Illinois State Normal University - Index Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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John Davik demonstrates the principles of physics to his U. High class in the Science Building. df Making use of the facilities oftered to the special education department, Gerald Studebaker helps a child who is hard of hearing. Q as L. Student and teacher-a role each senior plays sometime during his last year. Whether it be for nine weeks or two semesters, each senior gets a taste of what it is like to be a teacher. Grading papers, making out tests, going to P.T.A. meetings, making lesson plans, and loving every minute of it, the student teacher experiences the satisfaction of watching his students progress under his guidance. Choosing to do her student teaching on campus, June Wennerstrom finds the Metcalf playground a valuable asset to the laboratory school.

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The big day for Joe College has finally arrived! On Sunday, September 12, l954, Joe helps his parents load the family auto with suitcases, boxes, etc., and motors to ISNU, where he will enroll as a freshman. An excited group of enthusiastic freshmen and their parents iam McCormick Gymnasium for the afternoon convocation. The box lunch on the beautiful ISNU campus gives the freshies their first taste of college life. The entire week Joe and his fellow stu- dents take campus tours, go to various meet- ings, and struggle through the reading, so- cial science, and psychological tests. Then the watermelon picnic tall he can eat, tooll, church receptions, and the never-to- be-forgotten freshman and all-school mixers climax .loe's exciting festivities before he begins his grueling first registration. On Sunday afternoon a very happy Joe sits at his desk and writes his parents a note which reads something like this: Gee, but l'm having a great time. lt looks as if l've really chosen the best college of them all- lSNU. I I I Edith Mabry receives the Salima and Jack Reckling. N. Y -'fl X r l L ,X nf' l g T Q -r We 1 1 ., r s 3. I' y M 41k J A WF. ' is A l S at! A H4 Lx, I' ' Q, X 4 xl K. ,yt s 'nf' fri. ,X gg f,ay-I long card from registration assistants Marilyn l ' i May I have the next dance? Timid freshies meet the upperclassmen at the all-school mixer. R'

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Dr. Chris DeYoung gives information to students from other lands at a meeting in front of Cook Hall. lSNU's fame reaches into the far areas of the world. Enrolled this year are about eleven 'foreign students whose homelands range from Germany to British Guiana. Hawaii leads in representation with five stu- dents. They select ISNU because it is a small school, a teacher training college, and a friendly campus. Little difficulty is found in their adiustment to this campus. After attaining such essentials as slang and American customs, they soon take part in ISNU life. ' W Study, study, and more study is the motto of the l04 men and 53 women who are enrolled in the Graduate School at ISNU. Under the direction of the Graduate Council, the Graduate School provides programs for those who wish to become master teachers in secondary and elementary schools and iunior colleges. Specific curricula are also available to those interested in super- vision and administration and to those who wish to broaden their education without reference to a Master's degree in Education. mf 7522! looking over a schedule of classes, Dr. Larsen helps new graduate stu- dents make out their programs.