University of Wyoming - WYO Yearbook (Laramie, WY)

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Page Twenty-three t ■,i] - ,l lf ' ' li;m..., The College of Education T 0 = 00 = 0 0 :z: 00 3 0 O n 00 n[o]HE College of Education has for its province the training of all kinds of teachers as well as all types of educational leadership needed for service in the schools of the State. The State Normal School has for its function the training of elementary teachers for both city and rural schools; the Department of Secondary Education trains teachers for the high schools of the state; the Department of Voca- tional Education trains teachers for Home Economics, Agriculture, and Industrial Subjects, and the Department of Special Education for the training of teachers of special classes. The training school provides a laboratory for the demon- stration of educational principles and also an opportunity for the student teacher to put into execution his theoretical principles under critical and sympathetic supervision. The College of Education is well equipped to train teachers for the schools of Wyoming. At present, ninety per cent of our teachers come from other states. Many teachers leave the profession each year, others go to states that offer greater opportunities. There are not prospective teachers in sight to meet the demands. The College of Education aims to make its graduates socially efficient; to assist them to accept with enlightened willingness their share in the world ' s work. However, the College is limited in its power to make successful teachers, for to become truly successful one must be imbued with love for the work. Such students we urge to join the teaching profession. Parents and children are pleading for consecrated, inspirational and professional teachers. Too many of us go about the world bewailing our lot. It seems as though, nowa- days especially, a teacher never opens her mouth to speak of her profession unless it be to add some new word to the tale of woe. One would be led to believe that of all the people in the world teachers are the most miserable. We seem to have set out to win the world ' s pity, and we have succeeded. Let us then exalt our profession. Let us believe and proclaim to the world that our work is not only the highest and noblest, but it is by all means the pleasantest and best, and let us pray God to be worthy of a calling like this. Then, instead of the world ' s pity we shall win for teachers and teaching the world ' s highest admiration and sin- cerest love.