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Thursdoy, December 21, 1972 The Nyssa Gate City Journal, Nyssa, Oregon Teacher Placement High At Boise State College Despite a widely reported surplus of teachers on the na tional level, the School of Edu cation at Boiae State College reported better than a 72 per cent placement of its 1971-72 graduates. According to Dr. Gerald R. Wallace, Dean of the School of Education, 187 of 253 graduates received tea ching contracts. Only 19 of the 187 left the state to teach. The rest are in Idaho. "This shows tax dollars of Idaho have bean wall used," Dr. Wallace stated. "The majority of our teaching graduates sre utilizing the education they re ceived at Boise State to stay in Idaho to teach and live." Dr. Wallace indicated a ques tionnaire was used to gather the figures. Of the 253 tea cher education majors who were graduated last spring, 187 re ceived teaching contracts, 6 went on to graduate school, 33 entered other fields such as the military or marriage and 27 did not respond. The BSC Dean said the fi gures compare favorably to an identical questionnaire sent out a year ago. In that year there were 297 teacher education gra duates and 193 were placed in teaching positions. The percen tage of placement a year ago was 65.6. In that year 8 stu dents went on to graduate school, 5 entered other occu pations and the remainder did not answer. Dr. Wallace noted the State Board of Education this year in vestigated schools of education to see how good a job was being done. "What we and they found out is that education ma jors form the backbone of many departments throughout Biise State,” he said. In 1971-72 there were 1,439 education majors at Boise State. The elementary educa tion department of the School of Education had 540 majors. Health, physical education and recreation had 190 and psy chology had 180 majors. In the School of Business, bu siness education majors num bered 101. In the School of Arts and Sciences secondary education majors, there were 47 in the Art Department; 14 intheCom- mumcation Department, 87 English Department, 95 History Department, 62 Music Department, 41 Social Science Department; in the Theatre Arts De partment, 15 in the Biology De partment, 3 in the Chemistry Department; 8 in the Geology Department, and 39 in the Ma thematics Department. Last year BSC graduated 402 students. Of those graduates, 253 were education majors. Dr. Wallace also said Boise State is providing a means for Treasure Valley teachers to upgrade their training. 335 tea chers have been admitted to the Boise State masters de gree program for elementary qduoatioo< , m | the bees flew out of the stable in swarms, singing a dissonant carol as they "Let us go'” brayed the went. donkey. And so, while the human beings sang praises to the newborn King of Kings in the Cathedral, the animals in their own simple way performed their acts of reverence Some knelt in With a buzzing of wings devotion "Bethlehem," bleated the sheep the animals in die stable talk as catkebfal bells toeal Many years ago there farm people on Christmas existed a custom among the Eve to "light the animals ONLV DAVS LEFT ■ sisS. .h Page Fifteen J la au*, many faestdà at tlUA, joyous Stunz Lumber Co. Ken and JoAnn Nyee, Ed Cordova Wallie Pullin, and Arlen Cook • to the stable. " stable.” The farmer would light two candles one for him self and one for the shep herd boy assisting him They held their flickering candles for a moment in the corners of the animals' stalls Then each stood at one side of the doorway, while the animals were herded in The candles were snuffed out, and the ani mals were served double rations, for was it not their Christmas celebration, too? They had shared their shel ter with Him that first won derful night One Christmas Eve the farmer's family readied themselves for Mass at the great Cathedral as was their custom In the stable the well-fed beasts drowsed content edly. ,.t midnight they were roused by the joyful pealing of the cathedral bells. As if by signal, the animals stirred themselves. Flying to a high perch in the stalls the rooster stretched its neck and crowed: “Christ is born'" “When?” croaked the raven, flapping its wings “This night," cawed the rook Where'’” asked the ox