State Normal School - Crystal / Levana Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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CRYSTAL sf'-' wg 'Na the large auditorium at chapel. Here if you are near enough, you may hear them sing, and hearing them one is inclined to believe that in this at least they are still in the imitative stage for the two or three possessing the largest Adam's apple follow zealously the deep bass voice of Doctor Pound. Another attempts a repro- duction of Mr. Earnest's tenor, while one poor fellow with highly colored imagi- nation and defective hearing, devotedly runs the vocal gamut with Miss Liebing and secures most astounding results. But on Sundays and at the annual entertain- ments given at Pound Auditorium they are heroes. On Sundays you may see them dressed in their heterogeneous best, complacently wending their peaceful way across the campus and occasionally stopping to engage for just a moment in ethical con- versation with some young lady industriously holding down a rustic seat, while the University boys look longingly on. But at the annual entertainments they reach the highest peak of glory when as ushers they conduct visitors down a feminine vistaed aisle and indicate with a grand sweep of the arm the seat reserved for the stranger. Another seeming incongruity to the casual observor is the Co-edis practice teach- ing. At first he learnedly discusses the psychology and practice of teaching the lesson with the Critic teacher and as soon as the latter can be reasonably sure that he is not going to teach that the earth is flat, or that Washington sailed the Dela- ware blue, in fourteen hundred and ninety-two,7' she allows him a chance at the helpless children. If fifty per cent. of them survive, then he is ready to turn loose on the public. During the period of his practice teaching he may be seen at any time between periods on the playground with children clinging to every available square inch of his person as perhaps he calmly directs Johnny how to get the uscissors-hold on Bill. This, as l stated, may be the Co-ed as the casual observor sees him, and is certainly the shell of the truth, but as a matter of fact he is a very serious minded person with a well defined purpose in view, and he goes about his 'work in a rational way. His situation is a particularly desirable one. In the first place, since he does not live in the dormitories but in private homes near the campus, he has that home life that is impossible in the dormitories. At the same time he has his meals in the dining hall thus giving him some experience in group living, and receives some valuable social training. Lack of restriction gives two valuable things -freedom and individual responsibility. His opportunity to meet desirable people, and to keep up with the events of the outside world is particularly good. The matter of athletics is left to his own taste. Altogether he has an unequaled opportunity for happy carefree school life, for study, for individual research, and unless he shows himself in the right studious spirit he does not find it convenient to stay long. Those remaining consider it a distinct privilege to come to the Normal School where they have every advantage that reason could wish. We feel that upon leaving the halls of our Alma Mater that the inspiration of teachers, classmates, and fellow- Co-eds, will give up strength and courage to hght a better battle, and so we may be able to contribute a tiny mile to the betterment of our neighbors.

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