Western Washington University - Klipsun Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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v 5 i . Education ' MILLER, KIBBE, KEELER, KOLSTAD, SALISBURY Work of the Department of Education is focused sharply on needs of pros- pective teachers. While practical at every point, at the same time the attempt is made to develop concepts that will constitute a progressive philosophy of education. Students are expected to develop that attitude of mind in which they think through the situations presented to them and see their relation to the schoolroom needs. The Work Which the department covers may be classed under four heads. Educational Psychology includes instruction in elementary psychology, courses in the specific problems of childhood and of adolescence, and electives covering such material as the psychology of the subjects and applied psychology. History and principles of education covers the field of philosophy and the history of education both in America and of the World in general. Administration and measurements offer' a wide variety of practical material dealing with school law, school manage- ment, educational measurements, and more specific school problems. Individual study may also be undertaken. In all courses the student is brought into contact with the most progressive educational ideas and the best authorities on educational subjects. The Work is closely correlated with the work of the Training School with its practical illustrations. Twenty-tho'0e

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, .-..... .-1-il Training School RICH, MONTGOMERY, BROOKS, MCPHERSON. MILLIGAN KAVANAGH, KINSMAN. CASELEY, MOFFATT. MCMEEN JACOBS, OSBORN, MACDONALD, WALLACE. CRAWFORD With the development of the school as a vocational institution for thc training of teachers, the Training School, in which thc students obtain actual ti-:aching cx' perience, is becoming the center of school activity. The organization is still in si state of development by which the various related courses are hcing brought into closer contact, forming a more effective working unit. Technique. ihc lncilioils in teaching, Observation, the watching of the procedure in :i schoolrooni situation: and Teaching, the guided practice, the. actual experience, :irc integral parts: hui contributing more and more are the methods, the philosophy, and thc suhjcct matter obtained in the other departments. Just as the Training School Department is cndczivoring to train the Normal students for the best possible service in the communities to which they go, so it is also endeavoring to give the best possible advantages to the children in the 'l'r:iin- ing School. There are two all-school activities, the asscnihlv :ind the Junior Messenger. Typical of the spirit of the school asscnihly was the 'l'li:inksgiving program in which every grade had an active part. The Junior Messenger staff is composed of eighth grade pupils, with reports assigned to the other grades, who gather the contributions. Selections are made so that thc paper will give :in inter esting account of the type of activities being carried on in the grades. Particiileirlv noteworthy is the interest of the children and the great amount of the rcsponsihiliii' which they take in the planning and developing of thc projects. u Twenty-two V

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.,..............-.ii . - English cmd Speer: 1 FOWLER, SPERRY, HUSSEY, EDENS, VAUGHAN, HQPPE, MADDEN The General Literature course is one of the new first-year requirements of the revised curriculum. The course continues throughout the year, with study of. :i different literary period each quarter. The divisions are the Aneient Period. Wllll such works as the Bible, Homer and Greek mythology studied: the Middle Period. of which such authors as Goethe, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Moliere :ire represens tativeg and the Modern Period represented by Hugo, Emerson, Ilisen, Tolstoi. Whitman, and others. The general aim of the course is to faniiliurize the students with some of the dominant literary personalities and their produetions of :ineient times and the present day. Besides the methods courses, the department offers :i wide range of eleetiyes covering, the various types of literature: the drama, essay, short story. :ind the novel, aswell as courses in poetry, such as Browning and Sluxkespmire. :ind eone- temporary writers are given. Elementary and advanced news writing courses are open to students who have had suitable training in writing and who are especially interested in journalism. Practical work is done in connection with the Wleekly Messenger :ind the Klipsun. Under the Division of Speech numerous courses are offered in voeril training and .dramatic interpretation. Wllile Fundamentals of ilixpression is the only requirement on this side of the department, interesting courses in :ulyaneed work lncludmg presentation of plays are given. Debate, one ot' the important student activities, is sponsored here. Twenty-fofm'