University of Maine at Farmington - Yearbook (Farmington, ME)

Page 19 text:

CLAYTON E. REED Director of Training Are You a Teacher? Do you help children to understand them- selves? Do you help them to manage their own experiences cooperatively, to find purposes and evaluate results? If you can answer aflirmatively, we are proud to call you - teacher. In the development of our country, there has never been a time when we needed teachers in our schools who can think, reiiect, and guide .chil- dren as we do today. It has been said that the true teacher helps us to think for ourselves in the new situations that may arisef, You, our new teachers, must face the responsi- bility of working in our communities with a firm conviction of helping our people to maintain faith and confidence in our public school system as an instrument whereby they, as individuals, can strengthen the moral a11d intellectual fibre of our children. Time has written a period in human annals but no new certainty in human affairs. . . Can you guide our children in understanding and developing the great art of happy living? The future holds a light of great opportunities, but the burdens are going to be greater, too. Are you willing to accept the challenge and be a great teacher? ce,- .. .W f IL' . -f.-.J rr, . . T i i- 1 if? ' 1 7 ' .,, , 1, ' ' 3 ' lu? ,H ' . . ' -wine -1 'Q 5.'.' Fi , :gig F . 'suv TI W 4 AT: 5-1 Q 2 .i . W MABEL A. HASTLE Director of Home Economics When Mr. Beaver Hrst looked you over as fresh- men in the fall of 1952, he prophesied, so he says, several things about you. Said he, That is one of the finest appearing classes Iive seen in a long time. They are keen and enthusiastic - they will go places. They are serious and earnest about this business of education - they will be eager beavers during their four years. They are young people who will gain knowledge, skills, Lmder- standings, attitudes, and appreciations that will prepare them to be good teachers of home and family livingf, Mr. Beaver was right about all his prophecies. Members of your class of 1956 have, in different degrees, accomplished all of these. And now, on behalf of your faculty friends, I would add our prophecy as you go forth as a teacher or homemaker or maybe as both. We prophesy you will grow in depth of pmpose, will use all your capabilities and resources in being imaginative, creative, productive, kind, and coura- geous. You will not keep yourself in a narrow path which becomes an uninteresting rut, but as you work with others, your paths will broaden, and life will grow deeper, finer, and more satisfy- ing as each year passes by.

Page 18 text:

:..:if u' 2 n -f : .: my : 1 i.- ., , N:-V-V .. 1 V' If 'E ' ' ' -is iw: i Z ,. . yi ,EE Tis , 1 V ll ye.. 1 li F, : i Q5 g gi 4. sl el mise' , Y 5,-an , 155' .. ,im uf.: E H1 ' in his 2 iii QM ll' :T -Lf 1 ROBERT S. BIGELOW Dean of M en To the Graduating Class I would propose a formula: Go out and teach! Take with you what We have offered and improve upon it. Blend with your knowledge each new experience, temper this with tolerance and patience, and strengthen with pur- pose, then add a full measure of humor and understanding. Ours is a proud profession. Cherish it! RUTH E. WILLIAMS Dean of Wozwzen Studies, social and athletic life, group liv- ing - all spell college. Academic activity is the main business of a college student. Knowledge of facts and technics is im- portant both for its usefulness and for the part its acquisition has in personality devel- opment. But college men and women are particularly fortunate in being in an atmos- phere which also stimulates growth in social and emotional development. To make the most of this opportunity to develop person- alityg to learn, by practice, cooperative ways of thinking and acting is to gain a richer, more satisfying life. The quality of oneis human relations is of the utmost significance. The types of experi- ence which college living makes possible are of a nature to contribute much to refining character and to perfecting social and com- munity relationships. Dormitory living, cam- pus government, campus organizations-each plays a part in the education of college youth. We who are privileged to secure a college education have a responsibility to society to use our opportunities in such a way that we may become mature participants in adult group living.

Page 20 text:

R. E. DECOTEAU Principal In recent years, much attention has been focused on our public school sys- tem, particularly through the medium of the press. This scrutiny has resulted in open criticism of methods, personnel, curriculum, and general objectives. You, as teachers, will need to defend your own classroom procedures and objectives. Misinterpretations of your program can be minimized by keeping your classroom door open to parents, by encouraging visits and conferences, and by always speaking highly of your school and its personnel. GERALDINE QUINT Assistant Director of Training Books, plays, radio, and TV are all media for learning in our society today, but education in its finest sense is a matter of inspiration. Education is a personal experience, and of all experiences which influence the child, few shape his life as a teacher does. In the words of Henry Adams, A teacher affects eternity. He can never tell Where his influence stopsf, Teachers guide our national destiny just as surely as does any statesman. Remember this statesman was once a pupil guided by the ideals some teacher helped him set. Our country uses its teachers to develop in the child responsibilities, ideas, and understandings which will help him in solving problems of group living and contribute to his living as an individual. Thus, by giving this responsibility to teachers, we will not later need force and fear to control our adults. All of us remember from our school life one great teacher. Thus may some child remember you! l . -rf c ' .Q-. V'-.zil f 5 ' '- 7-'f' r T' .' 13 s ' r,:...f2!5 'tvT'-N lf ,EE 1. ., E' '-f' T ' ' ' ' .V 11:1 I .'.i l ,i . . ' if - S ' ' wer: i i l it l-3 ,f,:1!..-n:gfy:43f,,- . - ' , , ' 'f.l l,A , ,V iw ' i'.'rJ : '- 1? - ,- ..f-aaa.. if l 1 sg , 'fm' ii -11 J '. i ,-Q , . Y i lllllri 57: W 3 .u A ,-55. ,. ,- . lil Fe ir' LE ru .uni