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Page Two WESCOLITE Wednesday, November 29, 1950 Volume XXIX. WESCOLITE Number 5 Published by the JOURNALISM CLUB WESTERN MONTANA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Dillon, Montana Wednesday, November 29; 1950 Subscription Rates — S1.00 a Year STAFF EDITOR FLORENCE GRAY BUSINESS MANAGERS - - - SHIRLEY CHAFFIN ED MONGER STAFF TYPIST ...................................... BETTY BRAY Reporters— Chanticleer President; Betty Austreng Marv Eccleston Claude Ankeny Faculty Advisor: Lois Ellwood Genevieve Albertson Beverly Petersen Jack Carriger Exchange Secretaries: Beverly Grant Betty Christensen Kermit Cole Betty Bray Mardell Lane Bette Morgan Rosemary Morse I AM A TEACHER! OW can we make this declaration carry distinction ? To gather a variety of observations and opinions fol lowing the panel discussion at a student assembly on the raising of standards in the teaching profession we deliberately avoided the panel members who had already expressed their beliefs when we asked the question, “What can be done to further the professional status of the elementary teacher?“ Miles Winship, junior at WMCE, would start with the kasic material. In his opinion, “Better quality persons must be trained in the teaching profession than have been in the past.“ A student teacher at the training school, Peggy Dubbe, empha sized the preparation of prospective teachers. “If teachers aren’t qualified they can’t be looked up to,” she said. “They should have a longer period of training before being allowed to teach. A complete course in child development along with plenty of methods courses should be given the young people preparing to teach. This should increase the capability of the teacher and improve his status in the professional world.” Ralph Kneeland, student counselor and assistant professor of psychology, emphasized both academic and professional prepara tion, active participation in education associations beginning while in college and a recognition by teachers of the importance of their profession so that the public will recognize it and have a greater understanding of the teaching profession. “Standards of any group begin with the individual,” Rose Armour, WMCE student and experienced teacher, declared. “The elementary teacher must miss no opportunity for training in her work and developing her personality and attitudes toward high professional goals. When the teacher can take pride in her work when analyzed by others, she is one who can command respect for herself and her profession.” James Womack, training instructor for seventh grade, believes the teaching profession should attract the same quality of people as do medicine and law. “Too many.people go into teaching be cause they are not qualified for other professions,” he said. “Teachers should be recruited for elementary training as a differ ent branch of the teaching profession and not as though it were a lower level of teaching than that of high school or college , teaching.” K. Z. N. Has Formal Initiation Tonight Seven new members, who have completed their pledge duties will be initiated tonight into Kappa Zeta Nu in the home-economics living room. After the initiation ceremony re freshments will be served. Spon sors are Miss Evelyn Mikkelson and Mrs. Bill Straugh. Those to be initiated are: Beverly Peterson, Hilda Guldseth, Rose Nor- ton, Doris Mayberry, Carolyn Pay- ton, Marilyn Boettcher, and Jacque line Haines. Sam Anderson, a junior at WMCE, whites from Manila to congratulate Coach Straugh and the Bulldogs. He had read in the “Far East” edi tion of Stars and Stripes that WM CE had won 7-0 from Westminster. One couple who seems to show some promise, but is not yet a sure thing is that of Dell Greenfield and Cara Redd. • / l e s o l i t h e With Monger and Cole— Mr. .Kneeland has offered a course in effective study. We offer you a course in effective classroom partici pation. The first essential is the proper mental attitude. The mind must be completely relaxed and re ceptive. To achieve this the student must stretch all of his muscles and then go limp. Slide forward in your desk and lean back; this puts the weight of the body on thirty-two vertebraes instead of one posterior. To the best of our knowledge the best students never use over 50 per cent of their mental capacity. How ever, because it is almost impossible to increase this capacity we advo cate cutting the loss. While getting ready for the lecture, place the right hand behind your receiving ear and the other hand tightly over the left ear to prevent escape of the infor mation. Women students are ad vised to keep the mouth tightly closed to prevent further loss. We also have found two . other ways of dealing with this 50 per cent mental incapacity. One is to shut one eye and close one ear; the other way is interm ittent periods of sleep. The time of these periods will vary for the individual and will be from five to thirty minutes. We advise you to use the period that seems most effective to you and still finds you awake at the end of the class. If the instructor seems to be talk ing about something that you have never heard before, interrupt her with the question—Huh? In fact it is a good idea to end your slumber periods with a dead serious—Huh? This gives you a quick review of what has been said and also acts as an alarm for mental activity. During a recent survey we had students record everything that came to their mind during a class period. The girls notes went as follows: My what a silly dress the teacher is wearing. I wish the fel low back of me would take his feet off my chair, sniff . . . I wonder if he’s changed socks this week. That reminds me . . . I have to buy a new bottle of perfume. . . . Imag ine spending four years just to catch a man. . . . I hope I’m not one of the unfortunate that have to teach. I wish Benny Harrison would turn around and quit staring at my legs. Who’ll I ask to go to the Sadie Haw kins dance? Who’ll go with me? What costume should I wear? There’s a buzzing in my ear—no it’s the telephone—No, it’s the bell, class is over — Guess I’ll go home and sleep. The men’s record: What a party last night, my hea¿TS extended two inches past my shoulders on both sides. My poor eyeballs. I wonder if this red color hurts the teacher’s eyes. I think I'll close my eyes for a second . . . snore. “No sir, I did not ask a question.” I’m sliding off my chair. While I’m down here I’ll tie my shoe . . . only half way through this period. Twenty-five minutes and I can get some coffee. Coffee. Coffee. I wish I had a sun visor. Why doesn’t that bald-head ed teacher wear a wig—anything to cut the glare. Do I agree with that statement? Yes, Why? . . . Why of course, only five minutes more and I’ll have my coffee, with cream and sugar. No, I wasn’t talking to you, Miss. At last the bell. We then give you three helpful classroom habits, be mentally awake and eager, take an active part in .classroom discussion, and do not fall off the chair when you doze off. Old Business; New Business Music Club Christmas caroling and dancing classes are both on the schedule of the Music club for the month of De cember. No definite plans have been made, yet, for either. At the regular meeting on Nov. 15, the club’s point system was re viewed, and several suggestions for amendments to the constitution were made. The lack of a majority of members made it impossible for any action to be taken. K. Z. N. Aids Christmas Seal Sale As a fall quarter project Kappa Zeta Nu aided in the 44th annual Christmas Seal drive. The mem bers spent the evening of November 16 at the home of Mrs. O. K. Moe stuffing envelopes with the seals and letters. These Christmas seals pay for free chest X-rays, research, health edu cation informing people about T. B. and its preventative measures, and other activities to control tubercu losis. PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY • A. L. JUERGENS, M. D. Office Phone 680-W Telephone Block • GEO. L. ROUTLEDGE, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Telephone Block Office Phone 22 Residence Phone 352 • DR. W. J. RÖMERS Dentist Bungalow Dental Office 108 South Washington St. Opposite Texaco Station Phone 114 • DR. L. L. LINDLEY Optometrist Office Phone 466 Rooms 8-9, Poindexter Bldg. • DR. W. E. MONGER Osteopathic Physician • I)R. R. D. CURRY Dentist Telephone Bldg. Office Phone 355 Residence Phone 54-W • H. A. STANCHFIELD, M. D Physician and Surgeon Phone 36-W—36-J