Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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SN r ' po a 1 fam g gaiummnmmmmmmmmmmjgsnmnglyfn - ' K EHD EMMDGDEBEEDEHQDQDEEDDCEUEIZQIQ W K-ji 'funds-1 H Q Yi 3 Q 0 El E is as Q 5 Q 5 l E E s 2 Q HE most important duty confronting the teachers of America is E that of speeding the time when every child in our land shall have a fair expectancy of school training under able, competent instructors 5 . . Q of high personal worth. At the present tune less than half of our 5 . . . EJ E 722,000 public school teachers in the United States have had even such as a minimum of training as is represented by two years of professional E Q preparation beyond high school graduation. The percentage of such E E teachers should be 100 instead of less than 50. Q Q S 9 E . . E Q We need higher standards,-these standards enacted into law, E ez wholesome publicity concerning the necessity of well equipped, ably ad- 2 2 ministered public schools, compensation sufhcient to attract a fair per- E S centage of the best types of high school graduates to our teachers' col- E3 S leges, and finally the opportunity in these colleges such as XVestern E Normal to give the student body a maximum of professional advan- 5 tages. Every student and alumnus of VVestern is urged to join in the 5 splendid task of speeding the day when every American child shall s Q 2 come under teachers of the f1nest type of manhood and vvomanhood, of 55 Q sound character and training, of high professional ideals, of capacity 5 and liking for strenuous endeavor in the great task. E tl U E Q E A U . ll ' :J s ' g E cl Q E E fi G .a El E U 1 L s l l gg an N 3 Emmmmmmcmmgzpmmmn nmm:mnuliT'!9Z5ilmmmmmmmumwc3um mans.-ncscncrncarrm unit! Page Eleven

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Page Ten President DVVIGHT B. XVALDO, A. M., L. L. D

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-cv 'aid Y Q E man nmnummmmnm mmnmnumm ' I nrnnummmnunmmmammmnnmmmmmmmnqgp 1 i 1 3 2 2 S 5 S 5 JWEZWORIES Q B E TT S gg E 5 E5 S The lonelyplains, the placid lakes no longer feast nity eyes, 5 5 foe learned to lofoe our Nornzal Hill that lifts its head, t And breaks the foaulted skies. A Q I lofve its grandeur, and its noble inien E , That speaks of wisdozn in the great unseen, Q Where gods receive their daily bread. L o Norvnal Hill, E Your walks, your paths are never lonely, dark, or chill, E, But radiate companionship the hilltop o'er, , gs 2 T Which neither tinie nor space shall ever still T 5 E Till efoery roof and wall and floor Q E Upon your crest, resounds no niore. E S es 3 O happy days for us are these, Ei 5 When life is not so full that we can find E No tiine to hit the Trail, 2 To breathe pure air, to sit beneath the trees, g Q A nd ind more verses there than we can rhyme- 2 E And inore to please. S S O heights of truth, our 1ne1n'ries cling to you, 5 g Tho it was hard, hard to clinib when only truth was true - Q In days to be, Q l Our fondest dreanis of yore will only see 5 s ' Your steep ascents, that led us to the key E Unlocking all the world, to set it free. Q E A.B.B. E S U Q U U . s 2 Ewmmbwmnmmmmnmmmm nmmammmmm lgzbgmmmmm m mmmmmdmom mmmuwg 1 l r 1 A - - Page Twelve vi I