Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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President of the College, Dr. Willis E. Pratt. The phenomenal rise of the teachers colleges in America during the short span of twenty-five years is probably one of the most exciting stories in the history of public education in America. Not only have teachers colleges made a higher education possible to many who could not otherwise afford it but they offer to young men and women today a sound college education. The primary function of the college at Indiana is to prepare every student intellectually, physically, socially, and spiritually for adult life which will bring all of the rewards which come from the traditional liberal education found in most private institutions. The college recognizes that every teacher, whether he prepares him- self to teach children in the elementary grades, in the high school or in some special field, needs a profound understanding of life ' s values which comes only from broad experiences in all areas of learning. Every student who attends Indiana is challenged intellectually by a competent staff in those understandings and appreciations which are so essential to the educated person. The physical development of students, although recognized by the Greeks as essential, was for many years considered of little importance in institutions of higher education. For- tunately today, the mental and physical health of college students has been given greater emphasis. These functions of the college are not the unique purposes of a teach- ers college but are comparable to those offered at any college or university. The college recognizes that every teacher of every child must first of all be an educated person, possessed of all the under- standings, skills, appr eciations, and attitudes so essential to the cultured individual. No less important than the intellectual and physical development of a student is his personal and social growth. At Indiana there are on the campus more than eighty student organizations through which student participation provides an opportunity for personal and social develop- ment. The primary function of all these organizations is to assure for every student a chance to develop to the best of his ability desirable personal and social traits. The unique function of the teachers college, however, is the profes- sional preparation of the student for teaching in the public schools of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acquired through experiences in professional education and in the laboratory school. It is this unique function which Indiana is especially equipped to perform. At Indiana we seek not only to provide a general education for all students but thorough professional education as well, for this is the unique function of the college. Dr. Praff and William Ruddock and Cyrus Davis, members of the Board of Trustees. . y 10 Dr. Ralph E. Heiges, Dean of Instruction, and Ralph E. Beard, Assistant Dean of Instruction.

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Dean of Women, Miss Martha Faust, ond her House Mothers, Mrs. Beham, Mrs. Beam, Mrs. Skinkle. ADMINISTRATION Aiss Mary L. Esch, Registrar. Dean of Men, Walter M. Whitmyre, and Mrs. Butler, House Mother of Whitmyre Hall. 11