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

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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

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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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Plant expert.....head of the biological science department, W. E. BRUNER, B.S., A.M., Ph.D., University of Nebraska. IDENTIFYING. Much the same was true in the zoology division of the biological science depart- ment as in the botany division. The study of animals took on new meaning to many of the men who returned to continue their preparation in that field because they had had occasion to observe species rare to this country. Their experiences were not only a benefit to themselves but to the people who worked with them in classes and in the laboratories. This, an example of the new knowledge of the foreign countries of the world, plays its own part in the building of a lasting peace. Not only politics and so- ciety, language and commerce, but bot- any and zoology bring the world closer together and bind it in a common under- standing. When many of the men attended the college's botany classes a few years ago, it did not occur to them that there might come a time when they would find prac-1 tical application for all of their work there. They were not anticipating war. But when with the invasion troops they entered enemy territory and saw land and flora which they had never dreamed of seeing, they found that their botanical training was valuable indeed. Identify- ing vegetation provided diversion from the strain of battle and at the same time broadened their scope of general knowl- edge. Once again in school, veterans dis- covered that their travels enabled them to derive even more than before from the work in the department and to contribute in return from the fruits of their experi- ences. They had much to offer. They could give as well as take from the re- sources of learning. Authorities on animals . . . zoology laboratory supervisor, MILDRED E. HANSEN, A.B., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney; Graduate Student, University of California. Uni- versity of Missouri . . . zoology instructor, CARRIE E. LUD- DEN, B.Ed., Nebraska State Teachers College at Kearney; Special Studies on marine forms, Gray's Harbor and 111- wasco Districts, Puget Sound, East Sound, West Sound, Friday Harbor, San Juan Islands; Special Studies on marine birds. Page 24