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

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Plymouth Training School As we have advanced through the years, we have had experiences which have resulted in happiness, joyfulncss, and sometimes in tears. The training school has offered us many opportunities to share in the experiences of children, who, in turn, have given us many experiences we shall never forget. At times we have been discouraged and down-hearted, but under the careful guidance and supervision of our critics, results have been successful; and in watching the children gaining and growing in knowledge, we too have gained and grown in knowledge. We also have acquired a greater and deeper appreciation of the enjoyment obtained from working and planning for young minds eager to receive the wealth of information that lies in store for them. It is indeed a wonderful and ever to be remembered experience and a privilege to start our career as teachers in the Plymouth Training School. Lola Mae Harriman 29

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Orford Training School Tis a world of lightness and darkness, of spring rains and sunny summer days, of winter snows and gray afternoons, of living, learning, and doing. You do just that during those weeks of training. You live with the beauty of Orford’s hills and shaded paths. You live with real folks and children who look to you for the answers to life’s questions. You learn how to make each day better than the one before, learn to seek and to give the best; above all, you learn to be appreciative and tolerant. There is no more writing of “if’s” and “when’s” on paper—the time has come—you actually do a day’s, a week’s, a month’s teaching; you actually do coach the Senior play, advise the student council, participate in social activities; you actually do develop and grow to be a person and find your place beside your neighbor in helping to make this the kind of world we're fighting for. And soon the time is gone, the weeks have fled, and your training is past. Then it comes over you again how fortunate you were to have the guidance, the tolerance, and understanding of your critic teacher. A. Louise Lancaster 28

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Jane Vogel President of Student Council Student Government These are challenging times! This day is demanding tremendous things of us. We must help our world to climb out of this valley of shadow up steep and rugged slopes where direct rays of the sun can search out intrigue and reveal truth. We are admirably equipped for the task because the hope for the world lies in education. Here at Plymouth, both in the classrooms and in the student organizations, we have learned the importance of individual thought. That is what we must give to the children we teach. The principles of democracy cannot be taught by means of indoctrination, for indoctrination leads to narrow and prejudiced views, not to convictions. Democracy, to be itself, cannot indoctrinate even itself. In democratic education the youth must learn to think for himself, so that in a changing world he can use fine ideas in new situations. The school has a vital part to play in making democracy work, and it must play it well. Jane Vogel, President of Student Council. 30