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The Oracle 04/05/1935, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

Delegates to Eastern States' Convention Elected -- Dr. Russell Attends Important Convention -- Music in the Curriculum of the Modern School -- Faculty Facts -- Athletics

The Oracle 03/20/1935, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

Arthur Comeau Chairman Student Round Table -- Dr. Russell Attends Convention At St. Louis -- Our Sympathy to Machias -- Library Notes -- Faculty Facts -- Athletics -- Through the Looking Glass

The Oracle 02/08/1935, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

"Henry Tells the Truth" Presented by Dramatic Club -- Boys Go on Annual Trip -- The Value of Supervised Teaching -- The Value of Outside Reading -- Stamp Collecting as a Hobby -- Athletics

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1935-1936, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1935-1936 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, courses of study, course descriptions, student services, and biographical information about and images of faculty.

School Enrollment In New Mexico Including Comparisons Of School Enrollment In New Mexico With The In The United States And Certain States, Richard Arnold Bruce

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation is to study school enrollment in New Mexico. In addition to analyzing school enrollment in the state from 1850 to 1930, inclusive, comparisons of enrollment in the several counties of New Mexico are made; and school enrollment in New Mexico is compared with that in the United States as a whole, the Rocky Mountain States, and certain Southwestern States.

The Oracle 12/21/1934, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

G.N.S. Organizations Spread Christmas Cheer -- Dramatic Club to Present Three-Act Comedy -- Mr. Cilley Attends National Conference -- Important Educational Meeting -- The Value of the Educational Survey -- Athletics

The Oracle 12/16/1932, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

Superintendents' Day Sponsored by Civic Committee -- Dr. Ambrose Suhrie, Outstanding Educator, Addresses Gorham Normal School Student Body -- Reverend and Mrs. Moulton, East Indian Missionaries, Speak to Normal School Students During Chapel -- Athletics -- Academy Hall Notes

Training Teachers For Emergency Nursery Schools In Washington, Robert E. Mcconnell

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

The work on the emergency nursery school program in Washington started on January 6, 1934, in the State Department of Education. The purposes of the program as outlined by the state supervisor are pertinent here. (1) To serve the emergency needs of preschool children and their parents who are suffering from current social and economic difficulties. (2) To carry improved methods of child care and guidance into the home. (3) To employ needy qualified workers. ( 4) To carry on an educational and health program for children and their parents. (5) To demonstrate to local communities and school authorities methods …

Making A Teachers College Program Comprehensive, Robert E. Mcconnell

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

The purpose of the undergraduate teachers college is to educate young men and women for teaching in the elementary and secondary schools. Curriculum makers should arrange the courses of instruction and activities so that the student will be directed to do those things which he will be called upon to do in his profession and in his life after school. The curriculum of the teachers college is the fountainhead from which new ideas and materials for the public schools should flow. A heavy responsibility has been delegated to it.

The Oracle 11/09/1934, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

"Oracle" Welcomes New Faculty Advisor -- Highlights of Teachers' Convention -- Superintendents' Day A Feature of Education Week -- The Purpose of "The Oracle" -- The New Position of Teachers -- Athletics

The Modern Teacher: From The Unpublished Writings Of Harriet M. Johnson, Harriet M. Johnson

69 Bank Street

Volume 1 Number 2, November 1934

Harriet Johnson's brief papers focusing on the central theme of what kind of person a child needs for a teacher.

The Oracle 08/09/1934, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

The Demonstration School -- The Summer Session of 1934 -- Leisure Time -- Recreational Activities -- Calendar

The Relation Of Training & Experience To Success In The Rural Schools Of Butler County, W. E. Willis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem is two-fold.

1. To set up a number of points that will help to measure the efficiency of the teacher.
2. To show the correlation of training and experience with the efficiency of these teachers.

The Oracle 06/11/1934, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

Hon. Bertram E. Packard, to be Commencement Speaker -- Banquet to Mark the Beginning of Commencement Services -- Graduation -- Open-House Day -- Bird Study Class Enjoys Trip to Higgins Beach -- Campus Changes -- Athletics

Physical Education In Universities And Colleges In The Middle West, Hyman Popuch

Bachelors’ Theses

Ever since the World War many social and economic changes have affected the problem of providing a wholesome and satisfying program of physical education and recreation to meet the existing needs for the proper use of leisure time. As the situation now presents itself, the schools should make every bonafide effort to set up a versatile program of physical education. Educators and physical educators, are now accepting the fact that mental, moral, social and physical education are a necessary part of general education. Before the present changes occurred in modern social adjustments, the home and industry were able to provide …

The Oracle 04/05/1934, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

G.N.S. Represented at the Eastern States Convention -- Student Movement to be Theme for Discussion -- American Teachers' Association Convention -- Practice Teaching -- Meeting a Famous Pioneer -- Poetry Club -- Athletics

The Oracle 02/09/1934, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

G.N.S. Basketball Team Leaves on Two Day Trip -- Wilson MacDonald is Received With Much Enthusiasm -- A Student's Ideas: Notes on School Topics -- How Sangerville Got Its Name -- The Sign of the Pewter Jug -- Athletics

Sherwood Music School Annual Catalog 1934-1935, Sherwood Music School

Academic Catalogs

The 1934-1935 Annual Academic Catalog for Sherwood Music School, featuring information about the School, its affiliated branches' purpose and locations, images of student and campus life, department descriptions, courses of study, course descriptions, student services, and biographical information about and images of faculty.

Harriet M. Johnson: Pioneer 1867-1934, Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Books

Harriet Johnson's life and work as described by her long time colleague Lucy Sprague Mitchell.

The Oracle 12/22/1933, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

A True Christmas Spirit Prevails on Normal Hill -- Teacher Training Certification -- The County Fair -- The Library Club -- Athletics

The Oracle 11/10/1933, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

The Gorham Normal School Observes Superintendents' and Principals' Day -- The Eternal Quest -- M.T.A. -- Athletics

Relative Scholastic Success Of College Students From High Schools Of Varying Sizes, Leonard Lee Hudson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Education in America has made substantial growth in its various phases. No factor has been more marked than in the secondary field. The South was tardy in establishing a systematic scheme owing to the devastation of a Civil War and the misunderstandings natural to a reconstruction period. Many forces for the improvement of the secondary field in this section are now accomplishing wonderful results. Accrediting associations to investigate, recommend, and regulate certain practices, different divisions of the state department of education to supervise and inspect, research organizations, graduate schools, and school authorities are adding to the fund of knowledge regarding …

The Training Of High School Teachers In Kentucky From Western Kentucky Teachers College In Relation To The Subjects They Teach, Harod Patton

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Much has been written concerning the kind of training a high-school teacher should have, but very little has been written concerning the training they have in relation to what they teach. Not very much is known concerning the actual facts of the condition existing at the present in the high schools in the state of Kentucky. The purpose of this study is to find these facts as they are and on this basis to determine the relationship that exists between the major and minor subjects and administrators from the Western Kentucky State Teachers College; and the subject they teach. Also, …

The Teaching Of Reading In The Fourth Grade, Anne V. Thomas

Bachelors’ Theses

The ability to read rapidly and comprehensively is being recognized more and more by people in all walks of life. Reading is essentially a thought getting process therefore possession of good thought reading ability makes it possible for one to enrich his own life, become more efficient in his chosen work and be of greater service to the world in which he lives. Society demands that we know how to read in order to meet certain definite social needs. The ability to read is practically universal. The child being a born imitator wishes to do what he sees his elders …

Social Studies In Grades One Through Six, Orville William Gesell

Bachelors’ Theses

The Purpose, Procedure and Scope of the Study PURPOSE. The purpose of this study is to present to the teachers of the primary and elementary grades a social study course which will attempt to give them definite help by means of (1) organized units' (2) time allotment; (3) teacher and pupil references; (4) suggested activities; (5) laboratory equipment; and (6) sources of illustrative material.

An Experiment In Remedial Reading In A Second Grade, Harriett M. Gaffney

Bachelors’ Theses

Every teacher finds a great range of capacities and abilities in her room. She finds that although some children comprehend what they read, they read much too slowly. She finds that others may read rapidly but not get the thought from what they read. She finds that some may e able to follow printed directions well but are inefficient in getting the complete thought from narrative material.

The Oracle 05/23/1933, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

"The China Shop" Presented by Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs -- Gorham Students Attend Convention at New York City During Easter Vacation -- State Commissioner of Education, Dr. Bertram E. Packard, Sends Message to Gorham Normal School -- Alumni and Exchange -- Athletics -- Industrial Arts at Gorham

The Oracle 02/27/1933, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

Normal School Students Attend Teachers' Convention -- Miss Jeanette Johnson Interviewed Concerning Visit Abroad Last Summer -- Athletics -- On and Off Campus -- History of Academy Hall

Comparison Of The Legal Status Of County School Superintendents And City School Superintendents, With Emphasis Upon Superintendents Of New Mexico, John L. Gill

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to determine the legal status which has been accorded to city school superintendents and county school superintendents in the several states, to compare the status of one with that of the other, and to evaluate each in the light of the recommendations of authorities in educational administration. Emphasis will be placed upon the provisions of the New Mexico Statutes relative to the status of county school superintendents and city school superintendents.

Status Of Certificates Issued And Employment Of Certificate Holders At Western Kentucky State Teachers College, James Ashby

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to determine the supply of certified teachers from Western Kentucky State Teachers College. From data compiled at the institution concerning the number of certificates issued, the number at present in effect, and the employment of the certificate holders, this supply will be ascertained. The study undertakes to answer the following questions:

1. What has been the nature of certification of teachers in Western Kentucky State Teachers College?
2. How many teachers certificates issued by the institution are now in effect?
3. How many of the certificate holders are at present engaged in teaching?
4. What per cent …