Suny Cortland - Didascaleion Yearbook (Cortland, NY)

Page 21 text:

Dr. Brown can be found deep behind his high-topped desk up on second floor where he holds forth with Miss Haw- kins' assistance. This is the office from whence is exercised the general direction of the teacher-training pro- gram and the administration of an intri- cate schedule of work for students and faculty. With patience and understand- ing the Delphic Oracle speaks and a hundred individual snarls are untangled that rules don't touch. X And if you want to know the middle name of' Claude l-larris, here a while in 1925, or how many times Susie Summers cut Biology in 1931-32, ask Mildred Hawkins. Mr. Natoli--fbetter known as l'Angie to the students who pass through Cort- land's portals-left the office force in Mr. Natoli March for service as a draftee. HAngie apparently renders the same splendid service to Uncle Sam as he did to Cort- land Normal, for latest dispatches from Fort Niagara say that llAngie is acting as secretary to Major Gwen. Though we miss him, Miss Drexel and Mrs. Thurber continue to keep things humming with their cheery smiles and Grade A work. M155 Drexel Mrs. Tl'1LlI'bG1'

Page 20 text:

Dr. Higgins Cortland Normal is fortunate in having an efficient Board of Visitors as its gov- erning body. lNith Dr. Paul Higgins at the helm, the members concern thems- selves with the problems of teacher education. The board members are apt to be found gracing our important social functions, too, just to prove their interest in the entire school. Miss Hawkins Dr. Brown wg 5555 , ...wwszafrly E ' ' i to K.., ' 'Q , E I , ' ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL From Dr. DeGroat's office come and go all communications of importance. The nerve center of the school, here ac- tivities are planned, scheduled and ad- ministered. Here We have 'lthe inter- views, are called on the carpet, or seek the solution of our difficulties. How the office force ever gets the volume of work done is a mystery to all. Miss Bogardus Mrs. Moguin Mlm DI

Page 22 text:

PROGRESSIVE EDUCATION The extreme versus the norinall As in all things our policy here at Cortland Normal School in regard to progressive education is to extract the best and apply its greatest potentialities. Gur training school follows a middle path, giving the child the formal background reguired in New York Statee under sit- uations most conducive to learning, the method advanced by our progressive educators. We proudly present a har- monious combination, the results of which are productive of the best in each- Rerhaps the most significant character- istic of the progressive education we follow is the unit activity--the corre- lation of all subjects, providing many dif- ferent angles of approach to any one unit. TRAINING SCHOOL GFFICERS Edlund, Sly, Gibson, Aldrich The child is the object of teachinge the child as an individual. We are teaching children, not subject matter, and each pupil progresses according to his abil- ities. Student leadership is vindicated -eproducing better citizens by training the thought process rather than employ- ing didactic methods. Gur children do rather than Watch- they act in preference to learning by listening. Boundless opportunity for logical self-direction is offered-the most successful modern methods of education are available. We are in- deed proud of our training school-ex emplifying eager pupils, earnest student teachers and cooperative effort on the part of our faculty. SIXTH GRADE Reading, Writing, Working iiii