The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-11-09

Wflf18m "A Jones, superintendent 2t
City Schools Aurora Illinois, has sbeepi I
elected to the Presidency OF our $50 80 81
Normal School, and has accepted t1
position. This choice WAS made nj tire ii
last meeting OF the Trustees but sifes 4
| Board, having failed in two previous eg-la
forts to secure the services of gentlemen
elected to The Presidency, decided mar .
to give publicity 20 their actions untti1a
| formal notice Of acceptance should be 8
received. Hon. B. C.. Hobbs. was antho- a
rized by the Trustees to receive such =
notice, or any other communication upon
that subject, and gives the result in the 9i
following letter to the Indianapolis daily
papers: fn.esHzsag - refe sw 81 -.
William A. Jones, the President eleeG
Of the Faculty of tue State Norm al
School, has not been distinguished am ong
the educational men of the nation. Time
has hardly taken from him the appearenf
ance ef youth. Though thirty nine you ?
would not suppose him above thrifty FIVE
years He is 0 son Of Connecticuts vas l.
educated in Massachusetts. and Inatur-
ed in the West For several years he
was book keeper in manufacturing
establishment In Massachusetts,. The.
West induced him to hunt home am ong
her thriving villages. and about To-
years ago he became citizen of North
ern Illinois. He was tempted to fili
various lucrative public Offices, but chose o
under pressing solicitation, the profess
sion Of teaching. His success was SO
complete that about five years ago Azure
"a; beautiful city of 10000 inhabita1lts
on both sides of the Fox river which
had erected public school building at
cost of about S75, 900 secured his SER
vices as superintendent of her Schools.
Possessed Of . philosophic as welloa7z
of an eminently practical order of mind, p
he went to work to reach results that s
must necessarily blend financial with
educational success. Iz-
at first veiw you would not be ini--
pressed with the qualities which after
ward appear. His strength is found
In reserved force rather than in present
manifestation. When he appeared he
fore the public, in educational assoc 2
alton, his essays give evidence of rna-
ture practical thought, philosophic me- if
thod, and forcible arguments.
His teachers are so thoroughly drilled
that his system of public schools isrpso, +
nounced, by the best educators in the
State unsurpassed in accuracy and phil &
osophy of method ea .zta8s G. 10 1s f.
The Normal School Board has been
induced to select him, from the favor
able assurance Of many of our best eau
cational9 men in the West, who knoE (.
him intimately. The best guarantee to-
success is sssuccess." This having been &
a marked feature of his character. i, is !.
believed, will not forsake him in his new
position. Let us, then give MIN q gem
erous welcome to the imporsang field ot
labor before him, and sustaia him, both tz
by good wishes and kina words, tllas g..
will be felt as genial inspiEstion iii the
-
ance of the position rendered him ilas
been officially made. -
j. NJ, Olcott, Professor of Math eaat-
les, and r. Bosworth; Professor Of Nat 81
ural science, have both secured repu-- 20
tation IS teachers in the city of Terio
Haute, and for their general scientific
ability, which is too familiar to the peo r
pie OF Indiana to render it necessary to
speak of them here. The former has for
some time past been engaged in con-
Quoting County Institutes in different q
portions of the State, and will continue
in that work until the end of the year. al
Julia Newell, of Jonesville, Wisconsin
graduate Of Mt. Holyoke Seminary, : L
Massachusetts,, is a lady who adds to
her superior intellectual and moral
worth, liberal education, enriched by :,
q general knowledge, acquired not oniV
ny muCu SAoV "a SAAVuSA u 0S<1t O0sOub .-
and Palestine. Her varied knowledge
and genial manners will no doubt prove.
a great acquisition to the Institution
She has had successful experience is
teacher and will prove herself equal TO
the duties of the position assigned her,
Ruth Morris, formerly of Rrichmond.
Indiana now of the First Ward School. x
Indianapolis, has been chosen principal
Of the primary Training School. Her
success in this department of labor has
secured for her recommendations from
some OF our best educational men, who
know her well This department will be
made up from pay students from the
city, who will be under the professions
training, which will exhibit the best
method of teaching primary classes
While it, with the Grammar or Interme-
diate Department will be under the beso
model teachers, they will afford oppor-
tunity for practice in theory and art in
the Normal Training Department.
Teachers will be selected to complete
the faculty before the opening of the
Institution. The Model High School
will be taught and sustained by the city
of Terre Haute, unde- the cotrol and
approval of the Normal School Trustees.
All things connected with the Institution
are made subject to their authority. 80
The trustees have used much deliber-
alton, in order to reach the possible re- r
sults in the completion and furnishing
of the building, and in the selection Of
the best professional ability for the fac 8
ulty. tc 4sa - sass s aioa ri sla,
Their aim has been to place it in the
front ranks among its compeers Tin
America, and, confding in the elegance b
and fitness of the building for the object
designed, in the general interest felt
throughout the State, in its success, they
can extend q cordial invitation 20 such
as desire to reach professional ability
that will not only commaad q iernunerss e.