Tuesday, February 17, 1942
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'To furnish pupils a high school
education built upon unusual op
portunity, excellent teaching and
a large debree of attention to in
dividual differences; to train uni
versity seniors and graduate stu
dents for public school service by
offering the opportunity for stu
dent teaching, experimentation,
and research in the field of edu
cation" that is the purpose of
Teachers College High School, lo
cated on the university campus.
A regular four-year high school
on the approved list of the North
Central Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools and fully
accredited to the university itself,
the high school's students are se
lected from every economic level,
admitted by application, and
taught by university students ma
joring in teaching.
Morton Heads Program
"Our attempt in selecting stu
dents is to have what might be
called a cross-section of American
society," stated Prof. W. H.
Morton, the man who has served
as principal, director of teacher
training, and the departmental
chairman of secondary education
in the high school for the past 15
years.
Dean of the teachers college,
which has graduated approximate
ly 2,200 men and women in the
past 15 years, is Dr. F. E. Henz
lick, while Profs. R. D. Moritz and
E. W. Lantz serve as heads of the
departments of educational serv
ice and secondary education re
spectively. Dr. Clara O. Wilson
heads the primary education de
partment. In selecting the 200 students who
are to receive their four years of
training in the high school, rc-
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cords of scholastic attainment,
citizenship, character and the eco
nomic level from which the appli
cant comes are considered.
Of the total number of students,
who are divided equally among
the four classes, approximately 70
live in rural districts, with the ma-
jority coming from Lancaster
county and greater Lincoln.
Some of the students come from
such distant points as Kimball
and St. Paul, while one student
each from Montana and Oklahoma
is enrolled at present.
Offers Three Courses
The high school's curriculum is
set up in such a way that entering
students may select one of three
courses: strictly college pre
paratory course, a course in com
mercial arts, or a general course
including majors and minors which
would allow the graduating stu
dent to enter college if he so de
sired. Courses of instruction offered
include commercial art, English,
home economics, mathamatics,
classics and romantic languages,
natural sciences, with university
seniors majoring in teaching
taking charge of one class for an
entire semester.
At present there are 114
taking part in the practice teach
ing, of which 89 practice in the
high school and 25 practice either
in the Lincoln schools or pa
rochial schools within the city.
The practice teaching, a re
quisite for graduation from the
college, with a maximum load of
4 hours per semester allowed and
a total of seven hours in practice
teaching required for a degree.
Staff of Supervisors
Professor Morton, director of
assignments for the various prac
tice teachers, has working under
him a staff of 21 supervisors, all
of whom have ratings of instruc
tors or assistant professors.
Each supervisor is assigned sev
eral practice teachers for the
Dr. F. E. Henzlik.
specific purpose of aiding in the
planning of lessons, the handling
of special problems which arise
in the daily teaching routine, and
general supervision of the prac
tice teachers' work. All practice
under careful guidance, assuming
full resonsibility of laying out
daily assignments schedules, con
ducting class work, the giving of
tests, and final grading of their
pupils.
In addition to conferences be
tween practice teachers and their
supervisors following each day's
rlasswork. a weeklv seminar 4
held in which problems of common
interest, niscipnne, leaciung in the
community, and related problems
are discussed informally.
Majors Must 'Cadet'
Seniors doing the practice teach
ing must ahve previously taken
courses in which general methods,
special methods, and specific
methods in teaching of given sub
jects, respectively are stressed.
Before actually taking charge of
classes, the teaching majors must
have carried on "cadet" work. In
this "cadet" work, the students
carry on observations of class
room conduct, general presenta
tion methods, examinations, lec
tures and correlated work in the
various classrooms. During this
period, the cadets assist the regu
lar teachers in their work.
When seniors have completed
their requisite number of hours,
they are given ratings by Superin
tendant Morton and their supervi
sors and the ratings are then made
available to prospective employes.
That the work carried on in the
high school is of interest to out
siders can be seen in the fact that
in the 1910-41 school year 1956
observations, either by students
or the public , of classroom work
were carried on.
Much of the instruction is
carried on by means of visual
education aids such as charts, re
flectoscopes, microprojectors and
standard movie projectors.
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