Pittsburg State University - Kanza Yearbook (Pittsburg, KS)

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Harley E. Mitchell, B. Didac. ’06 Iowa State Teachers College. ’ll A. B. State University of Iowa. '13 A. M. Univer- sity of Chicago. Dryartmrut nf flritfpaatnnal (Framing It is the work of this department to study the application of principles of pyschology in the field of education and to apply the same in the work of the Training School. Thus it is the purpose to combine theory with practice. The student is taught to know the child by direct study and observation, to know the home and its environment through the Parent-Teachers’ Association and by visiting the homes of the children, and to acquire the art of teaching by actual teaching in the Training School.

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Drpartnunit nf $Ilujniral Prunin' In (he Department of Physical Sciences emphasis is placed upon that which is practical. Therefore in the development.ot each course offered the central idea involved is to have the student really master the subject presented to him and to arouse and keep his interest therein to the highest extent. Our ideal is to help those who study in this department to learn to live more efficiently, to have a clear cut intelligent understanding of the work they are doing and will be called upon to do after leaving school. )tum J. Anderson Yates, M. S. M. S., University of Kentucky. Graduate Student University of

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I Department nf l tHtnrg anil burial rtrnrrs The aim and work of this department is to give to its students the real life and spirit of the subject and not the letter. Special emphasis is being put upon the phases of History that correlate with the special phases of the work of our institution. The growth of the department has kept pace with the growth of the institution. Geo. W. Trout, A. B.. A. M., I). D. Ottawa University, Rochester Theo- logical Seminary. IIS