Southeastern Oklahoma State University - Savage Yearbook (Durant, OK)

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SOME OF OUR FACULTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Mr. Odam Every student before graduating must do work in this department equivalent to one hour a day for fem years. This includes work in Psychology, Pedagogy, History of Education, Philosophy of Education, Special Methods, and Practice. In addition to this elective course are offeied in Rural School Problems, Rural Sociology, School Administration. Child study and other special phases 01' education. Mr. Odam is the supervisor of this department with Mr Echols as assistant and Mrs. Hattie Rainey and Misses Edna George, Clara Tuiner and Norene Hunt as critic teachers in the training school. At the beginning of their senior year, students are assigned to teach or observe in the training school for one hour each day. The first days are spent in observ- ing the work of the critic teacher and becoming familiar with the work after which they are required to teach the classes themselves, For the use of the training school there is a collection of about 1,000 juvenile books anti pamphlets. Supplementary reading for all the grades is found in this wide collection. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Mr. Krnmtum-Mr. Romigz; The department of Foreign Languages has grown and developed in interest with the school. The students are beginring to realize great need for speaking

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H. O. TUDOR Physical Education and Athletics A. B., Kansas University; Uni- versity of Illinois. LILLIAN McELHANE Y Secretary '18 Northwestern State Normal; The Springfield Business College '15. BERNIECE CARLETON Bonham High School; Carlton College; Kidd-Kee Conservatory; Musm Conservatory of Violin, New York.

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and understanding more than one language. The classes are,.gaining in number and the interest is fast spreading. The classes in Latin and German are doing good work and the Spanish classes are increasing in enrollment. This being due largely to the increased demand in some parts of the state where the growing commercial and social in- tercourse with speaking countries making it necessary to have experienced in- terpretei's. French Which has been added to the course during the last school year has received due consideration from the students who have responded to the course very enthusiastically and much progress has been made. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Mr. E. B. Robbins The course offered in agriculture is designed to give the students training in the sciences of agriculture and the practical application of the scientific prin. ciples to the business of farming. Agriculture must be followed primarily for the gaining of a. livelihood, and therefore it becomes necessary not only to those who expect to teach but to those who engage in active farming to have a com- prehensive understanding of the business aspects as well as the scientific prin- ciples of agi'it-ullure The instruction in agriculture and geography is given by excursions, lectures, text and laboratory work. Emphasis is placed especially on practical work. With the existing war conditions it is imperative that teachers agitate the betterment of production. There has been much done toward the improvement of the campus and the children are displnyiig much interest in gardening this term. DEPAH'ITMENT OF ART Miss Forbes The department of art is for the purpose of directing and exercising the grit- ical powers, judgment, and skill, 01' its students in a manner that will deveIOp their power to appreciate the beautiful as well as their efficiency in teaching. In order to gait. this end our aim is above the mere training in drawing and painting and above the practical applications. The work is so organized that there may be steady growth in good judgment as to form, tone and 001mg through the various grades of the public schools. There are many interesting walks and sketching of different nature scenes all of which tend to increase the interest and arouse more initiative in the students regarding the course. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Mia's Markol The addition of this department in the Spring Terni inai'ks again the rapid progress of S. E. N. A thorough course is offered in bookkeeping, typewriting and shorthand, The room for this department is well furnished with every convenience for the work containing 10 new Smith Premier typewriters. tables and easy chairs, , The enrollment in this department is exceedingly large. Many new pupils were enrolled. taking the greater part of theit work in this department. This is just one of the many features of the school that links business and school life closer together, making a wider selection of elective courses and giving the pupils business opportunities at a minimum cost.