Word: teacher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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High Jump.--Won by Edwards (A) (5 feet 6 inches); second, Larsen (A) (5 feet 5 inches); tie for third between many, but the teacher's reward cannot be reckoned either in terms of fame or of money. The satisfaction which comes with the knowledge that one has supplied to human beings such means of enjoyment as come through an understanding and a love of good music, is in itself an immeasurable reward. Harvard considers the training of teachers so necessary that it offers three halfcourses in the teaching of music in the Graduate School of Education, and students...
...undoubtedly true that those who seek to make music a profession are often attracted to the more spectacular occupations, such as those of the composer and the executant; whereas the real need in America today is for conscientious and well-trained teachers of music. No person who desires a life of ease and ample financial reward should view with optimism a musical career. To become proficient in any branch of music requires native talent, energy, and courage. The discouragements are many, but the teacher's reward cannot be reckoned either in terms of fame or of money. The satisfaction which...
Teaching. The Religious Education Association (of all Protestant churches) held a four day convention in Toledo. Like the Episcopalians in Omaha the week before, they voted strongly for weekday religious education. They further advocated teacher-training and pay for Sunday school teachers, "in order that religion be as well taught as public school subjects...
...medical discovery of the past year, continues to show promise, though its originators claim only that it has alleviated some cases and enabled patients to assimilate a more normal diet. Announcement has just been made of the "cure" of an apparently hopeless case of diabetes. A New York mathematics teacher and former athlete, Joseph Corbett, became ill in 1917, grew progressively worse, was pronounced incurable by physicians, and last October, after a breakdown, lingered on a starvation diet, too weak to turn in bed. His wife had bought a cemetery plot for him. He began a regular dosage of insulin...
...been remarked that the rewards of a scholar are not in popular fame, but in the intelligent appreciation of his fellow workers. Professor Goodale, as a teacher of natural history and director of the Botanic Gardens, won during his half-century of service the best of that appreciation. Few men have had a longer connection with the University than he, or have earned more respect and honor. In behalf of the University, the CRIMSON extends its deepest sympathy to those who share his loss...