Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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At P ' niehurst or Wi Hi, at Princess Anne or in the Campus School, children and student teachers learn to solve life ' s problems. • 23 •

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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 .

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OfssemUij (Procjmms an pte c e allecjicmce jy 11 IE Sl ' AGE of the college auditoriom may be the scene of artists and speakers of nation- ide repute, of singers and bands of local fame, or of a group of students with little experience, more talent, and an o ' er ’helm- ing ability to entertain. Eor the regular Tues¬ day morning assembly hour offers a program as varied as a theatre billboard of attractions. I’hese are the results of careful planning on the part of the committee composed of Jean¬ nette Rencher Inslev, Carroll Walsh, and tlicir able advisers, Mrs. IdaBelle Ml Thomas and Dr. Richard Current, plus the cooper¬ ation of classes and student organizations which sponsored most of the programs. A great deal of water will ha ' e passed under the well-known bridge before such events as the Dramatic Club presentation of ‘‘A Jour¬ ney to Trenton, the Junior Class portrayal of an old-fashioned and a modern school, retaliation by the seniors in the form of a mock faculty meeting, or music bv the “S. T. C. Melodians are forgotten. Then there was outstanding entertainment bv the col¬ ored quartet, and the Creenwood Band. To those people who attended only when publicity reached propaganda proportions, }Ou don’t know ' what von missed! Eor the programs this year, aided and abetted bv the instrumental music of Coach Maggs and the Band, and cle ' er posters designed by Carrie Carr, have been the best vet. . 24 .