Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS When Joseph Baldwin founded his academy for teachers he did not overlook the need for actual experience in the classroom. He provided a model school in which students of all ages and grades were enrolled. Today two large schools are provided for the observation and practice teaching of Teachers College students. Greenwood Demonstration School is modern not only in its plant but in its methods of teaching. Here, under the direction of Dr. C. H. Allen, sixty-hour students and elementary education majors observe the work of experienced teachers and put into use some of the theories learned in the class room. The Ophelia Parrish School, directed by Mr. Felix Rothschild, is the center of demonstration projects. Much of the practice teaching of college students is done in this junior high school, which has 525 enrolled. The modern idea of integration is carried out in the demon- stration schools. With social science as a core subject, several projects are now being carried on with other subjects taught around the core, especially emphasizing their effect on man and his civilization.

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20 LIBRARIES A most cosmopolitan group is served by the various divisions of the Teachers College library. There students, professors, in- structors mingle freely. This year the library has expanded and now includes a new periodical room for magazines and current newspapers and a room devoted to children's literature and Missouriana. Improvements have been made in the main libra- ry in Pickier Memorial Building, in the library at the Ophelia Parrish Demonstration School, and in the library at the Green- wood Demonstration School. A fund of $6,000 was received by the Teachers College from the Carnegie Foundation to assist in buying new books for the libraries. The endowment, which is in addition to the usual state fund given for the purchase of new books, must be used within the next three years. To Miss Ethel Hook, director of libraries; Miss Sylva Brown, librarian; and Miss Clara Yadon, cataloguer, go the responsi- bility for guiding an efficient part of the Teachers College. Miss Hook Miss Brown Miss Yadon

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Members 22 John X Waters Prosid r.t Franklin Greene Vice-President Marjorie Hardin Secretary Wendell Gudka Treasurer James Brockman Mildred Page Carl Schwehn Florence Welsz Jack Mills Mary Margaret Smith Georae Friedmeyer Vera File Clifton Cornwell Mildred Waters George Nelmark Prof. J. W. Heyd Adviser STUDENT COUNCIL Since 1912 the Student Council of the Teachers College has been participating in the government of student affairs. All ac- tivities receive the attention of this group of fifteen students who meet every week. The council duties include collecting activity fees, arranging All-School dances, assisting in selecting and paying for assemblies, aiding in plans for the All-School carni- val, and securing picture shows. This year the Student Council president is John X. Waters and the treasurer Wendell Gudka. Professor J. W. Heyd is the faculty sponsor.