University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Dark Roic: R. R. Hollingsworth, H. L. Kells, J. R. Slacks, E. C. Denny, M. J. Nelson. M. J. Wilcox. Middle Row: E. O. Finkenbindor, J. B. Paul, J. A. Wiley, Mrs. E. Talcott, Miss Burks, A. E. BrowD, C. O. Todd. J. W. Charles Front Row: E. W. Goetch. G. W. Walters, Amy Arey. Alta Wilmnrth. D. D. Phillips. II. S. Buffum, A. W. Hoyt. G. W. Walters Head Theory without practice is empty: practice without theory is dangerous and wasteful. If teaching has a scientific basis such basis should be determined and pros- pective teachers made acquainted with it before they are permitted to inflict themselves on helpless children. The Department of Education at- tempts to place such knowledge and technique underneath those who con- template work in education that their services to the state may be satisfactory and profitable. In co-operation with all other depart- ments, it aims at a broad general cul- ture: upon this it tries to give that special knowledge of the educational process which will enable its students to prepare their pupils for the many- sided life ahead of them. Page 2f

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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION Top Row: Dksi.ik I. Reed, Dcnn of Men; Sadie B. Campbell, Dean of Women; Mary E. ILuoht, Head of Bartlett Hall; Charter S. Cory, Registrar and Examiner. Firtt Row: BENJAMIN Boardman, Financial Secretary: M. J. XklSON, Director of Research, Anna R. Wii-d, Executive Secretary, Jajjes Robinson, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. The relation of the administrative officers of a collegiate institution to the other parts of that institution is often little understood and not infrequently misinterpreted. Dealing, as they do. with the larger phases of the educational machinery, their motives are likely to be seriously questioned when, as must always be the case, some slight injustice is done to an individual student be- cause of a regulation which works for the best interests of the majority. Hav- ing as their problems matters pertaining to discipline they are too frequently looked upon as arch-enemies of personal liberty. Striving as they do to keep the financial expenditures of the institution within the bounds of the resources made available by the State, they are often accused of being miserly and penur- ious. Because theirs is the problem of caring for the maintenance and proper functioning of the material equipment of the college they are sometimes looked upon as being unnecessarily rigid in their specifications concerning the use or abuse of school properties. In short, administrative officers, when the average individual thinks of them at all, are considered as being a somewhat non-essential evil. Those who be- come best acquainted with them, however, find them to be among the most loyal and devoted members of the staff. No one works more diligently for the welfare of the students; no one has the best interests of the institution more at heart. Just as the prime need of a democracy is capable leadership, so an edu- cational institution cannot rise far above the level of its administrative staff. The ideals of Iowa State Teachers College are not reflected solely in its teach- ing personnel, but also in its administrative staff. Q. R. Latham Page 23

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DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH In the English Department there are two major lines of work, English and Speech, which are closely interrelated. The practical objective is the cultivation of the ability to speak and write Eng- lish acceptably in any professional or social situation. There is also a cul- tural aim which calls for an extensive acquaintance with English and Ameri- can literature. In the Speech major the main objective is the development of personality through intensive study and oral interpretation of the best in liter- ature, and through expression of orig- inal thought and feeling in various forms of public address. Actuating all the work is the desire to prepare stu- dents to become teachers with adequate knowledge and superior skill. S. A. Lynch Head Top Row: Miss Selina Tcrrv. N. 0. Halvowon, George Holmes. MidcUe Row: Miss Winifred Tuttle, Miss Lillian Lambert, Miss Katherine Buxbaum, Miss Philla Slattery. Bottom Row: Miss Ida Kohlf, Miss Haitel Strayer, S. A. Lynch, Miss Katherine Berkstresser, W. B. Fagan. Page 25