Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Professor of Observation, Methods and Prac- ERNEST L. WICLBORN, B. S. TELULAII ROBINSON tice. Practice. Mt. Vernon High School. Indiana State Westfield College, B. S., M. S. Indiana Normal School. Teachers College, Columbia State Normal, Leland Stanford University, University, B. S. Deputy State Superintend- A, B, ent of Public Instruction for five years. In- diana State Normal School since 1917. C0- lumbia 1920. Eh? iHrnfwainnal Evpartmmt George P. Brown was the first instructor in this department, assuming The title of Professor of Didactics and Psychology in 1880. In 1881 Prof. Howard Sandison became an instructor in the department and remained in it until his death, July 1, 1919. William W. Parsons became the head of the department of the History and Science of Education in 1885. Albert R. Charman became an assistant professor in Psychology and Methods in 1883. Francis M. Slatker joined the department in 1892, and in 1904 became the head of a separate department, that of History of Education, in Which position he remains until the present time. The department of Observation, Methods, and Practice was organized in 1904, Albert R. Charman, taking this branch. At his death in 1916, Edith Bader took charge of the work until Ernest L. Welborn came in 1917. Miss Telulah Robinson is acting head of the department, at present, in the absence of Mr. Welborn. Rudolph Acher became head of the department of Psychology at the death of Mr. Sandison, having been an instructor in the department since 1917. Charles H. Bean and Thomas J. Breitwieser were assistants in the Psychology department. Prof. Breitwieser left in 1918 to assume the head of the Professional department at the Muncie division. Eleven courses are offered in History of Education, including special ones in School Administration and Public School Systems. The courses in educational psychology are concerned primarily in applying the laws and principles of mental development to the work of teaching, since applied psychology is the demand of the day. Courses in Methods, Observation and Practice adhere strictly to the state laws and look toward the production of more efficient teachers for Indiana. . Acting Professor of Observation, Methods and

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IHmfwainnal RUDOLPH ACHER, PH. D. Professor of Educational Phychology Indiana State Normal School, 1902. Indiana University, A. B., 1908. Clark University, Ph. D., 1910. Superintendent of Schools. Osgood, Indiana. and Ripley County. Fellow in Psychology, Clark Uni- versity. Member Faculty Childrerfs Institute, Clark University. ProA fessor of Psychology, Valley City State Normal School, Valley City, N. D. Indiana State Normal School since 1917. FRANCIS MARION STALKER, A. M. Professor of History of Education Princeton University, A. B., 1884, A. M., 1887. Graduate work at Go- lumbia University. Experience in rural schools, high schools, private academy, and as superintendent. Indiana State Normal School since 1892. Associated With Professor Curry as founder and editor of nThe Inland Educator? President State Teachers Association. ALBERT L. CRANE, A. B. Curtis High School, New York City 1910; A. B. Columbia Univer- sity 1913; Summer Session 113, Univ. of Berlin; Graduate Student in Psychology, Columbia University 1913-17. Instructor in Psychology, Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga., 1918-19. Indiana State Normal since Fall 1919.

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CHARLES ROLL, A. M. Assistant Professor of History FRANK SMITH BOGARDUS, A. B. Professor of History and Economics. Springfield, Illinois High School, 1893. .IndianaIState Normal School, 1906. 19- Illinois State NormalUniversity, 1896. Uni- d1ana. UaneTSlty, A- B., 1910- VVISCODSID versity of 111111015, A. 13., 1904. Graduate Unlversity, A. M. 1912. Fellow in American work at the University of Chicago. Indiana History, UniVGI'Sify Of Wisconsin. 1912-1913. State Normal School since 1904. Editor of Educational Issues Monthly Mag- azine. Member of joint committee of Ameri- can Historical Association, National Educa- tion Association and National Board for His- torical Service for formulation of national program of education in history and Citizen- ship. Indiana State Normal School since 1913. 1924121111an nf Qiatnrg amt! Ernnnmiw At the organization of Indiana State Normal in 1870, one course in United States History Was offered With Pres. W. A. Jones as the instructor. 1n 1873 Cyrus WA Hodgin became head of the department, being succeeded by W. W. Parsons in 1881-82 and Elwood Kemp, in 1882-83. Mr. Kemp remained until 1913-14, at Which time the department was divided, W'illiam O. Lynch, who had been an assistant professor since 1908-09, becoming head of the American History branch, and Frank S. Bogardus, Who came as Professor of European History in 1904, assuming the head of the department of European History. When the Muncie division of Indiana State Normal Was organized in 1918, William O. Lynch left to become the head of the department of History there. At that time the department here was united and Prof. Bogardus became head of the department of His- tory and Economics. Charles R011 has been assistant professor since January, 1915. The work of the department appears in four groups,-Ameriean History in fifteen courses, two of Which deal with the relation of the United States to the Orient and to Latin America; European History in ten courses including one in the Growth of Democ- racy and one in Social Reform; Economics in two courses, Which are so planned as to give the student a fair, working knowledge of the necessary theoretical conception of the sci- ence along With their application to present-day economic problems, a knowledge which is indispensable in the new industrial lines of teaching; and finally, the Teaching of History in two courses, Which deal With the methods, materials, and purposes of history work in the grades and high school.