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President of the College February 10, 1926, National College of Educa- tion lthen National Kindergarten College? moved from the south side of Chicago to a new location on the north shore in Evanston, at 2840 Sheridan Road. This month, the college marks its thirtieth year in Evanston and its 70th year of service. ln the fall of 1885, in one room of a Chicago private school, Miss Elizabeth Harrison held her first class for mothers - one of the earliest ventures in the United States educating women for parenthood. The enrollment was two. A year later, in 1886, the class was expanded to include young women who wanted to become kindergarten teachers. This was the beginning of National College of Education, the oldest private elementary teachers' college in the United States. There are graduates teaching in everystate and territory and in many foreign lands. School superintendents throughout the country testify to the success of National's four- year program of professional preparation. The goals to which Miss Elizabeth Harrison aspired and the spirit of her teaching continue to guide the thinking of administrators to the present day. For the genteel young ladies who entered her new classes, Miss Harrison had a two-fold aim-she wanted them to become well informed, cultured women and she wanted them to learn about chil- dren, not only in books but by daily contact with children. In 1885 Miss Harrison was in the vanguard of the fnovement to train teachers for the new kinder- gartens which were appearing all over the nation. fThe first kindergarten in the Chicago public schools was not opened until 1889.1 In 1920 Miss Edna Dean Baker, who had been first a scholarship student at the college and then for five years assistant to the president, succeeded Miss Harrison as president of National Kindergarten and Elementary college. Two years later, with 35,000 saved from operating income, a down payment was made on the first piece of the present Evanston prop- erty. A bequest of Sl50,000 from the will of William Swett completed the purchase of the land and financ- ed construction of buildings on this site. February 10, 1926, the student body moved into the new classroom building on Sheridan road and a new dormitory at 2532 Asbury avenue. The same year Miss Edna Dean Baker's sister, Clara Belle, opened a new demonstration school for nursery school through second grade, where students could observe and participate in classroom teaching. fMiss Clara Belle Baker had organized a similar school at the south-side location in 1918.3 ln 1930 the name was changed to National Col- lege of Education. Meanwhile, the demonstration school ltoday named the Children's school of National College of Education? was adding one grade a year, until in 1932 a full eight-grade private school was operating at the north shore location. Beginning in 1933, a guidance center was developed to help children, both in the Children's school and outside, who were having learning difficulties. Under Dr. Louise Far- well Davis, the center was to become nationally known as a pioneer of new methods for diagnosis of learning problems and for remedial teaching. My presidency of National college began in 1949. ln 1952 one of the new administration's cher- ished goals, a fifth year of professional study leading to the master of education degree, was inaugurated at the college. A thorough revision of the under- graduate curriculum was accomplished about the same time. With the changes in program, more male students began to enroll. Under the leadership of Dean of the College, Robert F. Topp, the graduate school enrollment has increased from 80 students in the first year to 250 now. A new graduate house, on property adjoining the original Evanston campus, was purchased last fall to accommodate this growing department of the college. ln 1952 Kenneth E. Howe became director of the Children's school, succeeding Clara Belle Baker. For the 70 years of its existence, the goal of the National College of Education has always remained constant. Marguerite Stitt Church, Congresswoman from Illinois and a trustee of National College of Educa- tion, has expressed the philosophy of the college in these words: 'Children cannot have inner security unless parents and teachers possess a great moral faith which they can transmit. Because our college has never seen any lowering or lessening of value or faith, I can feel that security within National. 'In a world tossed up by its roots we must give our children something with which to live and by which to live. We cannot promise them material security and physical safety, but we can and we must provide them an inner security-the kind of security which this college has long fostered in children through the teachers it educates.' K. RICHARD IOHNSON, President.
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FACULTY Hands, terminal parts of man, lead the whole man to the portals of learning. Hands opening those portals to greater understanding of ourselves and each other, showing us the way, hoping our initiative will carry 'us to our goals . . Hands of faculty and students linked in ties of unique mutual respect. . . Hands proudly ,applauding our accomplishments, urging us forward.
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