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Speech Education For The Teacher In Training, Robert E. Mcconnell
Speech Education For The Teacher In Training, Robert E. Mcconnell
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Speech education is an indispensable and important part of the program of both elementary education and secondary education. If anything, it has become more essential as time has passed, so far as I can determine. The telephone, the radio, the news reel, the talking picture, the public forum, the auditorium performance have increased the need for it.
Education For Living, Robert E. Mcconnell
Education For Living, Robert E. Mcconnell
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What the best people want for their children, America wants for all of its chiIdren. That has become a popular statement. But in the final analysis, what is it that we want for our children? I may answer that question in part. We want culture. We want our children to be refined.
Book Selection For A Teachers College Library, Robert E. Mcconnell
Book Selection For A Teachers College Library, Robert E. Mcconnell
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The selection of books and the distribution of library funds are considerations which call for the continuous attention of the college administrator. This is especially so in the case of teachers colleges because they are of recent development and are limited as to funds. Both time and money are essential to the building up of a library of quality and quantity. As compared with the well established liberal arts college, teachers colleges are at a disadvantage in that the former existed fifty years before the latter.
The Third Grade Conducts A Post Office, Mabel T. Anderson, Amanda Katherine Hebeler
The Third Grade Conducts A Post Office, Mabel T. Anderson, Amanda Katherine Hebeler
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Because our third-grade children were often asked to go to the down-town post office to mail letters or to buy stamps, this group of pupils decided to have a school post office. Group discussion and planning began immediately. While plans were being made, the following problems arose and had to be solved: 1. What supplies shall we need? 2. When can we buy our supplies? 3. Where shall we get the money to pay for these supplies?
The Festival Of Nations, Amanda Katherine Hebeler
The Festival Of Nations, Amanda Katherine Hebeler
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The Festival of Nations, an all-school activity of the Edison Elementary School of the Washington State Normal School at Ellensburg, has through three years of experience proved itself very rich in social learnings. The festival idea began when a bazaar was suggested as a means of earning money to meet the special activity needs of the school. The teachers agreed that any project used to raise funds should also be of real educational value. It should be related, so far as possible, to the interests of the children in grades two to six inclusive, since these would be the groups …
World History, "What's It All About.", Harold E. Barto
World History, "What's It All About.", Harold E. Barto
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Opinion seems to be well divided as to the shortcomings of World History. Some believe that it is a mistake to attempt to cover so much history in the time allotted. Others contend that poor teaching is the greatest obstacle. Obviously, both views have some merit. However, there is another reason that is not generally given that may come nearer reaching the source of the trouble. It may be that the starting point in World History is too far removed from the student's interest.