Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 19-13 was a very prosperous year for the senior education students, for none of them, particularly elementary teachers, found difficulty in securing positions. Of the twenty- live students eligible for teachers’ certificates this year, only ten were elementary teachers. Of the fifteen secondary education students, ten were English majors! The department of education reorganized and revamped itself this fall, and emerged in the paradoxical situation of having the juniors taking more education and the seniors less. The seniors received additional credit for their practise teaching. Prof. Winter taught the juniors educational psychology on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, while on Tuesdays and Thursdays they all studied principles of teaching. Practice teachers in the elementary grades this year taught not just one grade, but several, and their teach- ing was spread throughout the whole year. Both secondary students under Mr. Vander Borgh and elementary students under Miss Hawes took the new problems courses, which were closely correlated with their practice teaching. Garrett Vander Burgh. A.M. Director of Practise Teaching, Egbert Winter, A.M. Professor of Education Caroline Hawes. A.B. Instructor in Education 14

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH A required course has two strikes against it before it comes to bat. In spite of this, freshman speech classes progress with vim, vigor and merriment through pantomimes, impersonations and conviction speeches. In advanced classes in speech anti debate. Prof. Schrier consistently produces public speakers of whom Hope is justly proud. English, also required of freshmen and sophomores, takes an ambitious turn at Hope. Miss Oggel, Miss Connor, Prof. Wolters and Prof. De Graaf not only teach freshmen grammar and punctuation, but also, attempt to lay firm foundations for further college studies. Advanced English courses are taught by Miss Ross and Prof. De Graaf. In Miss Ross’ absence during the first seven weeks of the second semester, a temporary rearrangement of the English faculty found the Rev. Bastian KruithofT of First Reformet! Church of Holland assisting in her place. Library science, youngest and smallest of Hope’s courses, but mighty up-and-coming, turns out teacher- librarians, girls who can teach part-time and run a school library, too. True to the name of science, the course supplements lecture periods with laboratory work; the three prospective teacher-librarians now in the department will emerge with a minor in library science. Clarence De Graaf, A.B., A.M. Professor of English Elizabeth Oggel, A.B., A.M. Associate Professor of F.nglish Margaret Gibbs. A.B., B.S. Librarian Elizabeth Connor. A.B., A.M. Assistant Librarian William Schrier, A.B., A.M. Professor of Speech 16