Plymouth State University - Conning Tower Yearbook (Plymouth, NH)

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Robert John Ernst To the Graduates of the Commercial Curriculum The commercial teacher of a generation or more ago was a skilled worker from the business world. Training and viewpoint were definitely vocational. Skill was everything; understanding, of business or society, was unnecessary and ignored. Gradually the requirements have been changed until now the commercial teacher who is not a college graduate is the exception rather than the rule. Along with collegiate education, however, we have generally retained the idea of requiring experience in the business world as a qualification for commercial teachers. The reasons for these changes should be obvious— a need for better teaching. The task of the commercial teacher of today is a difficult one. Objectives arc generally not clearly defined, the curricula are unbalanced for present day needs; there is divided leadership in the profession itself, and there is still a tendency to regard commercial education as something different from education in general. Until these problems, and other newer ones, have been solved, the life of a commercial teacher must be a busy one. Whether or not it is a happy and successful one depends entirely upon you as individuals. 21 Robert J Ernst

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ISABEL PLUMMER Plymouth, N. H. Plymouth Teachers College, B.Ed. Special student GEORGE FREESE University of New Hampshire, B.A. 20 Bristol, N. H. Special student

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RITA PAULINE BELANGER Littleton, N. H. Vice—Colored Nail Polish Virtue—Maternal Instinct Junior Glee Club (1); June Pageant (1); Representative (1) (2); Social Club Council (I) (2) (3), Scc’y (I), Pres. (2); Basketball (3); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Tap Dancing (1) (2); Business Education Forum (1); French Club (1) (2), Vice-President (2); Year Book Staff (4). BARBARA LEONA DOWNING Vice—Undue Questioning Swanzcv jjjfc. I rBig Hear:. the House 7 3), Representative (1) (2) (3), Speaker of the Housc S), Gov- . y ernor pro tempore (3); Tap Dancing (1) (2); Basketball (1) (2) (3); Business Education Forum (1); Volleyball (1) (2); Spccdball . . 9 Jo J (I) (2); Baseball (2) (3); Bowling (3) (4); Badminton (2) (3) (4); CuuC . Deck Tennis (2) (3) (4). 9 MARY GRACE Manchester, N. H. Vice—Quietness Virtue—Perseverance Representative (1); Sheriff (2); Class Vice-President (2); Senior Glee Club (1) (2) (3) (4), President (3); Special Glee Club (1) (2) (3) (4); Orchestra (1) (2) (3) (4), President (2); Dance Orchestra (1) (2); Band (2); Business Education Forum (1) (2); Forensic (1); Pan-Athenaeum (2) (3); June Pageant (2). CECILE EVELYN GUAY Lebanon, N. H. Vice—Firmness of Opinion Virtue—Vivaciousness Tap Dancing (1); Bowling (1); Pan-Athenaeum (2); Business Education Forum (1); Deck Tennis (1) (2); Baseball (3); Badminton (2) (3) (4); Representative (3); Art Club (1) (2) (3), Pres. (3); Year Book Staff (4). 22