From collection Kosti Ruohomaa Collection
LB2017.19.3505
"Every day, Mrs. M. has a twenty minute group singing meeting with the entire class. Here they are singing "Poppity Popcorn. Another favorite is Swiss Echo Songs." - Kosti Ruohomaa, pink notes to accompany contact sheet The photoessay follows a day in life of teacher and principal Doris MacDougal at the McLain Grammar School in Rockland, Maine. The essay focuses on the challenge of managing increasing class sizes as post-war baby boom starts to overwhelm schools across the country. The article illustrates both MacDougal's teaching and administrative responsibilities, with a bit of homelife at the end. Ruohomaa, Kosti. “Your Children’s Other Mother.” Pageant, Nov. 1951, pp 51-57.
