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April 27, 1956 THE S A L E MIT E Mar> Thompson Likes Practice Teaching, But '‘Drawing Cows Is For The Birds” Page Three By Mary Thompson Tuesday started out as a fine day. Everything was going so well—no big. assignments, no worries. Then came a startling announce ment that completely shocked me out of my dreams. “You will do your hour of teaching next Tues day .in the first grade at Oak Sum mit School!” Immediately I panicked. “Oh, I can’t possibly do it”, I thought. “Why do I have to be among the first ones to teach? I always have the worst luck.” After a few conferences with Miss White and the teacher at Oak Summit, I discovered that I had to do it, and that I might as well resign myself to it. So, I settled down to lesson plans and flannel board illustrations. Never before had 1 realized that there was so much preparation for one little hour of teaching. I dis covered that there is quite a dif ference in making lesson plans to hand in to Miss White as an as signment and in making lesson plans that 1 was really going to use. I found that I had to think through everything I put down, to see if I really could explain it to the children. Everytime I thought of trying to teach something to a noisy, squirm ing bunch of first grade children, I panicked all over again. By the time 1 got ready to start on flan nel board illustrations, I w^as a complete bundle of nerves. Eight hours later, I came to the conclusion that lesson plans were elementary compared with making pictures. I simply couldn’t draw, and none of the pictures were large enough to trace. After many at tempts, I finally turned out nine ducks, one barn, one turkey, and one pig. But I couldn’t draw a cow ! When my roommate left the dorm for Farmers Dairy, 1 implored her to please bring back a cow for me. And when she didn’t come through I dragged out about ten books, and by using a little bit from each one, finally drew an af- filicted cow. I crossed my fingers, hoping that none of the children had ever see)} a real cow. 1 could just hear them saying, “Miss Thompson, what is that big thing?—But our cow doesn’t look like that. Miss Thompson.” Tuesday morning dawned cold and gray. What a day for teach ing, I thought. I won’t even be Junior teaching program is well under way, as Jane Wrike observes little second grader, Diane Widener, use flannel rabbits to work out a tough arithmetic problem. Mrs. Lillian Marler, standing, who is the second grade teacher at Granville School, looks on. able to take a sun bath when I get back! After a hurried break fast, I started out, armed with les--j son i)lans, illustrations, stacks ofi books, and the last dose of my nerve tonic. When 1 walked into the class room, millions of strange faces greeted me. I stepped up to the front of the room and started. “Boys and girls—”. That certainly didn’t sound like my voice. But suddenly I wasn’t thinking about myself, I really was “Miss Thomp son”, not just a scared college girl. Of course, I had my upsetting instances. One of them came when 1 was taking up the new words in- the story or the reading group. They had never read the story be fore, so I planned to take a lot of time teaching them the new words. As I put the words on the board, the whole reading group read all of the words for me. I was flab bergasted. How could I introduce new words to the group, when they already knew them ? I simply fininshed it, hoping that I wouldn’t have too much time left over. Before I realized it, my hour was over. Whew!, I thought. It’s all over now, and I never thought I could do it! I can’t wait to get outside and take these shoes off. My feet are killing me. The children all waved good-bye to me, and T really wanted to hug aj^ry one of them. They had been ive and sweet. 1 never quite believed Miss White when she said that there, w'as a real joy and satisfaction in teach ing, but now I know exactly what she means. Miller Recital (Continued From Page One) present the following program: 0 Had I Jubal’s Lyre “Joshua” Handel John Mueller, Organist Come Raggio di Sol .. .Caldara Se Florindo e Fedele A. Scarlatti In Quelle Trine Morbide “Manon Lescaut” Puccini Die Forelle - - Schubert .Allerseelen Strauss Les trois Prieres Paladilhe Nell -- -- Faure Intermission Regnava nel Silenzio “Lucia di A Kentucky Riddle Lammermoor” Donizetti American Folk Song arr. Manning L’ll be no Submissive Wife. Lee A Piper - Duke 1 Sing Klemm The College Inn RESTAURANT 839 Reynolda Road Winston-Salem FOR THE BEST IN: SPAGHETTI — SALADS — PIZZA PIE — STEAKS Beyond ihe Square (Continued from pa^e two) body’s guess until Russia’s inten tions are made clear. Prime Minister David Ben-Gur- ion of Israel insists that he has little faith in U. N. ability to pre vent an Arab-lsrael war and in the light of the Soviet refusal to stop selling arms to Egypt during the English meetings, his pessimism is understandable. Entertainment In this "week’s Time and Life is the most unbelieveable picture of beloved Marlon Brando you have ever seen. He is practically un recognizable as the star of M-G- M’s forthcoming Teahouse of the August Moon now being filmed in Japan. In answer to some 3000 letters, CBS will rebroadcast the Study of Mental Patients and Hospitals this Sunday at 5 p.m. I happened to catch the original show in March and it was something I will never forget. Don’t miss it. ♦ * » Hello color T.V.—goodbye black and white! Last week at the meet ing of the Association of Radio and T.V. Broadcasters the trend toward color T.V. was shown in R. C. A.’s announcement that it will now sell its color set for $500, $195 less than last year’s price. In Chicago, the first all-color station is now WNBQ and the pre sident of NBC announced the sche duling of one major color program each evening besides the spectacu lars already in color. People Receiving the Albert Einstein Commemorative Award, Poet Carl Sandburg deplored the “Fat-drip- ping prosperity” of America and warned that “When the goal of a country is only happiness and,com fort, this is danger.” Variety’s wording of The Wed ding in its marriage column: Grace Kelly to Prince Rainier III, April 18-19, Monaco. Bride is film star. Groom, non-pro. History Film Planned For Tuesday Night On Tuesday, May 1, the history department is presenting a film. The Fight for Peace, in Old Chapel ;it 8:00 p.m. The film is considered the best documentary of the years between World War 1 and World War If, ])resenting a survey of world his tory from Versailles to Munich and showing the break down of Inter- mitional Law and the growth of the aggressor nations. In a little more than an hour, films of world events of a quarter of a century will be shown. Two years were spent in the assembly and editing of this film. The events in the film include: 1917 events in Russia; rare films of Lenin; historic last films of the Russian Royal family; Japan leav ing the League of Nations in de fiance after the invasion of China; the bombing of Shanghai; domestic policies of Hitler; and many more of the important events that occur red between World War I and World War II. Among the personalities in the film are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anthony Eden, Pope Pius, Adolph Flitler, Stalin, Lenin, and Flirohito. The Fight for Peace was as sembled in the hope that its show ing will point out the need for effective action by the United Na tions and for effective measures to prevent World War III. Walter Winchell said of this film: “Americans should see The Fight for Peace to realize how good they have it. 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