The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-12-06

School practice, and whose work here
shall have proved satisfactory.
This department has been Il operation
one term. under the care of Mrs. ]. H
Gorham of the Normal School Faculty.
Her teaching has been eminentiy thor
ough and painstaking. The discipline. OF
the school has been made effective with
out resort to harsh measures. The
advancement of the pupils has been most
encouraging, noticeable in demeanor, in
the formation Of habits of study, and in
the growth of mind, as well as ia advan-
ces in the knowledge of the. text-books.
The permanent teacher of the Model
School, a graduate of the State Normal
School. at oswego. N. z. will begin her
work at the opening of the next term
] A full statement of the work king of this
school is given in Mrs. Gorbam's report,
prepared at my request. an hereby made
an integral part of this report to your
Honorable Body.
The Model Department of the State
Normal School was formally opened. for
the reception of students Monday, Sep
TENDER 18Th, 1857, 10 the room fitted up
tor that purpose In the second story of the
Normal School building. The number Of
pupils was, for the present, limited to
thirty. They were to consist of two
! grades. First, those not quite sufficient
! ~ advanced 20 be admitted into the Nor
NAL Department; second, pupils generally
classed as 'Iutermediate' 10 our graded
schools. Twenty pupils were en-
rolled on the first morning, and, after q
careful examiustion, were assigned to the
different grades respectively, there being
about an equal number 10 each.
This Department has in view two def
mite objects. First. to provide a school
in which pupils are taught the elementary
branches of an English education, 10 a
manner which enlightened experience has
shown to be the best; second, to furnisA
an Experimental or Training School, in
which may be seen the successful work
ings Of our theories aud where the sIu
dents now preparing for this imp ortan t
work throughout the State, may put to a.
practical test the theory of teaching pre-
seuted IN the Normal School, by doing
The actual a0ork. under the supervision and
crItici- N of the Norm Il Faculty. In
what manner the work was be qua aud how
far it has succeeded, tie subj 1ined state :
ment Of facts will show
! TEXT B1oKs.-The text books used thu
far have b4sn-jn the First Grade, Ell
wards Analytical Fourth Reader. Hill
lard's Filth Reader, GIyot's Common
School Geography, aud Stoddard's Prac
tical aud Mental Arithmetics. la the
Second Grade, Hlard's Tnird Reader.
Guyot's Primary Geography. The Spen-
cerian Writing books are nsed in both
grades. The methods pursuad in teach
ing the different branches may bs briefly
explained.
READING In the Frst- Grade az anal
ysis of the sounds of the letters, artieuls
ton and pronunciation of words, elocu
tionary drill, and analysis of lessons as
signed. with aview 10 comprehending tn,
thought and then to give it proper and
adeq uate expression. Short lessons are
assigned and drilled upon until mastered
IN every part We hold this TO be o
; more vsiue than the reading of great
number of pages daily. The pupil is al.
lowed to pass over no word be does no
! understand, no sentence whose import he
cannot make clear. In the Second Grade
less attentioniis given TO the phonic drill
for the present. Accuracy OF prondnc:a
ton and proper preston of thought are
e taught more by example, and the pupil
: are required TO initiate the voice of tb
teacher rather than follow SET rules.
: ARITHMETIC The work ia this de
partment has been. of necessity, elemeu
tary in its character We began by Iay
ing a foatfdation. The work Of the pres
| ent term has bseu, reading and wFitiu
tot numbers by the Two systems of NJ
tation; the Decimal system; knowledg
of the fundamental rules, and their sp
s phcation TO practical questions, with cle4
g explanations by the pupils; prime aaC
comp osi e numbers, and factors .
GEOGRAPHY. The country of Sout
America, beIng more simple in its con
tour Than any other was first taken up. a:
g a begiaIing in the geographical study
With the use of the excsilsnt text book
above mentioned, considerable oral 10
struction, and Apgar's system of Ma
Drawing by Trian gulation, thorougl
knowledge of the country has been 90
= tanned. After a careful study and de
r scription of the form, physical aud polit
icat eaiures, the pupils put the map i
: outline upon the board, drawing th
mountain systems and ranges and defu
e ing the plateaus. Then follows detailed
: study of the map, following the coast
= tracing rivers to their sources, namin
branches andIoWns, and fixing their rels
tive positions. A picture is formed in th
mind, and the pupil, without the use {
: the books, readily represents what he ha
}. learned upon his map. A study Of Ii
= climate. with phllosophic explaas-ion {
: causes which are easily cOmprehendec
3 sbe productions, vegetable and mineral
animal Iifs:7 people and their custom.
II complete the work 10 this branch. Th
10 oyher countries are to- be taken up an
stuffed 10 the same manner. To the Sc,
:, end Grade The work is simbli6sa. an
= therefore better adapted 10 younger MIND
ni A kneWlsdgs of our own State, its shap
'r size add general features vas frst pre-
lseated, and from that i'm aginary jour1zes
i, kafe taken, aud The whole takes on the for
EOf pleasant story. iu,stesting and easil
y remembered. The little ones repeat
lel-z5ifh shining sSfss afsds4 faces aeyi.T-