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

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Uhr Bgmmmfrf oo ERNEST L. VVELBORN Professor of Education HELEN EDERLE As.r'ixtant Professor of Edufat-ion Enw.-mn LARUE Annu. .-ixsocirzte Professor of Education FAYE CmFF1'r1'r' .-in-ixtavrt Profexsor of P7'fl7lGl'JY Education Na RUDDLPII A. :XCIIER Profcssor of Psychologly ,lov MU-:HMORE LACY Axsfstaizt Profsxxor of P7'fl7'Ll1I'j' Education .9 ,N .r.- 2.1- :V ..n .4 . .1 Q?3gf!14 XL I. Tm. . .. .1-' iff' sit -.-1.45. fffkffnl ! sf' ,r fi,-' ,- BENTQN E. BARRINGER , N 5, , Profcfsxor Lg Obgcrzvatioxz and D.. I2 MULPINS , 'V 4 me-HL-E lI?L'f0l of Afcrzszon Dwuzon we . -. ,,y,,3. gqn:4,v,Q ' X' -1 'fo 7f,q.'i? ALVIN C. PAYN1-: gf'f 5,5Er I 4' Q ' P1'ofes.vor of Education 'Q ,ji s 252,21- f 4 :.Jfv..f-,'- , aw-' , - ff - ...Az T - .- ' JP? -F ,?'4u'g:3i'4: 125P' 'If - '- . wi , Q ,gi-'125 1'5:g1fggf-5 is A , 7 .. 7 vw f' ,Zeb - 4 ' rw a If , A i, 4 ef. m: - X2 ' . , 'fy , eiwlfiif' '-- f ' ' -:1: 5'p .r 'a ' ul.. U fl ,' ' z '-I-3. '..'.: -:..- Q' 1 '9:E'f3s?f'ff3xl ,MQ V: , I5 X? 3E'l:j 311 Uf Ji ' 1 ' .Pj . '3 2'J 5' . ,irN cYM - W iffwzl rf'-i5 x'Q-.gn.'., 1' i f' ,,'i5f ' -f 1 ,,.'x'gf, ' ,137--- L, ' N if , , N .4 ' f1 ':21' : N .-fi' '-,iff -.oi-1.-.:'-1 -..:'1- ' ,, 0,5 ,,1 l Twenty-Tl11'ee W,-:Qf'7fkA.g.Lf,.,,:f,i4'.' .5-T ' ' '::'T'

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HWY A P 1 Uhr Hg ramoxfrf Education Education courses looked simple enough on the surface, but poor little innocents, What did We know about the agony We had to go through to be teachers! Introduction to Education was no more unrelated to what we had passed over in high school, but when it came to Psychology, lldethods, and Worst of all Principles of Teaching, the FRANCIS M- STALKER D Dum and Profixvsor of Wonder is that We stayed sat! The Super- EL 'fHf10'L vised Practice work, which from a distance had loomed like a WHfC1'lOO, was comparatively easy. VVe felt that thelife ofa peta- gogue might be bearable, after all. Problems in Secondary Edu- cation were less retrospective than some courses in education. VVe were introduced into a line of thought in this study which convinced us that we can only, in a classroom, have the way pointed out, and that the thing to do, is to follow it on the outside. However, in justice to the Psychology Department we will say that we did learn that we are a bundle of inherited characteristics and, therefore, little credit is due the Astudent Cneow!-.D NVe also should say that we know that there are sevaral types of lessons, having had it drilled into us in Principles, Methods, more Methods, The Learning Process Cto a certain extentj-and clinched in Prac- tice, even the average student can learn that. After having been pigeon-holed by the intelligence tests, we proceeded to try to convince the faculty that the tests were not a true index to our ability, but alas, alackl our doom was set like y Fate in a Greek Tragedy! Yet we came out some- how full-fledged, even though untried, pedagogues. i ',p But after all has been said, to quote a certain 2 h -iwvf -.xi ' professor, we emerged with a few ideas of truth in our craniums for which we shall some day offer praise to Allah! if .,,, c. at ,,-,,..,...,. 3. ,A ,. A I , ' ' .s-..Y.-..., L: A Q - 5 -A t2 s-vnnf4...,f 7- 6 A L Q cnty-Taco 1 '

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J J Uhr Hg VHIUUIVV english e were caught young and treated roughly by the English Department. Be- fore we were aware that we were in the process of being made into pedagogues- yea, verily before we had more than a few sparks of the egotism with which our high school diplomas had embued us knocked otl, English 4 awakened us to the reality of what real torture can be. To this day the JOHN B. Wisau' word Hcompositionsi' will bring a sigh to P Efj?,-Q1f'l5efi1'i'fflw'i5the any one who was a member of the class. Not even the study of job taught the average Chere's to the C studentj to have patience enough to sit through another course! A pantomine was not as hard as we thought it would be when we practiced it before a mirror, we were probably disconcerted then because of the shock of a dirty face. Indeed, if the test of all the public speaking 'courses had come when we practiced them before an imaginary audience, numerous orators and actors might have been head lined in the Advanceg but alas! as yet, not a Mogieska nor a Demosthenes has appeared! The Foundation Day pageant, however, remains as a memory to the ability of at least one dramatic course student-the author. If the entire course consisted in listening to Professor J. B. VVisely's kindly criticisms or suggestions, or Mrs. Hazel Pfennig's philosophy of life, or Miss Eva Anderson's experiences, the course would be a great pleasure indeed. But unfortunately this is not all there is. The majors in English followed Emerson through his Compensation with little self-reliance. But old note books and themes did much towards simplifying essays, dramas, and other literary types even to the minds 0,27 of Normalites! ' A Sf. ,. , .--gg. ,. ..,,. The day when the required courses were over was heralded with a blast of trumpets, meetings in the halls during chapel, and looks of superiority. Taken altogether, the course wasn't a bad one at all, especially if one spent an hour or so each week-end reading the books. ww. ' A. 'HG tu. .-rf:ft:, 4'NA . H...1-qa:..-