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The Normal Ivlagnet
The Heart Of A
Normal School
Do you realize the relationship
one’s heart bears to his body?
Could he live an instant if it failed
to function? Then you are in a
solendid position to see how vital
this organ is, and how important
it is to have it function properly.
So it is with the heart of a normal
school. If such a school were minus
of this organ or department, then
it would cease to live up to its
name and at the same time beocme
the kind of institution that it pro
fesses not to be.
Then what is the heart of a nor
mal school? How could we make
it function properly? This organ
or department is better known as
the Practice School. The life of
the normal school depends strictly
upon it. Since such a school aims
to send out of its doors weel-train-
ed and fully-capable men and wom
en who will in turn train our
youth, then it must have a well
equipped laboratory in which they
must work. The Pracace School
meets tihs demand. It presents a
multitude of problems which carry
with them the elements of life sti-
uations. The training teacher gets
all of the practice she will need to
prepare her to handle the prob
lems she will encounter when she
is thrown out upon her our re
sources.
It is impossible for any Practice
School to function properly if it
is fashioned after the old type of
a school—one that carries with it
the idea of “move when I tell you
to move,” or “do this thing accord
ing to my idea.” But on the other
hand we train the child to think
for himself, and to use his own
judgment in responding properly to
a stimulus presented on the spur
of the moment. The idea of the
Practice School today is free ac
tivity, personal judgment, and stu
dent participation rather than
teacher performance. When the
Practice School begins to live up to
this idea, it is then that the heart
of the normal school will be func
tioning as we would have it func
tion.
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HELP! HELP!
police.
“Nobody is bothering me but I
need help just the same,” replied
the high school graduate of 1927.
“What do you mean?” asked the
police.
“I mean I want to go to State
Normal to prepare to teach the
primary children, and I don’t see
how I can get enough money to go
through the two years; that’s what
I mean,” replied the girl in down
cast tones.
“Have you written Principal P.
W. Moore, or any body about what
you need?” asked the police. “If
you haven’t go do it right now and
start to saving your fare because
he never turns a girl down who
wants to get ahead.”
The above is true. If a student
writes to Dr. Moore and wants to
enter the Normal Department he
finds some way to help that stu
dent.
Now a Student Loan Fund is to
be created to help still further
those whose money will not last
through the year. If you want
normal work, a good certificate, a
good position come to State Nor
mal and you will be welcomed and
helped.
The Practice School
By Miriam Gore
The Practice School can very
well be called the heart of the
Normal Students as they have re
ceived their training in this school.
This has been an exceptional year
in practice teaching. Heretofore
the practice teachers have taught
only six months while this year
they have spent nine months. We
hope the coming year will afford
such wonderful opportunities.
Those who have taught in prac
tice school are as follows: Misses
Annie Pailin, Ealine Ou;law, Wil
lie Cordon, Mary Eogerson, Gen
eva Rogerson, Daisy Mullin, Jose
phine Valentine, Lillie Bowe, Ethel
Rogers, Sarah Commander, Addie
Spellman, Annie Sheppard, Leilia
Mitchel, Miriam Gore, Geneva Rog
ers, Mattie White, Eva Johnson,
Hettie Perry, Carnelia Paxton,
Lettie Hardy, Emma Jane Cham
berlain.
The Practice Teachers are very
grateful to the Critic Teachers of
the practice school for giving such
helpiul suggestions during the
year.
All who have taught under Miss
Spellman feel that they can teach
successfully any third or fourth
grade class in the universe. As
much can be said of Misses Card-
well, McAllister, iVIcCurdy and
Mrs. Doles. Again we thank them
for their interest shown toward us.
Mother’s Day Program
We feel grateful to Miss Annie
Jarvis for setting aside a day on
which we can pay tribute to the
greatest gift of God to man—Moth
er- On Sunday, May 8, which is
Mother s Day the Y. M. and Y. W.
C. A. fittingly observed the occas
ion. She program was as follows;
1. Opening Hymn.
2. Prayer.
3. Hymn — A Mother’s Prayer
4. Reading, Miss Mary Rogerson
5. Solo Miss Annie M. Pailin
6. Solo Sylvester Blount
7. Talk Mrs. J. H. Bias
8. Reading, Miss Evelyn John
son.
9. Song, Tell Mother I’ll Be
There.
10. Reading — M. Luther Wilson
11. Solo John Joyner
12. Solo _—_ Lafayette Williams
13. Dismission.
Annual Lyceum
The State Normal School, Ehza
beth City, North Carolina, held its
Annual Lyceum in the school audi
torium Friday night. May 13, 1927.
The program was as follows:
Music, Onward Christian Soldier
Invocation Rev. J. T. Doles
Clarinet Duet, Messers. More and
Sutton.
Dramatic Reading, “Hager in the
Desert,” Ethelyn Johnson.
Solo — Mary Legget
Pantoniine, “Rock of Ages,” Sec. A
Fourth Year Sunday School
class.
Introduction of Speaker, Prof. J.
H. Bias.
Address, “Meditation,” Prof. D. C.
Vergo, Principal of Willis-
ton Industrial School, Wil
mington, N. C. I
Quartette Selection, “My Lord
Writin’ All the Time.” I
Remarks Prof. P. W. Moore
Professor Vergo’s address was
inspiriational indeed. He is a man
of great action and thought. The
entire audience was inspired and
benefitted in hearing him.
Sports
The season is over once more.
State Normal School is standing
ahead of this section in basket ball
undefeated for two years. Eight
games have been played this sea
son. The girls are not rated as
stars, yet they have not been de
feated. I
February 4, the girls played in i
Winfall with a score 8-5. The;
State Normal girls were a little off
but they won the game.
The next game was played be
tween Winfall and State Normal
on our campus. The girls regained
their pep and the game ended 17-6.
February 8, City High played on
our campus. The score was 8-5.
Mprch 4, the eirls iowmevpd tol
Williamston High schooL There
they played a peppy game t)ut
State Normal knows how to “pass
it over them.” The team-work of