University of Nebraska Kearney - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Kearney, NE)

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Grade school guiders . . . A. O. Thomas teachers, BLANCHE SKINNER, A.B., A M., Colorado State Teachers College . . . LODESCA NYQUIST MIL- LER, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney . . . LOUISE ADAMS, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Wayne; A.M., Univer- sity of Nebraska. Dual duties . . . director of A. O. Thomas school and of the Teacher Placement bu- reau, A. E. BURKE, A.B., A.M., Ed.D., Uni- versity of Indiana. PREPARING. Country counselor . . . rural edu- cation instructor, R. W. POWELL, B.S., Northeast Missouri State Teachers College; A.M., Univer- sity of Chicago . . . not pictured, GAIL POWELL, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kear- ney; Graduate Student, Univer- sity of Chicago, University of California. Teaching toddlers ... A. O. Thomas teacher, MALVINA S. SCOTT STOUTEMYER, B.S., Fre- mont College; A.B., Colorado State College; Graduate Student, National Kindergarten College, University of Chicago, George Peabody College; A.M., Colum- bia University. Evidence indicates that education will play a greater part in the post- war world than ever before. The increasing enrollment in colleges and universities all over the nation makes the desire for education a growing fact. Men who before the war had no intention of ever attend- ing college are still returning every day with new attitudes toward its importance. The first requirement for good education is good teachers. Train- ing young Americans to make a better peace must begin when they first enter school at kindergarten age. Well-prepared teachers are essential if young people growing up are to capably maintain and participate in the American way of life. Teacher training at Kearney en- ables students preparing for ele- mentary instruction in both town and country to observe and prac- tice teaching methods in the A. O. Thomas training school on the cam- pus and in rural communities. Under the guidance of experienced super- visors, they learn the beginnings of good citizenship. Page 22

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• • • ASSISTING When discharged servicemen began flocking back to the college, many of them were uncertain in regard to their classifications, due to college training which they had received while serving in the armed forces. Being a freshman one week didn’t mean that a man might not be a sophomore or even a junior the next week after his service credits had been counted in the registrar's office. Another irregularity popped up when married men had difficulty in finding apartments for their families. Aid given them in the secretary of publicity's office helped solve this problem. Arlene Christensen, bursar, left in De- cember to be married, so Uncle Sam settled his veterans' expenses with Doro- thy Williams whose duties as secretary to the president were doubled when she became acting bursar. Talking business . . . secretary to the president and acting bursar, DOROTHY C. WILLIAMS, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney . . . secretary of publicity, DOROTHY HOLCOMB, A.B.. University of Nebraska . . . registrar, EDITH M. SMITHEY, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers Col- lege at Kearney. For many of the men, particularly those who did not receive college training while in the service, settling down to serious study was not so easy. They soon found, however, that the concentrative atmosphere of the library, the willing aid of the librarians and the complete col- lection of books and material were con- ducive to learning and it was not long before they were giving the coeds high competition in grade averages. The men found also that the stress on physical fitness was not left behind them in the armed forces. They could take anything from a cut finger to the sniffles into the office of the college nurse and receive immediate treatment from her and the college physician. Good health, the college knows, is essential to good living. Faculty bookworms . . . librarian, FLOY C. CAR- ROLL, A.B., Knox College; B.S. in Library Sci- ence, A.M., University of Illinois . . . assistant librarian. MARY E. WILLIAMS. A.B.. University of Wichita, A.B.L.S., University of Michigan; M.S., Fort Hays Kansas State Teachers College. Health-guarders . . . college physician, W. E. ROSE, M.D., University of Illinois . . . college nurse, ALTA BERGQUIST, R.N., St. Lukes Hos- pital Training School for Nurses. Page 21

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Among tomorrow's teachers, like today's, will be those who guide America's chil- dren from the early stages of good citizen- ship into more advanced preparation for their places in society. Men and women who leave NSTC to accept positions in secondary education will have had the experience of observing classes in the Kearney high school and of practice teaching under the supervision of the high school instructors. Practical appli- cation of knowledge acquired is a modern trend in education. Psychology in learning and teaching methods is also stressed highly in today's policies of education. Good mental health is necessary for a progressive peace. The conditions of a nation are reflections of the attitudes and thinking of its people. Good minds and good bodies—together they make a head start toward success. Athletics have been popular through the ages, but out of the recent war came a stepped-up program. Physical fitness is now a must in education for both men and women. Kearney college's department of edu- cation is prepared to meet the responsi- bilities of a progressive age. As times change, the various departmental divi- Sold on psychology . . . head of the educa- tion department, H. G. STOUT, A.B., Nebraska Wesleyan University; Graduate Student, Uni- versity of Chicago, University of Southern California; A.M., Ph.D., University of Ne- braska. sions — psychology, rural, elementary, athletic — meet the new modes and theories with an eye for improvement in the educative field. Body builders . . . men's athletic coach, CHARLES H. FOSTER, A.B., Grand Island College; A.M., University of Denver; Coaching School, University of Nebraska, Hastings College, University of Denver, Nebraska High School Activities Association, Lincoln, Nebraska . . . women's physical education instructors, HARRIETT E. YINGLING, B.S.. M.A., University of Iowa . . . MARJORIE I. ELLIOTT, B.S., Iowa State Teachers College; M.S., State University of Iowa. Learned ladies . . . education instructors, LEONA MAE FAILOR, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Nebraska; Graduate Student, University of Southern California . . . EDNA T. NIGH, A.B., Nebraska Wesleyan Uni- versity; Graduate Student, University of Nebraska, University of Washington; A M., University of Iowa. Page 23