Salem State University - Clipper Yearbook

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1927 SALEM NORMAL SCHOOL 1927 Tzme .' HARVEST HOME Oh dear Normal School The time is here for singing And messages from far and near we bring Normal School, We praise thy fame with glorious name We sing to thee in ecstacy Sing praises to thy name Our dear Normal School. Tzmex WHERE THE RIVER SHANNON'S FLOWING If you want to go to Normal, The1'e's a place that's far from formal, Where the students dwell united Jolly comrades one and all, There we work and play together Quite content, whate'er the weatherg And we love in spite of hard work This our Salem Normal School. Chorus Yes, to Salem we are going And we'll stay there while we may, We will make a goodly showing In our work and in our play. Then when school days all are over And we think of days of yore, We will give a cheer for Salem, SALEM NORMAL EVERMORE! Tune: THE ORANGE AND THE BLACK In the quaint old town of Salem Through the happy years at Normal There's a dear old Normal School, In the rooms we loved so well, Where loyalty's the watchword With the friends we met and cherished, And sympathy's the rule. There a charm upon us fell. We will own no other betterg Oh, that charm can never perishg No one shall put her down, We feel it still when we While we can stand defenders Far from Salem are a-wand'ring, Of the Orange and the Brown. And look back in Memory. Refrain: ' We will own no other better, No one shall put her down, While we can stand defenders Of the Orange and the Brown. 19

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1927 YEAR BOOK 192' SCHOOL SONGS ORANGE tTune: Land where thy bannersni Dear Salem Normal, thy light ever glows, Bright is thy color, our aims to disclose. Loyal are we, may this thought lie our rule, Knowledge shall shine from our dear Normal School. See orange shields as we raise them on high. See orange pennants against the blue sky, These are our banners, the symbols of light. Orange, our color, no darkness nor night. Keep your lamps burning and ever aglow, Pure is the light Salem Normalites throw. Beams of intelligence others may see, Wisdom and learning, yes, Orange for me. SALEM NORMAL fTune: There's a Long, Long Trail J 1. 3. There's a quaint old city, Salem, Here's the school whose past we honor, Old Salem, down by the sea, With future radiance 'twill glow, City known for art and letters, It has won fair fame and glory, Famed in history, We our love bestowg Ancient buildings are in Salem, It has shed its rays of learning, Historic houses we find, Its light has fallen on all Models sought by best of judges. Who have sought its friendly welcome There's one model to our mind. Who have listened to its call. 2. 4. In this ancient city, Salem, Loyal teachers here have labored, There stands a famed Normal School, And loyal Students have fgund Looking out upon the ocean, Guidance, love-now gladly offer Fanned by breezes coolg Praises which resoundg Catching the first gleam at sunrise, And shall ring through all the ages, And all the last rays at night, Where'er its members shall be, When the sun sinks back of tree tops Honor to old Salem Normal, As it slowly fades from sight. Alma Mater, by the sea. IS

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1927 YEAR BOOK 192T 'ElllTOllllfll.5 N CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND THE TEACHER In reality there is only one Creator or Creative Power. Each person repre- sents that power in his own way. When human beings become creative in a great, artistic sense what they really do is to re-create. All great teachers, seers, and sages have used, consciously or unconsciously, the power of re-creation. To be trained to consciously use the power of re-creation is to be educated. Simple ways of cultivating the creative faculty must be adopted, for no matter how apparently dull or inert a child may be, it is possible to awaken in him the divine spark of creative power. As a result of this discovery, teaching is now undergoing momentous changes. We are turning from the mechanical to the creative, from the logical to the psychological. The teacher of today, the pro- duct of our professional schools, is struggling to accomplish this reversal. Work which releases the creative energies of the child furnishes its own discipline. Sometimes those interested in progressive education are fearful of too much freedom. It is true that there is no military order in experimental edu- cation. The difference between old-time attention enforced by nagging, and the voluntary attention given by the children who are taught creatively, however, is the difference between external discipline and self-discipline. The greatest lesson a pupil can learn is self-discipline. A full life, with health, peace of mind, success, and happy human relations, this is what education should bring the pupils of today. For making lessons joyous and for sustaining interest, creative work never fails. New possibilities will constantly arise for the teacher, as they do for the children, because education, like life, is always in the makingg it is never completed. Creative work is not a method nor a system. It is, rather, a common sense philosophy which attaches great importance to teaching, the kind of teaching which develops the character of pupils. Modern education, then, in its truest sense is growth. 20