Evening star. [volume], November 09, 1958, Page 23, Image 173

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Misses Edelman (with bow) and Alexander archery pointers.
SUNDAY. THE STAR MAOAZINE. WASHINGTON D. C . NOVEMBER H. I»sh
What Teaching
Has to Offer
EVER THINK OF becoming a school teacher?
This being American Education Week, SUNDAY, The Star
Magazine, thought it would be a good idea to tell its young readers
what the teaching profession has to offer and how one goes
about entering it.
If you live in Washington, the “how” is simple: Assuming
that you have the qualifications, you can get the required educa
tion free at the District Teachers College, which is a part of
the public school system.
It is axiomatic that the best way to learn to do anything is
by doing it. And that’s exactly what the young woman on today’s
cover is doing: She is learning to teach by teaching. And the
other young women pictured here and on page 24 will be doing
the same thing in due course.
District Teachers College is one of the few schools in the
United States that offers students a full semester of actual teach
ing experience, according to its president, Dr. Paul Carr. And
this. Dr. Carr explains, is one of the reasons its graduates are
in demand in other parts of the country.
The college’s “laboratory” school is Jessie La Salle Elementary,
Riggs road and Madison street N.E. Its faculty also is a part
of the college's faculty.
But there is more to becoming a teacher than instructing
second graders at La Salle, as the young woman on the cover
is doing. There’s more, too, than studying the various subjects
a teacher is required to know.
At the college. Dr. Carr says, a great deal of emphasis is
I placed on learning to make good use of leisure time. Athletic
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In a book room. Miss Edelman, of 5724 Fourth street N.W., helps classmate.
Miss Alexander, of 1338 Varnum street N.E., adjust her new freshman's cap.
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