St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-07
State University.


We have received q circular from
the Executive Committee of the State
University of Iowa, dated at Iowa
City, Sept. Is, 1858, announcing to
the friends of education and the pub
lie generally, that arrangements have
been made to reopen the Normal De
partment, on Monday, Nov. LIST, 1858,
under the charge of Professor d.
Franklin Wells, who has been reap
pointed to the situation which he has
filled for the last two years.
The Department will be open the
present year upon the following ba-
sis : z
J.. Both males and females will be
admitted.
2. The instruction will be grotuitous;
but each student will pay two dollars
at the beginning of each term, as an
entrance fee.
B. Applicants must be, if females,
at least fifteen, and if males, at least
seventeen years of age ; but the Pro-
fessor of the Department may, az his
discretion, admit at a less age, when
sufficient maturity of mind and prof.
cheney in study are manifested.
4. Candidates for admission will be
required to sustain an examination in
Reading, Spelling, Penmanship, Ele-
mcntary Grammar, Geography, and
Arithmetic through Compound Num-
bcrs and Vulgar Fractions.
All pupils, on their admission to the
Normal Department, will be expected
to sign a declaration of their inten-
ton to teach in the schools of the
State, as follows
1--WE, the subscribers, do hereby
declare that it is our intention to de-
vote ourselves to the business of teach
ing in the schools of this State, and
that our object in rcsorting to the
Normal Department of the University
is better to prepare ourselves for the
discharge of this important duty"
BY complying with the above con-
d~itions, teachers from any part of the
State may, without appointment, free
ly avail themselves of the opportuni-
ty offered to prepare themselves for
the more efficient discharge Of their
important duties.
The following is the course of study,
arranged without reference to the or
der i'll which the several branches will
be taken up, or the length of time
that will be devoted to each:
Elementary sounds ofthe Language.
Reading, Spelling, Definition, and
Analysis of Words.
Pcnmanship, Drawing and Book
Keeping.
Geography-Physical and Dcscrip-
tive.
Mathematical! Geography, the use
Of Globes, and Map Drawing.
History of the United States-Wa-
son.
English Grammar, including the
Analysis and Syntliesis of sentences
- tnReo'S, and -.
Composition Writing.
Rhetoric and Criticism. = Quakcnb0s'.
Mental Arithmetic Stodd0rd'S.
Written Arithmctic-DarleS'.
Higher Aritilmctic-Daries' Unirer.
sty. "
Algebra -Daries'.
Gcomctry--Ddrtes Legcndrc.
Anatomy, Physiology and Hygiene
Cutters.
Natural Philosophy-Porker's.
Moral Philosophy Waylamd's.
Mental Philosophy.
Theory and Art Of Teaching-Pogs's
and Lectures.
Practice in Teaching.
Lectures on the science of Educa-
ton and the Art of Teaching will be
given frequently, and it will be the
aim to make them practical. The best
methods of disciplining~ organizing and
instructing schools will be Familiarity
discussed.
The studies are so arranged that
the course can ordinarily be compile
ted in two or two-and-a-half years.
a DIPLOMA which, by section forty
two of tie new School Law, will au-
thorize the holder to teach in any of
the Common Schools of the State, will
be awarded to those who, having COM
pletcd the prescribed course of study,
give satisfactory evidence of sound
and accurate scholarship, combined
with those other peculiar qualitica-
tons So essential to the teachers sue
cess.
The Spring term will commence
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 1859, and con
tinue twenty weeks.
C. LYON, Execu,ivc
NJ. RENO, + $500