Show SEEKING I NEW DEGREES Thousands of Teachers lievert Back to Student Life Again NEW YORK Aug T T-DY T By The AssocIated Press Thousands pross-Thousands Thousands of teachers from schools of all de degrees de- de degrees degrees grees In all parts pf pt the world are hero leading the lives es of ot college sophomores for sIx x weeks There Thero are attending Teachers College at Columbia University They live In the tho same sarno rooms crowd the neighborhood tea rooms and patrol the campus with the fervor of undergraduates except for the dignity of ot added years These teachers Including about principals who In their home schools hold undisputed sway are considered In the same category with the remainder of ot the students taking summer cour es JOIN OTHER They join with tho students Inthe In inthe the tho state clubs the centers of recreation for tor which meeting quarters are provided and around trees reserved on the tho campus eight Forty eight trees adjacent to Ad Administration ministration building have ha small smal shields attached to them each containing the name name of a 0 state The The shaded spot beneath each ench r i Is held inviolate from front students from front that state and their guests Here large numbers re- re recline re recline cline dine on the grass and study In Inan inan It an environment as quiet as som some some segregated old the tho bustling city activities are only a 0 few hundred yards ards away awa Tho The teachers are working for for Masters degrees or otherwise pre pro preparing paring themselves for tor advance advance- advancement advancement ment Edward J Grant registrar said this was wu the largest session In the history of the tM Summer courses which were started in 1900 with an enrollment of o students Most ost ot of o the teachers are con con- concentrating con concentrating on education which In Its It subdivisions Includes courses In the teaching of ot many subjects The enrollment In this course courso was given as about or two education courses for each teach toach- teacher er cr The usual number o of courses taken by a summer student IS three SEE SE YEW NEW YORK Such Idle time as they thel have can be bo given to facilities which make It possible for them to study New York as Intensively as their text books I Excursions are arranged to ev- ev every ev every I ery cry point o ot Interest In the city Including newspapers factories I and amuse amuse- amusement amusement amusement parks the shipyards ment centers For other diversion there are musical programs and socIa affairs which give the sum sum- summer summer summeT mer meT students as much social ac activity ac- ac as the students In regular terms The rolls disclose that many teachers return year after year It Is possible for tor the holder o of aB a aB B A to earn the Masters Master's degree lB In four summer terms without attendance at w winter ter semesters sp |