Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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Editorial Staii EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALMINA C. KNOWLTON ASSOCIATE EDITORS LX V. f'1fNN1Nc:1IAM BARBARA R. FRISBIE NI XI 111: fl, FINN IYIARY E. FRYE HII nA FOU'l'Ii ANNA G. VVAHLMAN BUSINESS MANAGER Hrvru H. JACKMAN ART MANAGER ANNE IC. AIAGICNNIS

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ff--. , I! .- Q. C . I sf fsfw c 1 X .gffffxe EDlTORlAL Never before have there been such opportunities for teachers as there are at the present time. Within a few years, the number of teachers has decreased greatly. Within two years many have left the profession to enter the business world and others who would ordinarily have taken a course at a normal school have fitted themselves for commercial positions. There is therefore a chance for every young man or woman who is willing to spend several years in a normal school to enter the profession and with application to rise rapidly. The war has brought home to us the necessity of fitting the youth of the land to undertake the government and the defence of our country. There are many persons who come from foreign lands to make their home with us. They need to learn better living conditions and the ideals of the country. In order to give 'these people what we believe they need, they must first be taught to understand and speak our language. As a result of the examination of men for the service, there have been found a surprising number of illiterate men. In nineteen hundred ten, there were in Massachusetts alone about sixty-two thousand illiterate men over twenty-one years of age, and one hundred forty-two thousand boys and girls over ten years of age. People are aroused to the seriousness of the situation. This state of affairs presents an opportunity to the teacher. It is our aim as Americans to make Ameri- cans out of the foreigners. Until they learn the language. they are not very much in sympathy with our habits of thought and action. Special classes in the evening are often formed for the instruction of adults. and the children may be taught in special rooms in the school building during school time. For this reason and others, it is evident that there is a great need for 'trained teachers. Students at a normal school have had from two to four years' training. but they have had little experience and it is often difiicult for an inexperienced person to get a position. If one has certain qualifications, he may find it comparatively easy to obtain a position. First, his record at the normal school is important.-his knowledge of subject matter, and his power of initiative and originality. lt is not, however, the student with the highest record who necessarily receives the best w I