The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-02-12

81. CL0Up STAII IOR1lL SC1ooL.
RsDsrt e Rasf. Mssrs ssr the year
saAiaS Nov. oOth, 1s50.
10 tAs Normal Seheo' Bos,der Il. Atess ~
X6eNGsotG. '2SsS% III III II
ass1Ilx1x:A1 hsvs ths honor u pre-
sent to you my 18th annual report. The
statistics for past thrss ysass repeat
thles.sslvse nonysar 70 ysss. Tho Pm.
ent temporary building was Sllsd nors
than three years since, 20 that ths school
has remained stationary In numbers o. The
present time. ~t-:. 4 -.
Aggregate in Normal department.. ......e2
Aggrsgste Ia Model department. ...68
5 a. = no ~ e. ~ IL. q e. & -
~, Total ...........................
Al this number Alls tho present building
to it, utmost capacity aelfovth b. sbssa
possible for ~ LAT three years.. The new
ba'ldins g b. senplstsd before :ths CON.
msnesmsnt Of the ;nsxt. seheel year has
bssn long 1nssded, and will remove this bar
- thss prosperity ofths school. Il will 90
oommodats Two hundred student teachers,
With : model and practice school large
saough for their proper exercise and oh.
gs,At the: close Of tho last school year,
Misses Walker, Ravens and Barrett, who
had been connected with the sohoel -
teaahers almost from it, commencement,
worn, down BY long service in tho work,
resigned togather, to try the effect Of .
Callfornia climate. u The faithtulnsss and
sfdoieney Of their work 10 attestsd BY oil
who knew the school whils they were in it.
II. their places, thu, hoard elected Misses
MoC umber and R,os, beth teachers OF Ok.
psrienes IL tie trei,isg saheel 1t osvsgo,
Ne1 York. ThslrWerk hat Besu thus iar
sxassdtngly satisfactory. specially in Tho
method and training work Of the school.
Nj. +. J. Gray, one Of oulli'! Own graduates,
now o. bis second year nths school, ID do.
ing very thorough. reliable work. =
- The model school hes consisted the past
year ofs single. rsom instead Of two q
formerly. The primary grade tss not
bssn admitted for want Of room, the assss.
aity Of using The modal % . fitting school
Tor tho Normal compelling % to keep :
higher grade than we would otherwise do.
There ars three regular classes In dis
room, applicants being admitted only whsn
thsy: sss able to entsr the classes already
formed: The prsssat size Of The model an
sxsrs very we'll for Normal School no
larger than this u q present; but with
the enlargement Of the Normal department
consequent upon occupying the new build
ing; larger school will bs needed to give
the necessary .saohing practice to The Nor
NAL students. -
Three classes. numbering 4ftssn, twenty
and ten respectively, have finished the
prescribed course and graduated from the
school since it commencement. OF these,
tho first only have been out long enough to
redeem the pledge to teach two years in
tho schools Of the State. Thirteen Of thu
fifteen have taught the two years, and
nearly Ill Of them entered upon the third
year. One has bssn prevented from teach.
ing by lack Of health, and one has failed
through lack Of win to repay 70 the Stats
in service that which che has received at it
hands. OF the second GLASS Of twenty,
there is but one failure in intention to ear.
~ out the requirements Of tho pledge.
The third class Of ton sre oil teaching.
The present A class of the school, te
graduate in No, Of nsxt year, now NUN.
bers sixteen. Nearly oil have had expert.
encs in teaching, ssids from their pssetiol
work in the modsi school; sud ~ IN
promise Of going ont unusually wsll ausd
for their chosen employment. -.
A. purely professional work ID that
which mainly separates tho Normal School
from other educational institutions, and
gives it tho advantage Of sending forth
trained teachers, to DO AMPLY improvsdby
after experience, md not wholly formed BY
it. - is the case with tho untrsinsd W
have thought it most in accordance With
your wishss'to give all the time and attel-
ton possible 70 this special work. We
hsve steadily increased the work in methods
and practice Of teaching each year from
the commencement Of tho SCHOOL. Obser-
vation upon the practice work Of older
Glasses, and the method making Of criticisms
upon it, commences when the student on
tors the school. Upon his second term he
practices giving Lessons in presence Of the
school, and subject to their criticism, to
classes drawn from among his mates. With
tho second year his instruction in methods
becomes, in addition to tho shove, matter
Of class drill, ono hour daily beng devoted
to it. His practice in the model school
commences ct the same time and continues
1t intervals until the completion. Of his
course, or until hs shall have: shown %
great degree Of proficiency thst hs nay
DO safely recommended . eompeteat to
take charge Of . school Of his own; tins
practice amounting on the svsrsgs to two
hour per day for Dix weeks. On the fourth
term the elsss-work in methods takes tho
character Of instruction In school Laws,
methods Of government and discipline, and
tho thousand and ono little. matters Of in
tersst, to tho practical teacher alsns.
Students are marked in al their exsrcis.
%. This seems necessary for tho purpose
Of grading and classifying, aud to shsw
the Principal tho standing Of each student
In his olass-work. Il has not besn thought
best to make tho marked standing Of stu
dents matter Of permanent record, OF 10
depsndupop It In any way q . stimulus
in the work Of the school. Thus w en-
deavor to avoid the aeknowlsgsd evil Of I'M.
wholesome rivalry, and retain the substan.
tial benefit Of = recorded olass-rank.
We have sudeavored to avoid The some
what dangerous practice, much too COM
mon, Of running to speeisltiss or hobbies.
The tendency Of edueatort In all. time hss
been to avoid the steep and difficult way Of
draWinR ont tho reasoninr novar ~ IA.