PLAN OF COURSE OF STUDY.

The course of study is divided into two distinct divisions-the Sub-Freshman Course, including work for those whose preparation for Normal School work is defective, and those desiring reviews preparatory to State examinations, and the regular Normal Course.

The Normal Course includes the educational study of common school subjects with a view to teaching them in the public schools of the State. It also includes systematic observation of the teaching of the elements of those subjects in the training school whose scientific study is the subject of the work in the Normal School.

The Senior Year is devoted largely to professional work. In the first half of the year Psychology, the History and Philosophy of Education, and Methods of Teaching are studied. The second half of the year is given to teaching in the training school. Each teacher is engaged one-half day in actual teaching, and the other half day in the preparation of lessons for teaching under the direction of the Normal School department teachers.

SPECIAL COURSES.

Manual Training.-Manual Training is rapidly becoming a recognized part of our public school system. Various forms of this work have been successfully introduced into a large number of schools in this and other States.

It is incumbent upon the normal schools of the State, because of the relation which they hold to the schools of the State, that they not only meet the demands of the public schools, but that they anticipate them by demonstrating the educational value of every department of public school work, and by educating teachers who can intelligently and skillfully give the training that is most progressive and of greatest value.

Good facilities for manual training have been provided in one of the school buildings, and full sets of tools for wood and cardboard sloyd have been secured.

Since the aim of manual training is to train the hand in order that it may express the ideas of the mind, that form of work which is designed to call for the greatest variety of exercises, has been chosen.

In the training school two periods each week are devoted to wood sloyd. The student teachers work with the children under the supervision of the instructor of the department.

Domestic Science.-To understand the conditions under which the child can work and develop physically most advantageously, the teacher must have a knowledge of those subjects most closely connected with the nutrition and care of the human body. For this purpose the course in Domestic Science combines theoretical and practical work in the preparation of foods, including marketing and serving, home sanitation, and school hygiene.

In all this work the thought is kept constantly before the student teacher that the function of the school is to fit the child for complete living.

Kindergarten.-The work is intended to give a knowledge of the principles and the practice of the kindergarten as related to the primary school; of the kindergarten materials, their value and place in educational work; of songs and games, and through them a knowledge of Froebel's interpretation of child nature.

A large collection of kindergarten materials collected in different countries of Europe and America is used in illustrating this work.

A general survey is made of appropriate literature for little children, including folklore and fairy tales, history stories, nature stories, fables, and poems.

The student in this work is led to discover the principles underlying the selection and presentation of stories for children.

Music.-A special course of lectures designed to familiarize the student with the lives of eminent composers, their works, and the development of musical forms is given in assembly exercises to the school as a whole. These lectures are illustrated by voice and piano.

Interpretation.-Standard compositions are frequently played and analyzed for the students that they may gain familiarity with the best types, and cultivate a taste for good music. Selections from symphonies, sonatas, oratorios, and operas furnish material for much of this work.

Instrumental Music.-Believing that a teacher's usefulness in the schoolroom and as a social factor is very much increased through a knowledge of instrumental music, oppor tunity is offered the student to continue work begun before entering school or to begin the study here. Instrumental music is not a part of the regular course. On the other hand, its value is so great and its advantages are so many that instruction has been provided at reasonable rates. PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

A well-equipped gymnasium has recently been added to the facilities of the school. Regular work under the supervision of a skilled instructor will be given to promote the health of the students and to fit them to teach gymnastics in the public schools. In connection with this work a special study is made in the kindegarten of the active games of children, that the play instinct of the child may be better understood and directed.

TRAINING SCHOOL.

The training school is under the general supervision of the president of the Normal School and the special supervision of the heads of the various departments of the Normal School, who advise with the critic teachers in charge of the grades regarding the course of study and the teaching of special subjects. Uniformity of method and careful selection of subject-matter is thus secured.

The training school furnishes an opportunity to the normal student to apply results gained in the study of the common branches and in the study of the principles of education and methods of teaching.

EXPENSES.

Tuition for all required courses is free. Board is furnished at cost, which averages about $2.50 per week. A charge of seventy-five cents per week to cover cost of heating and lighting is made for all students boarding in the halls, except when two students occupy one room, fifty cents is charged each occupant.

An incidental fee of $2.50 is payable at the beginuing and middle of each term.
Matriculation fee of $5 is payable once each year.

Piano lessons fifty cents each. Use of piano is free to those receiving instruction in instrumental music.

HIS EXCELLENCY, GEORGE E. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor.

HON. F. I. DUNBAR, Secretary of State

HON. J. H. ACKERMAN, Superintendent of Public Instruction

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