Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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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

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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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position. A person with a pleasing personality is likely to be considered with great favor. A great deal depends also upon one's earlier training. The home environment and the training in good elementary and secondary schools help to give a good founda- tion. It is within every person's power to make up deficiencies in early training, to improve his personality, and to show that he intends to do his best to meet the re- quirements of the situation. A teacher's education is not ended after he has secured his position, then is the time to work the hardest, for he has yet to prove what he is worth. Careful prepara- tion of work and reading of professional books and papers will help him to do superior work. A great deal can be done by one's self towards making progress in one's profes- sion, but a person needs the inspiration of working and studying with other people. It may be that many will seek better positions. as head of a department, supervisor- ship of primary grades, or teaching in a high school or a normal school. In order to accomplish this end, outside study is necessary. Summer schools offer a variety of courses. The most accessible for Massachusetts teachers are Teachers College, Columbia University in New York City, Harvard University in Cambridge, Summer School for Teachers in Amherst, Summer School in Hyannis, and Dartmouth Summer School in Hanover, N. H. A year's leave of absence may sometimes be granted for this purpose, perhaps with a promise of increased salary. No teacher ought to be satisfied until he has made progress in his chosen line of work. The members of the Year Book Staff express their appreciation and gratitude to all the faculty members, classmates, and undergraduates who have helped to make possible the success of the year book of 1919. NIGHT The sun sank low in the western sky, The trees began to sway, And whispering voices seemed to say, The end of another day. Then came the night upon her way, With gentle loving hand She hung a velvet curtain dark Round all the weary land. And one hy ore, up in the sky, Star lanterns llashing bright Appeared like glowing signals there Of quivering hits of light. It seemed as ii' they hung on high To say that cares must end: That night was now upon us, A loving, soothing friend. ltlnncmlu-11' K. IlA'rc:nr:l,ni':R. 8