SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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EXEMPLARY OF THE AMERICAN ROAD TO CULTURE Being excerpts from a History of Tearfnr Training in Plaltsbnr b, as written by Mrs. John C. Doran. of Pittsburgh, and of the class of 194 J. The original chronicle was published in the Plal sbitrxb Pras of May 26, 1942. DREAM BECOMES A REALITY In ihc spring of 1811, a commmcc se- lected i lo: on Oak Sired to be bounded on i lie south by a contemplated street to be laid out between the land of Mc- lantcton Smith and lot number 7, then owned by Abraham Brinkerholf, Jr., of New York City, and upon which the Pittsburgh Academy wai to be built. The building was immediately com- menced, and completed in the ome year. Bela Edgcrton was chosen as the first prin- cipal in 1112- ... It was in the year I • I that the Lancaster System was started in the Pitts- burgh Academy. This system was act u illy the nucleus of Teacher Training in Pitts- burgh .... FROM ACADEMY TO NORMAL SCHOOL . . . During the eighties, the people of Pittsburgh appealed to our educational ad- ministrator, Andrew S. Draper, who was State Superintendent of Public Instruction, in behalf of the proposal that an educa- tional institution should prepare leaden lor the civilization that was to come. The re- sult was the establishment of this great teacher training institution for the North Country — Pittsburgh State Normal School. ... In January 1888, Honorable Stephen Motrin, a member of the Assembly, in- troduced a bill pros ' iding for the establish- ment of said institution, which became a law that year. ... So it was that on September 3, 1890. Pittsburgh Normal School was opened with about 100 pupils enrolled. Principal Fox Holden was at the head of the faculty, consisting of 12 members. The first graduating class was in June 1191 .... DR. HAWKINS TAKES HELM ... In 1898 Dr. Jones resigned and w.s succeeded by Dr. George K. Hawkins, a member of the normal school faculty. In 1910, through the endeavors of Dr. Hawkins, the P.S.N.S. was given the authority to train commercial teachers for the high schools of the state. This was to be a three-year course .... It was in 1922 that Pittsburgh State Normal School became a three-year course for elementary teacher training, and in July of that same year, the first summer session was held .... TRAGEDY AND NEW BIRTH On Saturday, January 2«, 1929, Pitts- burgh sustained one of the most severe b ' ows in her histor) — the P.S.N.S. burned to the ground .... Because of the fire, there were inadequate facilities for housing the commercial de- partment, and in 1 9} I, it was transferred to Albany State Teachers College .... Construction on the new school was started in I9J0. and completed in I9JJ, at a cost of slightly over a million dollars. OUR TIMES EMERGE On June 5, I9J5, Dr. George K. Hawkins retired as principal of the normal school. He was recognized as one of the foremost educators in North Eastern New York. His resignation culminated service of 42 years: 7 as instructor of mathematics, and st as principal of the normal school. ... On June If, 19? J, Dr. Charles C. Ward. Director of Teacher Training in the State Department of Education, was ap- pointed by the Board of Kegents to suc- ceed Dr. Hawkins as principal .... MARCH QUICKENS Nineteen hundred thirty-seven marks the beginning of a new era in education for Pittsburgh Normal School in Elemen- tary Education Training. Provisional teaching certificates were issued with the diploma after the third year .... In September. 1937, a four-year course in Home Economics was established .... In May, 19)1, the Regents Hoard authorized that the three-year Elementary Course be lengthened to a four-year course. ... In October, I9J9. the Board of Regents granted a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education to members of the Home Economics Course. ... In January, 1942, the Board granted the degree of Bachelor of Education :o those completing the four-year Elementary Course. FROM NORMAL TO COLLEGE Thanks to Senator Feinberg and the many interested men of the North Country . i . the bill was finally passed on April It, 1942. when Pittsburgh Normal School be- came Pittsburgh Teachers College. ... I see it as an echo of the achieve- ments of thousands of men and women . . . an inspiration to the President, Dr. Charles C. Ward, faculty and students ... an everlasting tribute to past principals ... a definite goal within the reach of all de- siring higher education. 11 12

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HOUSE OF DELEGATES Ml Mill KS Nancy Beaton Conroy Bccbie Kathleen Bcyette Hciiy Brannigan Eloiic Coolcy Helen lii.. ' . Jean Dcvim Julia Dunn Marie Ferretti Catherine Frit . Shirley Gee Anne Grasvette Cmttancc Greene Carita Harting Anne Henttchel Dorothy Hillberg Vernon Jackttadt Eunice Ledger Louise Maier Grace McLaughlin Isabelle McPhillips Bart O ' Brien Shirley Perry Lillian Ratte Alice Rugcrt Thnmai Rooncy Anne Ryan Meri Shcehan Agatha Smith Margaret Stadel Sidney Stutchbury Geneva Thompson Filcen ' Fhurner Clara Vollmer OFFICERS P, r „J,nl ANNE GRASSETTE Vicc-PreiiJenl THOMAS ROONEY RccorJinx Secretary NANCY BEATON Corri-iporiJirtx Serrefarics ELOISE COOLEY ALICE ROGERS A truly democratic organization, the House is the major governing body of Pittsburgh State Teachers Col- lege. Its members come from each organization in school thai holds a House charter. This year, in addition to its regular supervision of social affairs, assemblies, and student problems, the House spon- sored erection of the Honor Roll dedicated to those from the college now serving in the Armed Services. It also was instrumental in securing a space on the north bulletin board on which to post letters and pictures from men in the Services. Early in the fall, the House of Delegates received an invitation from Potsdam State Teachers College to send representatives to a conference to be held there on Educa- tion and World Reconstruction. It accepted, and Anne Cirassette, as House President, headed the group of dele- gates from the college.