Mansfield University - Carontawan Yearbook (Mansfield, PA)

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LInder the careful guidance ol its insti Lictors the Home Economics Department has sent out man excellent teachers. i ot onl has the department gained a fine reputation lor the abilitx ol the students to teach but also tor their abiHtv to be Home- makers and to take their place in the world toda ' . Everv opportunity is gixen to the girls to practice Home Economics in all oF its phases. A cr ' attracti c apartment is set up on campus where small groups of stu- dents li ' e with a resident director for a perioti of six weeks during their Junior ear. The ' also spend nine weeks managing the school lunch at the junior High School. An important part of the Senior girls ' curriculum is the nursery school, which is conducted for one semester. Here the ' are associated with the children, learning their habits and personalities. Each student teaches for a period of one semester on campus under careful guidance and has the additional pri ilcge of teaching children under the supervision of a vocational homemaking department in an approved high school in Penns lvania. Fashion shows, food demonstrations, dinners, teas, and exhibits are interesting, worthwhile projects and acti ' ities of the department. The course at Mansfield meets the requirements for certification in Home Economics Education. In atldition, each student gains inspiration and knowledge with which to encourage others in the com- munity to create better li ing and, as an ultimate goal, to live graciously in her own home or within her profession. 15

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The students nl the Musie Department portraN their nuisieal ahiHtv protessidnalh ' on and off campus in arious organizations sueh as: Woodwind Quintet, String; Quartet, ' ocal Quartet, Brass Ensemble, Madrigal Singers, Symphony Orchestra, and Marching and S ' mphonic Bands. The faculty oF music gi ' es instructi e recitals of exemplified professionalism. The Music Department is responsible for most of the musical programs on camptis wliich, in turn, e. emplif - the highest possible professional standard that is set up lor each stutlent en- rolled in this department. I he Music Department with its curriculum basetl on nuisieal literature Ironi the worlds great composers and compositions ol ail periods represents an attempt to de elop an understantling for the student. Emphasis is placctl on the applied teaching techniques in music literature t mm these periods. Music is indeed a seasonal salutation to exerxone. It ins|iires e er one, c cn bc ond his own comprehension. I he Music Department aims to continue this salutation Irom the world ot es terda ' into the promising world ol tomorrow. 17