Northern Arizona State Teachers College - La Cuesta Yearbook (Flagstaff, AZ)

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TRAINING SCHOIL ORCHESTRA taught by project method through which reading, spelling, composition, poetry, correct usage of words and sentences are developed. History and geography are also taught through project method and hence are closely correlated. The electives offered cover a vast scope and are given to allow each individual to experiment and feel his way during this formative period that he may not waste a year or two of his secondary schooling choosing what he cares to do. The electives offered are: Music, dramatics, Spanish, general sci- ence, art, manual training, cooking and sewing, typing, phys- ical education, orchestra and individual lessons on string, brass or reed instruments. The library and museum are constant sources of reference for all project and classroom work and are growing rapidly. One of the modern features of the training school is the giving and tabulating of the results. Though we do not find as much necessity for Parent-Teach- ers' associations in the training school as in public schools, one has been organized for the English-speaking parents and one for the Spanish-speaking. A definite health program is being carried out throughout the school. All children are given a medical examination, are weighed each month and all children underweight are given cocoa each morning. The training school strives to fit a child to be an efficient member of his social group, through good physical develop- ment and vigorous health, by giving him the necessary equip- ment for his duties and responsibilities as a citizen, by devel- oping the ability to engage successfully in some occupation- to do well some kind of work, by teaching him to use his leis- ure time profitably and wholesomely, by upholding proper moral ideas and standards. One Hundred Forty-Seven A

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Tteaaiitrnini Sell ! By KATIE WEGER Wants are the ultimate sources of all values. This under- lying principle upon which the training school is striving day by day to fit its people for social living is also one which seems to be an underlying principle of life. To a student who has been in the field it seems that this is the principle we need to bring into our modern education. The aim of the training school 'is education for unselfish leadership in a democratic society. The teachers believe in the fact that Only through constant participation in cooper- ation children gain the abilities, attitude and habits which prepare them for such leadership. This leadership IS foster- ed by group work in the classrooms, playground activities, dancing, athletics dramatization, musical appreciation, con- structive activities and group projects. The departments of the training school are: Kindergarten, primary, intermediate and junior high. The general aim of the kindergarten is the improvement by conduct, which leads to the formations of habit. This habit formation is developed through such activities as sing- ing, playing, dramatization, dancing and constructive work. The habit formation is carried on in the primary grades and the training for leadership begun. However, the fundamen- tals are not forgotten and the children are trained in these processes as truly as they were in the old-fashioned type of school, but this is not done until the desire to know these things is created and the necessary drill becomes play. The development of individuality is also begun through free time project work. It is in the intermediate grades that individuality reaches its height. Especially in the free time work is this individ- uality encouraged. Through individual project comes the de- sire for the pupil to get more definite knowledge relative to his project, hence leading him to reference work from which the study habit is formed. The regular curriculum of read- ing, writing, arithmetic, spelling, geography and language is taught through group organization. The junior high school consists of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. In the daily program the common branches required by the state course of study are taught in the fore- noon and electives in the afternoon. The type of mathematics taught is arithmetic with simple geometrical problems in the sixth grade and arithmetic with some algebra and geometry in the seventh and eighth grades. Most of the English work is One Hundred Forty-Six

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I .A CONSTRUCTION WORK ATHLETICS A Basketball Ball Tournament The training school had a basketball tournament. The Greer teams played first on Thursday, February 28. The first team won, the score being 9 to 2. The Powers teams played next, the first team won easily, the final score being 26 to 0. The Raitt teams played Friday, February 29, at 4 p. m. It was a hard game, the score being 4 to 1 in favor of the first team. The winner of the Powers teams and the winner of the Greer teams played for the championship after the Raitt teams played. Both teams played hard and fast. The Powers team won by a score of 23 to 4. Volley Ball Tournament We had a volley ball tournament in January. The sixth grade against the seventh and eighth. The sixth grade did their best but they were beaten. The first time the score was 15 to 21. The second time the score was 9 to 21. The sixth grade played very well andfso did the other grades. We knew they would beat us because they were bigger than we. We hope the teachers will let us have another tournament. Forwards, Lino Rodriguez and Marcus Baca 3 center, Pru- dencio Apodacag guards, William Nickell and Charlie Raess- lerg subs., Robert Bean and Frank Gonzales. THE FROG PRINCE Pragst Group Second Grade Puppet Show Dramatization Dictated by the Children Princess: Oh, my golden ball has fallen into the water. Frog: Why are you crying, my beautiful Princess ? Princess: I am crying because my golden ball fell into the water. One Hund dF ty E ght