Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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THE EVERGREEN OF 1935 The one objective of the last two years of the four year college curricu¬ lum is to train prospective teachers for the elementary schools. The last two of the four year college curriculum will consist of content and professionalized subject matter courses, and directed teaching. We wish to call special atten¬ tion to the fact that students will not be required to sign a pledge to teach until the beginning of the junior year, at which time professional courses will begin. The future of the Maryland State Teachers College at Salisbury is very bright because an increased enrollment is assured due to the fact that the first two years will be academic. It is expected that the total number of men students will be materially increased. Approximately one fourth of those enrolled at the school at the present time are young men. The need for addi¬ tional elementary teachers in Maryland counties during the coming years is another reason for the bright future of this Teachers College. It has been estimated that more than seven hundred teachers will be needed during the next four years for the elementary schools in Maryland counties. Many of the students now enrolled in the Maryland State Teachers Colleges at Salis¬ bury, Towson, and Frostburg will, of course, be available as teachers during the next four years. Jefferson D. Blackwell Thomas J. Caruthers Twenty

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THE EVERGREEN OF 1935 The College Curriculum On May 25, 1934 the State Board of Education extended the curriculum in each of the Maryland State Normal Schools for the training of white teachers, from three to four years, the B. S. Degree in Education to be awarded upon the completion of four years’ work. This became effective September 1, 1934. At a meeting held on February 15, 1935, the State Board of Education decided that the Salisbury and Frostburg schools should continue to offer four years work, two years of academic, and two years of teacher training. We must not lose sight of the fact, however, that the Salisbury school is primarily an insti¬ tution for the training of teachers. Senate Bill Number 448, passed by the 1935 Legislature, and signed by Governor Nice, made the three State Normal Schools for white teachers, four year State Teachers Colleges, effective June 1, 1935. The objectives of the first two years of the four year curriculum are to give two years of regular academic training, offer opportunities for explora¬ tion and guidance, enable students to develop their respective abilities, atti¬ tudes, appreciations, and interests, and to develop the individual as a complete social being. The two year academic curriculum, when completed, will enable a student to enter the junior class at the Maryland State Teachers College at Salisbury, and certain curricula at the University of Maryland, and, we confidently believe, other educational institutions of Maryland, and other states. That opportunities for exploration and the general development of the individual will be afforded is indicated by the courses offered in the fields of art, English, health and physical education, music, philosophy, psychology, public speaking, science, including botany, zoology, and chemistry, social science, including American and European history, economics, and sociology. Nineteen

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THE EVERGREEN 19 3 5 O F Jefferson D. Blackwell, A.M., Ph.D. President Elect Maryland State Teachers College at Salisbury Teachers College, Columbia University The Johns Hopkins University Twenty-One