Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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There have been rumors to the effect that the junior First Aid class had a “jinx” on it. The staff photographer took pictures of this efficient-looking group on two occasions and Dr. Matthews wasted a roll of movie film with the same result — the pictures were all bad! When the class returned after the Christ¬ mas holidays, in the language of the stories they had just been teaching children, “a great surprise lay in wait for them.” Be¬ cause of the war-time need for teachers, half the group was to do its practice teaching in Anne Arundel Countv under the supervision o f Dr. Matthews who was also to give them instruction in English. The end of the first semester came quickly, but not so soon that the energetic juniors could not find time for their dance, originally scheduled for March. Exams were not over until noon on January 23, but bv five o’clock the gymnasium had been transformed into a little schoolroom with red, white, and blue roof, and all things necessary for class to “take in,” including desks of first grade size, giant rulers and slates, books and charts, and a very startling curriculum. From “roll call” to “dismissal” the dance was fun, overshad¬ owed only by thoughts of parting from class¬ mates on the following day. On January 25, twelve senior girls (the juniors of two days ago) stepped into their teaching jobs on the Western Shore. Here at S. T. C. six of the remaining group pre¬ pared for practice teaching in the Campus School, and six enrolled gaily in methods courses — their serious teaching days still nine jolly w eeks away. Since all the class officers, Edna Schmiek, Marian Pranis, Ann Noble, and Dorothy Wanex had gone, a chairman for the re¬ maining group w ' as necessary, and Virginia Lee Downing was chosen. t he Junior Class is one that will be glad when summer school comes bringing class Off-Campiii 99 reunion. The first meeting promises to be a talkative one with on-campus seniors eager to know what “teaching is really like” and off-campus seniors expecting an explanation of such things as how the words “Look away, look away, Miss Black ” managed to creep into Dixie. Top — Find the teachers: Ann Noble and Marian Pranis. Center — That determined teacher is Betty Wood. Bottom — Dottie Wanex can’t escape physical education work. 2 7

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Never a dull moment in a beginning teacher’s life! Those seniors who took their places in the class rooms of Anne Arundel County found problems quite different from those pre¬ sented in the model set-up of our Campus Elementary School. Their rooms were full of chil¬ dren from crowded defense areas. The Junior Class of 1943 had little time for merely being jollv, for it was a changing and chatoic world which it faced. In accord¬ ance with the accelerated program, it entered teacher training on June 8. Running around the track in physical education, beating rhythm sticks in music, solving brain-teasers in mathematics, and painting innumerable stencils in art, filled the hot but enjoyable summer. The happy jaunt to Ocean City for a picnic is a sample of class good times. The heavy, rough waves which kept the most un¬ steady members of the class rolling about in the breakers were responsible for a good many sore muscles the following day. The end of the summer found Marian Pranis, Dorothy Wanex, Betty Wood, Mary Jane Wood, and Ellen Libis on the honor roll. After these three months of exposure to professionalized subject matter, in Septem¬ ber the class was eager to apply its knowledge in the Campus School. First attempts caused the fading of some of those intelligent ex¬ pressions for a few weeks. Junior days were busy ones filled with observations, confer¬ ences, and regular classes; and junior nights were a hodge-podge of seatwork booklets, lesson plans, advanced assignments, models of anything from the solar system to a beav¬ er’s dam, and ? ! . The music program given bv the fifth grade, Book Week activi¬ ties, and the Christmas P. T. A. program gave student teachers opportunity to expe¬ rience varied teaching problems. First row, seated — Riley, Wanex, Cooper, Noble, Ruark. Second row, seated — Reinhold, C. Pusev, Pranis, Collins, Schmick, E. Libis. Standing — Adkins, Wood, M. Murphy, Pittman, Downing, Truitt, Nelson, M. J. Wood, Brown, Gross, Mezick, Cooper, Young. u Gn=Campus or”

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