Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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format OfctivLlies NO Ol’IIlilR AC ' I IX i rV occupies as im¬ portant a place on tlic social calendar as do formal dances, for each class and almost every organization sponsored some kind of party for its members. Often the gymnasinm was dressed in ‘drills and furbelows” till it seemed ready to burst with sheer pride and self-eoneeit. Remember the sop homore danee? V for Vie- tory, flags and streamers for three great men: Washington, Lineoln, and Franklin Roose- elt. And Lew Startt’s orehestra — another S. T. C. habit — at its best. ' The Sophanes Players Costume Ball, in the light of national eonserxation, boasted of deeorations without the use of paper. But ingenuity and hard work ereated an artistie setting for the figures in swirling satin or slashing tafTeta and their dark-snited eseorts. And remember who eame? Juliet and a eolonial lady, the Spirit of Liberty and her right-hand man, LJnele Sam, phis the eos- tnmes of India, Holland, Mexieo, and South Ameriea, and nniforms of the United States Army. May the eighth saw the night of the Junior Prom — one of the most important danees of the year, if you want to view it sentimentally. And, of eonrse, the Senior Ball — the Grand Mareh, the last waltz, the midnight supper. Eaeh danee was better than the last, and it was only a beginning for the one to eome — till finally they were all o ' er, and all were an aeknowledged sneeess. Enterta i n m ent Music, Social Graces, and Celebrities . 21 .

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am an 9 eso luilom Planning at Floyd’s THE LAST WEEK of January — a new year and a new semester. “This time Em really going to study.” Well-meant resolu¬ tion, it is quiekly made and quiekly broken when winter aetivities get into full sway. “Let’s run over to Floyd’s for a eoke. It isn’t time for elass yet.” Or assembly, or dinner, or the danee — any are equally good exeuses. Meanwhile, everything seemed to aequire new vigor and sparkle. Basketball games were fast and furious; danees were sweet and swingable; and assemblies beeame more en¬ joyed and better attended. Our true southern hospitality aroused itself when the Civilian Morale Committee made possible basketball games between S. T. C. and nearby Army eamps. Later, informal daneing and refreshments were enjoyed by hosts and guests alike. Then about the first of February the ealm and dignified seniors began to get “hot under the eollar” or tried to steady shaking hands and knees as the first eounty superintendent eame to “look us over.” Soon eontraets were sent to a few lueky people; more followed. Juniors gazed in awe at the almost full- fledged teaeher with a Job! Oblivious to all these minor eruptions, elasses eontimied; the speeeh elass tried its hand at giving plays; zoology was relin¬ quished in favor of botany; and the prineiples of Ameriean polit ies and eeonomies were hammered into drowsy minds. Seeond semester was like all the others that have preeeded it for years — with a new ele¬ ment. This year it was not the seniors alone who hung on to eaeh dav, trying to streteh it out. All of us are living todav as it eomes, yet looking forward to the future — prepared for whatever it may bring. . 20 .

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STUDENT TEACHERS LEARN PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Learnins democracy by livins it is emphasized A JUNIOR’S FIRST glimpse into the pro¬ fessional world usually eomes from the eam- pus sehool where he hears and learns to understand sueh phrases as ' overview,” “good motivation,” and “speeifie aim.” Sehool is no longer a sueeession of “readin’, ’ritin’, and ’rithmetie” elasses, but a eurrieu- lum where aetual subjeet-matter eourses are organized and eorrelated with the ehild’s en¬ tire soeial surroundings. The future genera¬ tion no longer eomes to sehool to be taught only how to live tomorrow. He is living now, and modern sehoolroom proeedure gives him the opportunity to build his personality, to understand himself, to learn to think for him¬ self in any situation, and to be tolerant of those around him. The would-be teaeher perhaps partly under¬ stands that lessons varv and instruetors differ — that two people seldom teaeh alike; he begins to understand the power and the influ- enee of a teaeher’s personality, his philos¬ ophy, his speeial understanding of the sub- jeet, and the needs and individual differenees of his pupils. A fuller understanding eertainly eomes when the noviee stands quaking be¬ fore a group of ehildren teaehing his first lesson. Writing lesson plans that would fit in with the prineiple of eombining soeial en¬ vironment and sehool work, presenting the neeessary faets in logieal yet interesting fashion — these are no easy tasks. But nine weeks with pupils, training teaehers, and su¬ pervisors iron out most of the diffieulties. d lie main purpose of the Campus Sehool is to provide a training ground for the juniors. So the seniors, when they begin their seeond nine weeks’ period of praetiee, seatter them¬ selves in elementary sehools in Salisburv and in Prineess Anne. Here they again put into praetiee the methods and prineiples learned in elass. After mastering teehniques in some of the so-ealled “easier” subjeets, they tried their hands at eommittee-work in soeial studies. Here, among other points of interest, thev learned to test the ehildren’s abilitv to work together, to produee plays adapted from readings in literature, and to give tests to de¬ termine ehildren’s reasoning powers and work-study skills. Modern edueation in Ameriea has endeav¬ ored to foster the ideals and methods of a demoeraey. The war has foree d this into mueh greater prominenee todav. Into a eur- rieulum already steeped in the philosophy of a demoeratie state, and in the belief that all persons are of some individual worth, and that all minorities should be upheld and given eonsideration, has eome responsibili¬ ties whieh eannot be overlooked. More and more time and emphasis are being spent on teaehing the eauses, results, and effeets of war; on bolstering the morale of the Ameri- ean people; on maintaining phvsieal and mental well-being, and on promoting a gen¬ uine and well-founded loyaltv to the United States. Only through a thorough realization of the perplexities at hand ean the problems be understood, and only through edueation ean these problems be solved satisfaetorily. . 22 .