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
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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
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to the stable.
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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