugel H. HF Music, Univeuifr nF Michigan. Ml. GIRARD CHMBERLAHD Gaurhurn. Maine Huiic. E. u'F Music, Buslnn University; M. GF Mutic, Ensign Univursitr; Univuuiw uf Ellmguw; Harvard. MISS HIRIAM ANDREWS Garham, Huina Music. l5. Calumbiu Uniwriiw, MA. Calum- bin Univeriily, New England Cum Hrvuinrf, Julfiard.

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PRACTICING APPRECIATING Mrs. Sewteite end Mr. Brecute PERFORMING Mr. Chamberland; His: hndnews, Min Heel. THE music department, new in the third year at its new pregrem ter thwart... Meiers, has increased its enreliment te twentytfive students. The program is designed to prepare music supervisors who will have the neotettmlryiIr skills and experience to teach all phases of music from the elementary grades through high school. The curriculum inciudee courses in music history, theory, vecel and instrumental :enducting, methods and inetrumentei classes. as well as liberal arts and educational subiects. Through these :eurses, es weli as numerous public performances, the music department hepee te fulfill the tellewing aims: , 1. To fulfill the musical petentiei of students by intensive technical and theereticul training. 2. Te broaden the student's eutieek by liberal arts buckgreund. 3 Te develep a sense of eeethetics, cl perennial discipline, and en uppreciutien ef educational and mural values. 4. Te stress that the ebeve means Serve toward the development of a well- integruted end huienced personality. 5 Te have students became a vital farce in the growth of musical and educatienei standards in the State of Maine. In udditien tn the ebeve subiects, the music department also presents music appreciation, fundamentals, elert'ieritnttr'yr and junior high methods, which are required suhiects fer the general student bedy. Aesthetics and instrumental :iesees ere uttered e5 electives to all students. Greet nuke from little acorns grew. Same fifteen years age the little acorn at an idea became an ideal, then an aspiration, and finally a reality. In the Spring of 1953 the State Beard qt Education approved Art Education to be instituted et Gerhum State Teachers College as u meier course. Graduates at this course will be certified by the State Department of Education 11:: teach and supervise Art in the eiertrtentewr high echeeis ef the state. Of course, certain basic talents and minimum requirements will be neeeeetur'yaI fer enrollment in the :eu rse te insure the best possibie preduct at the end of the teur-yeer period. Perhaps ene ef the best advantages of preparing art teachers in en insti- tutien like ours is that teientiskill development is achieved eleng with professional integration, which in turn is essentiui te purpesefui use in the ciussreem. 215

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left te Right: and Mr. Peese. EXPLORING I Ii Mr. Whitten,.Miss Dickey, Miss Weed, Mr. EbrinerJ Mr. MtT-barg, 5065a Stacked HE Social Studies Department ctims to give Gerhem's prospective teachers CI breed knowledge cit the pest and te elert them to the problems cut the present. The required ceurses ley c: strung fremewerk fer basic understandings. The freshmen teke Ct twessemester course in the History cit Civilization, with Mr. James Whitten teaching the ancient cmcl medieval periods and Miss Ednc: Dickey teaching the medern period. The sophomores are required to take c: semester course in Secielegy, which is ably taught by Mr. Paul Barker, whe enlivens the class with sympasiums and field trips. Another secend-yectr required course is United States Histery, 13 33-1958. This twe-semester course is presented by Mr. Allen Peese and Miss Esther Weed. Mr. Wensel Meberg teaches Principles of Geegrephy, :1 required course for sephemeres. The iunier required subiects cire Economics and Maine Histery, which are taught by Mr. Barker and Miss Weed. The seniors tctke American Government, which is efferecl by Mr. FEUSE, whe ieined the Gerhem fecuity in 19'5? end has become ct popular and highly valued member of the department. The electiyes effered by the depci rtment are varied. Miss Dickeyis ceurse en the Bible is e favorite with these WhD eniey literature and history. Mr. Meberg yeries his electives from year tci year so that his rich offering includes political, economic, ctnd regicincil geography. Mr. Peese offers courses in Europe since 1914 end Medern Russia. Mr. Barker's electives, Criminelegy, Marriage, and Anthrepelegy, ere eiweys popular. Mr. Whitten's weli-Iikecl course in Cenedictn Histery includes c: visit to Quebeci Miss Weedis electives ere net the same every year; they include Celeniel Histery cut the United States, Diplomatic History of the United States, and the West. The members cit the department feel that wide rectclihg end trcwel are essential te cm understanding of the world today. Mr. Meberg end the N.A.T.A. take :1 lead in premeting the letter. All members cat the depertment take pride in the wide use-mede cit magazines cmci banks by the students ef the cellege. 23 INTERPRETING PERCEWING