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

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CURRICULUM JUNIOR First row: Patricia Masters, Ann McKonc, Virginia Joseph, Jacqueline Hellcn, Mary Anne Ciresoli, GIcnita Tuttle. Serond row: Rita Martin, Jane Walsh, Nanci Betts, Deborah Putney, Sylvia Robie, Barbara Young, Nancy St. Lawrence. Third row: Donald Bulger, Earle Potwin, Wilfred Bishop, Pearl F.mery, Lois Morse, Juanita Masters, Paul Abbott, Kenneth Grant, Richard Campbell. The elementary curriculum, unlike its name, is far from elementary in practice. In order to understand more fully the children with whom they will work, elementary majors must have a considerable background in the psychology of children. This requirement is filled through such courses as Child Development and Adolescent Development. Those in the elementary curriculum must also have an acquaintance with the arts, which is obtained through the various art and art-related courses given at Plymouth. In addition to a background in art, one in science is also very important as witnessed by the recent surge of interest in science in our schools. Science for elementary majors is not neglected at Plymouth, and a considerable background in it is gained. Elementary Education majors are expected to have a background in many areas, and they should be able to make use of the best methods available for the teaching of their pupils. To this end such courses as Reading in the Elementary School and Arithmetic in the Elementary School are beneficial. In these courses the various means of presenting material are brought out in order that the elementary teacher-to-be may have an acquaintance with various modes and methods. Through student teaching the elementary major puts both theory and background into the classroom situation and decides what must be kept and what must be rejected in light of this. This is literally the “acid test” for the elementary major, since at this time any and all deficiencies will seem to become much larger than they were previously. With student teaching behind them, elementary majors breathe more easily as they look forward to the day in June when they arc no longer elementary majors, but enter into a career as elementary teachers. 21

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ELEMENTARY FRESHMEN First row: Nancy Wood, Roscmomlc Linabcrry, Jean Beaudoin, Rita Devost. Second row: Gail Eagleson, Marilyn Morse, Vienna Crocker, Elizabeth Cookman, Grace McAllister, Margaret Dickinson. Third row: Sharon Langlois, Joel Duranty, Joyce Bernier, I.inda Carbonneau, Joanne Vaughn, Carol Sierpina, Nancy Sims. Fourth row: Thelma Columbus, Priscilla Scott, Gail PloulTe, Anna Hill, Barbara MacDougall, Karen Stieglcr, Louise Baines, Martha Filgate. Fifth tow: Richard Sanborn, Frances Woodard, Elizabeth Fcllowes, Linda Peterson, Janice Iceland, Alice Tenney, Judith Welch, Donna Gentleman, Suzanne Comer, Robert Fontaine. 20 First row: Gail Walsh, Deborah Sargent, Rosalyn Haley. Second row: Connie Tibbetts, Sally Morrissette, Darla Brackett, Gail St. Clair, Helen Bersaw, Judy Harvey. Third row: Marilyn Curie, Barbara Lovejoy, Paulina Hackett, Claudette Parc, Jane Grccnough, Judith Allen, Patricia Henrick. Fourth row: Esther Heath. Helen Oftxtki, Judith Fuller, Juanita Smith, Avis Sanborn, Patricia Swanson. Georgia N'ute, Ann Bryan. Fifth row: William Brown, Maureen Bo we, Majoric Roy, Joanne Porter, Joan Noyes, Nancy Arsenault, Lois Harvey, Sheila Young, Kenneth Haz.cn.

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ENGLISH FRESHMEN lint row: Joseph Arruda, Joanne McCarthy, Sally Thibcault, Sharon Young, Robert Schambier. Second row: Marohl Lamott, Henry Dearborn, William Herting, David Hamilton, Carles Duke. SOPHOMORE First row: Ann Baines, Norma Heath, Patricia Berry, Beverly Racine, Dorothy Gidcrian. Second row: Kdward O'Sullivan, William Carpenter, Doreen Tyler, D. Angus Locke, Edward Roullaird.