Kutztown University - Keystonia Yearbook (Kutztown, PA)

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Library Education In order to meet the need of professionally trained school librarians for the schools of Pennsylvania, the Department of Public Instruction authorized Kutztown State College to inaugurate a Library Education program more than a half century ago. Since then much has happened in the field of education and school librarianship. Today’s training encompasses much more than formalized indoctrination. It has come to mean much more than merely learning library techniques. All the facets of teaching in our schools today are examined and the school library as an Instructional Materials Center is emphasized. The approach to School Librarianship at Kutztown State is along one of the following avenues: full-time majors interested in elementary or secondary school libraries, academic majors for elementary students, elementary endorse- ment for in-service elementary teachers, and since 1966, a Master of Education degree with a major in Library Education for certified school librarians. Dr. NichoLis G. Stevens Director Special Education The program in Special Education is divided into two fields, the area for specialization with the Visually Handicapped and the area of Mental Retardation. A complete curriculum is available in cither field of study leading to certification in that field as well as in the field of elementary education. Special Education students also belong to an international organization for exceptional children and participate in local, state and federal programs. There are over 100 students in the Special Education curriculum and it is continuing to increase both in the numbers as well as in the quality of students and courses. The Department of Special Education is enlarging its library holdings and materials, and students are given opportunities to visit facilities for the mentally retarded and visually handicapped in Reading and Philadelphia. In this way they combine theoretical with intensely practical knowledge, and become ready to respond to the continuing demand for qualified teachers in both areas of Special Education. 19 Mary E. Lovett Director

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Elementary Education These are exciting and challenging times in which we live! The techno- logical advances, the scientific explorations, and the crises in our society and world call for a varied and different approach for the education of children. If our democratic society is to survive educators must help children think for themselves, make their decisions, evaluate themselves, develop positive attitudes, and develop concepts rather than a group of isolated and unrelated facts. A basic understanding of other people, as well as of themselves plus the skill and knowledge necessary in solving problems are important aspects in develop- ing world understanding. These are essential ingredients of any good elementary school curriculum. This is a time for review and innovations! The challenge is ours — students and educators must accept it! Dr. V. Ruth Traugcr Director Liberal Arts Education The Liberal Arts program will grow as Kutztown State College grows. The various major fields will increase in scope and number as the college develops curricula to meet the new demands of an on-going society. The Liberal Arts must both preserve tradition and absorb innovation. Above all, they must provide the cultural perspective that enables men and women to adjust their personal lives to their time in history. No matter how the means of the Liberal Arts program may vary from year to year, it will continue to move towards these ends. 18 Dr. Bennett Harris Director

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Fine Arts Barbara Bereskic Nicolas N. Bowen Rita Dachowski Susan Delluva Donald J. Campbell Robert Hughes 20 John Lorish Mar)' A. Lutz Gregory Purdon Nicholas Taroli