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

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FACULTY TOWA Pioneers! Stem battles A with sod and stump. Stern, sturdy lives. Stern teachers ruling with rod of hickory. Study of reading and writing and arithmetic in crude log cabins with rough log desks, grim fireplaces, and mud-plastered walls. Tedium, drudgery, routine here. Stern, drab lives here, but visions, ever visions, dreams of a better day. a fuller life for Iowa sons and daughters.

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE '’THE members of the staff of the 1933 edition of the Oi.d Gold have chosen for their fore-theme the portrayal of the history and spirit of education in this state from the days of the earliest pioneers down to the present time. It is a sketch of amazing progress in the face of tre- mendous handicaps. It is a pictorial narrative of the passing of the “hickory stick and the rise of psychological princi- ples in teaching and learning. It is a rep- resentation of an overwhelming belief and of an unwavering faith in the im- portance and value of universal enlighten- ment. It is a delineation of the triumph of hope and vision. The Iowa State Teachers College has filled an important role in connection with this development—not as a repository of knowledge for the uplifting of mankind, but rather as an agency for the preserva- tion of society. How far reaching has been the influence of its fourteen thousand graduates in promoting the happiness and welfare of the people of this Com- monwealth is a story that can never be told. It is a matter, however, concern- ing which students of today can well afford to speculate, for therein can be found a challenge of unusual significance. The editors of the Old Gold have done well to call it to our attention during these trying and discouraging times. O. R. Latham. O. R. Latham President