West Chester University - Serpentine Yearbook (West Chester, PA)

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J? Amir m. (SDHliru. A. M, Mrnft nf tljr Srpartmnil nf t ur£ltilm at tbr Meat Olliratpr latp formal tbaai HE subject nf this sketch, Miss Anne M. Cioshen, first saw ilie light of life at l.aFayette Hill, Montgomery County, being (-hiefl nf Welsh-Irish ancestr . Her early education was obtained in the public schwils of the hamlet in which she was born. As a child she showed signs of the scholar she has since become. Being very fend of school, an apt pupil, and a lover of study, she was ready for High School at an early age. The nearest High School was that of Conshohockin, three miles distant. This distance little Anne , as she was then called, — walked twice a day for three years over a lonely road regardless of ad ' erse, inclement weather, and was graduated valetlictorian of her class. She then took the County examination, obtained a first class provisional certificate, and, in the autumn following, began her career as a teacher in the public school of Kulpsville, Mont- gomery County. She taught there with marked success for three years. The school term was only of six months ' duration, which gave an opportunity for further study. Always quick to embrace such opportunity. Miss CJoshen attended the West Chester Normal for the three spring terms after her school closed. She made such good use of her time as a student during these three terms, that she was prepared to enter the Senior class and finish the course by taking an entire year. Resigning her position at Kulpsville, Miss CJoshen entered the Normal in the fall of ' S7 and graduated with honors in ' SS, being chosen essayist for the commencement exercises proper, and in addition selected by her class as prophet in the class-day exercises. After graduation she taught three years in the rural schools of Montgomery county and then resigned to accept the position of assistant in the Model School connected with the West Chester Normal, with the opportunity of taking College preparatory work. No task was too great, no lesson too difficult for Miss Cioshen to conquer, and in the fall of ' 93 she entered the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was graduated from there with honors in ' 95. In the fall of ' 95 she returned to the West Chester Normal as critic teacher in the Model School, but was soon called to Edinboro Normal School to become Principal of the Model School at that place. This position Miss Goshen filled with great credit tc herself; and to the eminent satisfaction of Principal and Patrons of the school. But at the end of two years she decided to resign and spend the following year in travel and study. She entered Leland Stanford University, California, for the purpose of taking graduate work in psvchologv and pedagog -, and vhile there was elected Superintendent of the Teachers ' Train- ing Department of the Peru, Nebraska, State Normal School. Miss Goshen remained with this school for fourteen vears and here found a broad field for her wonderful organizing powers, and her ability to put things through. In this school she found the privilege of practice teaching open not only to Seniors, but also to secondary students working for temporary certificates ; a state of affairs which was found to greatly lower both the standard of teaching and of the school. Largely through Miss Goshen ' s tactful planning and careful guidance this was quietly changed, and the privilege of practice teaching granted only to Seniors, thus raising the standard of the school and creating a desire among the mediocre teachers to take a full Normal course, thus increasing their efficiency. Following this, chiefly through Miss Goshen ' s influence. Juniors were required to take Demonstration Lessons in teaching under expert teachers, to whom they were required to submit lesson plans, for criticism. A portion of Miss Goshen ' s work at this time was lecturing to Seniors on educational sub- jects. When a vacancy occurred in the department of Psvchologv and Pedagogy she was, at her own request, made head of that department. In this position she was a strong factor in mould- ing the minds of many students. Her interests in the school were wide. She was. one of the pioneers of, and an interested worker in The Fortnightly Art Club, the purpose of which was to bring worthv objects of art before the students, and try to arouse an interest in, and love for, the best. Miss CJoshen was also a member of the Debating Club Committee, where her influence and helpfulness did much to create an interest and assurance, otherwise often lacking. In the summer of nineteen hundred thirteen, when the chair of Psychology became unex- pectedlv vacant. Dr. Philips recalling Mi s CJoshen ' s previous record, and knowing of her suc- cess in the West tendered her the position, which was subsequently accepted. With the coming [8]