Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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PICCILCCUIE It is an American belief that democracy is the best form of government. In order to promote and uphold a democracy, a nation must educate its peo¬ ple to govern themselves. This education, Thomas Jefferson believed, could best be provided in our public schools and colleges. Education accepted this challenge, with the assumption that rigid supervision in the learning of the 3R ' s would assure a democratic citizen. Today a new philosophy for the education of a democratic citizen has arisen. This philosophy holds that one is not prepared for the democratic way of life merely by learning an enormous collection of facts, but rather by employing the principles of democracy in meeting the problems which everyday living presents. It was this philosophy which directed the coopera¬ tive efforts of students and faculty in 1943 in the establishment of the Student Government Association at this State Teachers College. It is through this organization that students have not only learned the ways of democratic procedure, but have also been able to provide for themselves a richer educational environment. The pages which follow attest to the capable direction of the S.G.A. during the 1948-1949 session.

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m o 379. f 7 - 5 ' y ■ I 2-6, 9 s Dedicated . . . To the ideals and standards upheld by the students and faculty members of this college, who, through their leadership and interest, have contributed toward the progress of STC as a self-governing and self-sufficient insti¬ tution. Five

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DR. J. D. BLACKWELL President, State Teachers College Salisbury. Maryland B.S., A.M., Ph.D., undergraduate work, Southeast Mis¬ souri State Teachers College, Cape Girardeau, Mis¬ souri. B.S. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri . . . A.M. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York . . . PhdD., The John Hopkins University, Bal¬ timore, Maryland. Seven