The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-27
Chr 8utlana dailu 6lohe
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81. 1876.
Normal Schools, etc.

work. Unskiled hands may clip the mar
Die. but when the work is done, we look
n vain for the mask of master builder.
It is the trained artist only, who can make
he duh marble speak, or lend beauty to
he rough asher from the quarry. II is
not enough that the teacher understands the
subject matter TO be taught, but correct
teaching power must be preceded by thor
0ugh preparation for the work The above
Dr. similar words were spoken by Miss Fan
ME Bromley at teachers institute held at
Fairhaven May 2lst, 1874. Miss Bromley
was thorough disciplnariau, finished
scholar, and one who believed that good
schools are national blessings. She was
then assistant principal of Castleton Nor
nal schools, and was the ablest educator
that school ever had; and is now teaching
at Nassar College, Poughkeepse, n. Y.
She has had an experience at teaching for
several years, and ie graduac of the nor
NAL school at Albany, where they make
WIN HOubl luttnoSlftS ohi tit
cause of education. Webster says "a nor
NAL school is school whose methods of
instruction are to serve as "a model for i'm
itation; an institution for the education of
teachers" This Is correct definition and
accords with the judgment of the best ed
ucators in the land. Then, quasi nor
al cahonl Innc "a al f,r
imitation, and is not an institution tor the
proper education of teachers, is not per Sc,
Notwithstanding its name, normal school,
and any institution, no matter what may be
its name, which does serve as a model for
imitation, and is an Institution for the
the proper education ofteachers, is normal.
1t msy be presumed that the normal school
at Caslleton is as thorough, aud as worthy
of patronage as it cSn be under the circum-
stances. When we consider the small
casse s, its forced connection with the sem
mary and consequent declre of the latter,
and the difficulty that principals .have had
in managing the combination so that ex-
penses could be made 1t is strange that it
has met with any degree of success. When
a young lady Of Intelligence and education
marries a coarse, uneducated man, she Will
gradually lose that delicate ice. Of consist
ency which has always been q ma ked
charac eristic of her life, and will relapse
unavodably into the same condition of ex-
isence that surrounds her. From necessi-
~ she is compelled to relirqni.h her choice
of society, and must associate mOsly with
those who, like the husband of her choice,
are qui distimlar and far inferior to her
Hence, she willis may he imperc,p bly
but none tie less surely, del NJ 10 q levt
with her associates 1t is utterly impossi
bic for her TO maintain that personal dig
nifty of character, that perfect deportmt nj
and mental culture she once possessed. Sht
nay net suspect it for long time indeed
the change that will surely come over the
spirit Of her life may he 80 gradual and SC
involuntary tia: she percev it not, until
she awakes to find it fixed fact. OF course
| do not claim that such an union, traughl
with SO mary insurmountable obstacles Is
precisely IA alol to the wedding OF our be.
loved seminary to the normal school, but
firmly believe that incompatbiity of ac
ton, ut lily Of purpose, and ultimate obi Ct
of the TWO, are prominent objections &c
such an unholy wedock, and the actual re-
suits have proved the asse ton true il
every res Dect. About the time that toOlisl
aud unnt cessary deed was done, there wa.
Il perfect mania for simpliy ing, for level
ing, mad almost said, Qualifying the ed
vocational interests OF the state, iii may bt
allowed the expression" as Dea. Bolrdmar
used to say. Several catalogues of Troy
conference academy, Casileton seminary
and Cos tlelon medical college tor fie en-
years, lie before nc That Of Troy confer
ence academy for 1874 contains tie ame'
of pol students; 1871, 276; lS47, 2S9; 1876
3l4 1889, 346. The Catalogue of Castle
ton seminary for 1916, contains I'll names
Classics A French 43 ; music 30 drawing
and painting 81 More than four-tiiths Of
the students were pursuing higher and or
Damental branches. In 1915 with a tota
of 203 rames there wcrt in the classics rs
music 80, French 33, ornamenials 50 Jus
tor one moment imagine 1856 young person
of both sexes out OF 203, pursuing eX,r;
branches under such teachers AS L. Hal
lock, John G. Churchill, Eber ID. Munger
James Hope, Nancy NJ. Miner, Elizabeth
+ Clark, and Emeline Churchill Nearly
200 names are in the catalogue of 1852, ant
almost every enc in some of the specials
mentioned above Discipline instruction
SUCCESS Castl,t medical college in 1856
graduated "a young men from IL different
states. In 1916 the class numbered 1O1
and the graduates fer the year were 90 II
lS47 there were IA graduates, and in 1851
about the same number, while the honoTeC
names of Joseph Perkins, Ezra S. Care
Middleton Goldsmith, VIM. Sweetop
Corydon l.. Ford, Adrian I. Woodward
and S. Gridley Perkins, formed galaxy o
stars of the first magnitude which all de
lighted to name and honor. AS Theodore
1ilton says, there was IA hole in the sky
then, and moral and intellectual light, clea
and radiant came down, and, resting Will,
| upon our seminary and college, shOD'
brightly on this entire community. Hon
Chester Spencer the life long veteran o
| Temperance, religion, general good works
and "lhe evidence If things not seen i
| The last one OF that "solid twelve member
| of the corporation now living in Castleton
Wright. Howe, Adams, Langdon, Hyde
| Woodward, Harris and Jackman hav'
| joined the great proce sion ever moving on
ward to "the undiscovered country iron
whose bourne no traveller returns. Yer
mont needs just one normal school, and nj
more.
1t was a very absurd mistake for the leeis
| lature to establish one in every congress
ional district. For the same reason n =